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June 17, 2013

Remote-Control Helicopter Provides Aerial View of Taksim Demonstrations
— Ace

I'm linking this for two reasons:

1, as a demonstration of how anti-state propaganda is done.

2, Did you know that a video camera attached to a RC miniature helicopter could possibly produce such clear pictures? Or that a little RC chopper could be made, by electronic gyroscopes I assume, into such a stable photography platform? (Update: @comradearthur notes there are twitch-elimination programs people run on video after it's shot, such as VReveal, to produce stable-looking imagery.)

Because I did not. I've got a little bit of tech-shock here: Sure, I knew the government would have access to this level of quality electronics, but I didn't know it was something someone could just buy at the store.

Amusingly, a lot of protesters on the ground keep shooting lasers up at the RC chopper's camera to obliterate the picture. They assume it's a government probe -- they too assume, like me, that Only a Government could afford such a wonder.

Nope. Some citizen owns this eye in the sky. Possibly like this one, which you can have for under a grand. Bye-bye privacy, S. Weasel says.

Meanwhile, one man is staging a Lonely Protest, standing alone in the middle of Tasksim:

Meanwhile, government-worker and professional unions have joined the protests. And Erdogan is threatening to deploy the military to stop the protests if the police's tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets can't.

That would be interesting, because the military is supposed to defend the secularist vision Turkey.

Turkey's government warned Monday it may deploy the military against protesters who continue to defy officials by taking to the street in what the interior minister called "illegal" demonstrations.
The warning is the first time the Islamist-rooted government has mentioned use of the military to restore public order. The military establishment traditionally has been seen as a bastion of secularism in Turkey and a foe of past Islamist political figures.
"First, if necessary we will deploy the police," Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Monday. "If that's not enough we will call on the (national guard). But if events still require further action, and the governor so wishes, we will resort to calling on the military to contain these protests."
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Five major unions representing public sector workers, doctors, engineers and architects have called their rank-and-file out on a one-day strike and march in city centers across Turkey. One analyst said it would be a "major move" if the Turkish government were to involve the military in its attempts to control the protests.

Below, video from the government crackdown on the demonstrators from June 15. The aftermath of it -- including children choking on tear gas -- is at around 4:20.

Posted by: Ace at 02:06 PM | Comments (109)
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1 Foist?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at June 17, 2013 02:07 PM (bb5+k)

2 Yah, Foist!

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at June 17, 2013 02:07 PM (bb5+k)

3 I'm a centrist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2013 02:07 PM (+98Gb)

4 Centered

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2013 02:08 PM (GEICT)

5 Had an amazing burger in Taksim. And then I saw the anti-semitic graffiti on the ground and puked. Ironically, I was cheered because I hurled on the crudely drawn mogen Dovid. But Gd will get them back.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2013 02:08 PM (+98Gb)

6 De-centered

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2013 02:09 PM (GEICT)

7 Or that a little RC chopper could be made, by electronic gyroscopes I assume, into such a stable photography platform?

Doesn't really surprise me, but I work in a Romper-Room sort of environment where we've got RC choppers buzzing people's cubes all afternoon (our current project is going into full-size helicopter drones, so it's "work-related" or something).

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at June 17, 2013 02:09 PM (ZKzrr)

8 Carvel is going to airlift the protesters Fudgie the Whale. Oops, wrong thread...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2013 02:09 PM (+98Gb)

9 When I was in Vietnam 40 years ago I watched a cobra gunship destroy a Vietcong patrol outside our wires one night. The firefight took maybe 15 seconds, the enemy never got off a shot, and the next morning there was nothing identifiable as human left of the patrol. Electronics have taken even the stealth of sneaking around at night away. How many of you remember the two weeks of news blackouts at the start of the Iraq war? You do realize that you never heard anything about Saddam Hussein's army or Republican Guards after those two weeks don't you? What happened to them? The answer is they got slaughtered. Give the US military any kind of target and it is gone. Heat vision devices let our military see even disguised snipers. The only reason the Taliban have reformed in Afghanistan is because the Politicians have our military fighting with both hands behind their back and one foot in a bucket. Do you think Teh Won would pull any punches against an armed rebellion here? Posted by: An Observation at June 17, 2013 05:20 PM (ylhEn) An "armed" rebellion would not consist of "patrols" and ranked forces. It would be an insurgency sort of affair with people sniping, sabotaging, and booby trapping. It would be a bee attack against a sledgehammer wielding opponent.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at June 17, 2013 02:10 PM (bb5+k)

10 Can you buy that thing? The video is excellent. I want one.

Posted by: mugiwara at June 17, 2013 02:10 PM (hpYnL)

11 7 Or that a little RC chopper could be made, by electronic gyroscopes I assume, into such a stable photography platform? Doesn't really surprise me, but I work in a Romper-Room sort of environment where we've got RC choppers buzzing people's cubes all afternoon (our current project is going into full-size helicopter drones, so it's "work-related" or something). Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at June 17, 2013 06:09 PM (ZKzrr) Horizon Hobby now sells an RC airplane that has an autopilot/stabilizer feature. In the event the plane is in trouble you hit the button and it automatically rights itself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2013 02:10 PM (+98Gb)

12 If you have a nasty message for the government, send it the fastest way: shave it into the top of your head.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 02:11 PM (xw77v)

13 >>>Can you buy that thing? The video is excellent. I want one.

we need to buy one for Kate Upton's neighbors.

Posted by: ace at June 17, 2013 02:11 PM (LCRYB)

14 I've seen it in archaeology shows. They would take a toy stealth model, cut a hole in the cardboard and fit in a digital camera that takes a photo every couple of seconds. They then use it to find ground disturbances. Really very simple.

Posted by: waldo at June 17, 2013 02:11 PM (RZwdH)

15 Ironically, I was cheered because I hurled on the crudely drawn mogen Dovid.

I love a happy ending.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at June 17, 2013 02:11 PM (ZKzrr)

Erdogan has been replacing the top brass since at least 2011.

So the real question is how much control the generals have over the rest of the officer caste. My guess is that Islamist commanders have been quietly putting their loyalists in key positions as well.

So, yeah, it will be interesting to see if the military complies, because that will tell you how successful Erdogan has been in changing it.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 17, 2013 02:11 PM (5RUlF)

17 I suppose this will be test of how well Erdogan has managed to purge the officer corps of its Kemalist foundation and replace it with officers who either share Erdogan's Islamist ideology or at least are careerists willing to follow any orders.

Posted by: DKCZ at June 17, 2013 02:12 PM (9/bcB)

18 Check out some of the FPV RC being done, impressive stuff. Get a design for AA and you got a drone killer. Just like on the PC

Posted by: Red Shirt at June 17, 2013 02:12 PM (FIDMq)

19 The NSA has an enormous redacted item in their black budget, titled merely "Toys R Us."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 02:12 PM (xw77v)

20 17 Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 17, 2013 06:11 PM (5RUlF) Turkish Tiananmen...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2013 02:12 PM (+98Gb)

21 You would think this would piss of the birds. Birds would start attacking all the drones and flying shit. It could be a declaration of war. But who started it? Man? Or, Bird?

Posted by: waldo at June 17, 2013 02:12 PM (RZwdH)

22 20 The NSA has an enormous redacted item in their black budget, titled merely "Toys R Us." Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 06:12 PM (xw77v) I thought it was "Pink Pussycat."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2013 02:13 PM (+98Gb)

23
Instapundit linked a youtube video like a month ago that was video of an RC plane with a HD camera attached. There is some group that makes both fixed-wing planes and also helicopters and sells them. You can get one for like $1000, if I recall correctly.

Honestly, the video was incredible. They were flying over and under the golden gate bridge, and the dude flying it was standing on the beach with a virtual reality headset.

I would love to have a system like that. Anybody remember the name of the YouTube group that made these videos?

Posted by: dan-O at June 17, 2013 02:13 PM (GoPHM)

24 Erdogan has been replacing the top brass since at least 2011. So the real question is howmuch control the generals have over the rest of the officer caste. My guess is that Islamist commanders have been quietlyputting their loyalists in key positions as well. So, yeah, it will be interesting to see if the military complies, because that will tell you how successful Erdogan has been in changing it. Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 17, 2013 06:11 PM (5RUlF) And the same question applies to us vis a vis the "Observation" re-posted up above.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at June 17, 2013 02:13 PM (bb5+k)

25 "That would be interesting, because the military is supposed to defend the secularist vision Turkey." Right. And the US Military is supposed to defend our Constitutional Government, just as our three Branches of Government's members are sworn to do. The not funny thing about politicians initiating wars: It's all about themselves, and deceit is the name of the game.

Posted by: panzernashorn at June 17, 2013 02:13 PM (MhA4j)

26 Unfortunately the beer drinking dancers are heavily outnumbered by the simpleton Islamists, who hope the government crushs them. Same as Iran and Egypt.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at June 17, 2013 02:13 PM (vDzW2)

27 I like the way you think, Ace.

Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2013 02:13 PM (Sv44W)

28 It's all fun and games until they break out the flying penis chopper. AKA the "SlapChopper"

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 02:14 PM (xw77v)

29 Well this is the new Turkish military where all the secular leaning officers are safely locked away on various corruption charges awaiting trial.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 17, 2013 02:14 PM (UVBO7)

30 I've seen a lot of these quad-copter vids going around so, yeah, they quality is good.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 17, 2013 02:15 PM (ZPrif)

31 Right. And the US Military is supposed to defend our Constitutional Government, just as our three Branches of Government's members are sworn to do. The not funny thing about politicians initiating wars: It's all about themselves, and deceit is the name of the game. Posted by: panzernashorn at June 17, 2013 06:13 PM (MhA4j) I presume there are those of us that see the parallels between what is happening in Turkey, and what has been happening in the US ?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at June 17, 2013 02:15 PM (bb5+k)

32 Gopro + expensive rc helo= same shit .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at June 17, 2013 02:15 PM (TQOZk)

33 Do they make a submarine model?

Posted by: Buddy Guy at June 17, 2013 02:16 PM (Sv44W)

Call me when they have sharks with friggin' lasers.

Posted by: Dr. Evil at June 17, 2013 02:18 PM (Sv44W)

35 From one of his other videos he said the police eventually shot it down. He didn't have video of it because the memory card was destroyed.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 17, 2013 02:18 PM (SY2Kh)

36 34 Do they make a submarine model? Posted by: Buddy Guy at June 17, 2013 06:16 PM (Sv44W) See prior poat.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at June 17, 2013 02:18 PM (vDzW2)

37 Military is often used to mainstream ideas. US has used the military to mainstream racial discrimination against whites, for example, and racial preferences for blacks and conquistador-americans.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 17, 2013 02:18 PM (ZPrif)

38 Do they make a submarine model? And does it work in the presence of Beluga whales or nude women?

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 02:18 PM (xw77v)

39 >>>rom one of his other videos he said the police eventually shot it down. He didn't have video of it because the memory card was destroyed.

Hah, of course.

Posted by: ace at June 17, 2013 02:20 PM (LCRYB)

40 I linked this SpaceX Grasshopper test flight a couple of days ago. The aerial shot was taken from a hexacopter drone hovering nearby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXG_nX7Exg0

Posted by: rickl at June 17, 2013 02:21 PM (sdi6R)

41 13 It's all fun and games until they break out the flying penis chopper. Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2013 06:11 PM (XS/b3) http://tinyurl.com/cc46mu7

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2013 02:21 PM (GEICT)

TLDR:

"is at around 4:20."

Wait... what?

Posted by: California Red at June 17, 2013 02:22 PM (aCD1U)

43 With the new tech I have to imagine there are some TV helicopter pilots who'll be updating their resumes.

I was surprised at the altitude it reached- some of the video looked like it was taken from a couple thousand feet up.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 17, 2013 02:22 PM (SY2Kh)

The default position of the U.S military is to support the Executive. Even thought many in the military recognized the dubious Libyan adventure for what it was, they still complied.

No one's going to fall on his sword if he thinks he's an outlier. Plus, there was no guarantee that Congress wasn'g going to retroactively bless it, which the Republican house essentially did by rolling over and spreading its legs.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 17, 2013 02:22 PM (5RUlF)

45 http://tinyurl.com/cc46mu7 Posted by: BCochran1981 Hey, isn't that the mini-drone prototype designed by Anthony Weiner?

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 02:23 PM (xw77v)

46 If you'll allow me a selfie, I saw one of these demo'd at a fair a couple of weeks ago, and it totally blew me away what it could do. And relatively cheaply. http://sweasel.com/archives/11916

Posted by: S. Weasel at June 17, 2013 02:23 PM (0TfTb)

47 Hey, isn't that the mini-drone prototype designed by Anthony Weiner? Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 06:23 PM (xw77v) Nah, Fluke.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 17, 2013 02:23 PM (GEICT)

48 Practical uses for remote drones. http://youtu.be/168HoM1dKqk

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 02:29 PM (xw77v)

49 You know, normally I find the cops teaching respect to protestors too be lol funny This not so much Takes the fun out of tear gas

Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 17, 2013 02:29 PM (MBzEc)

50 Story with links about these helicopters and the FAA getting involved in a mans business.

http://tinyurl.com/lwebhwy

Posted by: McGregor at June 17, 2013 02:29 PM (qo244)

51 These are not the rebels I'm looking for.

Posted by: Barry Obama at June 17, 2013 02:30 PM (Hx2XA)

52
Seriously you guys, I want one.

Also I would like to see a general strike in this country. But the govt workers wouldn't do it, it would have to be the producers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2013 02:32 PM (g5YAm)

53 My husband's cousin in SC sent me video this afternoon from his cool, new Parrot Drone. It takes video and still shots. He's using it to find the deer on his property.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2013 02:33 PM (lVPtV)

54 racial preferences for blacks and conquistador-americans.

Well not quite, the conquistadors were white. This is the reconquista.

Posted by: Matt at June 17, 2013 02:34 PM (4hSOH)

55 Did anyone watch Beck's program. I did not see it but one of my friends did and he's mumbling something about a video and "this is a total mess, a total mess". I bring this up cause he is a die hard lib obama supporter.

Posted by: caustic at June 17, 2013 02:35 PM (/b8+5)

56 Like I said, you are really going to piss off the birds and it will be like Bodega Bay all over again.

Posted by: Waldo at June 17, 2013 02:35 PM (RZwdH)

57 This is what is going to happen in the United States of America pretty soon. There is no more unification, anymore. Folks are fed up with the whole shitten shebang.

Sad, very sad.

Posted by: jem at June 17, 2013 02:36 PM (fM4kr)

58 Like I said, you are really going to piss off the birds...

My cat figured out I control the red dot, so now he skips the dot and goes right for my hand. I don't think I'd be much interested in the bird version of this game.

Posted by: Retread at June 17, 2013 02:38 PM (Oz+LZ)

59 What's the red dot on the back of the lone stander's head mean?

Posted by: Chirping Chirper at June 17, 2013 02:38 PM (Cs2tJ)

60 56 Did anyone watch Beck's program. I did not see it but one of my friends did and he's mumbling something about a video and "this is a total mess, a total mess". I bring this up cause he is a die hard lib obama supporter. Posted by: caustic at June 17, 2013 06:35 PM (/b8+5) you cat can talk?

Posted by: phoenixgirl@phxazgrl at June 17, 2013 02:39 PM (8JJ6O)

61 Like I said, you are really going to piss off the birds and it will be like Bodega Bay all over again. Don't get in that boat.

Posted by: Tippi Hedren's forehead at June 17, 2013 02:39 PM (xw77v)

62 This is what is going to happen in the United States of America pretty soon. There is no more unification, anymore. Folks are fed up with the whole shitten shebang.

Nonsense. BTW, you shouldn't buy two boxes of doughnuts in a week.

Posted by: Natasha from the NSA at June 17, 2013 02:39 PM (z9HTb)

63 Jeebus. Barky at the G-8. Speaking of drones.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2013 02:39 PM (lVPtV)

64 Posted by: caustic at June 17, 2013 06:35 PM (/b8+5)

You are a fuckin' lunatic! What is your deal? Good Lord, no wonder we are in the shape we are in!

Posted by: jem at June 17, 2013 02:39 PM (fM4kr)

65 Watch it, jem. caustic/curious is making a "dossier" on you as I type.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2013 02:41 PM (lVPtV)

66 I'll bet this guy originally bought this RC chopper to look down chicks' tops.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 17, 2013 02:41 PM (JZNKu)

67 Here's a Ready to fly setup for under a $1K.

http://www.quadrocopter.com/DJI-Phantom-All-In-One-Quad_p_787.html

Posted by: McGregor at June 17, 2013 02:42 PM (qo244)

68 BTW, you shouldn't buy two boxes of doughnuts in a week.

Phew. I only buy donuts.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at June 17, 2013 02:42 PM (ZKzrr)

69 I'll bet this guy originally bought this RC chopper to look down chicks' tops. Posted by: Waterhouse

My stabilizer is engaged.

Posted by: Dang at June 17, 2013 02:42 PM (Hx2XA)

70 OT:
Looters Raiding Homes Of Evacuees In Colo. Forest Fire...

All lib counties. Meh.

Posted by: Chirping Chirper at June 17, 2013 02:44 PM (Cs2tJ)

71 I bet that lonely man eventually has to go to the bathroom. Then the protest will be over---at least until he finds a McDonalds.

Posted by: Mo the Girl at June 17, 2013 02:44 PM (dXPup)

72 I'll bet this guy originally bought this RC chopper to look down chicks' tops.

Cover me, Porkins. I'm going in.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at June 17, 2013 02:44 PM (Vugcm)

Like I said, you are really going to piss off the birds and it will be like Bodega Bay all over again.

Don't get in that boat.

>>>>

You might want to give the Diner and Gas Station a miss, too.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 17, 2013 02:44 PM (7BV/9)

74
With the new tech I have to imagine there are some TV helicopter pilots who'll be updating their resumes.

I was surprised at the altitude it reached- some of the video looked like it was taken from a couple thousand feet up.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 17, 2013 06:22 PM (SY2Kh)

Hollywood has been using sophisticated RC helicopters (read: expensive) with professional-level digital cameras for quite some time now. Basically any live aerial photography you see in film that looks remotely dangerous to the pilot is now done by RC helo.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2013 02:45 PM (TIIx5)

75 66 Watch it, jem. caustic/curious is making a "dossier" on you as I type.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2013 06:41 PM (lVPtV)

LOL, Mrs. Doh, it has been doing that to me for a couple of years now.

I'm askeered, hold me? Good lord what an idiot it is!

Posted by: jem at June 17, 2013 02:45 PM (fM4kr)

76 BTW, you shouldn't buy two boxes of doughnuts in a week.

Phew. I only buy donuts.
Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer

Fewer letters = fewer calories.

All true. Look it up.

Posted by: Dang at June 17, 2013 02:46 PM (Hx2XA)

77 caustic do your liberal "friends" know you like to insult posters here by calling them liberal?

Posted by: phoenixgirl@phxazgrl at June 17, 2013 02:47 PM (8JJ6O)

78 Terrorism Al Queda (all spellings) Terror Attack Iraq Afghanistan Iran Pakistan Agro Environmental terrorist Eco terrorism Conventional weapon Target Weapons grade Dirty bomb Enriched Nuclear Chemical weapon Biological weapon Ammonium nitrate Improvised explosive device IED (Improvised Explosive Device) Abu Sayyaf Hamas FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces Colombia) IRA (Irish Republican Army) ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) Basque Separatists Hezbollah Tamil Tiger PLF (Palestine Liberation Front) PLO (Palestine Libration Organization) Car bomb Jihad Taliban Weapons cache Suicide bomber Suicide attack Suspicious substance AQAP (Al Qaeda Arabian Peninsula) AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) Yemen Pirates Extremism Somalia Nigeria Radicals Al-Shabaab Home grown Plot Nationalist Recruitment Fundamentalism Islamist Hi, NSA!

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 17, 2013 02:47 PM (xw77v)

79 I thought the Diner was a safe haven? Wasn't it the house where they found the old lady pecked to death and a million birds in the attack?

Posted by: Waldo at June 17, 2013 02:47 PM (RZwdH)

80 Whoops! I meant attic -- not attack.

Posted by: Waldo at June 17, 2013 02:47 PM (RZwdH)

81 Posted by: toby928Â© for TB at June 17, 2013 06:44 PM (Vugcm) JEK! PULL UP!!

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at June 17, 2013 02:48 PM (dh83Q)

82 Also I would like to see a general strike in this country. But the govt workers wouldn't do it, it would have to be the producers.

I've always though Dec. 16 would be a good day for it (Boston Tea Party Raid) every year.

Posted by: Paladin at June 17, 2013 02:48 PM (bxc5w)

83 Gee, the entire first family looks pissed off that they have to be in europe. Entire not including Bo who is probably the assholes are gone.

Posted by: Waldo at June 17, 2013 02:49 PM (RZwdH)

84 nood

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2013 02:49 PM (lVPtV)

85 Hi there! - did you know the crescent moon has absolutely nothing to do with islam? It totally doesn't appear on the flags or in the architecture of any islamic states or anything. That's why we tried to work it into the Penn. 9/11 memorial for Flight 93.

Posted by: "The Crescent of Embrace" at June 17, 2013 02:49 PM (WIOg/)

86 34 Do they make a submarine model? Posted by: Buddy Guy at June 17, 2013 06:16 PM (Sv44W) Yes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZoYUAtK6BDc#!

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at June 17, 2013 02:49 PM (SzAZ7)

87 Yikes! I cant type. Bo is probably happy that the assholes are gone...

Posted by: Waldo at June 17, 2013 02:50 PM (RZwdH)

88 84 Gee, the entire first family looks pissed off that they have to be in europe. Entire not including Bo who is probably the assholes are gone.

Mooch and the brats are staying in a $3,900 per night suite, with a posse of 30. So they've got that going for them. A little pre-vacay before their $100 mil African holiday.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2013 02:51 PM (lVPtV)

Posted by: Wedge Antilles at June 17, 2013 02:51 PM (TIIx5)

90 Hi there! - did you know the crescent moon has absolutely nothing to do with islam? It totally doesn't appear on the flags or in the architecture of any islamic states or anything. That's why we tried to work it into the Penn. 9/11 memorial for Flight 93.
Posted by: "The Crescent of Embrace"

That's the same reason my delicious Crescent Rolls are shaped like that.

Posted by: The Pillsbury Dough Boy at June 17, 2013 02:51 PM (Hx2XA)

91 It's all fun and games until they break out the flying penis chopper.
Just make sure the landing strip is well indicated for landing.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2013 02:51 PM (9+vDU)

92 One of the funniest things about the comments is reading an innocuous-sounding curious post and not realizing it until 20-30 morons go fucking apoplectic. It reminds me of a friend I had when I was eight who constantly freaked out when his (kind of slow in the head) little sister ever dared to open her mouth.

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at June 17, 2013 02:54 PM (dh83Q)

93
Cut the chatter Red Two. Accelerate to attack speed.

Posted by: Red Leader at June 17, 2013 02:54 PM (TIIx5)

94 Multi-rotor shot down by "thugs" in SC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZgk1cRqAfs

Posted by: NCwoof at June 17, 2013 02:54 PM (aUQgu)

The aftermath of it -- including children choking on tear gas -- is at around 4:20.

Pro tip: don't bring your kids to this kind of shit. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, but don't bring your kids.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2013 02:55 PM (Z2Bkq)

96
That would be interesting, because the military is supposed to defend the secularist vision Turkey.

That was the case before Erdogan purged the military of anyone with a secularist thought in his head. He saw, and lived through what happened to one of his predecessors, and took steps to insure that wouldn't happen to him. Now he's supplanted Ataturk, the founder of modern secularist Turkey, with his face. He's everywhere. A two bit dictator pasting grand portraits of himself all over the country.

I really do hope the Turkish Military still has some balls, and takes this thug down...and I'm further hoping that if/when it happens, the U.S. doesn't get all pissy about it, like we did last time.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at June 17, 2013 02:56 PM (qoQi/)

97 I've been flying a stabilized quad copter for nature video for a little while. You can set up a platform for line of sight HD video for about $200 if you build it yourself and know what you are doing. Plus the GoPro and good transmitter gets you around $600. Then you have to add in the multiplier for every time you fly it straight into the ground and have to replace everything. Seriously, its not privacy you need to worry about. Its getting beaned by a flying weed-whacker.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at June 17, 2013 02:56 PM (SzAZ7)

98 "the birds" scene was filmed at that 'school' ( which wasn't and isn't a school ) in the town of Bodega ( two miles inland ) spliced with scenes of what was the town of Bodega Bay in 1962.

all because Hitchcock wanted to pork Tippi, who wouldn't give It up

Posted by: Bertie Ahern at June 17, 2013 02:57 PM (omBWL)

OT:
Looters Raiding Homes Of Evacuees In Colo. Forest Fire...

All lib counties. Meh.

Posted by: Chirping Chirper at June 17, 2013 06:44 PM (Cs2tJ)

Why do you think so many people refused to leave New Orleans when Katrina was approaching? They knew their community, and what they'd do the second the rightful owners split.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2013 02:57 PM (Z2Bkq)

100

Look at the SIZE of that thing!

I get so tired of hearing that.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2013 02:58 PM (Z2Bkq)

101 Pro tip: don't bring your kids to this kind of shit. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, but don't bring your kids.
But it makes for exciting TV!
And you can always fake it if the Jooooos don't open fire.

Posted by: palestinians at June 17, 2013 02:59 PM (9+vDU)

102 New Holly Spaz thread up. Guess who's a reasonably-big Obama donor?

Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2013 03:01 PM (9+vDU)

103 96
The aftermath of it -- including children choking on tear gas -- is at around 4:20.

Pro tip: don't bring your kids to this kind of shit. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, butdon't bring your kids.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2013 06:55 PM (Z2Bkq)

Amen. She's got goggles and a mask, so they're not some innocent passers-by caught in the mess.

Posted by: red sweater at June 17, 2013 03:22 PM (oATMN)

104 65 Posted by: caustic at June 17, 2013 06:35 PM (/b8+5)

You are a fuckin' lunatic! What is your deal? Good Lord, no wonder we are in the shape we are in!

Posted by: jem at June 17, 2013 06:39 PM (fM4kr)

I don't know but when a lib obama supporter watches glen beck and tells you about it and says things are a mess, I sort of take notice, it's highly unusual behavior. I fail to see why that makes anyone a "lunatic". I'm merely making an observation. And he didn't only tell me, he sent out a mass email to all his friends.

Posted by: caustic at June 17, 2013 03:24 PM (/b8+5)

105 Well this is the new Turkish military where all the secular leaning officers are safely locked away on various corruption charges awaiting trial.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 17, 2013 06:14 PM (UVBO7)

But what about the NCO's? Everybody knows that it's the NCO's what get things done out there at the pointy end.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2013 03:26 PM (fNpC1)

106 I don't know but when a lib obama supporter watches glen beck and tells you about it and says things are a mess, I sort of take notice, it's highly unusual behavior. I fail to see why that makes anyone a "lunatic". I'm merely making an observation. And he didn't only tell me, he sent out a mass email to all his friends. Posted by: caustic at June 17, 2013 07:24 PM (/b8+5) again, do your liberal friends know you like to insult posters here by calling them liberals?

Posted by: phoenixgirl@phxazgrl at June 17, 2013 03:33 PM (8JJ6O)

107 Union thugs ???

Posted by: occam at June 17, 2013 04:10 PM (k6rI9)

108 I had my AR Parrot quadricopter drone ($100 at Brookstone) up that high once. Lost the wi-fi connection to my phone and was lucky to find it behind a neighbor's house after it went into emergency landing mode. Pissed that I was mistakenly shooting stills and not video.

Posted by: Bruce MacMahon at June 17, 2013 04:27 PM (5oCt/)

109 Looks like a Parrot AR Drone 2 to me. They're about $400. You control it with your iPad or iPhone. A 7 year old can easily operate one. I've even seen some guys pop a GoPro on them to get better film quality than the camera that comes with the AR. Very nice little toy.

Posted by: Bets at June 17, 2013 05:20 PM (tDvvM)

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