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Dead Drop: March 25

MARTIAL OR BS ARTIST?  Aging actor Steven Seagal is famous for – well, being Steven Seagal.  Although American born, he gained dual Russian citizenship in 2016. A Russian spokesman at the time said that Moscow eventually gave Seagal citizenship because he had been bugging them about it for a while.  Now comes word from Radaronline that an audiotape recorded more than 30 years ago. has recently surfaced.  In it, Seagal is purportedly heard bragging about having ties to the CIA.  “I don't really like to talk about what I have done in the field, and I don’t," said the voice. "You can say that I’ve worked for people who were in the CIA and worked for the CIA. Sure, I’ve worked with people like that, but I've always admired the people that can count.” Among his other past utterances, is that Vladimir Putin is “one of the greatest living world leaders.”  This week, media accounts said that the U.S. has been unable to determine who, if anyone, is running the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Maybe it is Steven Seagal.  Just sayin’.

ACTION HERO OF A DIFFERENT COLOR: Meanwhile, former “Governator” Arnold Schwarzenegger’s viral video calling Putin, “history’s worst president,” has (not unexpectedly) attracted some slings and arrows from Moscow. While most Russians probably have not seen Arnold’s video – Russian state TV did see it, and they apparently didn’t like it very much. Russian TV personality Vadim Gigin told viewers that Arnold’s face looked like, “…the cover page of American imperialism and colonialism.” 

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