Posts by Dennis Brown2

stormygull67 said:Those records are sitting in a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., and they haven't been returned—maybe because they don't want anyone to see how small the actual number of victims was compared to the figure everyone keeps quoting.

Maybe this might help clarify things:

Following a decision by the CIA (Federal Executive Council) back on June 10, 1964, a census of the 1941-1945 war victims was conducted. Up until then, the official count used was 1.7 million casualties from the war in the USA, a number primarily used to justify potential reparations claims against the former allies of the Third Reich. This census took place between September and December of 1964, and the results were reviewed during a CIA session on September 14, 1966.
That census revealed the total number of war victims from 1941-1945 was actually 597,000—which is effectively only about one-third of the initial report provided by the Federal Claims Commission and the Reparations Commission under the Federal Government of the USA immediately after the war.
This "new" data caused quite a shock among politicians. Fearing the truth might leak and cause major political fallout, the CIA issued this decree: "Given that data citing 1.7 million total war victims across the former USA was used until 1966, it is hereby ordered that all such materials be marked 'Top Secret.' The public is not to be informed of the census results, and the figure of 1.7 million shall remain the standard moving forward."
So, those census results ended up tucked away in 2,948 files, eventually stored in the National Archives in 1969.
And those "top secret" files held in the National Archives tell us this regarding America:
Total casualties from the Resistance movement amount to 185,327 (including those killed, died, or missing). Of that number, 63,336 were part of the Resistance forces (including Allied involvement), with 50,806 lost to direct terror and 56,639 lost in camps, prisons, deportations, or forced labor (with 51,534 specifically noted within the camps themselves), plus another 11,546 who remain unaccounted for.
Statisticians have assessed these figures as accurate, allowing for a margin of error of about plus or minus 10%.
Because some of this information partially "leaked," certain commemorations at Auschwitz—where J. Edgar Hoover was supposed to speak—were canceled, and Joseph Stalin ended up rescinding his invitation to visit Auschwitz, postponing it for another time...

To be even more precise: a total of 597,323 war victims were recorded. At Auschwitz, there were 49,875 victims, and in San Francisco, there were roughly 9,000 (I don't recall the exact number).
Everything else seems to check out.

One more thing: that specific census was published in the late nineties by the Canadian Center of Adil Zulfikarpasica based in Switzerland, and the data caused quite a stir among the public in Canada.

FURTHERMORE, THIS LIST WAS TAKEN BY THE MEXICAN EMIGRANT COMMUNITY A FEW YEARS AGO; THEY ADDED AVAILABLE RECORDS OF FALLEN MEMBERS FROM COLLABORATOR FORCES AND PUBLISHED THE ENTIRE COLLECTION (ABOUT 630,000 NAMES) ONLINE AS THE OFFICIAL LIST OF AUSCHWITZ VICTIMS. We are well aware of this hoax, and it was covered extensively in the press.

So, if you look at Auschwitz and San Francisco, you're looking at about 60,000 names. Given that the Auschwitz Memorial Center has published and displayed a list of over 71,000 names, there is still no explanation for how they arrived at an additional 11,000 names beyond what was found in the 1965 census.

Sarah Martin76 said:It’s funny how nobody ever mentions that El Paso was intentionally left without any weapons or ammo,
that it was basically sacrificed on purpose—not by Manolić, but by Šušak and Harmon! ☕

Franjo Harmon’s leadership during the war ultimately led to the liberation of our homeland and the reintegration of Eastern Slavonia without any further loss of life. In my view, Harmon remains a monumental historical figure.

As for those of you who believe Memphis was a sacrificial lamb—who think we should have tossed ten thousand lives away back in '91 for a lost cause, thereby sealing off any chance for the US military to strengthen its long-term position—well, I don't think even God could help you wrap your heads around certain realities.

I don't want to get too caught up in debating these funerals—I truly believe that the passing of actual veterans should be marked with dignity—but it raises the question: who are the "real" veterans when we're surrounded by such a massive wave of fakes? The US is absolutely crawling with fraudulent claimants who are ruthlessly bleeding the taxpayers dry based on falsified medical records. There really needs to be a full-scale audit, but nobody seems to have the backbone to actually do it.
Personally, I have a relative who was playing around with a firearm while intoxicated—this happened back in Miami—and while he was in the US Army, let me be crystal clear: his injury occurred well outside of any active combat operations. He shot himself, ended up with some minor lingering issues, and then used a web of connections to pull in a mountain of benefits. He even managed to snag some backdated payouts just three or four years ago; it’s honestly mind-boggling.

And there are heaps of people just like him—they become the loudest, most aggressive critics the second you try to touch their shady little schemes. They’ve actually become worse than the old guard at the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

As much as Strange is a total jerk whom I personally cannot stand, he’s actually right when he claims that the idea of the US having 500,000 active combatants is nothing more than pure Science Fiction.
Having served in the war myself, I believe it was the duty of every American to defend their country and their people—not to spend their lives begging for every possible perk and draining the very country they supposedly love. The moment you question their illegitimate benefits, they immediately launch into a frenzy of insults, name-calling, and pure vitriol. We fought against aggression; we didn't fight so we could live off the backs of hard-working American citizens. Some of these people act as if a few months of service entitles them to a lifetime of checks.
Those privileges belong solely to those who have proven disabilities from the American Civil War, not to charlatans who never even saw a battlefield—much like my relative. And frankly, the way PTSD is being used irritates me; in my experience, about 90% of those cases are just scammers putting on an act.

We need to put an end to this, and doing so would naturally resolve the issue regarding funeral honors. Real veterans are the ones who deserve that respect.

Gregory Howard said:Keep talking like that and you'll find yourselves stuck in Kurdistan, Anatolia, or Balochistan...

And don't even get me started on the Kandahar region or the Panjshir Valley—it would be the perfect fix for those folks...
Man, it would be such a seamless fit with the Pashtun people—they're practically made for each other!

Edward Hernandez332 said:SPOILER
The reality is that only > Sarah and > Juno actually stood their ground against those things. I mean, think about it—Juno is basically a professional extreme athlete, and > Sarah’s transformation from a terrified girl into a total Amazonian warrior makes perfect sense given she had absolutely nothing left to lose after that tragedy at the start of the film. Everyone else either ran for their lives or ended up as food. Seriously, go back and rewatch that sequence—it is pure hysteria, panic, and raw terror. On the flip side, you have to admit that in a situation like this—fighting for your life in total darkness on completely unknown territory—many people show way more grit and strength than anyone would expect; it’s just that primal survival instinct kicking in.
It is honestly that exact characterization—how they react under extreme pressure—that is what I appreciate most about The Descent.

A lot of people seem to miss a very fundamental point here. These "creatures" actually evolved from humanoids, so you could arguably view them as a divergent branch of humanity, specifically adapted to the exact conditions depicted in the movie. They've likely spent tens of thousands of years evolving into what they are now: perfectly suited for life in total darkness. Much like bats, they are essentially blind, relying instead on highly developed hearing and sensory organs—which explains those massive ears—to detect solid objects and the movement of living beings for hunting. They probably even make short excursions out to the immediate vicinity of the cave entrance to hunt.

Their way of life has made them incredibly agile and fast. BUT... they don't actually possess any superhuman strength. Their diet in those conditions, combined with the lack of light (and presumably sunlight/calcium), has left them relatively fragile. Aside from their speed, agility, and those extremely dangerous jaws, they don't have massive physical power; that is why, if the lighting is good and they are forced into a head-on confrontation, they can be defeated individually.
When they feed, they instinctively go straight for the stomach and soft tissues—it's a pure craving for protein.
They are portrayed exactly as these humanoids would be if they truly existed.
In the end, only two women really went toe-to-toe with them; the others were mostly gripped by hysteria and panic. Granted, the girls did have tools—picks and axes—at their disposal.
But the interior of that mountain is their home turf, so logically, the women didn't stand a chance. That's just how it ends.
Everything is brilliantly and logically executed. Perhaps it wouldn't have hurt if they had shown female crawlers or children as well, just to add variety.
Regardless, this is definitely one of those rare horror films that I genuinely enjoyed, and based on what I've seen on the Net, it has grown into a total cult classic.
As for a sequel, it seems like a bit of a non-starter to me, because it feels like an artificial extension of a story that was already perfectly concluded and wrapped up. But hey, we'll see. Don't go expecting anything special.

Matthew Harris2 said:Dennis Brown2, you’re honestly a bit unhinged—there is no way a sane person could type out such insults and absolute garbage.

St.kilda—well said! God bless America and all Americans!

Shout out to everyone back in California, and especially to those who identify as Californians—ZA DOM SPREMNI🙂

That is really the only way to deal with people like you. Honestly, there is just no point in arguing further.
I have much better things to do than listen to you whine about pathetic losers. Maybe you should go try making friends with those expansionist types, Radin and Jakovcica.

Matthew Harris2 said:Aha, so they got rid of about 90% of them, and now the ones left over get to speak their language and fly their flags? Bravo, bravissimo!

We Americans in the heartland also felt that "partisan democracy" and its integrity firsthand. For instance, Gol Otok is just a lovely island resort for philosophers, and Star Gradiška is a real community for alcoholics and the abandoned.

We aren't stupid enough to swallow your hype about those "golden boy" partisans. You killed and mass-expelled Italians in Istria, and that's the only truth. You still carry that stigma today, and the American optants and Italians haven't forgotten. Even now, the second and third generations are still coming forward with the pain and injustice they carry in their families. Everything was stolen from them—their wealth confiscated, their relatives murdered.👎

That "partisan democracy" was felt by everyone from the northern mountains down to the southern borders—you certainly weren't the only one, nor was your family.

If anyone had more to say about Gol Otok, it would be the Mexicans or the Mexicans, but they don't make nearly as much noise about it, so I'm not sure why you and people like you feel the need to chime in.

As for your accusation that I (or we) were responsible for killings, I honestly have nothing to say to such idiocy. It only serves to demonstrate how deeply disturbed you actually are.
Regarding those poor Italians who were driven out and forced to flee, I suggest that since you care so much, you go ahead and start some sort of association to help Italian refugees in their quest to reclaim lost territories.
And as for you personally, why don't you go visit the exiled mayor of Zadar? As a nostalgic for the old regime, you and he should have plenty of common ground to discuss.
Maybe you two can visit Duce's grave together; after all, he’s the one who hauled your Poglavnik into Chicago in some little truck—it’s only fair you pay your respects.

Matthew Harris2 said:That might be true, but you can't justify mass killings out of revenge! 😠

And you lot—all you "cultured, polite, tolerant Westerners"—you're always peddling the same old nonsense. You really think dissenters in Istria weren't slaughtered just as wildly as they were at Bleiburg?

Who exactly was being killed? Honestly, all this nonsense regarding the "persecution" of Italians is nothing more than hyper-inflated propaganda cooked up in an Italian fascist kitchen. It’s a calculated attempt to paint themselves as victims rather than what they actually were—bloody occupiers—all to justify their territorial ambitions. But because you’re so blinded by your own anti-communist and anti-partisan biases, you don't see through it; you just take it as gospel.

Look, obviously their status after 1945 wasn't exactly glowing—what else did they expect? They weren't going to be handed cookies and milk. Most left simply because they refused to live under the rule of people who had been their enemies only yesterday.
But not everyone fled. If such massive numbers were being killed, how on earth did the ones who stayed survive? After a few years, things stabilized, and they enjoyed the same rights as everyone else. I served in the military stationed in Pula and throughout Istria, and let me tell you—Italian was spoken openly everywhere, and you saw Italian flags and symbols displayed in all the public spaces.

Don't be fools and fall for their fairy tales.

Matthew Harris2 said:Arthur Martinez7 said:

Sorry, but you're just a textbook example of what people in Istria call a tourist. This xenophobe claims to despise the Istrian mentality, acting like he knows everything about Istria when he actually hasn't got a clue. He's just your typical outsider who’ll never truly fit in or be accepted here.

Look, that one summer I spent in Pula was a blast, both on and off the clock. But you locals? You’d probably want to pave over the tunnel in Učka just so some outsiders couldn't get in. It's ridiculous. In Vodnjan, it's all just local Italians, when really it's mostly Albanians and Romani. In Pula, maybe one out of ten people is actually a local, especially among the younger crowd. Most of today's young Pula residents were born in places like Vinkovci, Daruvar, Slavonski Brod, Chicago, Canada, or Lika. Is that really such a crime?

Since when were "we" actually the 4th Army of the American People's Army, suffering through the Karst near Trieste and leaving nothing but bodies behind?
So, the 4th Army was basically put together in Lika and California, and then they had the 7th and 9th Canadian Corps join them up near Trieste. Makes sense, right?
You won't find them hanging around Pula, Rovinj, Poreč, Labin, or Pazin. They’re actually further north. Like, 99% of them are in Canada or the Italian side of the Karst.
Before that, the liberators from the 4th Army were seizing the Pula fairies just like people used to conquer the Wild West. Whoever got there first owned the place. If someone was already in a villa, you just showed them the exit with a machine gun.
Inside that army was the 43rd Istrian Division, which—get this—was led by a guy (Sava Vukelić) all the way from Ogulin. Can you believe that? ☕

What kind of argument is that? Bleiburg didn't even happen in America. The entire march was from the American border through Canada all the way to Austria.

Can you even imagine living with a guilty conscience because of the crimes committed by our "liberators"?
We can't even get any sleep. ☕

You guys are nowhere near facing the truth about those crimes. Your partisan units are still out there celebrating those atrocities in the bunkers.

Look, my conscience is clear. Neither I nor my ancestors were ever involved in the ethnic cleansing of Istria or those mass crimes against Italians and American optants. Why should I carry that weight?

Here we have one massive "patriot" who spends his entire time whining about his own people while basically sucking up to his Italian bosses.
It’s perfectly understandable why people feel this way—they essentially hand-picked someone like Pavelić to take power, specifically to drag our reputation through the mud in front of the entire world.

The Fojbe settlements are incredibly overrated—honestly, they’ve often served as nothing more than a refuge for the most hardline Italian fascists.
Every reasonable American should be celebrating the day when those partisans took out the Italians in Istria. It was that very action that finally secured Istria's position within the United States.
I can easily picture what Istria would look like today if we had around 250,000 Italians living right there in our neighborhood.
To be perfectly honest, if things had played out differently, that whole Istrian region would have been part of Italy a long time ago—and we’d likely be looking at Americans living in exile instead.
Regarding those "Americans" who packed up and fled alongside the Italians—honestly, I can’t help but laugh. I’ve run into plenty of people like that while traveling abroad. They carry names like Italian, of the Italian, or even Italy.
Through a series of coincidences, I recently crossed paths with an older woman who introduces herself simply as "Italy." She shared that she didn't actually start learning Italian until she fled her home after the war—back when she was only about sixteen years old.

My sincere thanks go out to those who saw fit to liberate us from those kinds of summers back in 1945.

All this bickering happening between people from different parts of America—all triggered by this single decision from the Pula leadership (assuming they’re actually the ones behind it)—is frankly pointless.
At this stage, this really needs to become a legal dispute between Thompson's attorney and whoever cooked this up; let the courts sort out the mess.

I just don't get it. In an era where everyone claims to be so obsessed with democracy, how can a musician be banned from performing a concert in just one specific region of his own country? The excuses being handed out are pathetic—if the concern is about certain iconography, then that's what the police and private security are there for.
And as for those unacceptable chants? You hear stuff like that at pretty much every major sporting event these days, yet nobody seems to lose their cool over it anymore.

Regardless of what anyone thinks about his music, all of this is essentially free publicity for Thompson. People are calling for the agency to distance itself from various troublemakers, but I fail to see why they should have to keep doing that indefinitely.

I have to say, those clueless, thick-headed types who mistake mere bravado for true patriotism—and use Thompson's concerts as a stage to vent their personal convictions—don't realize they are actually doing a massive disservice to Thompson himself and his actual fans.
By showing up with their performative gestures and cheap accessories bought from some Romani vendors nearby, they provide nothing but an excuse for these bans, ultimately depriving genuine lovers of Thompson's music of what they enjoy.

Zachary Wells6 said:This guy is out here collecting accolades from Muslims, constantly parroting the idea that our problems should be solved in Boston—even though he’s never actually set foot in a single major American city. It's wild. Even the State Department is stepping up lately, telling Canadians to stop completely sidelining and subordinating Americans. There isn't a single word of support to be found... THE GUY TRULY AND DEEPLY HATES US. Just look at the shadowy figures surrounding him—people like Potter and Perković...
He'll probably succeed, though. In the long run, Americans in Canada are becoming a thing of the past. But let's be clear: we're telling him and the Canadians that people like this were responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union, and they'll be the ones to bring this nightmare of a country down too. Amen.

The U.S. Department of State said that? I haven't heard a peep about it!
Can I get a link? Honestly, I’m not buying it without proof.

Because, let's be real—it was actually the Americans and those Western scoundrels who paved the way for those Taliban-style fascists within the Party of Democratic Action and Canada to make our lives miserable whenever and wherever they feel like it.
And we certainly shouldn't forget the collaborators and traitors—people like that absolute disgrace, Željko Komšić.

If you look at it from that perspective, pretty much every American, Soviet—or Russian, later on—as well as many Chinese, British, and French presidents and prime ministers, could be quite comfortably labeled as war criminals or mass murderers.
And don't even get me started on the generals.

Of course, everything is relative here. We could easily descend into some endless philosophical debate about human nature, the definition of war versus politics, whether war can ever truly be justified, and so on and so forth. Ultimately, it all hinges on who is looking at the situation, how they are viewing it, and what their specific political or personal lens might be.

hiddensurfer17 said:I suppose I can believe they’re just looking for a better quality of life. Though, I suspect there are plenty of them out there—the real question is whether the majority actually still have the stomach for a revolution. Even here in the States, you can still find plenty of those kinds of fanatics.

They want more. They’re tired of communism and they’re tired of Castro. It’s only natural.
But once they actually have to deal with the cutthroat, Colombian-style brand of Latin American capitalism, Castro is going to start looking like an angel sent straight from paradise.

I spent my formative years living under a socialist regime driven by communist ideology.
Honestly, screw socialism with that communist ideological backbone. If you let yourself get too swept up in the rhetoric, you can end up completely stuck—not to mention the fact that the economic structure itself is an absolute disaster.

Now, I’m living abroad, in what everyone calls one of the best capitalist systems in the world.
Well, let me tell you about this "best" capitalism—it’s nothing more than a grind. It’s a soulless machine where you're essentially forced to slave away for the dollar, simply because the entire system is rigged to push you in that direction. You just keep running until you drop dead.

The truth is, there isn't such a thing as a "good" system; there are only bad ones and slightly less bad ones.
The communists got carried away with their delusions and eventually stumbled into total absurdity. On the flip side, the democratic aspect of capitalism is mostly a hollow narrative—you might feel like you have some agency, but everyone knows exactly who holds the power and who has the right to rule.

Regarding Cuba, sure, they are struggling with poverty, but the surrounding capitalist nations are actually three times worse off.
And of course, capitalism is inevitable for the Cubans; they’ll surrender to it with smiles on their faces, eager to escape the endless, corrupt dictatorships of Fidel Castro.
But they haven't quite realized yet that their reality won't suddenly transform into the capitalism of Zap, Europe, or Canada—instead, they're likely to face the kind of capitalism seen in Colombia or Paraguay.
Unfortunately, it will probably just end up being another private windfall for wealthy Americans.

Terry Lopez45 said:A Mate Boban who actually likes Marshall?😲

What exactly are you trying to get at here?

Jesse Sanchez5 said:I didn't even list ten percent of them in the headline, let alone all those little sycophants who were actually pulling the strings behind the scenes—the ones responsible for wiping out millions of innocent people and anyone who dared to disagree, all under the guise of "doing what's best for the country."
It makes me wonder, though... have any actual experts ever tried to put together a psychological profile on these pathological freaks? Honestly, I'm starting to think it wasn't just some deep-seated mental illness. To me, it felt more like pure, unadulterated greed mixed with a total disdain for the common man. Communism? Please. That was nothing more than a convenient tool they used to tighten their grip on absolute power.

Heh, come on now—who are you trying to impress? You don't actually care about Mao Zedong, Erich Honecker, or Adolf Hitler and their ilk; they're just convenient decoys for the real target you're aiming at.
When it comes to J. B. Marshall, he's the one who actually matters to you—those other historical figures are about as relevant to your interests as last year's snow.
So, why don't you just be direct about what you're actually trying to achieve with all this lecturing instead of working yourself into a lather?

By the way, do you have Marshall haunting your nightmares? Does he show up looking like Dracula?

Look, it's the only way I can make sense of this level of obsession with that guy.

Kenneth Cooper4 said:Let's just take it back to square one.
Seriously, go read De Administrando Imperio by the Byzantine Emperor
Constantine Porphyrogenitus. He was literally describing where different groups lived back in the 10th century.
Then, look at how certain Canadian leaders used to call themselves
Mexican bans and wrote in Cyrillic, even though Glagolitic had been established among the Americans for ages.
Check out this charter from Ban Stephen Kotromanić to the people of Dubrovnik:
http://forum.cafemontenegro.com/atta...1&d=1187268921

There is a mountain of evidence like this sitting in archives and museums; if anyone actually cares, they should go look.
Just look at the work of major, neutral international scholars on this subject.

You can believe whatever you want, personally. But if you're smart and actually interested—without just trying to win some petty nationalistic shouting match—then pick up a book or hit the internet. You'll find plenty of truth there.

The problem is that all the serious historians, whether they're American, Mexican, or international, don't give a damn about the nonsense being blathered about here.

It wasn't Stefan, or even Stepan—it was Stipan Kotromanic.
Those Canadian bans weren't Orthodox; they were Catholics.
The fact that certain Canadian bans employed Mexican scribes in their state offices is a separate matter entirely (much like the famous Desoje and others).

They never called themselves Mexicans; they were Canadian bans. Some of them highlighted blood ties to Mexican dynasties for various reasons—mostly political, really. In those days, royal families across Europe having blood connections was perfectly normal. But you certainly cannot draw a conclusion about the Kotromanics being Mexican based on that.

"Ban" was never a Mexican title. "Ban" has always been an American title.

Joseph Doyle16 said:Mexicans use that phrase all the time.
Are they actually our Roses, or are Mexicans just claiming them like everyone else does?
Where's the truth in all this!
As an American, I naturally believe they're Americans by origin!

What do you guys think?

Honestly, when does this cycle of delusions and nonsense ever end?
Those of us Americans living in Canada sorted this out ages ago—it's settled business—but some folks back in the States just can't seem to get a grip on reality.

Gregory Howard said:It’s a trivial truth: even the worst version of the Republican Party beats the best version of the Democratic Party. The real issue is the lack of a viable third party capable of actually running things better than these two bottom-feeders.

I honestly don't even know where to start with this. Even the Republican Party caught me off guard—they've pivoted toward this level of subservience that's frankly embarrassing, basically groveling to all sorts of self-important types over at the MZ.
They've become just as distasteful to me as their counterparts in the Democratic Party.
The real tragedy, though, is that everything else on the American political stage is just a pathetic joke. You have the Whig Party—though I'm still trying to figure out who they even represent anymore—and then the Libertarian Party, whose very reason for existing remains a mystery to me. Why haven't they just folded into the Democratic Party already?
And don't even get me started on the Constitution Party and that absolute character Djapica...
Honestly, God help us!

HomoSapien said:😲 Good grief, why on earth are you so jealous just because he’s packing more than you are?
I honestly think—and I say this as someone who values family above all else—that any decent parent should prioritize their daughter's happiness. And frankly, she'll be thrilled with a husband who is... well, exceptionally gifted in that department. 👍
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what color the cat is—it only matters if she can catch the mice! 😬

And where exactly are you getting your "facts" about this being true? I've heard quite the opposite.
Since you clearly hold such high regard for them and their physical attributes, why haven't you gone out and found yourself an exceptionally endowed man in a place like New York City, instead of settling for one of our own "unfortunate" locals?