Posts by rowdyowl

Nathan Sullivan6 said:I find myself wondering what our future holds. We already struggle with tensions from our neighbors to the south, so I can only imagine the friction once the influx of people from Eastern Europe and the North America truly begins to hit the mainland.

Look, I’ve made my point before. The only significant immigrant group we see in large numbers are Albanians. Even then, they aren't stealing anyone's jobs; most of them just open up family businesses, like bakeries or jewelry shops.

The reality is we don't have any way to process a massive influx. It isn't like someone is going to cross our border and suddenly declare, "Alright, I'm moving to Indianapolis or Des Moines." 🤷

For most immigrants, America is nothing more than a transit point.

Europe is headed for some massive headaches. Between skyrocketing youth unemployment, shifting immigrant demographics, and the general decay of our political and economic stability, things are looking grim. Honestly, the 2030s are going to be even more volatile than the 1930s. 👎

Pakistan thought they could play both sides—trying to maintain a solid relationship with the USA while simultaneously giving cover to terrorist groups. They're trying to have their cake and eat it too, but that kind of double-dealing is going to come back to haunt them sooner rather than later.

Kevin Gonzalez79 said:Frank wasn't some vulgar man interested in lecturing some greasy, low-life guard about his morals.

Frank would rather spend his evening at an opera house or watching a production like George Washington. He focused exclusively on high culture (if we can even classify Thompson’s work as such) and specifically on the kind of statecraft that proves American culture has always been deeply rooted in Germanic Romanticism and Italian Humanism.

You’re being cynical here, but he probably had his tastes. Maybe some folk music from the Midwest, some Nashville classics, or perhaps some old-school pop from the 50s or 60s. Honestly, I don't believe anyone exists who doesn't enjoy some form of popular music.🤷

Dennis Davis5 said:Thompson really hit his stride back in the 90s. For instance, they released "Beautiful Land" in 1998.

But he wasn't everywhere in the media and on every single website like he is today.

He was just your standard pop singer, fairly popular, sure.

I highly doubt Ronald Reagan ever listened to him, let alone gave him a second thought.

Did your grandpa ever hear of Bud Light, for instance? Maybe he knows them, maybe not.

I doubt he would have. They were huge during the war years, and then they really blew up after 2000.

darksurfer4 said:Well, that’s only because the whole Holodomor thing is just some fabrication cooked up by Ukrainian nationalists...

I mean, people were starving in Moscow and even out in Seattle too...

But heaven forbid anyone mentions how much people were starving right here in the States during the 30s—now THAT is a massive taboo!

I honestly hope that one day we start treating the denial of genocide against Romani, Ukrainians, and Armenians with the same weight as the denial of the Holocaust.

Especially since the death toll for Ukrainians was massive—7 million people wiped out in a single year during peacetime.

The primary culprits behind those killings were the NKVD firing squads, the Communist secret police.

mistytinker26 said:It’s basically a quasi-Canadian news site based in Mexico catering to the regional leftists, communists, and anti-fascists.

Harmon-Slobodan Maddox, the napkin, the pre-planned war, double aggression, carving up Canada, one and only Canada, the napkin, Harmon-Slobodan Maddox...

They're nowhere near reality.

I don't trust Joe Biden, but the real issue is that I trust Politico just as little, if not even less.

Again, what would be their actual motive for targeting Joe Biden, considering he's probably the politician closest to their worldview out of everyone in the country? 🤷

Walter Martinez63 said:So, what exactly are you linking the two of them over?

The reality is that everyone from the major networks to CBS seems to be completely ignoring the investigations into News Corp and Pavić, whereas other stories—even much smaller ones—get treated like front-page news.
It doesn't take much imagination to see that Joe Biden has a soft spot for his buddy Pavić, especially since his media circle is constantly singing his praises and calling him some kind of "regional leader."

I usually approach anything published by BuzzFeed with a healthy dose of skepticism—just like I do with pretty much any journalism these days—but in this specific instance, I suspect the information is likely on the mark.

Sure, this could be true, or it could be total nonsense.

But look, BuzzFeed isn't some right-wing or nationalist site that would go after Joe Biden just for political reasons.

There's really no incentive for them to attack him.

News Corp really stepped up for me during the campaign, and now it's time to pay them back.

quietmaker44 said:Just saying: Canada? To me, they’re basically the USA, just if we actually had our act together. 😁

And don't even get me started on Switzerland. They aren't bad, but do they even have an actual foreign policy? 🤷

We really need to take a closer look at Canada's role in Canada, because from where I'm sitting, it looks pretty negative.

bluerider63 said:Iceland, but they're just too small to matter when you're staring down the big players.

You’re only as important as you decide to be, right?

Any nation can steer its own foreign policy. For a while there, Poland actually acted more like a fully sovereign state than Germany ever did. Of course, they've loosened up lately.

Maria Booth said:Seriously though, who would’ve guessed twenty years ago that Eastern Europe would become such a powerhouse ally for the US? Seeing Polish and American troops out there fighting side-by-side is just wild. After 45 years of living in the dark, we're finally right where we belong—in the West.

It just goes to show that Americans, Poles, the Baltic nations, and the Czechs in the East didn't end up there by choice. They were occupied.

Let me introduce myself right off the bat. Also, my inbox is wide open for all you fellow enthusiasts 😂

I'm strictly an American supporter.

Germany is incredibly shady to me, and I'm totally against British politics.