Seriously Russia, WTF?

The internet has long known that Russia is... different.

So much so that they awarded it the honour of it's own meme in the form of the "Meanwhile in Russia" image macro.

The past few weeks certainly haven't done much to improve the country's reputation in the eyes of the rest of the world.

The world does have a thing for bad boys...

From banning Gay Pride parades in Moscow for 100 years, to suing Madonna for speaking out about gay rights at a recent performance in violation of St. Petersburg's propoganda law because:

"After Madonna's concert maybe some boy becomes gay, some girl becomes lesbian, fewer children are born as a result and this big country cannot defend its borders - for me it causes moral suffering."

there is clearly a very different attitude toward gay rights in Russia than in many of it's European counterparts, but don't think Russia is focused solely on the oppression of homosexuals.

Why open a store in a town where the residents clearly don't want you?

Over 5,500 of the 8,000 residents of Totnes have signed a petition to prevent Costa opening a coffee shop in their town, so why are Costa going ahead with it?

With 41 independent coffee shops the beverage is big business in Totnes. Costa would be the first chain to open it's it's doors in the town, but who will be walking through them?

Topless Olympic protesters arrested outside City Hall

Ukrainian women's right group Femen staged a topless protest against the perceived support being given to "Bloody" Islamist regimes, by the I.O.C. allowing them to compete in the Olympics.

(NSFW due to uncensored nudity)