Posts by Peter Reyes12

Seriously... 😁

Leading up to the Mediterranean Games in Almeria 2005

It looks like Goran Bregović, the frontman of the legendary rock group The Beach Boys, might step in to help the American boxing delegation make their trip to the Mediterranean Games in Spain.

"The United States Olympic Committee is picking up the tab for three of our boxers, but we are still scrambling to secure funding for the remaining three—funds that, according to the latest word, should be provided by Goran Bregović," noted Muhidin Mulabdić, the Secretary General of USA Boxing.

The American squad heading to the Mediterranean Games includes Hamid guska, alongside coach Almedin Fetahović, and fighters Halid ranica, Emir Telalović, Memnun Hadžić, and Esmir Kukić.

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Look, living here in Germany, shipping across Europe usually runs me about 5 US dollars for the first DVD, and then you just tack on an extra 2 dollars for every additional disc you add to the order.
The starting price for this particular DVD was listed at 2.99, but I ended up paying 6 dollars total... I settled the bill via PayPal and the DVD arrived all the way from Seoul in just seven days. At the exact same time, I picked up something else from a seller in the Netherlands; that guy shipped it out the very same day and it also took seven days to reach me, whereas over here 😳

I honestly can't tell if PayPal plays favorites against members from America—they really ought to be more accommodating toward the buyers—but you absolutely have to have a credit card to make it work!
I remember back a few years ago using BidPay to bid on auctions in places like Mexico or Canada... that system is actually quite popular throughout Eastern Europe (basically, once you've accumulated enough funds in your BidPay account, you place an order and they release your payout via Western Union)!
Since PayPal acquired eBay, they've been aggressively pushing their own payment system. It’s perfectly fine for the buyer, but for the seller, they shave off a percentage plus a fixed fee, so you always end up walking away with 5% less than what the guy actually sent you.

I managed to track down a DVD copy of "Malcolm & Marie" from a vendor based out of Korea 🙂.
The audio tracks are all there—it features various regional dialects 🙂—but the subtitles are strictly Korean. Despite what the packaging claims about having English subs, you can’t actually toggle them on or off when you play it.
It was a steal, honestly, just a few bucks... 😁
It’s wild because people are actually asking for way more money for used VHS tapes of this same movie!!
Does anyone here have any insight into what other classic films from the old territories might be floating around Asian markets besides "No Country"? Thanks... 👋

Jacob Wilson50 said:Oh, my dear Cvorovic,

Come onnnnnnn!😁 😁

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Jacob Wilson50 said:Oh, my dear Cvorovic,

"...Starting from the very foundation, you really ought to pay closer attention to how you carry yourself, rumenka..." 🙂

dustyscout53 said:I mean, those movies are literally about unstable, aggressive people, you gay man. 😵

What did you expect? What on earth were you thinking? Oh, man, Waso... I honestly don't even know what to say to you. For a whole month, your head has been stuck in the sand; I could feel it in my gut, sensing that something was shifting, that something wasn't right. I call, I check in, I reach out, and you lie—Septy lies, everyone is lying—and I’m just sitting here with this nagging intuition that something terrible has hit the fan. For God's sake, if we’ve actually reached the point where you feel the need to hide things from me, then fine, let's just split up and go our separate ways... What am I supposed to tell people? That you were too afraid? "I didn't know anything"? You’re putting me in a position where I feel like the absolute lowest of the low. Instead of coming to me the second you noticed something was off and saying, "Hey, this is the situation," so we could actually get organized—thank God we have the Cvorovics to back us up—so we could tear this whole mess apart. But no, you decided to wage this solo war against some "gay" gang. You're keeping me in the dark?

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dustyscout53: No, my uncle testified to it all. He completely dismantled their story... It was pure, unadulterated betrayal. His own father and brother—those absolute scoundrels—were actively collaborating with the occupiers and the local traitors. They were literally sewing uniforms for the enemy. The father was sentenced to six and a half years, and the brother got four. While there was never any concrete proof they were stitching those uniforms, my uncle swears on his life that they absolutely were... The moment the brother stepped out of prison, he fled to Greece, then hopped from Greece straight to France. And get this: my uncle swears they made at least ten kilos of gold from it. They used that gold to open up a shop. They were nothing but rotten capitalists. They didn't leave my uncle a single cent... I always knew that trash like them had to come from a lineage of criminals; you don't just wake up one day and become such a monster through sheer willpower. You can't acquire that kind of malice through quick cash or flattery; it’s something inherited in the blood, nurtured and raised from birth. You are born a traitor and a villain. Then, the money follows. That’s exactly what I kept thinking while I was traveling through those rougher areas back then.

Bradley Davis33: That is harrowing... Honestly, can anyone look me in the eye and tell you that you aren't right?

Gay man: It’s like he’s reading our minds.

Jeremy Flores10: Anyone... Wait, how did you even get him to open up and tell you all this?

dustyscout53: I introduced myself as a journalist. I told him I was working on a series about domestic traitors. As soon as he heard that, my uncle ushered me into the house, pulled out old photos and newspaper clippings from the trials, and laid it all out... His aunt tried to cause a scene, claiming none of it was true—she was always firmly on his side—but my uncle kicked her right out of the house. We sat there talking for two days and two nights without stopping. As I was leaving, regarding this big criminal, he said: "For money, a man will betray his people, his country, and the entire world. This is a small nation, yet what a massive traitor he is. Just like his father before him." He added, quite sarcastically: "Don't think for a second she only writes those letters because they live on Lenin's Boulevard."

Jeremy Flores10: What does that have to do with anything?

feralhawk10: She won't even write down the name on Lenin's Boulevard in the address. That tells you everything you need to know! My uncle says, "If we lived on Roosevelt's or Churchill's Boulevard, she'd be writing twice a day." And everyone knows it, yet nobody lifts a finger. It's a disgrace! A total scandal... Anyway, did you catch today's USA Today?

😁 👍

Turkey reminds me somewhat of Marshall's America, or perhaps more accurately, Franco's Spain—all those parades, marches, and endless eulogies for the nation, centered around memorial sites. The difference is that while Ataturk passed away back in 1938, his cult of personality remains stubbornly alive. In our own history or in the Spanish case, such devotion rarely outlasted the leader himself. In Turkey, the military and its generals hold the ultimate veto power, which means we aren't exactly looking at a true democracy. The real question is whether Turkey can ever truly break free from the dogma and teachings of Ataturk
within any foreseeable timeframe without triggering an Islamic revolution or a full-scale civil war!
In the years following World War I, Ataturk enforced a radical secularization of Turkey, yet here we are eighty years later seeing women wearing hijabs again. And goodness knows what else they wear; meanwhile, in the West, people fight tooth and nail for the right to wear such things, because in Turkey, you don't stand a chance of getting into university or holding a government job if you're wearing those headcoverings... much like how you see them in Canada today, whereas back in the Marshall era, only old grandmothers would wear them... and that's what democracy is—you can't just forbid it!
I was recently watching a documentary filmed in Afghanistan somewhere in the late 60s or early 70s... men and women passing by dressed in Western styles, but today? It's like stepping back into the 15th century. Iran is the exact same story. It’s similar with the Turks; if the people were truly democratic, they would have the right to elect radical Islamists. Currently, the military is blocking that path, but how long can they keep fooling everyone with the promise of joining the European Union? They naively believe that overnight everyone will suddenly enjoy European wages and living standards. People are gullible; they see former guest workers coming home with money and think they'll all have it easy too. Turkey is a powder keg!
Back in the 1950s in Turkey, people actually lost their heads just for wearing a fez😲... it was banned under threat of death (which might explain why you rarely see fezzes among our Muslims compared to back in the day...
Turkey shouldn't be, and frankly won't be, a full member of the European Union because it simply doesn't belong to that cultural sphere. Honestly, Israel feels more like a European country than Turkey does; if we follow that logic, Israel should be admitted first... and then you could write home to say everything is ruined. We'd end up with a sort of continental "America-Europe," where you'd be sending your child or grandchild to guard the borders of a hypothetical North American-style union in Israel or Turkey😁... heaven forbid!
There is that old saying:
Don't trust a Turk as far as you can throw him...🙄

Turkey occupies a massive expanse of territory stretching deep into the Asian continent... 🙄
If we follow that logic, why haven't we welcomed Israel into the European Union yet? Cyprus is right there and already holds membership, so why not Lebanon next? Where exactly would we draw the line if Turkey were to become a full-fledged member of the European Union? 😲

neondrifter2 said:I’ve heard the score for this film is absolutely phenomenal.

It really shouldn't come as a surprise that the music for Alexander Nevsky is so legendary...

PROKOFIEV, Sergei Sergeevich (1891-1953),
tragically passed away virtually unnoticed by the public, given that he died on the very same day as Stalin!

P.S.
The battle actually took place at the Battle of Lake Chud on April 12, 1242, where the eastward push of the Teutonic Knights—acting under the Pope's banner—was finally halted, effectively establishing the border at Narva!

The cinematic legacy of Sergei Eisenstein spans from 1898 to 1948, most notably defined by his legendary 1925 masterpiece, "Battleship Potemkin." His work "Alexander Nevsky" stands as a sweeping historical epic featuring incredibly visceral battle sequences at Lake Peipus in 1242. Filmed in 1937, the movie is saturated with patriotic sentiment and heavy propaganda, serving as a chilling precursor to the events that would unfold just four years later when Germany invaded the USSR. It depicts the atrocities committed by the Teutonic Knights—crusaders acting under the banner of the Catholic Church against Russian civilians—including the burning of villages and that haunting scene where a priest, appearing somewhat like a bishop, murders an infant. Ultimately, the film concludes with Alexander Nevsky delivering this warning to the captured survivors of the Teutonic Order:
"He who comes to Russia as a guest is welcome, but he who comes to Russia with a sword against a sword shall perish by the sword."
I recently watched a documentary about German prisoners of war from the Battle of Stalingrad. When they were finally released back to Germany in the mid-1950s, one survivor recounted how a Red Army officer approached them. After delivering a speech to the captives, he released them to return home to Germany using those exact same words:

"In Russia, you are always welcome as guests, but he who comes to Russia with a sword against a sword shall perish by the sword."

...he recently made an appearance on a satellite broadcast over on the American-German channel, Arte

Peter Morris58 said:Leave her friend out of this; let's bring the spotlight back to me. 😉 What on earth is going on with my midsection?

...well, if she's more suited for those chilly winter months, then you, quite logically, are much better reserved for the heat of summer....😁

Indigo Girls said:I was honestly convinced that Rammstein was some massive wooden beam used for smashing through doors back in the day! It actually makes a certain kind of sense to me—I mean, isn't "Ram" essentially wood and "Stein" just stone?

...well, you aren't exactly far off, but you've got your terms mixed up. What you're describing sounds more like a "battering ram," whereas Rammstein is actually the name of a German city that hosts a major US Air Force base... which is where that horrific tragedy occurred during an air show rally. You might remember when one of the pilot's planes went down in flames right over the crowd and exploded!

wiredsailor7 said:Winona:
...it’s actually laughable how "In the Disco" (...from Canada...) completely flopped...

I don't think Winona was looking at this objectively; if you look at the results from our former region, everyone except Canada managed to make it into the finals!

Mike:

Axel, Axel, you’ve got nothing to gain by heading back home.

(Axel lets out a pathetic groan as Luke and Milton lunged at the young man; Mike takes off running across the garden. He retreats into the distance, laughing, followed closely by Danny... Luke has absolutely lost his mind: he’s swinging a shovel at his own son, screaming and shaking his fist in fury.)

LUKE:

Goddammit, you little brat! I'll kill you! You have the nerve to tell my grandfather it isn't worth going home? You're going to pay for this! I'll tear you to pieces!

AXEL

(dazed and helpless):

I bought a rifle... I'll bring in muscle. I'll call in the Foreign Legion... Let someone try to lay a hand on me...

MILTON:

Take it easy, Dad. I'll handle him.

AXEL:

You've all teamed up... just to destroy me... you poisoned my grandfather... and now you want me... and my father too...

LUKE:

What kind of nonsense are you spewing now? It's almost pathetic...

MILTON:

Dad, Dad...

(From the sidelines, the wailing of women rises again... Luke and Milton glare at them with pure rage... Over the cemetery, the first shadows of twilight begin to descend...)

"PANTELIJA IS GONE"
Give me a break...
Seriously, why on earth did this shake you so much?
She passed at 101 years old... she outlived Kaiser Wilhelm, Adolf Hitler, the entire Third Reich, the SS, the Gestapo, and even the Cold War itself...
And then, to top it all off, she took up underwater photography in her seventies...
I’m heading out to the cemetery now. After living for a hundred and fifty years, it was almost inevitable that she’d pass away in weather exactly like this. Think about how many beautiful days we've had over the last century and a half to hold a funeral. At this point, I'm practically waiting for a lightning bolt to strike me down just for being such a Methuselah...

😎 It’s the middle of the night, yet we’re rocking sunglasses and our tank is topped off 😁

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