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Hello America, Mark Levin. Our number is 877-381-3811-8773.

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Lots to cover, it seems every day. I try to bring you the facts and the substance in a way that is compelling, if not intriguing, and in order to do so, I look at different angles of different things.

In one gentleman, Professor Paul Kengor, who's an old friend of mine, he's been on this program before, is a very fascinating piece in the American spectator about Putin.

He says, many observers are questioning the mental health of Vladimir Putin, including this publication.

And for very good reason, after all, what kind of leader engages in such brute activity toward the people of a neighboring country who've done nothing to earn his savage rage?

Yes, what sort of man?

Tied time that I publicly share and print a story about Putin that I've shared with my students for several years now at Grove City, since it was first told to me, I'm publishing it here for the first time, the American spectator.

Vladimir Putin has an assortment of hounds, think hound abascavilles, sort of hounds.

Among them is some of the menist, nastiest mongrels you've ever seen. They aren't cuddly lap dogs or yipping dashhounds or happy little puppies with names like checkers at Stocksons.

No, these are ferocious attack dogs. Ferocious attack dogs.

It be a haver strange even by Russian macho standards, Putin seems to maintain these creatures as extensions of his manliness.

And he measures unmanalumnest by those intimidated by his beast.

He's applied this beastly standard to several world leaders, including one of our own, President Barack Obama.

I first heard of this Putin dog thing from a former student who went on to run a very successful international consulting firm and whom I must leave nameless for reasons that will be obvious. I'll call him John.

John has high level security clearance. He's done close advisory work with the National Security Council and has personally spoken with President's dozens of times.

He advises foreign governments. He's met prime ministers of Britain, India and German chancellors and others.

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