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This is pretty fun. I can't remember if this was posted in the past or not.......
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That is going to be something to see!!
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7:15. Not Bad
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This is definetly top notch news
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15332205/
MADRID - The king says it didn't happen. Mitrofan the bear isn't around to talk about it anymore.A spokeswoman for Spanish King Juan Carlos said Thursday that Russian reports that the 68-year-old monarch brought down a tamed and inebriated bear during a visit in August were "ridiculous."
The palace confirmed the king, who is known to enjoy hunting, was in Russia at the time of the alleged shooting, but it says he didn't kill any bear, let alone one that was fed vodka-spiked honey.
"He neither hunted with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin nor killed a bear," a spokeswoman for the palace told The Associated Press.
But those denials are apparently not enough to stop regional Russian authorities from launching an inquiry into how Mitrofan met his end.
Vyacheslav Pozgalyov, governor of the Vologda region about 250 miles northeast of Moscow, set up a working group including a deputy governor and top environmental protection officials to look into the August incident, said his spokeswoman Yevgenia Toloknova.
Vodka-laced honey alleged
Russia's top business daily Kommersant on Thursday cited a letter to the governor written by the region's deputy hunting chief, Sergei Starostin, claiming the bear — named Mitrofan — had been fed honey mixed with vodka before being released near the site where the king was to be hunting.
Toloknova refused to say whether any local officials had accompanied the king on his hunting trip. Starostin wrote in the letter that the local authorities turned the king's hunting into a "disgusting fraud."
Mitrofan, whom Starostin described as "a good-natured and joyful bear" was taken from his home at a local holiday resort and brought to the hunting place where they "generously fed him with vodka mixed with honey and pushed him into a field," the newspaper quoted the letter as saying.
"Naturally, a heavy, drunken animal became an easy target. His Highness Juan Carlos took Mitrofan out with one shot," Starostin said in the letter, according to Kommersant.
During the August trip, Juan Carlos also met with Putin at the Russian president's vacation residence in a Black Sea resort city, discussing bilateral and international issues. The Russian media reports do not allege that Putin was present during the hunt in Vologda.
King an avid hunter
Though the Spanish palace spokeswoman, whose name could not be used due to palace rules, described the reports of the bear's shooting as "ridiculous," the king has reportedly taken aim at the beasts before.
Juan Carlos bagged five bears and two wild boar during a trip to Romania in 2004, according to a report in Spain's El Mundo newspaper. That same year, he took up an invitation to hunt bison and pheasants in Poland.
It was unlikely the Russian reports would have any effect on Juan Carlos's high popularity at home.
The king is a soft-spoken and respected father-figure for modern Spain, acting largely as a figurehead monarch and international ambassador for all things Spanish. Spaniards like his down-to-earth manner and family-man image.
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Awesome, thanks for posting that jayr!!! That video they made was great!
No problem. Theres actually a bunch of clips from the show on youtube.
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Ahem...
THERE MUST BE POSTS FROM TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE BEFORE YOU CAN POST AGAIN.BREAKING THIS RULE WILL GET YOU DISQUALIFIED!
whoops! Oh well, best of luck to the rest of you.
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Becks Puppets tour Toronto footage. Hilarious!
"Where its at" from the Ricoh
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yee-hah!!!
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Tell him to check his email...........
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Painting by Lennons son, said to have inspired the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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^^Nice^^
website of live concert videos
in Soundboard
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nice find!