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What a Laugh!
The eXile Looks Back on 2003, The Funniest Year Yet!
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The Joke: When Yelstin and his Young Reformers went down in ignominy in 1998, so did the fortunes of their top American academic cheerleader, Michael McFaul. That was funny, but it seemed like a one-off joke that couldn't be revived. Welp, we was wrong. McFaul made a massive comeback earlier this month when he became the Western Press's leading quote-o-matic. Once a Clintonite optimist, McFaul now bows to a new, hard, warlike master in George W. Bush, and therefore he has remade himself as an anti-Russian crusader. Now that IS funny. Sad Clown factor: McFaul helped cover up Yelstin-era crimes that led to death and poverty for millions of Russians. Today, he's trying to help isolate Russia on behalf of an administration that is causing death and impoverishment to millions. Side-Splitting Score:  39. Gingrich Prays for WMDs The Joke: Back in April, the Right was still sure there'd be WMDs -- so sure, in fact, that Newt Gingrich actually said on the air that he couldn't wait for Saddam to use them on American troops. That's right: on March 25, Newt said on CNN, "When we get to Baghdad and the Iraqis use the WMDs, then what will the French say?" His delivery was just as funny as the line itself: Newt had that chipmunk smirk on, and was beaming at the thought of American troops being maimed by terror weapons. That's patriotism. That's comedy. Sad Clown factor: Unfortunately for Newt, no WMDs were used on American troops, depriving him of the chance to point his finger tauntingly at France. Side-Split Score:  40. Chechen Presidential Elections
The Joke: Helsinki Watch called October's presidential elections in Chechnya "a farce," and who are we to disagree? Farces is what we likes! It was high comedy as every single possible opponent to the Kremlin's hand-picked candidate was struck off the list, murdered or driven out of the CIS in the run-up to the elections. The punchline came when Akhmad Kadyrov won a stunning and overwhelming victory with 85% voter turnout, proving that genocide is a vote-winner among Chechens. Sad Clown factor: The EU and the Bush Administration still can't decide whether or not the genocide in Chechnya is a sad thing or something that's best not brought up at the dinner table, and their month-by-month waffling is itself a sad thing to behold. Side-Split Score: 42. "Bring'em on!" The Joke: Like they say, it's all a matter of timing. Just as attacks on US troops in Iraq started getting bloodier and bigger, the President strutted into a DC pressroom surrounded by a phalanx of bodyguards and invited the world to "bring [it] on" against his nation's soldiers. Sad Clown factor: They brought it on. When Bush made his speech, only 26 GIs had been killed in guerrilla attacks. That number is now well over 200.
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Save The eXile: The War Nerd Calls Mayday
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The future of The eXile is in your hands! We're holding a fundraiser to save the paper, and your soul. Tune in to Gary Brecher's urgent request for reinforcements and donate as much as you can. If you don't, we'll be overrun and wiped off the face of the earth, forever.
Scanning Moscow’s Traffic Cops
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We’re happy to introduce a new column in which we publish Moscow’s raw radio communications, courtesy of a Russian amateur radio enthusiast. This issue, eXile readers are given a peek into the secret conversations of Moscow’s traffic police, the notorious "GAIshniki."
Eleven Years of Threats: The eXile's Incredible Journey
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Good Night, and Bad Luck: In a nation terrorized by its own government, one newspaper dared to fart in its face. Get out your hankies, cuz we’re taking a look back at the impossible crises we overcame.
Your Letters
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Russia's freedom-loving free market martyr Mikhail Khodorkovsky answers some of this week's letters, and he's got nothing but praise for President Medvedev.
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eXile club reviewer Babooshka takes a trip through time with the ghost of Moscow clubbing past, present and future, and true to form, gets laid in the process.
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Jared comes out with yet another roundup of upcoming bardak sessions.
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Richard Gere tackles this week's letters. Now reformed, he fights for gerbil rights all around the world.
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Everybody complains about celebrities, but nobody does anything about them. People, it’s time to stop fretting about whether we’re a celebrity-obsessed culture—we are, we have been, we’re going to be—and instead take practical steps to clean up the celebrity-obsessed culture we’ve got...
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