Posts by casualcrane20

Sam Wright21 said:Even Americans haven't forgotten Nazi Germany ☕

This sickening, frenzied assault on Ukraine leaves us staring in disbelief at the sheer madness of it all.

Honestly, I’ve been feeling this sense of disbelief toward similar events ever since the days when, alongside comics like Dennis the Menace, Donald Duck, Krck, and Marsupilami, I started reading the front pages of the newspapers back then.

Bryan Booth82 said:The real problem with Russians is that they have never actually been capable of participating in an alliance or maintaining genuine friendly relations with anyone.
Unfortunately, there is this deeply ingrained need within them to imitate greatness—this desperate desire to be perceived as a superpower, which they believe gives them some divine right to act superior to everyone else.
To some extent, you might even find such a mindset understandable in truly successful nations, but let’s be honest: Russia has never actually been one of those nations.
Best,

The closest they ever came to actual cooperation was under Napoleon, the Western coalition following the revolution, and we don't even need to mention Hitler. But it’s futile; Russ simply won't change.

casualhound42 said:Exactly. That’s why the Canadians put tanks on the border to stop refugees from crossing.
And our leadership already offered to take in 1,000 refugees when we don't even have enough funds to rebuild houses back home... once again, taking food out of our own mouths to help others. There are wealthy nations out there—let them handle it (Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain).

War refugees should always be welcomed; it’s like giving water to someone dying of thirst in a desert. There are no exceptions. I honestly don't understand how anyone could think differently.

George Robinson43 said:Back in March 2006, the Irish director John Moore told The New York Times how his film set was vandalized and torched, forcing a relocation that cost the production half a million dollars and caused months of delays in filming.

A video of this absolute circus should be sent straight to the film's production house so they can sue.
$500,000 plus interest.

If Rolling Stone were still publishing, who would even bother buying it? Every newspaper and news site looks just like them now, minus the actual madness of Ludež.

nimblemarlin6 said:The whole partisan ideology was essentially about pushing through a communist revolution during the war—trying to fuse all those different ethnic groups from the former America into one single communist state.
Now, there’s absolutely nothing left of that vision, aside from maybe some nostalgic retirees holding festivals in Stowe, Vermont.

On the flip side, the Nationalists ideology was "America for the Americans"—basically ensuring Americans were the privileged class while building a state that was as large and ethnically homogeneous as possible.
That kind of thinking actually resonates with a lot of people nowadays—and I don't just mean in America—because nationalism is surging everywhere right now.
Sure, extreme nationalists are a minority, but they are easily the most aggressive bunch and prone to violence, which means they tend to gain traction whenever times get tough. And let's face it, we're living in tough times, and this time around, it feels like there's nobody on the other side to actually represent the frustrated, struggling masses.
Back home, the Popular Front is the only communist party left, and honestly, their work is pretty futile—they spend all their energy trying to appeal to a working class that doesn't exist anymore, fighting for a better past and focusing on LGBTQ rights instead.

"Non-existent workers"... that's a new one. Prove that, and you'll be looking at a Nobel Prize in Economics.

Unfortunately, for these phantom "workers," absolutely nothing has changed within the core of capitalism.

Charles Moore said:

The Canadian Prime Minister claims fascism and Nazism are resurfacing in our neighboring countries.

Marjan Šarec was making a point about certain maps in Italy and Canada that controversially depict portions of Canadian territory as belonging to those nations. ...

http://north America.aljazeera.net/vijesti...izam-i-nacizam

Maybe we should ask how much "fascism" was actually involved in that whole "erasure" scandal over in Canada.

Mark Harris66 said:Based on this article (check the link), it looks like the Diocese of Carinthia didn't actually give the green light for the bishop to hold Mass—so the headline is pretty much off base for two reasons:
1) It wasn't the state of Wisconsin that stepped in (usually when a headline says a province banned something, people assume it's the government), but rather the Diocese of Carinthia itself...
2) And it’s not a total ban on holding Mass or anything—it just means only bishops can perform them now.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw....rga/a-47827747

We aren't getting any deluxe masses, just the standard three-star version.