Genealogy / Mary Barnawich (?) - Is my great-grandmother from Poland? [28]

Have you tried obtaining their naturalization records from the courts? That should give you a lot more information to work with.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]


Who forces you to buy? You always need two to tango.

Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]


These are not consultants, but lobbyists. Worse than cockroaches.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Me neither.

That Polish jokes were invented by Hollywood Jews or German Nazis in the USA is a myth. In reality, they are simply a variation of the same jokes that already existed for other ethnicities. This horse shows up on a regular basis and has been flogged to death repeatedly.

Gotta go now. Time for the pub. :)

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Nonsense. What would YOU say if a German publicist would release a paper saying that these jokes do exist for almost every nationality and that they were not specifically invented for Poles? Sounds much more plausible, doesn't it?

Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]


Easy job? LOL! Work for one of the top 10 consulting firms and tell me if you got away with under 10 to 12 hours a day and living in a hotel for most of the week. Consulting is one of the hardest and most stressful jobs out there, which is the reason why only younger folk (25 to 40) are able to survive in that field.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


That's our British, Polish and PolAm "nationalists" for you ... :)


From the same source:
"Some of the early 20th century Polish jokes might have been told originally before World War II in disputed border-regions such as Silesia, suggesting that Polish jokes did not originate in Nazi Germany, but rather much earlier as an outgrowth of regional jokes rooted in historical social class differences."


Says Tomasz Szarota, a Polish publicist.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Nah, it's mostly the Daily Fail in their daily report about WW2. You should try a different news outlet sometime... :)


That BS again. Prove it with a source that is not a right-wing PolAm one.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Such as? The only action that comes close to what you are implying was to allow the somewhat unchecked immigration of a large number of refugees and economic migrants. And even there you could argue that Merkel only wanted to help out Greece and Italy who were simply overrun by migrants at that time. The people were already on European soil, and it's actually Turkey and those that started the mess in the Middle East who are really to blame for the current situation in Europe.


That's the curse powerful countries have to live with, I'm afraid. The Americans get blamed all the time because of their military and economic power.

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]


You remember who pushed for the accession of most of the former COMECON countries, do you? Poodle Blair of the United Kingdom. He was also the first one who allowed cheap workers from eastern Europe to flood the British labor market. Poland profited a lot from this move. Now the Brits have changed their mind and proclaim that - amongst other things - immigration is bad and that all the Europeans (and other foreigners) in the country take away British jobs. Hence BREXIT.

Biggest mistake that the EU ever made was to let too many poor countries in too quickly. That's what ultimately destabilized the union. That and the introduction of the Euro.


The strange thing is that the anti EU crowd never comes up with a proper alternative that could work. What's your proposition?

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]


The Euro was mostly a French invention. The Germans vehemently opposed the new currency. Google it.


Who forced these "lesser members" to join the EU? They all knew what they signed up for.

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]


Cooking the books, uncontrolled deficit spending, corruption -- Greece and Italy have only themselves to blame IMO.


You have to remember though what the main reason behind the pro BREXIT vote was: the (supposedly) uncontrolled immigration of non-EU citizens from the Continent. Which was of course propaganda, because the U.K. had never been part of the Schengen Area in the first place and had full control of her borders already. The immigration issue will continue to exist after BREXIT simply because of your Commonwealth citizens.

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

It will probably depend on how well the Brits fare after BREXIT. If their economy won't take a hit as predicted, they will most likely be seen as an example and a reason for other EU members to leave. I would see that as a positive development. The EU is too big right now.

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]


I don't believe that the EU as a trading block is in any imminent danger. What will possibly go one day is the Schengen area, as BB correctly stated, and maybe even the Euro. The long term goal of a political union will probably have to be given up.


Good point. Very true.

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]


They were citizens of the German Empire who moved from one province to another to find work.

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]


No, but it's always good to remember your own history before throwing stones in a glasshouse. I know quite a few folks back home who haven't forgotten Gallipoli either. Just saying.

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

There are 82 million Germans out there and you are telling us that none of them should be trusted? Paranoid much?


No, they shouldn't, but that's a very slippery slope you're going down, my friend. Deliberately starving 4 million Bengalis to death during WW2, hunting the Aboriginals on Tasmania to extinction, or running the Boer concentration camps aren't particularly civilized either. But it's always easier to point the finger at others, right?

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

@Dirk

I hate all Germans because ... Adolf. I hate all Brits because ... British Empire. I hate all Americans because ... Trump. That's the stupid simplistic world view I was talking about. Neanderthals were more sophisticated.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Maybe you are hanging out with the wrong crowd? Just because one right wing bozo hates Merkel doesn't mean that all Brits dislike each and every German. Same goes for the Poms. Just because some Aussies can't stand your guts doesn't mean that the whole country hates the U.K.. 99% of all people get along just fine. It's always the same group of simpletons that live in the past and cultivate the old animosities. Eff them.

Food / Have Polish Women been Poisoned Yet to Hate Men. [60]

You guys sound like real charming ex husbands.

Genealogy / Are Polish birth records available on the Internet? [56]

No chance unless you are looking for records pre 1807.

Travel / So I went to Warsaw - my thoughts after visiting Poland [88]


Here's some food for thought:
splinternews.com/why-does-san-francisco-seem-to-have-such-a-huge-homeles-1793854796
medium.com/@josefow/the-one-stat-that-explains-sfs-street-homeless-crisis-e863329ba8ed

News / Samuel P. Huntington sees future of Poland outside of Slavic world [18]

I believe the EU is in desperate need of a "reset". Start all over again with some core countries as you say. Ireland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Only in the U.K., Ireland, Norway and Iceland according to this source: thebalancecareers.com/in-what-countries-do-police-not-carry-guns-974879

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Somebody has to pick your strawberries...

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


They screwed the whole EU with the help of Goldman Sachs.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Over the top nationalism and supporting the idea of white supremacy do that.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


You are arguing with people who would prefer to live in the 1930s, BB.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


LOL! You are a prime example why allowing guest accounts is a really stupid idea.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Can you read?