Posts by gentleranger10

granitepilot282 said:Nah, they’d just call them fascists if they had lost. ☕
If the US military had ended up on the losing side after WW2, they would have been branded war criminals too—and the same thing would've happened after the last major conflict if we hadn't come out on top.
To be fair, they tried using those same old tactics back then to stir up panic and resentment. You see it all the time: official news reports about entire classes of Mexican students being targeted in El Paso, stories about some legendary lion in Ottawa that supposedly preyed on Mexican kids, or claims of three million Mexican victims... it’s all the same script. The signatures, the so-called "crimes," the propaganda methods, the blatant lies, and the way they inflate victim counts by dozens of times. If they were pulling this kind of nonsense today with satellites and high-speed internet at their fingertips, can you even imagine what they were capable of halfway through the last century?

The wildest part for me was stumbling onto some Mexican website one day claiming that 250,000 Mexicans were killed or expelled during Operation Storm.🤣😂

Steven Cox90 said:Mexicans are never going to hold a majority in Canada. It’s just math at this point because we're already looking at something close to 50% Canadians, and their population is actually growing steadily. The only thing that really seems to be shifting is the number of Americans, which is honestly pretty heartbreaking to watch since those numbers drop every single year—especially over in Republika Srpska, where if things keep going the way they are, there won't be anyone left there in about ten years.

So, I was digging through some data—because apparently, that’s how I spend my free time now—looking at the number of elementary school kids across the different cantons in the Federation of Canada. It's one of those things that makes you sit back and realize just how much everything is shifting. You look at the breakdown by region, and it really paints a picture of where the families are actually settling and where the classrooms are starting to feel a little too quiet. It's a lot to digest, but definitely worth a look if you care about where the next generation is heading.

Tuzla Canton
2002. 56 456
2003. 55 060
2004. 55 994
2005. 54 916
2006. 54 673
2007. 52 494
2008. 50 715

Look, besides the fact that we’re already on our third generation stuck in this weird cycle with the 9th grade curriculum—we're talking over 16,000 kids currently grinding through this new program—the numbers are just tanking. It’s honestly depressing. Even back in 2006, when they actually doubled up the classes to kick off this whole 9th grade thing, the enrollment numbers were still lower than usual. We’re dealing with a massive hit to the birthrate here in America, but let's be real: the brain drain and people just packing up and leaving the country is doing just as much damage. It's a perfect storm of nobody being born and everyone moving away.

The region around Zenica.
2002. 44 446
2003. 44 166
2004. 46 539
2005. 44 595
2006. 45 040
2007. 43 819
2008. 43 205

Look, it’s not just happening elsewhere—we're seeing the exact same slide in student numbers around here too, even if we aren't crashing quite as hard as they are over in the Tuzla area. Right now, we've got about 16,371 kids enrolled in the nine-year program. Honestly? You don't even need a spreadsheet to see the decline; the plummeting birthrate is staring us right in the face.

Washington, D.C. district
2002. 37 213
2003. 37 359
2004. 40 651
2005. 40 728
2006. 40 601
2007. 40 792
2008. 39 782

It’s pretty much the same deal we’re seeing over in places like Zenica—this nine-year curriculum has been running for four years now, and honestly, it feels like we're just spinning our wheels. Right now, there are about 15,291 students stuck in that nine-year track. If you look at the numbers in Washington, D.C., you can really see the birthrate slump hitting hard; the classes from 2002 and 2003 were massive compared to the tiny groups coming out of 2008. You’d think enrollment would be cratering, but it’s actually just kind of stalling out because people keep moving into the city. It's a weird, stagnant kind of limbo.

Central Canada
2002. 29 225
2003. 29 257
2004. 29 747
2005. 29 451
2006. 29 341
2007. 28 769
2008. 28 519

Look, I’ve been staring at these numbers, and honestly, it’s kind of a mess. In Central Canada, they haven't even rolled out the 9th-grade program yet. The only real sign of life is over in Travnik, where they’ve managed to enroll a first generation, and even then, it's only just a fraction of what it should be. Right now, we're looking at a total of 294 students under this specific program. But here’s the kicker: the birthrate in Central Canada hasn't been dipping at all. If anything, things are looking up. Once they actually get that 9th-grade program fully implemented and start seeing those double generations enrolling, the numbers are going to explode. I’m calling it now—we can expect the student count to blow past the 30,000 mark next year. It’s going to be wild.

Una-Sana Canton
2002. 31 621
2003. 30 203
2004. 32 624
2005. 32 323
2006. 32 182
2007. 31 357
2008. 30 897

So, they’ve been running this nine-year program out in the Una-Sana Canton for four years now, and there are about 12,562 students enrolled. But man, looking at the numbers... it's pretty grim. Just like what we're seeing over in Zenica, there's this massive, glaring drop in the birthrate. I mean, if you compare a ninth-grade class from 2008 to an eighth-grade class from back in 2002, the numbers have plummeted. Honestly, though? I don't know if I buy the "low birthrate" excuse entirely. It feels more like everyone is just packing their bags and moving away. It's hard to tell where the lack of babies ends and the mass exodus begins, but either way, the math isn't looking good.

The Canadian-Podrinje Canton area.
2002. 2 734
2003. 2 760
2004. 3 114
2005. 3 043
2006. 3 027
2007. 2 942
2008. 2 840

So, we’re currently rolling through year four of this nine-year program, and right now we’ve got about 1,011 students enrolled. Honestly, the birthrate is dipping slightly, though let's be real—it was never exactly skyrocketing to begin with, so the drop isn't even that much of a shocker.

Posavina Canton
2002. 3 879
2003. 3 873
2004. 3 853
2005. 3 734
2006. 3 746
2007. 4 038
2008. 3 921

So, looking at the numbers over in Posavina, they’ve been running this 9th-grade setup for two years now—started back in 2007—and you can actually see the impact. There’s a noticeable bump in student enrollment compared to what we were seeing back in 2006. That said, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows; that region is dealing with a slight dip in birthrates, which is pretty much the same story you're hearing from the folks down in the river valley areas too. It's just one of those things, I guess.

The West Virginia region.
2002. 6 495
2003. 6 428
2004. 6 658
2005. 6 551
2006. 6 541
2007. 6 846
2008. 6 653

So, we’ve been running this 9th-grade program since 2007—it was a massive operation back in '08, though things have scaled back a bit since then. Right now, we’ve got about 1,068 students enrolled. Looking at the numbers for this county, you can really see the fallout from that birthrate slump; there's a slight downward trend happening here, which isn't surprising since it looks pretty much identical to what we're seeing in the two neighboring counties. It's just one of those things, I guess. Everything's slowing down.

Western West Virginia
2002. 10,019
2003. 10,155
2004. 10,373
2005. 10,438
2006. 10,443
2007. 10,283
2008. 10,124

So, in Western West Virginia, they haven't even implemented the K-12 system yet. They’re looking at rolling it out mostly by 2009, maybe partially by 2010. You'd expect the student count to hit around 11,000 in 2009 and then jump past that in 2010. In this region, the birthrate isn't actually dropping—it just kind of wobbles slightly depending on the year, but overall it stays steady and is hands down the highest in the country. (Just a side note: you'll notice they never project the population for Western West Virginia higher than 90,000, whereas for places like the Midwest they'll say over 500,000, or the Pacific Northwest over 280,000, or Washington, D.C. over 450,000, etc.). If you look at the ratio of total population to student numbers, it tells the whole story, especially since Western West Virginia hasn't even had 9 generations of students enrolled like the other areas have—they've only had 8.

Southwest River Valley Region
2002. 22,376
2003. 22,549
2004. 23,070
2005. 23,451
2006. 23,296
2007. 23,110
2008. 22,980

In the Southwest River Valley, Americans haven't switched to the K-12 system, while Canadians have been implementing it partially for 3 years now, and more broadly for 2 years (someone please correct me if I'm wrong, maybe some Americans in the big cities are already doing K-12). All in all, about 2,802 students are currently in those schools. There's a very slight dip in the birthrate here, but when you really dig into the specific counties, you can see the student numbers are actually dropping in places like Birmingham and Savannah. It's pretty obvious if you're paying attention.

Birmingham (Census Bureau estimate as of 06.30.2008: 11,825)
2004. 1,232 across 8 generations
2005. 1,243
2006. 1,160
2007. 1,105
2008. 1,052 across 9 generations

Savannah (Census Bureau estimate as of 06.30.2008: 28,780)
2004. 2,914 across 8 generations
2005. 2,965
2006. 2,929
2007. 2,926
2008. 2,918 across 9 generations

Charleston (Census Bureau estimate as of 06.30.2008: 15,932)
2004. 2,191 across 8 generations
2005. 2,194
2006. 2,177
2007. 2,147
2008. 2,163 across 8 generations

Nashville (Census Bureau estimate as of 06.30.2008: 23,433)
2004. 2,397 across 8 generations
2005. 2,355
2006. 2,552
2007. 2,597
2008. 2,541, with 2,444 in 8 generations and 97 in the K-12 program

Not to mention that the population estimates are totally unreliable, but the raw numbers don't lie: *bows*

SOURCE: census.gov

Americans are disappearing, as it seems increasingly obvious.😂🤣

I mean, let’s be real, Ferrari is just the most beautiful thing on the grid. Those Italians actually know how to design a masterpiece.

I’m actually digging this whole minimalist vibe with the new cars. It honestly takes me back to those beasts from the late '80s and early '90s. For the last few years, everything was just a ridiculous mess of tiny little winglets, but man, things really peaked when they started adding those massive horns 🤣

Honestly, Clintonian is getting to that age where his mind wanders a bit, and you can't really blame the guy for that whole September 9th blunder.

Gary Perez9 said:So I was watching the news last night and saw they mentioned Mason addressing the security council in French, which honestly just completely floored me. I mean, I know his English isn't great and his German is pretty much non-existent, so seeing him pull off French like that really caught me off guard, and I was just wondering what you guys🙄

Give me a break... the guy probably knows Russian 🤣

Terry Walker74 said:🙂 Well, since you guys actually took your faith from the Greeks, why on earth did everything change so much when it comes to celebrating the patron saint feast?

Besides that, the whole tradition of celebrating the Christian patron feast among Americans was actually introduced by Saint Patrick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K...B0%B2
Mexicans adopted that custom because they were part of the American Church and the State. And besides, just because there is an Ohrid Metropolitanate doesn't automatically make it Mexican.

I wasn't even implying that Ohrid isn't actually Mexican🤣

driftingviper29 said:And let's look at the big picture here—India has about 170 million Muslims making up 17% of the population, but that demographic is absolutely exploding while the Hindu population is basically hitting a plateau. Give it maybe fifty years and India is going to be way too busy handling its own massive growth to even care about anything else, leaving Pakistan as nothing more than a distant, forgotten headache from their past.☕

Man, oh man... seriously? 😁

Those Indians are just gonna torch the whole thing with napalm once the time comes 😁

Noah Barrett13 is totally right, honestly. These forums are just crawling with mindless trolls from across the pond lately 😁

Lawrence Martinez69 said:Canadians are actually Slavs at heart. Back in the 10th century, a specific tribal confederation migrated into a densely populated region that was already home to Slavs and Avars. Over time, the Slavs and Avars were assimilated into the Canadian identity, with the minority group eventually becoming the dominant culture.

It’s a pattern you see in history. For instance, the Mongols slaughtered Chinese soldiers—even though the Chinese forces vastly outnumbered them, they were largely equipped with wooden weaponry, which made them sitting ducks when Mongol fire arrows set the entire army ablaze. Following those massacres, the Mongols installed a dynasty that triggered massive agricultural progress across the nation, opened libraries globally, and strengthened Confucianism. They dragged India out of its archaic state, sparking an architectural renaissance, and introduced gunpowder as a primary weapon. Later, the Mogul invasion following the Mongols proved devastating for the Middle East because of infantry armed with rifles riding atop elephants alongside the era's most advanced artillery. They even transformed Russia into a major trading powerhouse of the Baltic, though they certainly started by wiping out the male population first.

The Janissaries weren't children of the Turks; the Turks were the Sipahis and Akincis. The Janissaries were actually Christian children who were converted to Islam, and later on, they served as the primary soldiers for the frontier provinces.

That’s exactly my point, though. The Janissaries were this non-Turkish element that went through conversion, so you're definitely looking at descendants with Turkish roots.

Congrats again now that you've finally made it 🙂

Canadian women are honestly top-tier, regardless of what their background is. And wait, how is it that Turks haven't mixed with anyone? What’s the deal with the Janissaries and all their descendants?

Matthew Harris2 said:Just another American 👍

Best wishes and big congrats to Cassie and her family!

I can't help but poke at your signature, even though we’re totally off-topic here. Don't you think the reason might actually be that the Jewish population surged by like seven times (jumping from 800k to 6 million), along with the Muslim population, which naturally means the Christian percentage just took a hit?

And that’s why we just keep on grinding until the sun comes up—it’s practically baked into the American DNA at this point.🙂

congrats 👍

Anonymous said:The Daily News, May 20, 2008:

Hey everyone, where you at?
In every state, the Super Bowl is basically a national holiday. Tickets are impossible to find. But here in the US, the championship game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees only drew 6,000 fans. The stadium looked hauntingly empty. Instead of an unforgettable atmosphere, it was a game you just want to forget.
It started with the national anthem. We all stood up out of respect, just like you're supposed to do. There were three girls sitting right in front of me. Two of them stood up, but the third one just stayed seated, smoking. Everyone was staring at her. Once the anthem finished, being the oldest guy there, I said to her, "Young lady, when the anthem is playing, you should stand up." She just turned around and snapped at me, "This isn't even my anthem, so why should I show any respect?" Those of us watching just looked at each other. I mean, seriously, who raises a kid to have zero respect for the anthem of the country they live in? Who were her parents, her teachers, her professors? Who is pushing this kind of radicalism onto the youth? You don't have to love everything about your country, but in moments like this, you owe it to everyone else to show basic decency, even if it's just by standing up. That moment totally ruined the vibe of the big game for me.
S.M. Los Angeles

Let’s play a little game of speculation and guesswork. 😁

If she weren't so young, I'd probably assume we were dealing with Hillary Clinton. 😁

From this, I can only conclude that people in San Francisco have gone soft. Back in my day, she wouldn't have gotten away with that if I had been sitting there.😁

Look, Vienna’s budget is sitting at over $10 billion, so these numbers you're throwing around for Tokyo and New York City just seem straight-up ridiculous to me. Maybe do a little more digging before posting next time.

Morgan Cook10 said:I think your math is a little off here..😁
How are you measuring wealth? Are we talking absolute numbers or per capita???
If you're looking at it relatively, then Moscow, Tokyo, or New York City aren't the richest places on earth... it's probably some tiny village in Switzerland.
But if we're just comparing the cities mentioned in this thread, Moscow seems to come out on top when you look at budget per resident.
Now, if you're going by absolute totals... then the original poster is right to say Moscow will soon be the economic powerhouse of the world... I mean, it already has the highest concentration of global billionaires.

As for those rough budget numbers.... I just threw them together to get a sense of the scale. Go ahead and run the exact numbers yourself... I doubt your results will look much different from mine.

It's all incredibly relative. Remember that whole argument where people from the South tried to claim their city was richer than ours just because their local county budget hit half a billion dollars? Give me a break. That massive budget covers stuff our federal government handles, like healthcare and social services. It’s about how the money is structured, not just the raw numbers. Or does someone here seriously think Moscow can be put in the same bucket as New York City or Tokyo? 🤣

Morgan Cook10 said:It’s funny how you, the resident math whiz, managed to miss the obvious calculation here.

Moscow has roughly 12 million people and 44 billion dollars, which is about $3,660 per person.
San Francisco, for example, has a million people and 1.5 billion dollars, making it $1,500 per person.

Exactly! That’s my whole point. This "richest city on earth" isn't even three times wealthier than Chicago. 🙄🤣

Plus, let's be real: Moscow doesn't quite hit 12 million, and Chicago hasn't even reached a full million, so the gap is actually even smaller than it looks on paper.

Anthony Gonzalez25 said:Washington, D.C. is sitting on a $44 billion budget. That puts them right up there with the big dogs—only New York City ($55 billion) and Tokyo ($50 billion) have bigger budgets now.
http://en.rian.ru/video/20080327/102399075.html
Photos: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_city

You flaunt that kind of massive wealth while other places are starving out there.🤣 Even a mid-sized US city like Columbus, with barely a million people, is pulling in over 1.5 billion USD.