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<p>I think I am glad that Musk's challenge didn't bubble up all over
the popular media. While I think it was a typical Musk move, and
may have some significant psyops value, there is no way in hell it
is his place to claim to represent Ukraine or whatever bloc of
interests that surround them. And on top of that *as if* either
side would accept such a proxy battle as definitive. I realize
there are millennia of precedent for peoples choosing this
alternative to mutual decimation and see the sensibility to it.
Perhaps one could even attribute the Olympics to this.<br>
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<p>Speculating about who of the two would be a more effective
fighter, etc. is like tweener boys sitting around a campfire in
the backyard (started with gasoline because they could) and
arguing about the outcome of battles between African Lions and
Grizzly bears and other apex predators who would never have a
natural encounter.</p>
<p>As one of those barely-pimpled kids with gasoline residue on my
fingers, I speculate that while Putin has a lot more practice with
*brutal* martial arts practice in his life, Musk probably can
equal him in his own way in a certain kind of ruthlessness. I
suppose *both* should expect a 007-class villain attempt to poison
the other in such an engagement.</p>
<p>A more realistic challenge might have been Vlod v. Vlad. Maybe
a medley of competitions involving improvisational comedy,
ballroom dancing, and bitch-slapping at arms-length. For a
handicap against the younger, more experienced Vlod, some could be
held on horseback? <br>
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<p>Maybe more appropriate for Musk to challenge the financier behind
the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin#Wagner_Group">Wagner
Group</a>?<br>
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<p>Or maybe my favorite blood-and-neuron sport: "<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing">Chess Boxing</a>":
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alt="" width="550" height="434" border="0"></a></div>
<div align="left"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/cheboxing-documentary--the-kings-discipline-210613">https://en.chessbase.com/post/cheboxing-documentary--the-kings-discipline-210613</a></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/15/22 8:26 PM, Marcus Daniels
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-doubles-down-challenge-fight-putin-2022-3?amp">https://www-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-doubles-down-challenge-fight-putin-2022-3?amp</a>
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