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berni23   
18 Nov 2012
News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]

Unfortunately Moody's and S&P

Well, what do you say? I am happily proven wrong.
BTW: Those stats are from here: europa.eu
I think that they are a bit more trustworthy than some rating agencies, that make a living solely by rating countries up and down.

Nor do the figures for nominal GDP per capita, nor do the unemployment figures, nor do the NUTS-2 regions.

Are you serious? So Luxembourg is the "wealthiest" country in Europe?
berni23   
18 Nov 2012
Life / Czas honoru (Time of honoru) TV serial [38]

Whatever makes your boat float.
Fortunately i gave my TV away years ago and am at liberty to watch whatever whenever i want.
berni23   
18 Nov 2012
Life / Czas honoru (Time of honoru) TV serial [38]

I never said i watched all of it, i stopped when they started shifting from a historical adventure to a family oriented drama.

Few examples of historical buffs:
1. Bank robbery was entirely incorrect, not even the bank and year were correct.
2. Executions were not on the agenda until much later.
3. I wont even go into uniforms, equipment and weapons.
Fact is, it cant hold its ground with historical shows like Band of Brothers, Rome etc..

What preconceptions?
Simple, all Poles are heroes and everybody else is evil. There is no mention of the thousands of Poles that profited from the invasion, rated out Jews or were simply indifferent.

Generally they could have made much more out of the show by incorporating more real live stories, but they opted for a Sunday evening show with love stories set in the 40ties.
berni23   
17 Nov 2012
News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]

Now that would be a headline:
A survey done by EF Education First which checked the knowledge of foreign languages on 315 million Americans found that only 0.643% could communicate enough to get by.

Out of the 0.643% 0.534% were immigrants or direct decedents of immigrants.
berni23   
7 Nov 2012
Law / Where to register a .PL domain name? [33]

there isnt really much difference between the domain extension in terms of serp (search engine result pages)

maybe not for serp but def for seo. ;)
with the same content, age and links a .pl will get u higher than a net.pl as it is top level opposed to second level.

however if u are really just catering to the polish market a net.pl might get you further than a .net(or even .com).

it really depends on your business.
berni23   
7 Nov 2012
Law / Where to register a .PL domain name? [33]

Well, i guess it wont matter as much as content and registration time, but id always go for first level:
dobrekawy.pl
smacznakawa.pl
etc...
berni23   
7 Nov 2012
History / Polish relation about Russians, Ukrainians? [281]

I definitely need the stuff you are smoking.

The Mongols defeated Russia and occupied Moscow.

consumed by ferocious Russian welcome

"The Mongol Empire invaded Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, destroying numerous cities including Ryazan, Kolomna, Moscow, Vladimir and Kiev.

This campaign was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River (1223) which resulted in a Mongol victory over forces of several Rus' principalities. Nevertheless, the Mongols retreated. Batu Khan's full-scale invasion of Rus' occurred from 1237 to 1240; the campaign was ended by a Mongol succession crisis. All Russian states had to submit to Mongol rule and became part of the Golden Horde empire; some of it lasted until 1480."

Yeah, you showed them. :D

And I`m glad that now Poles have much better fertility rates then during communism and multiply in numbers instead desapear as a nation as it was under communists.And now Polish use drink much less vodka and much healthier.

This just cracked me up.

Please dont ban him or delete his topics.
berni23   
14 Jan 2010
Travel / Cheap places to stay in Szczecin? [12]

[Moved from]: Szczecin - looking for an affordable place to stay for the weekend

Hi
We are going to Szczecin for the weekend and are having trouble finding affordable accommodation. The last time we went, we stayed here, but unfortunately this is booked out.

ptsm.home.pl/index.php

Can somebody suggest an alternative?

Also, i heard that the market at Turzyn has closed down.
Is there anything comparable in Szczecin?

Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers
Bernard
berni23   
15 Apr 2009
History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]

Cenowski:
żydy musi zostać zniszczony.....

Its spelled "żydzi muszą zostać zniszczeni".

What did you expect from a redneck?
berni23   
11 Apr 2009
Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]

Again:

"By the 1880s a number of linguists and anthropologists argued that the "Aryans" themselves had originated somewhere in northern Europe. A specific region began to crystallize when the linguist Karl Penka (Die Herkunft der Arier. Neue Beiträge zur historischen Anthropologie der europäischen Völker, 1886) popularized the idea that the "Aryans" had emerged in Scandinavia, and could be identified by the distinctive Nordic characteristics of blond hair and blue eyes."

"This "Nordic race" theory gained traction following the publication of Charles Morris's The Aryan Race (1888), which argued that the "original Aryans" could be identified by their blond hair and other Nordic features, such as dolichocephaly (long skull)."

Good bye and goodnight my learning-disabled friend.
berni23   
11 Apr 2009
Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]

Nevertheless, such theorists usually accepted that considerable variety of hair and eye colour existed even within the racial categories they recognised.
Contrary to a popular myth, the Nazis themselves did not discriminate against Germans who were not blonde or blue-eyed, or had only one of these features. Adolf Hitler and most Nazi officials had brown hair and were considered to be "Aryans".

Who's disclaiming that?

The only person claiming the Nordic look of Aryans is a myth created by the evil allies are you and i have already provided you with your beloved lnks/quotes that disprove that.
berni23   
11 Apr 2009
Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]

berni23:
"Many of Hitler's eugenic ideas surfaced in his book Mein Kampf."

And where did he speak explicitely of the blond/blue eyed people?
Because THAT was actually the question...

Have you even read the book???

The concept of an Aryan race(or Herrenrasse) is predominant in it and according to this the blond/blue eyed ideal is very much a part of it:

"By the 1880s a number of linguists and anthropologists argued that the "Aryans" themselves had originated somewhere in northern Europe. A specific region began to crystallize when the linguist Karl Penka (Die Herkunft der Arier. Neue Beiträge zur historischen Anthropologie der europäischen Völker, 1886) popularized the idea that the "Aryans" had emerged in Scandinavia, and could be identified by the distinctive Nordic characteristics of blond hair and blue eyes."

"This "Nordic race" theory gained traction following the publication of Charles Morris's The Aryan Race (1888), which argued that the "original Aryans" could be identified by their blond hair and other Nordic features, such as dolichocephaly (long skull)."
berni23   
11 Apr 2009
Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]

HatefulBunch397:
That was in Mein Kampf, I do believe

Really!
A link would be nice...

Of course it is, actually it's one of the main concepts of the book and not only a side note.
Here you go:

German Family
berni23   
7 Apr 2009
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

No matter who is behind that, it should be forbidden and handled like the Reinheitsgebot in Germany, wherein only water, barley and hops is allowed in beer.