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ded posted:Cuba would have a huge economic boom if we re-established ties and opened up trade & travel there. Thing a lot of people don't know: The U.S. is one of Cuba's largest trading partners. But it's all U.S. food going in to keep the island from starving.
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Casimir Radon posted:Sony pussed out on releasing The Interview. Someone inside Sony Pictures should leak it and see how many seeders they can get going.
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There's plenty of "free speech died today" comments on the internet regarding Sony pulling the movie from release. I don't think those people understand what free speech applies to, but OK.
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Casimir Radon posted:Sony pussed out on releasing The Interview. This poo poo is why the terrorists win.
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Dec 18, 2014 02:17
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I guess Sony pussed out because major theater chains turned into babies about the hacker threats. Maybe we'll still get digital distribution down the road? The movie's gotta see the light of day somehow, and with the ridiculous amount of exposure it's getting they'll make a killing no matter how it gets released or many sleazy e-mails get exposed.
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holocaust bloopers posted:There's plenty of "free speech died today" comments on the internet regarding Sony pulling the movie from release. I don't think those people understand what free speech applies to, but OK. Well considering it definitely was the Norks, so say the FBI (an announcement could come as early as tomorrow apparently) it's slightly different then a private corporation making a call. I think its more the generally concept about being able to make a movie and not have a pudgy little bastard use something that is a borderline act of war (depends how you view a cyber attack from one nation state on a non nation state) to prevent its release. http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-has-concluded-north-korea-is-behind-sony-hack-1418861023 Marshal Prolapse fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Dec 18, 2014 |
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Dec 18, 2014 02:21
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Yea the FBI might have something credible to back this up. I didn't think this was Sony's decision.
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The fact that the embargo against Cuba has lasted 50+ years is ridiculous. Furiously masturbating over the purported superiority of the Cuban government is also ridiculous. Where did these people post before D&D?
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:Furiously masturbating over the purported superiority of the Cuban government is also ridiculous. Where did these people post before D&D? Hahaha, wait, is this happening right now in D&D?
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holocaust bloopers posted:Yea the FBI might have something credible to back this up. I didn't think this was Sony's decision. That said I do think Sony wants the movie to go away at this point. Interestingly I think their current stance might actually get more people wanting to see it, some of if only to piss off Big uns. If anything it cements him as an unstable whack job who exposed the core of his countries (only) elite special forces that doesn't fight with pointy sticks to the world to study in detail and counter balance. It also makes his dad of all people seem less petty as at least his idea of terrorism was trying to murder the entire ROK leadership at a funereal one time. I mean it's not like they stole money or goods. This is literally just "gently caress you don't make fun of me."
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ManMythLegend posted:Hahaha, wait, is this happening right now in D&D? Sheng-ji Yang posted:Fidel Castro visited one of the UMAP camps incognito to experience the treatment for himself. He was followed by 100 boys from the Young Communist League whose identity was also kept secret. In 1968, shortly after these visits, the camps closed. Castro said, "They weren't units of internment or punishment.... However, after a visit I discovered the distortion in some places, of the original idea, because you can't deny that there were prejudices against homosexuals. I personally started a review of this matter. Those units only lasted three years." V. Illych L. posted:Hahaha Fidel is the worst boogeyman Sheng-ji Yang posted:Homosexual sex was illegal in parts of the US until 2003. Cuba legalized it in 1979. I think at least one of them is just whitenoise trolling, though. Sheng-ji Yang posted:Well, there were about 50 political prisoners but apparently Cuba released them all today. Certainly there is still censorship and it's an authoritarian state, but that's never stopped the US being buds with China or Vietnam or Saudi Arabia or etc Plastic_Gargoyle fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Dec 18, 2014 |
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:I think at least one of them is just whitenoise trolling, though. Jesus loving Christ.
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:I think at least one of them is just whitenoise trolling, though.  Arc light everything.
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gfanikf posted:If anything it cements him as an unstable whack job who exposed the core of his countries (only) elite special forces that doesn't fight with pointy sticks to the world to study in detail and counter balance. It also makes his dad of all people seem less petty as at least his idea of terrorism was trying to murder the entire ROK leadership at a funereal one time. I mean it's not like they stole money or goods. This is literally just "gently caress you don't make fun of me." I dunno man, I think Kim Young'un would have enjoyed The Interview. Sometimes it just seems like he doesn't give a gently caress about anything as long as there's cake.
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Kazinsal posted:I dunno man, I think Kim Young'un would have enjoyed The Interview. Sometimes it just seems like he doesn't give a gently caress about anything as long as there's cake. Nah, his dad was more the movie buff. Actually you can find his dads "thesis" he wrote on amazon of all places.  Dudes Godzilla knockoff film he made with a kidnapped crew loving sucked though.
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I miss KJI. He was the wackiest brutal dictator. His son is just a plus-sized, colossal piece of poo poo. re: North Korean hackers. So one of the problems with current US and NATO policy is that there's a very vague and not very well-defined definition of whether or not a cyber attack constitutes an act of war. When used in the form of espionage (military or industrial), it is not. If, however, a nation-state actor were to, say, use one to disable or destroy critical infrastructure, it could be considered one. Something similar to the Stuxnet attack, for example, could have been classified as a hostile act. Of course, the big problem here is attribution, which can be incredibly difficult, if not impossible. psydude fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Dec 18, 2014 |
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RonMexicosPitbull posted:Sudan has calmed down quite a bit theres some serious deals to be had touring Darfur lol as long as you avoid that new country to the south.
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iyaayas01 posted:lol as long as you avoid that new country to the south. But the President always wears such sweet hats.
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Also Marxgoons upset at normalization as it means Cuba will start liberalizing its economy. Meaning people will be allowed to buy and sell things without permission from the government. Shock horror.gfanikf posted:
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Omi-Polari posted:Also Marxgoons upset at normalization as it means Cuba will start liberalizing its economy. Meaning people will be allowed to buy and sell things without permission from the government. Shock horror. I know a lot of Internet Internationale types who are genuinely upset at this precisely because it might mean Cuba is sullied by capitalism.
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Soylent Pudding posted:I know a lot of Internet Internationale types who are genuinely upset at this precisely because it might mean Cuba is sullied by capitalism. I'm fully looking forward to it, if anything this marks the first step on the road to new highly dependent and pro American client state. Just wish Hugo was still alive...so this would have killed him instead.
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Mittens the Kitten Tweeted posted:@SonyPictures don’t cave, fight: release @TheInterview free online globally. Ask viewers for voluntary $5 contribution to fight #Ebola. https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/545379913772302336 Is this real life?
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/545379913772302336 Hahaha
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/545379913772302336 Yeah, I saw that...and well I don't recall what happened, but next thing I noticed 5 minutes were missing.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:You act like Marco Rubio is going to do anything that isn't going to score him points with Republican primary voters. He has to know that this is going to be a positive for Cuba and yet he toes the party line anyway. Marco "Superstar of the Republicans" Rubio can go gently caress himself and take Ted Cruz with him. Chuck Schumer can tag along even though he's from the other party because gently caress him, too. Casimir Radon posted:Sony pussed out on releasing The Interview. At one theater in Texas in the original Interview premiere time slot, Team America will be shown instead. America gently caress Yeah instead of Seth Rogen is a net win if I've ever seen one at the movies. quote:"We’re just trying to make the best of an unfortunate situation," James Wallace, creative manager and programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s Dallas/Fort Worth location, tells The Hollywood Reporter. e- https://www.yahoo.com/movies/texas-theater-to-show-team-america-in-place-of-105491244997.html CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Dec 18, 2014 |
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That's the Alamo, which is a great theatre.
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I would like to thank Best Korea for saving us from another Seth Rogan movie.
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Soylent Pudding posted:I would like to thank Best Korea for saving us from another Seth Rogan movie.
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CBJSprague24 posted:At one theater in Texas in the original Interview premiere time slot, Team America will be shown instead. America gently caress Yeah instead of Seth Rogen is a net win if I've ever seen one at the movies.
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Kim Jong Un threatened to bomb Austin, Texas at one point. As an Air Force trained intel analyst, here is my theory: Kim Jong Il was a huge film buff. He even went so far as to kidnap a Japanese filmmaker to make a movie for him. Austin Texas is home of South by Southwest, a major indie film fest. Kim Jong Il submitted one of his movies to SXSW for consideration before he died, but it was rejected. Kim Jong Un (aka Baby Huey) swears revenge on Austin Texas.
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that movie was transformers: age of extinction
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/545379913772302336 Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!
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ManMythLegend posted:Yeah, I know the ALABAMA's AOR, but the only thing Djibouti has going for it over other ports in the area is the high prevelance of HIV if you're a bug chaser. It depends on the run. If your next port is say Pakistan, followed by shithole India and Jeddah Djibouti looks like Eden.
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How about we just let the dot heads and pakis nuke each other, then let the chinks pick up the pieces to help pay off our debt?
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Soylent Pudding posted:I would like to thank Best Korea for saving us from another Seth Rogan movie. I call Jason Segel "Other Seth Rogen" because I can't remember (nor do I care to because he also sucks) his name. I'd really be confused if I didn't learn Jonah Hill's name thanks to Allen Gregory a few years ago. Jesus Christ, that show was awful.
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lightpole posted:It depends on the run. If your next port is say Pakistan, followed by shithole India and Jeddah Djibouti looks like Eden. That is a good point.
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I thought Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill were the same person.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALYw9eJ_jf0
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