Dirty Politics – Page 10

I’d like to say something completely unironic about Yury Luzhkov and Iosif Kobzon

I admire Kobzon’s loyalty to his friend – ousted mayor Yury Luzhkov. Leaving aside all aspects of Luzhkov’s political career – and all aspects of Kobzon’s political career as well – I have to say that such loyalty is very rare. It was rare in the Byzantine Empire, it’s rare in modern Moscow. Rats jumpContinue reading “I’d like to say something completely unironic about Yury Luzhkov and Iosif Kobzon”

Bono, Bloody Bono

Thanks to Ed for the title of this post. There was an “intervention” on behalf of Bono in regards to the destruction of the Khimki forest? Where is the evidence of this intervention? Unless he comes out and says otherwise, he didn’t bring it up with Medvedev. According to at least Chirikova (a prominent defenderContinue reading “Bono, Bloody Bono”

So let me get this straight – you slept with this guy…

… And, as one of my friends just pointed out – “whoops, he wasn’t who you thought he was.” So the logical thing is, of course, to accuse him of rape. And then have him convicted. Of rape. By deception. What if he had lied about his salary? His level of education? What if heContinue reading “So let me get this straight – you slept with this guy…”

Oh give me a break

“This is a permanent threat to Ukraine’s territorial integrity because the Black Sea fleet is the outpost of the Russian state in Ukraine,” [protester Igor Derevyanko] was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. – BBC I kind of hate the fact that I need to point this out, but historically – CrimeaContinue reading “Oh give me a break”

Rielle Hunter in GQ; wow, someone actually said that they “don’t know if [they] would fully consider her human”?

A friend of mine sent me a link to Rielle Hunter’s GQ interview, and I wound up being more fascinated by the comments than I was by the interview itself. I mean, “Hunter is definitely a bad person and I don’t know if I would fully consider her human.” I always knew that American societyContinue reading “Rielle Hunter in GQ; wow, someone actually said that they “don’t know if [they] would fully consider her human”?”