News / 10,000 ISRAELIS READY TO CLAIM FOR POLISH CITIZENSHIP AND POLISH LAND! [628]


So your Queen is a thief, or merely a descendant of thieves?

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]


It all depends on the market. Now it's just so much cheaper for Canadians to shop in the US. Just a few years ago it was Americans who shopped in Canada. This comes and goes in cycles.

Btw. I used to live in the US. I left after 5 years and I'm happier in Canada. Yes, I did work in the US I moved out, but going back to the US to live there? No way Jose!


work? Yes.
Drink? Ask all those American kids who come to Canada for a booze because in states such as NY the're not old enough to do that.


Do you mean American 'made in China" goods are better than Canadian "made in China" goods? :))

News / 10,000 ISRAELIS READY TO CLAIM FOR POLISH CITIZENSHIP AND POLISH LAND! [628]


The name "Palestine" dates back to 5 century BC (Greek: Palaistine) and comprised the whole coastal area in the region, regardles who inhabitted them. Ever heard about Philistines? :))


Do you think that justifies the expulsion of some 700,000 Palestinians into refugee camps? Do you think that would justify the abolition of the Ukrainian state/ After all they had never been a country before late 20th century.


But they had land, homes, lives.
Do these count only if there is a flag and a government? Jews did not have a country for nearly 2000 years. And even the one they had they acquired as a result of conquest and extermination of other peoples and cultures. Would that make Jews worthy of expulsions to refugee camps, or ghettos, if you will?

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]


I tried to lool for logic in that sentence, but I can't find it.

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]

hu_man, those prerecorded dubs are annoying and I never liked them. Still, it could be worse. The dubs could be live.

Years ago there would have what they called "Confrontations", a festival of foreign movies. They played the newest and the best ones (according to someone) and the movies were so new they didn't even have time to dub them. Instead they would hire interpreters/lectors who were reading the text live. Yup, they sat in the front row with a little night lamp and a stack of paper and they were reading as the movie progressed. Sometimes it seemed they didn;t even speak the language of the particular movie.

I remember watching "Hair". The guy was so out of sync with the movie that the dialogs made no sense whatsoever, and I couldn't hear the original sound track.

USA, Canada / Polish Citizen, US legal resident, but no Polish Passport... [67]

A US citizen is not eligible to obtain a US visa.

USA, Canada / Polish Citizen, US legal resident, but no Polish Passport... [67]


The reason is simple:
In Poland the US passport is not valid for Polish citizens.
In order to go back to the US Poles need some sort of document - a visa or a US passport. Polish passport won't do.

Love / IMPORTANT NOTE FOR POLISH GIRLS (watch out for hypocrites) [52]


This sounds just like another viagara spam - don't buy their fake viagara, buy our fake viagara :)

History / What was the culture of Poland prior to the advent of Catholicism? [17]

Some general info on Polish mythology: sourceryforge.org/w/Polish_Pantheon

Be sure to check the links at the bottom of the article.

Life / Computer stores and computer prices in Wroclaw [12]


Or from Walmart. Or form Best Buy.


Much cheaper than EU.

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]

nothing other than what I wrote.

I was just puzzled by your question. Where do you start? Perhaps if you narrowed it down a little then it would be easier to answer.

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]

To start with... size. And size does matter :)

News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]

Southern, with all due respect, e.coli doesn't just pop up in water out of the air. To put it plainly it is found mostly (but not solely) where **** abounds, such as animal farming areas.

Whether a lot of bottles contain e.coli, I don't know. Once in a while there is news about some grabage found in some food product, like benzene in Perrier for instance. If the source water is freee of e.coli and if the bottles are sealed before use then I can't see how e.coli can get inside.

News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]


I don't live in Warsaw so I have nothing to admit.


I agree. "Blah, blah" bests characterizes your post.

One of the municiapal office where I frequently visit has signs posted warning against drinking tap water, unless it's boiled - check here:
regional.niagara.on.ca/living/health_wellness/wainfleet
Bottled water is preferred if you want to be safe from getting e.coli and such.

In some canadian minicipalities situation was so bad that people have died, and tap water was not an option even for personal hygiene. Not sure if this kind of news has any interest outside Canbada, so here it is:

diemer.ca/Docs/Diemer-Contamination.htm

Clearly then, Canada is a third world country, and so is Poland because a poster on PF saw people with bottled water in Warsaw.

Food / Barszcz czerwony recipe (Beetroot Soup) [48]

That is quite a complex recipe so here is my mom's. This is pretty good for when you want to have barszcz the same day ;)

Prep time from start to finish is about 1 hour or less.

5 medium size beetroots
1 small cellery root
3 parlsey roots
1/3 pound of fresh carrots
6 bay leaves
10 pimiento seeds (ziele angielskie)
1 generous teaspoon of table salt
a pinch or two og ground black pepper
1/2 cup of saurekraut juice

Thinly peel and slice or dice. The smaller the slices or dice the faster it will all cook. Peel and slice cellery root and parsley. Bring about 2 quarts (2 liters) of water to a rolling boil and place all ingredients (except sauerkraut juice and black pepper) in the pot with boiling water. Bring the mixture to a boil again and turn the cooking temperature so a little more than a simmer.

Add some of the ground pepper and some of the sauerkraut juice. This part is more an art and personal preference than hard rule. Add ground pepper and saurekraut as needed. Each time you add some more, stirr give it a minute and taste again. If you think you added too much of some ingredient then add a little more water and try again.

Serve with or without the vegetables used to make barszcz and with your choice of: potatoes, sauerkraut and mushrooms pierogi, cottage cheese pierogi, or uszka aka tortellini with mushrooms. Some people settle for bread, toasted or not.

Reheating is OK.

Love / The age of consent in Poland is only 15 [147]


Incorrect. Laws vary from State to State: ageofconsent.us

Love / The age of consent in Poland is only 15 [147]


All of USA?


He's not :)

Life / Is the word "Polack"rascist? [185]

Nope. The word, as used in English, is of German origin and has nothig to do with immigration.

The word often appears in reference to Poles who were no immigrants at all. You need to brush up the literature of your own country before you get a whack at those you know nearly nothing about. Read Hamlet. You won't have to go far, Act One, Scene One. And that's just one example.

Life / Is the word "Polack"rascist? [185]


Nope.
It is a Czech dance.
The name comes from Czech "pulka" meaning "half" (beat), which is the rythm of the dance. Eventually "pulka" was changed into "polka" which in Polish means a Polish woman. Hence the confusion.

A similarly confusing one is what is known as "polska". It is a Swedish 3/4-beat dance which has Polish roots.


Much like what Canadians did with "canuck"

News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]


Do you mean those bottles?

Most businesses in Nort America use those for their employees. Many households use them too. Alternatively, they use water filtering/purification systems. Hardly a sign of a 3rd World Country.


True. The above pictures are from UK so you should be familiar with them.

Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [120]


About the superiority of Germanic race over Slavs


How dare Poles open gas stations in Germany and use Polish Eagle as the trade mark?


diese Scheiß-Polacken

Yeah, I guess some nations have inferiority complex.

History / 13 of December - the anniversary of MARTIAL LAW in Poland [48]

To my knowledge, the most eager ones were the East Germans. They were enthusiastic to offer their troops to help destroy the freedom movement in Poland. Russians were smart enough to see the offer as, politically and historically, the most stupid thing since Hitler's attack on the USSR and rejected the offer.

Soviet forces though were indeed considered. Of all the countries witnessing the muscle flexing China was the one which, unoficially and in the back rooms of diplomacy, but nevertheless warned the USSR against using their own forces. I don't know what exactly the warning contained and what leverage it had. All I know is that before and on Dec. 13th Jaruzelski was unaware of the Chinese position.

Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]

The tradition came to Poland about a hundred years ago from either Austria or Germany.
Carp, supposedly, bring luck.


You need to keep it in fresh water without any feeding for a couple days before the execution. That help the fish crap out all the mud it normally is plugged with.

Personally, I tried carp once and I didn't like it.

History / 13 of December - the anniversary of MARTIAL LAW in Poland [48]

That's what seems to be the historic truth.
East Germans also offered "help" within Poland. You know, the people who knoced down the Wall when the foundations were already demolished :)

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]



That's what I suspected - multiple personality disorder.


Visas for their own citizens? You can't get a visa to Poland if you are a Polish citizen. You need a Polish passport. That's what's strange.


You were lucky that they didn't jail you for longer for perjury. Yes, it's a fact, no matter what you may have read in a Polish newspaper.


jeezisskrist, if you used half thet energy you used to screw multiple social programs in a few countries, and studied instead then perhaps you might have a chance to make your diploma (if you even have it) meaningful. The more I read your gibberish the more I wonder how would it be even possible for you to get to any of the English world universities. They require you to take a language test. You'd have roughly zeor chance to pass.

So what are of "expertise" within the academic world would you like to claim?


Never came across stats like that before. What are thye showing? What was the magic methodology?

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


No doubt about it. ut unless they travel they are no smarter than a fire hydrant:

youtube.com/watch?v=mWuvq1APX2w

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


You also got a university degree there, remember? Therefore you must speak Polish and you lived in Poland. You must have had a major booboo on your mind if you didn't even know whether Poland was communist or not at the time. It's not like the end of communism was a 5 minute event someone living in Poland could have missed because they happened to have gone to a bathroom to take leak. That was the biggest event in Poland since 1945.

Besides you claimed you were even talking about some government contracts between the US and Poland. Remember that? The money that was expected to be paid for your education in Poland? Remember how you mentioned that Poland was communist at the time? Or don't you even remember your most recent lies?

You also wrote you're just learning German and yet chose to write "Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete from Gestapo". Why not Polish or English?


So if Michnik said Poland's official language is now Chinese you would believe too?

As I said, your story makes zero sense.
- You cross international borders based on a newspaper article.
- You claim to be a world renowned scientist and yet you need to send 25,000 letters ot get a scholarship in a graduate program
- You are really a German citizen but you hold a Polish passport
- You don't know wheter Poland was communist or not in 1991 even though you lived there

I can't see how a PhD is unable to come up with a plausible lie.
Honestly, my cat is a much better liar than you are.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

I agree. It is all supremely compilcated. You left 1991 and Poland was communist at the time?

Matt, your story, since you started posting here has never made sense to me. Now even less so.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


Why would I tell them I was emigrating forever? How could I know?
You need some serious counselling on every day life issues.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

I went in 1987. Not only Poland wasn't in EU but it was still under the soviet boot. I didn't pay a penny for my studies. In addition to that I had some problems getting my student records out of Poland. Your argument doesn't hold water.

If you succeed, feel free to claim all the credit for yourself. If you fail, don't blame others.