Thursday, August 16, 2012

Russia


"So your sister's bound and gagged and they've chained her to a chair."

Above three members of...Pussy Riot, a Russian "feminist punk-rock collective" (per Wikipedia (that means "band")) in the dock. Their offense:


Performing, impromptu, and without permission in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a song in protest of Russian President Vladimir Putin's close ties to the Russian Orthodox Church and Patriarch Kirill I (known in these parts simply as "Pat").  The women are on trial, charged with "premeditated hooliganism."  I'm with anybody who protests Poot-poot and Pat.