News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]

Germany faces many of the same economic challenges as the US: fear of continued outsourcing,
problems with migrants underbidding the native-born workforce, environmental issues.

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [167]

@Korvinus & Rich,
I am simply trying to show how often a double standard exists when
comparing one group with another!

While Islamic extremism surely can be a hostile force, Fundamentalist Christianity,
for that matter ultra orthodox Judaism, can also be a danger, as can any extremist ideology.
No school of thought has a monopoly on bigotry,

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

@Crow, it was Serbian nationalism in the figure of one Gavrilo Princip
(after whom many high schools are proudly named) who unleashed the
First World War, later paving the way for German expansionism under Hitler
aka the Second World War.., arising embittered and emboldened from their
defeat during WWI.

@Milo, right as rain!

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [167]

While EXTREMIST Islam most certainly is a threat to the West (much less
to more moderate, free-thinking Muslim nations, such as Turkey until Erdogan!),
we must not forget that the Christian Crusades were no less brutal in their own
way, violently proselytizing so-called "heathen" non-Christians, including Jews along
with followers of Islam.

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

Hear, hear, Milo!
You do know your history, mate.

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

As they say in French, "la meme chose"! LOL

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

Papiez Franziskus nie zyje! On mial 87 lat. NIECH ZYJE PAPIEZ!!
To bylo bohater ludzkosci.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

But this makes no sense, Rich! You'RE projecting again.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

You're = You are stupid is correct.
Gaslighting again, Gregory??

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

Ever heard of the difference between a typo vs. a mistake based on ignorance?

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

You're opinion, mate.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

I knew 966 is a historical date, I simply forgot which, apologies!
@Milo, do tell what mind-altering drugs you're obviously on when
you read these posts. Maybe I could take someLOL

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

We seem to be missing the point here.

Had Rich mentioned the founding of what is today Poland by Leszek and Mieczko round about 966 AD, then there'd have been
room for discussion. However, he didn't make his intentions clear, at any rate not to me.

As far as my being Jewish and the Destruction of the Temple, I fail to see what possible relation this
has to the present discussion. I never mentioned a historical date in any of my posts.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

No. I was merely responding to what I presumed was a typo on the part of Rich.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

Not unless Rich here wants to be the comic.

Unless he's referring to the birth of the Polish nation,
1966 was the beginning of the mass exodus of Poles
to America under Gomulka, many of them Jews.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

966?? Wow! That's even before the Norman Conquest LOL
You meant 1966, of course:-)

Oh, did you have a chance to read my private message I sent you the other day?

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

Who/What made Poland what she is today?? The Warsaw Pact:-)

Language / Question about grammar books [9]

Sadowska is nearly as comprehensive as Brooks published by Mouton in the late 80s.

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

Correct, Maf!
Imperial ambitions have now been taken over by the once democratic nation
which currently resembles her erstwhile enemies: THE UNITED STATES.

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

I think Putin needs the US aka Trump far more than the other way round.
This is merely a surmise.

Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [305]

Is it necessarily the entire fault of those from terribly underdeveloped,
emerging nations in Africa, Bangladesh etc. to desire life in countries
such as Poland, Sweden, The Netherlands or Germany, with bustling
economies, gorgeous women, all the trappings of social prosperity??

Cut 'em some slack, for goodness sake!

Language / Slavic languages words similarities with Polish [240]

Actually, the root "-pom/-pam" is related in Polish as well, e.g. "PAMietac" (to remember)
and "zaPOMniec" (to forget)!

Food / What Polish foods do foreigners generally not take to? [139]

'Guess it all depends once again on the foreigner. Me? I can
digest just about anything in whichever country I've either visited or
lived in for more than two or so months.

Certain Polish seafood dishes I found an acquired taste, I must admit!
However, I can honestly say that there is no Polish food I haven't
thoroughly enjoyed when I got used to it:-)

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

NO journal is completely "objective"! There's always and always will be biased reporting, that's only human,
although formerly the NYT tended to avoid such more than currently.

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

It once was, Johnny, when "Punch" Sulzberger was the Editor-in-Chief
and Theodore Bernstein did all the prootreading.

There was always Bill Safire's column:-)

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

Reports vary. Gosh, even the NYT's not trustworthy any more.
"All the news that FITS we print"

lol

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - (Who can I sponge from the most?) [45]

...spoken with true jealousy!

You say the same about Sweden, the UK, anywhere in which
the common citizen is given a fair shake. Surely these countries
are far from perfect. Sure beats a plutocracy though.

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

I understand he isn't officially a US citizen,
perhaps a dual South African, although here again
a double standard!

Even the late John McCain was bad mouthed by
our press for not being born on American soil,
although he WAS on US territorial waters:-)

The overarching point here is that Musk is
charged with "trimming the fat" of so-called
no-show civil service jobs, right?

What about his own job, a lazy desk spot
with an inflated salary which doesn't have to
depend on supporting a wife and family.

And this is why certain folks go off the deep
end and start ranting or shooting.

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]

"Theophilis Thistle, the successful thistle sifter after sifting
a thread of unsifted thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Success to the successful thistle sifter!"

If that doesn't give Poles a run for their money, nothing will.LOL