And for a more polite response than the offlist one! http://www.tiac.net/users/hcunn/rus/insults-vysh.html The "Fragrant Flowers" of Prosecutor A. YA Vyshinsky's ... ... for bullying and sometimes-quite-witty insults to defendants. (Cowed by torture ... here. ...memorable phrases by Vyshinsky, and some directly inspired by him ... "...liars and buffoons, contemptible pygmies, pug dogs and puppies, attempting to mount an elephant... utterly base scoundrels..." vile creatures --A. Ya. Vyshinsky at Zinoviev trial http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Proyect%27s+Resume&hl=en&safe=off&rnum=7&s elm=u1N3aVDM%24GA.370%40cpmsnbbsa05
Michael Pugliese, who would have to be really ill to match the above...