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If Russia gets past Dnipro, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa, then it means that Ukrainian army has ceased to exist as an effective force. The naval landing was in my cards until Moskva was sunken, and now Ukrainian coastal assets are even stronger and they control the Snake. It's not worth thinking about seriously right now. But it's still something that the Moldovan intel chief has to remind the politicians and public about. Moldova is very poorly disposed to defend itself if the situation in Ukraine took the worst possible turn. Ultimately Moldova will have to figure how to get Russia out of Transnistria, anyway.
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This is notable among other things because a lithuanian guy got arrested and sentenced for spying for Russia and one of the pieces of evidence were lists of journalists, judges and politicians of interest. It's not in this piece but I read one journalist's Facebook post (before the war) on being called to the secret service office and being told "yo Russia is collecting info on people and you're one of them, be cautious" https://www.rferl.org/a/lithuania-spying-russia-paleckis/31379678.html So the circumstantial evidence is fairly reasonable for rumours from before that Putin was planning to occupy the baltics with NATO being too gay and weak to defend us
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Russian populists of the newly elected party crop already have managed to earn a VDD warning, oops! https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/valsts-drosibas-dienests-izteicis-bridinajumu-partijai-stabilitatei.a487996 Also, Ušakovs seems to be really pissed about the elections performance, and the way their party went down. https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/usakovs-saskana-bus-eiropeiska-vai-nebus-vispar.a487861
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Happy Olivier Salad Day goons and goonettes.
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Nenonen posted:Who is/was Oliver Salad?
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mmkay posted:Happy Olivier Salad Day goons and goonettes. Going to confuse every foreigner reading this thread. Фелиз Навидад!
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There may be many different Olivier Salads, but they're all good and holy (and possibly horrifying depending on the ratio of mayonnaise and presence of some ingredients you're not used to).
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mmkay posted:There may be many different Olivier Salads, but they're all good and holy (and possibly horrifying depending on the ratio of mayonnaise and presence of some ingredients you're not used to). Or absence of mayo in my personal case 
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I’m only going to make it tomorrow though
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I've heard in radio that carp got way more expensive, so I'll do my part (as every year) and not touch that vile mud-tasting fish. E: my first thread title 
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Or absence of mayo in my personal case That's OK, it was balanced out by this monstrosity (not mine) 
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RE: Could NEPLP officially conduct business with Dozhd' in Russian. I just noticed that I did receive a reply from VVC on the 21st. NEPLP is a proper government entity, and therefore subject to section 7 part (1) of the Official Language Law, alongside the rest of the law. What this means is that for their business functions, e.g., walking someone through starting a TV station in Latvia, the working language is Latvian primarily. If a business must be conducted in another language, the organizer of a work session is responsible for making Latvian interpreter services available for the participants. When we consider their regulatory functions, e.g., issuing an administrative fine to a misbehaving TV channel, we must additionally consider Chapter XV of Electronic Mass Media Law and section 35 of Law on Administrative Liability. Summarizing, persons involved in an administrative violation process have a right to use a language they're fluent in. Public or court officials decide here if an interpreter is necessary, and the state pays for it if so. In short, there are two scenarios where NEPLP could suddenly demand an interpreter to be arranged by Dozhd', and take offence for not seeing that happen so: 1) NEPLP broke the law. 2) Dozhd' and NEPLP had a meeting unrelated to any enforcement proceedings against them, wherein Dozhd' would legally qualify as the organizer. cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Dec 25, 2022 |
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alex314 posted:With this coming holiday season you can also give your loved ones the best gift: cinci zoo sniper posted:this is so stupid that i love it. have a link for this that ships to Latvia? Mokotow posted:Don’t see it shipping outside of Poland but let me know, I’ll grab it for you and send it. I’m happy to update that behind the scenes, courtesy of the most kind Mokotow, another goon success story was born. I have received the Globe of Poland earlier today, at 8am. Without knowing any details of it, my naive plan was to hold it up like a glass of wine. Well… thankfully for my plan, I had eaten enough porridge as a kid to be able to do just that!  Why is this thing like 50 cm in diameter? What kind of store even makes or orders those?!  Also, it glows!  In other thread-relevant Christmas presents news, my mom got me this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxTepxSg8cY cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Dec 27, 2022 |
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Shipping cheap Globes of Poland across the region to opinion leaders is a new front of the Psywar Poland is waging against
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It’s surprisingly well made, by the way. Someone did put a real thought into making these last.
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All jokes aside those look like decent polish geography aide. It needs way less desk/shelf space than desk mat or a map, and provides the same "learning by random glance" benefit.
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alex314 posted:All jokes aside those look like decent polish geography aide. It needs way less desk/shelf space than desk mat or a map, and provides the same "learning by random glance" benefit. I'd like to see a shelf that this would fit in. Assembled, I couldn't store it inside my kitchen cabinets lol, if I were to take shelf dividers out of them.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:I'd like to see a shelf that this would fit in. Assembled, I couldn't store it inside my kitchen cabinets lol, if I were to take shelf dividers out of them. A guest: "Cinci where do you keep your mugs?" *opens cabinet to find a 50cm glowing Poland*
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I want one of those Polish globes so bad, if only to send to my mom. Is there a way to purchase them from abroad? e: just read back a little further, guess not HolHorsejob fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Dec 28, 2022 |
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HolHorsejob posted:I want one of those Polish globes so bad, if only to send to my mom. Is there a way to purchase them from abroad? Let me know if you want me to get one. But keep in mind that the delivery might be more expensive than the globe (~20$) itself depending on your location.
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Saying głobus out loud is making me giggle. I think I need more sleep
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Mokotow posted:Shipping cheap Globes of Poland across the region to opinion leaders is a new front of the Psywar Poland is waging against Can you ship one to John Kerry?
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https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/latvija-neanules-tv-dozdj-darbinieku-vizas.a489171/ In a small Christmas miracle, Dozhd' TV employees won't be deported from Latvia. Edit: Also, FT has a good piece about the state of the economy in the Baltics https://www.ft.com/content/cf88d42a-6b59-4520-9c70-638b267c8de0 Edit2: Also, NYT has a cool photo journal of the century since the USSR was established https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/world/europe/soviet-union-100-years-in-pictures.html cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Dec 30, 2022 |
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goddamnit if only i could figure out a way to break the paywall on NYT's fancy photo articles. ublock bypasses it on reg ones but has a side effect of breaking all the picture JS, which makes the fancy ones... not so interesting in unrelated news, composer Eduard Artemyev, grandad of soviet synth rock, noted for his work on the soundtracks for Siberiade and basically every Tarkovsky film, has died of complications related to COVID https://twitter.com/meduza_en/status/1608490702656385024  https://twitter.com/sovietvisuals/status/1608495522272235521 also, wagner is apparently now taking marketing inspiration from MGS4 https://twitter.com/odnoyabr/status/1608690852653854721 in very eastern europe news, apparently everyone has long since forgotten about the brief unrest in Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan autonomous republic: https://twitter.com/joannalillis/status/1606225839099678721 Mirziyoyev is once again proceeding with the constitutional amendments referendum to allow his continued rule after his current presidential term would have ended. the controversial change that would have removed Karakalpakstan's de jure right to hold a referendum on its independence Qtotonibudinibudet fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Neither him nor Vangelis survived 2022 Sorry about the future
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Happy new years goons! This year I just asked father frost for this nightmare to end  Going to try and catch the russian new years TV shows to see if the band of entertainment show vampires got any older now that the pool of youth got smaller from which they syphoned off immortality or if something is still eternally in 2002
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Happy new year Goons. Gonna spend most of the day driving down south through Poland to Rzeszów, which means lots of Ukraine-bound military equipment spotting. Got buzzed by military choppers on that route last summer!
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With the upcoming! Not fully sure what my plans for the day are, but I should probably try to rectify that I’ve yet to have Olivier salad this holiday.
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Shuba's better anyway. Happy New Year!
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ringu0 posted:Shuba's better anyway. Happy New Year! Please don’t threaten me.
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Mokotow posted:What/who is shuba шуба means "fur coat" in Russian, in this context implying a dish called "herring under coat" (dressed herring in proper English, I think?)  basically it's a giant glob of mayo with some herring, beetroot, and random poo poo in it
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John Carpenter's Salad
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I found out the only way I can stomach herring this year. My family refused to prepare it that way for 24th
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Carp, by far. Some ways of preparing herring are pretty good, especially not fried. I get why carp could be eaten during fast, it's like suffering in food form. Also the fish bones, you can never get rid of them. Later on I'll post a pic of cursed sushi we'll eat.
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alex314 posted:Carp, by far. Some ways of preparing herring are pretty good, especially not fried. I get why carp could be eaten during fast, it's like suffering in food form. Also the fish bones, you can never get rid of them. Yeah, people always say "I actually enjoy carp, it totally doesn't taste like sewer!"; motherfucker, i dare you, buy it voluntarily outside of Xmas!
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steinrokkan posted:Yeah, people always say "I actually enjoy carp, it totally doesn't taste like sewer!"; motherfucker, i dare you, buy it voluntarily outside of Xmas! We would fish carp and eat it just fine, when I was a kid.
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