Eastern Europe: Olivier's sphere of influence

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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

kalstrams posted:

That's Beethoven's Symphony 7, Movement 2, by the way.

My favorite.

# ? Mar 17, 2016 18:37

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# ? May 10, 2024 00:59

Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

evil_cheese posted:

Brown moses the youtube video of your speech on the last page is set to private for some reason.

The whole thing is being edited into smaller chunks for easier sharing and stuff, I'll repost it when it's back up.

# ? Mar 17, 2016 19:08

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

CommieGIR posted:

My favorite.

One of the best movements of any symphonic piece ever. Us violas get to start it off eeeeee.

# ? Mar 17, 2016 19:09

Plan Z: May 6, 2012

Brown Moses posted:

Yeah, seemed journalists and protesters outnumbered participants.

Guessing it's their version of a WBC Protest, then.

# ? Mar 17, 2016 21:09

Lichtenstein: May 31, 2012; It'll make sense, eventually.

How many PiS-poor ideas can you spot in this Central Anti-Corruption Bureau-issued calendar?

# ? Mar 18, 2016 09:39

grate deceiver: Jul 10, 2009; Just a funny av. Not a redtext or an own ok.

Lichtenstein posted:

How many PiS-poor ideas can you spot in this Central Anti-Corruption Bureau-issued calendar?

Holy fuckballs, I don't know what's worse - that the calendar comes with those ribbons printed by the 10th of every month, or that someone took the time to draw them on every page :eyepop:

# ? Mar 18, 2016 09:51

Anne Frank Funk: Nov 4, 2008

I hope PiS lives up to its populist message and institutes a national holiday on 10th of every month.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 10:25

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

But seriously, are they having some sort of commemorative day at CBA on the 10th of every loving month? That's beyond hosed up.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 10:40

Lichtenstein: May 31, 2012; It'll make sense, eventually.

That's when the human sacrifices are scheduled for.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 11:26

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

To the discussion about European armies earlier, I just saw a report on the front page of a Czech newspaper about the status of their heavy equipment. Basically up to 50% are not operational due to a lack of spare parts, apparently:

code:

Model         Total  Busted
----------------------------------
T-72M4CZ      30     15
Pandur II     100    40
BMP-2         120    40
T-810         550    120

But honestly the 15 tanks should be enough to keep everyone out, even the refugees don't want to come here.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 14:41

A Pale Horse: Jul 29, 2007

Palpek posted:

But seriously, are they having some sort of commemorative day at CBA on the 10th of every loving month? That's beyond hosed up.

Pretty soon the government will require public wailing and rending of clothes on those days as a display of love and sorrow for dearest leader. I was at the cinema recently and before the main feature started they showed the trailer for the new "Smolensk" movie. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It's conspiracy theory upon conspiracy theory upon improbability upon impossibility. I'm sure it will rake in money though and a good portion of people will believe that bullshit.

fake edit: found it here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgSl0VAn76M

# ? Mar 18, 2016 14:49

Anne Frank Funk: Nov 4, 2008

After watching that trailer I have to express my new found fondness for the production quality of Polish docu-soaps, which stand head and shoulders above what is displayed here.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 15:41

Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

A Pale Horse posted:

Pretty soon the government will require public wailing and rending of clothes on those days as a display of love and sorrow for dearest leader. I was at the cinema recently and before the main feature started they showed the trailer for the new "Smolensk" movie. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It's conspiracy theory upon conspiracy theory upon improbability upon impossibility. I'm sure it will rake in money though and a good portion of people will believe that bullshit.

fake edit: found it here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgSl0VAn76M

Birches can't explode jet engines!

# ? Mar 18, 2016 15:51

HUGE PUBES A PLUS: Apr 30, 2005

Without watching that trailer, does this documentary even bother to mention that air control told the pilot it was too foggy to land in Smolensk and advised them to reroute to Minsk? I recall this being an important detail.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 16:48

Anne Frank Funk: Nov 4, 2008

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

Without watching that trailer, does this documentary even bother to mention that air control told the pilot it was too foggy to land in Smolensk and advised them to reroute to Minsk? I recall this being an important detail.

It's a feature film and probable Polish candidate for Academy Awards. Facts are irrelevant.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 17:08

Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

As promised, the edited version of my presentation on open source and social media investigation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7zvsXv2ECI

# ? Mar 18, 2016 17:36

Nitrox: Jul 5, 2002

Brown Moses posted:

As promised, the edited version of my presentation on open source and social media investigation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7zvsXv2ECI

This is great. Do you mind if I share this with friends?

# ? Mar 18, 2016 17:53

Brown Moses: Feb 22, 2002

Nitrox posted:

This is great. Do you mind if I share this with friends?

Go for it, there's other videos on the same channel from the same event, Malachy Browne talking about Reportedly's brilliant Yemen arms tracking investigation, and Storyful�s Eliza Mackintosh talking about verifying mass shootings and terror attacks.

# ? Mar 18, 2016 17:57

HUGE PUBES A PLUS: Apr 30, 2005

http://www.airline.ee/flydubai/flydubai-jet-crashed-in-rostov-on-don-russia-killing-all-aboard/

quote:

Flydubai flight FZ981 has crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don killing all 59 passengers and crew on board.

The flight was en route from Dubai (Dubai International Airport � DXB) and crashed during a landing approach near Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV).

Air-traffic control and local emergency services confirmed that the Boeing 737 jet crashed near the runway during a second approach in conditions of poor visibility.

�According to preliminary data, the Boeing 737 crashed in poor visibility conditions, some 50-100 meters left of the runway,� the source said.

All crew and passengers on board the plane were killed in the crash, according to the regional Emergencies Ministry.

�During the landing approach a Boeing-737 crashed. It had 55 passengers on board. All of them died,� a regional spokesman told TASS.

# ? Mar 19, 2016 03:23

Emanuel Collective: Jan 16, 2008; by Smythe

No idea if this is legit, but it's apparently CCTV that captured the crash. Plane looks like it's nosediving full-speed into the ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqU-saaGUU

# ? Mar 19, 2016 03:33

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Emanuel Collective posted:

No idea if this is legit, but it's apparently CCTV that captured the crash. Plane looks like it's nosediving full-speed into the ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqU-saaGUU

And was on fire while going down..... :tinfoil:

# ? Mar 19, 2016 05:14

OddObserver: Apr 3, 2009

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a6-fdn/#922b3bd seems to show it circling for ~2 hours before landing, but perhaps it's wrong?

Though it does match this timeline from CNN story:

quote:

Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov told media that 55 passengers and six crew members had been on board the jet, which crashed while attempting to land for the second time. It was scheduled to land at 6:20 p.m. ET (1:20 a.m. Moscow time), but went down at 8:50 p.m. ET (3:50 a.m.), Puchkov said.

# ? Mar 19, 2016 05:44

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

CommieGIR posted:

And was on fire while going down.....

I think that was just the plane's lights.

# ? Mar 19, 2016 05:59

Mr. Nemo: Feb 4, 2016; I wish I had a sister like my big strong Daddy

CommieGIR posted:

And was on fire while going down.....

And the video has already been deleted... :tinfoil:

# ? Mar 19, 2016 06:27

HUGE PUBES A PLUS: Apr 30, 2005

Here's another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6VfP5Pa2Vc

They're saying bad weather and pilot disorientation were the causes.

# ? Mar 19, 2016 14:24

Xerxes17: Feb 17, 2011

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

Here's another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6VfP5Pa2Vc

They're saying bad weather and pilot disorientation were the causes.

gently caress, at least it was quick for the poor bastards. :smith:

# ? Mar 19, 2016 14:49

Mokotow: Apr 16, 2012

No it wasn't; they circled in horrible weather and turbulence for two hours and went through one go-around before the crash. They went through a horrible experience that went for hours and ended in a crash. It's a nightmare.

# ? Mar 19, 2016 16:11

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

Mokotow posted:

No it wasn't; they circled in horrible weather and turbulence for two hours and went through one go-around before the crash. They went through a horrible experience that went for hours and ended in a crash. It's a nightmare.

I've circled airports in planes before. It sucks but it's not that bad.

# ? Mar 19, 2016 16:26

Best Friends: Nov 4, 2011

The Russian state media is already saying air traffic control did a good job and it was all a huge accident so I'm sure we'll get a very thorough and impartial investigation.

# ? Mar 19, 2016 18:05

Gantolandon: Aug 19, 2012

A Pale Horse posted:

Pretty soon the government will require public wailing and rending of clothes on those days as a display of love and sorrow for dearest leader. I was at the cinema recently and before the main feature started they showed the trailer for the new "Smolensk" movie. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It's conspiracy theory upon conspiracy theory upon improbability upon impossibility. I'm sure it will rake in money though and a good portion of people will believe that bullshit.

fake edit: found it here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgSl0VAn76M

That reminded me of another hilarious thing.

I reported several pages ago that the current president, Andrzej Duda, almost had a car accident, because the tirein his car fell apart? Some right-wing conspiracy theorists already suggested it was an (another) assassination attempt, that a hired sniper could have shot the wheel. There was a swift investigation and the truth has come out a few days ago.

It turned out that the tire that fell apart mid-ride was not only six-years old, but also already decommissioned. Some idiots in BOR (Government Protection Bureau), however, needed a tire for the presidential armored car right loving now, because Duda wanted to ski. They took the one from the decommissioned parts storage and installed it into the presidential armored car, which was meant to take the president from Wroclaw to Karpacz. Unfortunately, there were a section of the track which was not only quite steep, but full of rocks and ice. No car except the mountain lifeguards' off-road car could drive across. But the driver of the presidential car just floored and went through the rocks on full speed. This is probably when the tire was damaged.

Over a month later, the presidential car were speeding through the highway so fast the ambulance being a part of the convoy couldn't catch up. Low pressure alert was blaring, but the driver ignored it, because the president's delegation was already late. Somehow no one got hurt when the tire inevitably blew up. Had the idiot in the car died, we would have another Smolensk.

Edit: The best thing is that they can't blame PO for that, because they replaced the entire leadership of BOR several months ago.

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Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

So do I have this right, the sitting prime minister of Poland has not-so-secretly accused the sitting president of murdering his twin brother, the previous president?

# ? Mar 20, 2016 01:01

Gantolandon: Aug 19, 2012

Arglebargle III posted:

So do I have this right, the sitting prime minister of Poland has not-so-secretly accused the sitting president of murdering his twin brother, the previous president?

No. He accused of that the former Prime Minister and the sitting European Council president. Also, he's not the Prime Minister, just the power behind the throne.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 01:08

A Pale Horse: Jul 29, 2007

Gantolandon posted:

No. He accused of that the former Prime Minister and the sitting European Council president. Also, he's not the Prime Minister, just the power behind the throne.

In cahoots with Vladimir Putin too. It was a Tusk-Putin conspiracy you see because Tusk was attempting to warm up Polish-Russian relations and that's a sign of being a traitor. :downs:

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suck my woke dick: Oct 10, 2012; I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

Gantolandon posted:

That reminded me of another hilarious thing.

I reported several pages ago that the current president, Andrzej Duda, almost had a car accident, because the tirein his car fell apart? Some right-wing conspiracy theorists already suggested it was an (another) assassination attempt, that a hired sniper could have shot the wheel. There was a swift investigation and the truth has come out a few days ago.

It turned out that the tire that fell apart mid-ride was not only six-years old, but also already decommissioned. Some idiots in BOR (Government Protection Bureau), however, needed a tire for the presidential armored car right loving now, because Duda wanted to ski. They took the one from the decommissioned parts storage and installed it into the presidential armored car, which was meant to take the president from Wroclaw to Karpacz. Unfortunately, there were a section of the track which was not only quite steep, but full of rocks and ice. No car except the mountain lifeguards' off-road car could drive across. But the driver of the presidential car just floored and went through the rocks on full speed. This is probably when the tire was damaged.

Over a month later, the presidential car were speeding through the highway so fast the ambulance being a part of the convoy couldn't catch up. Low pressure alert was blaring, but the driver ignored it, because the president's delegation was already late. Somehow no one got hurt when the tire inevitably blew up. Had the idiot in the car died, we would have another Smolensk.

Edit: The best thing is that they can't blame PO for that, because they replaced the entire leadership of BOR several months ago.

lol.

How can your reasonably developed and wealthy country be so dysfunctional half the sitting officials are (publicly) convinced the other half is conspiring to kill them.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 12:06

Lichtenstein: May 31, 2012; It'll make sense, eventually.

blowfish posted:

lol.

How can your reasonably developed and wealthy country be so dysfunctional half the sitting officials are (publicly) convinced the other half is conspiring to kill them.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/16/conspiracy-theorists-who-have-taken-over-poland

Still the best answer.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 12:33

Lichtenstein: May 31, 2012; It'll make sense, eventually.

Also don't forget the obsession with outing the Nobel-prize winning icon of fall of communism as having had been a communist spy all along because ???

# ? Mar 20, 2016 12:44

Cat Mattress: Jul 14, 2012; by Cyrano4747

Lichtenstein posted:

Also don't forget the obsession with outing the Nobel-prize winning icon of fall of communism as having had been a communist spy all along because ???

Because he's popular and not dead yet, therefore he is a threat.

When you're an autocrat, there's nothing more threatening than someone else who's more popular than you. Maybe they'll try to make use of their popularity to seize power? Power that is rightfully yours and yours alone for all eternity!

If they're popular and dead, you can claim to be their spiritual heir or whatever and then make their popularity works for you, but if they're popular and alive they're rivals and you have to do everything you can to make sure that they either stop being popular, or stop being alive, or both.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 13:25

Lichtenstein: May 31, 2012; It'll make sense, eventually.

The funny thing is, the guy isn't really that popular anymore, as a politician.

Long story short, the simple dockworker found himself kinda out of his league during his one term presidency in the tumultous 90s after which he pretty much stepped back from internal politics and resigned himself to this kind of international Nobel celebrity/semi-ambassadorial role.

PiS is basically a bunch of old dudes trying to relive the days of their youth when they were sticking it to the system and some younger dudes fantasizing about totally being oppressed by the system too and they're pissy some other dude sticked it to the system more than them.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 13:45

anilEhilated: Feb 17, 2014; But I say fuck the rain.; Grimey Drawer

At least they seem to treat Russia like the leper it is.

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# ? May 10, 2024 00:59

Gantolandon: Aug 19, 2012

More stupid things PiS did recently:

World Youth Days - a Catholic mass event financed, of course, at the expense of the Polish state - is nearing. Some (apparently religious) farmers decided to lend some of their own land for free. The thing is, this land needs to be meliorated and, according to the special act prepared for this event and passed several days ago, the owner should pay for that. The opposition and even some PiS deputies protested against this particular provision, but the Sejm majority apparently considered it perfectly fine. This means some of the generous farmers are going to pay even several thousands PLN.
Remember the 500+ program, the only electoral promise PiS seemed to care about, which was going to help larger families and encourage Poles to have more children? The Financial Ministry has a new idea to pay this money in government bonds.

anilEhilated posted:

At least they seem to treat Russia like the leper it is.

Unfortunately, they treat pretty much everyone but the US and UK like lepers. Their treatment of Russia isn't really unique.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 14:44

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