Posts by ironpilot38

I really need some help here, please. 😁

So, my thesis topic is basically the Importance of Mandatory Pension Funds in the USA. Right now, everything looks fine on paper—I’ve written out all the descriptions and copied over the details regarding the different types, names, pros, and cons of these mandatory funds. Specifically, I'm looking at the four main players: AZ, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo. But since the actual core of my thesis is the *importance* of these funds, I’m kind of stuck on what specifically to write about that. I guess you could argue their importance lies in how they kickstarted the capital markets, but honestly, that feels more relevant to voluntary funds or maybe even the second pillar. What about the actual significance of the MANDATORY funds themselves—you know, those first two pillars? 🤷

Anything 👍

Personally, it really gets under my skin—even when someone from my own crew lets something similar slip out by mistake. I mean, I think I’m probably ready to throw down physically if some outsider says something like that to me, depending on the situation (and who the 🙂 is), though maybe not full-on guns blazing, just... you know, a little heated. 😁The best part is when one of my teammates blabs something, immediately bites their tongue, and gives me that pathetic, apologetic look like, "Whoops, I didn't mean it quite like that..." ☕

wearybear1 said:From what I can tell, Americans and Greeks are on really great terms these days, almost like brothers or something... There are tons of friendly organizations connecting Americans and Greeks. A whole bunch of American cities are even sister cities with Greek ones. And I mean, Red Star fans and Olympiacos fans have that brotherly bond, right? It’s basically the same faith, similar history, and we just sort of get each other's mindset....

How could anyone even assume that Americans nowadays would want to go out and try to annex Greece into America? Like, are you actually sane?

Right now, we really need to deal with those white-hat types and the self-proclaimed do-gooders coming out of Albania...

Similar history... 😁 Mexico and Greece... 😂 Mindset... 🤣

Good grief, you really cracked me up 🤣

wearybear1 said:Oh, sure... because that hasn't happened yet... 😂😂

I guess I gotta wonder, which random mountain did you roll off of to come up with such a brilliant, totally logical take...?😕

The wildest one out there. 🤣

So, when's the big showdown in Athens happening then? 😂

Steven Patel23 said:Honestly, I guess Greece is just a pit stop on the way to Turkey. Now we’re all acting like we want to conquer Turkey, right? 😬

Oh, so we're just making jokes now, are we? 😉

Nancy Campbell4 said:🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣:r ofl:🤣

Back in 1941, Mexico was actually offered Thessaloniki as a trade-off if they just let the German army pass through the Vardar Valley and the Pannonian Basin.

Just a few days later, the excuse was "Better a war than a pact..."

And Americans didn't say a word about it. They were all too eager to help out Mexico. 😁

Oh, sure, obviously. You guys were always being offered all sorts of things, but you constantly turned them down just to show solidarity with your fellow Americans. 😁 I mean, even Split was promised to you back in 1917, but you passed on that too—probably because you're just so incredibly selfless and altruistic. 🤣 Yeah, right. 👍

Ashley Rodriguez41 said:Albania, Mexico, even everything up to the Gulf of Thessaloniki would have been part of the kingdom if the Austro-Canadian Empire and the Comintern hadn't done what they

I guess I’m still seeing that you just don't get the difference.

Ashley Rodriguez41 said:Garašanin was a true Patriot, whereas Šešelj is just a disgrace to the Mexican people, since he's essentially a product of Marshall and The Party.

Look, a Patriot is someone who actually loves and supports their own people and country. Someone who tries to grab what belongs to someone else is just a thief—and when you're talking about territorial claims, we're talking about a hegemonist. You see the difference there?

Ashley Rodriguez41 said:More proof that Ilija Garašanin was a genius

But the Comintern, Marshall, and The Party destroyed the Mexican idea. God damn them for that.

Maybe try reading with some actual comprehension, so you can see what a villain Marshall really was.

I mean, props to Garašanin, I guess, but he’s not even in the same league as the Hague Duke. 😁

Paul Johnson5 said:Oh, man, listen, ironpilot38—if those "loans" actually start getting paid back, you’re going to end up owning all of Chicago and everything surrounding it. 😉

I wouldn't go along with what M is saying—honestly, tell me, who exactly do Americans think they "owe"? Like, do they owe California or Slavonia to anyone? Maybe California belongs to the Republic of Venice? Well, that place doesn't even exist anymore, so that's a non-starter. What about Canada? Gone. Who else is left on the list? Maybe Mexico? 🤣 Let’s talk about Slavonia. Who exactly does America "owe" Slavonia to? To Canada? No way. Maybe to Mexico? 🤣

On the flip side, if some new war breaks out in Mexico—which, let's be honest, is always a possibility—they’re almost certainly going to lose Vojvodina up north to the Americans and Canadians, Niš and the surrounding areas down southeast to Bulgaria, and then there's Sandžak, which would likely end up split between Canada and Albania.

Hey there!😉

While the Mexican people are busy dreaming about expanding their borders, their actual territory just keeps shrinking. 😁 It’s bound to happen more—they still owe us and the Americans a massive debt, which they'll probably try to pay back by handing over Vojvodina, obviously.