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2022-10-25 Europe

Russians are blamed for spate of SPEED CAMERA thefts in Sweden, which can be stripped for parts to build or repair drones

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 We've got some over here. Just sayin'.

Posted by Large Forkbeard6202 2022-10-25 00:04|| 2022-10-25 00:04|| Front Page Top

#2 The enemy of the people, Emmanuel Goldstein, is at it again!

Do not worry, Big Brother and the Ministry of Kindness are on the job.

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-10-25 02:47|| 2022-10-25 02:47|| Front Page Top

#3 'Everyone who hates traffic cameras is a Russian Agent!'

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-25 16:25|| 2022-10-25 16:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Anyone notice that if you read to the end of the article, they debunk their own headline? To wit:

1) Nobody has found this brand of camera (Nikon) in Ukraine. The drone camera in the video looks to be a regular Canon DSLR.
2) The speed cameras have a fixed-focus lens set at 50 feet, not real useful on a drone.

Interestingly, the article never offers a source for the accusation. It just says the Rus are blamed. By who? By the article apparently.

Posted by SteveS 2022-10-25 21:40|| 2022-10-25 21:40|| Front Page Top

#5 By who?

The Daily Mail generally shows ifs work, SteveS. Scroll down to the bottom of the article at the link and you’ll find

Read more:
Swedish Speed Cameras Keep Getting Stolen. Is It Russia? - The New York Times

The NYT article is paywalled, so I know no more than that, but you’re much cleverer than I about computer stuff. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2022-10-25 22:08|| 2022-10-25 22:08|| Front Page Top

#6 We Russians are clean! I mean, squeaky!
"But movies prove Rooskies are sneaky!"
We never got caught!
"Aha! Just as I thought!"
And thus back and forth, ever more shrieky.

Posted by Waldemar B. Hayes8774 2022-10-25 22:09|| 2022-10-25 22:09|| Front Page Top

#7 The Daily Mail generally shows its work

Indeed. Mi6’s handiwork is evident in every ridiculous BS propaganda piece this joke of a rag puts out

Posted by Albert the Limpid5689 2022-10-25 22:57|| 2022-10-25 22:57|| Front Page Top

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