"I was dragged away Friday by a group of police—in fact carried away with one on each arm and leg." Author Garry Kasparov in the WSJ, on what happened to him at the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow last week.

  • SamSam

    “Author” Garry Kasparov?

    I think he is rather better known for something else…

    • jaduncan

      WOO-HA! HE’S GOT YOU ALL IN CHECK!

    • invictus

      Oh good, I’m not the only one who went “huh?” at that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Marc-Mielke/100001114326969 Marc Mielke

    I would’ve gone with Chess Master or Flying Dildo Attack Victim.

    • http://twitter.com/ethicalcannibal Ethical Cannibal

      Oh, now I know who he is. 

    • lafave

      or former chess grand master turned opposition politician who was once a victim of a flying dildo

      • stephenl123

        That would be chess grand master or former chess world champion.  I wonder why he has chosen to omit his chess career from his byline?

  • stephenl123

    Putin’s change of tactics seems to be backfiring.  In the past, the Russian response would have been to let a Russian Orthodox mob beat them, then arrest them for ‘inciting  religious hatred’.

  • awjt

    Ole USA, the thugs want to take you over too.