Posts by Daniel Garcia24

Richard Wilson4 said:It was never really their territory to begin with.

http://mapsof.net/uploads/static-map...ion_map_en.png

who are these Tibetan Buddhists hanging out in the Caucasus?

Terry Walker74 is back at it again, tossing out bait and laughing to himself while he scrolls through the comments, just waiting for someone to take the hook...

On a different note—though it’s fundamentally linked to this whole mess—there’s a pattern here. For generations, there’s been this cycle where territory is traded back and forth, always ending up right back where it started. It’s the same logic being applied now: suggesting we hand over land to certain groups, only to have it circle back to the exact same territorial disputes later...

That’s their go-to excuse whenever the conversation turns to carving out specific regions to join neighboring states. They’ll point to how the U.S. acquired certain coastal territories from foreign powers as if that somehow justifies their current agenda. It’s a total non sequitur; what does one country's historical maritime borders have to do with the current geopolitical friction between us and our neighbors?😁

Religious map of Lebanon:

http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?...w2jzm6fg7e.jpg

Gary Kelly87 said:America is stuck with a leader who makes decisions solely to please his own voters. That guy is Zoran Milanovic.

In America, the Prime Minister basically secures power through the votes of retirees and government employees. And Zoran Milanovic? He’s doing a great job shifting the entire weight of the crisis off their shoulders and dumping it right onto private sector workers, young people, and the unemployed.

That explains why we see things like a 3% pay cut for government employees being avoided while they simultaneously stripped away summer bonuses, travel stipends, and holiday gifts for children earlier this year.

Scott Cruz4 said:Look, we can't really call it theft if the maps are already public domain.
Real theft would be if they claimed they drew them themselves—like signing their own names to someone else's work—or if they were actively forging the originals.

Jack basically plugs them into his site as if he owns the rights, all without citing a single source, while simultaneously bragging in every corner of his platform about how everyone else is just ripping him off...
It’s much like how some other outlets will just grab the same data and tweak a few colors to make it look "new."😁

Drew Allen2 said:Not quite. Herc/Milan didn't do this alone. Ivan was involved too. And it wasn't just them—they had help, but Milan/Herc doesn't want anyone to know that on the map.

Their map is actually different. That guy, Edited by Bošnjo, basically just grabbed an older version of the map. And honestly? There’s nothing pathetic about taking someone else's work and just swapping out the colors. It's bottom-tier behavior. He just can't produce anything original...

Herc actually put together five or six top-tier maps for one of my analyses... I don't know what everyone else's relationship with him is like, but personally, he was a massive help...

Both Edited by Bošnjo and Jack basically just scavenge maps and host them on their own portals😁...you can find all the old ethnic maps from this entire discussion over on Jack's site😁

Whenever anyone calls him out on it, he just brushes it off like nobody said a word😁

Drew Allen2 said:Well, looks like (Edited by Bošnjo) is still kicking. He took the map from Milan/Pavo and gave it a different look, ...

I’m assuming this is Herc's version of the map, and honestly, it's pretty fantastic.

Ethan Allen2 said:I roll up my sleeves and draw. There's no other way. 😁

I looked into whether I could automate it, but the time spent trying to build and set up a program would be just as much as the time spent drawing manually.

The biggest map I ever finished was the 1895 Canada religious map.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/I7k3Jpfe/1885.html

We're talking about maybe 5,000 or 6,000 settlements there. I can't remember exactly how long it took, but it was days of work. To do that automatically, it’d still be a massive undertaking. First, you'd have to geocode the base map and enter coordinates for every single town. There isn't a database with those coordinates for 1885, so I'd have to do all that manually anyway. Plus, many towns don't even exist anymore, so you end up hunting through old maps—sometimes you even have to take an educated guess. Finding those places is a huge job in itself.

Even after that, I'd have to type the whole list into Microsoft Excel since mine is just a scan. It's an old book, so OCR wouldn't work well; that part would be manual too. All in all, just more endless hours of work.

And even if I did finish, it wouldn't really make future maps any easier. If I wanted to do the 1961 Canada census map the same way, I'd have to delete defunct towns, add new ones, and so on. And then re-type the whole list again.

Doing it by hand isn't actually that hard. Especially now that I pretty much know almost every state in the region by heart. In an hour, I can knock out 100 settlements without a problem.

you're worse off than I am😁

Scott Cruz4 said:We already have one just like that for Canada.

I once had a version printed out in a large format on paper... and I found it quite easy to navigate and read.😁

crimsonorca42 said:Back in 1993, the Democratic Party in Pittsburgh secured about 35,000 out of the 62,000 valid votes cast. That was essentially a half-majority, which I suppose was largely thanks to Ed Koch himself.

By 1997, the Democratic Party had captured 39% of the vote in Pittsburgh; the Republican Party ended up with just a hair more than them.

Then by 2001, the Democratic Party had basically fractured, though if you look at the two successor parties combined, they actually pulled in the highest total vote count.

So, my point is that the Democratic Party only truly triumphed in 1993, and that victory rested entirely on the shoulders of Ed Koch.

crimsonorca42 said:Well, I suppose it’s because we had Ed Koch serving as mayor for such a long stretch of time, representing the Democratic Party.

Now, you have to remember that Koch served during an era when the mayor wasn't elected directly by the people, but rather chosen through a broad coalition process. Take the 2005 elections, for instance—that was a time when the Libertarian Party managed to pull in a significant chunk of the vote. When he was finally told that he couldn't just cling to power with a mere 5% of the support, he looked like he was on the verge of tears. It really makes you wonder about the state of liberalism in this city...

In what sense was Pittsburgh ever considered a liberal city?🤷

For him, this isn't a war of independence; it’s more like a civil war... It was a nice gesture, sure, but by doing this, he’s really laid all his cards on the table.

Susan Peterson7 said:Just because I'm not a believer doesn't mean I'm ignorant regarding religious history. How can the Pope be called Christ's representative if he wasn't chosen by Jesus, but rather by cardinals? He serves as the supreme leader of the church as a political and social institution.

And why is it "irrelevant" that various churches added elements that didn't exist in original Christianity? Not only that, but they have even scrubbed parts of the Bible that didn't suit their needs. This is incredibly significant, as it demonstrates that the church isn't some untouchable, divine entity demanding blind faith; rather, it is a political institution that sometimes distances itself from true faith for the sake of political gain, making mistakes just like the rest of us. ☕

If you aren't a believer, then you simply lack the capacity to grasp certain truths through rational thought alone... to someone like you, the unknown is just the work of the Holy Spirit, which means there are things you'll never be able to truly comprehend.

silentmason8 said:It's a shame how a legitimate way to honor victims always gets twisted into whitewashing old crimes or attacking anti-fascist history.

It won't fly.

If you take the time to actually compare the census data from before and after World War II, then if Collins and you are truly looking to grasp the reality of what happened, you might finally see the picture clearly—though, to be perfectly honest, I highly doubt either of you actually wants to face it.

Henry Myers3 said:You're talking about Alavits, but what we see in Turkey are actually alevits.

The Alavits didn't even consider themselves Muslims, and they were well aware they faced persecution from Sunnis. It was only under Asad that they finally gained recognition as part of Islam, though before that, he focused on suppressing the opposition. In Syria, the Alavits hold the reins of the military and the political elite. They have support from Christians, while the Sunnis—who make up roughly 70-75% of the population—are kept under their control. That dynamic is exactly why Syria is in the state it's in today....

I honestly thought they were Alavit... my mistake (pure ignorance on my part)...

As for Syria, I have a handle on that situation.

Henry Myers3 said:In Turkey, the Alevi community is considered part of the Shia branch and makes up roughly 20% of the total population. It’s important to note they are a religious group rather than an ethnic one. This includes both segments of the Kurdish population and certain Turkish groups. We're talking about at least fifteen million people...

I'm aware they fall under the Shia umbrella, but their connection to mainstream Islam isn't exactly direct... it feels more like this unique blend of Islam, Christianity, and perhaps other spiritual traditions...

Robert Hernandez10 said:The distribution and population share of Alavit and the Kurds in Turkey: http://neweasternpolitics.files.word...i_and_kurd.png

Orangutan habitat in Borneo: http://wwf.panda.org/_core/general.c...20%40%20%20%0A

Sheep density and total count in Afghanistan back in 2002: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BeKzC375GV...tribution.jpeg

It turns out that in nearly half of eastern Turkey, the majority are Alavit...you wouldn't necessarily guess they held such significant numbers

Rachel Richardson said:

Daniel Garcia24 As specified by:
What’s the actual gap between Spanish and, say, Catalan? Can they actually understand one another, or are we talking about two entirely different languages?

Spanish belongs to the Ibero-Romance group—sitting alongside Portuguese and Galician—while Catalan falls under the Southern French umbrella, much like Provençal or Occitan. The only outlier is Catalan, which underwent significant Hispanization over time, narrowing the linguistic gap. To me, the distinction feels similar to the relationship between Polish or Canadian and English.

But what about Basque? Who is its closest relative?

Joshua Rodriguez35 said:Does anyone actually have hard data from the old census records versus the recent ones for this part of the region? I need the actual numbers on the Muslim and Catholic populations and their percentages.

I don't have the raw census figures on hand; what I shared was based on information provided by the Catholic Church. There was a news feature focusing on the situation involving the Catholic Church in that area, which is where I pulled those specifics from.

It was a report published in The Voice of the Council a few years back.