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nothanks   
26 Jul 2017
News / Coup d'état taking shape in Poland with Soros in background? [59]

Please don't take whatever you're hearing from America about Soros seriously

There is not much coming from America. His involvement with the left is very rarely presented by (left) media. Makes sense

Soros is physically barred from nations in Africa & Europe and has been for decades. USA is arriving late to the party but $$$ will always talk in America before heritage or culture
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26 Jul 2017
News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]

Too early to leave. I am firmly against the direction of the EU but this direction is not yet set in stone as the defacto future of the EU. Likely - yes but not yet definite.

EU is currently unable to handle people smugglers so in no position to wage political war with member states. As with most issues involving the EU - I expect threats, slander and no results
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21 Jul 2017
Law / My bf's visa expired and we want to marry in the UK [9]

Sometimes laws are in place to safeguard gullible people. He's a non-Western foreigner that has been living illegally for 3 years (so at best some sort of underground work) and he's gonna one day not only function but even work in Poland? Odds are the guy is never going to learn Polish well enough to hold a worthwhile job. Cut your losses and move on, you're gonna get stuck with a permanent welfare recipient for a husband.
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21 Jul 2017
Law / My bf's visa expired and we want to marry in the UK [9]

OP must carry some major baggage to not find a single man in a nation of 38 Million and instead get stuck forced marriage with an Indian. I hope you are at-least over the age of 40 to be this desperate. I mean Europe has 743 Million people and this gal has resorted to marrying a guy from halfway across the world! :0
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20 Jul 2017
USA, Canada / I embrace the term "Polak" or "Pollack" in the US [33]

wtf is Pollock

Deliberate different pronunciation hence "pollock jokes" are mostly American I.E. pollocks are stupid. In comparison in Germany polaks are known for car thefts. Car thieves aren't usually known as being stupid. The irony is that when I spent a year in Vancouver, Canada as an adolescent i was teased by Canadians for being a "stupid American"

Instead of "Pol-Ak" you get "Pole-lock"

North Americans usually just form the sentence so that it's "Polish people". Pole is still not common
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12 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

cms,

- I understand the role of American colleges wanting to act as some sort of home away from home: 18-20 year olds "self discovery" and thus they want to "mold" a well rounded human and that goes beyond just math, athletics, or even art. I.E. philosophy and critical thinking. I personally enjoyed those courses but when I recently looked at the course catalog at the local university and community college, it has gone a little too far. I noticed significant amount of this under the Communications field. An entire 5 month course about race relations and law enforcement in America?

- Unemployment is at a 10-year low. Are some of these jobs sustainable or did Trump just give a lifeline to dying industries? Americans definitely live in the moment - many Americans spend their entire paycheck on common needs. These people are one accident from possibly ending up on the street. The increased use of internet has closed the gap between the college educated and "the simple folks". And considering how far American media news has declined, I think the gap is overstated. The health care change probably won't be better or worse just different. I still think most Americans want two simple aspects to health care 1)you can choose your doctor 2)Aren't forced to enroll

- Haha your shots at Trump's behavior aren't even that bad. He has been married for over a decade I believe. His level headed children are a testament to his parenting and a reflection on his character.
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12 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

college education in the US

Your argument should be: those without college degrees are probably working lower paying jobs and thus feel deserted by a fast changing society (demographics and technologies). Thus more willing to listen to a change (revert back to the past) candidate. This doesn't make them dumb, they simply face different everyday problems. [Sidenote: Obama should have spent some of his 8 years in office helping convert these "outdated" folks to the new age but instead he kinda did desert them]

I just have a problem drawing the line at college degree. High school - yes. But is there that much of a difference between an electrician, carpenter, car mechanic or (polish jk) plumber in comparison to an individual with a liberal arts degree. Unless you are arguing these liberal courses in for example cultural awareness makes the individual more open to outsiders etc. But that to me borders on ideological propaganda.

IMO this new political argument about college degrees was created because the left knows it controls a significant portion of this industry. As I mentioned my math/science courses never got political. I took a couple accounting/economics courses when I was younger and these involved a bit of politics. But the liberal arts classes for general ed were heavily political. The right should start arguing church attendance is a barometer of morality.
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12 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

poorly educated

This is the new leftist battle cry. My STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) courses never ever involved politics. You know which classes did? The pointless liberal arts courses we were forced to take to put money into the pockets of agenda pushing "professors".

Educated =/= Intelligent or even informed.
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9 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

> Hamburg riots

I believe most Germans use the lowest/most basic car insurance and it does not cover vandalism. Reports of some rioters being from Switzerland/Italy etc. How can Germany just allow foreigners to enter and wreck havoc like this without any legit punishment? When Russian hooligans caused chaos in France, the Russian federation was fined. When Brits did the same recently at an UEFA Championships League match - the perpetrators received multiple year jail sentences.

Germany is too soft on Native left and ethnic right groups.
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7 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

Forced migration & warmongering

Are the only two "requirements" Poland won't budge on for the EU.

Sidenote: if EU eventually reasonably closes migrant paths - then I could see Poland offering to accept some heavily checked and scrutinized families. Poland could be specific about Christians first but I feel confident we can handle the before mentioned too.
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7 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

- Nord Stream (economic)
- Refugee quotas (social)
- German owned media in Poland (cultural)

These seem to be the main issues concerning recent Polish-German relations.

If V4 relations continue developing, then this rather hollow promise of being a bigger part of Post Brexit EU; will be negated. There is a correlation between being more internationally involved and taking on more foreign issues/people. I think Poland is satisfied just being a regionally stable nation, at-least in my lifetime. We have internal issues such a birth rates that we are attempting to fix in house. We are in no position to play school teacher, beyond importing Ukrainians
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6 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

will skirt around the question of visa free travel (just as the 3 previous presidents have).

This would be very bad for Poland. Possibly over night tens of thousands of Poles would migrate to the USA

What is there to discuss? USA gathers data and it illustrates a significant portion of Polish travelers disappeared. Do you feel America is doing this out of spite?
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6 Jul 2017
Love / Filipino guy with a Polish girl.. [60]

we visit them regularly every week.

How do Filipinos manage to import their entire families to foreign continents? Was he in the British military (common story in the USA)
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2 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

health, their kids education, opportunities, infrastructure, having a stable economy and being secure. The EU supports all of those

EVERYONE "supports" those. But if the EU truly wanted the best for Europeans, they wouldn't be so preoccupied with Non-Europeans. Unless the EU plans on adding Africa into the Union, then they are flushing our resources down the toilet. Fk them for that. More for Non-Europeans is less for Europeans. Straight forward non-Leftist concept
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1 Jul 2017
News / Trump will hold Poland up as an example for other nations to follow [106]

I'm joking but we all recognize Germans somewhat unhealthy obsession with football. The multicultural teams victory in 2014 (before the Migrant Crisis) was used for social acceptance of minorities.

I try not to lose sleep over what is occurring in Western Europe. This isn't some invasion by physically and or technologically superior outsiders. There are politicians preaching solutions but clearly the majority of Westeners do not notice the risk (of demographic replacement) or simply accept it. I still think we are just seeing the initial acceptance of right wing leadership in Europe BUT if it never reaches the West? Good riddance inferior culture and civilizations
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1 Jul 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

Multiculturalism + Public transport = nightmares.

Personal cars allow Americans to ignore the reality outside their car windows. Western Europe does not have this liberty but they are increasingly enjoying the same fractured societies. The beggers, the thiefs, the outrageous characters. I can roll up my window and ignore the panhandlers sign. You can't escape their speech or even smell......
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27 Jun 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

IMO he won the South by being anti-PC. If I watched confused from leftist California Hillary's pre-election concert: parading Hollywood artist on stage (talking down to "fly over" states) and even having the national anthem singer take a knee AND Jay-Z (former drug dealer now rapper) cursing on stage; then you can guarantee people in the South were paying attention completely disgusted. Indeed the hillbillies probably voted because of social issues. While the North was jobs.

I think he's doing okay with the job promise, or at-least buying himself some time. But I think he's losing support in these areas by repealing Obamacare without a solid replacement.
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27 Jun 2017
News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

^ Trump doesn't drink or do drugs. I don't think he's much of a risk taker when it pertains to what he digests. For example I think he was using ketchup on his overcooked steak recently.

Haha targeting hillbillies? That's not why he won the election. He dominated the Northern states, the ones Hillary was too lazy (or arrogantly felt no need) to even visit. If it weren't for degenerate California & New York which always vote one ideology - Hillary would have been completely annihilated
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20 Jun 2017
Love / Advice needed... Canadian guy to meet a Polish woman in Poland [15]

matysma,

Your experience is quite common and only increasing in numbers

- how much of this North American influence there really is in daily life in Poland In my experience it still exists but actually dropped since the 1990's. Just like in the West - girls between the ages of 14 to 24 are most into Western music, TV shows, fashion and all that comes with that. At that point they will immigrate to the West OR they set their sight on starting a Polish life.

- how easy is it for a guy from Canada to meet a traditional Polish woman in Poland, fall in love, relocate to Poland and make a decent living financially with limited knowledge of the language (at first) - Low language skills would require working in Art or I.T (information technology). Improved language skills would allow you to work in financial sector or in language (translator). Beyond that I would not recommend immigrating without a college degree (at-least). In your scenario the women is the final piece so I wouldn't make such a dive without first visiting and spending time with the locals. You obviously line up and even enjoy Polish culture so that is a big part of the equation. There are plenty of Polish women and their preference is obvious: straight Polish male. So with a Polish background you will be fine (even a plus in other girls eyes because of your international experience). This isn't like the West where bisexuality, racial taboos and gender confusion clouds the dating scene.

As long as you have the credentials - degree or job experience: you should be fine. It is easy to return to the West and rebound if it doesn't work out for you. Do you have any immediate family in Poland that you can communicate with or even rely on in the early stages? Regardless you need to visit Poland A.S.A.P before making such a decision. Also connect with your local (Toronto) Polish community. You need to network.