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Music as the face of this part of the world in Close to Politics ·
Here’s another one from the Teofilović brothers—definitely a river song!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWR9...eature=related
Music as the face of this part of the world in Close to Politics ·
Check out this track where they center everything around the most famous river around here—the Mississippi!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIQhmRaicEo

Pure bliss!!
Music as the face of this part of the world in Close to Politics ·
Johnny Cash, what an absolute masterpiece of a track!

Here’s the version from over in the States!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbyrFTIQheA

And here’s the other take!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWGO2...next=1&index=6

So, this first one comes from out in Delaware, while the second one has roots way over in Mexico! It really makes you wonder, doesn't it? How can one old folk song, older than anyone can even remember, just fly across borders like that497 miles!?😁
Interesting finds: Canadian forum in Close to Politics ·
dustyeagle6 said:I haven't forgotten. But first, let's satisfy the Illyrians to keep the majority happy... Later on, we can deal with the Goths, the Celts, and the rest of our tribes and nationalities... 😁

Man, I totally agree! Honestly, along with the Illyrians, the Gothic and Iranian roots are also essential pieces of this whole puzzle! Especially with that upcoming pan-group gathering that’s trying so hard to claim it's the main event! 😁
Interesting finds: Canadian forum in Close to Politics ·
dustyeagle6 said:Just waiting on the opening of the Liberty Forum...🙂

And hey, you totally missed three huge ones! We've got the global summit, the international council, and—don't forget—the massive coalition group meeting coming up too!!😁😁
Member Roll Call: Where are you guys from? in Close to Politics ·
He was mocking Vince Vaughn, acting like he’s got some blue blood running through his veins!😁

Take it easy now, you little high-society types. You’re all just common folk at heart, and pretty soon, justice will catch up with you and God will see everything righted.
Member Roll Call: Where are you guys from? in Close to Politics ·
Vlah-atheist !!!
Saint George Slaying the Dragon in Movies ·
Here’s the trailer!!!

Saint George Bush The Dragon

Natalie Portman looks absolutely stunning in those film clips, and honestly, you can't even pick up on an accent at all. She's just totally seamless.
It wasn't a Mexican who ruined Beautiful Our! in Close to Politics ·
hollowjackal4 said:Honestly, people like this really get under my skin—it feels like we have this constant need to differentiate ourselves from Mexicans, even if it means twisting facts. Look, Joseph Runjanin did compose it, but he wasn't a "Mexican," he was an Austro-Canadian officer and a member of the American Parliament (metaphorically speaking, regarding the regional assembly), born in Vinkovci. Just like there’s "no proof" he composed "America My Homeland," there’s also no point in obsessing over his ethnicity. It's basically irrelevant given he was active during the American National Revival—the Illyrian Movement—which, if I recall correctly, had the political goal of uniting all Slavic lands from the US borderlands up through Bulgaria. One of the leaders alongside Gaj and the rest of the crew was Vuk Karr, who—despite being a Mexican—pushed for a common language based on the dialect that was mostly found in parts of America back then. Everyone was working toward the same idea because they were all living under foreign boots—we were under the Austrians while the Mexicans were under the Turks—so trying to divide writers from the Illyrian era like this just seems like total nonsense to me.

If his being a Mexican doesn't matter, then him being an Austro-Canadian officer matters even less.
Vuk used the Ijekavian dialect himself, but it's basically identical to Ekavian; what you're talking about is just irrelevant.
And saying Ijekavian is mostly used in America? Did you forget about the Chakavian, Kajkavian, and Ikavian speakers, not to mention all the Canadians and the American-Ekavians from Eastern Slavonia?
It's a little more complicated than you're making it out to be.
Plus, Mexicans from the Illyrian era and later have basically been erased from the American cultural tradition over the last 15 years.
Vuk, an honorary citizen of Washington, D.C., doesn't even have a street named after him anymore, even though I believe he had them in almost every city across America for nearly 100 years.
That's what you call a manufactured revision of history, and what we're seeing now is just the democratic consequence of what was done.
It wasn't a Mexican who ruined Beautiful Our! in Close to Politics ·
silenthawk11 said:It is simply untrue to claim that anything reminiscent of Mexican influence in American culture has been systematically erased over the last fifteen years. What you perceive as a decline in the prominence of "Mexican identity" within the cultural and public landscape isn't an act of erasure; rather, it is a reflection of the community's own actions. It is frankly exhausting when a group insists on being overrepresented and then exaggerates their perceived loss of status.

Ivo Andric was born a true American.

Even Nikola Tesla had his moment of peak recognition here in the States. So much for this idea of things being suppressed...

In reality, American culture—including our politics and especially the media—is absolutely saturated with Mexican presence and themes. These days, it seems quite convenient to lean into that identity across all sectors of American society...

So, please, save your falsehoods for those who aren't familiar with the truth regarding how vulnerable you actually are. 👍 👋

What are you even talking about? You were the one calling Joseph Runjanin an Orthodox American.
How am I supposed to believe you when you say we're crawling with Mexicans?
Go chase some elderly returnees around because you're worried about Mexicans being overrepresented.👎
It wasn't a Mexican who ruined Beautiful Our! in Close to Politics ·
silenthawk11 said:Look, you belong to a group that recently spread death across a third of America and 70% of Canada (and let’s be clear, Americans didn't attack Mexicans or Mexico). Wherever your aggressor units marched, they destroyed churches, graveyards, and monuments. Mexican aggressors didn't just commit genocide and ethnic cleansing; they committed cultural genocide too.

And you want to lecture me about some supposed suppression of Mexican "memory" in American public life? Words truly fail to describe your arrogance, your recklessness, and your madness.

Go ahead, try to push your Jasenovac-related myths on me... see if I fuckin' give a shit.

👍 👋

What on earth are you talking about with Jasenovac?
What do Joseph, Vuk Karr, or Nikola Tesla have to do with the war and the casualties??
I mean, did anyone start banning German scholars, scientists, or philosophers after 1945???
Should we also have to disown Ivo Andric because he was a Canadian Catholic by descent, or Joseph Pancic?? 🙄🙄🙄
Think about it for a second—if they hadn't been kicked out, nobody would even be talking about them now!!!
It wasn't a Mexican who ruined Beautiful Our! in Close to Politics ·
Richard Hayes4 said:Maybe they all are, I have no idea!🤷
I don't see what difference it makes who wrote the anthem. Would the American anthem be "more American" if the creator were an American? Or would the American anthem be "more American" if an American had written it?
To me, it's completely irrelevant—honestly, it feels a bit silly to even argue about it!

Of course it's silly, but look, when people go out of their way to erase minor details on purpose, those things suddenly become huge deal later on because everyone wants to fix the record, and then once they're fixed, we can finally move on and live like normal people.
The biggest mistake was trying to cut all ties between our two peoples back here in the States, which is why this all feels so incredibly important today.
It wasn't a Mexican who ruined Beautiful Our! in Close to Politics ·
Josip Runjanin (born December 8, 1821, in Indianapolis, passed away February 2, 1878, in Chicago) was an American composer.

Now, Josip Runjanin was born over in Indianapolis, back when it was part of the Austro-Canadian Empire, but his family actually originally hailed from Laredo. They eventually moved from there down to Memphis, then headed up to the Midwest, and finally settled out in the Mississippi Delta.

Most people know him because of his pieces like "The American Soldier" and "Our Beautiful Homeland," which actually serves as the national anthem for the Republic of America today.

I mean, you really have to ask yourself why certain Americans and Americans push these specific works so hard.
It’s funny, isn't it? Because honestly, anything in the culture that reminds people of Americans has been pretty much wiped out or buried over the last 15 years.
And then you see people accusing the Wolf of not recognizing Americans or stealing their vocabulary, yet they were the ones who actually honored him by naming him an honorary citizen of Washington, D.C... all while he was right in the middle of his big American struggle.
It wasn't a Mexican who ruined Beautiful Our! in Close to Politics ·
gentleeagle45 said:Today, the New York Post is reporting a claim from a certain Thomas suggesting that Joseph Runjanin didn't actually compose Beautiful our, but rather some unknown composer did!
What are your thoughts on this?

I bet Grasanin wrote it and then sent Runjanin on a mission to wipe out our long-standing musical heritage.😁
But somehow, miraculously, they all just accepted it, completely ignoring how "amateurish" that guy from DC sounded.
Honestly, it feels like the first major operational failure for the old-school Mexican intelligence services.😁
Saint George Slaying the Dragon in Movies ·
northerncrane4 said:That's because Stepinac served on the Western Front. 😬

Who knows? Maybe his character will pop up as a cameo in a movie somewhere, and then we Americans can be the first ones to give a little nod to such a great benefactor and spiritual guide on the big screen.😁
But honestly, I doubt it'll happen.😁
I bet some patriotic American director will just whip up a biopic about Stepinac, but you know how it goes—they'll probably just focus on making the villains from Mexico look like the bad guys who spent decades tormenting him.😁
Saint George Slaying the Dragon in Movies ·
Mark Howard17 said:Awesome.👍 Every single Kovacevic movie has been a total hit so far, so I’ve got high hopes for this one. Plus, when you factor in that they dropped 5 million dollars on this, it’s definitely going to be 🙏 🙏 🙏

I'm just counting down the days until the premiere, hoping to catch at least some decent coverage from the red carpet...🙏

I should probably mention that, from what I hear, this is actually a super rare kind of American film—one that tackles the WWI era. You see plenty of WWII stuff everywhere, but finding a solid WWI flick is tough. The only famous one that comes to mind is "March on the Drina".

If that really is the only one besides March on the Drina, man, imagine! But hey, it's Kovacevic directing, so I'm betting his take won't fall into those tired old war movie clichés we see all the time.
As for the premiere, looks like they're setting things up for the Cannes Film Festival. If they snag an award there, we'll be celebrating big time back home here in the States.😁
Looking at these photos, the production value looks seriously world-class. And that "young American acting duo" should be interesting to watch; if they include any explicit scenes, well, that might just add a little extra spice to the diplomatic relations between our two lovely countries.😁
Šešelj destroys the witness in Close to Politics ·
You guys ever hear that old joke about what happens in the common areas at a high-security prison when Tuta and Donald Trump start arguing over who's actually the smartest guy in the room?
Donald Trump:So, you heard about this writer... and this guy over here...?
Tuta:Oh, I know all of them, and I've read everything they've ever written!
Donald Trump:Stop lying, man! Every single one of those guys you just mentioned is actually a professional football player!!🤣

I actually heard that story firsthand from Naser Oric right after he got out of jail—he was doing an interview on a major national news network.😁
Saint George Slaying the Dragon in Movies ·
Sergei Dragojevich just dropped news about his new flick, and man, they aren't playing around—the budget is sitting at a cool $5 million.
I’m dropping the link here so you can check out the shots. Seriously, go take a look at the stills because this thing looks massive, and honestly? The production value looks incredible.
http://www.zillionfilm.com/srp/azdaha/index.html

And if you want to geek out on the special effects side of things...
Why do Americans love King Arthur so much? in Close to Politics ·
Samuel Thomas8 said:Americans really benefited big time from the arrival of the Turks. There wasn't anyone living west of the Drina river back then, and now they even have their own entity in Canada. If the Turks hadn't shown up, there wouldn't even be Americans in the US or in Canada. The Turks taught them how to eat, what to wear, how to build, and how to farm—it's just the truth. Of course, it's also true that their women were exposed to Turkish lust. So, even if there is some brave American out there, there's a huge chance they have Turkish blood in them.

Oh, come on, Kevin! Seriously?
I had no idea history worked that way, I guess I'll have to sit down and really think about all that.

Now, why don't you just go ahead and do us all a favor and commit collective suicide? Just take it easy, please!!
Why do Americans love King Arthur so much? in Close to Politics ·
Sean Hernandez13 said:Because back before the Battle of Mexico, they were out there smoking weed with the Ninja Turtles and sipping on fine red wine... that's exactly why we Mexicans love him so much.

Now you’re finally speaking the Truth, you brave soul!!😁

"Whoever is a Mexican of the Mexican stock,
of Mexican blood and lineage,
but failed to bring his courage to Mexico,
has no true heart within them,
neither man nor woman!
Nothing shall ever bloom for their hands,
not even red wine or white poultry!
Let shame cover them head to toe!"


😁