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[Descan]

seizure of kebab assets :V

[Shadowlord]

Just close the screen popup thing. I can read it fine, but I'll post it here just in case:

I don't even get a popup, and it's fully readable, but I never allowed them to run any scripts, so that would be why.

... if the bodies were cremated, how could they have died at sea all alone? ... Stupid imprecise language.

[Sheb]

How are these guys goiing to be financed?

Same way the rest of EU institutions are financed I guess.

[miauw62]

House-to-house cookie sales?

[scriver]

How are these guys goiing to be financed?

Same way the rest of EU institutions are financed I guess.

Bye Sweden, in other words.

Yay!

(this post is bitter exaggeration. Do we have a font for that yet?)

[Loud Whispers]

How are these guys goiing to be financed?

Same way the rest of EU institutions are financed I guess.

By trying to steal my shekels, failing, opting for yuropoor monies instead

aw those poor sods

Very rare to have an occupation with higher mortality rates than fishermen
rip in squid

[redwallzyl]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/13/459560460/russian-destroyer-fires-warning-shots-at-turkish-ship-in-aegean-sea

[Shadowlord]

RETURN FIRE! Wait, we're in a tiny fishing boat.

[Sergarr]

I'd think the fishers would at least have some pistols or hunting rifles, since that's the type of weapon we've supposedly "opened fire" with. I really doubt it actually happened though, because it sounds too weird. I mean, 600 meters is quite a lot of distance for personal weapons.

[Baffler]

Never mind, took the "last edit" thing to mean that the article in the OP was new. Just noticed the date...

[Frumple]

I mean, 600 meters is quite a lot of distance for personal weapons.

Sorta'? I mean, a bog standard .22 hunting rifle can kill from further out than that (I've personally seen 'em drop wildlife at a further distance a couple times*), it's just not exactly likely. Accuracy's mostly pants, fair bit of the killing force bleeds off, etc., etc., but it's still entirely capable of putting someone/thing in a grave. It doesn't matter how far out something is, you don't shoot at something you don't intend to kill, pretty much period.

E: *Actually, I was forgetting my conversions a bit. I've seen 'em dropped at that distance, but not much further -- five or six football fields out, or ~5-600m. Moral of the story, though, don't point a gun at something you don't intend to attempt to kill. If it's in sight distance, consider it being within mortal wound distance. It honestly doesn't matter if it is or not, you treat it that way.

[Reelya]

If there's a shooting match starting between the Russians and the Turks, I'm inclined to blame Erdogan for starting that. He's a serious islamofascist and has been cracking down on protesters and journalists, with his dream of changing the constitution to become dictator for life with massively expanded presidential powers. And recently Turkish troops occupied Nothern Iraq without the assent of the Iraqi government, ostensibly to ward off Islamic State, but this from a guy who hates Ataturk's secular Turkey and blathers constantly about recreating the glory of the Ottoman empire.

Erdogan has a lot more reasons to flex his muscles against the Russians than they do to take pot-shots at him. I'm thinking the Turkish hawks are seeing regional instability as an excuse to expand Turkish power via military means, and keeping things as destabilized as possible helps in that aim. Russian forces are just an easier scapegoat than taking pot-shots at NATO forces.

http://nypost.com/2015/06/04/turkeys-strongman-dashes-another-obama-dream/

But regardless of the margin of his election victory Sunday, Erdogan’s influence in the region is already a net hindrance. He backs groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and various al Qaeda affiliates against their secular-oriented opponents in the region.

[Loud Whispers]

Erdogan did nothing wrong

[Morrigi]

Erdogan did nothing wrong

lol

[smjjames]

I know I posted in the WTF thread, but since it seems to be coming from overseas, and this seems to be the new Europol thread, I'm posting here.

CNN said that the source of the 'hoax' threat to the NYC school system (they said that the language in it was 'outlandish') seems to be coming from Frankfurt, Germany.

wut...........

I realize it might be proxied to just look like it's coming from Germany, but still, international pranking since when?

Do we have laws here in the US to arrest a German who pulls a stupid prank like that? If it really is coming from there. Or maybe it would be under German jurdicision.

Also, no idea on the LA school district threat....

edit: Now they're saying the LA one was traced to germany, the heck?