USA, Canada / Would you live in California, USA? [240]


The only number that matters is the labor force participation rate:

tradingeconomics.com/united-states/labor-force-participation-rate

It actually went down from 62.8 to 62.7% in the last 12 months. This means that fewer, not more, people are working.

So, that 3.8% unemployment rate is bs. Next time skip that exclamation thingy.

Love / Couples Therapy in Poland [3]

You are not even married and you already need therapy?

How about a free advice from an expert - that would be me: Run!

Travel / Polish passport and travel to Poland - US citizen [3]


It's always better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

This method also allows you to play stupid or forgetful. It worked for Hillary.

You can do what I did on my first trip in September. To avoid detection and any inconvenient conversations at the Chopin airport, I flew to Berlin and took a train to Warsaw. The only person I spoke to on that train was the waitress.

Before you leave, practice: Officer, I didn't know about the 3-months rule. Really. I am sooo sorry. I promise never to do it again.

Or, alternately: I love Poland soooo much I forgot to leave.

If you decide to follow my brilliant advice, google "penalties for staying longer in Poland" or something like that.

Work / Are there Job Opportunities for Americans in Poland? [20]


Best advice yet. High school teachers in Palatine - a relatively cheap suburb of Chicago - make $125k a year.

USA, Canada / Would you live in California, USA? [240]


There is no better alternative to the capitalist system. Nobody sane would argue this point.

What we have here is a one-party, crony, corrupt abomination. How do I know that?

I know because a normal, rich country like the US would not have to borrow from its enemies to exist.

Would not allow hostile countries to buy Treasury paper and use said paper as a blackmail weapon.

Would not have a mind boggling and unsustainable trade deficit.

Would not have a mind boggling and unsustainble federal deficit and unpayable accumulated federal debt

Would not have unfunded liabilities going into trillions. Illinois alone - 130 billion.

And a bunch of other things...

Other than that, "America" is fine and a model to copy.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Talking takes longer. They have daily quotas.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

...and without the millions you could get from the jury if they beat you up.

On the other hand, your chances of getting some serious coin would be slim if you are not a slime belonging to an oppressed and protected minority. As a white guy, you wouldn't be able to tell the jury with a straight face that you didn't know that pointing a gun at a cop is kind of, sort of ....uncool.

News / Poland, The Starbucks report. [42]

Hey, slow down. I can't keep up. You beat me to it again.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


You mean the right to abort? Would a woman be charged criminally if she had an abortion outside of Poland or in Poland by herself? Just asking.

I don't know Polish laws on abortion, but the pro-choicers here in the US perverted the meaning of "womens' rights". A woman always had a right to abort or to kill herself before Roe. The problem was that abortion was not on the states' lists of approved medical procedures. Womens' rights were never in question. To get around it, the Warren court magically discovered a non-existing right to privacy as the Trojan horse to help ram abortions through the door.

I am assuming that the Polish goverment has the authority to regulate what Polish doctors are allowed to do. Right? This excludes many medical procedures on consenting adults. For example, a Polish surgeon is probably not allowed to cut off my balls even if I consented to it.

Would that be correct?

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


The damage could have been awful. Adrenaline at work is not a good thing.

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]


This is exactly what I say when I hear that bulls*** about the masses of immigrats, migrants, and the refugees being such a treasure: Where are bidders?

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]

Well said. Straight and to the point.

Some things are simply non-negotiable. That sentence should be a road sign at the intersection of Aleje i Marszalkowska.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

I feel the same way.

When my older daughter got her license, I gave her a book about how to get out of tickets. The first time she got pulled over for speeding she said: Officer, I want to thank so much for reminding me that was speeding. OK, please slow down. The end. No ticket.

When I get pulled over, I never ever argue. One time, when he was ready to go back to his car, I said: Officer, you forgot to ask me why I was speeding? OK, why were you speeding? Because I am a moron. That's why.

No mother needing drugs. No bs that I would be late for my own funeral. He almost burst out laughing. Why did I say that? I knew the speed limit. I was going fast deliberately. That made me a perfect moron in a car that can kill.

Another time, I got pulled over near the Woodfield mall for the belts. When he done writing, that cop said: put them on and be safe. We want you alive.

I actually thanked him because, at that moment, he was a lot smarter then me.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

OK, enough of that.

When I am lucky enough to be able to ask American liberals why they hate Trump, I get that stupid how can you even ask face and no specifics.

So I have a question: why do I see so many negative comments about PiS?

If you choose to reply please spare me that because PiS is (a load of adjectives).

More specifically, what has PiS done to hurt Poland, not some narrow group like the abortion providers.

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]

The first thing I realize when I wake up is that I woke up. Again.

The second: that the hordes of muslims spreading where they should be shot at the border rather than directed to the nearest welfare office is for real, not a dreadful nightmare.

Then, I realize how supremely lucky we are here. At least our Latino invaders are Christians, except, of course, for those extremely rare moments when they steal, sell dope, rape, and kill. But, then, nobody is perfect, so how can we blame them.


You forgot to mention that 9 out of 10 who have it believe that the way to fix it is to rape a 12-year-old virgin - if they can still find one.

And we let this human garbage in here. Unbelievable.

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]


How dare you! You make too much sense.

Therefore, you are a coldblooded, hateful, trolling, xenophobic Muslim hater.

Did I miss anything?

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]


They could speak hundred languages and still don't want them anywhere near me.

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]


Spewed, absolute, garbage, illiterate, baboon, babbling...

All in one sentence. Prose at its best.

BTW, you forgot moron, incoherent, racist, xenophobe, etc. Just trying to be helpful.

Not my fight, but I take notice of such things. As I do when I hear "kurwa" with that Polish rolling r.

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]


"The stupidest" is used deliberately under the artistic license that allows such departures from perfection.

Perfection requires "whom did you see?" Anybody who would actually say it today would get that look, "what's wrong with you, man?"

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]


Bingo!

I noticed the same damn thing. I wrote "Dobra 22/24" as the address where I stayed. Later, some bozo wrote "you were 22/24" meaning my age.

And never mind that in the history of mankind, nobody ever said, I was 22/24. That's an address, a-holes.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


1. Troll - a guy whose posts I hate because I am unable to rebut.
2. I don't give a f*** who suspects what here.


But the "trolls" who:

- don't invent
- don't lie
- are not boring
- who understand their limitations
- who have high IQ

are OK?

If so, why do I get all that crap? I will tell you why: because you hate what I post and YOU know that my posts are true or likely to be true.

BTW, "boring" is a personal and, therefore, subjective evaluation. Some like watching grass grow. So,"boring" should always be used in "boring to me".

Life / SO I went to Poland Independence Day first time ever and I saw a serpent of fire [8]

Will Poland have DEPENDENCE DAY?

Work / Are there Job Opportunities for Americans in Poland? [20]


DON"T DO IT!

Life / My Last Link To Poland Died - Why Leaving Poland Was My Best Decision [249]


That's me except for moving. Poland is out of the question: weather, language, Medicare, no family. I can almost see myself rotting away alone and lonely.

Arizona: perfect except how often would I be able to see my granddaughters. Plus my wife can't stand heat. So I am stuck here in the worst state of the union enjoying my long rides to where I will never live.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


In the US, police are useless. With the average response time of 3 to 5 minutes and a lot more in the rural areas, you are on your own. In winter, you will wait till they plow the snow.

Police only investigate. Without them, we would be trained, armed and allowed to carry.

Today, a parent who would try to enter the school with an active shooter would be stopped by the cops. That's cops aiding and abetting a killer.

Did you know that these cowards waited over an hour before getting inside at Columbine?


Easy with that police state. A country where a police interrogation can be stopped with a single sentence is not a police state.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Poland is sluring itself without my help. I just explained how.


Even that serve and protect on their cars is a lie. A Supreme Court ruling (2005?) said that police are not legally required to respond to your 911 call. If you call and they show up a day later you can't sue them.

Good posts. What you wrote is true and makes some of us see red.

I differ with you about "respect" and resisting. The reality is such that when a cop pulls you (editorial) over or approaches you on the beach, you are required to follow his orders. Under law, you are also required to indentify yourself. Beyond that, it's "I want a lawyer, and I am not talking".

The problem with blacks is that they argue, ask challange questions, ignore the orders to stay put or drop what they are holding. They do it because it's in their upbringing, they are on drugs, or they want a scene with a later payout. When a black thug gets shot after being told six times to drop his gun, I am with the cops. Even if that gun turns out later to be a walet. He was told to drop it. They also assume that cops have some obligation to explain, convince, discuss, and debate them.

More about overreacting Amrican cops...

Just compare the odds that a black thug (this means any black man between 15 and 35 not wearing a suit) is packing here vs a white bum in Poland.

How about 1000 to 1.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

After the nostalgia visit in my first communion church on Sienkiewicza in Radom, I went to see a priest in Kancelaria. It was on the same street, kitty-corner from the church itself. The mindless graffiti followed me to the door.

Once in his office, I said: Good day. May I ask you a couple of questions? In Polish, of course.

I may have bad feelings about the Polish language in general, but I still know where that red line is. So I decided not to be a wiseguy or an ugly American, which I sometimes enjoy more than I should, and used the best Polish I could manage. Which I can as long as I speak slowly where it's quiet.

Except for that prosze pana or prosze ksiedza. That will never happen.

Sure. How do you reconcile what pope is saying about building bridges, not fences, with the Polish goverment telling the refugees to stay away from Poland?

I really didn't mean to put him on the spot. I was just curious.

When the meaning of my question was finally clear, he gave me that look you see on a kid with chocolate all over his face saying that he didn't have any. He knew that with that single sentence I caught him with a dilemma: be a Polish patriot, support PiS, and admit that pope is an idiot. Or go with the pope, and tell me that a horde of Muslims in Poland would be a splendid idea.

So he mumbled something like that he can keep the two separate. In a way, he told me that having Polish women raped is OK as long as it pleases pope, and by extension, God herself.

In all fairness to that priest, the American subdivision of the Vatican, with their sanctuary crap, is not any better.

BTW, being an atheist and actively supporting my kid's catholic upbringing are not mutually exclusive. I can do both.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Thanks.

I will tell you a secret: I enjoy them just as much as I enjoy arguing with the American libs.

The sad part is that they run out of anything smart to say way too soon. So, the best they can offer is the gems like "you a liar". Which, of course, leads down to the level even my 5-year-old granddaughter abandoned years ago: No, I am not. Yes, you are. No, I am not....

Rinse and repeat...

Life / Why are Polish people so obsessed with race? [160]

Did you know that in 1350 Warsaw had no public restrooms?

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

What do the three of you and tits on a bull have in common?

I will give you till the end of Sunday to figure it out.