EPISODE 54 | Pootie-Poot on the Prowl: V. Putin Takes Center Stage

Many see parallels between Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Hitler's of Poland in 1939. Other see echoes of Stalin in today's Russian leader. But maybe we need to go back further, to Napoleon, to see what's up with this guy. Here's a look at "Little Boney", as British satire of Napoleon had it, and "Pootie-Poot", which was George W. Bush's nickname for Putin, as well as what's going on, how it's really all the same playbook, conspiracy theories about the Russo-Ukraine War and more.

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SECTIONS

1. 02:27 - Little Boney - A quick look at Napoleon Bonaparte


2. 07:13 - Pootie-Poot - Putin as PM, President, President, PM


3. 14:59 - A President's Castle Is HIs Armour - President, President (plus President x2 a-comin')


4. 25:10 - So, What's Up with this Guy? - Contradictory assessments; Communist, Fascist, Ataman


5. 32:48 - Weaponizing Information - The Firehose of Falsehood


6. 36:44 -Wag the dog, anti-Semitism, the Khazars return?, QAnon, the Zorro Squad, Armageddon and more


7. 47:48 - 5 scenarios on how the war in Ukraine might end

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info:

• 22 Nicknames for Napoleon


• Vladimir Putin page on RationalWiki


• Putinism and Bonapartism: The Ten Resemblances by Marcel H. van Herpen


• Why has Putin's Napoleonic 'cold charisma' made him so popular in Russia?


• Was Napoleon Short?


• Blog by professor Mark van Vugt on Putin and Napoleon Complex


• Psychology Today article on Putin and Napoleon Complex 


• Putin on the Couch on Politico


• Is Russia repeating mistakes of past wars in Ukraine? on Al Jazeera


• The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model - the Rand Corporation


• China's promotion of Russian disinformation indicates where its loyalties lie on CNN


• Fabricated videos about Ukraine Invasion CNN video


• Conspiracy Theorists Move To Ukraine Crisis After Covid Disinformation


• How to spot false posts from Ukraine


• Analysis: Russia and QAnon have the same false conspiracy theory about Ukraine


• Article on the letter Z becoming a pro-war symbol


• Gymnast Ivan Kuliak in trouble for wearing "Z"


• Ukrainians Tell Stories of Divine Intervention from the Battlefield


• Ukraine: How might the war end? Five scenarios on BBC

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