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Here’s some stuff from the Father of All LOLCats, Harry Whittier Frees. It’s really from 1914… Frees was THE pioneer in this sort of thing. Yes, Virginia, there were LOLCats prior to the web’s Creation. In the Beginning, there was Formlessness and Void. Then, there was Frees…
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Voices From Russia, Too 
20 November 2012. More Soviet “Extremism”… From Children’s Books by Valentin Kataev Still in Print
Tags: children, children's literature, Extremism, Mikhail Prokhorov, political commentary, politics, right-wing, Russia, Russian, Soviet, Soviet Union, Valentin Kataev
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The lunatic attempts by some to label the Soviet period “extremist” are laughable in the extreme. Look at the above… they don’t seem too “extremist” to me. Many contemporary Russian people like Soviet-era kid’s books and pop music, they find them more positive and optimistic than some of the Western-oriented crapola out these days. If I had to choose between Valentin Kataev or Mikhail Prokhorov, there’s no contest! Most of those who’re trying to label the Soviet era “extremist” are rightwing extremists themselves… none dare call it hypocrisy…
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