Collimatrix Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 So the big shitstorm going on in Korea. http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-irrational-downfall-of-park-geun-hye.html Great read, thanks for sharing. That situation is fucked up to the point that it's surreal. Every day, Choi would receive a huge stack of policy briefs from the presidential residence to discuss with her inner circle--an illustrious group that included Choi's gigolo (no, really) and a K-pop music video director (I'm serious.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted October 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 A few links to English Korean news websites about it: (I think the articles are a few days old already but whatever) http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/767405.html https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/10/116_216623.html http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025312&cloc=etc%7Cjad%7Cgooglenews Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Dafuq? I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around that Korean story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted October 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 tl;dr: Shadow government. More or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Dafuq? I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around that Korean story. Try mentally replacing the Korean names with more European-sounding ones, that helps me. Every time it says "Park Geun-hye," think "Melissa Park" or something, and every time it says "Park Chung-hee" mentally substitute "Korean Mussolini" "Daddy Park" or something. English-speaking minds aren't primed to pick up the gender and family relationship cues from the Korean names, so it all sort of blurs together. tl;dr: Shadow government. More or less. The shocking revelation is that the president of South Korea has been led around by the nose by weird cult leaders, Sarah Winchester style. Said cult leader also appears to have gotten their head into the trough in a big way, committing various acts of small and large venality (it was a small one that got them caught), and had enough personal control over the president that they were probably substantially influencing policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeantMatt Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Cabals of oligarchs and shamans running South Korea from behind the scenes? I want to get off 2016's wild ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Cabals of oligarchs and shamans running South Korea from behind the scenes? I want to get off 2016's wild ride. 2017 is warming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 Progress of Iraqi army and Co: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists from Mosul region: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 HDP Members are being arrested in Turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Steven Seagal has been granted Russian citizenship by Putin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Steven Seagal has been granted Russian citizenship by Putin Just so long as Chuck Norris is still 100 percent American and voting Republican, we need not fear. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Steven Seagal has been granted Russian citizenship by Putin We need to respond by immediately giving US citizenship to Jean Claude Van Damme. We cannot allow a 80's Action Star Gap to develop! Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and Donward 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Andrey Filatov about Iraqi SFs attempt to get into Masul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Iraq, MosulOp. A lot of dead ISIS, possibly from either airstrikes or MLRS strike (TOS-1As?) NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfBUQzog_h8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Mosul: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vast-field-recoverable-oil-natural-gas-found-texas-43575791 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vast-field-recoverable-oil-natural-gas-found-texas-43575791 Bad news for the Saudi Arabia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 http://ktrh.iheart.com/onair/michael-berry-13986/60-minutes-goes-to-sweden-to-14515160/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Ukraine, Palau and the US (Palau's sugar daddy) vote against a UN resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Situation in #Libya Power Map November 18th 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Freedom of speech means being able to say unpopular things. CrashbotUS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Freedom of speech have nothing to do with voting in UN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Freedom of speech have nothing to do with voting in UN. We know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Freedom of speech have nothing to do with voting in UN. That vote is a good representation of what different places consider free speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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