FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11 CONTENTS
(1) EDITORIAL: Russia, Crushed by Putinomics
(2) Putin, Dancing with Neo-Nazis
(3) Putin Wipes out Opposition in Moscow Elections
(4) Photo Essay: It Seems Putin is no Music Lover
(5) The U.S. Open isn’t over yet, except for the Russians
NOTE: Kim Zigfeld takes on Conde Nast and GQ in her most recent installment of her Russia column over at Pajamas Media (now 37 columns strong). Needless to say, they don’t stand a chance. It’s the third time Kim has had the lead item at the superblog.
NOTE: The bleak news coming out of Russia can be depressing sometimes, and looking for good news from Russia as consolation is like looking for a needle in a haystack. So let’s look at Mt. Bosavi in Papaua New Guinea where in the crater of an extinct volcano has been discovered an entire new world of never-before-seen creatures that have evolved in isolation for 200,000 years. The photos are breathtaking, and remind us that anything is possible. Even democracy in Russia, however unlikely it may seem.