by Nippy Katz (Not his real name) Demigod about Town
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August 10, 2006

Anna Chapman Arrested for Espionage--She's Not Angelina Jolie Says Blogger [VIDEO]

June 29, 2010 05:05 PM UTC (Updated: June 29, 2010 05:08 PM UTC)
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Anna Chapman, described as a "beautiful 28-year-old divorcee" who claimed to run an online real estate business worth $2 million, was one of eleven people arrested by the FBI in connection with a Russian spy ring.  Blogger Zennie Abraham assures us, as though we needed the reassurance, that she is not Angelina Jolie even though she "looks a little like Angelina Jolie."  Abraham prefaced his reassurance with his observation that it was a "wild coincidence" that a spy movie starring Jolie will be coming out next month.  I think Abraham may be using an unconventional definition of "wild coincidence."

ABC News pulls out all the stops in its story on Chapman.  It describes her as a "redhead bombshell."  Anonymous neighbors were mentioned as saying they thought "she was either a billionaire or hooker." The story also quotes an anonymous source described as a "Ford model" as saying "I had heard that she was a multi-millionaire or even a billionaire."  ABC also offers a link to follow its coverage of the story on Twitter. Just what we needed.

The Moscow Times describes Chapman as "a successful businesswoman who founded a prosperous real estate agency while still a student at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow."  A member of the Moscow Club of Young Entrepreneurs was quoted as saying “I can't believe Anna was accused of being a spy.  She is a natural businesswoman and devoted all her time to her business."

It's fascinating to me that the sharpest angle, so to speak, on the story is the physical appearance of one of the alleged spions.  A good deal of the content of the reportage has to do with Chapman's looks and party girl reputation.  Blogger Abraham offers a bit of dissent--"Anna Chapman's way too skinny to be considered hot."--that adds a note of gravitas to the discussion.  We can only hope that further incisive investigative reporting will yield even more salacious details about Chapman that have nothing to do with the criminal charges she faces.



 

 





 

 

Comments: 20

I would have to hear her say "moose and squirrel" in order to decide if she was a spy or not.
Good idea. Jay Ward was from the Bay Area. He went to UC Berkeley and, even while he was making his real living in TV and advertising, he continued to operate the real estate office in Berkeley he started in the early '50s. I used to drive by it all the time. It was called J. Ward Realty. I had no idea it was his till I read a biography of him sometime in the '90s.
I had the good fortune as a child to have parents that never paid a whole lot of attention to the cartoons I was watching, so I watched Rocky and Bullwinkle a lot. When I was grown and watched it, I realized how much of it was over my head when I was a kid, and I laughed again. Once because I got the jokes and once more because I felt like I'd gotten away with something in my childhood.
I was just starting high school when "Rocky and His Friends" began as a syndicated program. That and Jonathan Winters got me through high school.
I believe I saw the repackaged version in the sixties during the years of Quisp and Quake and Cap'n Crunch.
Cap'n Crunch is an avatar of Peter Peachfuzz. Quisp and Quake are dead ringers for Gidney and Cloyd, the moon men.
Quisp is certainly a relative of Gidney and Cloyd, but Quake was a big beefy guy - a prototype for the Brawny paper towel man. Check them out.
Mugg Muggles, The Man With the Jive Jun 30, 2010, 3:16pm UTC
"The Bullwinkle Show" originally aired @ 7:30 pm.
I remember going to Bayfair Mall to see a guy in a Bullwinkle suit. He gave away actual felt Bowler hats which had felt 'moose antlers' attached.
If I'm not mistaken, I still have the hat (sans antlers) with the two slits on the sides somewhere in my storage unit.
The only college that I ever wanted to attend was "Wassamatta U".
Oops, apologies to Quake. I'm going out to the store to get some upsidasium now.
Sandy Knauer Jun 29, 2010, 5:31pm UTC
"she was either a billionaire or hooker."

I hate when this happens. I got so tired of being mistaken for both that I just started seeing my neighbors this way to get even.
I don't know why a person can't be both, really.
Sassy *bacon makes me happy* Cat Jun 29, 2010, 11:10pm UTC
She looks like a hooker to me! Someone tell her to close up that blouse before her b**by falls out! ;op
aniko    Jun 30, 2010, 12:06am UTC
I don't know how skinny the rest of her is, but that front part does seem to have sufficient gravitas. (To me. I'm not a guy, of course.)
John Knight Jun 30, 2010, 1:02am UTC
(Sufficient gravitatas; Check ; )
Mugg Muggles, The Man With the Jive Jun 30, 2010, 3:21pm UTC
Excellent, John!
Aniko- I thought the same thing. She can't be very skinny to have a rack like that.
She looks more like the cooking show chicklette than Angelina.
You can be skinny as you want and have all the boobage you can afford.
It's true. These days there are more things available than the best government money can buy.

I like Giada. A lot of her stuff is easy and turns out pretty well. We've been making a lot of cayenne mayo lately. :) My wife tells me that there's a lot of Giada cleavage stuff on YouTube.
John Knight Jun 30, 2010, 4:26pm UTC
Me thinks we are seeing more an illusion generated by clever garment use, than actual flesh (or silicone ; ) in abundance. Thing is, not all that much . . . gravitas is really required to be considered a "bombshell". Presentation and attitude, can magnify the the gravitational effect substantially . . . I've heard ; )

She is rather skinny.
aniko    Jun 30, 2010, 7:40pm UTC
I agree she's skinny. (It's evident from the other pics). I was just playing on Nippy's use of adding a "note of gravitas". :)
Rose Hill Jul 6, 2010, 6:06pm UTC
He he - gravitatas.
"We can only hope that further incisive investigative reporting will yield even more salacious details about Chapman that have nothing to do with the criminal charges she faces." Sucks - You mean the rest of the world is just like gather?

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