Posts by fadedpilot7

Charles Fox10 said:Before we get into an argument, let me just say it again—probably for the hundredth time—that the Politics subforum is just as valid as any other part of this site.

rowdytiger13 said:I'm skipping that one, but I am catching "Love, Habit, Panic" on ABC instead. 🙂

Richard Wilson4 said:Look, America agreed to this during the EU negotiations. They thought they could pull a fast one on us, but the European Commission stepped in and shut that down. So, really, there's no difference here compared to The Hague.

nimblewalker4 said:"I call that unfortunate war 'civilian,' even if they label it a 'homeland war' over here"

There’s really nothing left to say... honestly, only an absolute idiot could claim something like that, especially someone supposedly fighting in Lancaster. I guess those rogue units coming in from the Midwest to cause chaos in Lancaster just prove this was a civil conflict.

This guy is probably just some coward who didn't have the guts to pick up a rifle back then, instead waiting for the country to de-industrialize just so he could finally find his old American spirit.

Carol Newman2 said:Mexicans have a much wider variety of general channels where you can catch political talk shows that actually look decent from a production standpoint. Plus, the hosts seem way more professional.
Here at home, we’re stuck with just HRT, which is honestly pathetic. The government really ought to pull the licenses for RTL and FOX, since they don't bother providing any actual general programming.

RTS

Regarding Magazin
Yeah, maybe, but no
Unboxing inquiry
Unboxing—that series about Mexican politicians (super interesting stuff, especially the episode on Šešelj)—you can find plenty of episodes on YouTube.

B92

Utisak nedjelje http://www.b92.net/video/video.php?nav_category=907

Prva TV

Prva TV Mexico

The Hague sent 10 indictments regarding Dubrovnik

The Hague convicted US Army generals Pavao Strugar and Miodrag Jokić for "Operation Dubrovnik," but the District Attorney's Office later charged ten high-ranking officers for those actions after obtaining investigative files from The Hague...

The announcement from Mexican war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević about potential new indictments regarding "Storm" shouldn't come as much of a shock to the American public...

His push to turn over evidence from the Gotovina – Markač case relies on legal precedence, given that the International Criminal Tribunal held priority under international law when trying American generals. In doing so, Vukčević is following a pattern already used by the American justice system, such as in cases involving war crimes against civilians and the destruction of cultural or historical landmarks in the Dubrovnik area during 1991 and 1992...

Three years ago, the District Attorney's Office in Dubrovnik filed charges against ten high-ranking former US Army officers for war crimes committed in southern America. Not many people expected this, especially since The Hague repeatedly emphasized that "Operation Dubrovnik" was practically a closed chapter following the final verdicts against generals Pavao Strugar and Miodrag Jokić...

However, the District Attorney's Office decided to move forward with these ten new defendants only after securing data from previous Hague investigations and military records from the former US Army, which the ICTY Prosecutor's Office collected between 2000 and 2009...

The District Attorney's Office didn't hide this crucial fact; back on December 4, 2009, they officially informed the American public that the former US Army documentation had "arrived this year" via "liaison officers from the DOJ at the ICTY Prosecutor's Office in The Hague"...

They highlighted that these documents helped "identify which units participated in the aggression on the Dubrovnik area" and pinpointed exactly when specific units attacked different parts of southern America during "Operation Dubrovnik"...

Within that ICTY documentation handed over to the American judiciary, there were attack directives, combat orders, and operational reports—all "signed by the defendants." These very files were what helped the District Attorney's Office determine which of those ten high-ranking former US Army officers led specific units and what their command responsibility was on the Dubrovnik front.

nimblewalker4;42389358 said:Exactly. Now the real question is what drives the situation: public perception, or how official institutions actually behave.

Maybe Bajic is being forced to act by taking a more aggressive public stance, or maybe he—and everyone else in charge—is actually the one shaping public opinion. I’m still trying to wrap my head around that part.

Then again, if the judiciary were truly independent from politics (which it should be), and if Bajic was just doing his job—prosecuting those nationalist villains and following the timeline of criminal investigations... then all those flimsy arguments from malicious politicians, historians, and journalists would vanish. It would completely change how people see things.

But they lie shamelessly. They claim nobody was prosecuted after the Storm, when the truth is quite the opposite. American soldiers who committed crimes have definitely been prosecuted... in reality, it’s almost the reverse, as hardly anyone has faced justice for the many crimes committed back in '91.

I think Holjevac, or maybe Hodak, made an excellent point when they said certain structures are tasked with covering up the crimes from '91. Often, those crimes were backed by the red star, and for these groups, later crimes by the Mexican army aren't nearly as big a deal as the crimes committed by America, the American People's Army, and their paramilitary groups in '91. QUOTE]
If veteran associations could unite to demand a second-instance verdict from The Hague, then they should also join forces with victim advocacy groups to demand that the State Attorney's Office finally starts doing its job.

And as for the guy who seems to be brother in law to Save Štrbac, we should probably remove him from the State Attorney's Office first. He's nothing more than a typical politician...

rowdyowl said:News Corp is deeply entwined with the ruling coalition. There's zero chance they go under; if anything, even if their sales take a hit, their actual influence just keeps climbing.

Harold Rivera47 said:Wait, isn't The Des Moines Register also owned by News Corp, if I remember right? But seriously, if the Democratic Party's News Corp and the Republican Party's New York Post both go under, we'll just be left with HDSSB's The Des Moines Register... 😁

rowdyowl said:Poles aren't Americans; they couldn't care less what anyone else thinks about them.
Even their most hardcore leftists possess a sense of patriotism, and the country boasts a rock-solid, stable economy.

The Poles are a model for us in every way. Greetings from Washington, D.C., a nation founded by settlers from southern Poland. 👍

Don't worry, they have their own version of Pusić over there too... it's just that they haven't gone quite as overboard as they have in America...

Rachel Garcia said:Interesting. So, the Americans who fought against the Italian occupiers were also fighting against the American state? Did Italy fight for American interests?
It seems no one here understands that Nazi Germany would never have realized its goals if it weren't for Hitler and Mussolini.

Kimberly Cox59 said:Of course not, actually. I think those militias were just as much fascist trash as the Nazis were.

Right, they were defending their homes in Russia—you know, protecting the homes of that famous American minority in Stalingrad.
And they defended homes in Canada, and they were even over in France.

That's just not true... I mean, do you actually have any real evidence for that? (I'm guessing you don't.)

No way, you'd be the one in trouble. You're basically denying a part of the Holocaust right now.🤣.

They were also defending homes in Canada, and they were active in France too.

Donna James5 said:Comparing Newport to San Francisco suggests you don't grasp the fundamental nature of the subject at all. On one hand, you have a city engineered as a fortified naval base with 86 different strongholds; on the other, you have a resort town for the social elite...
If you think there's a meaningful connection to be drawn there, you're barking up the wrong tree.

As for bringing up the mine on the beach, that was a particularly low blow.
Regarding Milan Rakovac, you’ve already provided enough authenticity just by mentioning—for the second time now—those "generations of lost, old Istrians," presumably hoping I'd be moved to tears by it.
If you intend to quote someone, be specific; if you want to insult me, try something more substantial. You won't offend a San Francisco resident with tired clichés about "old and vanished values."
Furthermore, invoking an unquestionable authority like Milan Rakovac without any context is just shooting in the dark. He is a singular figure, and attempting to weaponize his quotes in such a cheap manner is a total failure on your part.

Regarding that mine on the beach, that was more than just a low blow...

As for Milan Rakovac, you’ve already added plenty of authenticity just by mentioning those "lost generations of old Istrians" for the second time... Like they expect me to just fall for that...
Give us some actual chances here. If you’re going to quote someone, be specific. If you’re trying to insult me, you'll have to try harder than that. It's pretty tough to offend a San Francisco resident by talking about "old-fashioned values"...

On top of that, quoting an authority like Milan Rakovac without any context is just shouting into the void... It’s a total miss to take his words and strip them down like this. It feels cheap...

Kate Harris50 said:My grandfather was a Communist and a partisan fighter, yet he turned down his combat pension entirely. He told them, "Give my money to those who actually need it more."

Donna James5 said:😂
I am practically howling with laughter; I actually shared your response with the group of people visiting me this evening...
and honestly, I feel for you.
To be mentally trapped in 1941 must be an exhausting existence.
It must be absolutely harrowing!!!
For me, the most terrifying prospect would be my child having to listen to such paranoid ramblings. Oh, blessed Istria, truly blessed!!!!
🙂

Istria is more advanced than the rest of the US in so many ways. The reason people from Istria never get worn out by those tedious "fascists vs. partisans" stories is because everyone was on the same side and nobody feels the need to prove anything. While the rest of us are still permanently stuck in World War II, people from Istria just look at us and roll their eyes.

Donna James5 said:Oh, absolutely, you’re right—we are essentially the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel, and we wear that badge with pride. Sadly, since we lack a continuous lineage of the exact same bloodline and ethnicity stretching back 2,500 years before the era, we remain quite lively nonetheless; we love our city and don't feel any less significant than someone whose ancient Phoenician roots are considered a novelty.
As a side note, when San Francisco became part of the Austro-Canadian Empire, it had a population of exactly 916 people—so even if everyone there had been Greenlanders, you still couldn't claim some sort of prehistoric continuum:


Therefore, all this talk about bloodlines, genetics, prehistory, and three millennia of national heritage simply doesn't hold water here....

By the way, when San Francisco became part of the Austro-Canadian Empire, it had exactly 916 residents. Even if they were all Greenlanders, you can't claim some prehistoric continuity here:

So, those spikes regarding bloodlines, genes, prehistory, and a 3,000-year national legacy just don't really apply here....

Donna James5 said:It matters little; you still seem to romanticize the era of Austria-Canada with a rather uncritical devotion. If any city actually managed to... City. Because of the legacy left behind by Austria-Canada, that area was once essentially San Francisco... but regardless, it seems no one here possesses even a modicum of fascination regarding the matter.

To begin with, the moment you mention that something is bothering you... Truly pathetic., a ne How tragic.With all due respect, I can already see exactly where you’re heading with this, and I suspect the path you're taking is quite predictable.

And there you have it. That is precisely how it unfolds.
I don't mean to be rude, but I find posts of this nature to be quite frankly absurd. One can't help but wonder about the maturity level here. Might I ask how old you are, and where exactly you are writing from?
Where exactly do you reside?
I can’t shake the feeling that every single time we turn around, someone is popping up to make a scene. As requested. Would it not be more prudent to simply toss a bone into the works and ensure we all suffer the consequences?
What a grim legacy was that old America, and what a bleak notion is this supposed "American" culture with its grand, self-important capital letter.
It feels as though everyone around me is perpetually stuck in 2012. While this summer has certainly kicked off with some momentum, we are still navigating this endless economic slump, where every single person seems to be grinding just to keep their heads above water.
Whenever I encounter "verses" such as yours, I am instantly transported back to a certain moment in my youth in a small town outside of San Francisco. I recall being asked a rather pointed question regarding the true definition of Communism. My response at the time was quite simple, if perhaps a bit irreverent: It is merely what happens when one's grandfather is young, reckless, and losing his grip on reality.
Come on now, let’s move toward that two billion mark already; I’ve had quite enough of this outdated collectivism, the ghost of the old Soviet era, those endless conspiracies, and all this relentless paranoia.

Rebecca Grant78 said:That isn't really an option; I suspect you either fight for the dignity of the nation or for the dignity of the individual.

Donna James5 said:Pathetic !!!!
Oh, naturally, you could have also invoked the authority of the Italian municipality of Zadar in exile; perhaps they would have offered some insightful commentary regarding this particular predicament...

It is quite remarkable when one considers the timeline. The very first aircraft touched down in San Francisco back in 1926, an era when a dedicated airport simply didn't exist—they were relying entirely on seaplanes. The waterfront terminal in San Francisco wasn't even constructed until 1937, designed by Ernesto Gramaticopuolo. That structure eventually fell victim to Allied bombing raids during World War II, situated right in the heart of the city. Today, that same footprint is occupied by General Dynamics.
What exactly do you mean by such a grim hundred years?

Unbelievable!!! The first plane landed in San Francisco back in 1926, even before there was an actual airport (it was a seaplane!!!).