|
 Jelena Abbou, for MAC.
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 03:26
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 9, 2024 01:21 |
|
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 03:27
|
|
|
BIG HORNY COW posted:An interesting photo ad is one for the UAZ-469 which wasn't really available for civilians until later as surplus. I'm actually planning on buying a Lada Niva sometime this year, after I've saved up enough to fix up a rust-free example. I've looked at a few and they were in various states of disrepair, but from their reputation they're quite reliable if you know how to maintain them properly and can be fixed very easily when they break down. Problem is replacement parts are scarce, as they haven't been sold in this market since 1997. If you could even get your hands on a UAZ-469, you'd probably have to import everything from Russia. The Lada Niva is widely regarded as having been the highest point in Socialist automotive design. Here is an airborne one.  An odd fetish image involving some ladies with a Lada Niva. The 2121 would not plausibly be stuck in their situation.  To avoid turning this into too much of an AI derail, here's the flag of the Soviet Union. Slava!  "Our glorious troops continue to advance without losing a foot of ground" 
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 03:43
|
|
|
 quote:Newly-graduated Afghan police officers attend their graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 27, 2012. Over 177 National police officers graduated after receiving 4 months of training in Jalalabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 03:57
|
|
|
Distributed to the 35 freshmen Republicans today:  Don't worry, I understand the Republicans had something similar to hand out to freshmen Democrats, something about lapdog kits or something like that. e: found it.  
HUGE PUBES A PLUS fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 04:08
|
|
In the early 20th century there was a Western Orientalist fascination with Palestinians as the "true" descendants of the Biblical Hebrews, supposedly carrying on the traditions and behaviors described in the Old Testament in a much stronger way than contemporary Jews. The people mainly responsible for this was the American Colony, a utopian Swedish-American Christian cult that was set up in the late 19th century in East Jerusalem and would become the only photo studio in the region for decades. They would stage pictures of Holy Land in a way that was appropriate and marketable for British/American tourists and religious enthusiasts. These are from a National Geographic feature in 1914 on Palestine, which describes various Palestinian customs and connects them to the Old Testament (with helpful footnotes leading to the Bible).    An example of an Orientalist postcard, recreating the Bible in 20th century Palestine 
az jan jananam fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 04:23
|
|
|
Iron Tusk posted:You might want to change that to the working poor. Bullshit, the average extra benefit for an additional child is around $90/mo, far below even the most minimal childcare costs. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 05:35
|
|
|
Radbot posted:Bullshit, the average extra benefit for an additional child is around $90/mo, far below even the most minimal childcare costs. She could have been really bad at math.  Or secretly just wanted a bunch of kids but wanted to seem slick about it.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 07:13
|
|
|
Sidakafitz posted:To avoid turning this into too much of an AI derail, here's the flag of the Soviet Union. Slava! In this video Donald Sutherland teaches us how to battle the Red Menace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE0NIBxpkeg
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 07:23
|
|
|
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:
To be fair Fernandez did an open letter in British newspapers first. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20896050 quote:Buenos Aires, January 3rd, 2013  Argentine invasion of the Falklands. Minsk is closer to London than Port Stanley is to Buenos Aires. So its always funny when they claim because Falklands is closer to them that it makes it theirs. Fluo fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 07:48
|
|
|
Aside from political maneuvering and naval basing, what is the value of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands? I've had the impression that their main resource is sheep. edit: This is not a pro-England post. My limited understanding of the issue is that the Argentines should have the islands, but I can't grasp why they want them. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 07:55
|
|
|
Grand Prize Winner posted:Aside from political maneuvering and naval basing, what is the value of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands? I've had the impression that their main resource is sheep. People always go on about oil but generally thats a myth and there isn't that great a deal there. Britain is because we've had people living there before Argentina was even a country. Their only claim is because its closer to them its theirs but to give you an idea how stupid that claim is, Minsk is closer to London than Port Stanley is to Buenos Aires.    Argentina’s president rocked by biggest protest for a decade. Side note: In March the Falkland Islanders will vote on what they want. However I'm pretty sure they aren't going to vote to join a country that killed their family and friends. Fluo fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 08:11
|
|
|
Grand Prize Winner posted:Aside from political maneuvering and naval basing, what is the value of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands? I've had the impression that their main resource is sheep. The Falklands holds a 2:1 sheep port which is vital to a sheep heavy player like Britain. Trading with Argentina is out of the question since Britain sent a robber to sit on their sole brick supply for five whole turns. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 08:13
|
|
|
If the people living there want to continue to be part of the UK, what claim does Argentina have? Serbian leaflet in Kosovo:  edit: Never realized how much the modern German headgear looks like the Death's Head.
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 08:18
|
|
|
Armyman25 posted:If the people living there want to continue to be part of the UK, what claim does Argentina have? A part of it was Spanish for a small time before they were a country but it was British before they were a country. Also its closer to Buenos Aires then London. That's it. That's their claim and Sean Penn should gently caress off. A lot of it is national pride. (Have a satirical article) Sean Penn should return his Malibu estate to the Mexicans.   Weapons piled after the war.  The famous photo a column of 45 Royal Marine Commandoes march towards Port Stanley.  On 2 April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. A small contingent of Royal Marines was overrun by an Argentine force ending nearly 150 years rule.  On 20 May UN-sponsored peace talks failed. Within 24 hours UK special forces and Royal Marines stormed ashore and established a beachhead at San Carlos on East Falkland. The night landings - undertaken during a gale - achieved complete surprise.  Argentine air attacks proved costly, and before the beachhead broke out HMS Ardent, Antelope and Coventry were all sunk. The Atlantic Conveyor also went down with the loss of its troop-carrying Chinook helicopters, and key equipment necessary to re-capture the islands.  The British task force depended on its two aircraft carriers and it was with this in mind that Mrs Thatcher said she permitted the controversial sinking by nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror of Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, resulting in the deaths of 368 of her crew.  Without the heavy helicopters the British troops had to march to their first major objective – the heavily defended settlement at Goose Green. Colonel H Jones led 2 Para to victory, but was killed during the assault. He was later awarded the Victoria Cross.  The battle had claimed nearly 250 Argentine and 18 British soldiers’ lives, with many more wounded and over 1,000 Argentines taken prisoner. Now the British forces could begin their preparations to take the final prize, the Falklands' capital Stanley.  On 8 June five Argentine planes hit two British supply ships, Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, in Fitzroy. Around 200 men, many of them Welsh Guards, were killed or injured as the Argentine bombs ignited the huge amount of explosives the ship was carrying.  Although some Argentine resistance had been fierce, poor food and clothing and fractious relations between some officers and men had sapped their morale. The British took 10,000 prisoners of war.  Hostilities formally ceased on 20 June 1982. By the time the task force returned to Portsmouth the conflict had claimed 913 lives - 655 Argentines, 255 British troops and three Falkland islanders. Fluo fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 08:38
|
|
|
I've been gone the last couple of weeks but there were a few posts I wanted to respond to.BUSH 2112 posted:(If you aren't familiar with the situation, they accidentally, due to a malfunctioning valve, exposed the core and actually did cause a core melt, but they had no way of knowing what they were doing, because the plant design was so complex.) Yes and no. The accident was caused by the relief valve. However, the procedure the operators followed at the time resulted in causing more damage that could have been contained. (I'm having difficulty finding the source, but it is an interview with one of the operators of the plant a few years ago, discussing it. I had another plant operator comment that they would have made the same mistake had they been there at that time.) NRC Source BUSH 2112 posted:But, the US power plant design was basically just a huge version of the nuclear reactor used in submarines, which was never meant to be operated on the scale they operate on. I mean, poo poo, I live like 30 miles from this power plant, and it's kind of scary to imagine what would happen if a meltdown occurred. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 08:45
|
|
|
Interesting fact abou the General Belgrano: It started life as the USS Phoenix, one of the ships to avoid being sunk at Pearl Harbour
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 09:14
|
|
|
The Falklands is quite literally the best whipping boy for both Argentina and the UK. Argentina tried to score points against some islands while continuing the Dirty War while the Brits could be seen "liberating Englishmen" while killing the Irish now and the Kenyans mere years earlier. Hell, at least the Falklands War led to the junta in Argentina collapsing, it is a drat shame it allowed the junta in Downing Street to flourish. A cartoon by Ralph Steadman, it's Thatcher being haunted by the ARA General Belgrano, an Argentine cruiser leaving the British Declared Exclusion Zone that was ordered to be sunk personally by Maggie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 09:16
|
|
|
LP97S posted:A cartoon by Ralph Steadman, Gerald Scarfe    
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 09:22
|
|
|
LP97S posted:The Falklands is quite literally the best whipping boy for both Argentina and the UK. Argentina tried to score points against some islands while continuing the Dirty War while the Brits could be seen "liberating Englishmen" while killing the Irish now and the Kenyans mere years earlier. Hell, at least the Falklands War led to the junta in Argentina collapsing, it is a drat shame it allowed the junta in Downing Street to flourish. Falkland islanderss don't class themselves as English. quote:About 70 percent are of British descent, primarily as a result of Scottish and Welsh immigration to the islands. The native-born inhabitants call themselves "Islanders"; the term "Kelpers", from the kelp which grows profusely around the islands, is no longer used in the Islands. People from the United Kingdom who have obtained Falkland Island status are known locally as 'belongers'. Mixing British with Englishmen mid flow, please don't do this.   Exclamation Marx posted:Gerald Scarfe Gerald Scarfe owns. Some of his stuff gets posted on the UK cartoon thread.   Ralph Steadman is a bit different style, more bad acid trippy.    
Fluo fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 09:25
|
|
|
I apologize for mistaking Gerald Scarfe's work for Ralph Steadman's, both are very good artist with good styles. I also apologize for making someone post the worst wikipedia image ever made.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 09:35
|
|
|
LP97S posted:I apologize for mistaking Gerald Scarfe's work for Ralph Steadmans. I also apologize for making someone post the worst wikipedia image ever made. Didn't get it from wikipedia, however its a simple way of showing you that there is a difference between English, British, UK etc. Could post some other ones for you.   It's as ignorant as thinking Africa is a country.   Some of the missing from Argentina's dirty war during the 1970s killing several thousand left wing activists including trade unionists, students, journalists, marxists among others. quote:Declassified documents of the Chilean secret police cite an official estimate by the Batallón de Inteligencia 601 of 22,000 killed or "disappeared" between 1975 and mid-1978, while other estimates for the number of people who were killed or "disappeared" range from 9,089 to over 30,000 in the period spanning between 1976 and 1983 when the military was forced from power; the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons estimates that around 13,000 disappeared Fluo fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 09:47
|
|
|
Fluo posted:
Are you trying to suggest that because someone thinks the Malvinas belong to Argentina, they also supported the Dirty War? 
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:00
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:05
|
|
|
Badger of Basra posted:Are you trying to suggest that because someone thinks the Malvinas belong to Argentina, they also supported the Dirty War? Nope. But they can think all they like, I may think France belongs to Germans, doesn't mean its true.  Emilio Massera (October 19, 1925 – November 8, 2010)Emilio Massera, friend of the USA, was the classic admiral. He believed in 'duty', 'rationality', 'obedience', 'patriotism' and 'sacrifice'.  Emilio Massera was the leading figure in the three man fascist military junta which came to power in Argentina in 1976.  State Department documents obtained by the National Security Archive under the Freedom of Information Act show that in October 1976, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and high-ranking U.S. officials gave their full support to the Argentine military junta.  I laughed. Fluo fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:07
|
|
|
Fluo posted:Nope. But they can think all they like, I may think France belongs to Germans, doesn't mean its true.  Margaret Thatcher (13 October 1925 - present [sadly]): friend of the USA, milk snatcher, killed 323 Argentine soldiers when she had the ARA Belgrano sunk outside the exclusion zone
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:13
|
|
|
Badger of Basra posted:
Indeed Thatcher is a monster. However Falklands War wasn't started by her.    
Fluo fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:18
|
|
|
Badger of Basra posted:
I said it earlier, the worst outcome of the Falklands War was Maggie getting that mandate. No offense to the Argentine conscripts and Brits/Hong Kong citizens/Ghurkas who died in the conflict, but she did a terrible job in the UK and is rembered as a good. The worst thing was that she wasn't killed by the Provos in 84.  Obviously, it's a shame that those 5 individuals died along with the 31 injured, but for fucks sake they tried to kill Maggie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:19
|
|
|
LP97S posted:I said it earlier, the worst outcome of the Falklands War was Maggie getting that mandate. No offense to the Argentine conscripts and Brits/Hong Kong citizens/Ghurkas who died in the conflict, but she did a terrible job in the UK and is rembered as a good. The worst thing was that she wasn't killed by the Provos in 84. In some ways it's better that she didn't. She's already a Tory pin up. Could you imagine how terrible they'd be if they were able to confer martyrdom on her? 
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:25
|
|
|
LP97S posted:I said it earlier, the worst outcome of the Falklands War was Maggie getting that mandate. No offense to the Argentine conscripts and Brits/Hong Kong citizens/Ghurkas who died in the conflict, but she did a terrible job in the UK and is rembered as a good. The worst thing was that she wasn't killed by the Provos in 84. No I totally agree, she is the UK's Reagan, and I don't mean that in a good way. I just think it's kind of offensive to insinuate that if you think the Argentines have a valid claim you're a supporter of the junta.  This is the former ESMA (Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada, Navy School of Mechanics) in the city of Buenos Aires, used as a torture center during the dictatorship. Massera had his own bank of educated captured dissidents he used to produce propaganda for his attempt at securing power for himself (real power at the time was held by Jorge Rafael Videla, head of the army). Massera was a pretty weird and terrible guy and was definitely very close of a fascist if not an actual one, not that I can say for sure if he was or wasn't. Today the ex-ESMA is a museum and memorial to the tortured and disappeared.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:29
|
|
|
Experto Crede posted:In some ways it's better that she didn't. She's already a Tory pin up. Could you imagine how terrible they'd be if they were able to confer martyrdom on her?  The Horror. William Hague's as a 16-year-old at the 1977 conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL_p9qjfu5U   Harry Enfield parody. Fluo fucked around with this message at 10:42 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:31
|
|
|
Badger of Basra posted:No I totally agree, she is the UK's Reagan, and I don't mean that in a good way. I just think it's kind of offensive to insinuate that if you think the Argentines have a valid claim you're a supporter of the junta. May I ask the reasons you think Argentina has a claim on the Falklands? 
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 10:41
|
|
|
on the other hand, the Falklands War gave us Steve Bell's penguins, so it's a net positive:
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 16:25
|
|
|
You can play a free game about being a sheep on the falklands. http://www.terrorbullgames.co.uk/games/ewe_of_the_falklands_vngame.php  The company who made that also made the 'War on Terror' Boardgame:   As well as 'Crunch' a card game about the banking crisis:  
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 16:36
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 17:58
|
|
|
 Queen Elizabeth Land, formerly known as British Antarctica. Kirchner also bravely stood up to the imperialist pigdogs of Britain and demanded the repatriation of the territory back to Argentina. There's just two problems, though: one, all claims on Antarctic land have been frozen since the sixties; and two, Argentina never claimed that land until the 1950s (whereas the UK has claimed the land under res nullius since the original Antarctic expeditions).  Morrissey, former vocalist for The Smiths, is a famous ally of the Argentinian cause, and all other progressive left-wing supposedly anti-imperialist causes. Except for when he's saying that British identity has "disappeared" because of immigration or when he's calling the population of China a "sub-species".
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 19:41
|
|
|
 Sadly, I got this picture from an aquantances Facebook, who posted it unironically. This is how she lives her life. She dresses in 1950s attire and serves her military husband as close to this as she can muster. In high school she wanted to be a senator and had gotten a full ride to an ivy league college.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 19:52
|
|
|
 
HUGE PUBES A PLUS fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 20:07
|
|
|
Juando290 posted:
I'd troll her a bit: what if the husband's decisions have a negative effect on the children? For instance, what would you do if Daddy were spending the kids' college funds on hookers and blow? Don't your duties as a mother outweigh your duties as a wife? Depending on her response, you can accuse her of a) not caring about children or b) being a hypocrite.  
Pththya-lyi fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jan 5, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 20:29
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 9, 2024 01:21 |
|
|
gently caress off with that British Isles poo poo, we're not part of you and haven't been for nearly a century. Ireland is composed of 4 provinces which are divided into 32 counties, 26 free and 6 under British rule. Of the 6 counties of Northern Ireland, the southwestern half tend republican and the northeast trending unionist. Interestingly, church attendance is a strong predictor of unionist politics but not of republican ones.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2013 20:45
|
|
