Not sure where else to put this, so.

The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders - US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - in Moscow.

But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Mr Putin disguised as a tourist.

Pete Souza, now President Obama's official photographer, captured the moment when he worked for President Reagan during the political thaw that soon ended the Cold War.

Mr Reagan took a stroll around Red Square accompanied by the Russian leader, who then introduced him to a group of tourists.

In an interview, Mr Souza recounted being surprised at the "pointed" questions these supposed tourists asked the US leader.

They included searching enquiries on the state of human rights in the US.

The identity of the man on the left of the photo - complete with camera round his neck - was later revealed and "verified" to Mr Souza as none other than Mr Putin.

The planting of KGB officers as bystanders was a common practice in Soviet times.

Added bonus: they could cast Daniel Craig as Young Adult Putin.

The planting of KGB officers as bystanders was a common practice in Soviet times.

Sneaky fucking Russians. I really doubt practices like this ended with the fall of the Soviet Union.

kruker wrote:

The planting of KGB officers as bystanders was a common practice in Soviet times.

Sneaky $#@! Russians. I really doubt practices like this ended with the fall of the Soviet Union.

Probably true. But it's not as if we (and every other country with an intelligence arm worth its salt) likely don't do the same thing...

dajafi wrote:

kruker wrote:

The planting of KGB officers as bystanders was a common practice in Soviet times.

Sneaky $#@! Russians. I really doubt practices like this ended with the fall of the Soviet Union.

Probably true. But it's not as if we (and every other country with an intelligence arm worth its salt) likely don't do the same thing...

We're the good guys, we're allowed to be hypocritical.

Vox?

My mom just called me and told me two things-

1. They were sleeping last night and at about 2 in the morning they hear an extremely loud noise- obviously a car accident. So they look out the window and see two vehicles in the middle of the street. My mom called 911 and my dad ran outside to see if there was anything he could to do to help. As he's getting closer to the street he realizes his truck, which he happened to park on the street last night, not only wasn't where he parked it but it was the 2nd vehicle in the accident and ended up in the middle of the road. It turns out a drunk driver hit it going between 80mph-100mph and the dude walked- well stumbled- away with just some cuts and bruises. Unbelievable.

2. For the past week or so, my mom would go in the bathroom and find the Lysol disinfectant wipes sitting on the counter. After the first or second time she thought maybe she just forgot to put them away after she cleaned or something but then it was like 3 or 4 days in a row. Turns out my dad thought they were cottonelle/scott wet wipes and was wiping his ass with them after the catcher called for the old #2 every day. She laughed so hard she almost pissed herself and asked him if it burned or anything? He said no but he was wondering why his shit smelled like pine cones...

BUT WAS HE STANDING OR SITTING

Werthless's bottle opener plays the Eagles fight song, and it causes me to really weigh whether or not I want another beer.

Werthless is your roomate?

In Philly for the weekend. Watching college basketball. Making sure he is too drunk to post in economics thread.

YOU KNOW, AND ARE HANGING OUT WITH, WERTHLESS?

He's balding almost as badly as you, Woddy.

is he clean

Yes. We're talking about message boards with another high school friend is here. I don't think he knows people are talking about him.

SHHHHHHHH

Is there a big pile of glazed National Reviews in front of both of you?

I want you to look him dead in the eye with a straight face and say, "Okay, enough small talk. What's your hourly rate?"

Next Random Thoughts thread: Hoya and Werthless Random Republican Rogering

I wish this was on tape reality TV style. It has to be creeperific

You read every thread, how could you not know that JH admitted as much several weeks ago? I personally have had to re-evaluate everything Werthless has said (not necessarily negatively, just differently) since learning he's 24ish as opposed to 44ish (which is how he writes).