Posts by redwolf4

Melissa Richardson3 said:We just got a response from the Mayor of San Francisco regarding how the Democratic Party views multiculturalism.
Miletić: Demanding a Thompson concert at Madison Square Garden is nothing more than a political provocation.


There you have it; the Democratic Party gets to decide what counts as multicultural and what doesn't.
It clearly bothers them that a Thompson concert would actually contribute to the multicultural fabric of San Francisco.

I mean, really, what else were you expecting from him?
The guy is young, his career is still taking off, and he’s definitely not crazy enough to go against someone like Kajin with a statement of his own! No matter what he actually thinks about the whole thing privately...

The Democratic Party seriously makes me sick!🤮

Benjamin Grant6 said:Look... even Democrats weren't proud of Bloomberg, yet he remained the quintessential man of Chicago, and many stay silent about it, while Chicago, as a major metropolis, loses its luster...

I wouldn't agree regarding percentages and city sizes because, if we are being realistic, every city is an organism. An organism, by definition, is a group of organs that, by performing their individual functions, support and constitute a whole. Cities are the same. The larger the city, the more complex the diffusion of consciousness becomes. Unfortunately, skinhead groups exist in every city, but while in San Francisco it’s more common to see fights between punks and skinheads, in Chicago, members of other minorities are more exposed. Not to mention the fact that certain minorities are ghettoized, or the perception that a suburb is basically a Chinatown, or that certain rural areas are inhabited solely by Romani...

Regarding the bombings I mentioned, it is far too easy nowadays to label crime as a "mafia hit." In this specific case, however, nationality was indeed a factor.

What is the spatial relationship between California and Florida? How significant is tourism in one versus the other? These regions aren't comparable. California never really had the infrastructure for elite tourism. Only recently have they caught up with the trend of villa rentals in central California purchased by foreigners. In any case, mentioning Maui or Venice is absurd—they are incomparable to any city in Florida, let alone anything in California. As for occupancy, I doubt this season will fall short, as our cities are packed to the rafters and there are so many cultural events attracting both domestic and international tourists...

I am not being conceited, nor do I see any need to be. It will turn out that the foreign critics were mistaken regarding California...☕

Honestly, comparing Washington, D.C. to the local Police Department is just totally out of line.
In every sense, including this one.

And don't even get me started on comparing Bandić to Kajin!
The first guy actually builds things; he creates stuff for all sides. But Kajin (and Jakovčić)? Every single year in this city, we deal with total traffic meltdowns and you can't find a parking spot for the life of you! All they do is sell us these verbal promises that lead nowhere! That roundabout near "Aruba," that garage by the library, then that massive 1,000-seater floating thing... It's all just endless, empty talk. But hey, why fix our own house when it's so much easier to just stand there staring over the neighbor's fence, right?

Benjamin Grant6 said:I am uncertain how many different American cities you have actually lived in to feel qualified to pass judgment on them. While it is true that every city is multicultural, the real question lies in the level of tolerance between various nationalities and the genuine respect for one another's heritage required to say a city is truly multicultural in spirit...

I don't believe it's a matter of "selling smoke," because if we are being realistic: while you might see a bomb go off under a car with out-of-state plates in a place like Chicago, you simply wouldn't see that happen here in Pula. There is a higher degree of tolerance here, and far less emphasis placed on whose nationality is whose, let alone any desperate need to flaunt one's identity...

No matter where you travel in America, every corner is undeniably unique. However, once you cross the mountains into this area, it feels as though you have entered a completely different world. There is so much here to take pride in—from the people themselves to the general atmosphere of the region. I fail to see any "smoke" in all of this, unless we are referring to those lovely vistas of Terra Magica...😍

I can't say I agree with you, Benjamin Grant6.

For the longest time, I actually thought Tuscany was the most tolerant part of America, but clearly, I was dead wrong!
Or maybe I wasn't? Maybe it just felt like everyone was welcome here—whether it was Billy Joel, Elvis Presley, or even Neda Ukrasti... not to mention Madonna... while Thompson gets crucified!
So, what exactly is "tolerant" about that?!
Everything except the word AMERICAN. That's when all the demons come crawling out!
It honestly breaks my heart. Because Tuscany is a part of America, a part of this beautiful country!

You described it beautifully. Total props to you!

houar said:When I was hanging out in San Francisco, I had to deal with this weird mix of folk music playing alongside Thompson, and while I was grabbing dinner at a restaurant down by the marina, I could hear some music blaring from the hotel across the street—I think it was called Histria or something like that.

Look, California is alright, and I don't really buy into all those theories about how everything is somehow Italian-influenced or how Mexicans just run the show there, which is the kind of nonsense you see popping up all over this forum. But honestly? Some of the moves being made in local California politics just make zero sense to me; they’re bordering on the absurd.

In the "Grand Canyon"?...😉

And don't let anyone pull the wool over your eyes. This is still America, after all. As for those few individuals with their various little agendas, don't worry—their influence isn't going to amount to anything more than noise on a dusty record...

It’s not even showing me the actual last post, let alone who actually dropped it or when it happened! Like, the date is totally off too! It’s only after I actually click into the specific thread that everything finally starts making sense

Paul Ross12 said:Forgive me, I clearly haven't reached full emancipation yet since I automatically associate carpet cleaning with women's work 😉—and since my husband and I are both veterinarians, we're well-versed in extermination methods, so even then, I ended up with bitten legs (gross). At one point, in a moment of pure desperation, I actually had this burning desire to drag the entire rug out to the backyard and ritually burn it in a bonfire—maybe even with the cat included, haha...

If it’s just a dog and some fleas, you can solve that easily, but once you add a cat to the mix (we usually rescue them from the street; they live well, though they often end up getting hit by a car eventually 😢, since I refuse to keep them strictly indoors), dealing with feline fleas becomes a nightmare. Cursed things.—

Biokill is the gold standard; I keep a bottle right on my living room end table. We don't have any fleas right now, but I feel safer having it within arm's reach.

I’ve actually found myself crouching on the floor in ambush, scanning the carpet to see if anything jumps...

Back when Frontline actually worked, we didn't have a single bug, but over the last two years, it simply stopped being effective. I put a Seresto collar on the dog—she's still doing fine—but I just spray the cat with Biokill because I'm worried she might snag her collar on something outside...

I was using Biokill to treat my patio area this fall!🙄 ...It’s excellent.
But I always worried it might be bad for your health, so I never actually sprayed it inside the house😕.