Comments on: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:33:37 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: Wag the Dog « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-7243 Wag the Dog « The Tar Pit Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:58:55 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-7243 [...] is a political dark comedy which, along with other films such as Idiocracy, Charlie Wilson's War, Dr. Strangelove, Burn After Reading2, as well as masterpieces such as The Truman Show, Mulholland Drive and so on [...] [...] is a political dark comedy which, along with other films such as Idiocracy, Charlie Wilson's War, Dr. Strangelove, Burn After Reading2, as well as masterpieces such as The Truman Show, Mulholland Drive and so on [...]

]]> By: The City of Lost Children « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-6621 The City of Lost Children « The Tar Pit Fri, 04 Jul 2025 20:22:03 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-6621 [...] wrong, Cruise does a great Billy Boy, and the whole thing is masterfully put together, not unlike other Kubrickian works. But at the same time the whole aura of occultism and social commentaryism that Eyes Wide Shut has [...] [...] wrong, Cruise does a great Billy Boy, and the whole thing is masterfully put together, not unlike other Kubrickian works. But at the same time the whole aura of occultism and social commentaryism that Eyes Wide Shut has [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-6417 spyked Wed, 14 May 2025 19:55:51 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-6417 I doubt that even Putin, with all his supposed <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2024/the-story-of-the-romanian-gold-from-russia-and-basarabia-moldovas-bleeding-wound" rel="nofollow">malice</a> towards Romanians, would waste a nuke on Bucharest. It just... doesn't matter enough to be worth the trouble. But do let me know if you manage to pull that stunt. I'll be poppin' that corn. I doubt that even Putin, with all his supposed malice towards Romanians, would waste a nuke on Bucharest. It just... doesn't matter enough to be worth the trouble.

But do let me know if you manage to pull that stunt. I'll be poppin' that corn.

]]> By: Cel Mihanie http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-6416 Cel Mihanie Wed, 14 May 2025 19:45:45 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-6416 (aaand the site swallowed part of my comment :( ) Should just add that before you issue the obvious objection, I assure you that we could arrange to have it done while you are on vacation somewhere. (aaand the site swallowed part of my comment :( )

Should just add that before you issue the obvious objection, I assure you that we could arrange to have it done while you are on vacation somewhere.

]]> By: Cel Mihanie http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-6415 Cel Mihanie Wed, 14 May 2025 19:43:45 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-6415 While I doubt that I will have the luxury of choosing the time and manner of my passing - though I suspect it is not too far off into the future - lemme just say that the final scene, man.... that's how I want to go. Howling and cheering as I ride the purifying nuke straight into the rotten heart of Bucharest While I doubt that I will have the luxury of choosing the time and manner of my passing - though I suspect it is not too far off into the future - lemme just say that the final scene, man.... that's how I want to go. Howling and cheering as I ride the purifying nuke straight into the rotten heart of Bucharest

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-6408 spyked Tue, 13 May 2025 18:59:54 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-6408 Dr. Strangelove is as if Caragiale got reincarnated and decided to make movies. Yes, it's <em>that</em> good! It manages to take a good piss on just about everyone, from the Russians to Americans, and from military men to politicians. It's just about a symphony of good quality <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2025/poor-romania?b=we%20need%20piss#select" rel="nofollow">pissing</a>. Dr. Strangelove is as if Caragiale got reincarnated and decided to make movies. Yes, it's that good! It manages to take a good piss on just about everyone, from the Russians to Americans, and from military men to politicians. It's just about a symphony of good quality pissing.

]]> By: The Romanian Reality TV Show S35E48, explained « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-5448 The Romanian Reality TV Show S35E48, explained « The Tar Pit Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:20:33 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-5448 [...] So anyway, this vaccine seems to have had some serious side effects, since as a result, the so-called "civil society" -- yes, the very same bitches and their stupid sons who almost five years ago told us to stay indoors lest covid would come and eat us all alive -- along with the so-called mainstream yet increasingly irrelevant media, immediately activated themselves and started protesting, by throwing the usual words, i.e. thieves who cry thief and all that, most likely with the very same effect that this word-throwing had o'er the ocean. By the looks of it, it would seem that absolutely nobody likes Călin Georgescu, despite the fact that most of the folks who voted this Sunday decided he'd be the one to make it into the second round; not the Chuk and certainly not the Cholak, the two dudes who've spent by far the most money on PR, but the whacko mystical Freemason who's got a problem with those who sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. [...] [...] So anyway, this vaccine seems to have had some serious side effects, since as a result, the so-called "civil society" -- yes, the very same bitches and their stupid sons who almost five years ago told us to stay indoors lest covid would come and eat us all alive -- along with the so-called mainstream yet increasingly irrelevant media, immediately activated themselves and started protesting, by throwing the usual words, i.e. thieves who cry thief and all that, most likely with the very same effect that this word-throwing had o'er the ocean. By the looks of it, it would seem that absolutely nobody likes Călin Georgescu, despite the fact that most of the folks who voted this Sunday decided he'd be the one to make it into the second round; not the Chuk and certainly not the Cholak, the two dudes who've spent by far the most money on PR, but the whacko mystical Freemason who's got a problem with those who sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. [...]

]]> By: Cel Mihanie http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-3210 Cel Mihanie Sat, 08 Oct 2022 12:41:14 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-3210 Ceaușescu, to be sure, was more of a National Socialist than a commie in practice... And as the Chinese are proving, when you are a patient people and don't have a nigh-impossible war to win, nor can the Americans easily color-revolution your pathetic excuse of a country... well, then natsoc sure seems to be a lot more viable than communism. Ceaușescu, to be sure, was more of a National Socialist than a commie in practice... And as the Chinese are proving, when you are a patient people and don't have a nigh-impossible war to win, nor can the Americans easily color-revolution your pathetic excuse of a country... well, then natsoc sure seems to be a lot more viable than communism.

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-3209 spyked Sat, 08 Oct 2022 09:13:02 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-3209 If you ask me, I think that the (public) political actors who called themselves "communist" back in the day (Lenin, Stalin, or even Hruschev or Ceaușescu) were at least one level above today's socialists. We can bitch all we like that the shoemaker was nothing more than a diluted Western version of Kim Il Sung, but he did manage to pay his small country's entire sovereign debt, which was no small feat. Especially since today's pantsuit system runs very much on debt. I'll immediately grant that things weren't too rosy for the common man, but as we can see, long-term prospects are never too good for the common man. Of course, these aren't quite exactly the communists that Ripper was mentioning and I surely don't think he referred to an imaginary enemy, as some might have us believe. At this point the best reference on the matter remains Bezmenov and hell, that was still three to four good decades ago, so meanwhile... we don't have that much of a reference anymore. If you ask me, I think that the (public) political actors who called themselves "communist" back in the day (Lenin, Stalin, or even Hruschev or Ceaușescu) were at least one level above today's socialists. We can bitch all we like that the shoemaker was nothing more than a diluted Western version of Kim Il Sung, but he did manage to pay his small country's entire sovereign debt, which was no small feat. Especially since today's pantsuit system runs very much on debt. I'll immediately grant that things weren't too rosy for the common man, but as we can see, long-term prospects are never too good for the common man.

Of course, these aren't quite exactly the communists that Ripper was mentioning and I surely don't think he referred to an imaginary enemy, as some might have us believe. At this point the best reference on the matter remains Bezmenov and hell, that was still three to four good decades ago, so meanwhile... we don't have that much of a reference anymore.

]]> By: Cel Mihanie http://thetarpit.org/2022/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb#comment-3167 Cel Mihanie Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:21:38 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=478#comment-3167 Welp. Just like McCarthy, General Ripper was fully vindicated by history. The Communist infiltration, indoctrination, subversion and conspiracy are all too real and have done a helluva lot more damage than just impurify our precious bodily fluids. Too bad that, unlike the movie, you can't just throw a nuke at'em. I mean it's not like they tend to cluster nicely in coastal states, cosmopolitan cities, and universities, all very... well-known.. and nicely... identifiable... and ........ H-huuunnnh. Seller was one of the greats. I know him from Pink Panther, The Party and Being There. Such talent is sorely missing today. Welp. Just like McCarthy, General Ripper was fully vindicated by history. The Communist infiltration, indoctrination, subversion and conspiracy are all too real and have done a helluva lot more damage than just impurify our precious bodily fluids. Too bad that, unlike the movie, you can't just throw a nuke at'em. I mean it's not like they tend to cluster nicely in coastal states, cosmopolitan cities, and universities, all very... well-known.. and nicely... identifiable... and ........ H-huuunnnh.

Seller was one of the greats. I know him from Pink Panther, The Party and Being There. Such talent is sorely missing today.

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