Chuck
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Yeah. Which is really showing off because I think you could trade a Mars bar for a car in Moscow in 1985. Yeah.
Yeah. Which is really showing off because I think you could trade a Mars bar for a car in Moscow in 1985. Yeah.
Yeah. Which is really showing off because I think you could trade a Mars bar for a car in Moscow in 1985. Yeah.
At least that's what they told us in school.
At least that's what they told us in school.
At least that's what they told us in school.
Yeah, those dogs were like, oh, God, and just went back to their post.
Yeah, those dogs were like, oh, God, and just went back to their post.
Yeah, those dogs were like, oh, God, and just went back to their post.
Yeah. Isn't that amazing? So then they they got him across the Finnish border. Finland is neutral and he was safe. But I mean, like that is real deal spy stuff, you know.
Yeah. Isn't that amazing? So then they they got him across the Finnish border. Finland is neutral and he was safe. But I mean, like that is real deal spy stuff, you know.
Yeah. Isn't that amazing? So then they they got him across the Finnish border. Finland is neutral and he was safe. But I mean, like that is real deal spy stuff, you know.
Like holding a Safeway bag. That's awesome. The Mars bar. I love every part of that. So he actually, he was actually tried in absentia and sentenced to death by the Soviet Union, but he had defected to the UK and they protected him. And he died an old man, I think age 86 last March at his home in Great Britain.
Like holding a Safeway bag. That's awesome. The Mars bar. I love every part of that. So he actually, he was actually tried in absentia and sentenced to death by the Soviet Union, but he had defected to the UK and they protected him. And he died an old man, I think age 86 last March at his home in Great Britain.
Like holding a Safeway bag. That's awesome. The Mars bar. I love every part of that. So he actually, he was actually tried in absentia and sentenced to death by the Soviet Union, but he had defected to the UK and they protected him. And he died an old man, I think age 86 last March at his home in Great Britain.
No, but one thing that we really should say, and I was kind of touching on it earlier, one of the really valuable things he provided was he could understand the state of mind of the Soviet government and Soviet military. And he fed this information to the UK, to MI6, who turned around and said,
No, but one thing that we really should say, and I was kind of touching on it earlier, one of the really valuable things he provided was he could understand the state of mind of the Soviet government and Soviet military. And he fed this information to the UK, to MI6, who turned around and said,
No, but one thing that we really should say, and I was kind of touching on it earlier, one of the really valuable things he provided was he could understand the state of mind of the Soviet government and Soviet military. And he fed this information to the UK, to MI6, who turned around and said,
Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, you guys need to tone down this evil empire rhetoric because you are scaring the Soviets so bad. They're plotting a first strike because they think you're going to strike out of nowhere. So you actually might trigger a first strike from the Soviets if you keep talking like this. And as a result, they really dialed it back quite a bit.
Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, you guys need to tone down this evil empire rhetoric because you are scaring the Soviets so bad. They're plotting a first strike because they think you're going to strike out of nowhere. So you actually might trigger a first strike from the Soviets if you keep talking like this. And as a result, they really dialed it back quite a bit.