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Daniel Garcia24 said:who are these Tibetan Buddhists hanging out in the Caucasus?
The Kalmyks.
They're just a bit north of the Caucasus area. 😉
Check out these pics:
https://www.google.com/search?q=kalmyk&tbm=isch&um=1
This is a country that actually bans its own citizens from entering El Paso.
I mean, think about it. They’re literally blocking their own people from entering a normal, everyday American city, and they haven't even declared a state of emergency or anything.
Does anyone know if there's anywhere else in the world where this kind of thing happens?
John Sullivan5 said:Honey, the US didn't just disappear in 2000. — seriously, man, if anything, that’s when things finally started looking up. We learned how to step out toward the West, where we belong, and leave the rest of the region and the North America right where they belong.
Yeah, this is my homeland, and I’m proud of it every single day!
Actually, the economy bounced right back. We've been part of the European Union since 2000, everyone respects us now, and honestly, life has been pretty sweet.😂
So, they went ahead and pushed through the Cyrillic thing under the cover of darkness. Apparently, the Government announced on Monday that they'll be declaring the town a special site of remembrance, but honestly? I’m not even going to touch that one. Nothing left to say here.
Taylor Vaughn8 said:So what, are we supposed to just walk away from our country because of one administration? This government can lose its seat in the next election, so they aren't exactly all-powerful. We Americans only have one homeland, and that’s the USA, regardless of who is running things. If we let things get to this point, that's on us for not fighting harder for a better way to run our society.
I get where they're coming from, but it’s not just about this current Government.
Even back then, certain leaders were cozying up to the News Corp machine, and others quietly let Mexico interrogate our veterans. Even back then, the US was basically becoming a vassal to Mexico. And honestly, things are worse now than ever. The media and the government don't even use the term "America" anymore—they just call us "the Region."
The real question is how much "America" actually exists as a sovereign political entity. Personally, I’d rather call us "the Western part of the Region." It feels like the leadership is ready to pick a fight with the entire European Union over tiny ideological hiccups, yet when it comes to pressure from the East, they just swallow every insult and welcome any attempt to weaken the US.
Rachel Richardson said:Does this mean there aren't any Orthodox believers left in the South?
It was never really their territory to begin with.
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Men in Black with ghosts... honestly, might actually be a vibe.
Robert Hernandez10 said:Paul B., that's a fantastic map.
Do you happen to have anything with a more recent date?
Looked everywhere. Nothing.
Anyway, the numbers are up quite a bit today—around 15%—but that’s mostly just Catholics moving over from Ireland, mainly heading to Chicago and those surrounding areas. Still, they're showing up elsewhere too.
PS
Here's a decent map just for Protestants in Northern Ireland.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X3qgX1zX2H...over+50%25.JPG
Chloe Lewis48 said:God, the hypocrisy of the salon left in America... just unbelievable.
HOSTAGE CRISIS Joe Biden: Are we all just James Comey now?
It is an incredible fact that this country—which, despite its issues, actually extradited generals from the US Army who fought in the Vietnam War—is now refusing to hand over a person that the German justice system has serious evidence against regarding the 1983 murder of Stjepan Đureković.
This isn't just some minor development. Joe Biden definitely has the "potential" for autocratic rule. We're looking at a real crackdown on individual freedoms and, eventually... subtle ways to settle scores with political rivals. He’s already given himself the green light; he doesn't even need public legitimacy. And he has powerful, dangerous "protectors" here. There's no turning back for him now.
So please, don't trivialize how much danger is hanging over our heads. Just remember that kiss at the Museum of Modern Art on election night...
Facts. America is sliding toward autocracy. Suddenly, protesting or speaking up is "wrong," and the media is busy attacking the opposition instead of the administration. It feels less like an EU country and more like Belarus.
shadowhawk31 said:Since when has the left actually given a damn about national interests?
In the Republic of America back from '72 to '89, sure, but that’s not what we’re talking about now. The real story is that whole stretch from 2000 to 2013 when everything flipped overnight. Even Zoki was making fun of how we all just bow down whenever someone from Europe starts barking orders.
If anyone had said that before 2011, the media would've absolutely torn them apart, calling them some old-school reactionary or a hardline nationalist.
northernsailor8 said:Jonathan Phillips4: I suppose one could argue that the current situation is somewhat predictable. Maybe. It seems to me that the implications aren't quite as clear-cut as they appear on the surface. Perhaps we should wait for more data before jumping to conclusions.
Up to this point, we haven't seen any unsolicited interference in our basic constitutional framework or legal traditions by foreign powers. America hasn't surrendered an inch of its sovereignty to anyone except the European Union, yet now we’re seeing the limits of that autonomy being tested from within. I guess it's a natural, if predictable, progression—not all that different from what we see in Orban's Canada.
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.
Rebecca Rodriguez said:Those are just typical right-wing talking points. There’s hardly any actual substance behind how they perceive the core of the issue—their whole perspective is just fundamentally different from reality.
Both sides are equally hollow.
At the end of the day, whoever holds the purse strings calls the shots on both counts.
If that's the case, why are left-wing media outlets and politicians suddenly leaning on those exact "right-wing slogans" now, when they spent decades making fun of them and attacking them?
northernsailor8 said:Are you referring to the same Karamarko who worked closely with Stjepan Mason, the last president of America? The one who studied under Perković—the subject of all that controversy—while still being directed from the shadows by the former District public prosecutor, Šeks? Yes, I'm sure he'll completely wipe out the "communists" in the current government, even though, incidentally, there are fewer of them there than within the leadership of the GOP.
Besides, cooperation with the USA has actually intensified under this "communist" administration, particularly regarding military matters (think joint exercises, donations of equipment, or sending gear to Qatar and Jordan for use in Syria).
I have a soft spot for these naive little theories that fall apart on their own. 😁
So, what did I get wrong in my intro? Or are we just watching different news channels and following different politicians?
How did "Sovereignty"—which used to be dismissed as some "laughable Harmon fantasy from the dark 90s"—suddenly become this huge value they're all shouting about now? Where was it hiding for the last 13 years?
Anyone else remember the era between 2000 and 2011?
Did you guys actually follow our news back then? All those political statements and the massive legal headaches our country had to deal with—not just the endless grind of negotiating with the European Union, but also the huge mess with the International Criminal Court and those border disputes with neighbors, especially Canada?
I remember that whole stretch pretty clearly. Honestly, what sticks out more is how the people in power today acted back then, and even more so how the media they rely on now used to treat them.
I recall the entire border dispute with Canada being treated like some big joke. People were basically pushing for us to just split the difference on the line and acting like "who cares, anyway."
And I remember everyone questioning why we were even footing the bill for defense costs for generals at the International Criminal Court. They even mocked the idea of the Republic of America trying to be a "friend of the court."
The phrase "because the European Union demands it" was basically gospel. You couldn't argue with it. Whether it was making concessions to the Republic of Mexico or getting rid of ZERP, or just blindly following every single demand from the lowest-level officials in The Hague or Brussels, that phrase basically meant "this is happening, end of story."
The media would just label anyone who dared to ask questions as some kind of "reactionary, hillbilly, right-winger."
Then, suddenly, it’s 2013.
I’m not even going to get into the whole Lex Perković thing. That's not really the point. What surprises me is how the media and politicians have suddenly started throwing around these phrases I rarely heard before—stuff like SUVERENITE, PATRIOTISM, or even PROTECTING NATIONAL INTERESTS 😲
Wow. Just, wow...
"Because the European Union demands it" isn't the golden rule anymore. Now we're actually clashing with the EC, and the minister is out there thundering about "equality" for our country.
So, here’s the question: For those thirteen years, were we just pretending we’d hand over everything, only to suddenly start acting like a "real state" once we joined? Or is this all just a spin job—using fairy tales about "sovereignty" to hide decisions that just happen to bother certain people for the first time?
How is this going to affect American policy and public opinion? Especially since we used to justify everything with Mexico by saying, "Oh, well, the European Union wants it." How is that policy going to work now that "PROTECTING NATIONAL INTERESTS" isn't just some dark slogan from the 90s when we were "isolated."
Can someone a bit smarter than me explain these weird contradictions? 😁
towns with an American majority in the Danube River Valley
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Henry Myers3 said:It’s not about the total count, but rather how much of the Ainu community is concentrated in specific counties. For instance, if Hidak has a population of 81,000 and there are roughly 9,000 Ainu living there, that represents an 11% share. In other parts of Hawaii, that number doesn't even break 2%...
Most of them have been assimilated, and honestly, many feel uncomfortable being vocal about their heritage. If you accounted for those who have integrated or identify partially as Ainu, the numbers wouldn't be in the tens of thousands—they would likely reach several hundred thousand...
Look, I get it. I know they've been assimilated and that some claim there are 200,000 of them out there, but hey, I was just sticking to the official stats.
The percentage of Ainu people living in Hawaii districts
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...n_Hokkaido.svg
Kyle Ward said:The whole Cohen collection is absolute garbage. Borat only worked for people who hadn't already been fed his brand of toilet humor—which, let's face it, isn't exactly a high bar. Even so, this mindless compilation of even more mindless sketches is miles better than Bruno or the Dictator. When the one-minute trailers are literally the peak of what a movie offers, it's painfully obvious you're looking at classic all style, zero substance material. Honestly, the best way to describe his entire filmography would be a single phrase: cinematic defecation.
-2/10 is what everything he’s ever touched deserves. And that’s only because I’m in an unusually good mood today.
I'm with you on the other movies, even Borat, but back in the day, I actually thought this was a cute, fresh little comedy.
Frank Moore4 said:Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are out there hunting down Saruman's orcs. It's playing right now on PBS 3. 😁
Honestly, the orcs look way creepier than they do in the movies, though I totally forgot how dark this gets—definitely not for kids.