All girl punk bands should sing in Russian from now on
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The Russian, feminist, punk band Pussy Riot with their anti-Putin protest
song. More information here.
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Explanatory Memoranda
- Armagny
- Policy lawyer, international relations postgrad, lefty contrarian, muso, married, proud father, have cats, lefty, enjoy fine liquor... These Armagnac dispatches cover parenting and fatherhood, politics, law, ethics, international relations, life and love, cats and a piece of my soul for good measure.
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- Media outrage at slight glimpse of human error
- Alone
- 3 year old politics: 'Where's Kevin Rudd?'
- The Best Kind Of Sick Day
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- People Smugglers as Slave Traders?
- Oh Noes, Restless Natives
- The Timor Solution
- Sometimes I love the Black Letter Law - Saeed v th...
- Dad insults career redux
- So I saw posterous
- The White Kind Of Migrants?
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