That's a recipe for agression. And war. I do not mean to be a prophet, but such gender disbalance historically leads to more aggressive foreign policy.

PETA are attention whores first and animal rights activists... fifth? There are scores of much better organizations representing and fighting for animal rights. PETA is in there for shock value and self promotion. Most of their budget goes for publicity, they do not shy from terrorist tactics (publishing people's…

I thought that vegans did not eat neither eggs, nor dairy, just nuts, seeds, fruits, veggies and tofu.

Can I come too? :-)

No, you are not supposed to think she is great. I do not think she is great, but I think she is pretty good. There is certain beauty in people having different opinions. Too much of the same is death to creativity and everything new.

I think the main point here is not that she is tolerant to asshattery of her husband, but that the situation is always more complicated than on the surface. She has displayed loyalty and consideration for family, and kept calm while facing backlash and speculation. Yes, Weiner might not deserve that, but that is not…

I know! I am waiting for her to run for an elected position. She would be fantastic.

And where poverty is concerned, you can bet that there are additional factors to early deaths, besides wine.

I am totally ignoring all "wine is bad for you" stuff. Everything is bad for us, cause we all die. Might as well enjoy something. Cheers, ladies!

True. But they can be mixed with chardonnay on a transatlantic flight now and then. )))

Nadezhda Popova looked regal in older years too. Here is a blog in Russian, but with more pictures of the Night Witches. http://sadalskij.livejournal.com/1321814.html

Of course, what else.

There were rumors that she was either in a monastery or a mental institution. Before his inauguration last year she has not been seen for a few years. And she looked either drugged or in an advanced stage of alcoholism in the inauguration pictures.

Depends who you ask. Those who get more money from corruption or think that he provides stability, adore him. Those who had to taste lawlessness, lack of justice system, xenophobia and corruption, would beg to differ.

Oh, just think that he made human rights and justice system almost non existent in Russia. That's a major turn off for many.

I do not speak as if I know them, but two of them have small children and having read their interviews and interviews with their parents, there was no impression that they wanted to get in jail for that and that the penal system was their target.

They did, but not to this extent, because they got put behind bars for something that barely lasted a minute and did not involve neither smoke bombs, nor public masturbation. I do not think they hoped for this much public attention either. I see their performance as an attempt to bring attention to the problems in the…

It also so happens, that to be charged for hooliganism according to the Russian criminal code, there should have been property or material damage, and there was exactly none.

It is strange, to hear that people should be prosecuted for what they were saying, provided, there was no hate speech or death threats. It is even stranger to hear a person quote article from Yale law almost in the same breath. The fact that they did this in a tyrannical state should not change an opinion on freedom…

What they did prior, should not be an issue in this particular case. Yes, I am well aware that they have little public support, mostly due to hysterical coverage from the state media, stressing the blasphemy angle, which until a few days ago was not punishable by law. I will have a look at the article, but what they…