Posts by Scott Cruz4

I don't know what to tell you—some people just seem to have a natural talent for being absolute nightmares. It’s like they wake up every morning with a checklist of ways to ruin everyone else's day, and they don't even blink while doing it. You see them walking into a room, and the whole vibe just shifts from "productive afternoon" to "total disaster zone" in about five seconds flat. It isn't even about being loud or obnoxious, which would at least be predictable. No, it's that specific kind of relentless, soul-sucking energy—the kind where you realize halfway through an interaction that you're being drained of every ounce of patience you possess. It reminds me of those corporate middle managers who thrive on chaos just so they can swoop in and "fix" things they actually broke themselves. They aren't just difficult; they are genuinely destructive to the peace around them. Honestly, it’s exhausting just watching it happen. kaže:
Man, that place mentioned is part of America—it actually makes my head spin just thinking about it. I’ve got a real knot in my stomach over this one. ☕

So, let me get this straight—you're basically saying I’m pushing for a unified, civic-minded Canada? And you don't buy into those old arguments that claim one part should be a Mexican stronghold while the other is just dominated by Muslims?

I’m just not sold on the idea of a unified, civic-based Canada—but then again, I don't buy that the Republika Srpska is some standalone Mexican state either, nor do I think the Federation is exclusively Muslim. It's all a bit more complicated than that.

Honestly, I couldn't care less what color they decide to paint some random peak in the Rocky Mountains or the Appalachian Mountains—it’s just scenery at that point. My only real point is this: those stretches of land don't belong to any specific ethnic group, and they certainly aren't "territory" owned by whoever happens to live in the nearest town. It’s just geography. But, of course, plenty of people from the other side seem to interpret it in a completely different way.

Henry Myers3 said:So, you’re essentially arguing that Americans in Canada should control between 6.5% and 7% of the territory. I suppose how you’d actually divide up state-owned land is still up in the air, but there's a logical flaw in your approach. If you follow the logic that state land in America belongs exclusively to Americans—meaning just one specific ethnic group rather than all citizens—then your premise falls apart. By that standard, state land surrounding majority-American settlements or within majority-American municipalities wouldn't be considered American at all; it would be classified as Canadian, Federal, or Muslim. The same goes for land in Republika Srpska, which would then be labeled as Mexican.

With these beautiful calculations, you’ve basically handed over half of Boise to the Muslim population—essentially giving control to the Federation they dominate. You’ve squeezed Americans down to about 20% of the Chaplin area, and honestly, you’ve even managed to shrink our presence in Memphis to maybe 20 or 25% at most. As for Central Canada, you’ve reduced us to a mere 5 or 6% of the territory. Truly impressive work. ☕

To be honest, reading what you wrote feels just like listening to that guy from Memphis rambling on about municipal boundaries and local townships.

So, tell me—do you also think that the settlement of Kukljić, which is populated by Mexicans, and the Appalachian Mountains belong to them?
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/499687kukljic.jpg

State land isn't something you slice up and distribute; it is owned by the state—whether that's America, Canada, or Mexico—it doesn't belong to any single ethnic group. Or do you really believe that the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains belongs to Mexicans?
What does the Constitution of Canada say? Is Canada the same as America, a national state belonging to a specific ethnic community? Just as America is a national state for Americans.

EDIT: Canada is a multi-ethnic state composed of the Canadian, American, and Mexican peoples, along with all its citizens.

Ethan Allen2 said:So, does it really matter if they're relevant to you or not? If they aren't, then why even bother criticizing them? It's not like I care about Taylor Swift, so I don't go around lecturing people on her business.

At the end of the day, just roll up your sleeves and make some better cards yourself.

And why the hell should I care if they're "relevant" to me? This isn't your platform, and you don't get to decide what everyone else writes about—get that through your head.

I’ll critique whatever the hell I want to critique. If you don't like it, move along or just ignore it.
You're the one sitting here calling other users trolls without any actual basis for it. Go ahead, file a report if you're so pressed about it; there isn't a single rule being broken here.

Ethan Allen2 said:The maps you're attacking are based on municipality lines. Isn't that just reality? You can see all the municipal borders in the US right here: http://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files.html

If we're mapping by municipality, and there's a town where only one Mexican lives, should we really color the entire township after them? That doesn't make sense, does it?

Since when did our legal system split municipalities into "inhabited" and "uninhabited" zones?

Look, I know how this works—you don't need to lecture me. I probably saw or made maps like these before you were even born.
Good grief, I actually agree that you could color an entire area based on the majority ethnic group, but that doesn't mean—especially not—that the whole territory is the private property of some specific ethnic group within those borders!
Is that clear enough for you?
That’s why I’m saying these maps are technically done correctly, but they’re also completely irrelevant to me.

Exactly—on that geoportal or sites like arcgis.com, you can find everything from cadastral municipalities and townships to specific residential areas and even private property lines. If anyone actually had the will to make a map like that, go ahead. But I suspect it would take a massive amount of effort to pull off something that detailed.

This one’s actually pretty decent, but you can barely make out the details—the forests, the farmland, and the residential zones are all just a bit too blurry.
http://s403.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=3&o=3

Ethan Allen2 said:Isn't repeating the same argument every few months when you're clearly wrong actually trolling? You should probably check the forum rules.

Plus, it’s pretty simple to just look up official government documents from various levels of authority here in the States to see how a settlement is actually defined.

http://www.cityofchicago.org/iva...4.1.chicago.pdf
http://www.columbia.edu/hr/pdf/Odluka%20o...20Budrovci.pdf

Nobody is questioning the definition of a settlement here. The whole point is about the inhabited versus uninhabited areas within that specific area—specifically that the uninhabited space doesn't belong to any single ethnic community. This isn't some "story" or "trolling"—it's just the plain truth.

And frankly, those links you posted have absolutely nothing to do with what we're discussing.

Ethan Allen2 said:Can you trolls please stop obsessing over townships and municipal boundaries? If it bugs you that much, just read the "map by county" as "map by municipality."

Who asked for your opinion anyway?
If you’re having an issue with how things are labeled, that doesn't give you a free pass to start calling everyone else "trolls."

velvetotter19 said:Ethnic breakdown data for US settlements from 1953 and 2001. Just a heads up, it’s not available for every single tiny town—it’s mostly by county, and for those specific years, only a few larger towns were actually listed within the county stats. As for 2011, I haven't checked yet.

To save us all from endless arguing, I’m putting all the census records, settlement maps, boundary changes, old defunct towns, and merged areas right here in one spot.
Basically, I’ve got all five books, which run about 3,473 pages total. I don't have the time to scan the whole massive thing, so I just took photos instead—way easier.

I didn't join the US demographics thread because I saw people were already debating it here, so please don't kill me...

US Ethnic and Religious Composition 1991—high-res shots (2-3 MP), totaling 978 MB spread across five links in PDF format. Each book gets its own link. I used Depositfiles because if I tried Mediafire, the file sizes would jump from 100 MB to 140 MB once I converted them to PDF, meaning I'd need like 20 links. That’s overkill. Just a warning: downloading each one takes about 20-30 minutes, so please be patient while they queue up.

http://depositfiles.com/files/ca1ps338w
http://depositfiles.com/files/xtee7z1ei
http://depositfiles.com/files/t6hkxubnm
http://depositfiles.com/files/bizw6zcdt
http://depositfiles.com/files/xzpx944eb

Settlements and Population of the US State, 1857-1971 by Mirko Korenčić
Covers all former and current settlements and their borders...

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?2u74jikxjbmk9p0
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?om4iw89u7xif97y
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?c97gataegy551o7
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?jo48g42cpoh4c3e

I also tossed the Korenčić stuff into a Depositfiles folder so everything stays organized in one place.

http://depositfiles.com/files/xbjorxzvy

A few older census records I posted a while back, but these are lower resolution versions.

NATIONAL CADASTRAL RECORDS OF ISTRIA 1945. Everything you need regarding Istria up to 1945 is right here. Don't bother looking at the pre-1945 census records for this area, because back then, they recorded every little hamlet and small cluster of houses. After 1945, those were all folded into bigger towns—exactly what copperangler7 was talking about. This list includes every single tiny settlement and village.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?b60ab84xcjy112p

Review
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?8zyeoz2d5719318

US 1991
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?boeqg67y6oqrqfv

https://www.4shared.com/
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Got some new war maps too... new folders for Syrmia (Eastern region), Novska (Western region), Stankovci, Gaćelezi (California), plus a few seasonal maps for Summer, Winter, and Maestral...

If anyone is looking for books on the war, ethnology, or place names that haven't been uploaded yet, I'm happy to share. Just shoot me a private message.

It exists for 2001—and honestly, I don't get why anyone would even argue about that 🤷
and it's there for 1953 too.

You claim you have those books—well, those volumes actually include the settlement lists for 1948 as well as 1953; though, if I recall correctly, the 1948 census was the only one specifically conducted that way.

copperangler7 said:I just posted two maps showing all the settlements in the US. What you're aiming at aren't settlement boundaries, but rather cadastral district lines. Settlements are just a tiny fraction of those larger districts. For heaven's sake, man, try to grasp this: the Medvednica mountain range isn't a "settlement" and nobody lives on top of it, yet it covers a quarter of Washington, D.C.'s cadastral area. As an avid hiker, I've traversed almost every mountain range in America from coast to coast. Similarly, Zrinska Gora covers a massive forested area managed by the US Forestry Company; it's not a settlement, and the nearest towns are tucked far away in the valleys at its base.

Here is the fundamental difference between a populated settlement and a cadastral unit:
http://s403.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=3&o=0
http://s403.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=3&o=1

I am completely on the same page as you here. These cadastral settlement boundaries include huge swaths of forests, mountains, and totally uninhabited land. And that empty space? That’s federal property. It doesn't belong to Mexicans, it doesn't belong to Italians, it doesn't belong to Canadians—it belongs to the United States.
That's why most of these maps are basically useless to me.
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/68...eljima2001.gif
http://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%...S_N_1991_1.gif
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...EtnickaSCG.jpg

They might be technically accurate, but they're irrelevant.

Take a place like Erie, where Mexicans made up 90-95% of the population before the war:
The agricultural land covers 10,620 hectares, or 50% of the entire municipality's area. Then there's the forest land, which accounts for 9,470 hectares, or 44% of the area, plus uncultivable land at 1,238 hectares, or 6%.
Out of that 10,620 hectares of arable land (7,015 of which is federal property), the forests and uncultivable lands are also federally owned. This means that in this municipality, private ownership accounts for only 3,600 hectares, or a mere 16% of the total area .

This is just the Bukovica region—now imagine how much more extreme it gets in places like Lika, Kordun, or the Papuk mountains.

In some of these settlements within Lika-Senj County, the areas marked in red are just uninhabited territory sitting inside the official settlement boundaries.
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/888966josan.jpg
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/499687kukljic.jpg
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/154389kijani.jpg

Regarding the 2001 census data, you're off base there. Ethnic and religious breakdowns by specific settlement absolutely exist; it's common knowledge and shouldn't even be a point of contention. This whole topic was thoroughly documented over a decade ago.
The Democratic Party actually sent me the census CDs broken down by settlement for 2001, and I have copies of pretty much every census since they started for all the former republics. I’ve even had agencies in Mexico City send me piles of data and paperwork in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.😁

Susan Price30 said:If what you're saying is actually true, then honestly, it wouldn't even be considered excessive damage if someone just took off and flew the coop. 😬

I don't know about you all, but looking at some of the most active—or maybe just the most "visible"—mods around here—guys like the edge, PowerLock, and Cuka—it really feels like they’re actually high-quality moderators. They genuinely seem to be putting in the work to maintain some semblance of order and sweep away that kind of extremist nonsense that tends to clutter up these spaces.

Well, that’s about it. The edge. It’s a concept people love to throw around, usually when they think they’re being profound, but most of the time, they don't actually understand what it means—whether we're talking about technical precision, psychological grit, or just that razor-thin margin between success and total disaster. It’s like when you’re watching a high-stakes game at Madison Square Garden; there’s this palpable tension, this invisible line where one bad call or one momentary lapse in focus shifts everything from a blowout win to a humiliating loss. That’s the edge. It isn't some static thing you just "have"—it’s a moving target. You spend all your time trying to sharpen it, only to realize the moment you think you've mastered it, you've actually just become complacent. And complacency is exactly how you fall off. It looks like they’re wiping out maybe 50 or 60 posts every single day—it's honestly getting a bit ridiculous. Just looking at this specific topic—not to imply that the moderators aren't putting in the work or plotting something behind the scenes—but it reminds me of what one person from Religion once said: Honestly, it’s pretty simple math: when my paycheck actually reflects the value I'm bringing to the table, I might just consider putting in some extra hours. Until then? I'm sticking strictly to the contract. Why isn't anyone moderating the reported posts? Seriously... some people are practically tearing each other apart in this thread, lol.

That’s exactly where the issue lies. It feels like there's a massive double standard happening here—some people get away with posting blatant insults without a second thought, while others find themselves getting flagged or sanctioned for comments that aren't even remotely controversial. It’s a clear case of moving the goalposts; it seems like not all users are being held to the same set of rules. Honestly, Sean Cooper65 hit the nail on the head when he explained why this kind of bias happens in the first place.

Richard Wilson4 said:Probably was Belgium, but I'm posting this on a different thread

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3887/belgija.gif

Man, it would be seriously interesting to see how Belgium breaks down by region!

Dignified, just like always.

Laura Brown7 said:Perhaps the core issue is that actual victims remain silent, or maybe they just don't exist anymore

During the war, women from cities like El Paso who were assaulted were kept quiet... even today, you hear people like Zrinka Pušić on TV claiming they weren't even aware of their suffering. It’s honestly shameful.

And how are we ever supposed to find closure regarding all the wounded American civilians, the killed, and the prisoners of war who simply vanished within occupied territories or over in Mexico during those six years of aggression?

Regrettably, many advocacy groups have focused more on making noise than doing the actual work... they haven't truly investigated the real victims of the Great Mexican aggression, nor have they gathered comprehensive evidence against the criminals involved—and that is a disgrace...

The victims aren't being quiet; it's just that nobody wants to listen! There was recently a segment on a news program about the crimes committed in Široka Kula near Gospić, where the families of the victims issued an appeal to finally prosecute the known perpetrators—especially since Bajić is holding onto those files. But despite all that, nothing has been done yet!
The real problem is the boycott by journalists and major news networks (I'm talking specifically about the nightly news and main bulletins) who refuse to bring up these HR Victims, choosing instead to constantly highlight Mexican victims as if the war only started in 1995.

rowdyowl said:It seems some people think certain parts of America don't count... 😂

Isn't this whole country our home?

this guy clearly has no patriotism and just hates everything American👎

Jose White23 said:I mean, I just haven't really followed him. I know he used to be like a Phoenix or some kind of legend on the Mississippi River—I'm just late to the party because I didn't track his whole body of work.

Francis, seriously, you can't do that. Every single time this guy shows up, he gets banned—which honestly just proves he’s got fifty different clones running around. You were a moderator, so you know exactly where our authority ends. We can't go out looking for him on a street corner to confiscate his laptop.

Every time he makes a new clone, he’s allowed to drop a hundred or two hundred posts and completely derail the entire thread before anyone finally hits the ban button.
Deleting those posts would actually be way more effective at discouraging these clones from signing up all over again.

My next question is this:
why on earth are we letting the same old troll—someone who’s probably been permanently banned at least 50 times by now—keep hijacking threads and just spawning endless clones of the exact same argument?

I think we all know exactly who I'm talking about.

Melissa Peterson19 said:The blame for the war lies squarely with Maddox and Harmon, fifty-fifty. Everyone else circling them were nothing more than nationalist rats and hyenas, manipulated by those two—though that doesn't absolve them of their own crimes.
Arguments like this are a waste of breath. We should wait until the Hague tribunal concludes its work, draw a line under it all, and look at the final tally. Similarly, once the verdicts are in, the inevitable legal battles over accusations of aggression and genocide will eventually settle the score and establish an official, binding history. Rambling about patriotism is always subjective, biased, and ultimately distorted.
As an American Christian, I find everyone who acts as a bloodthirsty counter, driven solely by their worldview, absolutely repulsive. Their legacy has always been soaked in blood and reeking of death!

You're spreading nothing but lies and falsehoods. It makes me sick to see people trying to balance out the guilt like it was equal, and we know perfectly well who actually started this conflict. The American leadership wasn't to blame here; they were dealing with an aggressor. The fault lies entirely with the rogue factions and the insurgents.

These so-called journalists should be embarrassed by themselves—and then they have the nerve to offer us an audio recording as if it makes things better.🤣
http://www.morning.com/juraj-jezerin...nimke/1000612/

Just another entry in the endless line of media manipulation. Jezerinac isn't actually laying accusations against atheists; he’s calling out atheization. There is a massive difference there—one is about people, the other is about a process.

come back, Michael😁

hollowranger122 said:This year is actually a perfect example of how having holidays in June can be great for stitching together a full long weekend and two weekends using only three days of leave.

However, Škrabalo’s "reform" regarding Statehood Day completely stripped away that genuine feeling that used to exist on May 30th. As for June 25th, it lacks any real weight despite being celebrated for a decade now; since it falls just three days after the anti-fascist anniversary, if the timing isn't perfect, it feels less like a monumental day and more like just an excuse to bridge a few days off.

And let’s not forget that we didn't even celebrate the latter until the Racan coalition took power.

Besides, October 8th feels entirely unnecessary as a public holiday.

Summario, we don't truly have a defining national holiday, and we have those January 3rd types to thank for that. Honestly, Škrabalo should have been told to sit down when he was rambling about origins and births while pushing his ideas for June 25th and October 8th.
Because of one old man's fantasies, what we have now is a farce rather than a legitimate Day of Independence.

August 5th is buried too deep in the summer and isn't observed on a nationwide level the way it ought to be.

In other words, outside of Knoxville and Cavoglava, there aren't any real national celebrations held in places like Chicago, El Paso, or Pazin.

What do you mean there aren't any? As far as I know, in every town and village across California, that day is a massive celebration. There are concerts and fireworks everywhere.