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I remember an old joke, I think it went something like this: When travelling at home, Americans are driving Ford. When travelling abroad, Americans are driving Chevrolet. When travelling at home, Germans are driving Opel. When travelling abroad, Germans are driving BMW. When travelling at home, Russians are driving Lada. When travelling abroad, Russians are driving T-90. This is the proof that all those Russian tourists in Ukraine, are in fact, tourists.
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It wouldn't surprise me if it's Germany.
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Sep 8, 2014 16:51
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my dad posted:The Bulgarian word for 'to drive (a car)' - карати - means 'to gently caress' in Serbian. That can cause some interesting misunderstandings. While 'karati' also means 'to gently caress' in Croatian, it also has a much older meaning that's hardly ever used these days, 'to reprimand'.
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Sep 9, 2014 08:57
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Libluini posted:In other news, Poroshenko wants to build his own version of the Maginot-line. Hopefully it works better then the French version! Imagine Putin invading Ukraine through Belarus.
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Sep 11, 2014 09:40
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Discendo Vox posted:Eastern Europe: It's not Homonazi if the Spheres don't Touch Thread name change please?
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Sep 13, 2014 09:13
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poo poo's hosed up and bullshit again. The rain just won't stop falling, Sava is getting uppity again, cities are getting prepared and some villages are already flooded. Most of this is happening in north-western Croatia and eastern Slovenia, with one Slovenian casualty. Here's a quick article, more will be known later. http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/...smo/771262.aspx
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Sep 14, 2014 11:47
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Present posted:So Russian news reports that there are a bunch of planned government meetings/events on the security of Russian internet coming up, one of which will be attended by Putin himself. The focus will be on the sovereignty of the Russian segment of the world wide web, and will include a protocol for disconnecting the Russian segment from the rest of the world in case of war or whatever. Implementing this would be a political suicide. Whole Russian population would go crazy and go on a rampage in Kremlin if there's only Russian porn left.
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Sep 19, 2014 20:01
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Zohar posted:When the rebels were taken over by the Russian army directly they routed the Ukrainians handily, hence Yatsenyuk's despondency over the military situation in the video I posted a while back. Regardless, direct deployment of NATO troops into this conflict is a really dumb idea, not just because of some outside possibility of World War 3 but because it will inevitably involve NATO troops killing Russian citizens (remember the passports they were handing out?) and a slew of other poo poo that will compromise NATO's position and lead to Russia upping the stakes dramatically as a tit-for-tat. If it were to happen right now it would be doubly terrible since Putin can, with some justification, point to the political settlement he'd already worked out with Poroshenko and which NATO would have unaccountably trashed. If Russia was giving passports everywhere, then it wouldn't be a problem for NATO to find enough men with one and send them to Ukraine. Russians fighting Russians 
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Sep 21, 2014 09:21
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That mug could have been stored somewhere in a crate or something, with storage paper in it to cushion the fall.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:21
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CheGayvara posted:Could you expand a little? Perhaps others more familiar with the acquis communitaire could chime in as well. All I have read is how positive the EU and member nations are about getting Serbia in. The negotiations have already started and the only challenges are things like improving the legal system, which can't be too much of a barrier since there were pretty big protests in Bulgaria against corruption last year. Romania doesn't seem to be much better: It's because of Bulgaria/Romania that the EU tightened it's ascension requirements. Bulgaria/Romania made a pinky swear that they will continue with reforms after EU ascension, and then they drastically slowed down. Brussels don't want that to happen again.
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Oct 20, 2014 16:01
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Make one in D&D and one in GBS. GBS can produce some real funny stuff.
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Oct 21, 2014 08:08
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Also, don't sit on the concrete. Gates of Hell will open and suck you in.
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Oct 21, 2014 19:37
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Never, EVER eat ice cream before swimming, you are as good as dead.
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Oct 21, 2014 20:34
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Mokotow posted:In a village in the south of Poland where my mother retired to, they put ribbons on horses so that neighbours/witches are unable to cast spells on it. I guess it works, as I see very few to none spell cast horses? That's why you don't put ribbons on horses, so the witches could cast protection from cold spell on you. On a maybe more serious note, I think we just discovered the sub-conscious reason for slav squat; fear of sitting on concrete 
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Oct 21, 2014 21:08
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Maybe the pamphlets were in Latvian? 
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Oct 22, 2014 21:42
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Gervasius posted:In The Balkans news, Croatia is fighting a massive assault on reproductive rights, and our probable future minister of health has just announced that we his party wins the next parliamentary elections (and barring some miracle, they will), any woman trying to get an abortion will be need to undergo a mandatory "consultations" with a "spiritual leader", AKA catholic priest We'll just organize a referendum, like we do for every loving thing in this country Serious answer: That minor miracle could be declining of support for the current two largest parties (SDP, HDZ) and rapid increase of support for minor parties like ORaH. Mirela Holy said that she won't form a coalition with SDP, but if HDZ starts to turn more and more right, she might reconsider it. Current support is: HDZ - 25,5 SDP - 20,1 ORaH- 16,8 HNS - 2,7 HSS - 2,4 (Took it from here. Whatever the case is, Milanović gotta go. He is deeply unpopular and half the time enters into obnoxious slap fights with people. I'm pretty sure that if he retires, popularity if SDP will increase.
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Oct 23, 2014 09:20
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Ardennes posted:I wonder how much of it is because the Croatian economy has been pretty depressed since 08 (and he came in 2011?). I seem to remember there was a pretty fierce housing bubble in Croatia as old places were fixed up. Yes, most of it is because of economy. There wasn't a positive growth since 2008, and unemployment is in its twenties. Population growth is slightly declining due to brain drain and general depression. Now the current left-leaning government only inherited this problems, but it still made people disappointed since it didn't solved them. I can't really comment on the housing bubble since I don't know much about it. I guess it's a bit better than in 2008? Regarding Bosnia, most Croats feel that Dayton was a disaster. While it brought peace, it was a strained one and it created a deeply divided country (fun fact: Bosnian license plates don't show city or region the car is registered in, because of extortion and vandalism from other ethnic groups). It never solved the underlining issue and created a groundwork for a truly multinational state. Serbs have their own entity and want to get out, Croats are in a federation with Bosniaks and want a republic of their own, while Bosniaks want a centralized state. It's a mess where everyone is unhappy and is blaming each other for their situation. I really wish that some Bosnian goon (are there any?) could write a more indepth writeup. While I do have roots from there and some family still living, I only visited a couple of times and don't actually live there. My friend was recently travelling to Dubrovnik and stopped in Neum (the one coastal Bosnian city that divides Croatia into two parts). He said that he felt like the nineties were back, where you could enter a store and buy a music cassette for like a several BAM (Bosnian currency, Convertible Mark). To end on a bit of a positive note, gay marriage was legalized this September in Croatia. It passed without much difficulty because it was named Lifelong Partnership. It's still not the same as full legal marriage (I think they still can't adopt), but it's progress.  Oh, and Gay Pride is hosted for years in Zagreb without major incidents, and this year was hosted in Osijek, biggest city in Slavonija also without major incidents. I think Split several years ago had some problems, but it was still successful. SaltyJesus posted:If that doesn't work I guess it's time to get serious about organizing a branch of Jediism or Dudeism. They didn't specify which spiritual leaders qualify. Or an orthodox priest. Dear God, that would be beautiful to watch. 
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Oct 23, 2014 11:28
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3peat posted:He's boring, D&D should look into supporting the libertarian Nelson Mandela imo That's for LF.
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Oct 23, 2014 18:21
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Sorry, the president is not a brand. Imagine if instead of closing down, they repurpose it into gay bar.
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Oct 29, 2014 08:00
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MeLKoR posted:I'm sure I'm missing something here because this looks like a retarded use of stick out of loving nowhere as a warning for Serbia to not do... what?! Serbia is on a road to EU.
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Oct 31, 2014 16:48
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MeLKoR posted:Yes but how is this in any way productive for Russia? You'd expect them to pamper the Serbs and try to use them as a trojan horse to grind poo poo in the EU to a halt anytime the two were in conflict. Like a seat in the Security Council of sorts. Please don't yell at me, I'm innocent! I know nothing!
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Oct 31, 2014 18:32
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" followed by "why does everyone hate us? 
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I'm still sad that the mods didn't rename this thread to "it's not homonazi if the spheres don't touch" 
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Nov 8, 2014 20:27
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I'd invest in it. Wait NO gently caress!
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Nov 11, 2014 18:34
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drat dude, I'm sorry that happened to you. Also The Parade is a good movie, goons should really watch it.
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Nov 12, 2014 21:36
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Congrats on the new prez, 3peat!
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Nov 17, 2014 09:23
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Wait a minute! I thought that Russia wasn't involved.  How can that be?!
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Nov 21, 2014 14:50
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3peat posted:Radical centrist Extreme moderate.
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Nov 29, 2014 20:19
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My horoscope told me that today I'll take a stupid loving test. There's nothing I could do about it, really.
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Nov 29, 2014 20:43
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Dusty Baker 2 posted:This popped up on Facebook. I don't know if Croatia counts as eastern europe or not, but I figured some of the regulars in this thread would like it: Proof that cats are loving evil 
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Doctor Malaver posted:No real consequences because the president is a figurehead. Josipovic would be the best choice since he's an intellectual and cultured person, even if a little anemic and ineffective. He's the most popular politician in the country but he's a member of the currently ruling "socialist" party that is doing terribly. His own party is dragging him down. Yeah, Josipović will most likely win barring some major catastrophe, but I wouldn't loose sleep even if Grabar-Kitarović wins. She seems like an educated and intelligent woman, but we'll see how her campaign goes. And Josipović isn't in SDP anymore, both he and Mesić renounced their membership from their political parties (SDP and HNS respectively) when they assumed presidency, and that's something that I'll like to see more in the future.
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Dec 12, 2014 11:06
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I think all those Russian jets flying over Europe are just pilots joyriding because of cheap gas.
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Dec 16, 2014 12:20
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I feel sorry for regular Russians.
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Dec 16, 2014 17:05
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Mitt Romneys ITT.
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Dec 17, 2014 10:21
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my dad posted:I still find that random 50 Serbian Dinar bill in the lower left hilarious.  You are right. I always thought it was 50 euros so never bothered to check. I always thought cocaine was snorted with more valuable notes, 50 RSD is like half a buck.
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Dec 21, 2014 17:39
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I'm OK with non-Russian Eastern Europe thread. Most posts really do get drowned by the ongoing conflict.
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Phlegmish posted:Seriously, I don't think we need another three-page thread that will fall off the first page in a week. Such is life. We will also stop spamming map thread with balkanchat no we won't
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3peat posted:
Heil Šiptler! Swan Oat posted:Croatian presidential elections are headed for a second round, with the expected result of the SDP incumbent versus the HDZ candidate Grabar-Kitarovic. January 11 2015 mark your calendars. At least the crazies are out. It was interesting to note that Josipović and Grabar-Kitarović were really close percentage wise. fuck off Batman fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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Dec 29, 2014 10:09
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OddObserver posted:"Reading" different opinions isn't lazy. But "news" reporting them is. There is no public service in "reporting" cynical, bigoted Dude, come on. Your second paragraph just proved his point. 
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Dec 29, 2014 16:16
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my dad posted:I hear someone needs an asskicking. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3687194&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Go get them tiger!
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Merry Hristmass to Orthodox goons 
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