Somewhere over the rainbow............

[dipsydoodle]

[Berlum]

1. Meanwhile, Pussy Riot is totally in Pooty Poot's face, Global-Style

Today's NYT:

"Why in the world did Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, let Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina out of prison?

"It was hard not to wonder about that this week as the two formerly imprisoned members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot made their whirlwind tour of New York: appearing on “The Colbert Report”; dropping in on Samantha Power, the United Nations ambassador; being introduced by Madonna at a huge Amnesty International rock concert at Barclays Center — and, midmorning on Wednesday, visiting The New York Times’s editorial board.

The rest: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/opinion/nocera-pussy-riot-tells-all.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0

[dipsydoodle]

3. That did not go down at all well with the rest of Pussy Riot

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[Berlum]

4. ? How so ?

Do tell, dipsydood...

[dipsydoodle]

5. I'll send you link when I get home.

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[dipsydoodle]

7. Russia's Pussy Riot disowns freed pair

Six members of Russian punk rock collective Pussy Riot have signed an open letter insisting Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova not be billed as members.

It said the two had forgotten about the "aspirations and ideals of our group".

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They said that their group belonged to a "leftist anti-capitalist ideology" but that the pair had become "institutionalised advocates of prisoners' rights".

The letter read: "Unfortunately for us, they are being so carried away with the problems in Russian prisons, that they completely forgot about the aspirations and ideals of our group - feminism, separatist resistance, fight against authoritarianism and personality cult, all of which, as a matter of fact, was the cause for their unjust punishment."

The remaining members of the group criticised the pair for appearing at the Amnesty International concert in New York.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26067971



We wish Nadia and Masha well – but they're no longer part of Pussy Riot.

We, the anonymous members of Pussy Riot, would like to say many thanks to all the people who have supported us, those who demanded the release of our members, those who sympathised with us and sympathised with our ideology. We are very grateful to all of you; we deeply appreciate and respect everyone who has contributed to the Pussy Riot campaign.

Our joint efforts were not in vain: Vladimir Putin had to bend under the pressure of the international community and let Nadia and Masha free. Thus, 23 December was a real celebration for us – the liberation day of prisoners of conscience and the liberation of the entire Pussy Riot.

But the amnesty is certainly not the end of our dreams. We demand real justice: that is, the complete abolition of the verdict and the recognition that the entire criminal case against Pussy Riot was illegitimate.

We hope that justice will be restored on 21 February, the anniversary of our teasing performance in Christ the Saviour Cathedral, with the song "Mother of God, put Putin away!"

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Unfortunately for us, they became so carried away with the problems in Russian prisons that they completely forgot about the aspirations and ideals of our group – feminism, separatist resistance, the fight against authoritarianism and personality cults, all of which caused their unjust punishment.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/06/nadia-masha-pussy-riot-collective-no-longer

[Berlum]

8. Fragmentation...

Thanks for the further explanation, DD.

[xchrom]

2. there really isn't a Make Over that improves that man's looks. nt

[TheMathieu]

6. He has a face for espionage.