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AntV   
8 Sep 2023
Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]

Originally about Australia as I remember.

Daggonit, I thought you came up with it on your own.

@Joker
@Rush 2112

My friends from back in the day loved 2112. I never understood their fondness for the album. What is it about it you like?
AntV   
8 Sep 2023
Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]

Entirely free of irony

Because calling folks weak-minded small town bigots isn't trash talking. :/

At least it's unlike yoghurt there...

That's not a half bad little zinger, Jon. Not bad at all.

catholic-church-would-rather-die-than-accept-women-equals

The woman who wrote this is a bit off-center. Apparently, she breeds dysfunction. Her son ran for Cincinnati City Council and she got involved and purportedly screwed his campaign up. She runs some kind of Reiki and psychic thing-Reikism and Catholicism don't mix well.
AntV   
8 Sep 2023
Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]

A lot of the trash talk in any country is from weak-minded small town bigots

Such an ironic sentence.

hideous example of American English at its most inelegant. Civilised people use the verb 'to hate'.

Y'know they say American civilization went to pot when the Irish started flooding in. :D
AntV   
1 Sep 2023
Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]

Lebanon.

A good number of Lebanese are Catholics, those Lebanese would meld well into Polish culture.

If the Lebanese women I've met are representative of the general female population of Lebanon, the young men of Poland will not protest them settling in Poland.
AntV   
29 Aug 2023
News / "A merciful heart can share its bread with the hungry and welcome refugees and migrants" Pope Francis [89]

I'm convinced he wasn't calling for imperialism, but the problem is that we have to be convinced. He's like a Trump in that he says things off-the-cuff that leaves way too much open for interpretation.

Evangelical simplicity - what happened to it?

I believe it's plentiful--we just don't see or recognize it. It's those who aren't, or we perceive as not being evangelically simplistic (and our perceptions can be wrong), that we tend to notice.
AntV   
29 Aug 2023
News / "A merciful heart can share its bread with the hungry and welcome refugees and migrants" Pope Francis [89]

When you put the Vatican's Press Office response to Francis' statement together with a decade's worth of clumsy Francis speeches, it seems quite obvious, at least to me, that Luke is correct in his above post. I miss JP2 and B16's clarity.

I have very little knowledge of the ROC. Little I do know makes it seem to be somewhat insular and nationalistic--but that could very well sound idiotic to someone who is knowledgable about the ROC.

Or maybe the mainstream Christianity is too corrupt?

Heck, there's always been corruption in one degree or another within Christianity (mainstream or outside the mainstream). What is remarkable is how the Deposit of the Faith hasn't been compromised by it...regardless of how much stench some church leaders emit.
AntV   
29 Aug 2023
News / "A merciful heart can share its bread with the hungry and welcome refugees and migrants" Pope Francis [89]

I have a confession to make:

As part of the Popish cabal I have access to the Vatican network. I unwittingly intercepted a dispatch early last Wednesday morning entitled "Address to the Mordorian Youth." As I read the dispatch it became clear that what I was reading wasn't a critique of Tolkien's masterpiece by some Vatican backbencher, but a prepared speech to be delivered by The Man in White himself.

As I continued reading it became clear that the address could either be a clarion call for angelic West or have major repercussions for world peace and stability. This address could be like dropping a neutron bomb over Mordor, and knowing Sauron's lack of moral rectitude and disregard for all things non-Mordorian, the response could be cataclysmic. The prospective harm was too much a gamble.

After 3 minutes and 27 seconds of agonizing over this moral tug-of-war, I decided to do something.

So, I passed it on to Bobko to edit the address. It is Bobko's edition that has become world news.

You see the dispatch I intercepted was the official speech Pope Francis was to give to the Russian youth.

I see now I've harmed fragile Catholics and Mordorian-haters.

To assuage this offense, I give you the original address Pope Francis was to give the Russian youth:

You despicable young Orcs of murderous RuSSia, the inferior RuSSia--den of sinners, thieves, and serpents. This loathsome wasteland of bankrupt and repulsive culture and reprehensible Orcanity. Throw away your murderous ways, renounce your ignominious history of treachery. Admit you are execrable and deplorable--heirs of wretchedness. Admit you are irredeemable and unworthy to exist in the City of Mankind. Recoil and beg for our mercy. Scum!

So, ultimately, I am the prick (with Bobko's aid), not Pope Francis.
AntV   
29 Aug 2023
Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@GefreiterKania

Post #567 is not only funny, but a clinic on how to humorously and artfully slam a guy without invective or churlishness. It's an insult without being insulting. A slap across the face with the accompanying sting but without bitterness. An eff you sans vulgarity.

Which leads me to piggy back off this thread and give my Top 5 humorous posters:

1. GefreiterKania (who will always be Torq to me)
2. Bobko (a very close second--#567 gave Torq the go-ahead--but dude is a riot)
3. BB (his humor comes best in the form of witticism)
4. Novi (an 80 yo that pissed off and cynical is primed to rattle off some funny sh!t)
5. Alien (his humor is subtle--subtle humor is good).
AntV   
10 Aug 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]

to treat the memory of all of them - more than half-a-million - on the basis of what a minority of degenerates did?

One of the unsettling things about the response in the West to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is how many self-ascribed "decent" people have spoken of Russians in dehumanizing terms..

I guess it allows them to justify their irrational hatred for Russia and Russians.

Plus, there's also a dearth of folks who just can't make distinctions.
AntV   
10 Aug 2023
Life / Poetry and Poets of Poland [58]

There was one American poetess

Emily Dickinson? I find most women poets uninteresting-they don't have the meat and bones needed for a good poem. Dickinson had some meat and bones.
AntV   
31 Jul 2023
Love / I am going to poland to meet my boyfriend's family and friends and need some advice [8]

@latingirl

Don't overcomplicate things. Just be yourself.

As far as the kiss on the cheek and all that: just follow the lead of whoever you are greeting. Poles are like everyone else, they are individuals with different personalities.

Poles are aware of how complicated their language is, if you only know "dzien dobry" they'll be charmed.

You'll find that a difficult Polish mother is a lot like a difficult Latina mother-only more reserved.
AntV   
23 Jul 2023
News / Despicable Ukrainian lies [144]

@mafketis

I don't know enough about the particulars to know if it's all PiS's fault, but it doesn't really matter. My main indignation is how gullible and pansy-asses the West is toward Ukraine and how Ukraine is using their current situation to shame the West into allowing it to become a member in its associations.

@Bratwurst Boy

Agreed...except the nuke part. Nukes in the hands of Uke strongmen is a horrendous idea.

This all went south in the '90s, and USia bears part of the blame...a big part, IMO.
AntV   
23 Jul 2023
News / Despicable Ukrainian lies [144]

@GefreiterKania

It seems the Ukrainian technique is to play the heroic victim card and try shame others into conforming to their will.

The thing that has perplexed me since this idiotic war began was the malleability of the West to suddenly accept Ukraine as a country worthy of EU and NATO membership. Zelensky recently trying to shame NATO into giving a date of Ukrainian membership into NATO and the PM's words concerning Ukrainian grain exports are part and parcel of Ukrainian strategy to get what they want.

I only hope the West becomes as indignant as you. Wanting to help Ukraine defend itself and accepting Ukraine as a functional country worthy of membership into Western alliances and unions are two completely different things.
AntV   
1 Jul 2023
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [437]

I've had plenty of very good sauvignon blamcs, but this may be the best ever. Crisp, minerally, that smooth scrape on the tongue. The aroma is layered with a grapefruit and minerals sandwiching a hint of cotton candy. A really delightful glass.


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AntV   
12 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [437]

Which wine fits the Holy Bible best



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AntV   
12 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [437]

Which wine fits best in the garage.



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AntV   
10 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [437]

Simce the inestimable Alien appears to like pairing good wine with good books:

The Pica Zabal is from the esteemed Rioja region of Spain and comes from its prized temperanillo grape. This bottle has a lush berry, particularly raspberry, aroma with an accompanying chocolate/mocha note. It assaults the tongue briefly then gives way to a gentle tannic grip.

Sophocles, well, what's to say. Undeniable genius. Oedipus Rex's theme of objectively right and wring acts is timeless. The question of justice. And so on. Classic.

Two soul enriching opus.


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AntV   
9 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

no stupid competing between allied neighbours anymore....only the best of the best for all members! :)

So when you say common army you mean no more french, german, spanish, polish, etc armies working together as a whole, but an EU army where a spaniard commands a german who operates hardware produced wherever in Europe kind of thing?
AntV   
9 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

@Bratwurst Boy

If I understood the article correctly (translator was needed being I'm a dumb USian and all :) ), it seems Germany is serious about changing course. Seems sensible to me that in order to build up the Bundeswehr, you need to change the culture and way of thinking about and managing within it.
AntV   
9 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

@Bratwurst Boy
@Tacitus

Germany said it would dramatically increase its military spending last year. Is there any reports that it is following through with this or has it stalled?
AntV   
9 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [437]

If I got it right, that thing about the Vatican and Edith Stein?

You got it right. :)

The Vatican one is called "Reclaiming Vatican II - What it (really) said, what it means, and how it calls us to renew the church" written by a young priest Fr Blake Britton. It's basically about how the liberal and conservative reactionaries misunderstand the council. That V2 was neither liberal nor conservative, but an orthodoxy meant to sanctify today's world. IMO, it should be read in every Catholic school and seminary.

The other is Edith Stein's autobiography, Life in a Jewish Family 1891-1916. She couldn't finish it, as she was sent to Auschwitz.

The quality of the wine matched the quality of those books.
AntV   
9 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

..and tell the US that they don't need NATO and the American military.

I'd hope not. It wouldn't make sense.

Neighbours who like their Germans militarily weak as a kitten quite well!

*nods

Afterall NATO was created to keep America in, Russians out, and Germany down. Seems there needs to be some kind of re-calibration.
AntV   
9 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

common European army is a very long way off

As a Usian, I don't care if it's some kind of common European military or not, I just want to see a significant increase in the military potency of Euro members.

Poland seems to be serious in increasing its military strength, I hope it's the impetus for other Euros to follow.
AntV   
9 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

I mean something like NATO, just for mainland Europe, the EU.....

That could work.

One of the biggest problems would be instead of dealing with two military bureaucracies, you'd now have to deal with three. There'd be a lot of things getting ground up and bogged down in the jaws of bureaucrats.

..and if other countries shouldn't better follow...

Yeah...it could create an environment of mutual haranguing of each other to pump up military might. As an American, that sounds good to me.

It would surely take some of the defense burden off the USian shoulders

I see you are singing in a very melodious voice tonight, BB. :)

Like you said in one of your post, China is on the horizon (Russia ain't squit compared to it and its modernized military and calculating pooitical and economic strategy).
AntV   
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

@Bratwurst Boy

By common army do you mean an army being under the command of a single entity or do you mean something like a NATO where each country commands its own military but corrdinates under a common entity?
AntV   
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

Germany has for far too long shirked it's responsibilites

Germany needs to show what it is capable of

I have no doubts of their capabilities. They could produce a very lethal force.. But, are they willing? I think they better start beefing up-which is pretty much what I've been saying throughout this thread. However, Germany must also be careful in not beefing up too big-there needs remain some sort of parity amongst the other EUians. In other words, Germany isn't the only Euro country that needs to beef up.

@jon357

But, I'm not sure removing US or UK installations out of continental Euro is beneficial to anyone in the West in the ling run. When us Usians, and I guess you UKians also, call for us to bacate, it's more frustration or offense than good strategic sense.
AntV   
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

@Tacitus

Less doesn't always mean worse. The question is more along the lines of potency and cost effectiveness of military might. What's more potent and cost effective, in general: carpet bombing or precision munitions?

It'd be interest to see where Polish military investment is being allocated.

But, yes, the US is smaller militarily now than during the cold war (at least, I think that's true).

remove our troops completely from your country, suspend military cooperation and together with France, denuclearise and leave NATO. Make sure you take ruzzian lessons first.

You sound like Joker and JR. :D
AntV   
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

that is a mistake all Western countries except the USA made and even they massively reduced their capabilities.

Massively reduced may be an overstatement, nevertheless reducing is one thing, but reducing to aneroxic levels is completely different.

All of that is water under the bridge at this moment. What matters now is Europe beefing itself up so it can be responsible for the lion's share of its own security.

admittedly rather gratifying to learn that both the French and British army are in no better shape than the Bundeswehr for fighting a huge conventional war.

I'd think from the POV of a unified Europe, that'd be much more terrifying than gratifying.
AntV   
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

leading European military isn't in an EU country

But, the point is for the EU army to become a potent enough military to defend its own interest as well as to become an attractive partner for powerful armies such as GB and its smarter, richer, and stronger younger brother, USia.

.Poland would be a better one than Germany or France,

That is a very good point. There must remain something of a parity amongst all members