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This Is What Happens When You Leave A Tank Parked On A City Street In Ukraine

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As Jalopnik reports, a BMP light tank was reportedly left stalled on a city street near Mariupol... A gassed-up, fully-loaded tank. Ready to roll. Ready to obliterate some separatists. This is what happened next...

 

Forward to around 46 seconds for when he finds the big red "Fire" button...

 

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Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:49 | 4769297 Headbanger
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Fucking idiots!

Another Darwin Award winner.

They're very lucky the round hit a very solid wall or else it would have gone through numerous cars, people, shops..

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:07 | 4769331 CrazyCooter
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Disclaimer: as a kid, my mom had to keep a very close eye on me in elevators or anywhere else there were buttons. This pretty much sums it up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2wFaaPAzI

Regards,

Cooter

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:09 | 4769335 Anusocracy
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Tanks don't kill people, people do.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:12 | 4769339 jaap
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Condoleezza Rice orders us Europeans to buy US gas and weapons:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU1t3t4Bq-Q

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:18 | 4769344 eatthebanksters
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Sounds like the alarm still worked on the car that he hit.  Dumbass!

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:35 | 4769381 Pure Evil
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Another Fat Finger hard at work.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:14 | 4769465 Pool Shark
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It's all fun and games until somebody loses a neighborhood...

 

 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:16 | 4769467 gmrpeabody
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I guess you have to pull the trigger to see if it's loaded or not...

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:25 | 4769483 Handful of Dust
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I left my stalled car overnight on the Cross-Bronx-Expressway when I lived on New York...Next Morning I came back:

 

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTa1fvpNCKtxF2vQ1Gp...

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:16 | 4769584 MiguelitoRaton
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Now this all makes sense: http://youtu.be/BaeNelsAOGo

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 22:19 | 4770512 SumTing Wong
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Why don't they ever leave fully loaded and gassed up tanks outside of my property? We've got plenty of room to hide one of those things, and we'd take good care of it. I promise...

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 22:42 | 4770550 espirit
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Prolly a good thing this one wasn't an autoloader w/ HE rounds.

Meh, just a test ride...

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 00:31 | 4770761 Rusty Shorts
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little red button on the bottom of the gun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuamSKIvhcA

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 06:08 | 4770964 MeMadMax
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War is hell...

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 07:04 | 4770990 GetZeeGold
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The sound of gunfire in the hood...I'm getting use to it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovmH6W20TyU&noredirect=1

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 14:55 | 4771333 Manthong
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Not much of a “tank”

WTF, ya’ think the conscripts and low info UK army dudes are going to sanitize the LAV?

F, no.. they are going to bug out as light as possible…

A glimpse into the future.. most of the younger cops here (hopefully) will realize that there is no good future supporting the complex that enslaves them.

Well.. at least the chick in the grey designer jeans got a Jerry can or something out of it, but it looks like some old white haired guy took it in the shorts (geez, wear a watch cap, cotten top - your natural "do" makes a great 12 o'clock sight picture) Gosh.. you’ve gotta love the cheap cell phones with cameras..

Except for the Obummer/Kameroon white blond chick selfie.

..but maybe he just wanted a pic of his pricey Hollywood teeth veneers.

 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:27 | 4769598 Muppet
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Handful-of-dust: My AV does not like that web link to encrypted...gstatic.   Just saying.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 21:51 | 4770466 TheLooza
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I'm rather sure that at 1:07, a guy yells "sorry about that".  Anybody else hear it?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:51 | 4770677 MontgomeryScott
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SO;

I'm TRYING to take a break from the Zero Hedge, and cruising around the Intwerweb, checking out some of my OTHER favorites, like 'From the Trenches (World Report)'; and a story about an abandoned tank in the Ukraine comes up (complete with video). Naturally, I want to watch, and start reading the story (as well), and all I see is 'ACCORDING TO ZEROHEDGE,...'.

SHIT...

I click the link, and see it over HERE (I TOLD YOU, I was trying to take a break from the Tyler Durden Fight Club this Saturday evening).

Actually, it sounded like 'Oh, SHIT! I just fired the gun!' (The little faggot starts clapping, jumping for joy at the loud noise that he thinks he made, within the safety of his little, newly aquired WMD).

That guy at the end obviously got hit by shapnel, but, it seems, no one was actually killed in the making of this video (although some, or at LEAST ONE; were maimed for life because some dickweed fucking qweebster decided to push a pretty little button 'just for fun'). he won't be able to walk correctly, EVER AGAIN, but some see so-called 'humor' in the maiming of individuals for life.

Like I tried to state earlier, I was trying to take a BREAK from the Zero Hedge...

GOD, you are so CRASS in your bitchified statements... totally unfeeling... totally unsympathetic...

My FIRST ex-wife got at least 2,000 miles away from me, because she KNEW she was a crass, unfeeling little slut, and was afraid that I would actually kill her. SHE was stupid, much like YOU are (or, rather, she suffered from a disease known as 'dickinsider', where male appendages seem to block her genitalia for years). In the end, she begged me to put it in other orifices (like her mouth and anus), but her 'better self' finally decided that she couldn't take it, and she RAN.

 

Until you respond (and if you can), you need to remember that you are a CRASS, UNFEELING little bitch who doesn't really CARE about the suffering of ANYONE.

 

 

 

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 00:01 | 4770702 MontgomeryScott
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Sorry. I'm an asshole, it seems...

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 10:01 | 4771107 Bloody Muppet
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That rant was 100% full of uranium-tipped awesome.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 13:10 | 4771476 geotrader
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I'm trying to find a better label for you, but all I can come up with is IDIOT.

 

 

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 14:42 | 4771612 Bloody Muppet
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You should try looking in a dictionary, then!

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 15:52 | 4771711 de3de8
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No argument

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 00:31 | 4770762 useonlyasdirected
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first time poster, long time reader...

had to reply to this: yes i too heard "SORRY ABOUT THAT!" 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:26 | 4769487 linniepar
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Bullish.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:23 | 4770644 TheMeatTrapper
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Hey ya'll - watch this!

Didn't know they had rednecks over there. 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:10 | 4769570 eatthebanksters
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A flash/crash?  LOL!

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:36 | 4769383 Boris Alatovkrap
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Everything is okay! Only person is hurt that stupid is enough to stand in way of tank projectile.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:53 | 4769420 Harbanger
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This action proves that dumbassness is a global phenomenon.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 20:45 | 4770354 vie
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I like how everyone stands right in front of the site the tank hit after it happened including the camera man.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 22:43 | 4770553 espirit
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@Boris

Been missing you man.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 00:28 | 4770755 willwork4food
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yea vie, i was thinking the exact same thing. The last place I would want to be is where it hit...the future darwin nominee could do some more damage.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:15 | 4770629 Oliver Klozoff
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But nobody thought to get the m'fcker who pulled on that bang switch.

You can see him or his pards sloping off behind that APC.

Damn kids.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 00:09 | 4770728 MontgomeryScott
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If the REAL and FREE Ukranians had any balls, they would have dragged that little faggot out of the APC and shot him in the fucking HEAD for being STUPID (if for no other reason).

NO...

They want to LOOT and PILLIAGE, because that's what they are TAUGHT to do, from childhood. It looks like South Central L.A., during the Watts riots.

HERE, let me RECORD this shit, for GOOKLETUBE... I'm gonna be a STAR...

FUCK!

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:55 | 4769425 Urban Roman
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The trick is to know where is "in the way".

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:19 | 4769473 gmrpeabody
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If the barrel looks more like a donut than a bread stick..., that is "in the way".

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:27 | 4769488 Handful of Dust
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State Farm Tank insurance covers that, right?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 15:58 | 4769764 Mesquite
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They needed a volunteer to look down the barrel...just to see if it was loaded...

/s

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 07:10 | 4770992 GetZeeGold
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Is this thing loaded?

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 00:30 | 4770759 MontgomeryScott
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Just like a good neighbor,...

NO!

That fat, short, ugly bitch named 'FLO' is gonna get the bid-iness.

The Government Employee Insurance COmpany already has the jump on it. Biden's fucking 'love-child' is already working the lead position as the legal advisor to the largest Ukranian natural gas supplier.

If it wasn't really true, it could be a 'headlie' from the 'Onion'.

You can get a discount on your auto insurance, if you let FLO and GEICO install a GPS thingie in your automobile, though. Let the fat, ugly chick service you.

Give me an older woman every time...

Because they don't yell, and they don't tell, and, oh, they're grateful as hell...

 

(MY broker is E.F. Hutton, and HE says...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX7ZEotoFh0

 

 

 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:43 | 4769497 Urban Roman
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I assume the turret on that BMP can swivel.

Also, it doesn't help if you are standing there trying to figure out if it looks like a donut. I'd be inclined to get behind something large, like a building, although that doesn't always work with large caliber military hardware.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:43 | 4769389 mccvilb
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Thanks for this Condo Rice video jaap. It does my heart good to see from the comments under it that the German people aren't buying this bullshit for one second. We need to get rid of these folks ASAP before they get us into another war.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:26 | 4769599 Volkodav
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Germans are big majority pro Russia pro Putin Administration

Many Germans in Russia. Great Katerine brought them.  My Lady's family in Samara came then.

One Russia region is more Germanic dna match than average of Germany

 

 

 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 16:28 | 4769822 gmrpeabody
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Yes, Germans are very pro Russian. And we all know how much the Russians admire and love the German peoples..., long history together. Germany should never rely on anyone else other than Russia for all their energy needs. What could ever go wrong with that...?

<sarc> (for those that don't know it when they see it)

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 02:16 | 4770862 Volkodav
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Is it important to you?

especially since you don't seem know much about...

elite controlled EU leaders is the problem and Russians do not blame the people....

otherwise  Putin is very respected by Germans.  Polls show that.

Russians and Germans peoples respect each other more these days than either has for the main world bullies.

Russians are smart enough to know the current threat.

Better worry about your own country.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 23:23 | 4772691 gmrpeabody
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Not as important as it is to you, I would guess.

I seem to know at least as much as you about...

There a more than a few Americans that respect Putin, also. Many, perhaps, for different reasons.

Finally, you nee-dent worry yourself about what I should worry about. You're problems are more pressing.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 08:21 | 4771031 Bendromeda Strain
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You belabor the obvious (WWII) to make an idiotic point. Everybody knows this "great North American bounty" of oil and (especially) gas is not going to Europe when the US is still a huge importer of oil, and LNG is the ultimate NIMBY. Qatar is not going to play ball as a proxy, and these mythical "new pipelines" she envisions are not going to happen, certainly not before Keystone, and where is that again?

Europe should be wary of neocon machinations in Ukraine ("fuck the EU"), and take heed that Merkel was rebuffed on the most important issue of her visit, the NSA and "trust" worthy "allies".

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 10:06 | 4771114 Bloody Muppet
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Europe has enough coal to last a couple centuries. It won't power cars to well but it will everything else.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:54 | 4770692 The Shodge
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Yes, and it goes two ways, the Russians left plenty of their DNA in Berlin as well at the end of WWII. That must be have been out of pure love for the German people...

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 02:04 | 4770852 Volkodav
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Mongol troops. They had never seen a bicycle or running water.

US soldiers were next worse.

 

 

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 23:10 | 4772629 DeusHedge
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fuck putin

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:43 | 4769527 kchrisc
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"War-criminal Rice orders us Europeans to buy US gas and weapons:"

Fixed it for you.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 07:10 | 4770988 CuttingEdge
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+10 Jaap for the link.

Someone please make sure that rabid MIC bitch is put down sooner rather than later.

Some news to her on switching to US gas and oil - you've already lost control (some desperate shit in that interview) - go fuck yourself, cunt.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:08 | 4769454 garypaul
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"Tanks don't kill people, people do."

Which is why we don't let people own tanks.

Hey, wait a minute...

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 18:53 | 4770140 Flux
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Hm ... thats a pretty good response. I shall remember it next time some NRA fucktard starts spouting off.

 

(Don't be so reactive, my little Zero Hedgelings. I have a fondness for my .357 Magnum (S&W 586))

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 19:59 | 4770273 DaddyO
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Had to down arrow that stupid comment!

As opposed to some non-NRA Fucktard, eh Flummoxed?

DaddyO

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 08:25 | 4771038 Bendromeda Strain
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.

(Don't be so reactive, my little Zero Hedgelings. I have a fondness for my .357 Magnum (S&W 586))

By all means, put it in your mouth and show it some love...

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 20:29 | 4770324 Mine Is Bigger
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Who needs soldiers?  You dump weapons on the street and locals start killing each other.  Wait ... That's pretty much what weapons exporters have been doing in third world countries, isn't it?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 22:42 | 4770552 Dave Thomas
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You forget the RED CANDY LIKE BUTTON, JUST WAITING TO BE PUSHED!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NITBfc1EOBo

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:25 | 4769359 Harbanger
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This can be the punchline to a joke.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:31 | 4769373 RafterManFMJ
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It's an APC not a tank or a light tank. By now you should be able to recognize the difference.

The big doors are for loading and disgorging infantry.

You would not call a jet a helicopter, right?

Someday it may be important to properly identify / report what exactly is attacking you...

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:37 | 4769386 Yes_Questions
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let us hope it will not..

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:17 | 4769470 Pool Shark
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So... this was a tankless operation?

 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:37 | 4769387 Boris Alatovkrap
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No one is confuse jet for helicopter, jet is fix wing craft.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:24 | 4769481 AGuy
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"No one is confuse jet for helicopter, jet is fix wing craft."

Maybe outside the USSA. but inside of the USSA, our dear leaders perfer to keep our citizens fat and stupid.

Here is a brief video of how schools now teach math:

 

Common Core Standards Math Lesson Example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdeCkjwACQ

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:49 | 4769636 Tarshatha
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OMG, does she seriously say "mathlish" at 1:10 of the video?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 19:51 | 4770265 Aussie V
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I'm impressed she can stay on her feet for so long.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 00:49 | 4770777 Rusty Shorts
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A: Maths test for State Schools

Name _____________________________
Nickname__________________________
Gang Name_________________________

1. Simon has 0.5 kilos of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Matt for 300 quid and 90 grams to Ollie for 90 quid, what is the street value of the rest of his hold?

2. Damon pimps 3 bitches. If the price is £40 a ride, how many jobs per day must each bitch perform to support Damon's £500 a day coke habit?

3. Crackhead wants to cut the kilo of cocaine he bought for 7,000 quid to make a 20% profit. How many grams of Strychnine will he need?

4. Trev got 6 years for murder. He also got £350,000 for the hit. If his common law wife spends £33,100 per month, how much money will be left when he gets out? How much more time will Trev get for killing the slapper that spent his money?

5. If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square metres and the average letter is 1 square metre, how many letters can be sprayed with eight fluid ounce cans of spray paint with 20% extra paint free ?

6. Liam steals Jordan's skateboard. As Liam skates away at a speed of 35mph, Jordan loads his brother's Armalite. If it takes Jordan 20 seconds to load the gun, how far will Liam have travelled when he gets whacked?

B: MATHS TEST FOR 'Public' (IE., PRIVATE) schoolS

Name________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
(If necessary please continue on a separate sheet)
Prep school _______________________________________________
Daddy's/Mummy's Company ____________________________

1. Harry smashes up the old man's car, causing x amount of damage and killing 3 people. The old man asks his local Chief Constable to intervene in the court system, then forges his insurance claim and receives a payment of y. The difference between x and y is three times the life insurance settlement for the three dead people. What kind of car is Harry driving now?

2. Fiona's personal shopper decides to substitute generic and own-brand products for the designer goods favoured by her employer. In the course of a month she saves the price of a return ticket to Fiji and Fiona doesn't even notice the difference. Is she thick or what?

3. Tristram fancies the arse off a certain number of debutantes, but he only has enough Rohypnol left to render 33.3% unconscious. If he has 14 tablets of Rohypnol, how is he ever going to shag the other two thirds?

4. If Verity throws up 4 times a day for a week she can fit into a size 8 Versace. If she only throws up 3 times a day for two weeks, she has to make do with a size 10 Dolce and Gabbana. How much does liposuction cost?

5. Henry is unsure about his sexuality. Three days a week he fancies women. On the other days he fancies men, ducks and vacuum cleaners. However he only has access to the Hoover every third week. When will he stand for parliament?

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 09:11 | 4771061 swmnguy
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This test would work in the US.  Only dope dealers here know the metric system.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:47 | 4769407 Flagit
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Alright Rambo, why don't you fill us in on the difference between an APC and a tank.

To me, a mechanized metal box with a cannon mounted on top, other than a 50 cal,  is a tank.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:58 | 4769436 Urban Roman
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I think that was a 50 cal round in the video.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:12 | 4769458 83_vf_1100_c
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Definitely bigger. A .50 cal is a common machine gun and now a sniper rifle round with a non explosive bullet.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:16 | 4769469 RafterManFMJ
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It's not likely you'd find a .50 on an East Bloc machine - 12.7 mm or 25 mm more likely.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:02 | 4769477 Urban Roman
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Yeah, OK ... 12.7mm ~ 50 cal.

And, yeah, probably bigger. It did pulverize a dozen or two bricks and peel back the sheeting on that building.

But still that was not a real 'tank'. Tank rounds are a lot more impressive, and do a lot more damage.

[edit]
After a little poking arount Wikipedia, I think it is one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP-1_variants#Ukraine

, so that was a nice example of what a 30mm cannon does to an old brick building with thick walls. A non-explosive round a little more than an inch in diameter.

I wonder if the grenade launchers were loaded? Now that would be an impressive fireworks display.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 16:09 | 4769782 OceanX
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"a little more than an inch in diameter."

Wouln't it be exactly 30mm in diamater, 3cm?

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 01:23 | 4770811 Uchtdorf
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I believe he's helping those who don't know the metric system well, and are therefore unaware that 30mm is slightly more than an inch (25.4mm).

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 10:43 | 4771172 Urban Roman
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Just a RCH under 1-3/16" ... imperial units all around here.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:40 | 4769517 mt paul
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hope it wasn't

a depleted uranium round.... 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 18:38 | 4770101 Andre
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DU seems to be primarily a US/EU thing, because it poisons the area with radioactive dust. Russians stick to tungsten, I think. Lighter and less effective (penetration of an M1A1 @2500 meters, vs 4000m for US vs Russian armor), but you can still grow food when the fighting is done.

Raises interesting questions if the US gov goes full retard on the population...

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 10:54 | 4771188 post turtle saver
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did you know that depleted uranium is used for radioactive shielding?

how about counterweights in aircraft?

did you know that it's less dense than tungsten?

did you know that the tungsten alloys being considered as a replacement for DU staballoy rounds are much more carcinogenic than the DU rounds they're supposed to replace? so much so that they can kill lab rats with samples in a matter of weeks, whereas the DU control doses have proven to be benign?

God you people are  F U C K I N G   S T U P I D

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 01:13 | 4770804 SilverRhino
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30 mm

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:14 | 4769463 RafterManFMJ
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A tank is much better armored and gunned and is used to battle other tanks and take control of a battlefield.

APC or armored personnel carriers are intended to mechanize infantry, IE provide some armor protection and speed so they can keep up and stay alive when advancing with tanks.

Some APCs can be neutralized with a .50 rifle - tanks not so much.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:33 | 4769496 MsCreant
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Very civilized answer. 

I only know because my husband is ex-service and I find what he knows to be interesting. I think a lot of folks are mindlessly scared and hide their heads in the sand because all of it seems overwhelming. I used to be terrified of guns, even holding one that I knew to be empty until I got some experience and then training. I think things "military" are like that for a lot of us, until they ain't. 

I'd rather know how to load and unload a gun or a rifle and fire it safely. Best to know which end of an RPG is which. But folks don't and sometimes slowing down to explain like you did (like my husband does) is the best way. Maybe we should "know" but many don't and are still in a culture of fear, ignorance, and incompetence.

Edit: I found gun training to be one of the best attitude adjustments I have ever had in my life. Respect, my fellow bitchez, respect. Life and death, in your hands, what are you doing?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:57 | 4769548 potato
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Exactly like this first day of school in Russia.

http://englishrussia.com/2013/09/03/the-first-day-of-school/2/

Kids getting to hold AKs and prance around APCs.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:17 | 4769586 Volkodav
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Fast Assembly in Russian School:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxjYfl05ek

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:28 | 4770651 IndyPat
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Any mechanized military vehicle is a mobile oven used to cook 3 or more humans.
I wouldn't be caught cooked in one.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:21 | 4769590 William Foster
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It's a BMP-2 w/ 30mm automatic cannon

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 17:55 | 4769991 U4 eee aaa
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That explains why it was parked in the street. The driver left without a full tank

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 09:56 | 4771102 intric8
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Cripes.

Please ukrainians, please represent intellectually so that the world doesnt give up on you

facepalm

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 19:34 | 4770230 icanhasbailout
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The big doors and for loading and unloading. If you have to load or unload, go to the big doors. It looks just like a Telefunken U-47. You'll love it. It's a way of life.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 05:50 | 4770950 Troublehoff
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It's actually a Tank/APC hybrid known as an IFV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:43 | 4769400 Renewable Life
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Where did all the Ukrainian soldiers go, why didn't they stay until the jumper cables arrived?? It's their Country right??

Oh ya it's NOT your fucking Country, when your APC stalls, and the locals will lynch and kill you before the fucking APC repair units arrive!! 

American BLM agents found out that Neveda wasn't THEIR fucking Country either a couple months ago too!

Signs , signs everywhere there's signs!

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:45 | 4769529 general ambivalent
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I thought the steelworkers had brought peace. Oh, the steelworkers are just a convenient excuse for Blackwater, you say?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 15:18 | 4769679 Bunga Bunga
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At least a solid construction. Any building in the US would have gone up in flames, any high rise would have collapsed within an hour.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:30 | 4770656 IndyPat
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In its foot print...at free fall...

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 01:07 | 4770800 SilverRhino
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The two times I went to Russia what stunned me the most?   How utterly fucking SOLID their buildings are.    

My apartment (rented) there?  Concrete was half to a full METER thick in the walls.     EVERWHERE was hard cover. 

 

Contrast that with the United States where everything is concealment unless you custom fortify your home.

 

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 12:55 | 4771446 Remington IV
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Which side did Obama say we're on ?!?!?!?!?!?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:27 | 4769366 Antarctico
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Why are my Saturdays never this much fun?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:39 | 4769393 Boris Alatovkrap
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You are wonder why Russia is lose war with Finland? Why Afghanistan is graveyard for Mi-24 gunship? Russia military is not take proper care of ordnance.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:36 | 4769613 TeamDepends
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23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.

30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."

These are some of our "favorites"!  How about you?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 16:29 | 4769823 ebear
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23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art." Promote depiction of New Soviet Man through realistic portrayal of the worker's struggle. 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press. Eliminate all political dissent by instituting censorship under the guise of public morality. 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV. Promote social solidarity through books, magazines, motion pictures that promote Soviet ideals. 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy." Re-educate social deviants through forced labor, or commit to psychiatric institutes.   27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch." Establish State Religion and require that all identity documents and employment applications indicate religious beliefs. No exceptions. 28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state." Establish state approved religious practices in all schools and vet all religious instructors to ensure conformity with Soviet ideals. 29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis. Denounce capitalist running dogs and their fellow travelers.  Promote solidarity between socialist nations. 30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man." Canonize founding party members and idealize their self-less struggle for the People's Liberation. These are some of our "favorites"!  How about you You mean I get to choose?   How generous of you!

 

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 12:26 | 4771381 Jumbotron
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Pull my finger.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:42 | 4769281 Atomizer
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They thought it was the start button.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:40 | 4769391 toady
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I was a real problem child. There was a bulldozer at a construction site with the keys in it. The crew wasn't working the weekend, so I jumped on it and started pushing buttons. The next thing I knew the dozer was moving towards the woods.I jumped off and watched it drive away.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:16 | 4769468 shovelhead
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Sounds like a river canoe trip with about 16 guys in their early 20's who found a big old bucket shovel to load river rock.

The arm lever got stuck on up. The cable drum was behind the cab.

Folded everything up in a big ball of junk.

Oopsy-daisy.

High speed canoe race.

Something I heard about...naturally. I wasn't there. You can't prove shit.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:30 | 4769494 Bastiat
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I did the same but there were no keys, just a button-- mid to late 50's

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 17:02 | 4769887 slightlyskeptical
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First job I had over the summer as a kid I did the same.  But it was a forklift heading straight towards this $10,000 custom built concrete pipe with hundreds of weird fittings all over it, which I had just finished taping up. Panic mode set it and I started hitting every button, lever, pedal i could.  Somehow it stopped about an inch away and I never set foot anywhere near it again.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 19:48 | 4770253 BigJim
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Sometimes the angels are listening.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:31 | 4770658 Oliver Klozoff
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The trick is trying to hear them when they speak.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 23:03 | 4772657 DaddyO
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Nice Handle!

All of her clothes off.....

DaddyO

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 20:58 | 4770379 August
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Ditto.  Snow plough in New Haven.  60's.

Every kid needs to steal a major piece of machinery, just to get it out of his system.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 22:09 | 4770500 disabledvet
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I was never allowed near the machinery as a child.

Come to think of it...

Only a few rounds? Sure those kids weren't still pressing the trigger?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 22:34 | 4770532 BlindMonkey
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Thank god that bulldozer didn't have a 30mm cannon.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 18:03 | 4770004 U4 eee aaa
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They certainly started something

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:41 | 4769282 Pooper Popper
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Now ,thats some shit there!

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:42 | 4769283 RacerX
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guess that wasn't the START button

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:33 | 4769379 RafterManFMJ
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Curses! My damn XBox training failed me again!

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:21 | 4769593 Pool Shark
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Right. It was the START WAR button

 

 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:44 | 4769286 swmnguy
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Nice.  And nobody shows up even after the weapon has fired.  There are sirens in the distance, but nobody shows up.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:01 | 4769319 Tulpa
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Those sound like car alarms, not emergency vehicle sirens.

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 09:13 | 4771064 swmnguy
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Listening to it again, I think you're right.  So that's even weirder.  They're just leaving gear like that sitting.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:23 | 4769355 smokintoad
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Today's Safety Tip:  If you look through your window and see a main battle tank out in the street, you probably don't want to have your face near the glass when it's fired.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KWDIxgJmAk

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:44 | 4769289 remain calm
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Was it pointed at the White House?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:45 | 4769290 Yes_Questions
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that was easy

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:57 | 4769315 Cruel Aid
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and awesome!

but for the person who got injured of course.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:46 | 4769291 Relentless101
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In LA that shit would be on blocks right now. 

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:00 | 4769438 Yen Cross
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   In LA that thing would be pimped out and on 24"s right now...

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 20:59 | 4770383 Papasmurf
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And the bystanders would be drinking fowtees.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 21:08 | 4770399 Yen Cross
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  OOPs wrong Colt45.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:05 | 4770613 BlindMonkey
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@papaurf

It's been a while since you have been to LA I guess. The bystanders will be drinking Modelo

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:47 | 4769292 chapaev's ghost
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What's this button do?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:51 | 4769302 free_lunch
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That's for amateurs, this is how professionals do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4Ayo4mYZg

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:11 | 4769337 Atomizer
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Nice job. This was released some time back.

The Real Face of The European Union (EU)

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 13:39 | 4769514 shovelhead
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Under 4 minutes to get the picture, if you haven't already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUiFKMw92yA

This is just a taste.

 

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 08:40 | 4771045 free_lunch
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So far 4 club-members have read this..

 

One should expect a lot more down votes, since The EU has around 54,000 staff earning ridicolous high tax-free wages payed by the taxpayers (the ones doing the actual work).. So how many of them would do anything or say anything to defend the future of thier salary??

And there may well be much more. The Commission's confusing table doesn't list second and third 'pillar' agencies such as Europol (which has a staff of 600), or the European Defence Agency (which has a staff of at least 94), or the EU Satellite Centre.

Wonder what the EU pays their staff? http://youtu.be/cO4Ayo4mYZg?t=23m7s

Sun, 05/18/2014 - 09:34 | 4771079 Atomizer
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The ESM wheels go round and round.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:48 | 4769294 Atomizer
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Who's going to take it for a California joy ride?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDYU-uKo1N8

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:49 | 4769295 tnquake
Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:51 | 4769303 smokintoad
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And many pants were shit that day.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:53 | 4769309 Dr. Engali
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I think I'll go stand right where he shot last time and take a few pictures. He only has one round right?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:25 | 4769360 Ms. Erable
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"What does auto-loader mean?"

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 23:46 | 4770687 BlindMonkey
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You mean, avtomaticheskaya dostavka?

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:46 | 4769405 toady
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Right. That's what I was thinking. If I was the one with my finger on the button I'd be thinking "wait for it.... wait for it... BANG!"

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:41 | 4769619 gdogus erectus
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I know!  Me too!  But I think the moron who hit the button is seen getting out of the top of the troop carrier, trying to stuff his eardrums back into his ears when he starts half staggering, half running over to see his handywork and the old lady that was hit by flying concrete.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 14:43 | 4769620 gdogus erectus
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double tap - sorry

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:57 | 4769314 Tulpa
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Thank God our police forces in the US are more responsible with their assault vehicles.

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:03 | 4769316 novictim
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Excellent.  Got their faces on camera.

Propaganda videos like this one from the Russian State Media using Russian-Ukrainian collaborators provide a wealth of useful info.

Really outstanding!

Sat, 05/17/2014 - 12:48 | 4769406 McMolotov
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Gonna scamper off and report them to Kiev so they and their families can be hunted down and "liquidated?" You're a good little fascist.

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