Public Nudity, Putin Style

President Putin poses semi-nude in public (granted, while on vacation):

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And still I maintain that public nudity only serves to expose one as vulnerable, the antithesis of powerful. My first thought on seeing the picture was "Wow, that's reckless; a sniper would have such an easy shot!" My second thought: "Leaving something to the imagination...always the way to go."

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