The State of Affairs in Russia

[Sheilbh]

Sheesh, by the time you guys figured out where the Soviet arty was at, they'd probably be knocking on the French border. 

And Moscow would be an irradiated glow.

FORCE DE FRAPPE! :deGaulle:

[PDH]

And Moscow would be an irradiated glow.

FORCE DE FRAPPE! :deGaulle:

Now you're just pandering to Valmy.

[Valmy]

The Soviets knew there was only one country with the élan to nuke them should they stream across the Elbe

[Syt]

Sheesh, by the time you guys figured out where the Soviet arty was at, they'd probably be knocking on the French border. 

Probably.

Our inofficial motto was, "Wir schießen nie, wir kämpfen nie, wir sind die Freizeit-Batterie". (We never shoot, we never fight, we're the leisure battery. It rhymes in German.)

[alfred russel]

Our inofficial motto was, "Wir schießen nie, wir kämpfen nie, wir sind die Freizeit-Batterie". (We never shoot, we never fight, we're the leisure battery. It rhymes in German.)

The Japanese comfort women had a similar motto.

In other news, the headline story on CNN is still that fucking airplane.

[Syt]

http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_04_10/Orwellian-US-propaganda-tool-VOA-finished-in-Russia-7886/

Orwellian US propaganda tool VOA finished in Russia

The US Broadcast Board of Governors, the organization which runs the US Government's media and internet operations, recently received a letter from Dmitry Kiselyov, the head of Rossiya Segodnya, in which he stated that the Voice of America and Radio Liberty would not be allowed to broadcast in Russia any longer after their contract with Russia ran out.

The move is yet another indicator of the fact that the Russian Government, which has so far been patient as the US/NATO attempt to continue to surround it with missiles and continue to demonize everything Russian, is beginning to take serious measures to protect itself, its people and its allies.

In another example of Russia following the rule of law and honoring its agreements and contracts with all its partners and at a detriment to itself, the US Government's propaganda tool the Voice of America was allowed to continue its subversive sanctimonious self-serving propaganda disguised as democracy and freedom (as long as you are with them) broadcasting into the territory of the Russian Federation until the expiration of its contract. The grudging cooperation of the Russian Government with the main instrument of American subversion has come to an end with one simple sentence from Rossiya Segodnya's outspoken head Dmitry Kiselyov who the US recently added to its useless sanctions list because he dared to tell the truth about Ukraine.

"We are not going to cooperate anymore," said Mr. Kiselyov in a letter dated March 21, 2014 to the US Government's Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and to be honest nothing more needed to be said.

With headlines from the Orwellian alternate universe that the United States exists in like "Experts Liken Ukraine Crisis to Soviet's Afghanistan Invasion" it can be no wonder that the Russian Government and in fact any truth loving country or citizen of the world might want to ban the voice of the aging recidivist Cold War propaganda machine seeking to stay relevant by creating its own bogeymen and brainwashing the masses to promote knuckle dragging caveman policies of force and subservience.

[...] Brzezinski brigades in Washington [...]

[...] the US and its subservient "West" continue to demonize Russia and its leader President Putin (who enjoys an over 92% approval rating [...]

[...] patriotic incorruptible member of the security services as a president (which is how I would describe President Putin), [...]

Presidents and leaders of the world please take note: if you value your country's sovereignty and want to advance the interests of it and your people pay attention to what President Putin has been doing and doing well. During his first terms he brought about a complete turnaround to the neocon/Brzezinski plan to divide Russia into 68 autonomous regions, he put an end to the rampant US promoted corruption (Washington's favorite type of country and official is a corrupt one), he stopped the nose-diving population numbers, he stopped the brain drain and the massive runaway escape of capital from Russia and he ended to 1990s near anarchy that was tearing Russia apart after the collapse of the Soviet Union. That was internally.

[...] President Putin is like a chess player who is playing 250 moves ahead while the rest are struggling with 3 (not even close to the grandmaster level of 12). [...]

His moves for securing Russia from the out of control imperial hegemon included the law on NGOs (which Ukraine, Egypt, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Yugoslavia and other US regime change targets should have done) and foreign agents, the expulsion of CIA front company USAID which since the 90s had infected everything from pre-natal centers (eugenics?) to the banking sector, the very professional and subtle neutralization of McFaul and his color revolution brigades of church defilers rent-a-mobs and his principled and uncompromising insistence on pursuing international relations based on mutual respect and rule of law.

[...]

So the big loser, when the world begins trading its oil in something other than the dollar and the whole worthless paper currency house of cards comes crashing down will be the United States of America, which really produces nothing to offer the world except weapons, some clever computer stuff that they use to spy on you and death and destruction.

The US is failing, in Russia, Ukraine, Syria and worldwide. And the world is beginning to wake up to the fact that the US is a rogue superpower, trampling on international law worldwide, engaged in an attempt at global domination through force and subversion and has only its own quick-fix-interests in mind.

No matter the current alternative universe Orwellian Ministry of Truth operations of the subservient corporate controlled media, which have attempted to paint the US billion dollar regime change/resource grab/NATO expansion/destruction of a state as somehow being Russia's fault. The US will fail because there is one weapon that there is no way they can win against and at the end of the day that weapon will win. That weapon is the truth.

[...] Russians are too smart to fall for rent-a-mobs running in the streets screaming for regime change while offering no reasonable alternative. Russians are too smart to fall for infantile American propaganda, which is the main reason US elites and the government make sure their educational system continues to be one of the worst in the world and higher education is only available to their own kind.

Unfortunately the average American is kept dumbed-down focused on non-issues like abortion and two men engaged in grotesque relations as marriage and terrorized and perplexed by never ending laws and ever more oppression by their own security state which has enslaved them. [...]

[...] as in Afghanistan where the US "created" Al-Qaeda and backed murderous Islamic lunatics to overthrow the socialist government, the US "created" the Right Sector and backed murderous Nazi lunatics to overthrow the democratic government; also Russia was asked to intervene in Afghanistan and helped the Afghan people just as Russia was asked to intervene (no invasion) in Crimea and helped the Crimean people; [...]

[...]

The BBG should not worry though, last July they were allowed to broadcast their Ministry of Truth vitriol disguised as "democracy radio" into the United States after being previously banned. Useful tool I imagine for Obama's brainwashing of the American populace as they are being trampled upon and oppressed.

I [...] will not, unlike the Voice of America, try to convince you I am "fair and balanced", I work for the Voice of Russia and love Russia and President Putin, so I have a certain pro Russia bias. The difference is I am not hiding that fact and you dear reader can therefore adjust appropriately. I will say that we at the Voice of Russia are not trying to change reality unlike the Voice of America, and as for myself I am always trying to inform my readers of the truth.

[...]

(HEAVILY trimmed down.)

[Caliga]

In other news, the headline story on CNN is still that fucking airplane.

CNN does tend to get obsessed with stories and run them into the fucking ocean ground, don't they?

[Norgy]

OHNOES THEY READ ORWELL!!!!!111

[DGuller]

OHNOES THEY READ ORWELL!!!!!111

They think it's a manual.

[Syt]

"You keep using that word. Orwellian. I don't think it means what you think it means."

[Syt]

You know what Russia needs? More censorship!

http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/729015

Russia's Duma to consider bill on penalties for obscene words in stage productions

MOSCOW, April 22, /ITAR-TASS/. Russia's Duma is expected to have the second - and the main - reading of a bill introducing penalties for obscene words in theatrical productions, entertainment shows on the stage and movies shown through cinematic distribution networks.

The bill was endorsed in the first reading more than a year ago. It was initiated by a group of MPs with the chairman of the parliamentary committee for culture, film director Stanislav Govorukhin.

The bill proposes to levy fines for organizing "a public display of a work of literature, art or folk arts containing obscene expletives in the form of a theatrical performance or entertainment show." The penalties will range from 2,000 to 2,500 rubles of individuals, from 4,000 to 5,000 rubles for officials, and from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles for legal entities.

Repeat offenders will face tougher sanctions up to a suspension of business licenses for three months.

The bill also bans the use of obscene expletives during the public demonstration of films at movie houses, as well as in stage productions, at the opening ceremonies of exhibitions, at concerts and so on. Only the literary Russian language can be used in all of these situations.

Special expert commissions will be set up to track down the words and expressions that are not deemed publically acceptable.

One of the most important provisions of the bill is a ban on the issuance of distribution licenses if a movie contains obscene words and expressions. Along with it, the releasing of movies without licenses will be subject to fines varying from 50,000 to 100,000 rubles.

A repeated offense will entail a fine of 100,000 to 200,000 rubles or a suspension of business operations for up to three months.

Also, no movie of Russian make shall be deemed part of national heritage if it contains obscene swearwords and expressions.

Also, the MPs propose to make it mandatory for releasers of audio/visual produce and books to put a special mark saying 'obscene swearwords' on their products and to introduce a mandatory requirement, along with which such products will be sold in packages only.

The absence of such warnings will be punishable by the penalties identical to those for obscenities in theatrical productions and films.

The bill is not retroactive and its provisions will not be applied to the products released prior to its passage into law.

If the Duma passes it Tuesday, it will take effect as of July 1, 2014.

[DGuller]

Goshdarnit!

[Valmy]

Golly that is not very nice Russian Duma.

[grumbler]

Golly that is not very nice Russian Duma.

Heck, you can see why they'd be p.o.ed about the dadblamed swear words!

[Capetan Mihali]

Golly that is not very nice Russian Duma.

Heck, you can see why they'd be p.o.ed about the dadblamed swear words!

    Restore penalties for minced oaths!