{"id":7259,"date":"2011-02-15T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T16:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2011-02-15T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T16:30:30","slug":"showdown-daniel-craig-as-james-bond-vs-vladimir-putin-as-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/showdown-daniel-craig-as-james-bond-vs-vladimir-putin-as-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Showdown: Daniel Craig as James Bond vs Vladimir Putin as Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2011\/02\/showdown-daniel-craig-as-james-bond-vs-vladimir-putin-as-himself.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7286\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Putin-13721-e1297096907174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is an established fact that not only does the Daniel Craig incarnation of James Bond <em>look<\/em> like Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, but the two are actually one and the same and cannot be distinguished from one another in any meaningful way.<!--more--><\/strong> The <em>real<\/em> question on everyone&#8217;s mind is this: If Craig and Putin were in fact separate people &#8212; which they are not, but just for the sake of argument &#8212; which one would prevail in a battle to the death? Let us examine the facts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/daniel-craig-bond-23-suspended2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"183\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7294\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vladimir-putin-hunting-with-rifle1-e1297098208181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact:<\/strong> Daniel Craig&#8217;s James Bond and Vladimir Putin both have enough guns to singlehandedly take out North Korea. Each also has the requisite space shuttle-grade titanium testicles to complete the job without remorse.<br \/>\n<strong>Outcome:<\/strong> Draw.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/casino-royale_480_poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"184\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/What-do-you-mean-they-let-me-win-Macho-man-Putin-shows-off-the-judo-moves-that-won-him-a-black-belt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact:<\/strong> Craig&#8217;s Bond can kill you in a urinal. Putin needs a referee.<br \/>\n<strong>Outcome:<\/strong> Bond wins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/128711554631521418-e1297099951161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact:<\/strong> Bond was a spy for the British Intelligence Agency MI6, which has rules. Putin was a spy for the Russian KGB, which did not.<br \/>\n<strong>Outcome:<\/strong> Putin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/n573131081_588931_9764-e1297100056899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact:<\/strong> Bond looks better in a suit and tie than does Putin. Or is the other way around? We cannot tell.<br \/>\n<strong>Outcome:<\/strong> Inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/129026304487331499-e1297100139961.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact:<\/strong> Daniel Craig, looking like James Bond, was on the cover of GQ. Putin was on the cover of Time Magazine. We have never heard of Time Magazine.<br \/>\n<strong>Outcome:<\/strong> Bond.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bond_putin-e1297100352587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact:<\/strong> Ladies swoon. They don&#8217;t care which is which.<br \/>\n<strong>Outcome:<\/strong> Draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong> It&#8217;s Bond by a distinctive nose. Or Putin by a lip divit. What do you think?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tumblr_lcq8b3poBI1qedhmdo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tumblr_lcq8b3poBI1qedhmdo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tumblr_lcq8b3poBI1qedhmdo1_500-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/67rd4p0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/67rd4p0.jpg 355w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/67rd4p0-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Daniel-Craig-and-Vladimir-Putin.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Daniel-Craig-and-Vladimir-Putin.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Daniel-Craig-and-Vladimir-Putin-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Compiled and written by Will Conley<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is an established fact that not only does the Daniel Craig incarnation of James Bond look like Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, but the two are actually one and the same and cannot be distinguished from one another in any meaningful way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[1380,1383,1385,1387,1394,1384,1391,1393,1382,1388,1386,1389,1392,1390,1381],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - 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