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alex314 posted:I hope lovely TV shows start showing Romanians because not only all Romanians I've met were cool people their language sounds way better than Italian. Romanians problem on these surveys is that most Poles assume they're all just Gypsies. Or Draculas.
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Lichtenstein posted:Beer. And, to a lesser degree, weed. That's because it's not okay for educated people to hate the Jews, but Roma are hated by all strata equally.
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Tevery Best posted:That's because it's not okay for educated people to hate the Jews, but Roma are hated by all strata equally. It's OK to hate Roma, because unlike Jews, they are actually bad people. It's not racism, if it's true. 
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I'm a couple pages late but the spin that the Panama Papers are an attack on Putin is bizarre. Everyone knows and expects Putin is corrupt in various ways. Revealing that he's possibly using tax havens will have zero effect on his political career because Putin doing that sort of thing is already well accepted by everyone, no doubt including many supporters. In the West it could have much more of an effect, though sadly I imagine it won't be as big as one would hope. Still, it's certainly more of an issue for involved Western leaders than it is for Putin.
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I think he's just playing it for the home audience. No one expects it to hit him in any way, so he's just milking it for political capital. Evil western capitalists constantly assaulting plucky little Russia has worked every time so far.
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anilEhilated posted:I think he's just playing it for the home audience. No one expects it to hit him in any way, so he's just milking it for political capital. Evil western capitalists constantly assaulting plucky little Russia has worked every time so far.
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Actually since you guys enjoy examples of crazy EE nationalism, let me just throw out my collection of covers from Serious History Magazine About True Historical Facts From Serious History (It Is Very Serious). I think they might work even better if you don't speak the language.      (not satire I swear to god)
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Who the gently caress owns that piece of garbage?
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Also, TVP2 (the second channel of the Polish public TV) wants to make a sitcom about future Poland, which became a world power. It quickly dominated Europe thanks to cutting edge tech and now plenty of impoverished Belgians, Germans and Brits try to leave their third-world shitholes and work here. The series will begin with the Polish national team beating the Brazilian one and winning World Cup. http://m.wirtualnemedia.pl/m/artykul/tvp2-chce-nakrecic-futurystyczny-sitcom-2050-o-polsce-jako-swiatowej-potedze
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Guildencrantz posted:Actually since you guys enjoy examples of crazy EE nationalism, let me just throw out my collection of covers from Serious History Magazine About True Historical Facts From Serious History (It Is Very Serious). I think they might work even better if you don't speak the language.
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I am the abominable communist Jew dragon slain by glorious knight Franco.
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steinrokkan posted:Who the gently caress owns that piece of garbage? This is, uh, a "history" spin-off of a right-wing Do Rzeczy magazine, which is sort of a spin-off of a right wing Uważam Rze magazine (formed by rejects from its editorial team), which is a sort of a spin-off of a right-wing Rzeczpospolita magazine (formed by rejects from its editorial team). It's fairly mainstream end of the world of right-wing publications, or at least Rzeczpospolita is.
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Lichtenstein posted:This is, uh, a "history" spin-off of a right-wing Do Rzeczy magazine, which is sort of a spin-off of a right wing Uważam Rze magazine (formed by rejects from its editorial team), which is a sort of a spin-off of a right-wing Rzeczpospolita magazine (formed by rejects from its editorial team). Right wing lunacy aside, those are some solid pun names for spin-off magazines.
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Gantolandon posted:Also, TVP2 (the second channel of the Polish public TV) wants to make a sitcom about future Poland, which became a world power. It quickly dominated Europe thanks to cutting edge tech and now plenty of impoverished Belgians, Germans and Brits try to leave their third-world shitholes and work here. The series will begin with the Polish national team beating the Brazilian one and winning World Cup.
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Palpek posted:Hahaha, oh god. They're not very good at this propaganda thing are they? I can't imagine people watching it for anything other than the irony factor. I mean, if it was just about Poland being a superpower I could see people buying it but the crazy switcheroo where it's Brits and Germans that wash our dishes now you see and then the national soccer team that even its fans love to hate becomes the best in the world and it's too close to a parody. Theoretically, it's supposed to be a sitcom, so you could reasonably expect some autoirony. Given the recent takeover of the public media and mass layoffs, I don't think anyone dares to do that.
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It's like that story I've read where interwar Poland has kicked 3rd Reich and some other countries and after the war some German kids made a movie to increase morale called "Vier Panzerkameraden und das Hund".
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Yet again the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pissy at Bellingcatquote:Bellingcat as an instrument to divert attention from investigating the tragedy of the Malaysian Boeing over Ukraine It apparently refers to this article where I said this quote:"What's been interesting for me is having this Syria community of trolls and the community of pro-Russian trolls that built up around MH17 and my work, now coming together after Russia's involvement in Syria. It's nice to bring people together, even when it's in their mutual and obsessive hatred of one person. But as the Russian MoD and Russian MFA has been repeatedly claiming we're using fakes, and now even working with the Ukrainians, I've now published the following open letter, which we've also sent to the Russians quote:Dear Sir or Madam, So lets see if my continual badgering will result in any actual evidence of these accusations.
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A Pale Horse posted:A survey showing how much Poles like people of other nations was released and surprise! We don't really like anyone! Except maybe the Czechs! I don't know why either!
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Gantolandon posted:Also, TVP2 (the second channel of the Polish public TV) wants to make a sitcom about future Poland, which became a world power. It quickly dominated Europe thanks to cutting edge tech and now plenty of impoverished Belgians, Germans and Brits try to leave their third-world shitholes and work here. The series will begin with the Polish national team beating the Brazilian one and winning World Cup. ...But then you could just set it in contemporary Russia.
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Young Freud posted:Who's he reporting to, the Under-Secretary of the Department of the Circular File? I'm sure his presentation will be so ground breaking, he will address the general assembly with it. Brown Moses posted:Yet again the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pissy at Bellingcat Yes, but they have the full faith and authority of the Kremlin backing them up . You're just a bloke sitting at the kitchen table with a laptop. Any actual proof you're lying will be long time coming. Unless it will be part of Graham Phillips' report to the UN.
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So Poroshenko was implicated in the Panama Papers. What sort of political effect has that had there?
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ComradeKane posted:So Poroshenko was implicated in the Panama Papers. What sort of political effect has that had there? Poroshenko has always been a corrupt oligarch.
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ComradeKane posted:So Poroshenko was implicated in the Panama Papers. What sort of political effect has that had there? I don't think he's ever been very popular. Also hasn't his involvement been due to shifting money from territories endangered by the civil war? Seems at least marginally more benign than the usual tax avoidance ,since he was trying to minimize the effects of a war on his fortune.
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ComradeKane posted:So Poroshenko was implicated in the Panama Papers. What sort of political effect has that had there? You have Western perspective. You expect that politician is honest. Here in Slavic Europe, we laugh at this, but is a sad laugh. Of course politician is corrupt, that's why he is politician! Keeps money in Panama, of course he does, what will he do? Pay tax? Is not stupid. Is important that politician wants more than just steal, also wants good for country, then he can steal some. Such is life. If politician looks like he is not corrupt, means he is so corrupt that he has to hide it. Is okay if politician is a little corrupt, is bad if is so corrupt that he is ashamed. If he takes bribe, embezzles money, nation knows that embezzles - good. Nation looks at mansion, if mansion has gold doorknobs - is okay, stole a little. If mansion has gold toilets - politician doesn't know what do with money, stole too much. Votes for other politician who steals less, is maybe okay again. Such is life.
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Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk has just resigned. (Bring on PM Hroysman?)
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Guildencrantz posted:You have Western perspective. You expect that politician is honest. Here in Slavic Europe, we laugh at this, but is a sad laugh. Of course politician is corrupt, that's why he is politician! Keeps money in Panama, of course he does, what will he do? Pay tax? Is not stupid. Is important that politician wants more than just steal, also wants good for country, then he can steal some. Such is life. If politician looks like he is not corrupt, means he is so corrupt that he has to hide it. Is okay if politician is a little corrupt, is bad if is so corrupt that he is ashamed. If he takes bribe, embezzles money, nation knows that embezzles - good. Nation looks at mansion, if mansion has gold doorknobs - is okay, stole a little. If mansion has gold toilets - politician doesn't know what do with money, stole too much. Votes for other politician who steals less, is maybe okay again. Such is life. This is really hosed up.
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How broke and desperate is Lukashenko? His foreign minister is willing to concede that the current status of Crimea is the right one. http://belsat.eu/en/news/makei-belarus-recognizes-de-facto-status-of-crimea/ quote:“In politics, it is necessary to proceed from reality. We should understand who de facto owns Crimea today. We have never had great economic and trade relations with Crimea. But this does not mean that we agree or disagree with something,” said Minister.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:How broke and desperate is Lukashenko? His foreign minister is willing to concede that the current status of Crimea is the right one. Things are rough with communal payments. At first, the government planned to raise rates gradually to 100% of real costs as opposed 25% people pay now, but, unsurprisingly, Belarusians didn't like it, and Lukashenko had to throw some housing officials in jail, revert their plans, lower payment rates even further, and get some money off Eurasian Development Bank. Paladinus fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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What are communal payments in this context? Also which slavic sausage is closest to Kabana in taste? (kinda spicy, not very fatty)
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Xerxes17 posted:What are communal payments in this context?
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I like reading this blog written by a school teacher in Gomel. Usually she writes about her students and Belarusian culture, but this post makes it seem as though the situation in Belarus is looking pretty bleak. http://mynativebelarus.blogspot.com/2016/01/black-thursday.html quote:I did not want to write about the crisis in Belarus, but the circumstances are stronger than me. You probably heard in the news that Belarus has introduced a new law in 2016. Entrepreneurs must have a certificate for their products, they have no right to sell without certificates. I will not write my point of view here. I will say only one thing: 90% of entrepreneurs do not come to work on 1 January and do not work so far. I see closed shops everywhere in the markets. Employers pay a tax to the treasury before. But now they do not work and no one pays taxes. I think the money in the budget will soon run out.
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kalstrams posted:Kabanos sausages originate in Poland. If Kabana and Kabanos sausages are different things, then it's Polish Kabanos nonetheless, as far as non-Balkan Eastern Europe goes, to best of my knowledge. It certainly looks like what I am looking for, thanks. It also occurs to me that this is the wrong EE thread for food questions 
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Xerxes17 posted:What are communal payments in this context? It's your utilities + what you pay for just living in a flat/apartment/house, i.e. exploitation costs.
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Xerxes17 posted:It certainly looks like what I am looking for, thanks. It also occurs to me that this is the wrong EE thread for food questions East of Poland the closest thing is probably Okhotnichii (hunter's) sausages.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:I like reading this blog written by a school teacher in Gomel. Usually she writes about her students and Belarusian culture, but this post makes it seem as though the situation in Belarus is looking pretty bleak. Her non-panic move, of buying goods before the money becomes worthless, is actually exactly the type of panic that will cause a market collapse. Can't really blame her, what else are you supposed to do, invest in gold? ass struggle fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:I like reading this blog written by a school teacher in Gomel. Usually she writes about her students and Belarusian culture, but this post makes it seem as though the situation in Belarus is looking pretty bleak. That was way back in January, though. BYR has stabilised somewhat since then. Plus, the law mostly affects really small entrepreneurs who sell clothes and shoes they buy cheap in Poland or Ukraine, and even then it looks like many of them managed to get required documents in the end. The situation is dire, as usual, but it's not like there's suddenly no food in shops or something like that.
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3 suicide bombers have blown themselves up in a village in Russia's Stavropol region. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-crime-blast-idUSKCN0X80RD
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Apparently they arrested somebody for attempting to assassinate the chief forensics guy for MH17 last year.
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