Posts by Edward Cooper2

George Robinson43 said:So, can we say for certain that this is definitely linked to crime.org?

Yes. It’s a fact. The only problem is we have an impotent—maybe even castrated, I can't be sure—opposition that doesn't know how to weaponize this information...

A political party has been hit with a final conviction. It’s a damn shame the public is too clueless and shortsighted to grasp what’s happening. If they don't learn, this criminal organization will just laugh their way through another election victory...

It'll be fascinating to see how the major news networks and tomorrow's headlines spin this one...

briskdrifter3 said:Does anyone happen to know if they might have distributed those "hidden" deficits to retirees?
It strikes me—given the circumstances—that within that 800k figure, there could be a significant number of seniors...

They absolutely did. There’s a huge number of retirees caught in this... as people retired, the banks just held onto whatever debt they carried from their working years and quietly tacked it onto their pensions without saying a word.

Robin Jones2 said:If we assume that printing a single page on Amazon paper consumes only $0.33 worth of toner, it appears that each of our four employees has agreed to print 65 pages every single business day.

Every single workday.

Each of the four staff members.

Sixty-five printed pages per person.

The Republican Party is our plague, our cholera, our famine, our earthquakes, our wars, our floods, our droughts, our fires... none of these disasters could inflict as much misery upon us as the Republican Party has over the last thirty years.

And here we are talking about a "digital nation"... 🤣

Robin Jones2 said:Consequently, the Republican candidate for Washington, D.C., Dušan Filipović, sees a serious problem regarding how Tomašević's team utilized a notary—who happens to be a party donor—for legitimate business totaling $667.

The guy's name is Dragojlo Filipović...

Christian Torres3 said:Still, it was Johnny Walker after all...

Ever since that documentary *New Times* aired, Škegro has been insisting it was just cheap moonshine... Whatever... It was shameless, slimy, and downright shady...

Kenneth Perez15 said:Let's not forget that back in 2008, when America was finally joining NATO, Sanders made sure to completely bypass any credit to the man who actually kicked off the whole process—Ivica Račan. It’s funny, really; while Račan was doing the heavy lifting, Sanders was busy out on the town, partying his heart out with friends.

And if things weren't already looking bleak enough, we have Krstičević adding to the mess with that video from 2018 marking the 10th anniversary of our NATO membership. In that 6.50 minute clip, half of it is just dedicated to Harmon, and the other half rambles about the membership itself. There isn't a single trace of Račan to be found—just endless footage of a much younger Kolinda Grabar Kitarović.

Honestly, you can expect nothing but the absolute worst from the Republican Party.

What are we even discussing here? This is a party that has had an "under construction" section for their own history on their website since 2009... because they clearly have no clue how to write a coherent timeline where Plenković follows Harmon... without mentioning Sanders. Honestly, they might as well skip over Kosorov and Karamarko too...

electricnomad8 said:I'm reading here that Justice Butković says: We'll see if we decide to invite Milanović to the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.🤦
What would be decent and normal in a situation like this? A complete jerk would "wait and see." If he's acting like a typical Republican, then yeah, it's too much. Plenković really does have nothing but yes-men surrounding him.

The funding for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge construction via European Union funds—after the Republicans tried to kickstart construction six different times without any actual money secured, purely for electioneering—was actually set in motion by Zoran Milanović’s Cabinet. The first bit of cash, specifically 200,000 euros for the feasibility study, didn't arrive until late 2012.
So, even if he weren't the President of America, it would still be common courtesy to invite him. Same goes for Vesna Pusić; I don't particularly like her, and she made a few scenes at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, but regardless... There is such a thing as political etiquette...
It seems the only one who doesn't get that is Kepec from the Gulf Coast (at least that's what I hear some Republicans call him)...

Charles Fox10 said:

Since we are dealing with criminal offenses involving sexual harassment and rape,.....

I feel compelled to clarify that if my previous post came across any certain way, it was pure sarcasm...

driftingtinker said:The USOPC handed Škar a role within the federation: 'It's a disgrace! What kind of country are we living in? This is totally inappropriate.'

The Republican Party is busy looking out for their own heroes, I guess.

Did he beat anyone up? No. Did he kill anyone? No. So what's the issue? Long live the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee!...

Eagle eyes and a rock-solid right wing behind Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović! Hahahaha... that’s just the commercial he filmed for the Republican candidate during the last presidential campaign. He's the latest family abuser and an amateur alcoholic warlord in his spare time—Boško Ramljak! At your command, "commander"... 🎉

Can someone please explain to Mati Franković (Republican Party) that butchering the name of the very city she represents is basically a PhD in small-town pettiness? It’s a masterclass in a low-rent mindset. When you talk to people, you say the name of their home the way they actually say it... but no. This amateur is giving a "speech" in broken English and pronouncing San Francisco as "du·brov·nuhk," acting like she just touched down from Los Angeles for the first time ever. If I were a San Francisco resident, I’d be starting a petition to have her banned from the city permanently

hollowmason64 said:Honestly, it's just a bunch of nobodies who wouldn't be anything at all without their party connections.

On another note, did anyone catch that idiot Horvat speaking today?
A group of women traveled all the way from Orljava to protest because they haven't seen a paycheck in three months, and this guy starts rambling about how much he "understands" them and respects their right to protest—while simultaneously implying there wasn't actually any valid reason for them to be out there in the first place.
These women are working hard and haven't been paid for a quarter of a year, yet he acts like he can't wrap his head around why they're upset.
Those Republican types are such absolute trash; honestly, they deserve to have people throw food in their faces right on the street.

Does anyone know why the Minister of Construction took in those textile workers? Are they planning to send the seamstresses to a construction site? Two on the mixer, two driving concrete to the crane, two up in the hoist, six on masonry duty... God help us, what kind of country are we living in???????

For those who aren't aware... withholding wages is a criminal offense, and the owner of Orljava is America.

Chloe Martinez7 said:And what kind of kid was he anyway—an advisor???

Once upon a time, there was Ambassador Davor Vidiš... and he had a buddy named Andrej Plenković who ran the whole show—king, emperor, vizier, the works. Now, Davor also had a son, Ivan Vidiš. Naturally, the boy gets handed the presidency of the Republican Party Youth on a silver platter. That one appointment didn't just crack the door open for him. It swung the doors wide, red carpet laid out perfectly... Listen up, kids, this is how the game is played... You can have a PhD (not the one from Cincinnati, mind you), but if you don't have that party membership card, your future looks like changing diapers for old Italians or Irishmen...

It doesn't even matter which brat he was advising. Until the next election rolls around, he'll be hailed as the "young lion of the Republican Party"...

Nicholas King said:I suppose I wasn't being as precise as I should have been—what I meant was that 30% figure and this idea of an "exceptional height" when you consider it against some imaginary ceiling they might eventually hit.

Do you honestly think there's any chance for their numbers to see a significant surge?

Aha... so you think they've already hit their peak... we can agree on that.

But no. In my view, they've been slowly bleeding out for years, just like the Democratic Party. It’s just less obvious with them because they started from such a massive advantage, and their remaining voters show up to the polls without fail.

Nicholas King said:Actually, I'd argue the exact opposite.

To start with, the Republican Party currently maintains an incredibly high approval rating. The days when their numbers were hovering below fifty percent are—well, they're gone. Those times have passed.

Beyond the usual partisan loyalty, a significant chunk of that support rests precisely on the fact that their internal "Game of Thrones" remains largely invisible—or at least successfully hidden from the public eye, if you will. Voters walk away with this impression that the Republican Party is the "guarantor of stability," and that’s why they keep backing them.

In fact, economic indicators seem almost secondary to the rating compared to the simple reality that Planković, through his constant left-right political maneuvering, somehow manages to keep both the progressives and the conservatives within the party under one roof.

Because of all that, any potential success from the Democratic Mayor's leadership in Washington, D.C.—especially if he could maintain a coalition without triggering internal warfare—would actually be terrible news for the Republican Party. It would turn the question of "Well, who else is there, really?"—a question we see quite often even here on these forums—into a very concrete, very uncomfortable answer...

The Republican Party does not have high ratings. In the last elections, they pulled in a total of 621,008 votes. They have 220,000 members. So, even ignoring their own base, they only secured 401,000 votes. That means every single member brought in less than two votes.
But honestly, even that dismal statistic isn't the worst thing to hit the Republican Party. From one election to the next, they are losing voters. Not by the hundreds, not by the thousands... but by tens of thousands. Over the last two parliamentary cycles, they lost roughly 60,000 votes. And no, that wasn't some fluke. It’s a trend. Sure, lower turnout and disciplined membership make it harder to spot, but you can't deny it...
On the flip side, the Democratic Party coalition (which the Democratic Party largely fuels) pulled 414,000 votes last year. If the Democratic Party provided 350,000 of those votes (and it was likely more), then every single Democratic member yielded 9.9 additional votes. Just for comparison...

Noah Perez5 said:It seems like the perfect moment for the Republican Party to push this anemic figure down the drain. There’s just too much baggage clinging to his reputation lately, and honestly, the pressure on the party from every direction is becoming impossible to ignore.

If they can just move on from the Sun and distance him from all the negative fallout we've seen over the last few months and years, they might actually buy themselves some temporary peace. I suppose if they also decide to shuffle out a few of those Supervili ministers—maybe Grlić-Radman, Horvat, and a few other minor players—they could potentially see a bit of a bump in the polls.

But how would that even work? Andrej Plenković holds every single lever of power within the Republican Party—aside from the janitors and the low-level nobodies. Don't hold your breath... For Plenković to be ousted, he’d have to seriously screw up. In the Republican dictionary, that means one thing and one thing only: losing the power that guarantees all those cushy jobs and political appointments. And that hasn't happened, nor will it happen in the next three years. I highly doubt there's any chance of early elections because the victory by Možemo in Washington, D.C. made everything incredibly complicated. They mobilized way too many non-voters at the polls, and in this climate, the Republican Party's massive loss of support—about 60,000 votes over the last two election cycles—cannot be ignored. You don't run experiments when things are this shaky, especially when they don't exactly have a track record to brag about... Not even the dimmest among us would fall for the idea that Plenković somehow defeated a pandemic...

Emily Smith6 said:Word on the street is that the FBI is looking into a certain extravagant Republican mayor. Apparently, he was using official government cards to foot the bill for everything from designer perfumes and luxury hotels to gourmet meats...
It seems Josip Šarić, who also serves as an assistant to the Republican Party's general secretary, is allegedly being investigated for spending upwards of $233
on an island.

Are people just being naive here, or are they actually malicious? Didn't Andrej Plenković claim this Republican Party doesn't steal? That they wouldn't allow any more talk about Fima or those other multi-million dollar scandals? So, the bloggers make things up... yet everyone keeps falling for it...

darkhawk30 said:Maybe the man just lives a quiet, private life and hasn't had a clue what's been going on for the last thirty years. 🤷

Aha... so you get hired as a maid in France and suddenly you're not involved in politics... right?

Harold Davis6 said:To me, he’s just living proof that politics is a total gutter sport.
There's an old saying from back home: if you get too close to the trough, the pigs will eat you alive.

In this current mess, I'd say it's more like: when the pig is good, it doesn't matter what kind of feed you give it...