Is Poland's Central Bank Running a Smear Campaign on Youtube Against Cryptocurrencies?

A bizarre battle is emerging in the world of cryptocurrencies after Poland's central bank was accused of hiring YouTubers to "start a smear campaign" against cryptocurrencies in the country.

According to Business Insider Poland, the Narodowy Bank Polski (NFB) spent around 91,000 zloty (£19,430; $27,300) on a marketing campaign designed to attack the legitimacy of cryptocurrencies. The money was spent on platforms including Google and Facebook, but was also used to pay a Polish Youtube partner network called Gamellon.

link.

Russia Just Can't Help Itself

News cast in Russia accusing Turkey of wanting to take Crimea.

Explaining Russians' Feelings About America

“America wants to destroy us, humiliate us, take our natural resources,” said Lev Gudkov, director of Levada, the polling center, describing the rhetoric, with which he strongly disagrees. “But why? For what? There is no explanation.”

link.

Iran was Unable to Destroy the US Carrier Mockup

link.

So how effective would they be against a real carrier?

Iran Building Fake Nimitz Class Carrier at Cochin Shipyard

oy.  mea culpa.  I trusted google maps too much.  My apologies folks.

Iran is building a crude mock-up of an American aircraft carrier at a ship yard on its Gulf coast and US officials said Friday the goal of the project remains a mystery.

Iran has made no attempt to hide its "curious" construction effort near Bandar Abbas on the Gulf, as commercial satellite imagery has shown a vessel gradually taking shape, resembling the outlines of a Nimitz-class carrier, three administration officials said.

"They got this barge and threw some wood on top of it to make it look like the USS Nimitz. That's all we know for sure," a defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.

"We think they're going to try to get some propaganda value out of it," he said. "We find it very curious...We don't know what Iran hopes to gain by building it."

link.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Photoshop Brigade Hard at Work on Perfecting Qaher 313

That's a stock picture of the mountain in question.  It just strengthens the prevailing wisdom that the Qaher 313 is a joke.

One of the pix of the Bird of Prey when they were first released was a fake, to be fair, showing it flying in Nevada in daylight.  However, the BoP came from a credible source whereas the Qaher 313 is from one noted for faking.