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Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

YaketySass posted:

What exactly is the point of this getup over a regular drone?
Flying heavy military drones are just less impressive to the old idiots that kind of military display is made for. But a flying soldier that can't aim for poo poo on the other hand? They love that poo poo.

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unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
It's just cool goofy stuff that goes well with that kind of show.

Sassy Sasquatch
Feb 28, 2013

July 14th, a thread:

https://twitter.com/stuvpic/status/1150362722523123712?s=21

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
So is it typical for busses in Paris to fly the flag today or is that new? It's the first time I'm in town on July 14th

Sassy Sasquatch
Feb 28, 2013

Cops are blocking streets in my neighbourhood, one of them -armed with a submachine gun- asked for the padlock code to my neighbour “in case I need to take shelter”.

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

Kassad posted:

So is it typical for busses in Paris to fly the flag today or is that new? It's the first time I'm in town on July 14th

yeah it's typical for some holidays like armistice day or victory day

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

Sassy Sasquatch posted:

Cops are blocking streets in my neighbourhood, one of them -armed with a submachine gun- asked for the padlock code to my neighbour “in case I need to take shelter”.

loving cops

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

yeah it's typical for some holidays like armistice day or victory day


Ah okay, they don't do it in my town so I was surprised.

Pardot
Jul 25, 2001




speaking of cops, when did the sncf cops get guns?

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Pardot posted:

speaking of cops, when did the sncf cops get guns?
The "sncf cops" are actual part of the army and they are there as part of the anti-terrorism protection plan/theater. Unless you talk about the actual Sûreté ferroviaire de la SNCF then i think they got armed in 1945 and they used to have Lebel rifles according to wikipedia.

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 20:24 on Jul 14, 2019

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1150408570929917957?s=19

Eox
Jun 20, 2010

by Fluffdaddy

very big of the french government to give their enemies free target practice

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Can't wait to see soldiers charge into battle on trottinettes and unicycles.

RaySmuckles
Oct 14, 2009


:vapes:
Grimey Drawer

lmao, this thing is the least practical war device i've ever seen

policing and oppression, however...

Tokamak
Dec 22, 2004

it's OP when equipped on a sniper with squadsight

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

Works until the insurgents start deploying those invisible squid aliens

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

trump got the dumb idea for a military parade from macron, think of this as getting even

LGD
Sep 25, 2004

StashAugustine posted:

Works until the insurgents start deploying those invisible squid aliens shotguns

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/afpfr/status/1151110281893994496?s=20

Homard m'a tué

Edit: lmao

https://twitter.com/tomvampouille/status/1151118089058172935?s=20

Edit 2:

"Le coup de l'IRFM", c'est ça :

https://twitter.com/fabricearfi/status/1151118916552482816?s=20

On English: he paid for his party dues using his parliamentary allowance (that he's not allowed to use for anything unrelated to his job and doesn't pay income tax on), then deducted the payments from his income tax as donations. Nice trick.

Kassad has issued a correction as of 14:36 on Jul 16, 2019

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
Mediapart owns holy poo poo lol

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

Mediapart owns holy poo poo lol

Edwy Plenel smiles as he makes another notch on his pen. "Encore un autre qui mord la poussière".

Sassy Sasquatch
Feb 28, 2013

Kassad posted:

Homard m'a tuer

ftfy lol

Kurtofan posted:

Mediapart owns holy poo poo lol

More likely, he got backstabbed by one of the many people who hate his guts. poo poo is pretty good nonetheless. :discourse:

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
I'm gonna go ahead and say it, France has the worst media class in the world. Little cop fucks that care more for the well-being of their powerful patrons than they do for any kind of public good, throwing every possible smear out there at anyone not operating in the service of power.

https://twitter.com/BalanceTonMedia/status/1151220812294152194

https://twitter.com/BalanceTonMedia/status/1151391057957011456

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Les chiens de gardes veulent leur part de homard.

V. Illych L.
Apr 11, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

ElNarez posted:

I'm gonna go ahead and say it, France has the worst media class in the world. Little cop fucks that care more for the well-being of their powerful patrons than they do for any kind of public good, throwing every possible smear out there at anyone not operating in the service of power.

https://twitter.com/BalanceTonMedia/status/1151220812294152194

https://twitter.com/BalanceTonMedia/status/1151391057957011456

lol checked out the british press lately

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009

V. Illych L. posted:

lol checked out the british press lately

the british press don't loving turn on their own that fast and with that level of obsequiousness, at the very least they're a united front of ratfuckers

Sassy Sasquatch
Feb 28, 2013

Tbh I wouldn’t call LCI editorialists “journalists”.

YaketySass
Jan 15, 2019

Blind Idiot Dog
Professional Opinion Havers are the loving worst.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

They so want to know who gave away one of the less well guarded secret of Paris...

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
My theory, and by theory I mean "one of the people basically just went and outright said it" is that they're going after Mediapart in order to rehabilitate Sarkozy, see also last sunday's JDD:

https://twitter.com/Mediapart/status/1150397975132286976

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

ElNarez posted:

I'm gonna go ahead and say it, France has the worst media class in the world. Little cop fucks that care more for the well-being of their powerful patrons than they do for any kind of public good, throwing every possible smear out there at anyone not operating in the service of power.
sounds exactly like the media class in NYC. doesn't matter whether they cover politics, entertainment, or (most commonly) are just paid to write about their neuroses and attach some greater political/societal meaning to it, they've got Opinions and they're all the same

YaketySass posted:

Professional Opinion Havers are the loving worst.
:agreed:

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/afpfr/status/1155512740057899008?s=20

:ironicat:

Big Hubris
Mar 8, 2011


V. Illych L. posted:

lol checked out the british press lately

No George Orwell was right about the difference between the French and British press.

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

EdithUpwards posted:

No George Orwell was right about the difference between the French and British press.

What did he say

Big Hubris
Mar 8, 2011


Kurtofan posted:

What did he say

The french press can be bought like cheese at a deli and the English press is deeply stupid in a funny way.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Disparition à Nantes : le corps de Steve Caniço retrouvé dans la Loire

Now watch no cop get in trouble for this.

Edit:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Elsa_Gambin/status/1156168546973605888

Kassad has issued a correction as of 13:21 on Jul 30, 2019

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
well it's official: murder is legal (if you are a cop)

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/awajdzik/status/1156208760047771648?s=20

Circulez, y a rien à voir.

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
BREAKING NEWS



https://twitter.com/BFMTV/status/1156895301778714625

BFMTV on the case

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Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
sometimes its hard to imagine this country has having gone through many revolutions, were the nobles that chickenshit too

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