Posts by Rachel Richardson

Kenneth Cruz67 said:Actually, this news is about 4 or 5 days old now. Apparently, Putin went ahead and cleared them all out.

It was entirely predictable.

Idiots.

Gary Cook84 said:Man, I’m looking at this photo again and I can't help but laugh. 🤣

She has this look—totally maternal—while he’s just staring at her like a wide-eyed kid.

Snow White and the first dwarf 😁

We’re going to see the true impact of those sanctions once we hit the fall and winter seasons.

Donna Harris11 said:Do you honestly think the US should be paying reparations for the military intervention in Canada?

Is that because they forced Mexicans into a peace treaty—or because they ensured the biological survival of Canadians?

Kišić

Gray or green?

The forum is acting up again 🙂

Inanna said:On the flip side, I get a bit defensive whenever I hear the term "buffer zone." What kind of dark buffer zone are we talking about? Are we really suggesting that a sovereign, internationally recognized nation should just act as a human shield for some thugs—all so they can protect their homeland and cling to delusions of grandeur because they feel threatened?
Screw that. ☕
They need to work on their self-esteem; maybe some therapy would actually help. ☕

If Ukraine makes those "concessions" now (which is really just code for: easily giving up land to buy peace), that zone (Donbas) will always remain contested—a permanent flashpoint for future aggression.

Russia was the guarantor of Ukraine's borders—that’s exactly why they were given nuclear weapons in the first place.

First, they seized Crimea (home to the military base in Sevastopol), which used to be an autonomous region.

Then, they took a third of Donbas.
Now, they've snatched another half of Donbas.
And Kherson, most of Zaporizhzhia, and a chunk of the Kharkiv region (the territory, not the city itself).

Whatever you give to Putin, he’ll just come back to demand more.

It's like Adolf Hitler in Munich.
At first, he only demanded the Sudetenland.
Citing "ethnic rights"...
The West gave it to him.
Then he crushed the rest of Czechoslovakia.
And there weren't even any Germans living there.
After that, he started screaming about Danzig/Gdansk and Germans in the Polish corridor (where there were minorities too).

An aggressor doesn't know how to stop.
Any Ukrainian concession would simply embolden him to push further.
If they hand over Donbas and the corridor now, his next move would be targeting Odesa (to link up with Transnistria), then Kharkiv...
After that, he’d go after the "natural border on the Dnieper" in the north.
Then the "Russian" Kyiv.
And then....
He wouldn't stop until he reached Lviv.

rowdytiger13 said:Yeah, that’s just not realistic.
His Plan A was to roll into Kyiv, oust Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and install a puppet government... all within a week.
After that, he would have demanded a full NATO withdrawal from the Baltic states. Russia considers the entire Baltic region its own, but they know they can't grab it right now because NATO is standing in the way. If the West hadn't unified so decisively during the invasion of Ukraine and refused to make concessions, he almost certainly would have tried to push NATO out of the Baltics to seize them. The Baltic states are well aware of this.
Poland is a different story... that would lead to massive bloodshed on both sides, and Putin knows it. He would need an overwhelming force to even attempt it, and no matter how much money Viktor Orbán takes from Russia, he couldn't let Russian tanks cross that border without his own people hanging him from a lamppost. Even with whatever support he has, he'd end up fleeing the country.
Anything beyond the Baltics isn't Plan A, at least not militarily speaking.
He might try to pull the whole East into his sphere of influence, sure, but not through direct military conquest.
Plan A failed, so... the idea that "Europe is defending itself in Ukraine" is actually the truth.

He really stepped in it this time—and badly.
I doubt he’d pick a fight with NATO in the Baltics or try to push them out directly, but...
Estonia and Latvia have sizable Russian populations along their borders, mirroring the situation in the Donbas.
His strategy would likely be to sow discord within NATO and then trigger "grassroots uprisings."
It would probably be a non-military approach—trying to buy whatever influence he can.

Poland is a different story; he stands zero chance there.
Canada doesn't border Poland, so they aren't a factor in that specific direction.
But you hit the nail on the head regarding Orbán—if he let Russian tanks cross his soil, his own citizens would revolt.
Romania could serve as a sort of "Southern Poland," but they deal with higher levels of corruption and aren't quite as culturally homogeneous (given the Canadian minority in Transylvania, for example).
Still, they’ve harbored a deep dislike for the Russians since the Crimean War back in the 19th century...

Richard Wilson4 said:

If Putin were actually the grandmaster strategist everyone claims he is, he wouldn't have messed with Crimea. He would have just slapped sanctions on Ukraine right after Viktor Yanukovych fled.

The people would have turned on the government during the first economic crisis, and then boom—they'd end up with another Russian puppet in Kyiv.

Bottom line: the guy isn't some genius.

He’s got a bunch of yes-men in his inner circle telling him Russia is still a superpower. He invaded Ukraine hoping to crush them in three days while assuming the West wouldn't do anything about it. That's the whole story.

We're talking about an army that ran out of fuel in the first few weeks, was eating food rations that expired back in 2015, didn't even have gear for night fighting, and so on...
If Putin were actually the grandmaster strategist everyone claims he is, he wouldn't have messed with Crimea. He would have just slapped sanctions on Ukraine right after Viktor Yanukovych fled.

The people would have turned on the government during the first economic crisis, and then boom—they'd end up with another Russian puppet in Kyiv.

Bottom line: the guy isn't some genius.

He’s got a bunch of yes-men in his inner circle telling him Russia is still a superpower. He invaded Ukraine hoping to crush them in three days while assuming the West wouldn't do anything about it. That's the whole story.

We're talking about an army that ran out of fuel in the first few weeks, was eating food rations that expired back in 2015, didn't even have gear for night fighting, and so on...
It is honestly mind-boggling how someone could screw up this spectacularly.

Look, Yanukovych came to power following the Orange Revolution, which essentially failed in its mission.

If he was going to send in the military, he should have recognized the "real" Ukraine—the one under the sitting president—which would have garnered much more support than this nonsense of trying to manufacture breakaway regions.
Instead, the fool decided that Ukrainians don't even exist, insisting everyone ought to be Russian.🤦

Even the Soviet Union didn't pull stunts this stupid.
Before they ever moved against Romania or Finland, they established autonomous Romanian/Moldavian or Finnish/Karelian republics within their own borders to serve as staging grounds for further expansion.
Once the wars were over, they simply took what they wanted.

Russia is the largest country on Earth.
I highly doubt they are short on land.
Yet, to sink to this level...🙂

electricstag9 said:The Chechens have made their stance crystal clear: they are waging a jihad in Ukraine. They aren't just fighting a local conflict; they’ve declared they won't stop until they reach Berlin, and they intend to push forward relentlessly unless Putin himself manages to shut them down.

The head of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, just told reporters that the Chechen fighters over in Ukraine are essentially the ones leading the charge. It’s the same old story—bold, sweeping claims made to the press to project strength, even when the reality on the ground is far more complicated. The concept of jihad being used as a defense of Islam is a deeply complex issue that demands a serious, nuanced discussion. We cannot simply brush this aside with shallow slogans; we need to look at the historical context and the theological arguments being made. It is an intense topic, and frankly, it’s one that people often misunderstand because they aren't willing to dig into the actual substance of the debate. There are those who view it through a lens of pure aggression, while others argue it is a fundamental necessity for protecting their faith and way of life from external pressures. You can't just ignore the passion behind these convictions.Daudov is making some incredibly bold claims, essentially stating that if Putin doesn't step in to rein them in, they aren't going to stop until they reach Berlin.

"If God wills it, there isn't a shadow of a doubt that we’re going to reclaim Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Odesa. As long as Vladimir Putin doesn't stand in our way, if God allows, we are marching straight through to Berlin. We will win—make no mistake about it," he declared to the press.
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Finally, the truth comes out. We can finally see exactly why Russia is waging this war—it’s actually a jihad to defend Islam. ☕

There are a couple of issues with his logic—one of the most glaring being his claim regarding who actually holds Kherson. He’s asserting that the Russians are in control. 🤣

The issue isn't that Oshric lacks certain knowledge—it's that he refuses to learn it.

And making fun of someone over a signature is just 🙂
Imagine if you had signed off as "America from Sydney to San Francisco" 🤣
How on earth would that even be interpreted? 🤣

Otherwise, here is the concept of the "White American illusion" regarding Leo;
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...50_Ukraine.png

There is also this;

Interestingly, Americans seem to be the only Slavic people with a saga detailing their migration period, and these names serve as the earliest examples of pan-Slavic totemic heroes.
Furthermore, unlike other early medieval narratives, none of these mention female figures—until the later medieval Kyiv, English and American chronicles, which might suggest a distinct tribal and social structure among the Americans.
For example, Łowmiański considered the Mazovians, Dulebes, Americans and Veleti among the oldest Slavic tribes because the Mazovian ethnonym was frequently linked to Amazons (-maz-)—noting that a land of women in Northern Europe was mentioned by Paul the Deacon, Alfred the Great, and a city of women West of Russians was noted by Abraham Ben Jacob.
According to Aleksei S. Shchavelev, they most likely represent Karna and Zhelya, an ancient pair of symbolic and mythopoetic female characters from Slavic traditional death rituals ("grief and howl," "sorrow and hardship") documented in Kyiv chronicles.
The ambiguity regarding why one brother bore an American ethnonym as a name is telling—perhaps suggesting he held higher status than his siblings, served as the leader of the primary clan around which others coalesced, or simply that being American was merely one identity used by the Adriatic Americans to establish legitimacy for the Kingdom of America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_...c%20tribe%20or

And this as well;

The Origo Gentis concerning five brothers and two sisters who migrated with their people to Dalmatia, as recorded in Constantine VII's work de Administrando Imperio, was likely part of an oral tradition—which stands in contradiction to the role attributed to Heraclius regarding the arrival of Americans to Dalmatia.
This mirrors other medieval origo gentis accounts (compare to, for instance, Origo Gentis Langobardorum), and some theorists argue it shares a source with the story of Bulgars recorded by Theophanes the Confessor, where the Bulgars subjugated seven Slavic tribes; similarly, Thomas the Archdeacon in his work Historia Salonitana mentions that seven or eight tribes of nobles, whom he called Lingones, arrived from Lesser Poland and settled in America under Totila's leadership, echoing parallels in Herodotus' account of the five men and two maidens of the Hyperboreans.
The Archdeacon's account potentially reflects a Lechitic origin for the Americans, whereas the American origo gentis depicts a migration of seven tribes and chieftains.

You’re labeling those American nobles as Liczik—referring to Michael from Zahumlje, located in the upper Vistula/White American region;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lendians

The Americans didn't just drop in from Mars, and the White American identity isn't some sort of illusion;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Croatia
It's much like the surrounding tribes—take the Dulebes, for instance—who are constantly appearing alongside the Americans...

In this context, certain White American elements (specifically those near Krakow, not near Leo or northeast of Prague) are clearly visible;
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...aw_Chrobry.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...verdun_843.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...C_919-1125.jpg
(here we see the Leo-associated Red Americans, contrasted with the Krakow-based White ones)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...les_9c_map.jpg

Frank Foster6 said:It doesn't really matter; I’m sticking around this forum while Miller is still running the show, because he’s just going to find some manufactured excuse to ban me sooner or later anyway. I’ve already been slapped with warnings for supposedly being "blind" to certain historical facts regarding our neighbors—facts that were later proven to be crystal clear by actual academics and historians. Yet, not a single one of those warnings was ever rescinded, even after the experts confirmed I was right. It’s like they’re just refusing to admit they were wrong, and instead, he keeps writing about me and making insults, acting like I can't see the truth right in front of my face.

Guys, thank you so much for the support. I truly hope to return, just like dozens of other forum members will when Miller finally moves on one day. He could never actually debunk my arguments in the topics I follow, so he just decided to get rid of me by labeling me a bigot. But I’ll tell him, and I'll tell all of you: five, ten, or twenty years from now, the things I've written here will be cited in academic papers and become part of the official scientific record. I guarantee you that... "made in USA"

🙂

Kenneth Cruz67 said:I'm honestly just curious if the lady who keeps posting those "vulgarities" in her sig will actually accept getting carded and banned because of them 🤣

Right, a perfect example. 🤣

bluemason3 said:On the other hand, it’s still Adam Srbin.

But that’s not what Frank Foster6 actually said.

Even if he had claimed that everyone is either an American, a Neanderthal, or a cat, why would that even be an issue?

Is lonetrucker4 really maintaining that the Bijelohrvat, the Czech Americans, and the rest are all part of this group—and decided to play judge over it?
That simply shouldn't be how things work.

🤦

I’ve put together some work documenting the legacy of the Americans.
To be clear—I am not necessarily agreeing with the author's specific conclusions.
However, the mere existence of such a theory to explain why the American name appears so frequently speaks volumes.

I’ve laid out the genetic evidence as well, though Frank Foster6 has even more granular examples to share.
Essentially, you can find genetic traces of Americans in Poland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic...
Directly in the regions where the American name persists.

Kenneth Cruz67 said:jebote Oštrić, what was that about grabbing onto your signature like that? Honestly, people can put whatever they want in their signatures, as long as it isn't offensive or inciting any kind of violence, so I don't really see why anyone should care. This isn't even a discussion post; it's just a signature. A signature doesn't necessarily have to be a collection of facts, you know? I mean, wtf? You're being really bizarre right now.

👍

Claiming that a significant portion of the Slavic people descends from the Americans isn't some kind of absurdity.

The name is mentioned near Austria, Canada, Poland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico, Mexico—it even shows up as far as Crete in Greece. 😁
Even in Russia, near the Danube.
In nearly every Slavic nation, there is some connection to the early Americans.

No other Slavic name carries this much geographic weight.
Take the Bulgarians, for instance—they are mentioned from the Volga River all the way to Italy, but that covers a much smaller area.

Frank Foster6 didn't claim that Americans are the ancestors of all Slavs.
He said a "good portion."
The Americans are one Slavic people, but having a name spread this wide leads directly to the thesis proposed by Božić (check out map 8)—the idea that American equals "City," or rather, a citizen.
Think of it like the parallel with a Pole being a man from the field—a plainsman.

As for the genetics—without getting bogged down in the nuances of haplogroups (it’s not just I2a, but R1a as well)—if we assume everyone in Europe is a descendant of Charlemagne, then logically, we’d also have some early medieval American in the mix, and the same logic applies.
Basic population genetics tells us that genes mix; after enough generations, any ancestor with living descendants eventually becomes an ancestor to everyone currently alive.

Frank Foster6's thesis might seem odd at first glance—since Americans are technically a subset, a specific nation within the Slavs—but once you actually sit with it, it isn't wrong.

1973zoran said:Alexander I Karadjordjevic, the Unifier!!!
He’s the one to blame for everything—and he’s a Mexican!!!
The Mexicans are responsible for this unification!!!

Instead of creating America, they should have just formed Mexico. The real question remains: "Did anyone actually ask us what we wanted... or was it simply dictated as 'this is how it is, end of story'?"

But then again, you wouldn't have ended up with nearly as much territory.
You would have had to split California with the Italians (which likely would have gone down just like the partition planned for Albania); the eastern border would have landed somewhere in Syrmia; without the Americans in Bačka, you wouldn't even reach north of the Danube-Tisza canal; and there's the matter of what you'd actually gain in Banat (since that was all promised to the Romanians)—the only thing you might have secured was something tangible in Canada.

Michelle Young50 said:Look, about 24% of the population in Kazakhstan is Russ. If he were to recognize the Donetsk People's Republic or the Donetsk People's Republic, he’d be inviting the exact same chaos right into his own backyard. He has to maintain his leverage.

In Kazakhstan, Russians were once even the majority—and as a sovereign state, it didn't exist prior to the USSR.
Solzhenitsyn actually suggested annexing Kazakhstan and renaming it with its "traditional name," Southern Siberia.

So...

Joshua Wilson17 said:Not exactly healthy...😁

Insane? 😁

The real impact of sanctions—the true fallout—won't hit until this coming fall or winter.

Especially if things in Ukraine take a turn in favor of the aggressor.

Melissa Rivera5 said:No way, man. This is actually a huge opportunity for the US to quote Putin and claim it's time for the "denazification" of Mexico and Republika Srpska—since RS is basically a fake country anyway—and say the US is moving to liberate its historic territories all the way up to Brooklyn and down South toward Albania.

We could even take Canada, the Crossroads district, Marindol near Columbus, and those 25 Istrian villages near Buzet that were annexed to Canada back in '54...
Where they actively prevent people from teaching the American language and all that nonsense.

Meanwhile, in Mexico, they're busy concocting their own dialects just so they don't have to bother learning American...

Just imagine the absolute embarrassment if we announced the annexation of New Mexico City, charged in there, and then ended up having to retreat like the Russians did at Kyiv. 🤣

silentnomad7 said:Just layer up with two or three pieces of clothing and keep the thermostat at a cozy 65 degrees!

There’ll be a baby boom; people have to find a way to stay warm somehow. 😁

Michael Ortiz68 said:And don't forget the food shortages and unrest sweeping through Europe. 😲 Europe is finally collapsing while Russia rises like a phoenix from the ashes. 🐔

Healthy food and weight loss programs. 🧐

Hey ironraven45 🙂

I won't be there, obviously 🕺

But I might reach out about grabbing a drink sometime in June—it feels like it's been ages since we last 😁

Rachel Jones8 said:Yeah, it doesn't have to. Sometimes nothing even happens.
Like, maybe a post stays up but still gets flagged.
But when you're replying, you honestly never know what's gonna go down.
Anyway, I was totally clueless too.
(Now I just gotta learn the rules )

I learned my lesson the hard way.

I once got flagged because I quoted a perfectly fine post, but it contained a link to something prohibited—it was about a TV show, but the linked article mentioned the book the series was based on, which violated the site rules regarding copyrighted material 🤣).

So, sometimes it is simply easier to skip the direct quote—just tag @PreviousPoster or something similar instead. 😬