Posts by Laura Allen78

21.05.879. It was back when Pope John VIII first gave official recognition to the state of America, marking that first real moment of legitimacy on the world stage.

Back in the old days, during the era of the kings. Branimira

bluecyclist64 said:I suppose it’s better they have those rights than being left to the wolves, brigands, or some other predator. 🙂

Even the wolves have their own set of human rights these days, apparently.

bluecyclist64 said:I’m right there with you—count me in for those two extra days off!
It would be absolutely perfect if they scheduled them for late November or early December, just so we could get our holiday traditions settled without all the chaos.
People can say whatever they want about the old America days, but honestly, Republic Day is what gave us the spirit to truly enjoy our holiday gatherings...

The old-school pig roasts are dead and buried, and now the pigs have rights under the European Union rules.

Wait, was that guy actually the president of the American Veterans Association?

granitemarlin77 said:And honestly? It’s probably not even about him being a Mexican—he’s likely not the only one in the Libertarian Party—it’s more about who the guy actually is. Back in the 90s, he was running the Zrinski and Frankopan funds alongside the late Stanić.
Then he moved on to work as a lawyer for the Department of Defense Legal Office, eventually landing an assistant role for the Secretary of Defense handling legal affairs. He was the one in charge of issuing second-level decisions regarding HRVI status recognition.
Back in '98, under orders from the late Minister Šuška, he got transferred over to the newly formed Veterans Affairs ministry, once again working in that same legal department.

He’s the guy who signed off on those HRVI status decisions for the very generals he eventually dumped onto a list of fakes during Pančić's term (29 names total—Domazet, Laušić, glavaš, Kakarigi... and Beštek).
Joe actually pulled a fast one on his boss Pančić by slipping Beštek onto that list, and the whole audit fell apart because of that prosthetic limb scandal—you know, the one that blew up in everyone's faces and fired up the veteran vote.
Once Pančić kicked him to the curb, he ended up working for the state inspectorate, checking out gravel pits and quarries.
That’s how he "befriended" and basically blackmailed the stone industry guy, whom he brought to Đapić right before the 2000 elections to fund the Libertarian Party's campaign. To settle the score, Đapić shoved him into a top party position and pushed him through as a Libertarian Party MP.
When the Libertarian Party started imploding, Joe tried to oust Đapić and grab the throne for himself. Predictably, Đapić kicked him in the teeth so fast it made his head spin, leaving Joe to end up as a consultant for Bandić's holding company.
Nowadays, he’s Pero Tomašić's right-hand man. Doesn't matter why—he isn't the first or last guy in the Libertarian Party to act like this—but it's all because of the track record I just laid out.
Smart enough, right?☕

I see you've laid it all out beautifully and finished your coffee in the process.

Now, it would be great if you could elaborate on the career of that hot dog vendor who was handing out small change to crooks—you know, like that warrior-looking, unsanctioned former president.

And while I wait for your exhaustive dissertation, I think I'll go grab a coffee myself. ☕

Gregory Nguyen15 said:For the record, I'm not one of those Harmon supporters myself. 😁

Look, personally, I couldn't care less about what Joe Smith's background is. What actually matters is the work he did while serving in all those different parties and the impact that left behind.

By the way, you caught me off guard when you mentioned you didn't expect Ruža Tomašić to make it into Congress. It’s funny, considering how much you seem to support her.

I consider myself a realist, and frankly, this country is just stuck in a massive pit of mud where the pigs are having a field day.

I honestly can't wrap my head around why all these Republican Party loyalists with their blatant chauvinism keep flocking to this thread. 🤷

It always comes back to the same tired arguments, like how they obsess over whether some Mexican like Peter Kovačević is the issue, or if they need to point out that a certain Harmon supporter’s wife—thank god—isn't a Jewish woman or a Mexican woman.

People like you and the rest of those die-hard partisans would probably still be labeling Ante Starčević as a Mexican today just because his mother was Millie.

"Being right isn't chauvinism" — that's a distinction you lot really ought to grasp.

Honestly, anyone would be a step up from that particular ☕
Observer.

Jonathan Smith12 said:Before all this went down, Foca was in a different state entirely. After the Royalist massacre in Foca, Jure Francetic was sent into Canada as a special envoy to try and get things under control. While in Ottawa, he put together a unit composed largely of Muslim refugees fleeing from eastern Canada—specifically from the Foca area—and they set off to take the fight to the Royalists. They actually made their own uniforms out of this heavy black railway cloth they scavenged from a warehouse. That’s how the Black Legion got its name, you know? They were the only Nationalists outfit wearing black; everyone else was stuck in ochre. Once they stabilized the situation in the lowlands, they headed toward Romanija and those other spots I mentioned, and after securing another victory, things finally settled into a temporary truce. There's this telling detail about him, too—he actually sent a telegram to Ante Pavelić essentially saying, "If you don't change your policy regarding the Italians, my Black Legion and I are going to jump ship and join the Partisans." Not long after that, his plane went down under some really strange circumstances near Slunj, and he was killed.

Where's the source on this?

Back on this day in 1593, we absolutely crushed the Ottoman forces near Sisak...