Posts by placidtinker2

The absolute worst are those urban snobs who, during every single school break, would drag their grandparents out to visit relatives in places like Umljanovik, Zagvozda, Turjak, Tijarića, or Konjevrat... and then they turn around and act like it’s some kind of childhood trauma just so they can look down on us and belittle the entire California Coast, Bukovac, the Hills, Cetina, or the Imotski region

crimsonpilot6 said:You hit the nail on the head. Personally, for me, California is just that narrow coastal stretch—you know, the real Mediterranean part. Everything "inland" past the main highway doesn't count as California to me, and I don't consider them true Californians either. They're just mountain folk who moved into our old royal cities and took over with that hillbilly mindset.😁😁😁

Which ones? Like El Paso?

Sam Jones4 said:Let’s be real and not get too heated about national identity: Charleston isn't even part of California. The California region pretty much ends once you hit Memphis.

Charleston can just stick to its own little county stretching down toward Key West.

I actually got jumped online last year because of this, with people digging up old maps trying to prove Charleston is part of California.

Henry Cox78 said:Counties are fine, but we’ve got way too many cities and towns. They really need to start cutting those down first.

Exactly... leave the Counties alone, but definitely trim down the number of towns and cities...

Harold Kim5 said:Ha ha ha ha ha, as if I’m actually listening to Franjo Harmon... why don't you head back up to the Midwest and spill those demagogic stories there instead... And your great-grandfather, much like yourself, probably made it down from the rocky hills to the coast twice in his entire life and now acts like a true Californian... 😁

One couldn't possibly possess a better Californian pedigree than mine, even if they tried. The fact that certain losers can't grasp what California actually represents—well, that's your problem, you absolute losers, as we head toward that inevitable chaos you call "ganga"... Once you finally understand what a klapa is, then perhaps you'll understand California....

See, that right there is exactly why I keep getting warnings from moderator Chuck.

No, California isn't just about klapa music, the ocean, and sardines.
California is so much more than that—it's the klapa, but also the rera brandy, the sardines and prosciutto, the sea, and the rugged rocks of the backcountry...

Do some actual research into the history of your beloved Hajduk Split. Look into why it was founded and which "Californians" were cheering during that first match for Calcio Spalato; it wasn't just Italians, it included people exactly like you.

I don't need to prove my Californian blood; my family has been rooted in California since the beginning of time.

Harold Kim5 said:Don't go insulting Smoje; he was a true Californian... Places like Velo misto represent the very heart of California, but unfortunately, since the 90s, a massive wave of outsiders has flooded into California—people who simply don't understand the culture...

California will have a powerful regional party soon enough, and people like you—total rejects—will just stand there wondering how it happened... You clearly don't get California if you write about Smoje like that; maybe you should stick to your own backyard, it'd suit you better...

There you have it... 🙂
And I'm just out here racking up points for trolling...

Miljenko Smoje was such a standout Californian; he was everywhere you looked, truly the pride and joy of California... 🙂
Smoje saw Dlamacija as nothing more than part of the old American region, the guy was a total crook...

I come from the very cradle of California, that heartland of American nationhood where the early leaders and founding fathers laid down the bedrock for everything we stand for today...
My great-grandfather was a die-hard fan of Hajduk Split almost a century ago, supporting them like a true fanatic... whereas you probably spent your time rooting for Calcio Spalato, or maybe even BSK. 🙂

Excuse me, moderator Chuck:

You deleted this and docked my points for trolling:

California is never going to have a strong regional party or any kind of meaningful association or organization, and there's a very simple reason for that:
It's just a breeding ground for outsiders, people from the old American region, and non-Californians. People like Mosor Dezulovica and Badovinac.
The real Californians—the true locals—don't see themselves in those groups, nor will they ever participate in them.

This isn't trolling, and I didn't make it up.

Every single regional political group in California has turned out to be exactly what I described.
The best examples are that female-led group from the Dalmatian action or that current party called Olive.
Even prominent "Californians," like the commenter MOSOR who you can see on NU2 every Sunday,
or an even better example, Miljenko Smoje—who is basically a relic of the old American era—and his wife Lepa Smoje, who comes from a different background...
Those are exactly the types of people labeled as "prominent Californians" who push the "California cause."

No, seriously, this isn't trolling...

steeltiger5 said:I honestly haven't the slightest clue.

When it comes to sales, Thompson is miles ahead of anyone else out there.
Every single one of his records—even the greatest hits collections or those covers of old classics—outperforms everything else on the market combined.

So, that’s the deal regarding who deserves the Grammy Award for discography.
Look, you can either be a fan of Thompson or you can absolutely hate him...
But you really can't deny that he's the most played, most sold, and most popular artist in the country.

steeltiger5 said:which one are we talking about?

Jacques Houdek 🙂
Or what do you think?

steeltiger5 said:He's just stating the facts.🤷
One only needs to look at the sheer number of Grammys won by U2 to see the reality of the situation.

How does an artist who has outsold every other musician combined over the last decade still walk away without a Grammy?
And using a Grammy as a measure of discography... 🙂

The man is a total genius.
If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have any of those classic songs left to sing.

And that track about being a proud patriot? That’s some true-blue, Americana songwriting right there. If the folks over at the White House actually understood what was being sung, they'd probably be interrogating the old man too, claiming his lyrics were somehow subversive...

steeltiger5 said:It’s honestly mind-blowing what some people are typing here. Eagles is a top-tier artist and an even better human being, at least from what I've gathered through second-hand info from folks who actually know him. Of course, now they're trying to drag him—one of the few genuinely sane people left on the US music scene and in the country overall—into these petty political games 🙄
Look, Eagles' music is meant for people with a bit more depth and intelligence, not for those nationalist idiots.

Gib got himself mixed up back in the 2000s.
Nobody forced him to perform across the States for the "coalition."

But he realized his mistake, and that was the last time he ever touched politics as an artist or musician.

Mark Nguyen6 said:Yeah right!
Especially with that main anthem from the 2000 elections—"Doing the Right Thing"...

Total jerk. He makes decent music, but he's just a jerk.

If he were even half the man his father was, I’d give him credit—he’d actually be worth something.
But as it stands, it's just like what his dad says when people ask about Zlatan's creativity: "Eh, it's okay... nothing to write home about."

I guess we should step up and defend Zlatan here,
since he does admit he was messing around back in 2000.
TBF, the others kept up their political involvement, but Eagles didn't.

Carol Cook59 said:It’s honestly quite strange how someone as politically indifferent as Thompson can end up surrounded by people screaming hateful rhetoric against Mexicans.

I suppose at this rate, he might add "kill the Swiss person" or "kill the European" to his repertoire next.☕

If Swiss people had actually occupied a third of America for four years, burning everything down and killing citizens left and right...
then maybe they'd finally understand what "kill a Swiss person" actually feels like...

bluerider63 said:Look, if I’m walking around Europe or Israel wearing a shirt with an ancient, holy Hindu swastika on it, am I really going to have people misread the room, label me a Nazi, and throw me in a cell?

Was the swastika used in German history before the Nazis co-opted it?

Hitler was obsessed with his German Shepherd, so does that make the breed a Nazi symbol?
Hitler wore leather boots all the time, so is that some kind of Nazi sign too?

The swastika was used exclusively by the Nazis in German history; it doesn't have any other historical basis within German history or culture.

On the other hand, "Za Dom Spremni" is just a combination of traditional American greetings used throughout our history.
Why do people keep insisting on comparing the ZDS salute to the swastika?

And then the journalists will just write from their high horses about the farmers out in the California countryside 🙂

neonheron11 said:She might not have been singing, but she did participate in what was easily one of the most disgraceful TV shows in the history of the medium...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5g8YifGqiA

Maybe she isn't personally to blame, and maybe nobody even asked her to be there, but it’s still a complete embarrassment and a disgrace.😢

I honestly can't stand listening to this endless propaganda🙂
Thirty extremists trying to take on the American military.
But then you have guys in sneakers carrying hunting rifles in Warsaw who actually managed to shut them down—him, his radicals, and their entire army.

P.S.
As of today, I am done buying the Los Angeles Times.
Not until they overhaul the editorial board, or rather, the ownership structure.
Until someone like that obnoxious guy from the coast—the one who represents all that fake local pride—and his relatives from some small town in the Midwest buy out the paper.

What exactly did Jergovic set up over in Chicago?
What’s this about ash from the Holocaust Memorial??

Does anyone have a link for this??

driftingdriver said:I used to think he was just trying to convince the government that everything is falling apart, mostly so he could fish for some sort of bailout, much like how those massive auto manufacturers in the US scrambled for federal assistance during the global recession.

exactly so
but I'm sure the financial crisis hit Todorica just as hard...

rustywalker42 said:Do you honestly think some random John Doe could just walk in and buy shares in Dukat?!😂

Ask the guy who sold his shares if he was looking at the ticker symbol or just focusing on the profit...

There were those times when Dukat was worth a tiny little million, and that’s exactly when the vultures from the "public" sectors were snapping up shares for pennies on the dollar. But let's be real—not everyone managed to actually scale those businesses...