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I once dreamed being a part of German football team (but did not make it to the field, just in the changing room), that is nicest one I can remember.

 

A few times I dreamed about being stuck in a stampede when watching various sport events...

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4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I hadn't even associated 'corona' with beer at all until some jokes started popping up, so it worked for at least one person  

Same here. In my whole life I only know 3 beer brands: Bintang, Heineken, and Guinness.

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18 minutes ago, Dnl said:

what was the occasion ?  what they fought about?

and i guess this is not the testing to the new game that based on javelin throw,   the chair-elin throw

 

This is the national conference of PAN, they are having a session to elect a new chairman.

 

They have been the opposition since the last two elections, but the current chairman Hasan is trying abandon their stance and started to support the current government hoping for some positions. Hasan's supporter and the other candidate's supporter clashed because Hasan's supporter insisted that no voting is needed and Hasan should win by acclamation. In the end they voted and Hasan still won. The BGM is the party anthem

Edited February 11, 2020 by Griff88

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How do you expect these guys to lead a country, when they are busy fighting with each other?

 

 

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Apparently some Thai doctor created a concoction of HIV antiviral with flu drug which made one of the patient "showed dramatic improvement"

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/thailand-sees-apparent-success-treating-virus-with-drug-cocktail/articleshow/73879572.cms?from=mdr

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Some people created a kingdom inside Indonesia called 'Keraton Agung Sejagat' (The Great Universe Palace) and claimed to be the successor state of Majapahit. Their aim is to claim the whole planet (with 450 followers)

 

After the Sejagat 'king' and 'queen' imprisoned, another guy proclaimed Sunda Empire and said that UN HQ is actually leased from his kingdom (they tried to vandalize Wikipedia pages about UN).

 

After the second 'country' dissolved and the guy arrested, yesterday we have another one called 'Negara Rakyat Nusantara' (People's State of Nusantara) which tried to dissolve Indonesia and already have a flag:

 

 

He got arrested in less than 24 hours.

 

Like seriously, people are trying everything to get famous

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1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Neither is this, in all reality. But sure, media needs their clicks  

Yeah because fearmongering using a country with a 1.5 billion population plus the notorious tourist reputation is more logical than "some random African states" 

 

 

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7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I know things are bad @Griff88, but have you tried catching dinner yet? 

 

 

Nope, I'm not eating rats and severed catfish heads.. 

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9 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

With the potential consequences of climate change, it seems rather dumb to put your capital next to a river. Besides that glaring issue, it does look a lot like the layout of DC. I do love some of the things they want to do architecturally though.

Well the idea of creating the new capital near a biological reserve is already questioned by Greenpeace and co.

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The winner of new Indonesian capital design to be built in Northeastern Borneo... "Futuristic and Sustainable" are the design theme. Some supporters of this design already dubbed it as the "D.C. of Borneo"

Edited December 23, 2019 by Griff88

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So just stumbled upon North Korean news segment of "International Sport Report".

 

Today they showed highlights of:

 

Badminton Fuzhou Open 2019

Val d'Isère Alpine Skiing World Cup

Ski Cross world Cup Montafon

Euroleague: Barcelona vs Panathinaikos

Euroleague: Villeurbanne vs Olimpia Milano

Serie A: Juventus vs Udinese

Eredivisie: Feyenoord vs PSV

 

 

I don't know, I just find this interesting

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7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I hate that I’m absolutely in love with this party propaganda song from . I’m going say it’s okay for me to like the music, but I still don’t like that I like it. It’s name literally translates to “People and Fighters Unite”

 

I really wonder how can a simple melody harm someone

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22 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Why do people always quote entire posts with several photos and/or videos meaning said photos and videos are posted 2-3-4 times and you have to scroll your wrist to hell just to go down the page?  

Because removing those parts of the quoted post in mobile is such a pain. Sorry about that 

Edited December 15, 2019 by Griff88

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11 hours ago, thepharoah said:

 

 

i've a strange nostalgia to this moment of sochi 2014 WOG closing ceremony , i watched this video maybe 100 times last week or something  and also the one from 1980 SOG , one of the most emotional closing ceremonies in history of OG 

 

 

 

Definitely. The song "Do svidanya, Moskva" is planted deep inside my heart and will always be the best Olympic song.

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21 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

@Griff88 forgot about this thread . Probably should talk about your English knowledge/ability here.

Haha alright.

 

Firstly, thanks.

 

None of my parents are high school graduates but they attended basic English courses by Indian immigrants in their hometown, so they are keen to have their children to excel in other languages. Since I was young, I've been exposed to English from 'Magic English' (a series of VCD with Disney movies excerpts intended for toddlers). When I was 4, I got extra English lessons from two Indian teachers who opened a learning center just in front of my school. Later my aunt's boss introduced a private teacher and I spend about 5 years learning with her.

 

And perhaps the system in my high school also helps. We had British and Australian native speakers in class once a week, "Speak English Day", and a reading program where every week we read along a chapter of famous books (Tuesdays with Morrie and The Alchemist for example) and have big discussions. Pretty much like that. I still do not consider my English is up there though, my speaking is not so good

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15 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I’ve always struggled a bit with  and . I always want to say Nambia 

 

Hey I don't know you are the POTUS

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13 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Also, I don’t think the world is “flate”, not would I ever eat a BigMac in my life. I’m also pretty certain I know the difference between  and . I just made an honest/lazy mistake.

 

I legit stared the screen for a minute thinking why differentiating Indonesia and Morocco is such a big deal 

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1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

I'm guessing this now also means the family of everyone who was (on purpose, specifically) killed by someone running over them in a car can now sue the car manufacturer? And the family of people who have been stabbed to death can now sue whichever company made the knife that's used?

 

Lol basically it enables more incidents like the Indonesian parent who sued a school which her child attend to pay her for damage caused (?) and also to close the school because her child failed the exam thus unable to continue for the next grade

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9 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I don’t think they’re in charge of that. I think they’re in free association with New Zealand or Australia (and I could be wrong), but what that means is that either of those countries would be responsible for they’re foreign policy.

Nope. Schengen Area countries are those who are allowed to visit Tuvalu without visa, even Australia or NZ citizens need visa to go there

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2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

More and more reports show that a ton of these children are heavily brainwashed by the ideologies in those camps, up to the point where 7-year olds are talking about how they'll slaughter the non-believers. Anyone with a normal mind can understand it's not the fault of those children, but it's also really hard to just bring them back and think a bit of psychological help (for which there already aren't a lot of resources here) will make them all fine...especially considering in the end, they'd normally end up staying with relatives who wouldn't exactly hammer out those rather dangerous thought processes.

 

Pretty much the same with what happened with Indonesian ex-ISIL fighters and their families. Some has returned with their own effort are accepted but excluded by the society, end up in certain regions known to be conservative and started "a new life" there. No matter what they do to be back in society, whether it is trimming beard for men or stop wearing niqab for women, no one wants to be near them. Even the children are worse, sometimes they got bullied (which I think might be setting of a new bomb).

 

And recently it is reported around 700 Indonesians who joined ISIL is still in Syria, hoping the government will help and fund their way back home

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5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Backwards Middle Ages laws like this still existing is tragic, but someone like this being caught up with it is kind of hilarious.

https://news.yahoo.com/indonesia-religious-body-staffer-falls-foul-own-laws-113106135.html

At the very least we should appreciate that being a cleric doesn't mean free from any punishment

 

Here's the news footage in case someone curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64CrQV0v_3g

 

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8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

To be fair, decent printer ink is freaking expensive.

The problem is, it is five times from last year

 

Everything is five to ten times more from last year. The most expensive eraser you can buy costs just a little over USD 1, and assuming every single civil servant (total 65k) got ten eraser each, it doesn't even reach 1 million USD

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Do you guys have public access to state/provincial budget?

 

In Jakarta's recent scandal those who peeked at the proposed provincial budget for 2020 found out super ridiculous expense that include 5 million USD for glue, 14 million USD for paper, 2.2 million USD for eraser and 28 million USD for printer ink.

 

 

And now the governor is dumbfounded...

Edited October 31, 2019 by Griff88

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Now that Bag Daddy is dead.. Who's next?

 

How about Boko Haram? I mean.. Nigeria also has oil

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2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

No, we shouldn’t try Capitalism or Communism. We should try the middle ground (I.e Democratic Socialism).

 

It's all the same, no matter what you choose if you got corruption.... you know the answer