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Olympic Pussy Riot

Posted on | February 19, 2014 | 22 Comments

Some days, the news is like an acid hallucination or a scene from a science fiction dystopia, and you feel as if you’re a Jeopardy contestant in an alternative-universe: “I’ll take ‘Headlines That Sound Like Sideshow Acts‘ for $400, Alex.” You have to ask, if Russia bans Pussy Riot, how about a peaceful Pudenda Protest? Or maybe a Scrotum Mob counter-demonstration?

 

Category: Russia

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22 Responses to “Olympic Pussy Riot”

  1. ariyadesai01
    February 19th, 2014 @ 5:22 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: TOM Olympic Pussy Riot http://t.co/WmvgZqkrkC #TCOT

  2. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    February 19th, 2014 @ 4:31 pm

    The Russians and Putin are completely unhinged now that Team Russia is out of Men’s Ice Hockey.

  3. M. Thompson
    February 19th, 2014 @ 4:33 pm

    Man, it’s just kind of crazy. Freaking Russians…

  4. CrustyB
    February 19th, 2014 @ 4:48 pm

    The left must really admire Russian intolerance. This is a page right out of their book.

  5. RS
    February 19th, 2014 @ 4:53 pm

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  6. OrangeEnt
    February 19th, 2014 @ 5:07 pm

    Nyet! Comrade Putin will not be Pussy Riot whipped!!!!!!

  7. concern00
    February 19th, 2014 @ 5:07 pm

    Go Cossacks!

  8. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    February 19th, 2014 @ 5:10 pm

    Ms. Fluke: This is a war on women, not Rush Limbaugh making you “famous” (or rather infamous) by making fun of you.

  9. RS
    February 19th, 2014 @ 5:15 pm

    Buns. Bad HTML. Link here.

    I hope. Trust me. It’s got protesters and Cossacks.

  10. jakee308
    February 19th, 2014 @ 5:23 pm

    If The Cossacks whip Pussy Riot in Kiev Square, is it porn or performance art?

  11. clavdivs
    February 19th, 2014 @ 6:05 pm

    In Soviet russia, the government protests you.

  12. RichFader
    February 19th, 2014 @ 6:21 pm

    I was going to suggest the rest of the cops put barricades around their guys and the band and sell tickets. That sounds like a hell of a stage show.

  13. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    February 19th, 2014 @ 7:56 pm

    Putin refused to be out thugged by Ukraine’s thug government.

    Before Putin is pussy whipped, he will make sure the Pussy is whipped.

  14. Zohydro
    February 19th, 2014 @ 8:28 pm

    What’s the diff?

  15. Quartermaster
    February 19th, 2014 @ 8:57 pm

    Really kinky. BDSM with a rock accompaniment. Imagine the sales of teh DVDs.

  16. M. Thompson
    February 19th, 2014 @ 9:15 pm

    Exactly! Shameless capitalist oppression whoring!

  17. Adjoran
    February 20th, 2014 @ 1:13 am

    Putin doesn’t enjoy dissent much. He’s even had Gary Kasparov, the very popular former World Chess Champ, arrested several times. And he doesn’t want a Pussy Riot.

    He prefers his pussy meek and submissive, like Obama.

  18. Matthew W
    February 20th, 2014 @ 7:36 am

    Dang, thought your headline was a “Rule 5” post.

  19. FredBeloit
    February 20th, 2014 @ 9:30 am

    The end result of librulism. “No talking or we’ll beat the crap out of you, LIKE THIS!”
    They reminded me of the union thug in Oregon who threatened documentary video makers.

  20. SemperWhy
    February 20th, 2014 @ 12:21 pm

    I’ll know it when I see it.

  21. SemperWhy
    February 20th, 2014 @ 12:25 pm

    Heh. I still have a copy of the fun little novel Dwarf Rapes Nun; Flees in UFO on my bookshelf. If you’re interested in a tale of a serious paper descending into tabloid journalism, this book is for you.

  22. K-Bob
    February 20th, 2014 @ 2:54 pm

    I know nothing about this “punk band” other than they went to jail or something a while back.

    But the comments at the youtube site aren’t encouraging.