45 posts shown.
Look, guys, quit messing around. I’m being dead serious this time.
They’ve already gone and crowned a new leader—Roger Federer.
Watch your mouths, seriously. Everything you type stays on the server forever. What if Federer decides to reopen Alcatraz?
Who exactly do you think is laughing here?
People didn't even bother showing up for early elections back when the Prime Minister got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and ended up behind bars.
Don't sweat it, though. There are way too many deadbeats living off the taxpayer, and everyone else is too busy hitting the local dive bars or losing their shirts at the sportsbook to care.
Hey everyone.
My brother is F20, currently in a psychotic episode, and he’s been hospitalized at Mount Sinai. Before this, he went nine years without any psychosis—totally functional, even working as a doctor. Honestly, the doctors thought he was bipolar all this time, but it looks like it’s actually schizophrenia.
Anyway, he’s actually cooperating with the treatment and taking his meds, though the delusions are still there. I’m not sure about the hallucinations yet. They’re letting him come home for the weekend, but since he and my parents live in Chicago, he isn't going back there; he’s staying with me and my wife in downtown Chicago instead.
Now, I’m honestly a bit lost on how to handle certain things. I’m going to try to catch the psychiatrist tomorrow before I pick him up, but who knows if she'll actually be available.
For example, about 90% of his delusions revolve around politics and Facebook arguments. He’s already planning to get back to "fighting people on Facebook" once he gets to our place. Do you guys think it's better to let him go online while I keep an eye on him, or should I just try to convince him that the Wi-Fi is down?
Also, does anyone know if you can cancel cell phone contracts early based on mental incapacity? While he was in the middle of the psychosis, he was out buying tablets and signing up for new service plans with multiple carriers. My parents say they're getting packages arriving every single day for stuff he ordered right before he was admitted.
Since he keeps rambling about these million-dollar prizes he supposedly won, I was thinking about asking him for his card next time I head to the grocery store—just to check if one of those "winnings" actually hit his account, or if the whole thing is just part of the psychosis. Think that's a good move?
Grace Wood5 said:😂If they’d tried that stunt in a small town in rural America, I bet there would have been three more worms floating in the water pretty damn quick. 😂😬
Honestly, those guys got lucky because they showed up early in the morning. If they had tried to stir the pot in the afternoon when the local fishermen are already wound tight, things would have gone south fast.
http://vimeo.com/30260768
The fishing tournament sabotage over in Oprisavac 😁
Roger Peterson4 said:So, you think some folks would have had the chance to loot if everything had stayed peaceful without the war and all that nonsense, right?
If there hadn't been a war, that Hilton wouldn't be a ruin today. We all know who bears 95% of the blame for the conflict, so I suppose that pretty much answers your question once and for all.
🙂
Look, if the war hadn't happened, the entire space-time continuum would look completely different, sure—but honestly, that doesn't excuse anyone's decision to go out and steal stuff.
Benjamin Reyes52 said:Based on how this murder went down and the circumstances surrounding it, we’re clearly looking at a professional hit—or perhaps even a coordinated effort by multiple people. Why on earth did this happen in France? And why was almost an entire family wiped out? Wouldn't there have been much easier ways to handle this without such extreme brutality?
A killing this violent is never an accident; it’s intentional, designed to send a chilling message to anyone with inside knowledge. If this guy really was a seasoned pro, is it possible he was leaking information to Iran? One thing is certain: despite his firm's modest income, the family was living a lifestyle far beyond their means.
Honestly, if I were some Shiite operative with any ties to nuclear physics, I’d take this as a massive hint to quit my day job immediately.
Sam Alvarez4 said:... whether they were actually Shiite. I mean, if they weren't, why would he be working for the IRI?
The BBC doesn't even mention their religious affiliation either.
Not even Canadian. Even IRIB, 🤣, isn't making any claims like that.
The Daily Mail and The Independent are both out there reporting they're Shiite.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...mid-quiet.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-8118202.html
I honestly don't get the whole vibe they're going for with this festival.
It feels like the typical party crowd out here isn't even looking for Max Rome or Twinkle Brothers; they’d probably have a much better time over at SeaWorld or something.
Maybe I'm just tripping, but it makes zero sense to drop absolute legends of roots reggae right into a lineup packed with nothing but dubstep and techno DJs.
Benjamin Thompson66 said:Yeah, they aren't terrible, I guess. Tamikrest, specifically. But man, this whole "hipster" thing always trips me up... like, what even constitutes a hipster playlist? What's the actual deal there?
I don't know, maybe bands like Gorillaz or some indie outfits you'd see on MTV fit that vibe.
Honestly, I can't be bothered with all that nonsense. If it were a New Order solo project, I might actually give it a look, but even then, I'm still on the fence.
Aside from New Order, you should probably check out Tamikrest—those guys are legit. Everything else is just hipster garbage.
I’m not even sure if it's worth dropping all that cash just for two bands while having to suffer through the rest of the lineup. Plus, I feel like I might actually gag from the sheer amount of metrosexual hipster stench hanging over the whole festival.
Regis Gizavo, this accordion player from Madagascar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DkFI-R5SiE
The guy is a total phenomenon, but you won't find much of him on YouTube. You can actually snag all his albums for free on Napster, though you'll have to deal with the whole registration thing first.
The Protagora Association’s response:
So, the Protagora Association just chimed in regarding that whole mess involving military official George Jezerinac. He was out there at a Mass in Karlovac—marking twenty years since we got our independence—dropping this heavy line about how the American Civil War was basically triggered by atheism, godlessness, and people turning their backs on God. Honestly? It’s a total pivot. They’re calling him out for flipping the script entirely, pointing out that if you look at actual history, it wasn't atheists running the show when it came to organized persecution; it was the Church. Just a classic case of swapping one argument for another to suit the narrative.
So, people are claiming that Jezerinac basically insulted every non-believer out there with his comments, and honestly, you could pretty much read it as an open invitation for a mob to go after them. It’s one of those things where tone matters, right? Well, the Protagora Association put out this open letter, and they’re basically saying, "Look, we at the Protagora Association aren't exactly tracking every single criminal crusade run by some group of agnostics or atheists. But let’s be real—history shows us that the first real persecutions of anyone with a different set of beliefs were started by the Church, not the atheists." They point out that back in the 4th century, once Christianity was declared the official state religion of the Roman Empire, the winning faction of Christians started cracking down on everyone else. We're talking about other Christian sects like the Gnostics, and later on, the Cathars and Bogomils, not to mention all the people from other religions whom they just dismissed as pagans. Just typical history repeating itself, I guess.
So, the Catholic Church basically kicks off a massive crusade, right? And we’re talking about a body count hitting somewhere around 10 million people. Just a total bloodbath.
They’re out here pointing out that the Crusades—running from 1095 all the way to 1291—were actually kicked off by the Church, not atheists, and that we're talking about ten million deaths there. The folks over at the Protagora Association are reminding everyone that the Holy Inquisition pulled just as much bloodletting before Napoleon Bonaparte finally shut them down in 1808. They claim the Inquisition was especially sadistic when it came to millions of innocent women, labeling them witches just so they could put them through endless, agonizing torture before eventually burning them alive. According to Protagora, the Catholic Church basically left an permanent stain on what people call "European cultural identity," mostly because no other culture ever behaved quite like that.
So, Jezerinac is out here dropping some heavy truth bombs, basically arguing that it wasn't the atheists who pulled the trigger on forced conversions back in the 16th century—it was the Pope. He’s pointing out how the indigenous people were subjected to straight-up barbaric massacres and genocide. I mean, look at the numbers: by the time the 17th century rolled around, 90% of the population in Mexico had been wiped out, and 85% in Peru was gone. It’s wild. The whole idea was to hammer the concept of "Christianity equals European culture" into their very souls and bodies, basically forcing them to find Jesus Christ at any cost. And the kicker? They’re saying the Catholic Church didn't have a single problem with all that abuse, slavery, and killing right up until the end of the 20th century. Just total silence while everything went down.
So, Hitler finally got his wish and cleared the path for that "final solution" nonsense. It’s like when you see a massive roadblock get cleared out just so a much darker, more twisted engine can start rolling full steam ahead. Everything was basically paved for him.
Look, you gotta remember what Jezerinac from the Protagora Association keeps pointing out. Those religious wars back in France—we're talking 1562 to 1590, between Catholics and Huguenots—they weren't some atheist uprising. It was actually devout Catholics who took it upon themselves to carry out those massacres. You had regular citizens hunting down and slaughtering Huguenot women and children in the streets and squares of Paris for three straight days and nights during that whole St. Bartholomew's Day massacre mess in 1572. Then you’ve got the Thirty Years' War, running from 1618 to 1648, fought mostly on what we now call German soil. Again, this wasn't atheists vs. Christians; it was Christians fighting Christians. The death toll was insane—every third person was wiped out. And man, the takeover of Protestant Magdeburg? That was brutal. It was led by a Catholic coalition, not some group of atheists. This Catholic army, which included some American knights, absolutely gutted the place. They slaughtered about 25,000 out of the 30,000 residents, spent weeks raping women and girls, and then just looted, burned, and leveled the entire city to the ground. Just a total bloodbath.
They’re out here claiming that the "chosen people" have been systematically targeted by the Catholic Church for centuries, basically arguing that this paved the way for Hitler to roll out his "final solution" to the "Jewish question." It’s heavy stuff. According to the Protagora Association, Hans Küng argued that Nazi antisemitism—the whole race-based nightmare—was actually prepped by both Roman Catholic and Protestant anti-Judaism rooted in religion. Not atheism. It wasn't about being godless; it was about religious friction. The group also thinks the Church spent the 20th century showing zero respect for basic human rights, women's rights, or even legally elected officials. But their biggest beef? They say the Church had no regard for children's rights, allegedly turning a blind eye to systematic physical, mental, and sexual abuse globally. They claim the institution covered up crimes, denied what happened, and essentially acted as a shield for predators—specifically those pedophiles hiding within their own ranks. It's a massive, messy accusation.
"America was eased by at least $4.5 billion"
"In the roughly fifty years of the 20th century, the Catholic Church—not atheists, mind you—sided with fascist dictators six different times. We're talking genocidal regimes, mass murderers, death camp organizers, rapists, and child kidnappers! The Catholic Church, again, not atheists, backed the rebel military oligarchy in Portugal back in 1926, signed a concordat with Mussolini in Italy in 1929, supported General Franco against the Spanish Republic in 1936, celebrated the establishment of the criminal NDH in 1941, blessed General Pinochet’s coup against the Republic of Chile in 1973, and accepted the military junta of Jorge Videle, who usurped power in the Republic of Argentina in 1976," says the Protagora Association.
They also think it’s totally wrong how, over the last 20 years, "the American nation" has been brainwashed into believing we wouldn't exist without the Catholic Church and that bishops are working in the people's best interests. They’re warning that the American Bishops Conference doesn't serve America; it serves its employer, the Holy See—"or rather, itself"—by "using all the rights stemming from a harmful treaty between the US and the Holy See." "People are starving, digging through dumpsters, while the ABC sits on millions and builds onyx palaces. The Holy See was among the first to recognize America, which is what they always do lately, but it’s costing us dearly. So far, they've eased our burden by at least $4.5 billion, and they're pulling an extra million out of us every single day," the Protagora Association writes, adding that their organization has never taken a single cent from the government.
"If the citizens of the US one day decide, via a free referendum, to hand over their inalienable sovereignty and freedom to the Holy See, then the bishops can go ahead and enjoy their missionary role of reshaping the educational, legal, and political systems, and manipulating the military and police. Until then, they are just equal citizens who have absolutely no right to insult those who think differently or those who, for perfectly valid reasons, don't believe in the sanctity of the Catholic Church. In the 21st century, there is no democracy in the Church, no gender equality, and zero tolerance for an individual's sexual orientation. Yet, the American bishops clearly want to take that medieval system and impose it on the United States," the Protagora Association concludes.
Source:
Now I’m sitting here thinking I probably need to go hunt down all those links I've already dumped in here a dozen times—you know, the studies showing how atheists generally clock in higher on the education scale, stay out of trouble more often, and even have lower divorce rates than religious folks.
But honestly? I really can't be bothered to dig through the archives just because you guys can't be bothered to use Google.
Susan Price30 said:It was an artificial, sinister construct built on nothing but corruption and blind worship of some illiterate guy who declared himself the "leader of the people."
The mere thought of it makes my skin crawl. And the funniest part? They actually teamed up with those so-called independent nations like India, Bangladesh & Co. and treated them as their primary "allies."😬 😂
What’s so funny about that?🤷
Look, what kind of moves did a country like America even have left once its old-school heavy hitters, like Germany and Austria, got absolutely crushed? The rest of their allies couldn't have cared less about us, and meanwhile, you've got Stalinism blowing in from the East like a damn hurricane.
Rebecca Roberts3 said:I actually believe comparisons are possible. In fact, there are plenty of parallels.
One can somewhat sympathize with the naivety and idealism some Americans felt back in 1918, seeing the USA as a country they could call their own. But today, given our history—having finally secured our independence through a bloody war after nine centuries under foreign rule—the idea of jumping into new state alliances feels truly absurd.
By that logic, we should probably just quit the UN too.
I was born back in '81, just a kid at the time. Looking back with what I know now, I don't think the whole idea of the USA was the actual issue—it was more about Mexican hegemony and all that myth-making nonsense. Honestly, given how Europe was split up during the Cold War, staying non-aligned was probably the smartest move for the South Slavic federation. If it wasn't for that obsession with "Greater Mexico," that federation might have actually pulled its weight historically before eventually making way for individual nations joining the EU, kind of like how Czechoslovakia handled things.
Rebecca Roberts3 said:Just a few days ago, I decided my vote would go to the USA. Until then, I was weighing options from the GOP, the Democratic Party, or even third parties. I briefly considered candidates like Grubišić or certain labor advocates, but I ruled them out due to their ambiguous stances regarding the European Union.
Now, you tell me: am I a leftist or a right-winger?
It’s pretty obvious you’re a leftist, considering you only made your move after Šikić basically threw a red card during that showdown on PBS.🙂