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Old 06-06-2019, 04:06 PM   #441
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Russia apparently hates the Chernobyl series and has promised to make their own series to counter American propaganda. Instead of the disaster, the Russian series will focus on the American spy's infiltration of the Chernobyl power plant and the KGB spies that tried to stop them... lol. Putin's skin is almost as thin as Trumps.



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Also I changed my cell phone alarm to Geiger Roentgen-Counter Noise and now I run out of the room when my alarm goes off.

Its effective.
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I find it amusing how Russia just decides what the truth will be, no matter how outlandish, and then just runs with it.
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I find it amusing how Russia just decides what the truth will be, no matter how outlandish, and then just runs with it.

Trump does the same thing.


Scary.


And to a much lesser extent, the Liberals right now.
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I find it odd that Russia doesn't like the HBO mini-series when Craig Mazin in the podcast says that only the Soviets would have been able to pull off the cleanup/recovery. He goes on to say that if this was the US the graphite would still be on the ceiling with a massive exclusion zone.

He's likely right as a western country likely wouldn't send biorobots on that roof.
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I find it odd that Russia doesn't like the HBO mini-series when Craig Mazin in the podcast says that only the Soviets would have been able to pull off the cleanup/recovery. He goes on to say that if this was the US the graphite would still be on the ceiling with a massive exclusion zone.

He's likely right as a western country likely wouldn't send biorobots on that roof.
Hes totally right.

This is a victim of circumstance. A Western company would have opted for the cheapest option.

Its not like there hasnt been poisoned waterways or or chemical spills in North America.
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Hes totally right.

This is a victim of circumstance. A Western company would have opted for the cheapest option.

Its not like there hasnt been poisoned waterways or or chemical spills in North America.
Oh it's true. Especially in Trump's regulations are evil America.

Trump would be pissed that a containment chamber would be required.
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I only eat butter and caviar sandwiches now.

They're horrible.
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Russia apparently hates the Chernobyl series and has promised to make their own series to counter American propaganda. Instead of the disaster, the Russian series will focus on the American spy's infiltration of the Chernobyl power plant and the KGB spies that tried to stop them... lol. Putin's skin is almost as thin as Trumps.

https://news.avclub.com/russia-hates...rie-1835298424
I dont even know why they'd do this.

It would be so easy to just say: "That was the USSR, we are the Russian Federation now."

But I guess Putin as Ex-KGB takes it personally? I dont know. What this effectively does though is this:



And yes. The Simpsons did it.
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^^well the obvious reason and there is a couple of lines from the movie. The lies continue.
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^^well the obvious reason and there is a couple of lines from the movie. The lies continue.
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It blew my mind when I saw this:


I can't believe I didn't make the connection, Stellan Skarsgård was in basically my favourite movie of all time.
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Weird take by Russia if true.

"We're going to show how inept our intelligence service was that we couldn't even protect a power plant. The U.S. intelligence juggernaut was at play and we couldn't stop it. The West won this round."

Thanks, Putin!
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Weird take by Russia if true.

"We're going to show how inept our intelligence service was that we couldn't even protect a power plant. The U.S. intelligence juggernaut was at play and we couldn't stop it. The West won this round."

Thanks, Putin!
HBO already did a great job showing how heroic, brave, and capable of sacrifice the Russian people were when face with an impossible situation. Only the Soviet government leaders and political officers, especially the KGB, were shown to be in a negative light.

Sadly those same KGB agents are now in charge of the Russian government.

Can Mods move the in thread discussions to the Chernobyl thread?
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It blew my mind when I saw this:


I can't believe I didn't make the connection, Stellan Skarsgård was in basically my favourite movie of all time.
His sons are really really good actors as well
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For those who have suggested Band of Brothers thanks. Don't know how I missed this series but it is spectacular.
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For those who have suggested Band of Brothers thanks. Don't know how I missed this series but it is spectacular.
Yeah....me neither. It was an enormous hit.

You should try its 'not quite as good but still good' little brother 'The Pacific.'
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HBO severs its association with 'VICE' news.

Long overdue. VICE news has been nothing but BS for a long time now.
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It gets better on the 20th or 30th viewing. Only half joking.
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Finally got around to watching True detectives (season 1). Fantastic.
I'm 2 (or 3?) episodes into season 2, but it seems to kind of suck; is it worth powering through? I've heard season 3 is good.
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