Posts by casualskipper8

Sean Gonzalez95 said:This is just the honest truth coming from a decent, straight-shooting American citizen... honestly, we’re all just tripping over our own feet when it comes to ethics lately. If we don't start playing it straight, we're never going to make it to the podium.🙄🙄

It's pretty straightforward, really. If we can't manage to pull off a win at Dance, then we shouldn't even bother showing up for the semifinals.

Jeffrey Ramos84 said:That’s just the truth... they’re calling pivot penetration fouls like you wouldn't believe, but honestly, I'm struggling to make sense of the officiating at this tournament. It feels like every single ref is dropping the ball on something. I'm really hoping they let them play a bit more physical tonight and allow for some actual contact; plus, they absolutely have to start calling advantages properly, because their failure to do that has been a massive Achilles' heel throughout this championship.

The thing is, that heavy-hitting "manly" style of play was never really our vibe to begin with. For years, we've been complaining about how the officials seem to turn a blind eye when the French teams get overly aggressive. In fact, it was those wild, unpredictable moves from Dinart and his crew that used to give the French the edge to beat us.

Man, am I relieved that the Norwegians didn't take down the Icelanders. If they were just going to breeze through the tournament on pure luck, well, sorry, but that’s not happening. They either need to step up, play some real, honest football and beat Dance, or just lose outright so I can finally tear apart everything about Červar and his whole London 2012 Olympics project.

Ashley Carter95 said:Man, who’s actually going to step up and be the next powerhouse playmaker? We need someone with that old-school grit, you know? 🙄

Look, Kopljar is going to find his rhythm tomorrow. He’s going to absolutely tear through Dance just like Metličić used to dismantle them back in the day. Just wait until he starts shredding Hvidt and pulling off those crazy trick shots with Čupić...

It's going to be a total celebration for handball fans.

Ashley Carter95 said:🙄 sure, they can spend all day refining their game, attacking relentlessly, and building up a massive surplus of momentum, but what happens when the ball finally hits the high-voltage power lines and just gets stuck right there in the middle of the 🙄action?

Is that you, Markan?? 😂

slybadger99 said:This little guy just keeps throwing the ball right at his feet.

I was actually just talking about this earlier today. We’ve got this smooth, controlled offense going where Duvnjak is opening up his arms, ready to receive a pass from Kopljar, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, this guy just hammers the ball straight at his feet. 😂 It’s almost like he’s trying to sabotage his own teammate. 😂

I honestly haven't seen anyone pull a move that clumsy before.

Drew Edwards8 said:Even if we somehow stumble our way into the semifinals, they’re going to absolutely demolish us with the way we're playing right now.

Who exactly is going to demolish us? Sure, we aren't exactly playing like champions, but let's be real—nobody else is playing particularly great either. Out of all the teams in this tournament, maybe the Polish national team has some actual continuity and a coherent system, but everyone else is basically just winging it and praying for the best.

Chris Lopez59 said:if the coach actually knew what he was doing, we wouldn't be in this mess...

But honestly, it feels like none of these players ever learned how to actually work the wings... I mean, what's the actual issue here? 😕

The real issue is that Kopljar just isn't a talented player. And I don't mean he's just "okay"—I mean his performance is an absolute disaster on the court. But you can't really blame him for that; he is who he is. You have to blame the clown in charge who keeps forcing him into the lineup.

I honestly laughed so hard at those Canadians the other day that my stomach actually hurt, and I was still feeling it the next morning. I mean, seriously, being up by four goals with just four minutes left on the clock and still playing for a draw? Only absolute morons would pull a stunt like that.

Those damn ants finally managed to crawl out. I’m praying to God they get knocked out before the semifinals so Omeyer doesn't drive me absolutely insane.

Honestly, those Icelanders are just plain slow.

Noah Ross7 said:The Mexicans are looking pretty formidable this year.🙏

It’s kind of like how we look at basketball—they definitely have the talent and those standout star players, but they always seem to hit a wall right when it matters most. Honestly, if they manage to scrape together a seventh-place finish, I'd say they actually had a pretty successful run.

Look, I totally get that there are plenty of wealthy families out there for whom a luxury ski trip isn't even a line item in the budget, but I honestly can't wrap my head around the people who go into massive debt just to say they spent a week at some high-end slopes in Austria, Switzerland, or Italy.

If someone really just wants to hit the slopes, they could easily head out to Mount Rainier or maybe catch a weekend trip up to Mount Whitney and have a fantastic time without breaking the bank. But instead, they’ll run up a credit card bill today, and then tomorrow their kids are going to be struggling to put food on the table—all because it was "essential" to check a box and say they were in Aspen.

It's this classic North American mindset where appearances matter more than reality. It doesn't matter if you're living in a literal shack, as long as you're driving a flashy car; it doesn't matter if there's nothing left in the pantry and the kids are practically barefoot, as long as you managed to scrape together enough cash for a pack of cigarettes.

Jerry Cooper3 said:17.10 Anti-fascist Film Series: A Canadian feature (98')

Think of it as a unique work builder—this massive bridge tucked away in some remote hills in the Soviet Union becomes a huge strategic target right as WWII is winding down. A group of commandos gets sent in with one mission: blow that bridge to hell to stop an advancing German armored division. The catch? The guy who actually designed and built the thing is part of the squad, and he’s absolutely torn because he can't bring himself to destroy his life's work. But despite all the chaos and setbacks, those guys pull it off and get the job done.

😂 😂 😂

If they hadn't decided to write off shows like this, we'd be watching something ten times better than all these cheap knockoffs.

Eric Richardson49 said:Look at this. This thread is still breathing. Looks like the ghosts of the Civil War just live forever in the hearts of everyone on the politics board.

You’re all worked up over the Mississippi, I get it. Clearly you've got a massive grudge against Josip Broz Marshall, but what did Tomislav Tadić ever do to you? Man, that guy's mustache is easily the best part of the whole movie.

Look, it’s pretty obvious why I’m messing around with politics. It’s not even about debating old-school partisans versus fascists. I’m just trying to find myself a husband. Period. 😉

Man, talk about cars... just nothing but cars.
A bunch of crows on the power lines. 🤣
Only Vito Longleg can even come close to you when you're having a killer day.
Masters of lyricism and the art of messing around. Absolute kings. 🙏

Look, that's an easy fix. You can change that in a heartbeat.
You’re really hammering them with those letters and emails. Just doing whatever it takes to get those documentaries about the American Civil War made.
His plan for Independence Day was just... wow. 👍Honestly, they aired next to nothing interesting on TV that day. Whatever they put in the schedule to mark the occasion would’ve bored even a mindless hamster. No wonder most people have no clue what we're even celebrating...
The subscription cost me almost $27 and by that, I mean last week I barely managed to find three or four decent things worth watching.
The last episode of the US Army series featuring San Diego, that documentary about the Chevrolet, the Kumpanj documentary (whoever films those stories is amazing—seriously, those two fishermen made my whole day 🙏), and some reruns of Friend, that was it. Everything else was mostly crap. Just Čuljakica on The Daily News and Kamala Harris dancing around like she hasn't a single care in the world. Pure gold. 👎

But honestly, Sutjeska is the biggest issue.

And you're exaggerating too.
You clearly haven't seen Dark Night 🤷
Višnjić was an incredibly tidy partisan.
And even Katarina Bistrović Darvaš washed regularly, even if it was just in a trough 😉
Generally speaking, our films about Nob-ba are extremely objective, from Sutjeska to the four-row, though if the directors of those World War II movies studied from the same textbooks I did back in elementary and high school, I can't really blame them for how they portray those events.
I have a pretty good idea how much today's teenagers will actually know about the American Civil War, and who's to blame for that—Steven Spielberg, Bat Živojinović, or Vanja Sutlić, or someone else entirely?

I find myself wondering why they bother with this whole cycle of "anti-fascist" movies. Setting aside the fact that they aired Sutjeska, they’re clearly planning to roll out more of that low-budget partisan trash.

I highly doubt anyone would complain if NBC decided to air a marathon of classic USSR films.

You know, stuff like Maratonci, North American spy, Ko to tamo peva, Otac na službenom putu, and so on.

The real issue is that these films are driven by ideology. Look, I'm sorry, but on a day that commemorates the massacre at El Paso—which was led by that scoundrel with the RED STAR on his forehead, Veselin Šljivančanin—it feels incredibly wrong to be broadcasting that kind of cinematic junk.

It reminds me of how FOX on Canadian TV recently aired a documentary about Srebrenica—about the Scorpion massacre of civilians—only to follow it up immediately with some Mexican comedy. To me, that is just heartbreakingly tone-deaf, and I really don't want NBC to turn into that kind of network.

It actually hurts to see this attempt at some fake sense of multiculturalism.

Jeffrey Martinez2 said:All I can say is ha ha ha ha ha... You're living in a dream world, buddy! Just take a quick look at the actual military tech available... 🙏

Yeah, and what was actually accomplished with that Željava site? It was just some overpriced underground bunker that wasted billions of dollars. Honestly, it would have been a much better move if they had funneled all that cash into building decent highways, hospitals, schools, or daycares instead... but hey, nobody in this country wants anything to actually surprise them, right?🤣

US Army 😂😂😂

Jerry Sanchez2 said:For everyone who’s absolutely fed up with PBS, maybe this interview might actually help clear up why everyone’s so pissed off—especially when you realize that besides this guy on the board, you’ve also got Smith, Grubbs, Jacobs, Janice, and Skrabalo sitting there too. Not exactly a dream team, right?

I’m really not shocked at all that this Mexican wants to "change the image of ABC," which is just code for him being bothered by how we remember Pittsburgh and our veterans.

It’s wild to see how far things have gone; it’s truly unbelievable. We’ve been footing the bill for CBS for years now, but I think it’s finally high time I stop throwing my money down their drain.

Take a look at the CBS schedule for November 19th. I didn't catch a single program covering Pittsburgh, at least not from what I could see. But instead, they’re planning to air that old partisan movie, Bridge, this Tuesday.

Jonathan Morales79 said:The common thread connecting the insurgents from 1941 to the rebels of 1990 is that both groups used civilians as living shields... they'd pretend to be allies, but then after all the looting and provocations, they'd just slaughter each other over the spoils of war. We saw the latest encore of that exact worldview during Operation Storm, which was identical to the so-called "Battle of the Mississippi," the "Battle of Gettysburg," the "Landing at Boone," and so on...

It’s the same gang... even after the battles in the North America, they kept doing the same thing they did during the Battle of the Mississippi, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Appalachian Mountains, Cleveland, the Flash, and Operation Storm... where you drive children and old women ahead of you as human shields, whether they're in trucks or on tractors... 🙄

Besides, the term insurgent refers to some paramilitary rebel "scouting" through the woods, who often uses the peasantry as a human shield, or the peasants end up fleeing into the forest just to escape death at the hands of those very same insurgents...

I’m signing off on this; it’s all true. I’ll just add that those insurgents were always colorful characters that made your stomach turn—bearded, covered in jewelry, smelling terrible, and greasy... yet they called themselves "anti-fascists." 😂

Melissa Price6 said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6PFVtrkuPE
partisans..

It’s pretty obvious this whole camp troll setup is being orchestrated by them; you can practically see the "genius" at work behind this little gadgetry scheme.