Some needed perspective from Nicki at The Liberty Zone:
Khodorkovsky out of prison and in Germany
I wonder if, with all the Duck Dynasty NOTnews hysteria (because ZOMG! SOMEONESAIDSOMETHINGBADABOUTGAYSGAYSGOTUPSETSOMENETWORK SUSPENDEDTHESOMEONEANDNOWEVERYONEHASTHEIRPANTIESINATWIST), anyone has any idea that today, a man who has spent 10 years in a Russian prison for the crime of standing up to Vladimir Putin, was pardoned by the same and allowed to escape to Germany.
Who?
Who is Mikhail Khodorkovsky?
Niki tells quite the story (go and read) and then concludes with this:
Things are going on in the world. Bad things. The 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing that saw 270 people perish is being commemorated today.
Tensions are increasing between China and Japan.
Uganda passed a law that would imprison gays for life.
People are dying in the Central African Republic.
Thailand is teetering on the brink of civil war.
A shooting in the Manila airport in the Philippines has left four people dead.
And six more NATO troops died in an aircraft crash in Afghanistan a few days ago.
But by all means, continue to shit yourselves over perceived "human rights violations" in the words of the Duck Dynasty guy and A&E Network's reaction to the interview. That's much more important.
/sarc
As Chris Ledoux said earlier -- Butch it the fuck up, Sally
