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#41

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Jacob - July 04, 2025, 02:18:17 PM

So it's a proxy war between China and the EU, with the US potentially sitting out?

That kind if sucks, but I guess it's good to know what's happening.

Makes me think that China had a hand in securing North Korean men and materiel for Putin.

#42

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Razgovory - July 04, 2025, 01:54:47 PM

What an inauspicious birthday for America. I wonder what our 250th will bring...

Have you watched The Man in the High Castle by any chance?





I haven't I just know it's a nazi America scenario, which I find apropos

It was very dull.

#43

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Tamas - July 04, 2025, 01:32:48 PM

Immigration? 

We talk about what Farage tells us to talk about.

#44

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by fromtia - July 04, 2025, 01:02:25 PM

Have you watched The Man in the High Castle by any chance?


I haven't I just know it's a nazi America scenario, which I find apropos

The book is wonderful. I'm a big PKD fan.

#45

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Syt - July 04, 2025, 12:41:30 PM

Dude, it's not a competition. I was just sharing that I'm looking forward to seeing two of my favorite movies on the big screen this weekend; one of them (Barry Lyndon) for the first time - which I'm really looking forward to, seeing as how the movie composes its scenes in the manner of period paintings.

#46

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by HVC - July 04, 2025, 12:31:54 PM

Im sure there's something with the heat and humidity that gives me massive headaches. Ugh.

It's called dehydration

#47

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Duque de Bragança - July 04, 2025, 12:29:15 PM

If you go by subscription, even if it's 38 € per month, then it is indeed cheaper and you can use your digitalised Pathé /Cinépass card in all Pathé cinemas in France, plus most, not all, arthouses in  Paris.

#48

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by crazy canuck - July 04, 2025, 12:25:06 PM

In a word or two describe...


average UK citizen - I am going to use three words dammit!

#49

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Sheilbh - July 04, 2025, 12:11:11 PM

That political assassination in Minnesota has pretty much disappeared from main headlines, right? Wouldn't this normally be headline news for weeks on end?

I don't think so.

We've recently had the assassination of Sir David Amess by an Islamist extremist and of Jo Cox by a far-right extremist. The context of those were different but the reality is news cycles move very quickly (but I don't think it would last weeks even in earlier eras) and lots of other things happen. It'll dominate for maybe a week at most - and partly that's just because there's not much more news. It happens, the person is caught, tributes are paid - the next real "news" will be the trial. As Grumbler says it'll last longer in the local news but nationally, and internationally, not.

I mean I think a few weeks after October 7 or the Russian invasion of Ukraine there was no guarantee those conflicts would be the main headline. Things keep happening (Alan Bennett's line on history: "one bloody thing after another") and people sometimes get fatigued of the "same" story - see covid, Ukraine, Gaza.

#50

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Syt - July 04, 2025, 12:09:59 PM

Well, ticket is actually cheaper. They have a 24 EUR/month subscription that allows you to attend most screenings in the participating theaters (mostly ones that lean more retro/arthouse screenings): https://nonstopkino.at/kinos/