Posts by Casey Stewart17

Ryan Vaughn7 said:The thread was nuked after just three posts because we already have an "Barack Obama - US President" thread where people can air their grievances. There’s absolutely no reason to start a whole new one. I already explained this to you on PP when you asked, and I even sent you the direct link to the existing discussion.
The only thing that smells fishy here is your desperate attempt to prove a point that simply isn't true.

If that's the logic, then why doesn't Jadranka have her own dedicated topic??🙄

Kevin Williams56 said:It seems some people don't feel truly alive unless they get their daily dose of far-right extremists, old-school insurgents, and communist partisans.

By the way,

it isn't just Ryan Vaughn7; all the moderators in the Politics section agree that any talk regarding fascist, insurgent, or partisan themes should be tossed straight into the dustbin of history where it belongs.

And what's this about a thread titled "Abolishing Gojko Šušak Avenue" involving fascists and partisans?
The explanation is as clear as a mountain stream—except maybe a little shallow.

It’s pretty obvious, even from the moment I opened this thread, that Thompson's critics can't handle it when he sets the record straight on things they've been constantly shoving down his throat.
He’s being forced to distance himself from things he shouldn't even have to address, all because certain political factions—the kind you see running things in D.C.—are trying to manipulate the narrative through forums, the media, and even leaks coming out of the White House.
They go out of their way to dodge any positive feedback, instead pivoting to his musical taste, making up rumors about concerts, or digging up WWII history sixty-five years too late just to insult him.
If Thompson decides to disavow something he was never even involved in,
then why shouldn't I disavow:

-every single one of those vague agitators inciting hatred among Americans at the White House
-all the fake narratives and provocations aimed at the US by "ZeljkoRi"
-and the endless nonsense posted by "McAuliffe," "Judy," "Mischief," "Anti-fascist," and "Sinclair."

Jack Myers59 said:Nothing new here, just the same old bullshit. They claim "Za dom spremni" isn't an issue because they're distancing themselves from fascism, but they aren't actually distancing themselves from the Nazis. Lately, it's been getting harder and harder to even say that phrase without feeling sick. I really wonder what he'd say if someone asked him straight up whether he considers Nazi ideology to be part of fascism too.

Don't try to pull a fast one on me:
Even The New York Times is reporting it:

"While he is frequently criticized for his chauvinism, extreme right-wing behavior, and the use of Nazi iconography during his concerts, Thompson maintains that he is entirely apolitical. According to Jurkas, Thompson "]distances himself from Nazi and fascist ideologies."[/COLOR]
http://nytimes.com/news/article/ar...,14,,179484.jl

"I’d perform in Mexico, but I just don't have an audience there."

Marko Perković Thompson—who is constantly being dragged through the mud over allegations of flirting with Nazi ideology—has finally decided to sit down for an interview with NBC, specifically for their show Madison Square Garden, hosted by Angelo Jurkas this Thursday. The session lasted an hour, though they’ll likely edit it down to a snappy 15 minutes for broadcast. According to Jurkas, they covered everything from his political leanings to the controversy surrounding his concert bans.

Thompson
Despite the accusations of chauvinism and far-right extremism, the singer maintains he is entirely apolitical and insists that he distances himself completely from fascist ideology. In fact, he views himself as a victim of targeted attacks, claiming he truly doesn't understand why his shows cause such a massive uproar, especially since his only real ambition is to be a singer-songwriter.

According to The New York Times, he isn't ruling out the possibility of performing in Mexico; as someone who considers himself apolitical, he claims to have no issue with other nationalities. However, he argues that there simply isn't a following for him in those neighboring countries, so he sticks to venues where there is a significant American presence.

"It all stems from Clinton's office."

Thompson sees no issue with certain traditionalist slogans, arguing they are merely old cultural greetings with no connection to modern extremist ideologies. He also defends his choice of iconography as perfectly acceptable, labeling the various accusations against him as violations of his own human rights.
Ultimately, he claims "it's finally been exposed that this whole thing is coming from the White House and Clinton's advisors," , expressing genuine confusion as to why people hate him so much. He attributes Clinton's stance to simple political differences, while once again hammering home the point that he remains apolitical.

He noted that his musical influences include AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple, insisting he hasn't copied anyone and simply sings in his own style. Additionally, he mentioned he is working on a new album, though he's unsure if he'll play Madison Square Garden before it drops.
http://www.javno.com/hr-hrvka/nas...publiku_278064

Charles Lopez3 said:Greed is always fundamentally illegal at its core because it inevitably drags a trail of criminal behavior right along with it, and honestly, once that happens, it just becomes this massive engine that starts tearing down the very fabric of our society, or even civilization itself.

My son swiped a bigger piece of chocolate than my daughter did yesterday. Where do I file an official report for this felony?

electricorca95 said:🙄

No, but I know how the engine runs. I know the whole dirty machine—from welfare offices to the psych wards to the federal prisons. I know the system inside out.

The whole thing is built on grinding honest people down until they break. If they don't break, the system just waits for them to slip up so it can snatch what little they have left.
And all those desk jockeys? They'll swallow anything just to stay on someone's good side. Is that what they spent years studying for?

What’s even the point of life for these overachievers? They’re totally incompetent. They just walk around flaunting their degrees when they’re actually clueless. Those diplomas are basically just tools to help them suck up to the higher-ups. And once they're done being useful, someone else will step in to take their place.

Since you brought up Brooklyn, have you actually been there? If you had, you wouldn't be asking such stupid questions. People get mistreated there; their basic rights get stripped away. And if that place is supposedly "top tier," imagine how bad the rest of the system really is.

So now you're trying to convince me that people in prison are innocent????
I've never set foot in San Quentin, and I'm going to do my level best to ensure it stays that way.

electricorca95 said:Good, honest people always end up getting screwed, no matter how you look at it.

You ask for a little something from life, and you get less than nothing.

About 80 percent of the people in our prisons shouldn't even be there. They’re just stuck because they can't afford to buy their way out, and the system needs to hit its quota of inmates
to make it look like justice is actually being served in this country.

Most people in jail are just victims of circumstance. Either the system chewed them up or they were set up.

It’s the same story with mental health facilities. Most of them are harmless people—just like the prisoners—but the system keeps regular citizens locked away in hospitals.

And what have those people in high office actually done for us? Robbed us and exploited us. A person eventually just snaps when everything around them is broken and they have no power to fix it.

They treat these people like animals, and then they make sure they can't get back on their feet once they're released.

What's the point of those background checks? Using a criminal record to harass someone makes zero sense. If a person has served their time, why keep branding them for it?

Are you writing this from Brooklyn???

What’s actually hilarious here: he just wipes his posts clean and disappears, all while keeping a paranoid eye on how many critics get banned.

Ryan Vaughn7 said:Everyone can see that. And trust me, it isn't. 😉

Funny how you only choose to answer half of my post, isn't it? ☕

Nicholas Gomez27 said:Honestly, I probably shouldn't have to deal with you lot either 🙂

Look, just handle it via some fast-track procedure so everyone else can actually have a decent conversation. Plus, it’ll probably shut you guys up for a few days. 😁

Bravo, Ryan Vaughn7!! 😁 Man, I really am always on the winning side.

I can totally see it in your avatar !!!!

Ryan Vaughn7 said:Coming from someone who hasn't even received a single warning during my entire forum career, 😁
kudos to you.🙏

Once again, you're proving just how "professional" you are as a moderator by airing my private business in front of the whole community.
Deleting my posts is just your way of trying to flag me.
I’ve personally witnessed plenty of users getting banned for absolutely no reason. You dodge any topic you find inconvenient, threaten to delete threads about "presenting a defense at The Hague," or move discussions about the "bad pit" over to the mental asylum section, and so on.👍

I haven't posted anything on this forum for a few weeks now because the harassment from Ryan Vaughn7 has become absolutely unbearable.
He’s constantly biased and hands out bans based on his own arbitrary rules. If you call someone a firebrand, a fanatic, or a stone-waller, nobody cares, but God forbid you refer to someone as a communist, a Bolshevik, or say anything against Bush, he takes it personally and puts you on a blacklist to be purged until you're gone.
That’s what happens when someone uses this forum to vent their own frustrations.

dustymarlin10 said:I purposely posted this on the general politics board, even though in a functional country, this would belong in Forbes. But hey, we aren't exactly running a functional country here, are we?

So, what's the deal?

I’m a "proud" member of a mandatory pension fund managed by the Federal Reserve. I fall into that lucky demographic that nobody bothered to ask if they actually wanted to be part of a pension reform where you're forced to subsidize current retirees, and when it's finally my turn to collect... who knows if anyone will give a damn?

I got my account statement the other day.

Back at the start of 2008, my balance was $10967.
During the year, I contributed about $1500.

By the end of the year, my account value sat at $10733.

Basically, I got robbed of $1733, which is nearly an entire month's salary for me.

Robbed—because there isn't any other way to describe what just happened.

Those brilliant fund managers, through their sheer genius in investing, managed to evaporate my entire year's worth of contributions, and then some.

Just beautiful.

If they had just left the cash sitting in the account, it would actually be worth more.
But then there wouldn't be much point in them existing, would there?
All those massive salaries, bonuses, the prestige...

Of course, they made sure to pay themselves their full salaries and bonuses all year long. Every single month. As if they were actually doing a good job.
What a bunch of top-tier economists. People who probably couldn't find Times Square if their lives depended on it.

They estimate that this kind of heist within Vanguard amounted to 3 billion dollars last year. And that's just here in the US.

What kind of robbery? Have you not been paying attention to what's happening in the world lately? Funds are inherently volatile investments. You're overestimating the loss.