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Bernd 11/17/2019 (Sun) 20:06 [Preview] No. 32381 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
I just realised something... something spooky as fuck.

You know how sumo is derived from some ancient rituals? How it was performed in shrines, to appease the kami, to ensure prosperity? It was only later professionalised, and is now performed on a national level by salaried wrestlers, but there are still many religious elements, from how the ring is consecrated by a priest before each tournament, yokozuna entering the ring with that big white rope around his belt, to wrestlers actually throwing salt into the ring before each bout as a means of consecration. It is a deeply religious ritual, somehow performed to appease the kami for the entire nation of Japan. Kinda like how the ancient Olympic Games were performed on temple grounds, and were a form of vitalist worship of Greek gods.

You know when's the last time sumo wasn't performed as scheduled? March 2011. The March of the earthquake and tsunami that rekt Japan. But guess what? The tournament was cancelled a month before. Because of some match-fixing scandal. Yep, that's right. And the earthquake happened 2 days before the tournament was scheduled.

The earthquake happened because the sumo ritual wasn't performed. Because the kami weren't appeased. They were pissed and caused the earthquake as a warning.
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Bernd Board volunteer 12/19/2024 (Thu) 20:42 [Preview] No.52680 del
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>>52679
I think it's just NattoSumo.
https://t.me/NattoSumo


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>>52679
Also here's your invite (wrong thread I know) for Chrissy.


Bernd 12/19/2024 (Thu) 23:34 [Preview] No.52682 del
>>52680
oh lol
I'll see what I can figure out
>>52681
gonna try to be there


Bernd 12/20/2024 (Fri) 07:44 [Preview] No.52683 del
>>52682
>gonna try to be there
It's gonna be on all day as usual, so when you have time. And will ofc.


Bernd 12/31/2024 (Tue) 08:04 [Preview] No.52702 del
Now FSB is gone too. I've no source.



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VENEZUELA HAPPENING Bernd 04/30/2019 (Tue) 11:07 [Preview] No. 25388 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Venezuela coup has begun!

6 hours ago Reuters made an exclusive on Blackwater going around advocating for a 5000 PMC force to beat Maduro.
https://archive.fo/QsJdy
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-erikprince-exclusi/exclusive-blackwater-founders-latest-sales-pitch-mercenaries-for-venezuela-idUSKCN1S608F

And now this is happening:
https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/1123178811338776587?p=p
https://archive.fo/YtwLE

El PAIS live stream
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rqhhSJQRGkQ [Embed]
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Bernd 08/18/2024 (Sun) 00:33 [Preview] No.52325 del
Events are unfolding in a completely predictable course. The opposition holds demonstrations but the military and police remain loyal. Maduro is content to sit on a throne of bayonets. Lula and other moderate leftists in the continent have offered negotiations, all of which have so far been rejected by Maduro. Lula is in an uncomfortable position, trapped between losing a longtime regional ally and losing votes for his party. Suggesting negotiations allows his ally to whitewash legitimacy without the PR disaster of directly endorsing Maduro's electoral results, which is precisely what Lula's party did. He has gone so far as to publicly disavow his party's position. Lately he called the Venezuelan regime "very unpleasant" and "authoritarian", but "not a dictatorship", which neither side was pleased to hear.
Negotiations could be a clever move by Maduro. He's done it before, goading the opposition into backing down from confrontation and fooling it with empty concessions. A repeat election would be even better, it would be a second chance to demoralize voter turnout and rig the results. Lula knows this, he's giving his ally a way out. Maybe Maduro will accept under further international pressure. So far he refuses to back down even on a rhetorical level, counting on his coup-proofing measures. The National Guard, Militia and even the colectivo paramilitaries are potential counterweights to Army unrest. Cuban advisors, even a handful of them, keep a watch on suspicious officers. Even then, all of this is a risky bet. Coup-proofing is always perfectly successful until it isn't. Individual officers know popular acclaim or even CIA cash await them if they refuse to disperse demonstrations.

Hispanophone Maduro apologetics resort to cheap claims like the voting tallies already having been submitted to the Supreme Court (whose presiding judge is a card-carrying member of the ruling party) or the release of tallies not being needed at all. Anglophone apologists resort to the beaten litany of color revolution, CIA-backed, upper class oppositionists and so on.
I've watched clips from Maduro's speeches and he's nothing like that. His rhetoric has some classical far left components (fascism, imperialism, bourgeois representative democracy is a lie, we're building a new democracy of the 21st century) but it's a chaotic mix. There's room for religion (reading the Bible, accusing his enemies of Satanism, mentioning the "Venezuelan family", describing himself as in a "spiritual fight between good and evil"), generation shock (uninstalling Whatsapp, attacking tech companies), Palestine-baiting or Jew-baiting (claiming his enemies are financed by international Zionism) and other colorful influences.
A much livelier personality than his defenders. He's funny in a buffoonish, unintentional way. None of Chavéz's charisma.

Also notable are the intelligence and police services running psychological terrorism through heavily edited footage of their arrests of opposition figures. Another bullet point to Venezuela's cyberpunk status. It's not cyberpunk because of purple filters and flashing lights (though these might appear) but from authorities publicizing a crackdown like it's a funny meme. It could even be awe-inspiring if they had a proper production quality.


Bernd 08/18/2024 (Sun) 00:38 [Preview] No.52326 del
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-politics-hatelaw/
Older news: this regime also relies on "hate speech" to suppress certain kinds of discussion, much like advanced Western democracies. The big difference is that in Venezuela, it's hate speech against individual authorities.


Bernd 08/18/2024 (Sun) 14:16 [Preview] No.52329 del
>>52325
Sounds like Lula had to pick between two seats, and he chose sitting on the floor. Vaguely I remember him doing another failure of a balancing act some time ago, no?
>Maduro's rhetoric
He obviously has to refuse fascism. That is always a good move. Then has to claim he is democratic despite not fulfilling the liberal-democratic expectations of the West. Then have to ponder to the Catholic traditions of Hispanics, South Americans; they were always faithful, even commies. Then have to place himself within the geopolitical trends, USA is unfriendly, means have to align against Israel. etc etc. At least that's my impression from your sketch.

>>52326
Hatespeech is ofc silly to begin with. And really if we say can do hatespeech against group X, then surely can be done against group Y. Since it's nonsense there are no rules where to apply.


Bernd 01/10/2025 (Fri) 21:30 [Preview] No.52706 del
Memezuela update: half a year has passed since the elections and Maduro's new term has begun. Official electoral authorities have yet to publish 100% results (just the 2nd of August 96.87% counting) and a breakdown of the numbers down to the precint level. They haven't bothered to concoct an explanation for the mathematical magic of their earlier results and the National Electoral Council's website is still down. Relations with Brazil have soured but Lula sent the ambassador to attend the ceremony.


Bernd 01/10/2025 (Fri) 21:38 [Preview] No.52707 del
>>52329
>Vaguely I remember him doing another failure of a balancing act some time ago, no?
Might have been his comments on a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine war. He was good enough of a negotiator in his trade union days and decades of domestic and international puffery must have inflated his ego. To some extent he still thinks he can win a Nobel Peace Prize or a permanent seat in the Security Council.



Movies & TV-shows Bernd 06/25/2021 (Fri) 08:20 [Preview] No. 44206 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Previous one is autosäging.

Wanna watch The Longest Yard, the original Burt Reynolds movie.
I only see two remakes, the Mean Machine with Vinnie Jones, and the Adam Sandler comedy from 2005. Probably the only good Adam Sandler movie. It's greatest selling point is the catchy tunes played in the background and the supporting cast. Judging by the screenshots it follows the original story quite tightly. The Mean Machine is adapted to the circumstances of a Bri'is prison and normal football. It was entertaining too.
One more remake was made, and Egyptian one: Captain Masr in 2015. Not sure if it's available anywhere, or has any English dubs or subs. Also features normal football.
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Bernd 10/18/2024 (Fri) 08:20 [Preview] No.52506 del
>>52505
>Alien 3
That's the prison one?
>"Aliens" - it's your typical Hollywood slop
Well the ending of Sopranos feel unoriginal and lame from the distance too for many.
Event Horizon is cool. But has nothing to do with Alien. They are just going crazy.


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>>52506

>That's the prison one?

Yes. They still took a lot from the "medieval" concept.

http://vincentwardfilms.com/project/concepts/alien-3/graphic-novel-in-8-parts/part-1/


Dutch bernd Bernd 12/04/2024 (Wed) 03:52 [Preview] No.52625 del
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Lörs thougts on this film bernds, Álom.net?
Especially Hungarybernd, since this was actually made in the Hungary

Álom.net, also known as Dream Well, is a 2009 Hungarian romantic comedy film written and directed by Gábor N. Forgács.

>The film was panned by critics, with some considering it to be one of the worst films ever made.


Dutch bernd Bernd 12/04/2024 (Wed) 03:53 [Preview] No.52626 del
>>52625
Regina, the once popular girl has to make new friends at her new, conservative school. Problems arrive when she becomes enemies with Lívia, the school's queen bee, and falls in love with Márk, a musician. If these weren't enough, she decides to organize a cheerleader team.

Álom.net was widely panned by viewers for its poor writing, acting, problems with continuity, and cultural inaccuracy, among others. 444.hu wrote that it is "the worst movie of all time, and that’s why it became a cult film".[1] Furthermore, 24.hu and Index.hu each named it the worst Hungarian film ever made,[2][3] and it gained international notoriety by becoming the lowest rated film on IMDb's Bottom 100 list in 2011.[4] British film magazine Total Film named it the fourth worst film ever made and FMC.hu included it on their list of the ten worst films ever made.[5][6] Origo called it "one of the worst Hungarian films of [the decade]"

Wiki page doesn't give a good enough description of the film

Imma post this in the movie thread on /operate/. Could be a funy joge stream :DD


Bernd 12/12/2024 (Thu) 20:13 [Preview] No.52665 del
>>52625
>bad hungarian film
Oh god. I'm lucky I've not seen it.
Just some of the names ring a bell from the cast list.

>>52626
>Could be a funy joge stream
Perhaps.



koryŏ watch threda Bernd 06/26/2017 (Mon) 17:19 [Preview] No. 8410 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
today as I've been reading the best source of PROOFS (I mean, they're funded by a government, they literally can't be biased) I noticed this
https://www.rt.com/news/394082-south-korea-kim-assassination/
>Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was making plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

since koryŏ has been quite busy lately I think it warrants a specific thread
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Bernd 06/25/2024 (Tue) 07:10 [Preview] No.52096 del
Btw this is pretty much broke sanctions in place against North Korea. They can import anything via Russia now. And anyone can trade now with NK via Russian proxies.


Bernd 11/17/2024 (Sun) 11:32 [Preview] No.52578 del
I hear lot about the Best Koreans these days. I don't think I can add much, as far as I know there is no evidence they are fighting against AFU, or that they even at the western border of Russia, any documented movements of theirs is on the Russian Far east.
But check this out. From Rodong Sinmun.
>Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Performance Test of Suicide Attack Drones of Various Types
>produced by an institute and enterprises under the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex
>newly developed unmanned aerial vehicles
The ingenuity of the Korean people knows no boundaries. These drones are also look very unique with this X-wing design, surely nowhere else in the world we can observe such thing.


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Successfully executing a strike on the symbol of Capitalism.


Bernd 11/17/2024 (Sun) 11:41 [Preview] No.52580 del
Anyway.
Just from these images, it seems they tested at least 3 types of drones.
That X wing thing is perhaps a simplified version of the Lancet. The one that strikes the BMW seems to have one pair of big wings. And lastly they have those tubes, maybe it's the launching tube for an UAV which wings pops out similarly to the Switchblade drone. Perhaps???


Bernd 11/17/2024 (Sun) 11:43 [Preview] No.52581 del
Also since Rodong Sinmun is for the outside world, it cannot be overlooked that this might be just for the show, and these are not much more than simple fireworks rockets.



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Proletics Serious Discussion - Nothing Changes Edition Bernd 07/18/2024 (Thu) 14:12 [Preview] No. 52219 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Previous thread: >>36217

Found fun informational. It's dated, I think from 2019 but things seems to be the same. Not sure about that Paris Climate Agreement tho.

As in last post in prev thread stated today EU Parliament voted back Ursula von der Leyen as the president of the EU Commission (EU govt. basically).
719 deputy
707 votes
401 yes
284 no
15 abstained
7 invalid votes
She's so dumb, and the dumbest statements she makes. She's also a bit dated, she was first elected in 2019. But it shows how strong the leftlib is, they stay in power as expected, despite all the bleeting in the leftlib press about far-right danger.
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Bernd 12/17/2024 (Tue) 11:27 [Preview] No.52674 del
>>52672
His govt. cracked in half can't govern effectively from minority. If they voted him confidence that would meant he can have majority support in the Reichstag Bundestag, at least occasionally. And his work could have continued. That was denied from him the other day.


Bernd 12/21/2024 (Sat) 14:26 [Preview] No.52685 del
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Listening Orbán's intro for the end year press conference. So this is just him talking, not replying to questions.
He opens with three points:
1. the Hungarian EU presidency is ending soon, evaluation;
2. the situation of Hungarian and EU politics after the US presidential elections;
3. decisions the Hungarian govt. took and will influence the plans for 2025.
But all before he expresses our condolences towards the families of the victims of the Magdeburg terror attack and to the German people, "we are with them". He says such events happens now on all the Christmases, as if run on by a timetable. These events only happen since Europe is hit by a migrant crisis. Some still deny it or don't see it, but that there is a connection, a causation between migration and the attacks.

1. Hungarian presidency
EU had a summit this week, where they said we have a "successful presidency" behind us. Lots of work was put into this. We already had a presidency, had to put more work now into it. Hungary is/was very isolated in this half a year. But at the end even our opponents congratulated for the work done.
1a. War
We had no room for maneuver.
In the EU there is a deep difference between opinions what should be the strategy of the EU in the Russo-Ukrainian War. One side - which has the overwhelming majority, and their will is enforced right now - says that the war is Europe's war too, as they call it "our war as well". Luckily they don't include us into the "our" - Orbán adds. They say it's a European war and we have to participate, only the way of participation is under debated - what to send, what not, when to send, how much to send. The other opinion is ours: this is not our war. This is a war of brothers between Slavic nations, and we should isolate, and not jump into it, and escalate it with out participation. This difference between opinion is in the European public thinking since the breakout of the war.
Since as president we could only express common EU opinions, our hands were tied. Despite this we could do peace mission which we separated from the presidency. I think they did not separate it.
1b. the question of Schengen Area
Schengen Area divides the EU into full and not actually full members. Bulgaria and Romania was outside of it and they could feel they weren't full members. For 10-13 years the expansion of the Schengen Area was blocked, can be known by which countries when and for what reasons, but this "blockade" was resolved with lots of negotiations. The two aforementioned countries will join now. Life becomes very different now for them, and for Hungary as well, since we are on the border of Schengen.
Now Hungary can move border guards and police away from the Romanian border.
1c. The worsening EU competitiveness

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Bernd 12/21/2024 (Sat) 14:27 [Preview] No.52686 del
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2. US presidential election
Is there a new life after the US election? In Brussels they think: there is none. He says he experienced that in Brussels they behave nothing changed, they do what they did up until now, and continue. European elite did not noticed anything - he says legally this is right, since Trump is not sworn in yet. He noted the promised tariffs.
Europe should realize we will live in a new world, the Western approach to migration, family, traditional values, gender problems will change drastically. Economic ties will change, the view of the war will change, and the sanctions against Russia as well. He says we will move from war times into the period of peace. We are glad about it. We, Hungary can only lose on war. This is why we gave all the humanitarian help to Ukraine, but did not sent weapon. We secured the entry of 1.5 million Ukrainian citizen, most of them crossed the country, freshest data says 80 thousand live still here. We helped Ukraine with energy, electricity, training of doctors, saving of lives, and we continuously giving peace suggestions, right now there is a Hungarian suggestion on the table for cease fire and exchange of prisoners.
The war has economical impact, war means war economy as well. He says we can close this now and a new era can come. War can end, peace can begin. With the peace the embargo that plagues the European economy can end. The sanctions have to be lifted as much as possible. If this is managed successfully, the period of inflation will end as well, economic boom can start and prosperity can return to Europe.
We represent this standpoint in the EU debates. We always hit wall for now, because only a few small countries see this similarly, all the big players not recognized this yet. The majority block in the EU Parliament made a pact to keep everything how it is now as long as possible, and they decided to pressure all the countries to accept that in the next 5 years they all pay the GDP's 0.25% into the coffers for Ukraine's war support. According to us this point now is superseded, this is the past, we should talk about the next step. We should decide instead how to put this money not into the prolongation of the war, but into its closing, we should invest in the peace.
The US presidential election is in accord with the change in the EU Parliament and formation of the Patriots group (Patriots for Europe, PfE). All the offices were denied from the members, and now the liberal Brussels elite has an opposition in the Patriots (and with them, us).
Meanwhile we are punished with a €1 million per day because we defend the borders and don't let migrants into the EU.

3. Outlook and plans
We had another "national consultation".
If Bernd doesn't know what is this, it's liek an opinion research, they plan a number of questions with prepared answers, and they mail it to citizens, who can fill out the form and mail it back. The questions and answers are written in a way, that no man in his right mind would disagree with the answers that supports the Fidesz' opinion. An exaggerated example: "Do you want more money? 1. Yes. 2. No, in fact we want to pay more!" This opinion polling is used as a legitimization tool by Orbán and our govt. and it replaces plebiscites.
He says the participation shows that people want to be involved. He says this "national consultation" is always criticized, but for "us" it is important.
He lists some domestic economic measurements the govt took/takes. I won't type 'em in. No consequence for Bernd.


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So while EU is preparing to enact tariffs on cars manufactured in China one of the Chinese companies, the BYD Auto, opens a factory on the Hungary. They'll employ ~10K people with €1800-2000 average salary which is a pretty good number hereabout. They're gonna produce electric and hybrid cars. BYD has an electric bus assembly plant in the country already.
I heard gossips about opening new factory(ies) for a while now, but this is the first actual news with concrete facts.
This has the obvious advantage of the cars being manufactured within the EU so no tariffs on them. Probably can't manufacture as much as China does at home, but it's just a first plant, perhaps they'll open more in other EU countries. Northern Hungary, Czechia, Poland, Croatia, Romania, perhaps even the Baltics would welcome them I'm sure if they see benefits from this example here.
https://index.hu/gazdasag/2024/12/29/kina-byd-szeged-kecskemet-fizetes-nyelvtanulas/

On a related note, how much more Chinese surveillance will find their way into our country?


Bernd 01/03/2025 (Fri) 09:07 [Preview] No.52705 del
Hah, Wikipee.
This is their production outside China. I'm pretty sure their factory here won't produce 150K yearly.



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Syria Thread - Iranian Backed Edition Bernd 02/22/2024 (Thu) 21:33 [Preview] No. 51681 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Previous: >>50296

Nothing much going on in Syria anymore. Bit of ISIS I see on the map, and the SAA bombarding rebels on the north east. Beside that Israel is constantly attacking into Syria, targeting Iranian backed terrorists, and Iranian backed militias, and apparently Iranian militias themselves.
In Israel, the IDF still wrestling with some Iranian backed, dirty, barefeet, stone throwing kids since October... Where Yom Kippur and Six-Day Wars disappeared? Anyway. In Gaza they bombing Iranian backed Hamas, in Lebanon the Iranian backed Hezbollah. Sometimes they have a cease fire to release hostages as the Iranian backed Qatar negotiates it.
From Yemen, the Iranian backed Houthis raiding the shipping lanes with drones and whatnot.
In Ukraine the Iranian backed RAF/RuAf is on the attack. The initiative is theirs, AFU tries holding their trenches, forts, and foxholes. I heard couple of interesting things today, but would need some drawing and look up possible sources.
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Bernd 12/23/2024 (Mon) 20:35 [Preview] No.52693 del
Felt like a theater to be honest. But the show wasn't for the officers but for us. It's like they have to make these talks, reminds me of communism, where they told the comrades of the party what the higher ups are up to, but everyone already knew all of that.
I dunno.


Bernd 12/27/2024 (Fri) 21:44 [Preview] No.52698 del
There was some drama around the team running the deepstate map. Something liek silencing them because they reported something Syrsky and the rest did not like. Sending them to the front as infantry, they fleeing the country but caught, and some other stuff came up. DPA has a detailed video.
On the other hand updates are still done - DPA also notes this, and he added they color some places more bold than the Russians themselves.
Unsure what's gonna be with this. It was a good map to make screenshots of. Perhaps gonna use DPA's map from now on, others aren't available for me, all are on Telegram. Except the livemap, but that feels even more inaccurate.


Bernd 12/28/2024 (Sat) 11:36 [Preview] No.52699 del
Just noting what's going on these days.
1. Pokrovsk
RuAF expanding towards west south of the town. Very likely when they are far enough to attacks will be launched on the two flanks, cutting the roads running out of town to the west and east, creating a bulge. But this is still the future.
Meanwhile they are mopping up that bulge in the south shortening the frontline.
2. Velyki Novosilka
Another important hub there, it is getting surrounded.

These are DPA maps, using google map api. I can't find option to switch off events and just show the map and the occupied territory/front lines. The only option is to switch off everything, but then you get a bare google map.
Perhaps when logged in it gives more options. I dunno.


Bernd 12/28/2024 (Sat) 15:11 [Preview] No.52700 del
Weeb Union published two videos with Michael Rossi, a "geopolitical macro analysis".
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9SZUqkPnoXI
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9SZUqkPnoXI [Embed]
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=lrbNlBisSl0
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lrbNlBisSl0 [Embed]
Haven't listened them yet.


Bernd 12/29/2024 (Sun) 17:13 [Preview] No.52701 del
https://www.politico.eu/article/robert-fico-threaten-cut-ukraine-electricity-supply/
tl;dr:
Northern Hungary and Hungary was buying gas from Russia. The goods were flowing in pipes through Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia had a deal: Ukraine gets free money just to allow the flow of gas through the pipes over the country. The pipes were there since the Soviet times, so they literally had to do two things: pocket the money and nothing else.
This contract of transit expires on 2025 January 1st. And Ukraine decided not to renew, which means no more gas through the pipes.
Ofc the transit is good for both EU countries, and I suspect Fico and Orbán decided to make some noise, this time the turn was on Fico.
I doubt anyone will care, but that's that.
Note: a new transit deal could be part of a peace negotiation.

It the past couple of years our govt. made quite an effort towards the Balkans, Serbia and Bulgaria, to secure gas via Turkey and the Turkish Stream, negotiating trade deals and helping out with migration, perhaps more. I don't know if it's enough, I mean the amount of gas.
We have no shores and just a token port in Croatia to receive LNG ships, so we are reliant on pipes no matter what.



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Jolly Christmas! Bernd 12/24/2019 (Tue) 13:32 [Preview] No. 33383 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
We lacked in such thread.

No snow. Getting used to it but everything looks awful and dull.
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>>51828
Intradesting

Those bernd know if there's a site that lists all Easter traditions around the world? Could be interesting


Bernd 04/28/2024 (Sun) 16:56 [Preview] No.51933 del
>>51916
>site that lists all Easter traditions around the world?
This does not exists. Wikipedia has lots of things but missing even more. And they have biased editing too, they just skip what it doesn't fit in the picture they paint.
What I wrote above for example is specifically for Good Friday, and I found in a Hungarian Catholic lexicon.


Bernd 12/24/2024 (Tue) 20:27 [Preview] No.52694 del
Henlo. Merry Christmas from /ausneets/.
40 degrees Celsius here today.


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>>52694
Thanks, Bernd!
Happy Christmas to all the Bernds on all the chans!


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This will be the year of no stepping.
Happy New Year, Bernd!

>>51458
What happened with this? Did Wales reconquer stuff from England?



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Real News Thread Bernd 01/15/2022 (Sat) 20:51 [Preview] No. 46125 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Volcano Hunga erupted near Tonga, causing tsunami all over the place. Japanese news full of it. Lol at countries with seashores.

https://theconversation.com/why-the-volcanic-eruption-in-tonga-was-so-violent-and-what-to-expect-next-175035
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Bernd 07/18/2024 (Thu) 14:16 [Preview] No.52220 del
Good - 41 mins - video by Wyatt of DPA, about the shooting, and related politics.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=sHKWhXAnb80
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sHKWhXAnb80 [Embed]

While I was watching I thought: where were the drones? Even with the cheapo DJI Mavic they could have kept the whole area under surveillance.


Bernd 07/31/2024 (Wed) 14:30 [Preview] No.52252 del
Stabbing attack happened in Southport, England. Three young girls were killed, eight more were wounded, five of them are in critical condition. People are outraged ofc, and went to the streets. Three suspects were arrested, one of them 17 years old.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/31/southport-stabbing-latest-live-updates/
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PXLzgan9mSE
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PXLzgan9mSE [Embed]

>import sandniggers
>they kill a bunch of euros
>now watch euroes beat up and arrest each other
>???
>PROFIT

This "live updates" news become very prominent at every event happening. Then these articles disappear to never be found again. No news sites keep workable archives. When we'll try to look back from the distance over a decade and search for the events, we'll find nothing happened.


Bernd 08/17/2024 (Sat) 20:12 [Preview] No.52323 del
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And...
The Award...
For the First Recorded Case of Monkeypox Outside Africa...
Goes to...
SWEDEN!
Yes!
Give them a great applause!
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153231
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-16/first-case-of-mpox-confirmed-outside-of-africa-in-sweden/104232634


Bernd 11/25/2024 (Mon) 13:13 [Preview] No.52602 del
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Make Philippines Fun Again
That takes a Duterte.
The daughter of the good old Prez we all loved, Sara Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio, who serves as vice presidend, is a similarly hilarious personality as his dad.
https://philnews.ph/2024/11/23/vp-sara-duterte-reveals-final-wish-kapag-pinatay-ako-patayin-mo-sila-pbbm/
>Wag kang mag-alala sa security ko kasi may kinausap na ako na tao. Sinabi ko sa kanya, ‘pag pinatay ako, patayin mo si BBM, si Liza Araneta, at si Martin Romualdez. No joke. No joke,”
According to google:
Don't worry about my security because I'm talking to someone. I told him, 'When I was killed, kill BBM, Liza Araneta, and Martin Romualdez.
BBM is the current president, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., Liza Areneta is his wife. Martin Romualdez is the Speaker of the House and cousin of BBM. Well the Philippines apparently a family enterprise like a mom-and-pop store. Also now I want a prez or pm whose name is Bongbong.
So apparently Sara Duterte talks about an assassin who is contracted to assassinate the Prez and his family in case something happens to her. Let's hope she won't choke on a fishbone.


Bernd 12/21/2024 (Sat) 05:50 [Preview] No.52684 del
This shit never gets old.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-car-driven-into-crowd-at-magdeburg-christmas-market/a-71127071
Mercedes of peace. Same site other article says:
>2 killed, including a young child, and at least 60 injured
This is the politics side, but:
Germany is preparing for election as noted here >>52671 This will radicalize Germans more, more votes for AfD and BSW (that is Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice). They'll gain quite a lot of seats. I'm not sure if it will be enough for anything. Is this gonna result in a bunch of 15% parties, and an impasse when it comes to forming a new government?
Recent polls from Politico, which means little, but still. Strong CDU/CSU, the "classic" conservative party of Germany, at 30%. Considering they initiated the migration danke, mutti people might turn away. AfD is at 19% and second, perhaps they can move up to over 20, maybe to 25%.



Bernd 12/23/2018 (Sun) 23:03 [Preview] No. 21503 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
I've checked the catalog couldnt find any good youtube channel threads(delet if there is any)

share, shill and subscribe

https://www.youtube.com/user/capandball/featured

https://www.youtube.com/user/mlshooter

These are about old guns about and stuff, which include muzzle loading ones as well.
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Bernd 11/07/2024 (Thu) 09:53 [Preview] No.52551 del
Huh, Piped works (such as https://watch.leptons.xyz) what is this black magic?


Dutch bernd Bernd 11/12/2024 (Tue) 02:22 [Preview] No.52568 del
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>>52551
>Need to sign up to view videos

Ack bernd

>>52550
>Now when I open a channel on an invidious instance I got 400 error...

Nitter is also down permanently. It was a third party service for using Twitter. It was really good too. Shame it died though.

https://nitter.cz/


Bernd 11/13/2024 (Wed) 06:54 [Preview] No.52573 del
>>52568
These days I'm browsing videos on invidious, and use yt-dlp to get the video. But after a while I get error, apparently youtube limits the request rates, and I think their Invidious instance run out of it.
When that happens I use piped to browse. Problem is on pipe I don't see option to order videos. So the two platform has to be mixed depending on usecase, not to abuse invidious' limits...
Almost getting to the point when its just simpler to bite the bullet and suffer on the youtube.

There was one nitter instance that worked reliably. Was a short downtime when Musk got the 5 minutes and shut xtwitter in, but that's over.


Bernd Board volunteer 12/22/2024 (Sun) 16:30 [Preview] No.52687 del
Matt's parents having a rooster tiles wall at the stove/oven is based. Nice allegory of fire.


Bernd 12/27/2024 (Fri) 11:46 [Preview] No.52696 del
The fuck, DPA doesn't update his Odysee channel anymore! Last video is from 7 days ago...
If I remember correctly there is a service for youtube/odysee that yt videos can be pushed to Odysee as well. Did Google break this? They are fucking with ad blockers and frontends for a while, perhaps this is the result of their retardation.



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Cooking Gulyás reup Bernd 06/28/2018 (Thu) 07:17 [Preview] No. 17596 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
I saw some Mexican asking for gulyás recipe on Kohl and because I don't really want to start posting there beside the World Cup I decided to reupload the gulyás cooking as the other thread is "File not found" as well. So here's with original text.

Cooking with Bernd: gulyás

I was planning to post a good gulyás cooking since day one but somehow the occasion eluded me until now. I know a Hungarobernd did this on KC main but it was regular "cooking in the kitchen" type of thread and not "over open fire in bogrács" (traditional Hungarian pot).
I couldn't do this live for technical reasons but it will be fine this way too.

Pic #1
Ingredients: meat (little bit over half a kilo, it's pork, not beef), taters (by volume I used about the double of the meat dunno their weight), onions, tomato, paprikas, black pepper in the mill, dried ground paprika in the jar with the red lid, salt in the middle, and the white wax paper on the right covers the salo (fatback).
You can also see my Mora for cutting needs and a bearly visible peace from a wooden spoon behind the meat and the potato, the masterpiece of my carving art, used for stir the food in the bogrács.
The taters are leftovers from winter, wizened but fine for our purpose. Some of the onions and the paprikas are also leftovers I utilized.

Pic #2
The initial setup. Two quarter logs at the sides and a nest in the middle for the fire itself also aligned toward the usual main direction of the wind. The rocks are there for a little draft control. Tripod to hang the bogrács.

Pic #3
Lighted a handful of dry grass, placed in the middle of the nest, then a large handful of dry twigs above, and sticks across the log above all. As these sticks burn in the middle they broke after a while and fall into the nest. The heat from the nest lights up the inside faces of the logs. The heat is very concentrated toward the nest. The cooking is going above the nest, and it really doesn't need much flames. The smoldering logs pumping up lotsa heat, only some sticks are needed to be placed inside the nest time to times. Also when a log burns through, a new can be placed there. I had several prepared.

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Bernd 12/04/2024 (Wed) 04:43 [Preview] No.52633 del
>>52632
Bought two of those portobello mushrooms the other day for almost four dollars. There are meats that are cheaper per pound.


Bernd 12/04/2024 (Wed) 15:26 [Preview] No.52634 del
>>52562
I encourage all the Bernds to try it. My family picks mushrooms for generations. I learnt the trick from youtube.

>>52563
>Butterbrot I know
I know you know.
>The macrolepiota. Looks too spooky 4 me
It's very tasty. At least the macrolepiota procera. Other edible macrolepiotas aren't that tasty.
>I only eat mushrooms I can kinda recognize from a distance.
Good decision.

>>52633
Fuck. That's just an edible species of agaricus, almost like agaricus campestris. Although the one they sell in groceries and supermarkets here is also expensive. But just for two...


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Dutch bernd Bernd 12/17/2024 (Tue) 02:13 [Preview] No.52673 del
>>52634
>I encourage all the Bernds to try it. My family picks mushrooms for generations. I learnt the trick from youtube.

I'm still a complete newbie at it though. I'm still buying from the store for the time being.

I saw some mushrooms growing from a dead tree. But maybe it's not a good idea to get em.

Also had some growing near where I lived once that were white and brown-ish. They were a lot of them though, but I didn't get any. Maybe next time, ill do some research online and pick them up if they look good.


Bernd 12/17/2024 (Tue) 16:23 [Preview] No.52675 del
>>52673
>mushrooms growing from a dead tree.
Some good, most bad or inedible so as usual, if you don't know 'em, stay away.
>white and brown-ish
Could be similar to agaricus campestris or a macrolepiota. But just from that description I can't guess.
>do some research online and pick them up if they look good.
By touching a mushroom you don't get poisoned. You can pick one take it home and do a thorough research on it. You can discard it after.
Dig it out carefully and take the whole thing, don't cut it down. Because the shape of the stem can help, and for example the existence of volva (see here: >>40533) can help you exclude many species.
You can gather it into a plastic bag, but one that's made of some kind of cloth, cotton/linen/canvas, would be the best.