[lbo-talk] more Taibbi on Yeltsin

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Subject: [lbo-talk] more Taibbi on Yeltsin
>
>... Stalin himself, an
>ethnic Georgian, used to physically re-enact this political style by
>walking around the room during feasts and breaking off pieces of
>chicken or hunks of mutton for his more important guests. ...

And then he would, what, toss these scraps of food to his guests as if they 
were pet dogs?  This has a mythic sound to it.  Can anyone cite actual 
instances of this supposed practice?

Carl

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