Althouse: Pussy Riot...

February 5, 2012

Pussy Riot...

... in Red Square.

18 comments:

shiloh said...: Comrades unite!; 2/5/12, 11:57 AM
edutcher said...: Ann, don't do things like that!; 2/5/12, 12:06 PM
madAsHell said...: Telletubbies on meth.; 2/5/12, 12:07 PM
YoungHegelian said...: It was going to be a short concert in any case, no matter what the authorities did.

It's kind of hard to play guitar in -11C (wind chill around -25C) for any length of time. The fingers just give up.

It's courageous to show up & do anything in that kind of weather.; 2/5/12, 12:07 PM
Wince said...: I'd rather watch a Pussy Riot than a Cock Fight.; 2/5/12, 12:09 PM
Carnifex said...: I guess they were trying to be edgy with that name, but I just find it pretentious and offensive, much like "Wylde Stallionz" of Bill and Ted fame, but Bill and Ted was a comedy.

I guess we can expect the male equivalent "Vagina Stuffers", or "Cock Rockers".

I hope for them that their music is better than their publicist.

Hah... Motor Boaters

I could make a living making up offensive band names. Well no, I couldn't.; 2/5/12, 12:14 PM
traditionalguy said...: That's what Democracy looks like.

Please tell me they didn't tape signs on Lenin's Tomb.; 2/5/12, 12:15 PM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: Wrong Shiloh. They are protesting Putin's authoritarianism and his leftists ideas. They are protesting the comrades.; 2/5/12, 12:27 PM
1775OGG said...: Which came first: Punk Rock Collectives or "Kill the Kulaks?"; 2/5/12, 12:45 PM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: And for all you guys out there, Insty has a post on FEMEN protests. FEMEN is the Ukraine feminist group that uses topless protests to get attention for their cause.

It is not all fun and games. FEMEN protesters went missing in Belarus a couple of months ago after they protested the dictator of Belarus.; 2/5/12, 12:47 PM
shiloh said...: "Wrong Shiloh."

Was being sarcastic as regards to pussy. Comrade means "friend", "colleague", or "ally" notwithstanding.; 2/5/12, 12:54 PM
Wally Kalbacken said...: Let me know when V.I. Lenin decelerates to below 16,000 RPM!; 2/5/12, 1:12 PM
Anonymous said...: My apologies Shiloh. I guess I've picked up on my (Russian) wife's sensitivity to the word comrade.; 2/5/12, 2:25 PM
shiloh said...: Bill

No biggie. :)

"We" all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. ~ JFK/American University ~ June 10, 1963; 2/5/12, 4:01 PM
viator said...: Pussy riot in the white House...

"The president invited her for a personal tour. She got up, expecting the rest of the group to follow. They didn’t. He took her to “Mrs. Kennedy’s room.”

“I noticed he was moving closer and closer. I could feel his breath on my neck. He put his hand on my shoulder,” she recounts.

The next thing she knew, he was standing above her, looking directly into her eyes and guiding her to the edge of the bed.

“Slowly, he unbuttoned the top of my shirtdress and touched my breasts.

“Then he reached up between my legs and started to pull off my underwear.

“I finished unbuttoning my shirtdress and let it fall off my shoulders.”

Kennedy pulled down his pants but, with his shirt still on, hovered above her on the bed.

He smelled of his cologne, 4711. He paused when he noticed her resisting.

“Haven’t you done this before?” he asked.

“No,” she said.

“Are you OK?”

NY Post; 2/5/12, 5:51 PM
Cincinnatus said...: Not as good as the Ukrainian protests in Zurich of the hockey world cup being in Belarus.; 2/5/12, 7:12 PM
David said...: Do not grab pussies by the tail.

They will bite you.

This will often also happen if you grab tail by the pussy.; 2/5/12, 7:51 PM
AlanKH said...: Now if they could arrange a guest appearance by Honor Blackman...; 2/5/12, 10:44 PM