Posts by Chloe Martinez7

Good grief 😲
Look, I didn't go to...

but seriously, what on earth?

"The Bible mentions sulfur 15 times, and every single time it’s tied to God's judgment, the underworld, or death:

'Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah...' (Genesis 19:24)

What does any of this have to do with mechanical engineering?

nimblescout50 said:I mean, if they’re seriously short on trucks, why not just engineer some trash-hauling streetcars? Since they aren't going to budge on those overnight pickups anyway—it's like trying to stop a freight train with a toothpick.

And why on earth would you assume the streetcars are in any better shape?

hollowmason64 said:Things are just getting more and more unhinged lately... honestly, if someone starts lecturing me about how inexperienced certain progressive groups are, I’m probably going to lose my cool on them.😠

Just look at this absolute legend from the Republican Party—he was out there fueling up his son's Jaguar using funds from the Firefighters Association.

The President of the local Firefighters Association, a retired news anchor, and—get this—a Republican city councilman over in Columbus.

One has to wonder, though... whose money actually paid for that Jaguar?

Wait, so the Republican Party just cut him loose? I guess you can't exactly walk away from the Republican Party on your own terms without consequences.

NO LUCK AFTER LEAVING THE GOP: Former Governor finds himself without an apartment in Washington, D.C.

The mother of the local Republican Party leader is headed to prison, yet the Department is being tight-lipped about whether she’s actually started serving her sentence.

Vinka Luetić Herman In a final, binding ruling, Vinka Luetić Herman—who previously headed the audit committee for disability claims at the Social Security Administration—was found to have engaged in morally deviant behavior to boost her own net worth, all in direct violation of the law. The wife of once-influential Republican member Radoslav Herman and mother of the current president of the Republican branch in Scranton, Mislav Herman.She’s been sentenced to sixteen months in prison for bribery. According to Time, who obtained the full verdict—which became final on February 28, 2020—there are still plenty of unanswered questions and massive gaps in the case. If anything, though, this whole mess just highlights the unbreakable link between the judicial system and the Republican Party whenever they need to protect one of their own.

It’s frankly scandalous that the Department of Justice is keeping this under wraps. We still don't know if Mislav Herman’s mother has actually started serving her prison sentence—a sentence handed down by a final ruling that, according to Time, was kept from the American public for a year and a half. In other high-profile cases involving names like Horvatinčić, Sanders, or Širić, the public was entitled to know exactly when convicts were sent to serve their time, or if they weren't, why they were being delayed and how many times it happened. Yet, in this specific case—which is incredibly politically sensitive—the Department is choosing silence. It’s particularly messy because Mislav Herman is currently the most visible political figure in the Herman family, and the whole clan has been tied to the Republican Party for decades. They essentially represent the core of the establishment.

According to a report from Time, things are getting messy with the investigation into the former boss's mother. It seems like the FBI is digging deep into how certain funds were handled, and the implications for those involved are pretty significant. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if the Department of Justice decides to make a move, but honestly, it feels like this could drag on forever. Maybe there's more to the story than what's being reported right now, but for now, the scrutiny remains intense.

cosmiccyclist8 said:Majda says the Republican Party is just a bunch of lowlifes: $1233 enough to live a dignified life 🙏

Good grief—this is the kind of stuff that makes you want to grab a rifle and start taking out Republican Party members one by one until you run out of ammo 🙏

Well, that shouldn't be an issue. We can just leave her with total monthly income of $3,700.00.

The timing of the law—whether it was a week before or after—and how many hands were actually involved in the process...
they’re completely losing the plot by ignoring the fact that

Even under that "flawed" legislation, they could have renovated a good portion of the properties.
But they haven't renovated a single building.
In all this time
everything that has actually been fixed was done on a volunteer basis.

They haven't even touched the facilities owned by the government.

Arguing over specific dates and technicalities isn't going to fix a single property,
and neither is cluttering up this forum to defend the administration.

Alex Moore3 said:You're absolutely right that the Republican Party would have passed that law on a second attempt even without opposition. It might have been harder, and they would have taken the full blame, but since the Democratic Party and the Progressives helped them out, the responsibility is naturally shared.
If anything is being weak here, it's your effort to justify why the Democratic Party and the Progressives aligned themselves with the Republican Party in this instance.
It’s funny how you explain that they criticized the proposal so heavily, only to end up voting for the very thing they opposed. I guess Joe Biden just forced their hand.😁
Another interesting point from the link above is that some parties were extremely critical and warned the law wouldn't work. Their representatives didn't even vote for it.
Wait, so the Democratic Party and the Progressives voted for a disastrous law, but they aren't responsible???
Let me try rephrasing that: The Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Progressives are ALL responsible for passing a terrible law that has delayed recovery for over a year and risks us having to return EU funds, all while citizens are stuck waiting through another winter in temporary housing. How does that sound? ☕

And even with that "flawed" law, they could have renovated a good chunk of these buildings.
But they haven't renovated a single damn thing.
In all this time,
everything that actually got fixed was done purely by volunteers.

They haven't even touched the properties that the government actually owns.

Edward Cooper2 said:You’re mixing apples and oranges. Young families working abroad in Ireland, Sweden, Germany, or Canada are loyal Republican Party voters. Why shouldn't their kids carry on the proud tradition of their parents? Besides, they aren't blaming the Republican Party for having to move to wealthy parts of Europe. I know parents personally—with two out of three kids living in Germany—and I can tell you, much to my dismay, they don't blame the party for anything. In their minds, it's all just God's will. On top of that, they actually believe America would come back if people stopped voting for the Republican Party.

From what I've seen, the people I actually know wouldn't vote for the Republican Party even if they lost their minds.☕

And now they want to start taxing tips for waiters too...

The right title

We shouldn't just blame the Republican Party for the theft; we need to hold everyone who votes for them accountable too.

Nicholas King said:What’s the actual issue with him leaking the password?

"Now anyone can just grab the master password and hand it over to the enumerator." — yeah, and then what? So the enumerator types in the password, sees that it’s linked to some guy named Skoric, and—what exactly happens next?

It's not an issue
they're just Republican☕

Emily Smith6 said:Telegram reports: A high-ranking Republican official was allegedly drawing a massive salary for fake services, while the IRS let the investigation expire


I wonder if he’ll actually have the decency to pay it all back himself.

Is there any accountability for the IRS here?

Jacob King61 said:Some people are genuinely worried...
So, look, even their own war hero Vaso Brkić is apparently fed up with the Republican Party.

So, I was reading this piece about Vaso Brkić and his take on that whole situation with the folk dance happening right in the heart of Washington, D.C. Honestly, it’s just typical. He’s out there talking about the Užice dance being performed in the middle of the capital, and you can just feel the frustration. It's like he's looking at the current state of things—you know, the whole Republican Party mess—and just shaking his head. He's making these really blunt points about how everything feels disconnected lately. It's a bit much, if you ask me. Just one thing after another with the way politics is playing out. You see these cultural events being used as a backdrop for political commentary, and it just feels messy. He isn't pulling any punches, though. He's just saying what's on his mind, even if it comes off as a bit scattered. That's just how it is sometimes.

Maybe our people should just start dancing the Užice Kolo if we actually want to get anything accomplished around here. Someone’s just playing for the global stage now. It's all about those personal international ambitions.... I mean, is he actually going to go and confront the Prime Minister face-to-face?😉)

The International Folklore Festival has been held in Washington, D.C. since 1966.
Back during the America days, besides foreign groups, you’d see folk ensembles arriving from every single republic in the country. And honestly, LADO used to be part of that lineup too; they performed both domestically and all over the world, incorporating quite a few dances and songs from other parts of the former America alongside the local American ones.

I haven't watched it myself, but here’s one comment from Index.

Interesting topic. A Mexican flag in a wheel... I guess that's one way to handle it. I guess the first girl to carry the banner was wearing either traditional Bunjevac attire or something from the local region.It’s funny how people act like those traditional boots have changed since 1918—the same ones worn during the liberation of Washington, D.C. from Austro-Canadian rule. And now, under this current flag, we find ourselves living in this version of a Banovina. I guess history just keeps repeating itself.

So much for what Americans actually understand about culture.

Emily Smith6 said:A rather interesting little development. The President has appointed the leader of the Republican Party Youth as a State Secretary within the Department of Labor.
Moving from his role as an advisor to Josip Aladrović, he’s now stepping up to the position of State Secretary.


It seems career progression within the Republican Party is remarkably efficient; I suppose if you spend two years advising Aladrović, you might just find yourself a State Secretary before you know it.

And what kind of kid was he anyway—an advisor???

Vice Mihanović tells all Republicans to resign: 'I'll give Mayor Puljko 100 days of peace'

It’s pretty noble of the Republicans to just step aside on their own ☕
I guess we owe them a thank you

Another doctorate out of Osijek ☕

A Republican wrote a scientific paper in Osijek, though he seems to have absolutely no clue who the thinker he’s citing actually is.

Ante Baran, a Republican and the Mayor of the Municipality of Lećevica—who happens to be running for reelection—

Doctorates in Osijek ☕

Vice Mihanović, the Republican candidate for Mayor of Split, might have one thing right: his doctoral thesis, titled "economic impact of maritime transport and shipping on economic development," which he defended back in 2018 at the Osijek College of Economics, is truly one of a kind globally—mostly because on page 71, he claims to have discovered "Wolfscale." He refers to it as a table for tanker freight rates.
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While this isn't exactly our field since we deal with shipbuilding rather than shipping, I assume you’re referring to the table published annually by the Worldscale Association in London and NY. It essentially represents the average price for average tanker space over an average 15,000-mile route, used to calculate the specific prices negotiated between shippers and owners—otherwise known as the "Worldscale Freight rate."
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We reached out to several experts on the subject, and nobody has ever heard of "Wolfscale." They have, however, heard of Worldscale. We even asked Mihanović whether "Wolfscale" was his own groundbreaking scientific discovery or if he perhaps miscopied Mitrović. As of this moment, he hasn't responded.
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Back in mid-March, Index published a report revealing that Mihanović had been lifting sentences and entire paragraphs from other sources without any attribution. Since nothing was marked as a quote, I guess we can't really call it an oversight or a simple mistake; it looks more like a deliberate attempt to pass off someone else's definitions, opinions, and conclusions as his own.

Michael Jackson10 said:These people have devalued everything they touch.
It used to be that you had to break your back to finish a serious degree first, and only then would you dive into "lifelong learning" to actually become an expert. A Master's or a PhD was supposed to be the "reward for a lifetime of work," the crown jewel of a career when you actually knew what you were talking about—you'd spot gaps in knowledge and fill them through actual research and solid arguments...
Or maybe you went the academic route, where "producing new knowledge" and teaching others was part of the job description...

Nowadays? You breeze through some random community college or a low-tier institute (honestly, looking at what they teach today at the university makes me want to gag—they call it a "study guide," but it's really just a rough concept or a few slides; where are the books? Where's the substance?), check which cushy government job is open, call up a few buddies to pull some strings for a postgraduate program, put together a bunch of fluff, make sure you followed the margin rules, checked the page numbers, and boom—you're in! All that "filler" between the margins is just there to hit the required page count...

Kruvtemazo, Gingrich is considered the "winner in the proceedings." 🤦
"Justice must prevail in the end... hopefully the Department of Justice won't appeal"... I guess they just don't want to look embarrassed after exposing such a fraud?

The court basically just washed its hands of evaluating his work, even though there's clear proof "that he copied most of it."

"...Dr. Kandare himself told investigators that no harm was done. His point was, he emphasized, that no copyrights were actually violated."
So, the mentor isn't complaining because Gingrich didn't plagiarize him—he plagiarized someone else instead. 🙏
I guess everything is fine then...

What’s the lesson here?
Don't go after a plagiarizer just to save society from unnecessary lawsuits? Is it just too awkward for the public when someone gets caught red-handed?

A comment from FB, yesterday

Quincy:

I studied at the University of Chicago School of Economics back during the America era. Under socialism, addressing people as "comrade" or using "tu" was common. But universities were above that. Every professor, to me as a student, would address me as "colleague, you..." During this recent clash between the candidates for Mayor of Washington, D.C., Davor F. persistently addressed Tomislav Tomašević with a disrespectful "you." There is your proof of how much Boras has degraded the University of Chicago; in this post-socialist era, his professors address each other like common shepherds. Damn, I used a redundant "as" again. Davor F. *is* the last shepherd. Actually, he might have been one if he even knew how to herd a few drawn sheep.

Christian Torres3 said:That headline is a total joke. You really think the Republican Party would let Nemeze get hauled in?

FBI DETAINS SMITH? 'Arranged' deal for IT firm to build oil tanks at Colonial Pipelinelink

Honestly, neither D.D. nor King have the actual capacity to build those tanks; they'd just pick one of the winning firms and hire the exact same subcontractor anyway.

So, does providing references to companies applying for the tender count for zero points?