Stalin: the sensitive, retiring type

Yes it’s true. All those attempts to paint Stalin as the very definition of ruthlessness might have to be re-thought, due to startling new evidence. What is that, you ask? The memoirs of Stalin’s mother have been found.

Long-term readers of this blog should have no reason to doubt this. And here is some more proof for the skeptics; in this photo, Stalin shows his, soft nurturing side:

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“in this photo, Stalin shows his, soft nurturing side”… to a kid with the worst overbite known to man… perhaps it was pity, perhaps it was the start of his new plan to rule the world, one ugly kid at a time…

And then there is the haircut. What is it with the haircut?

I’m not sure what type of parent gives a kid a haircut like that. Probably the same type of parent who gives their kid to Stalin for a photo op … I guess that answers that question.

Very true, Hugh. Hitler also breathed out carbon dioxide, which is needed by trees to live.