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shatner == travel gnome == pilot parker only george takei can save us now
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 00:02 |
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# ? Apr 18, 2024 05:44 |
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 00:30 |
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Shatner is gonna be pissed.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 00:34 |
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Israeli Police just stormed the Al Aqsa mosque. It's going to be an interesting week. EDIT: On a second watch, it looks like they were just clearing the courtyard around the mosque, and the video is a day and a half old. Dead Reckoning fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Jul 20, 2014 |
# ? Jul 20, 2014 04:22 |
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Dead Reckoning posted:Israeli Police just stormed the Al Aqsa mosque. It's going to be an interesting week. Apparently the Sheikh got nailed with a stray rubber bullet when they stormed the joint
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 04:49 |
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Dead Reckoning posted:Israeli Police just stormed the Al Aqsa mosque. It's going to be an interesting week. That poo poo happens like every other week for various reasons, either because of Palestinian crap or Israeli hardliners with a boner for Kahane. Just another drop in the Third Intifada bucket.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 06:03 |
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Yeah, the cocksuckers at the Washington Post buried the important details (like "Mosque" versus "Mosque Compound") on that one.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 06:08 |
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/17/libya-security-un-oil-idUSL2N0PS27920140717quote:Libya asked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday for help protecting its oil installations, oil export ports and civil airports, warning that without more international assistance the North African oil producer could become a failed state. Libya's Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz appealed to the council "to take the case of Libya seriously before it is too late," making it clear that Libya's central government is too weak to control the militias that helped oust late ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. These guys strike me as exceedingly optimistic. Of course, none of these non-state groups give two flips about failed state borders: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/19/us-egypt-borderguards-idUSKBN0FO0UJ20140719 quote:Gunmen killed 21 Egyptian military border guards near the frontier with Libya on Saturday, highlighting a growing threat from an area that security officials say has become a haven for militants seeking to topple the Cairo government. Security officials said the assailants were smugglers. But an army spokesman said on his Facebook page that "terrorists" - the term authorities use to describe Islamist militants - were behind the attack. Reuters is too nice to point out those 'Sinai militants' are Hamas and/or their close allies. Surely somebody is going to do something about all this North African Islamist mess? http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/france-launches-new-sahel-counter-terrorism-operation-barkhane-1456646 quote:France has announced the deployment of some 3,000 soldiers in northern Africa as part of a new military operation to fight Islamist militants in the region. The French government said its military effort in Mali, known as Operation Serval, was to be replaced by a new, wider counter-terrorism operation codenamed Barkhane. Other links point out that this operation includes a lot of focus on Niger, which supplies France with uranium, showing yet again how energy policy can influence so much. Also this brings French commitment in the area up to about 5,000 man level, which they're saying is pretty much permanent. They'll have their work cut out for them.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 06:45 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:Reuters is too nice to point out those 'Sinai militants' are Hamas and/or their close allies. Surely somebody is going to do something about all this North African Islamist mess? No, Hamas isn't involved in Egypt like this, and the people loving poo poo up in Egypt like Ajnad Masr or Ansar Beit al-Maqdis aren't really allies of Hamas, but probably closer to their enemies. Recall in 2009 that a jihadist group deemed Hamas too moderate and tried to declare an emirate in Gaza, and Hamas' response was to kill most, if not all, of them. There are lots of assholes in Gaza and elsewhere in North Africa who make Hamas look like the incompetent militia that they are in terms of their aspirations or capabilities.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 07:11 |
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The Sinai is, or was, the main vector for missile components into Gaza. Was, because the current Egyptian government has been destroying the tunnels into Gaza from their side, rather extensively. They do this while they fight the MB remnants, who to put it simply Hamas was closely tied to. quote:Egypt’s military said Wednesday it has destroyed 1,370 smuggling tunnels under its border with the Gaza Strip, as Cairo’s ties remain sour with the Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian enclave. Ties took a turn for the worse after the military’s July ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, with which Hamas is affiliated. There are dozens of groups constantly declaring themselves the harder badasses over there, it does the layman little good to pick them apart, as up until the moment they kill each other their mutually antagonistic philosophies do little to keep them from working together against a common enemy, or for money. Hezbollah and Hamas working together being a prime example. I cut this out of my second quote below because it was boring, but: quote:Tribal smugglers told Reuters they charge up to one million Egyptian pounds ($140,000) to move weapons in four-by-four vehicles along desert routes. For that kind of scratch you can get a lot of unexpected bedfellows. Snowdens Secret fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jul 20, 2014 |
# ? Jul 20, 2014 07:35 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/17/libya-security-un-oil-idUSL2N0PS27920140717 AQIM drew a loving smiley face on Africa
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 07:38 |
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Here's an example of the technically-worse-than-Hamas shitheads in the general area: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/07/abdullah_azzam_brigades_launch.php quote:The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which is named after al Qaeda's co-founder and Osama bin Laden's mentor, was formed by Saleh al Qarawi sometime after 2004 as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, and was tasked with hitting targets in the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories) and throughout the Middle East. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ9o6yR4oLU These guys don't make poo poo less confusing by having brigades within brigades within brigades. Someone really needs to tell them about battalions and regiments.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 09:29 |
I just bought defcon because I keep seeing you guys post about it. Who's up to destroy the world with me
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 16:55 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:Surely somebody is going to do something about all this North African Islamist mess? http://www.shorttermmissions.com/search/results/?search_type=home®ion_id=22&ministry_activity_id=&length_id=
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 17:55 |
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Rutte just did a live press conference about MH17. The Netherlands is going to pay for cleaning up the wreck and we are currently negotiating with Putin about repatriating the bodies from the site of the "accident".
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 18:10 |
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Two Finger posted:I just bought defcon because I keep seeing you guys post about it. Who's up to destroy the world with me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE Uh, look at the 1st post in the GiP games thread, and find the SA GiP steam group.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 18:19 |
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Asehujiko posted:Rutte just did a live press conference about MH17. The Netherlands is going to pay for cleaning up the wreck and we are currently negotiating with Putin about repatriating the bodies from the site of the "accident". The Netherlands are going to pay for the cleanup!? These guys are going to let Russia shoot down a plane full of their people and pay for the privilege?
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 18:49 |
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Mr. Nice! posted:The Netherlands are going to pay for the cleanup!? These guys are going to let Russia shoot down a plane full of their people and pay for the privilege? More like foot the bill so send some their own nationals to get their citizen's remains back in as dignified manner as possible without anyone getting shot at, as opposed to their remains rotting in some local farmers root cellar until the current hostilities blow over. It's not like it's the fuel spill cleaning they are getting at here. Courthouse fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Jul 20, 2014 |
# ? Jul 20, 2014 19:12 |
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Courthouse posted:More like foot the bill so send some equipment/people to get their citizens back in as dignified manner as possible without anyone getting shot, as opposed to their remains rotting in some local farmers root cellar until the current hostilities blow over. They want to do take care of any remains themselves, simple as that. It's not like it's the fuel spill cleaning they are getting at here. You're right paying to ensure the safe return of your citizens' corpses is way better
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 19:13 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65-eUKwMU8c Whoops.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 19:33 |
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Courthouse posted:More like foot the bill so send some their own nationals to get their citizen's remains back in as dignified manner as possible without anyone getting shot at, as opposed to their remains rotting in some local farmers root cellar until the current hostilities blow over. It's not like it's the fuel spill cleaning they are getting at here. I'm pretty sure they've already been track suited as one report was claiming no cell phones or wallets with money were found.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 19:42 |
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GENDERWEIRD GREEDO posted:You're right paying to ensure the safe return of your citizens' corpses is way better Who are they paying? They want to send a forensic investigation team there to recover the bodies and gather evidence. And Rutte has demanded Putin make sure their team can get in unaccosted. That sounds more like 'taking control of' that 'paying for'. Unless we are being pedantic over them paying their own investigators' salaries. Unless there are some nuances to his press conference that has gotten caught in the news filter?
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 19:42 |
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I'm like 99.99% certain there's going to be some greasing of palms involved in getting the rebels to let western investigators into the site. Which really won't investigate anything because you're delusional if you think the Russians don't already have the most damning evidence back in Moscow.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 19:45 |
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Whip Slagcheek posted:I'm like 99.99% certain there's going to be some greasing of palms involved in getting the rebels to let western investigators into the site. Which really won't investigate anything because you're delusional if you think the Russians don't already have the most damning evidence back in Moscow. I doubt anyone's dumb enough to pay to go look at whatever's left. That part is going to be mostly positioning for the finger pointing, as there are sufficient numbers of idiots who need convincing that Putin is not a nice guy. Rebels demanding money for letting investigators in plays into them being liars and thieves as opposed to freedom fighters. I don't think they'd have the balls to demand money for the bodies. But if they did that would be a nice boost for the people in the EU who see Russia as a useful boogeyman.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:13 |
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Whip Slagcheek posted:I'm like 99.99% certain there's going to be some greasing of palms involved in getting the rebels to let western investigators into the site. Which really won't investigate anything because you're delusional if you think the Russians don't already have the most damning evidence back in Moscow. Ehhh.. Maybe you should stick to your day job as a meter maid? Because ain't no evidence being gathered for poo poo that's geopolitically relevant. Hell, it won't even likely be forensically relevant at this point.. There's nobody needing convincing of the facts that matter, or that could have their minds changed with any further evidence. The damning evidence was collected in real time most likely and has made it's rounds globally and been presented to relevant decision makers. If I had to bet, I'd bet half the beeps and squeaks dorks in EUCOM can do an audible impression of the ELINT by now, honestly. The bodies are eventually being repatriated, and there's absolutely nothing to investigate that's gonna get us anywhere at that wreckage. They may have to use force to repatriate the bodies, but I'm confident they won't have to use much, if any at all. Greasing palms to repatriate the bodies doesn't make sense when you realize everyone of these inbred Cossack retard sons of bitches are winding up on EU wide wanted posters by the end of this month. And I bet those fucks wither very quickly in the face of a determined aggressor, of which there are many waiting to go. You don't give money to the fucks you intend to make an example out of at the ICC in the near to mid future. And while the EU may not ever grow the brass balls to directly confront Putins psychotic rear end, you better believe even those goddamned eurofags will Osama the poo poo out of every separatist motherfucker responsible for this, since "good" continental Europeans were killed. This ain't Kosovo, and these ain't muzzies. The rules are a lot different when we can't simply go by skin color or religion to figure out who needs to die. Personally I hope the Dutch get their own Eric Bana and go all Munich on some Cossacks, and maybe even pay a visit to some good folks hanging out in nearby Russian Oblasts. But that's Clancy as gently caress. My only real point is that the idiots on scene are only getting paid what they could loot from the scene, and after that are going to spend their lives in hiding, hoping to avoid a cozy dinner date at The Hague. And that's if their benevolent benefactors don't give them all Cossack crew cuts in the woods where nobody will hear the automatic fire. I like to dream. OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jul 20, 2014 |
# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:22 |
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Courthouse posted:I doubt anyone's dumb enough to pay to go look at whatever's left. That part is going to be mostly positioning for the finger pointing, as there are sufficient numbers of idiots who need convincing that Putin is not a nice guy. Rebels demanding money for letting investigators in plays into them being liars and thieves as opposed to freedom fighters. You're so cute. Like, I just want to pinch your cheeks and squeeze you. The optimism is beautiful. No, there's no reason to believe they'd interfere.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:25 |
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The black box records are just gonna tell exactly what damage occurred to the aircraft. It's possible, to a degree, to figure that out from piecing together the wreckage.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:27 |
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holocaust bloopers posted:The black box records are just gonna tell exactly what damage occurred to the aircraft. It's possible, to a degree, to figure that out from piecing together the wreckage. I mean, they can figure out what happened to the plane just from all of the SIGINT that is being directed at that area along with satellite imagery and radar analysis. But the UN OSCE is still going to want to get into that site for recovery operations.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:31 |
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Whip Slagcheek posted:I mean, they can figure out what happened to the plane just from all of the SIGINT that is being directed at that area along with satellite imagery and radar analysis. But the UN OSCE is still going to want to get into that site for recovery operations. No. SIGINT isn't gonna tell you a SAM struck the left inboard wing, which rendered the aileron useless. Shrapnel punctured the fuselage causing a rapid loss of pressure, etc. You need a black box for that.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:40 |
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The Separatists have provided a hand-written note obviously written by one of the victims as he fell from the sky indicting the Ukrainian government is responsible. http://rt.com/usa/174072-washington-marijuana-rules-food/
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:41 |
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holocaust bloopers posted:No. SIGINT isn't gonna tell you a SAM struck the left inboard wing, which rendered the aileron useless. Shrapnel punctured the fuselage causing a rapid loss of pressure, etc. You're misinterpreting what I wrote, I never said any of that. But it will tell them a SAM was activated, that there's a heat signature consistent with a SAM being launched, and they can geolocate where that launch likely took place. The recovery of the black box will just be a confirmation of what's already known, really.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:47 |
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Whip Slagcheek posted:You're so cute. Like, I just want to pinch your cheeks and squeeze you. The optimism is beautiful. Never said they weren't getting rid of the evidence. But blocking investigators while moving incriminating evidence =/= demanding ransom for the bodies. Yet. Either way the EU politicians seem to be working hard pointing out to their dumbfuck voters that the separatista are not plucky resistance fighters defending themselves from Kiev nazis, and Putin is not a benevolent patriot defending his countrymen. Whatever the separatists do short of handing over some scapegoats to the ICC will presumably play into that.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:50 |
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Dingleberry posted:The Separatists have provided a hand-written note obviously written by one of the victims as he fell from the sky indicting the Ukrainian government is responsible. This made me lol for some reason.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 20:54 |
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Dingleberry posted:The Separatists have provided a hand-written note obviously written by one of the victims as he fell from the sky indicting the Ukrainian government is responsible. Lol. Do people out east really buy this poo poo? Are they all drinking water piped in through leat pipes like the old Romans?
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 21:00 |
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Zeroisanumber posted:Lol. Do people out east really buy this poo poo? Are they all drinking water piped in through leat pipes like the old Romans? Lead pipes & containers make water/wine taste better.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 21:48 |
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Dutch update: whole country is in mourning, lots of families / children on the plane on the way to former colonies for vacation. Strong messages to Rutte that he needs to get the bodies back ASAP and unmolested or his government will fall. Which means a lot less over there than you'd think but it's still not something they'd want. Not sure what the opinion is re: Rus / Putin, some of my folks are over in there right now, I'll ask for the zeitgeist when they get back
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 21:59 |
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There's still jews in Russia?
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 22:40 |
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We don't die, we multiply.
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# ? Jul 20, 2014 23:58 |
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RIP hot dutch chick
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# ? Jul 21, 2014 00:11 |
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# ? Apr 18, 2024 05:44 |
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Rotting in a field. Or rotting in a big pile a train on its way to separatist HQ. Anyone else getting a Twin Peaks vibe from her
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# ? Jul 21, 2014 00:44 |