I think Pussy Riot is terrific. It's still hard to be a loud dissident in Russia and these chicks are putting their pussies on the line by being so outspoken and brazen. More power to 'em!

You can check out what got them arrested here: Pussy Riot - Punk Prayer

Nice hat!

How Putin handles female punks

I just like hearing "Pussy Riot" repeatedly on NPR

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How Putin handles female punks

Judging by Putin's unique combover, the scalp transplant (a la The Simpsons) is not viable yet.

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Nice hat!

I just glanced at the picture and I thought he had a pair of Truck Nutz hanging from his neck.

Many say Putin, who returned to the presidency last week, has used the church as a potent tool in his command structure, allowing it to amass vast riches in return for unquestioning support of his policies and spiritual blessing for his leadership.

Combine that with his brutal oppression of Russian gays and the guy is practically a perfect Republican.

Not sure where Pootie stands on abortion though.

So... Pussy Riot back in the news.

Not so much a punk band as a new tactic in the anti-government protest game.

Anybody can be a member of Pussy Riot.

You just have to be able to buy the gear and be willing to drive around town in a van and then pop out and do an impromptu street performance and avoid getting nicked by the local secret police or regulars.

More punk than punk.

I wish them luck.

Oh, and fark you, Pootster. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.

*waves private parts in Putin's Aunt's face*

You had me at Pussy Riot

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Nice hat!

I just glanced at the picture and I thought he had a pair of Truck Nutz hanging from his neck.

It's White Russian Trash chic!

*cue 'Dueling Balalaikas'*

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Nice hat!

Now do you believe
In the one big sign
The doublewide shine
On the bootheels of your prime

Doesn't matter if you're skinny
Doesn't matter if you're fat
You can dress up like a sultan
In your onion head hat

This is why we want separation of church and state in the U.S.

heavymetal: This is why we want separation of church and state in the U.S.

For there to be separation, they must be separate entities. By the grace of God, the Tsar remains (and has always been) Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, equal of the Apostles.

Beware of the man whose beliefs compel him to wear a funny hat.

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How Putin handles female punks

Judging by Putin's unique combover, the scalp transplant (a la The Simpsons) is not viable yet.

He got Hair transplant?

Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor: heavymetal: This is why we want separation of church and state in the U.S.

For there to be separation, they must be separate entities. By the grace of God, the Tsar remains (and has always been) Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, equal of the Apostles.

Well the Bolsheviks effectively took care of the Tsar issue quite a while ago. So I don't think Russia really has to worry about that.

The Orthodox Church was happy to bend to the will of the Soviet government and do whatever they were asked (to keep the Communists from completely destroying the Church) so why should it be any different under Putin?

The Russian Orthodox Church, a tool of the government? Unheard of.

/pay no attention to the history of the czars

"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy....I was able to get a sense of his soul." -George W. Bush, after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 16, 2001

HempHead: "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy....I was able to get a sense of his soul." -George W. Bush, after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 16, 2001


Not impressed.

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How do you say Texas Tity Twister in Russian?
/tune in tokyo

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Nice hat!

I just glanced at the picture and I thought he had a pair of Truck Nutz hanging from his neck.

It's White Russian Trash chic!

*cue 'Dueling Balalaikas'*

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What's up with the ring? Spikes?

I love the smell of punk in the morning.

Best female punk band name contest was won by the Muffs.

LadyBelgara: The Russian Orthodox Church, a tool of the government? Unheard of.

/pay no attention to the history of the czars

Or the communists.

...and I thought Atari Teenage Riot was a cool band name...

GrenadeOConner: If we're talking female band names I submit for your approval Broadzilla

I always liked the band name Gore Gore Girls, but that's in large part because they reminded me of a certain someone.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Horatio G. Spafford, March 17, 1814

LectertheChef: GrenadeOConner: If we're talking female band names I submit for your approval Broadzilla

I always liked the band name Gore Gore Girls, but that's in large part because they reminded me of a certain someone.

Oh, puh-leaze! Vidal hasn't written anything decent in years.

floor: Best female punk band name contest was won by the Muffs.

No, Anal coont.

/alas... not punk...

It's refreshing to know that punk still means something somewhere in this world.

Of the Pussy Themed band name I'm going with Harry Pussy as the greatest.

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/alas... not punk...



/alas...not a real band

Yes, the Orthodox Church is the replacement of the Communist Party (which itself had replaced the Orthodox Church).

Look at where the money is going in Russia. It is going to oligarchs, yes. To the military. And to the church. Science is getting a few of the leftovers finally (not nearly as many as in Soviet times, though, representing a heavy net loss of influence). The homegrown arts (unless religious in nature) have been heavily neglected and even actively sabotaged.

The church over the past decade hasn't been afraid to use its influence to censor certain artistic performances. For example, an unfinished film-opera by Shostakovich ("The Tale of the Priest and His Workman Balda", based on the 19th-century poem by Pushkin) was heavily censored in many recent performances because the priest is originally portrayed as lazy and selfish. The church insisted that all the scenes with the priest be cut out.

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/alas... not punk...

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/alas...not a real band

But it is a real animation!

I didn't mean to fist you to the brink of death, only to the brink of endurable pain!

/greasymoose is invariably awesome...

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Nice hat!

Give that guy some metal shoulderpads and armour and you've got yourself a farking space marine.

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/alas... not punk...

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Another great fictional band.

So Putin has his own Possum Kingdom now.

floor: Best female punk band name contest was won by the Muffs.

First of all, the Muffs weren't punk. Second, they weren't an all-girl band. Third, their drummer was a total asshole. Finally, you're forgetting the Slits.

GrenadeOConner: If we're talking female band names I submit for your approval Broadzilla

Vagiant

Toadies - Putin Kingdom

"Sup, yo, check my bling:"



Jesus himself said "and lo unto thee, thy must try to take as much gold as possible by shilling for the resident dictator, and wear these great riches upon thyself.'"

heavymetal: This is why we want separation of church and state in the U.S.

And this is why Cons are such big fans of government-church collusion.

BMulligan: floor: Best female punk band name contest was won by the Muffs.

First of all, the Muffs weren't punk. Second, they weren't an all-girl band. Third, their drummer was a total asshole. Finally, you're forgetting the Slits.

First of all, I say... PUNK! And I'm a world-class expert in such things.... Second, they were still a girl band. Third, ok, but I want to impregnate Kim Shattuck. One time I cut in on some guy at a bar to talk to her and tell her that my band used to do Lucky Guy. She didn't sleep with me. Fourth point stands.

Meh. Pussy Riot is okay, but Anthrax Vagina Attack would have been a way better band name.

what, no "fark your yankee blue jeans"? That's a way better name.