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Zeroisanumber posted:IED's suck dick. probaly because House Saud don't actually give two fucks about their soldiers and would rather spend the money on high priced call girls, private concerts and new awful domestic laws. they are like middle age rulers, they dont care that a ton there serf footman are being blown up.
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Cippalippus posted:Good news but really, this is another clue that Russia is interested in a thawing of relationships with the West. Covering up the nudes pisses me off way more than it should.
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Jan 26, 2016 23:32
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Count Roland posted:Covering up the nudes pisses me off way more than it should. Remember that the guy has a domestic audience to think about. Appearing in photos while surrounded by piles of Renaissance nudes wouldn't go over well with your average Iranian voter.
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Jan 26, 2016 23:38
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Count Roland posted:Covering up the nudes pisses me off way more than it should. https://twitter.com/ArtWendeley/status/692088305144328192?s=17
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Jan 26, 2016 23:39
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Count Roland posted:Covering up the nudes pisses me off way more than it should.  
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Jan 27, 2016 00:11
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Pretty seamless shop, better than the OBL killing one.
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Jan 27, 2016 00:14
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Count Roland posted:Covering up the nudes pisses me off way more than it should. Where, exactly, is the expectation that one SHOULDN'T be pissed off about a gesture of cultural deference to one of the world's worst theocracies coming from?
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Jan 27, 2016 00:39
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LeoMarr posted:There isn't much money left for agricultural adventures let alone military ones. Maybe putin could provide a loan from his $40bn private stash? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35385445
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Jan 27, 2016 00:46
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Rnr posted:Maybe putin could provide a loan from his $40bn private stash? I find the 40 billion number to be awfully low. Of course it's just speculation I assume. But he has the entire apparatus of a state (a petrostate no less although that hasn't been so great the last year and an half) to enrich himself and keep his wealth secret. I wouldn't be surprised if he was worth more than Bill Gates or Carlos Slim.
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Jan 27, 2016 01:57
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Reminds me of how NBC blurred the boobs and bums on a 15th century painting during an episode of Hannibal: http://i.imgur.com/fsWJP8t.jpg 
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Jan 27, 2016 02:10
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Liberal_L33t posted:Where, exactly, is the expectation that one SHOULDN'T be pissed off about a gesture of cultural deference to one of the world's worst theocracies coming from? Yeah they should have covered up all the Cathedrals.
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Charliegrs posted:I find the 40 billion number to be awfully low. Of course it's just speculation I assume. But he has the entire apparatus of a state (a petrostate no less although that hasn't been so great the last year and an half) to enrich himself and keep his wealth secret. I wouldn't be surprised if he was worth more than Bill Gates or Carlos Slim. What does he need money for when he can just take what he wants, whenever he wants? I'm sure he has money but nowhere near $40 billion. He doesn't need it. People will either give him whatever he wants or he'll just take it and nobody will say poo poo.
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http://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2016/26-january-mass-grave-found-in-iraqs-ramadi-jamiyah-areaquote:Mass grave found in #Iraq's Ramadi (Jam'iyah area). Reportedly containing 40+ corpses of civilians and soldiers. E: And in other news: http://www.rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=189573 quote:ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani told political parties on Tuesday that a referendum on Kurdish independence should take place before the US presidential election in November. fade5 fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Jan 27, 2016 |
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Yeah they should have covered up all the Catholics ftfy
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Anyone know what Iranian thinks of covering up the art? Officially and non-officially? Someone mentioned that it was done so that the hardliners didnt have something to get a their knickers in a wad in their railings against Rouhani. Also...after 5 years of this thread I can sum something up....I HATE interesting times.
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fade5 posted:http://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2016/26-january-mass-grave-found-in-iraqs-ramadi-jamiyah-area How dare you, Bush was a great leader that kicked off the process of correcting the great mistake that was Sykes-Picot. So a few (hundred thousand) eggs got broken in the process...egg, omelette, etc. Incidentally, 2016 is the 100th anniversary of said mistake.
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Sergg posted:What does he need money for when he can just take what he wants, whenever he wants? I'm sure he has money but nowhere near $40 billion. He doesn't need it. People will either give him whatever he wants or he'll just take it and nobody will say poo poo. You could be right. But I think a lot of dictators have a habit of accumulating massive amounts of cash in case they lose power from an invasion/coup/uprising etc and need to high tail it out of the country and be set for life afterwards.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Remember that the guy has a domestic audience to think about. Appearing in photos while surrounded by piles of Renaissance nudes wouldn't go over well with your average Iranian voter. Also, hard to hide a boner while wearing robes dem Renaissance ladies 
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54.4 crowns posted:Anyone know what Iranian thinks of covering up the art? Officially and non-officially? I recall instances of Iranian politicians abroad being publicly criticized by hardliners in Tehran for shaking hands with women. So it's apparently something that can have real political ramifications, as insane as Iran's monstrously trivial sexual authoritarianism can seem.
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Barzani floated the idea of a referendum last year and pretty much had his arm twisted to climb down on the statement by the US. A unilateral referendum is v. unlikely to get Washington's support
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Charliegrs posted:You could be right. But I think a lot of dictators have a habit of accumulating massive amounts of cash in case they lose power from an invasion/coup/uprising etc and need to high tail it out of the country and be set for life afterwards. Putin doesn't have to worry about that ever happening. He's got Russia on lockdown and he's gonna be ruling it until he's an old man ready to retire to some fancy dacha.
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The Italian way of conducting business is to be overtly polite during the signing of the deal and then to take the money and run, nobody except hardliners literal fascists objected to covering the nudes if that meant signing a few deals. Liberal_L33t posted:Where, exactly, is the expectation that one SHOULDN'T be pissed off about a gesture of cultural deference to one of the world's worst theocracies coming from? Hey, I didn't know he was from Texas Cippalippus fucked around with this message at 10:55 on Jan 27, 2016 |
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Cippalippus posted:The Italian way of conducting business is to be overtly polite during the signing of the deal and then to take the money and run, nobody except hardliners literal fascists objected to covering the nudes if that meant signing a few deals. Update: it is now a political case since both the ministry of culture and the head of government deny that they ordered to cover the statues. They don't know who had the idea and are adding another layer of farce to the story  The Iranian president denied that he minded those nude marbles anyway, but he was grateful for the "excellent hospitality".
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54.4 crowns posted:Anyone know what Iranian thinks of covering up the art? Officially and non-officially? Keep in mind Iran is probably one of the most diverse countries in the world when it comes to sexual attitudes. You have places like Tehran suburbs where its pretty much America. On the other hand Iran has the largest population of nomads in the world, and outside of Tehran (which is about the size of London, so thats a decent chunk of the country) the population is pretty rural in general.
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This was linked without explanation in the GiP Current Events thread but I can't find any major news source corroborating, is Paris having another riot or is this an old video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHmZqoHtwNI
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Asehujiko posted:This was linked without explanation in the GiP Current Events thread but I can't find any major news source corroborating, is Paris having another riot or is this an old video? Must be old. There's a watermark sometime that says "hodih", I've tracked it to be probably from hodiho, a sort of video Cracked for people bored at the office, but I can't find that video on it.
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Annual UN report from the Yemen sanction monitors is pretty scathing in its critique of the Saudi coalition's war.quote:Yemen conflict: Saudi-led coalition targeting civilians, UN says http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35423282 Reminder that the US, UK and France belongs to this coalition.
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Svartvit posted:Annual UN report from the Yemen sanction monitors is pretty scathing in its critique of the Saudi coalition's war. We can't afford to offend the Saudi's because [REASONS]!
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Because [GAS]. It's the reason. Let's not pretend it doesnt exist.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:Because [GAS]. You what mate?
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Svartvit posted:Reminder that the US, UK and France belongs to this coalition. Not full-fledged parts of the coalition, they only provide logistical support. Well, the US and UK also provide weapons and intel, and they also help maintain the blockade.
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Cat Mattress posted:Not full-fledged parts of the coalition, they only provide logistical support. Well, the US and UK also provide weapons and intel, and they also help maintain the blockade. The US is the KSA's entire logistics chain. We're not picking the targets and dropping the bombs, but we do pretty much everything else.
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Reuters reporting that the YPG is planning an offensive to take Manbij, Jarablus and ... Azaz.
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MothraAttack posted:Reuters reporting that the YPG is planning an offensive to take Manbij, Jarablus and ... Azaz. What groups currently operate in Azaz?
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MothraAttack posted:Reuters reporting that the YPG is planning an offensive to take Manbij, Jarablus and ... Azaz. Operation Azazle Dazzle.
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Zeroisanumber posted:The US is the KSA's entire logistics chain. We're not picking the targets and dropping the bombs, but we do pretty much everything else. It's frustrating that this isn't even a political issue in the US.
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Zeroisanumber posted:The US is the KSA's entire logistics chain. We're not picking the targets and dropping the bombs, but we do pretty much everything else. It's frustrating that this doesn't even seem to be a political issue in the US.
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So Iran just went buckwild and ordered a poo poo ton of Airbus planes, including the 380 which hasn't seen any orders in forever. The US State Department spent a lot of time on this deal with Iran and was out front and center on a lot of it, are any US companies expected to benefit from this?
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TheBuilder posted:So Iran just went buckwild and ordered a poo poo ton of Airbus planes, including the 380 which hasn't seen any orders in forever. The US State Department spent a lot of time on this deal with Iran and was out front and center on a lot of it, are any US companies expected to benefit from this? Seems like they are going to visit Boeing next for ~100 long range planes so, probably?
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TheBuilder posted:So Iran just went buckwild and ordered a poo poo ton of Airbus planes, including the 380 which hasn't seen any orders in forever. The US State Department spent a lot of time on this deal with Iran and was out front and center on a lot of it, are any US companies expected to benefit from this? Not if we implement unilateral sanctions.
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