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Forums Terrorist posted:gently caress off with that British Isles poo poo, we're not part of you and haven't been for nearly a century. I thought that was supposed to be a geographical term (i.e. "the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are situated on the British Isles, north of mainland Europe")...? Forums Terrorist posted:Ireland is composed of 4 provinces which are divided into 32 counties, 26 free and 6 under British rule. I thought overall popular support (i.e. majority) in Northern Ireland was in favor of staying with the UK, and that they have Parliamentary representation and whatnot. How are they "ruled by" Britain (i.e. imperially), as opposed to a part of it by choice?
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Lightning Knight posted:I thought overall popular support (i.e. majority) in Northern Ireland was in favor of staying with the UK, and that they have Parliamentary representation and whatnot. How are they "ruled by" Britain (i.e. imperially), as opposed to a part of it by choice? Gerrymandering, among other things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PUtc2Lwuh4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAQfJ5AZRyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA5a3woqKQ8
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TinTower posted:
Morrissey is just awful. Love it when he attacks capitalism yet is happy for any The Smiths song to played in adverts. Don't forget him saying "all reggae is vile". I find him really weird, he complains about the British Army's use of bearskin but not the whole killing people thing. Don't forget his comment about the Norway Massacre. quote:We all live in a murderous world, as the events in Norway have shown, with 97 dead. Though that is nothing compared to what happens in McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken every day. Forums Terrorist posted:gently caress off with that British Isles poo poo, we're not part of you and haven't been for nearly a century. Google of British Isles. It's a geographical term. quote:The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. Two sovereign states are located on the islands: Ireland (sometimes called the Republic of Ireland) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom). The British Isles also include three dependencies of the British Crown: the Isle of Man and, by tradition, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands, although the latter are not physically a part of the archipelago. Ireland in general is over the top religious. Abortion is still illegal unless it occurs as the result of a medical intervention performed to save the life of the mother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0xOGVw3KJE Fluo fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Jan 5, 2013 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUstGlzM2E I wouldn't call Ireland "over the top religious". Irish conservatives certainly are, just like conservatives everywhere, but the country as a whole is on a nice slide towards getting better. We're slowly kicking out all the old entrenched Catholic ideas, but culturally entrenched they are. Give us time lads. Funnily enough most of the anti-gay and anti-abortion political funding those pricks get over here comes from American church organizations.
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Re: Falklands Chat The invasion of the Falklands was a horrible event brought by the death throes of an illegitimate Military Junta in Argentina that destroyed the country in many other ways (economically, socially, politically, etc). It's something that should never have happened, as there were at the time (and there still are) lots of actions being done (like UN stuff) through the proper diplomatic channels. I don't think it should be blamed on Argentina anymore than the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein can be blamed on the entirety of Irak (which is probably a terrible example but I can't come with others). As someone who lives in Argentina, I really couldn't give a poo poo about the Islands, but I realize there are probably a lot of interests on both sides (oil? fishing rights in the adjacent seas? a footing for future rights on the near Antarctic regions? who the gently caress knows) and for that reason it's a conflict that will never end. Thanks 18/19 th century for all that colonialism I guess. Also to people bitching about distances, have a lovely picture: (Tierra del Fuego is part of Argentina and people do live there). There are also claims made by Argentina on the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (which I guess are the green dot further east from the Falklands) that are also under British rule. In fact, the complete name of the Tierra del Fuego province is "Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur", which is pretty .
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Rabhadh posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUstGlzM2E Indeed, I think I used the wrong wording, I just meant compared to other West Europe its very high. quote:Religion in France (2011) quote:Religion in Germany based on self-identification (2011) quote:Religion in the Netherlands (2010) Even in Religious countries in Europe its higher. quote:Religion in Spain (2011) quote:Religion in Italy (2011) quote:Religion in Poland (2011) Have some Irish War of Independence & Irish Civil War badges/insignia. quote:1. Inghinidhe Na hEireann or Daughters of Ireland Tara broach cloak clasp c.1905. quote:Top left -Right : quote:Top Row - Left - Right quote:Early Free State officer's cap badge & 3 pinback badges of the Women Volunteers Fluo fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Keep posting interesting stuff in this thread Fluo
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as all hell, but it's quite an image. Bakeries and hospitals are common targets for the Syrian Army, but this is the first I've seen of them targeting gas stations. http://i.imgur.com/YMZi6.jpg VVVVV Yesterday Volkerball fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Volkerball posted:as all hell, but it's quite an image. Bakeries and hospitals are common targets for the Syrian Army, but this is the first I've seen of them targeting gas stations. When did this happen? That's horrific. HUGE PUBES A PLUS fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Quoting from the other DnD pictures thread:Ulta posted:The Library of Congress has some weird stuff in it. Here's some stuff I found looking for other stuff edit: by the way, what does the German lettering say in the pictures in this post and the one below? Grand Prize Winner fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Armyman25 posted:Serbian leaflet in Kosovo:
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Grand Prize Winner posted:edit: by the way, what does the German lettering say in the pictures in this post and the one below? Richard Strauss Week Munich 1910 - June 23-28 Warbonds Labor, the protection against anarchy! Bolshevism brings war, unemployment and famine! Association for combatting Bolshevism. The poster ropekid quoted reads; "We killed your great grandfather. We killed your grandfather. We will defeat you as well." (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Kalman Taigman, the last remaining survivor of the Treblinka death camp. IF you're in the UK there's a documentary on the iPlayer at the moment that has Kalman and Samuel Willenberg, who has since making the programme died, talk about their time in Treblinka. poo poo is horrifying.
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(actual translation, for those that don't speak Spanish)
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Similar translation.
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That's not really similar at all. The one in Delaware seems to be intentional to keep "those people" out of the park while the Welsh one was an honest, if really stupid mistake of the sort that happens fairly frequently.
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"Frank and Jamie" - Maurizio Cattelan
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Another UK anti smoking ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgekCcd4ng
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Wow, they don't even try to hide the racism. Almost inspiring, in a way. (My Spanish is still shamefully poor for want of effort, but that doesn't look very natural, at the very least I'm pretty sure that should be deben... Google Translate says yes, yay!)
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Why there are so many Chinese signs with "gently caress" in the English translation
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Hate Bus central (Telling people about Islam = hate)
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Love bus
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William Hilton Paul, 19, son of Randall Paul, arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct at the Charlotte, N.C. airport.
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Saw this picture somewhere else. Probably an accident by someone who didn't speak Spanish and grabbed the wrong sign.
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Joementum posted:William Hilton Paul, 19, son of Randall Paul, arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct at the Charlotte, N.C. airport. I bet the scene was something like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBFj66niZvI Volkerball fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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Joementum posted:William Hilton Paul, 19, son of Randall Paul, arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct at the Charlotte, N.C. airport. Just finished chatting with a Libertarian/raw milk guy and he's mad enough he wants to kill someone because its Rand Paul's son being detained at an airport. If you're drunk and being an rear end in a top hat at an airport you should get arrested.
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Highspeeddub posted:Just finished chatting with a Libertarian/raw milk guy and he's mad enough he wants to kill someone because its Rand Paul's son being detained at an airport. If you're drunk and being an rear end in a top hat at an airport you should get arrested.
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Hmmm...my son got new shoes in the mail yesterday:
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PainterofCrap posted:Hmmm...my son got new shoes in the mail yesterday: Well done you have discovered the skate brand Emerica (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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PainterofCrap posted:Hmmm...my son got new shoes in the mail yesterday: Made in USA denotes that 70% of the value of the item originates in the USA. Made in America doesn't mean anything.
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On that note, http://gawker.com/5961169/unionmade-retailer-of-expensive-fashions-that-are-not-union-made quote:Unionmade is an upscale men's clothing store, based in San Francisco and celebrated by GQ, that sells $258 "Vintage Styled Work Shirts" and $68 Cow Horn Combs and $565 "Vintage" Levi Jeans, and things of that nature. The company says that it "aims to improve the lives of our customers, community and suppliers by offering fairly priced products made from the best available materials." You might want to know, however, that Unionmade's products are not union made.
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you libtards have gone too far
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The trinity testing site in New Mexico. A monument to the age of nuclear warfare/tourist trap; what could be more American?
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Revener posted:
Here's the Henry Moore monument commentating Chicago Pile-1 on the University of Chicago campus. It's a little more somber.
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