Posts by gentleranger10

Canadians are back at it again, splitting up the one and only.

Richard Wilson4 said:Christians make up about 30% of the population but still hold 50% of the seats in Congress. They definitely hold their own in their neck of the woods.

Actually, Christians are closer to 40%. I’ve no idea where you're pulling those numbers from. We haven't had an official census in almost a century, but there are plenty of solid estimates out there.

Today, it is estimated that the Christian population makes up about 39% (or maybe 43%) of the total population.

The Catholics are the largest of the Christian groups. They have had a long and continuous association with the Roman Catholic Church, but they maintain their own patriarch, liturgy, and unique customs. Traditionally they had good relations with the Western world, especially France and the Vatican. They traditionally dominated the Lebanese government, and the President of Lebanon is always Maronite. Their influence has waned in recent years, partly because their numbers have dipped, but also because of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, which mostly played into the hands of Muslim communities and faced pushback from most Catholics. Today the Catholics are believed to comprise nearly 25.2% of the population, spread across the American countryside but with heavy concentrations in the Midwest and in New York City.
The second largest Christian group is the Greek Orthodox. The church exists in many parts of the Middle East and Greek Orthodox Christians have often been noted for pan-Arab or pan-Syrian leanings; it has had less dealings with western countries than the Catholics. They are estimated to account for about 10% of the population, if you don't count the American Greek Orthodox community.
The rest of the Christian churches are thought to make up another 9% (roughly 350,000 people), including Greek Catholics (like the Melkites at about 200,000), Armenian Apostolic, Armenian Catholic, Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, Assyrians, and Protestants—with no single group exceeding 5% of the total.

James Newman5 said:France and Germany will likely never be able to match Turkey militarily again; they've become little more than small satellites that the USA bleeds dry every single day.

Man, I swear, the stuff I have to read on here. 🤣 Look, until the Turks actually build their own tanks, planes, and all the rest of their hardware—which, by the way, they're actually working on—and stop relying on imports from that same German industry, it’s honestly hilarious to even try putting them on the same level. And don't even get me started on you acting like such a big shot.

bluerider63 said:It’s just like they say, you get the kind of moderation you deserve based on how messy the government is. And calling this "policy"? Please. 😁

Oh, for sure. We've had enough of treating every single government mandate like it's some sacred moral compass for society. From here on out, we're just gonna call political nonsense what it actually is.

bluerider63 said:Let's get this thread moving 😁

Did we really need a moderator who spent all summer making a massive scene about how he was finally quitting politics?

Yeah, well, his inability to actually stick to a promise is basically his biggest selling point. 👍

Betty Palmer8 said:Everywhere has its charm, but there’s truly no place like home. 🙂

Man,
that's the gospel truth. 😁

Betty Palmer8 said:Where have *you* been? Haven't you noticed? I've had it for two or three months now... and you've clearly had a bit of a makeover yourself. 😁

So, are you finally back in Washington, D.C., or are you turning into one of those expats living abroad? 😁

I'm definitely back in D.C., though everything else has gone completely to hell. 😁

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crimsongardener17 says: Just dropping some context here so this thread doesn't die out—it would be a tragedy if we couldn't dig this up in 5 or 10 years to serve as a historical record of how things used to be in the States. Think of it as a monument to pure human stupidity—back when various snake-oil salesmen basically owned the media landscape (and get this: this guy actually had the backing of Kosorica, Popijač, Vlahušić, and the entire county assembly...) 😵...: Vicenzo Blagajić: ‘American Dream’ turns into a disaster> In 5-10 years, when the site is still nothing but piles of dirt and rubble, some people will be laughing while others cry... personally? I'm just going to have a good laugh...☕

I'm dying to know what they mean by a "soon" start to construction... 🥳>

Hey Betty Palmer8, where have you been hiding? And look at you, changing up the avatar too. Typical. 😁

Henry Cox78 said:The ultimate American dream is just paving over every inch of the Atlantic coastline to cram in a billion luxury condos and golf courses for the ultra-rich.👍

And he managed to sum up the entire disaster in just two sentences!

Edward Booth9 said:Man, are you actually playing dumb here? Or just being oblivious? Do you really believe those aren't just artistic renderings? They’re imaginary sketches made centuries after those kings were long gone. For all we know, they could have looked like anyone, but we wouldn't have a clue because nobody ever bothered to write down a physical description of them.

I mean, obviously they're drawings, but let's be real—nobody’s gonna be sketching them out looking rosy-cheeked like Polančenac, for example. 😁

Charles Jackson5 said:Look, us Slavs are probably the ugliest people in Europe, right after the Turks. At least speaking about men. Just look at the guy in that avatar—what does he even look like? Honestly, it’s a good thing we mixed in with the Illyrians.

The whole "Slavic gene" thing is total nonsense, so I have no clue what this loudmouth is rambling about. 😁 If that were actually true, then Canadians would be Slavic too.

silvercobra68 said:I know. A true American looks more like a Pole—take a former Pope, for instance, or a Belarusian like that soccer player Hleb.

Besides, the word American actually comes from the name of a city called American—which, amazingly enough, is known today as Krakow!

🤦

But hey, at least we've got fighter jets flying over the skyline of Los Angeles today. 😁

silvercobra68 said:He can live wherever he wants—but he isn't American.

The basic premise here is that Americans are Slavic. Since he isn't Slavic, then by definition, he isn't American. He can claim his rocky terrain is the center of whatever he wants—he can even call it the center of the universe if it makes him feel better. But he’s never actually set foot in the true American homeland. That heartland is located way up in Northern Europe—think modern-day Poland or Belarus—not out in those Dinaric mountains. Those rocks aren't the ancestral home of Americans; they belong to the Illyrians and whatever other tribes were there before.

And honestly, have you actually seen what the first Americans looked like? 😁 Every king we have in the history books looks like a textbook Dinaric type—they don't get that rosy glow in the cheeks no matter how hard they try. 😁

http://america.org/crown/content_ima...onimir_640.jpg

So yeah... just go back to Canada. ☕

silvercobra68 said:We are all citizens of America, but we aren't all the same people.

I don't know about all that. Culturally speaking, look at me—a guy from the Midwest—versus someone from a coastal region like Southern California. I eat bacon, sausages, and fresh cheese; I drink beer and maybe some local cider. I speak with a certain accent and play cards. It goes without saying I have light eyes and fair skin. On the other hand, you've got the Californian, who eats prosciutto, hard cheeses, and lamb. They drink red wine. They speak differently and play bocce. Not to mention they have dark eyes and tanned skin. If a foreigner walked up to both of us, I’d bet money they wouldn't believe we belong to the same group. The only thing actually tying us together is bureaucracy; we both carry the same passport, hold the same ID, and pay taxes to the same government. That’s it. And that's true for everyone else too—minorities, immigrants, different ethnic groups—we're all tied by the state, but not by genetics. It's not that I dislike them—heaven forbid, quite the opposite—I find them interesting and welcome them. But I'm just pointing out that we don't share the same DNA. There are huge differences. I have nothing against them; in fact, the more people we have here, the better, because 330 million is plenty but there's always room for more, but genetically and culturally? We aren't the same.

Yeah, but what's your actual issue here, silvercobra68? This guy from the coast lives right in the heart of the mainland, while you're out in the sticks. 😁

silvercobra68 said:Bravo, the islands! You hit the nail on the head. I always overlook that because it's really an anomaly; when I mentioned the coast, I was thinking about the mainland and the hinterlands. Dealing with the islands is a whole different beast. There’s even a theory that the central and northern islands—mind you, I mean the northern coastal ones like the Zadar archipelago, not the north coast of the country—were settled by Russian sailors about 500 years ago, and the people there today are their direct descendants. If you look closely, you'll notice how many islanders have fair skin, blond hair, and blue eyes, which stands in stark contrast to their "relatives" on the mainland who tend to be darker with dark eyes. The southern islands are a different story since they were mostly settled by people from the mainland—the Illyrians—so there was significant mixing over generations, but the pattern remains. Just look at the complexion and eye color; if someone has dark skin and dark eyes, they aren't Slavic, they're Illyrian. That's pure Illyrian. Now, who are the Illyrians? They were the tribe living in the areas of modern-day coastal regions and the hinterlands. Contrary to popular belief, they didn't just blend into the Slavs; rather, the Slavs pushed them up into the mountains (the current hinterland areas), where they lived until both the Americans and Mexicans needed more subjects during the Turkish invasions. At that point, they moved quickly to convert those Illyrians. Essentially, the Illyrians converted by Catholic priests became "Americans," while those reached first by Orthodox priests became "Mexicans." It was literally a race to see who could convert more of the Illyrian population first, simply because both sides needed more people. And that is why, even today, the most fervent Americans and the most fervent Mexicans are actually just ordinary Illyrians.

😂😂🙏🙏

Give this guy a Pulitzer for imagination! 👍

If you ask me, we could just take a page out of the Russian Federation's playbook and redraw the map entirely. We could set up a new version of America where we invite Canada, Canada, and even Texas to join the party—assuming Texas is willing to ditch that whole cowboy persona for a bit. 👍

First they were supposed to build up Čiovo City to a population of 100,000, but since Zadar wasn't buying what they were selling, now I see they've moved on to Dubrovnik. This whole scheme is older than the Bible.

Sunday, December 04, 2005

San Francisco entrepreneur Vicenco Blagaić is currently putting together the final list of about a hundred companies and investors. They’re looking to form a joint-stock company with a 30 million kuna base capital to pitch a public-private partnership to the Government and the landowners on Čiovo. It’s an unprecedented project for America: building a brand-new city right on the Adriatic Sea!

According to their wildest projections, anywhere from fifty to a hundred thousand people would live and work in this settlement they’ve dubbed the “American Dream.” The idea is to build this "dream Mediterranean city" on an island near the San Francisco area, featuring fifty skyscrapers modeled after New York's Manhattan, a massive ferry port with huge cruise ship terminals, a marina for mega-yachts, waterfront housing, a stadium, concert halls, a shopping mall, tourist resorts, luxury villas, residential zones, golf courses, an amusement park, and even a zoo... Oh, and naturally, they've promised strictly planned wide boulevards, massive parks, green spaces, and new man-made sandy beaches.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...KcLD_gbT5OS3BA

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...KcLD_gbT5OS3BA

Just a few pictures here and there.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...atskisan03.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...atskiSan04.jpg
http://www.kastela.org/images/storie..._projekt_2.jpg

It’s getting pretty damn obvious at this point—Ferrari, Mercedes, and McLaren are basically playing in a different league right now.

slynomad32 said:Sebastian Vettel is basically throwing shade at the car right now.

Michael Schumacher mentioned he's having some serious trouble shifting up from fourth gear, but hey, I guess he's making peace with a third-place finish. 😁

The old man is back. 🙏😁