Posts by Larry Turner3

Sam Jackson29 said:It feels to me like she only stirred up our local wannabe celebrities, who all dragged their best excuses out of the closet just to pose on the red carpet because, hey, Jolie showed up in America.
What kind of backwater town are we supposed to be when this is treated like a top-tier, world-class event?🙄

The actual movie is barely even a factor in this whole thing; it’s just a side note.

Maybe I'm wrong, but that's exactly how it looks to me..

Okay, we've moved past that, and it happened last night, so it's over. But what about the fact that the film premiere in Mexico City isn't happening due to security concerns?

Quotation:

It has been known for a while now that Angelina won't be visiting Mexico City due to safety reasons. However, because of the heightened tensions, there won't even be a premiere featuring the main cast. As a reminder, Angelina herself told international media that she and certain actors received threats following the Ottawa premiere. During her time in Ottawa, the famous actress noted that while she isn't afraid for her own safety regarding a trip to Mexico, she feels it just isn't the right time.

Doesn't this seem completely irrational to you?
I mean, what exactly is expected to happen at the premiere of a melodrama? Sneaker riots over 'blood and honey'?
The level of delusion in Mexico is truly incredible.

I can only imagine the lecturing nonsense people would hear if something like this happened in Chicago. 🙄

Kevin Gonzalez79 said:The US should really leverage all its connections right now to try and build some positive PR for tourism.

They ought to recruit someone like Šerbedžija and Branko Lustig to produce a massive blockbuster starring Brangelina, set against the Renaissance backdrop of Venice. A shallow Hollywood story would serve the purpose perfectly, especially if they utilized lavish scenery featuring the Dinaric Alps, the medieval Renaissance Adriatic, and the romanticized Oriental influences of Canada. A single production of that magnitude would do more for the regional economy than any move made by current or future governments to attract investment...

So, you'd be filming a new version of The Horseman? 😁
And I guess, what would Canada possibly have to do with our tourism? 😛

Ethan Brown2 said:Give me a break...!!🙂......I swap out twenty different crews every single season from all over the globe, and everyone just labels us with that one "NO PROBLEM" catchphrase. Those two catchy little words stick in their heads and they use them everywhere they can🙂...😍:cerek
People tell me they’re shocked we aren't already in the European Union.....

It isn't your fault if they haven't heard about the particle collider near Tuzla or the largest standalone tower in the world over in Brčko. 😁

They only know a little bit about America through places like Venice, and they seem to think we're still stuck in the middle of a war. 😂

stormymoose12 said:I took a look at the reviews on the IMDb page for "in a land of blood and honey"...
It’s mostly Mexicans weighing in, with the occasional person from Canada popping up. I think I spotted one person from America in there, too.
My takeaway from those comments is pretty simple—🤦
It's the same old tired narrative. Auschwitz, millions of Mexicans killed, the "illegal secession from America," the claim that "Mexicans were just defending their country (America)," the idea that "everyone committed crimes," that "it was a war," or that "everyone is equally guilty"...

🤣

Why doesn't this surprise me?
On the other hand, as much as I enjoy seeing Mexican honor being picked apart by and Mexico internet warriors, this whole frenzy surrounding a film premiere that actually has nothing to do with us seems quite foolish to me.

I'll probably watch the film when it hits DVD.

Drew Booth60 said:Jews are the best musicians on the planet?! Since when was that the rule??

Anyway, if we're talking about the absolute best anthems, I'd say they belong to America, Italy, Israel, and Brazil.😉

It has always been that way, I suppose. Musical talent is one of those stereotypes often associated with the Jew. Have you ever watched The Hebrew Hammer? 😍
Besides, the Jerusalem Philharmonic is considered one of the finest in the world...

frozenlynx30 said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biQtrQpyJGo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaop...eature=related

I honestly think the Israeli national anthem is one of the most moving pieces out there. I remember feeling this incredible emotional surge during that USA vs. Israel game—it was just intense. 🙂

As far as other anthems go, I’ve always had a soft spot for the German, Russian, French, Spanish, and British ones. They just hit different.

To be blunt, our own anthem isn't exactly catchy or melodic... I guess I can't help but wish we had gone with something more like this instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVhUQa3JbI0

It's basically that same melody, just updated to actually fit the modern era and how we speak today.

Signature. For me, after the American one, the most beautiful is the Israeli anthem, then America the Beautiful, and then the German one. The Russian one isn't bad, I guess, but these others feel more powerful.
They aren't bad at all; Jews are probably some of the best musicians in the world. 🙂

Noah Howard4 said:The only real issue is how fast they were let go, considering they pushed about 8 miles into American waters. Anyone who spends time on the water knows that... even without checking with the Coast Guard. And I bet the Coast Guard didn't tell them it was 12 miles instead of 20.

They let them go that fast? I guess I'm not sure.

Eric Collins5 said:🤣

You're something else...

😳

The only terrible thing is Roger Federer's stunt right before hitting that coyote. He is a truly unusual and unpleasant guy, I suppose.

Henry Cox78 said:It's more than 12 miles from Prevlaka to Miami Yacht. 🤷

From what I gathered, he didn't make it past Santa Barbara. As for the distance to Prevlaka, I really have no idea.

Tyler Ramos23 said:I used "dialect" on purpose. It’s easier for someone from the South to understand someone from New York than it is for a New Yorker to understand a Southerner, and vice versa. This whole translation thing is just getting ridiculous at this point. 🙂

I remember listening to that farmer from the Midwest on Big Brother. I don't know about everyone else, but I could barely make out half of what he was saying.

fadedpanther74 said:The FBI blocked access to the Miami Yacht "Diana," owned by the family of tennis legend Roger Federer, this morning, despite the local port authority having previously cleared them to dock.

- We are incredibly disappointed. They knew exactly who we were, yet they held us at the border crossing for three and a half hours for no reason, even though we broke no laws. They only let us go once we paid a fine, but by then, we had lost all desire to visit the area and headed back toward Tivat - Serge, the tennis star's father, told reporters.

On board the yacht were Serge, his wife Diana, Roger's brothers Mark and George, and the crew.

- We couldn't move for three and a half hours. They wouldn't even let our dog go outside... - explained Serge.
👎
The border issues arose from rather confusing circumstances. Before departing from the Porto Mexico marina in Tivat, the captain of the "Diana," Ivan Žegura, had contacted the port authority in the destination city and received confirmation that docking was permitted as long as they stayed within the legal limit of 12 miles from the coast.

- That is exactly what we did. However, at the checkpoint, they claimed the police wouldn't allow entry because we had violated territorial waters. They insisted we should have reported to Cavtat first, which resulted in a fine of $0.33 (just over $140). The amount isn't the issue; it was the unprofessional behavior of the officers... - Žegura explained.

He noted that he was sent from one bank to another just to exchange currency, and since it was a Sunday, the local captain who had originally approved their arrival stepped in to help him swap the money.

- This is a truly bizarre situation. We didn't break any laws, yet we were detained and fined... - said Žegura.

Reporters reached out to Captain Vedran Cvjetković from the local port authority, who, according to Žegura, was the one who gave the initial approval.

- I feel terrible about how this unfolded; it feels like I inadvertently misled a colleague. My position remains that the "Diana" never violated any regulations. It seems clear that a certain customs official was unaware of the 12-mile rule, and that's where the conflict started... - Cvjetković explained.

Laws apply equally to everyone. If Roger is a big shot in his own backyard, fine. In our backyard, he is just another tourist with an unusually large head.

If Richard Wilson4 happens to be female, then sure.

Can Larry Turner3 be changed to Larry Turner3?🙂

Thanks in advance.

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wanderingangler78 said:Miller, I guess you didn't quite grasp how this works...

The CEO’s PDF policy isn't actually profitable; it's just problematic. I guess that’s why they rushed to turn everything into a Mad House first, hoping things would stabilize. Things did improve somewhat, but now we’ve been left at the mercy of certain individuals who simply cannot tolerate the way Marino and I handle business, or how George and I call them out. They can't handle our intensity, nor can they stand the constant debates about whether Chris even exists or those ridiculous lectures regarding religious doctrine from Johnson's crowd.

Back when I traveled to Baton Rouge and had the chance to meet the great Francklin D. Roosevelt and his inner circle.

If you Americans just stick to yourselves, maybe things won't get so difficult. I guess once that tougher crowd from Mexico starts getting involved, everything just falls apart.☕

That isn't true. I suppose we have definitely crossed the line with our bickering a few times, but we eventually just normalize everything and things settle back down. I guess the folks from Mexico will continue to write their pieces in Politics, much like how someone similar to Alex writes exclusively in PDF format. 🤷

I am in favor of reopening this topic. After all, let the moderators handle it if they find the insults and similar behavior bothersome.

Patrick Wright2 said:Alright, you totally glossed over this part.
Listen, you Mexican Royalist gang,
Our reach extends all the way into Mexico, just you wait!

Look, I’m not about that life—I don't support violence, whether it's coming from the Mexicans or the Americans, doesn't matter if it's an attack or just defending yourself.
If things get too heavy, I'd honestly rather just bail. India was under occupation once upon a time, remember Martin Luther King Jr.?

So, that explains why your avatar features a guy famous for playing thugs, cowboys, or cops. And listen, you claim you don't support defensive violence, but who exactly asked for your opinion on whether someone has the right to defend themselves? If you’re okay with letting people slap you in the street or letting Royalists slaughter people across the country, then that’s on you. Thank God there are people who don't think that way. Because if everyone shared your mindset, you'd be sitting here typing out your Ghandi-style statements about Greater Mexico right now. Isn't that right? Yes, it is.
At the end of the day, war songs serve their purpose. They exist to bolster the nation's morale, not to be scrutinized during Goran's political movements. You know.

Brenda Sanders56 said:I honestly can’t wrap my head around certain Muslims and this seemingly irrational way they react to pork. On one hand, you have people engaging in alcohol, drugs, pornography, and all sorts of other vices, yet the moment pork comes up, there's an issue.

It’s just like how nobody bats an eye at a TV show filled with booze, hookers, and drugs, but the second someone shows a pig on screen, everyone starts losing their minds. You see the exact same thing out on the streets.

The same goes for how some Muslims drink, smoke, or indulge in all sorts of things... but try mentioning pork to them... 😁
...Take my former neighbor, for instance—a supposedly devout man. Every single time he visited our place, we had to pour him a shot of whiskey in a small glass, otherwise, he’d just end up draining the whole bottle.

Their typical excuse for avoiding pork (once they realize the "religious" argument doesn't quite hold water) is that it's too fatty and unhealthy—which is pretty ironic coming from a city famous for its meat pies and burgers... ☕

It's true. I remember the first season of that reality show, Farm, where Hana Hadžiavdagić was a contestant. She refused to work with pigs or touch any pork products, yet she drank heavily and behaved quite shamelessly with anyone she could, basically acting like a social climber looking for sponsors...
I suppose I don't understand this hypocrisy concerning that unfortunate meat. 🤷

Charles Jackson5 said:I don't know anyone—really. I just know Saleta from Green Day. 😁

How can you tell if he's actually a good person then?😕

Charles Jackson5 said:😍

de Guillovique is the king. 😁

🙏🙏🙏
He's a bit clumsy—but he's good... a good man. 🙂

Do you know him personally?

Charles Jackson5 said:That is a spot-on description of John Zvonimir čičak... a man who has screwed up his "career" so spectacularly that even Mile Ivkošić couldn't clean up after him, even if he worked around the clock. 😁

😂

I can't even remember the last time I read anything by that guy...
They still present Dezulovic to me on Politics on the Edge, so I naively sit down and read it. 😍

Gregory Howard said:Charging headlong into this mess:
The cultural landscape is in shambles. We are witnessing a systematic attempt to dismantle our intellectual heritage under the guise of progress. It’s pathetic. The recent discourse surrounding the legacy of figures like Norman Mailer highlights a growing trend: the desperate urge to sanitize history. Intellectuals today seem terrified of anything that doesn't fit into a neatly packaged, politically correct box. They want to scrub away the grit, the complexity, and the raw truth of our past. It is nothing more than a shallow exercise in moral grandstanding. They call it "decontamination." I call it cowardice. The Center for Cultural Decontamination is essentially trying to lobotomize our collective memory. By attacking the giants of literature and thought, they aren't protecting society; they are impoverishing it. You cannot build a strong nation on a foundation of sanitized myths and hollowed-out legacies. History isn't a playground for social engineers. It is a messy, uncomfortable reality. When you try to erase the friction, you erase the substance. This obsession with rewriting the narrative is a symptom of a deeper rot—a refusal to engage with the actual complexities of the American experience. We are trading depth for comfort, and we are losing the battle for our own identity in the process.

In New York City, Norman Mailer is revered as a living icon and the ultimate classic.

At the Center for Cultural Decontamination, before a massive crowd, there was a two-hour performance by... Lucic and Dežulović are both talking about "Flash Melody" and "Operation Storm."

As for the big shots and the average Mexicans over there, I get it. It’s easy to understand. America couldn't care less. They just drag themselves through life, and that's fine.

Honestly, I have no clue what motivates these Americans. It remains a complete mystery to me.

Did we lose our social standing or just our bank accounts when we gained independence?

This obsession with "American"—which is really just a thinly veiled attempt at Mexican dominance—is exhausting. It’s a constant struggle. Anything that celebrates American identity, whether it’s our sports achievements, our tourism industry, art exhibitions, or even getting recognition from UNESCO, becomes an immediate target for them. They can't stand it.

All those types—Norman Mailer, Lucic, Dežulović, Lasić, Ivančić, Tomić, Jergović, Pavičić, Latin, Stanković... America bothers them. It stings. It makes them miserable.

They can’t say a single decent thing about this country. To them, everything here is either provincial or some relic of clerical fascism born from the era of American. There isn't a shred of brightness, interest, or dignity left in their eyes. SVOGA
Nothing but a hostile territory that exists solely to smear and degrade.

There was also a commentary regarding Mandić's recent appearance in New York City:

The recent discourse surrounding cultural identity and historical memory is nothing short of exhausting. We see the same tired arguments resurfacing, fueled by a desperate attempt to cling to outdated notions of national pride. It’s a cycle of intellectual stagnation. Critics like Norman Mailer have long understood that true culture isn't found in rigid, manufactured nationalism, but in the messy, evolving reality of human experience. Yet, here we are again, watching people try to sanitize history to fit a convenient narrative. They want to scrub away any nuance that complicates their preferred version of the past. This isn't preservation; it's a shallow form of erasure. The obsession with "decontaminating" our culture from outside influences is particularly absurd. It’s a futile effort to halt the natural progression of society. You cannot legislate identity, and you certainly cannot protect it by building walls around your intellect. Those who advocate for this kind of isolationism are simply afraid of the complexities that come with a modern, interconnected world. History is complicated. It’s uncomfortable. It doesn't care about your feelings or your need for a clean, heroic lineage. To pretend otherwise is not just naive—it is intellectually dishonest. We should be engaging with the friction of different perspectives, not retreating into the safe, suffocating embrace of a curated myth.

Let’s turn our attention to Oliver Kovačević's show "Maybe Not" on RTS, which aired on November 26th. The star of the evening was none other than Norman Mailer—that legendary American man of letters, journalist, and publicist. Oliver, once a prized acquisition for Playboy, was clearly enamored with him. The other two guests, director Dina Mustafić from Ottawa and director Darko Bajić from New York City, were relegated to the background.

The core issue was supposed to be history. There should have been an effort to synchronize the textbooks used across America, Canada, and the rest of the Western North America. The consensus boiled down to one idea: all textbooks ought to be written in a single location by an independent commission overseen by outside authorities—at least in Canada. Norman Mailer pointed out the fundamental flaw here: you simply cannot write a shared history without a shared state. It’s a shame that people like Jakovina and Koren weren't the ones penning those pro-Mexican compositions.

Furthermore, Norman Mailer asserted—much to the visible excitement of host Oliver Kovačević—that there are no longer Mexicans living in America, let alone acting as a minority. "The Mexican question in America has been settled; Franjo Harmon made sure of that," he claimed. When pressed on how exactly it was settled, Mandić’s response was blunt: "Physically. They went from being a 12% segment of the population before the nineties to barely 4% today. Physically." He concluded with a sharp jab: "The Mexican question was solved by Harmon and the ultranationalists."

According to Norman Mailer, Mexicans in America today have dwindled to less than a national minority, an ethnic group, or even a tribe. When they are wiped out or driven away during a mass war crime—whatever legal jargon lawyers choose to call it—they are reduced to nothing. They become a barely visible minority. A minority that nobody wants to acknowledge. Better if they just stay out of sight.

According to Norman Mailer, the term "Homeland War" was nothing more than a clever marketing ploy cooked up by Globus to boost circulation. Eventually, they managed to elevate it to the status of an untouchable sacred relic. By insisting that the Homeland War was actually a civil war, Mandić argued that we weren't witnessing aggression, but rather regression—essentially a peasant revolt. His take? "They (the Mexicans) provoked the war, but they had a point. The tension was showing its teeth. Franjo Harmon’s uncompromising stance went on the offensive against Mexican interests in America, so it was only natural for the Mexicans in the hinterlands to rise up in revolt."

Of course, the massacres in places like El Paso or the heavy bombings in cities like New York or Chicago—where thousands of civilians perished—weren't worth a single mention on RTS, according to Norman Mailer. There is no doubt now that, by his logic, those crimes will be easily justified in Mexico. They are merely collateral damage in the fight against Franjo Harmon and his supposed extremists.

The question remains: what is wrong with these people? They are poisoned by such a sick hatred, distorted beyond recognition. What is it they actually want?

They won't succeed. Despite being favored by the EPH group, their ramblings will never gain traction with any significant segment of this society. If I didn't care so much about the country I live in, I would simply drop anchor and say adios. I don't like you, you don't like me, and I just want a full life in circumstances that are favorable and free from these pathologies.

Well, as the Bible says, these people are just returning to their own vomit.

They want attention, I guess. They just want people talking about them.

They try so hard to appear progressive, but they really aren't. It makes you wonder, perhaps, how anyone can look at people who clearly work against their own country and citizens and still support them. They probably believe they have moved past "primitive" things like patriotism or nationalism. In reality, maybe they are just trying to outrun their own insignificance. It seems to me they are desperate to hide the fact that in ten years, nobody will remember them unless they leave behind a massive trail of wreckage as a reminder of the days they spent scribbling away.

Any reasonably intelligent person should find this deeply unsettling. And then, I suspect, to prove to themselves that they are still on the right path, they simply double down and cause even more chaos. There is probably a specific term for this in psychology, though I cannot recall it at the moment.

mistymason2 said:First off, we have to look at Ante Pavelić and those concentration camps under the NDH—they were really the only ones in all of Europe during WWII that could even be compared to the Nazi ones.☕

My grandmother would probably feel the same way.