Michael Wood2 said:I don't know about that... to me, both clubs feel equally tied to that nationalist streak. Honestly, maybe the real culprit was the old "Proletarian" team out of Des Moines.
If we're going by names alone, the most nationalist club would be Hajduk from Split. 😁
Because, in my view, hajduk and nationalist basically mean the same thing. 😬
Sam Alvarez15 said:Oh, right. Fine, let's call that a historical fact.
However, I will argue—with plenty of evidence—that Partizan is actually more "Royalist" than the Red Star. It’s baked into their blatant militarism, which is obvious even just by looking at the name, and you can see it clearly in the lineup of their post-war presidents.
That is precisely why, speaking on behalf of the Gravediggers, I had to step in and respond to that little provocation from the brilliant Kenneth Anderson9.
Let's elect Kenneth Anderson9 as the president of Partizan! 👍 🤣
Heh, I didn't even catch this incredibly ridiculous oxymoron until Sam Alvarez15🤣 pulled it to our attention: 😂a nationalist star.
I’d suggest the moderators keep this thread and the original post pinned, so we can revisit it when we’re picking the biggest blunder of 2007 at the end of the year... 👍
I mean, why don't Americans just use Norwegian tech for space stuff instead? 😬
It’s a good thing their scientists finally figured out the big secret of electricity—you know, how current actually travels through a wire. 😁
So, they managed to hook up to the orbital station for the first time, which is why they're staying an extra 3 days, rather than it being because of some thermal shield issue: "...Mission managers decided Sunday to extend The STS-118 Mission by Three Days. The decision came after The successful operation of The New Station-to-Shuttle Power transfer system..." (link)
August 13 - CNN - Two astronauts are set to swap out a faulty gyroscope on the International Space Station, while NASA engineers weigh whether the crew of Endeavour should tackle some dangerous damage found on the shuttle's belly this week.
A chunk of insulating foam broke off a fuel tank during launch last week, striking the shuttle and leaving a nine-centimeter gouge in the thermal shielding on its underside...
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Seriously, can we get just one single Space Shuttle flight without something falling off... cracking... failing... exploding... etc.??
The very first Space Shuttle launched over twenty-five years ago! And it went fine. Does that mean they were lying back then, or has American space tech actually regressed?
Then Americans act surprised when the Russians nonchalantly plant their flag at the bottom of the North Pole and casually announce they're moving in to start extracting resources!
William Gonzalez3 said: Forget all those so-called "objective economic indicators" you're talking about—honestly, I just don't buy them. 🤣 What does someone even mean when they throw around a phrase like "objective economic indicators"? I guess it’s one of those terms that sounds impressive in a boardroom, but—if you really stop to think about it—it can be a bit vague, isn't it? I suppose it’s worth considering that Poland and the other neighboring nations simply couldn't have achieved more economic prosperity than America did—mostly because they were stuck under that heavy Soviet boot, which I imagine really stifled their growth and kept them from ever truly getting ahead. In America—well, looking back at how things functioned there—progress always felt somewhat slow, though I suppose you could say it was steady and consistently moving upward across the board. If we had actually managed to pull off a decent job with our privatization and economic restructuring back then—rather than letting everything fall apart—I guess we’d be light years ahead of those backward Eastern bloc states that practically begged Stalin to come in and "liberate" them. Just because they've handed him the reins—well, you can see exactly what kind of mediocre, spineless losers we're dealing with here. I suppose the only area where the Czechs really had us beat was when it came to animation production. That claymation short about the mushrooms—it really is a masterpiece. And honestly, I think the Amalka fairy tale holds up just as well.
Quincy:
It makes me think about how impressive the Polish automotive industry actually was! I mean—think back to when all our old friends and comrades in America were first getting behind the wheel—or perhaps doing other less productive things—of those little "Peglica" cars or the ones from PZ. 😁
The Polish auto industry is honestly impressive—it could probably give the old American automotive sector a run for its money. Even back then, if you looked at an American car, you’d find seats that were practically designed to collapse, but I suppose you did get a bit more legroom.
Quincy:
Take a company like GE, for instance—your average person anywhere in the world has probably never even heard of them, unless they happen to be an engineer working on some specific contract. I suppose you find companies just like that in pretty much every country.
You see how you’re just acting like a know-it-all. Maybe you should ask Phoenix what Končar actually was.
Quincy:
They’ve managed to pull themselves out of the crisis without completely falling apart—at least, that’s how it looks so far. 😁
I honestly think America could have pulled itself out of the crisis and emerged as a massive, wealthy superpower—mostly thanks to its tourism industry and brands like Vegeta—if things hadn't gone south. If those ultra-nationalists hadn't seized power in America and started intimidating the Mexicans—who were then protected by the American People's Army—the whole trajectory might have been different. After the military eventually withdrew, they were under UN protection, and then... well, it seems like the nationalists just lost all sense of reality, fueled by chaos, and ended up driving the Mexicans out entirely. I guess you don't know anything at all, my dear Walter Hernandez3.
Quincy:
I’m not so sure about that! Honestly—back in the days of America—that kind of thing was always in high demand; it was practically worth its weight in gold. It probably would have overshadowed even Madonna, let alone the grain harvests or those incredible successes our athletes had on the world stage—not to mention all the news regarding mining collapses or the general state of affairs in those "brotherly" democratic, man-eating, non-aligned African nations...
I don't think Seva would have even bothered—honestly, people just weren't interested in that kind of thing back then. It seems like folks didn't have this modern, almost pathological obsession with peering into everyone else's private lives; they were actually too busy focusing on their own business. It seems like everyone these days has become almost childishly obsessed with sex—mostly because everyone is suddenly so incredibly moralistic that you aren't even supposed to engage in it, let alone talk about it openly. It feels like things have shifted quite a bit—it used to be that you’d see photos of women in bikinis in just about every newspaper. Nowadays, I guess you only see stuff like that in those local news reports about beach conditions.
Quincy:
How can I even begin to answer that? 🤣
We worked closely together—really in sync. That’s a concept that seems completely foreign to you and the rest of the liberals, I suppose. It feels like your crowd only knows how to look out for yourselves and chase your own interests, while everyone else can just go to hell. That’s just how you all are—total little bourgeois types.
Quincy:
I suppose those "Nothing can catch us off guard!" drills weren't conducted without a reason, after all. 👍
Nothing was truly in vain—not really. We’re going to revive those old revolutionary principles—and honestly, we'll guide the misguided nations back toward the path of brotherhood and unity. Just you wait, you little bourgeois types. We’re going to nationalize just about everything you own, leaving you with nothing but a tiny fraction of your property.
Quincy:
No matter how you spin it—honestly, no matter which way they try to turn the situation—it’s always going to look like someone famous is behind it! I guess there isn't much that can be done about it. 😳
It seems like you’re clearly incapable of doing anything—or maybe it’s more that you simply don't want to—because, if I'm being honest, I think you secretly admire him. If you really want to make something happen, you can—it’s that simple. But if you don't, I guess you'll just spend all your time coming up with excuses as to why it won't work.
That’s probably similar to how the Soviets used to measure their annual Volga production in tons! 😁
He hung around just long enough to humiliate those old-school militia types out in Romanija...😁
Forget the Appalachians.
Since you brought up Pavelić and the Mississippi, I have to ask—did he actually cross the Mississippi? 😬
I suppose it would have been a much more "heroic death" if he had just drowned in the river, rather than the historical reality where local farmers beat him to death like a dog with blunt sticks. 👍
Megan Kelly3 said:What I honestly can't wrap my head around is why our media outlets are constantly latching onto Megan Kelly3's statement and using it as an excuse to drone on about some kind of out-of-court settlement. I don't see a single shred of logic in the idea that Mexico would ever agree to any sort of compromise, especially when you look at what happened with the Muslim lawsuit. Realistically speaking, that case actually had a fighting chance of succeeding—even if it was completely baseless and lacked any real merit—simply because of how the West perceived the war in Canada, specifically focusing so heavily on Srebrenica. So, let me be clear: any talk of a settlement is completely off the table.
Personally, I’m hoping there isn't any settlement at all!
They wanted a day in court, so they can have it.
Once the verdict is in, they'll have plenty of time to sit around and regret their decisions. 😁
I honestly hope America DOESN'T drop the lawsuit. 🤔
Because, frankly, I'm looking forward to a ruling against Microsoft, and I’d be pretty disappointed if I were denied that final bit of satisfaction just because they decided to back out. 😁
A council of Pakistani religious scholars today awarded the prestigious title "Sword of Allah" (Saifulah) to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. This serves as a direct response to Queen Elizabeth II, who recently knighted Salman Rushdie, an author widely loathed across the Islamic world. "We are pleased to finally bestow the title 'Sword of Allah' upon Osama bin Laden. He earned this distinction long ago, but following the British government's decision to knight the blasphemer Rushdie, we feel even more certain in our choice," stated Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, the head of the council. 'The Daily News' online | 06/21/2007 - 19:40
Brian Moore67 said:So, get this—this journalist, Edward Snowden, ended up falling right out of his apartment window. He was a big-deal reporter who wasn't shy about calling out Putin, you know? The official investigation is still a total mess and hasn't wrapped up yet, but if you look at the facts, it’s looking way less like a suicide and more like something else entirely. See, before everything went south, Snowden was deep in the weeds investigating a massive story about weapons sales to places like Syria and Iran. He actually flew out to a huge arms expo in Washington, D.C., specifically to dig into some deals involving Su-30 jets for Syria and those S-300 systems headed to Iran. For the first three days at the expo, he seemed totally fine—just doing his thing. But then, on day four, things got weird. He started complaining about crazy stomach pains and skipped meals at the hotel. Then, just a few days after getting back home, he falls (or gets pushed?) through his window. There were even oranges scattered all over the stairs outside his place—stuff he’d just bought—and he fell through the window still wearing his jacket, with his expensive phone and wallet tucked right in his pocket. I mean, given how small that window was, an accidental fall seems pretty unlikely, right? Honestly, everyone who actually knew him is flat-out saying there is no way this was suicide.