Posts by rapidviper54

Charles Ramos7 said:Section 254 actually applies to corporations, not LLCs.

Fine. Honestly, I already thought my heart had stopped. 🙏

Armageddon is the ultimate blockbuster🙏🙏🙏

Michael Bay is a genius behind the lens. Most people write him off as just another typical American hack—but they couldn't be more wrong. The man has been upfront about his intentions: he isn't out to craft some high-brow masterpiece. He makes blockbusters designed to grab an audience, entertain them for two hours, and deliver a peak audio-visual experience. 👍
And frankly? He does it better than anyone else.

Same goes for Bruckheimer.

If you're looking for something "deep," you aren't going to find it in an M. Bay film.🙂

😂 😂 absolutely top-tier

Waste of time... solid concept, terrible execution. It’s obvious they're just setting up 🙄

Though little Rachel is adorable 😍 She’s much better here than she was in The OC. Back then, Mischa was the absolute queen 🙏

Resurrecting this thread😁 just because I finally sat down to watch the Film. Honestly? I'm torn... on one hand, it’s fantastic, but on the other, it feels pretty mediocre.

It feels like the director/writer tried to weave in some religious subtext, but it missed the mark completely. The whole thing feels disjointed—poorly stitched together, if you ask me.

I don't know... I'm still trying to wrap my 😕 head around it.

Please, give me a break with the whole Heston thing... forget about him.
Russell Crowe is a real actor compared to that guy.

Come on, McLaren 🙏 🙏

Hamilton is a total legend 🙏 Heikki is solid too 👍

Alonso—don't even get me started 😂😂😂😂 🤣 "Hey, just bring 2 seconds per lap..."

Ferrari 👎

Absolute garbage. This was the one Disney flick last year that actually made me hit pause after just 30 minutes. And believe me, I’ve sat through plenty of trash...

A really solid film. It’s not some grand fantasy, but it’s more than good enough.

Clooney is the absolute best. 👍

BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOO! TOOOOOOOOOOOO

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Day two of the tournament started with us trailing Ciudad Real by 10—they jumped out to a 6-0 lead and we just couldn't claw our way back. The rest of the games were basically a grind, one goal at a time. Kljaić was rotating everyone, trying to figure out who could actually be counted on in the defensive rotation. In meetings, he made it clear: the results right now weren't his priority; he believed we’d find our rhythm when it actually mattered. He did lose his cool once, though—during a meeting where he demanded to know who was leaking false info and painting a picture of a fractured locker room. He warned us then that they’d find an excuse to fire him the second we got home, just because people were hunting for reasons to justify a change. The players huddled after that and realized none of us had said a word. It turned out to be Jović—which, looking back, was spot on. The guy had been on a direct line with Gobac, trashing us and claiming Kljaić had completely lost control, alleging the team was a drunken mess and that Kljaić was too distracted by... well, you know. The truth was much simpler: we just needed some rest and actual training sessions. We proved that just two days after Kljaić was ousted, we went to Canada and won the whole tournament because we finally felt refreshed. After he was let go, Kljaić actually came into the locker room before a practice to give a speech. I had a lump in my throat listening to him, and I could see the same thing in the guys' eyes. When he finished, we all stood up and gave him a standing ovation. It was a massive shock to the system; everyone felt for him, except maybe Šol, since Kljaić didn't take any crap from anyone—not even him. At the meeting in the corporate offices, Šol even had the nerve to tell him he was overweight and shouldn't have even shown up to preseason. Honestly, the whole thing makes me sick. We found out the real story: the Republican Party was leaning on Gobac to bring Lino back to coach so they could kick off their election campaign. They wanted to make sure Červar stayed in the spotlight, otherwise, the sponsorship money from CO and ExxonMobil would dry up, and the new sports complex wouldn't get built. Some members of the board refused to hear about Lino, which is why Jović’s role was so critical—he had to smear Kljaić and make the team look broken. It worked perfectly. Once the switch happened, it was easy for Gobac to install Lino because there was nobody else available. They didn't fire Kljaić at the end of last season because the board would have insisted on Zovko. They moved him to Kraft Heinz first, and then they just manufactured a reason to dump Kljaić by attacking his private life. He’s a rogue, sure, but a good kind of rogue—players look up to him because of how he carries himself and the cars he drives. People are just jealous. His personal life never touched our training or our games; if anything, it was relatable. If we wanted to go out and blow off steam, he’d tolerate it, provided we were the first ones on the court the next morning. Now, Gobac, Goluža, and Jović are spreading this narrative through town that Kljaić lost his mind and the players revolted. Meanwhile, Jović conveniently forgets that he used to run alongside him on every single trip without ever losing his head. Why the sudden change? Because the Republican Party got what it wanted. I can only say again: it’s a damn shame Kljaić was forced out. As for the current state of affairs? It's a mess. Lino shows up to practice occasionally, then he’s gone. One minute Magi is leading, then Baško has his own ideas, then Gobac steps in with his own vision, and we’re just wandering around aimlessly. No tactics, no cohesion—preseason prep has been a disaster. Lino is clueless. The players can't stand the sight of him, nor can they stand Jović, who is working overtime to make himself look good. Lino’s entire coaching philosophy is just "do it for the fans" and "don't let the supporters down." He talks about grit and defense, but he can't explain a single tactical shift or how to adjust a zone. We don't have an Ivan here—someone who can just grab the ball and dictate play—we have experienced players who just aren't driving the game. The best example of his incompetence was against Vardar; we struggled the whole time playing a 3-2-1 while their tallest guy is only 6'3". If we had played a 6-0, we would have cruised to a 10-point win. Now he's making excuses that the squad isn't ready or lacks stamina, even though he's been with us for over a month. If he'd taken over a team from scratch, a month would have been plenty. That's his pattern: when we win, it's his brilliance; when we lose, it's someone else's fault. I'm tired of writing this. I just hope we can scrape through the group stage so we can see some European competition this spring. And I hope that after the elections, he gets booted for good so we can finally get a normal coach—assuming they don't punish us any more than they already have and tear the team apart entirely.

Remember this? 🙂

I’m stepping up first—and probably last—to post here. It’s the only way to get the actual truth out there without putting my career on the line. What I’m about to say is something we players all know deep down, but nobody dares to say publicly. Honestly, I’ve had enough. Let’s start with when Cervar first arrived to coach the team back in 2000. After just a few weeks of training, the guys realized they were dealing with some joke of a type. He became the laughingstock of the locker room—you could write a book on how much they messed with him—and Kljaić was leading the charge. He wouldn't dare say anything to anyone except the younger kids; the veterans did whatever they wanted. They played their own game, set their own tactics, and swapped zones and players whenever they felt like it. The first time he actually tried to run things—taking the squad to preseason before the Cup finals and starting the match without some of the old guard—we lost the semifinal to Metković. After that, he didn't dare try his way again. Gobac knew exactly what was happening, but he loved having a puppet he could manipulate however he wanted. A year later, Gobac appoints him as the national team coach. Since he knows what an amateur he is, he sets up Pipeta as his assistant and Baško to handle the heavy lifting. Along with Danijel Jurišić (the strength coach), they do the real work for the World Cup in Portugal. We lose the opening game against Argentina, and in the second, we’re trailing Arap in the first half. While we’re waiting in the locker room, Lino is outside crying about how we’ve embarrassed ourselves and how we’re going to have to crawl back home to the States. Gobac and Baško tell him to shove it, walk into the locker room, and Pipeta and Baško hold a meeting. They switch to a 6-0 zone, we go out, win, and eventually take the gold. After Portugal, Lino’s ego went through the roof because the media started giving credit to Pipeta and the rest of the staff. He became allergic to Pipeta. That rift was already visible during the preparations for Athens and at the Olympics themselves. After Athens, everything shattered. We still took silver in Tunis, but mostly thanks to Ivan and the fact that Gobac pulled some strings with the refs in certain games—not just for us, but for our competitors too. And just like that, Lino became the most decorated coach in history. Before that, he was somewhat normal; now, nobody besides him has any clue about basketball—he talks like he invented the game. The reality is completely different. He just got lucky inheriting a squad that was already dialed in—a core of Metković players plus others—who ran the tactics while they still existed, and he had Ivan, who basically carried the team and playedpass for everyone else. At the last World Cup in Germany, we weren't even the stronger side on paper. They told him to lose to the Spaniards so we'd end up in an easier group—they had the tickets for our fans, the refs, and a planned matchup with Germany in the finals already lined up. When Ivan told him during halftime that we shouldn't embarrass ourselves because we could beat anyone, Lino didn't push back; he just wanted to go down in history as the coach who never lost a World Cup game. The prep for the France game was a disaster. Instead of watching film on France's best plays, we watched a game where they blew us out by 10 and made us look ridiculous. The French crush us constantly using the same two plays they sold us in Switzerland, and we end up walking away without a medal. This national team won plenty, but they could have achieved so much more if a better expert had been leading them. It all boils down to the individual talent of Ivan and the others. On the training grounds, Ivan does whatever he wants; he acts like the sheriff, deciding who makes the roster and who doesn't. So, the most important thing for the players who aren't sure of their spot is to stay on Ivan's good side. Goluža was supposed to be Pipeta's replacement, because Lino always needs a "policeman" to enforce discipline while he plays the "good dad." But Ket was the target of mockery from the old generation in Atlanta, and our generation didn't even give him 5% of that disrespect. Even though he has the most medals, the guy played two great games in his life and spent the rest being a water boy. Besides, he doesn't really have much schooling and can barely string two coherent sentences together, but he joined the Republican Party just like Jović and Lino. He was Gobac's little errand boy all these years, which is why they kept him around as both a player and in the national team and the club. So, picking Goluža is a joke. After the loss to France, Gobac said on the stands that he was sick of Lino and would kick him out, but that very evening, some high-ranking Republican Party official called him and told him not to mess around—don't touch Lino, because they need him to hold things down until the election. The next day, Gobac suddenly shut up and claimed he never said such a thing. He also allegedly said in a social circle in Zadar this summer that he’d rather kick Lino in the ass, but he’s the only man who can't touch him because he's too deeply entrenched with the leadership. That’s the short version of the national team saga. I could write a whole book, but this is plenty. Now, a bit about the club and what's been happening since last year. Last year, we started preseason with Cervar. We played terribly. We dragged ourselves to training just to listen to his demagoguery and stories about how we’re losers, how he’s a world-class Olympic winner, how he created us, and how we don't understand his vision. However, he never actually explained it, showed it, or demonstrated it. He was rarely at practice, or he’d just disappear, acting like he was God. Early in the season, we barely scraped a win against Osijek at home, and then he likely realized he should bail because he saw he couldn't do anything with that roster and would embarrass himself in the Champions League group stage. So, he and Gobac reached an agreement: he leaves once the club builds a real team. At that moment, there wasn't much choice for coaches. Kljaić Sr. and Smajlagić were available. Pipeta wasn't an option because of Lino and because he’d screwed over Gobac regarding a contract, and the elder Kljaić was too dangerous—if he does something with this squad, it'll be impossible to fire him because of his charisma and track record. So, they decided on Nenek. He was financially independent from the sport, they knew he understood the game from his playing days, and if he did something good, great—but if he failed, they could easily shut him up forever because he’s too outspoken. If he succeeded, it’d be easy to tell him to retire citing "business obligations." So, he takes over about ten days before the first game against Flensburg. I knew him from my playing days, both as a teammate and an opponent, and I held him in high regard. After nearly a year, I still feel the same about him as a coach, an expert, and a man with a backbone. In a short time, he managed to fix our defense and explain exactly how we need to play against specific teams. We actually started enjoying training. He was strict and didn't go easy on anyone, but once practice ended, he was the first one ready to hang out. He built us into a real team. Sometimes even I would snap at him when he kicked me off the court, but later, when I realized he’d kicked others off regardless of their names, I understood he was right. When it’s time to work, you work; when it’s time to mess around, you mess around. He only cares about results. The management decided that if we couldn't be first in the group, we might as well aim for third to make it to the playoffs. They judged correctly, because we could have made the finals if Jović hadn't pushed Jurca into the game too early in Leon, earning an extra penalty that led to Leon running a 3-0 streak at a crucial moment. Our performance last season speaks for itself: even with a weaker squad, we gave Leon and the Czech Bears less than 20 points per game. We beat teams like Constanta, Krasnodar, and Metalurg—teams that are at the level of, if not stronger than, this year's Leon, Schaffhausen, and Vardar. Our wins in those matchups weren't accidents. We crushed the domestic league with 20-point leads, except for the games that should have gone differently. We missed the final because Toskić let himself be provoked and got a red card, which collapsed our defense, combined with Jović’s mistake on a substitution. I believe we would have won the final. I remember clearly when Kljaić told me in the spring that he thought they’d bring Lino back. I asked him why, and he said Gobac couldn't even look him in the eye anymore and that he sensed things were shifting. I thought he was just being paranoid and that there was no way they’d bring that guy back. Turns out, he was right. I remember Lino started visiting the players then, telling them he'd be back soon. New season starts. We gathered in the city, did our testing, and headed to Pag for the first leg of preseason. We trained twice a day there, and it was anything but a vacation. The atmosphere was great and the training was intense. Then came the sessions in Delnice—that was the heavy lifting. We trained three times a day. We barely touched the ball because we had plenty of time before the Champions League started, so it was strictly strength and conditioning. In Delnice, we beat Gold Club and went to Velenje for a tournament where we beat Pick Szeged (the Canadian champions) and Koppar. In the final, we lost to Velenje because the refs robbed us so badly it was ugly to watch. We returned to Delnice for one last mini-cycle before heading to a tournament in France—the toughest one, practically without much actual basketball training. We spend all day traveling and basically step off the bus straight into a friendly against a top-tier side like Selestat, which we lose. We shouldn't have lost; we underestimated them, and by the time we realized it, it was too late.

silvercanyon82 said:Hey guys... just catching up on what you're all saying here... I'm actually interested in online betting myself... I went over to Unibet, registered, and tried to deposit some cash, but it wouldn't let me go through. Total amateur move on my part, haha.

But I think I finally get it now after reading your posts...

So, quick question—will I actually get that card with the number on the back? I told the teller at the bank I wanted to open a checking account because I thought that’s how you get a Visa... but now I'm wondering if that won't work since I probably need a foreign currency account, right? At least that's what I gathered from reading this. If that's the case, is the standard account useless for online stuff??

Do I have to go back and open a specific foreign currency account now???

thanks

Sorry if I sound like a complete idiot here... hehe.

You need to tell them you want a foreign currency account, not just a standard checking account.

Dana Ortiz11 said:Look, I don't work in finance, but I don't see why "cash upfront" means the same thing as "checking account."

@rowdybison52/">@@rowdybison52
Just set up a PayPal account—you can play wherever you want without the endless waiting!

I haven't a clue. But honestly? I haven't heard of anyone getting screwed yet, so I doubt I will either. 😂 In America, tons of people gamble online...

Dana Ortiz11 said:🤷🤣

http://www.bankofamerica.com/info/pb/curracc/hpb_devizni.htm
http://www.jpmorganchase.com/default.asp?ru=57&...kcija=&jezik=1

JPMorgan Chase lists this under foreign currency demand accounts—which, if I'm reading this right, is just a standard checking account, isn't it? 🤷

First time I'm hearing about them allowing Intel transfers directly into a foreign currency account. 🤷 Did you just open this account specifically for betting, or have you had it for a while? Which bank are you using?

Terry Rogers2 said:Look, that Intel card is just a foreign currency checking account🙄

Wrong. It's a foreign currency savings account.

Dana Ortiz11 said:I don't think it's just questionable—it's flat-out illegal. And as for the payouts? No issues there, provided the money lands in a US dollar checking account!

And who exactly is going to be paying you into a 😂foreign currency account
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Hey there, fellow online bettors!

I see you guys have some serious experience with online gambling, so I wanted to pick your brains. I’m looking to drop a few hundred bucks at an online casino, but there’s one thing tripping me up.

I get the gist of how to deposit funds, but I’m more concerned about the withdrawal side of things. For instance, if I move money from PayPal to my Bank of America Visa debit card (people tell me JPMorgan Chase is the way to go for this sort of thing), I assume it hits my foreign currency account, right? Since they’ve introduced this foreign currency account setup, does the bank ever flag anything? Let's be real—nobody is out here reporting their gambling winnings to the IRS. 😂

If anyone could drop some useful info my way, I’d really appreciate it!

It would be pretty stupid if this all turned out to be illegal—especially since DraftKings basically owns the vibe at the LA Galaxy stadium, advertises everywhere, and even sponsored shows on Fox News (or ABC). ☕

Beyond those $5,000 $2000 for paperwork, filing fees, and stamps, you also need at least $20,000 $0.00 in startup capital. I read somewhere that when setting up an LLC, you can actually include a clause stating the company is obligated to pay back that initial investment to the investor—or something along those lines? Is that actually a thing, or just some malicious nonsense 😁
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