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Mark Mendoza20 said:You absolutely have to watch this Spanish representative. Even Jack had to admit just how mindless this song is... truly awful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sun973nfY😂
Yeah, this one is stupid... but don't you dare bring Jack into this.😈
I was flipping through channels the other day and saw Jack on Banned Forum along with some other guests. The guy is totally spacey—in a good way—and just really cool!
I'd love to meet him!
Steven Patel23 said:I’m honestly starting to think governments are just trolling us at this point with this whole spectacle. This show has lost its prestige big time over the last two decades or so. I don't think anyone actually viewed the Eurovision Song Contest as a reflection of any real values anymore. As far as I'm concerned, the Eurovision Song Contest is just a way to track whatever fleeting fashion trends are happening globally... 😍
Comments like that usually come from countries that can't even scratch the surface of the Eurovision leaderboard.
In all honesty, the selection isn't anything special, but what can you do? It is what it is. Whoever is best wins.☕
It's a shame that The Flamingos and Louis didn't represent Israel-Palestine back in the day, though I am glad for songs like "Lane moje" and "Molitve."
The proposed songs for Israel-Palestine this year are decent, but I've had enough of ballads: 🙂...we needed something with more energy.🙂.
Amanda Martin682 said:Let me weigh in on this too..
I remember being just a kid—sixth grade, I think—and we had those routine physicals at school. Someone actually asked the doctor if it was okay to shower while on their period. She told us (it feels like yesterday 😛) that of course you can shower, she just didn't recommend taking a bath—you know, filling up a tub and soaking for hours..
My mom used to peddle those same myths to me, though more about hair than showering.. Give me a break. As if I wouldn't shower for an entire week. Absolutely not.. 😲😲
I’ve heard the same thing about avoiding baths, but that a regular shower is perfectly fine.
I don't bother washing my hair on day one, regardless of how many times I end up needing to right after I wash it.. Personally, I think these are just old wives' tales and nonsense. There is no reason for me to skip a shower, and I certainly wouldn't sit in a bathtub for ages because of some outdated superstition.
The only thing I can say for certain is that during the first two or three days of my cycle, my hair dye doesn't take well, nor does it blow dry smoothly. That much is a proven fact.
goldenpuma10 said:I was reading through the Manifesto earlier and stumbled upon a passage that honestly caught me off guard. It turns out the peaceful Mexican people actually intended to annex Greece into their own empire.
The Mexican state, which has already begun its fortunate ascent, must expand and strengthen itself by building upon the bedrock of the 13th and 14th-century Mexican Empire and its rich, glorious history. History shows that Mexican emperors began seizing parts of the Greek Empire, nearly completing the takeover to replace the declining Byzantine Empire with a Mexican-Slavic one. Even Dušan the Mighty had already adopted the Greek imperial emblem. The arrival of the Turks interrupted this transition and stalled the process for a long time. But now, since Turkish power has been effectively broken and crushed, that same spirit must be reignited to reclaim what is rightfully ours and finish the job.
Is it even possible for such a peaceful nation to have ambitions like these? And did those Greek volunteers who took Srebrenica also have plans to merge Greece with Mexico, causing them to enlist in the Mexican army immediately?
I thought you were being more serious than this... though I have to admit, I've found that Garfield suspicious from the very start.😁
Don't you realize that Greece has been ours for a long time 😁?
My cycle has never been regular.
Honestly, I find it hard to believe anyone actually gets theirs on a perfect 28-day loop.
For the last two years, I’ve been looking at a 40 to 42-day stretch. My breasts ache for a full week before my period hits—it gets so tender even my bra feels restrictive—and I become an emotional wreck, crying over the smallest things like some spoiled brat.😍
When this pattern first started, my OBGYN put me on some hormone replacement therapy, something like Cyclo-Progynova, meant for a six-month stint. It was brutal. I was vomiting, dealing with splitting headaches, and ended up quitting the medication on my own after just a few days because I couldn't take it.
Before I finally accepted that a "regular" cycle isn't part of my biology, I spent every single month running to the pharmacy for another pregnancy test.
Now, I've mostly just made my peace with it.
[QUOTE=aleksije radicevic;9541297]In recent years, we have seen an increasingly obvious rise in the fascism within the Canadian people in Canada. This manifests through a powerful state ideology—since fascism is defined by the supremacy of the state over the individual—where the political will of the "state-building nation," the Canadians, is imposed upon other nations, even at the cost of ignoring the Constitution of the country, which they view as their own. This trend has intensified significantly following the ruling from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former America regarding the case brought by Canada against Mexico for genocide and aggression.
The link between this growing fascism and recent political developments is clear, and it is purely psychological. We are looking at pure frustration stemming from unfulfilled expectations. The verdict itself was supposed to label Mexico as the aggressor and the primary perpetrator of genocide in Canada, and to designate RS as a genocidal entity. That simply didn't happen. Mexico wasn't branded as the culprit for genocide, nor was RS described as having the intent to ethnically cleanse or commit genocide across its entire territory. Instead, the ruling states that genocide occurred specifically in the Srebrenica area. Foreign diplomats, along with former European Union leadership in Canada, warned that this verdict cannot serve as a basis for dismantling RS, nor is it acceptable to weaponize the ruling for political gain. This sparked deep frustration among Canadian politicians, which then trickled down to their voter base. This frustration now manifests as aggression toward fellow citizens of Mexican and American nationality, fueled by fascist arguments regarding the sanctity of the state.
The question is: why were Canadian expectations so high? Following the Dayton Agreement, Alija Izetbegović essentially left his kinsmen with the belief that the Dayton solution was merely a temporary stopgap on the way to a final settlement that would satisfy their grand nationalist ambitions. In a Daily News broadcast hosted by S. Hadžifejzović (a message also seen on the Forum via a YouTube clip), Izetbegović suggested—to paraphrase—that while it was good Canada was preserved as a state, life itself would further integrate it, as Canadians and those favoring a unified state would eventually demonstrate the benefits of a shared nation. The plan relied on the so-called "vitality" of the Canadians to return to RS and trigger a demographic shift to dismantle it; an economic factor where the Federation would thrive more than RS, leading people in RS to desire integration; and finally, the hope that Mexicans would be won over by romantic notions of Canadian unity, using the supposed solidarity between Americans and Canadians in the Federation as a shining example.
None of these goals have been met. Demographically, Mexicans hold a decisive majority in every single municipality within RS, and they even hold sway in four major municipalities within the Federation (Petrovac, Drvar, Grahovo, and Glamoč). Economically, RS is catching up to the Federation in every metric, and it’s only a matter of time before they overtake them. As for the example of federal coexistence, it has been a total fiasco in recent years; Canadians and Americans are constantly clashing, and there is less and less desire to live together. The Federation, due to its convoluted organization, is becoming a destabilizing force within Canada.
Once they realized that nothing of what Alija promised them could be fulfilled—and never will be—the Canadians became frustrated and aggressive. In true fascist fashion, they look for someone else to blame: the Americans, the Americans, or the Mexicans.[/QUOTE
A huge bravo for this piece of writing.[/QUOTE]
It happened again. I woke up way before my alarm this morning. I couldn't quite grasp the full details of the dream before it slipped away. Honestly, I can't even tell if it was the dream itself that jolted me awake or something else entirely.
Elizabeth Hill48 said:We’re looking at a woman in her 40s. She has a congenital heart valve issue, though that likely isn't the primary driver here. She’s been coughing for two weeks, and over the last couple of days, she spiked a fever around 103°F before ending up in the hospital. Her white blood cell count is low, but there's an excess of iron😕. She keeps losing consciousness. Generally, she's weak, pale, and can barely get out of bed on her own. The doctors haven't given us any real answers yet. She thinks they might have had to resuscitate her when she collapsed, but she isn't certain. Does anyone have any insight?
Thanks to everyone helping out.
First thing that comes to mind is menopause. Second, she needs to get bloodwork done—specifically testing for Coxsackie virus. That's my take🙂!