Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [1007]

@Novichok

Funny thing about reading this at this very moment is that I'm in a barber shop (no Novi, I'm not get my "hair" cut, my son is). The barber shop is run by latiinos. I'm sure 90% are not here legally. I should stand up and shout "bleed illegals". Haha.

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Life / If you lived abroad, would you like to have a Pole as a neighbor? [93]

@Ajronsajdz

Is that still the case? I'd have to look up the data to verify, but for some reason I'm thinking there are currently more Poles returning to Poland than leaving. I could be wrong, though; which, of course, is rarely, if ever, the case.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [1007]

@Torq

I completely agree. It is one of the reasons government is not the ideal party to help those in genuine need-they can't define who is and who isn't because they don't typically have contact with them, and if they do they must follow flawed and rather vague procedures, which means if you know how to game the system, you'll get what you want. Gaming the system is a cottage industry, I know this not by simply having heard the scheming with my own two ears but from bureaucrats who work for social security and human services. The system allows it.

The negative effect is a domino effect of negativity from the recipient down to the taxpayer and community. True need does exist, the question is who provides the best and most effective care for those in genuine need.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [1007]

Your very narrow reductionist editorial seems to be focused on welfare for the poor. Entitlements are much more than that.

Social security and medicare are the two biggest, and they were paid into with the promise of future benefit.

It is my view, that for the sake of honoring these promises and making these entitlements healthy and sustainable some type of reform needs to happen. Same with welfare for the poor-it needs to be seriously reformed.

I personally spent a decade working with the poor and homeless, welfare is abused and it does have a deleterious effect on many recipients. There should be limitations and requirements with more stringent oversight. Eliminating the vast amounts of waste and fraud would give me resources to those who truly need it.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [1007]

Like most: government payouts to those who meet the requirements. The big ones being social security, medicare, and medicaid.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [1007]


While this is all good, we'll still have the mammoth issue of entitlements. We can (and should) cut fat, but we will still be underwater because of entitlements. You know of anyone who has an appetite to touch those?

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [1007]


I had a couple beers with him last night. He is a well-spoken guy with well-reasoned opinions. Sharp as a tack. I don't buy he's in his 80's-he's as spry and sturdier than most 50 year olds. Very personable. A good guy-you could even say he's a gentleman-but getting him to read poetry ain't gonna happen.

News / Polish-Russian war? Drones entering Polish airspace. [254]


I'm about the same but other way around.

I have about 1% trust in Putin, and exponentially less trust in Zelensky. Z has spent considerable effort in trying to get NATO/West directly involved, from what I can tell. Glad Polish leadership is showing cool heads. Although, it sounds like Paulina is ready to go full GI Jane.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [982]

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Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

One of my colleagues is originally from Nigeria (or could be Uganda), she said everyone speaks English because there are so many dialects they can't understand one another in their parent language. The joke is every family has a dialect. She said that the dialects are even starting to go away over there.

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That's been one of my recent laments: how forms of mass communication have made culture more homogeneous. Here, in America, I could travel 100 miles in any direction and hear differences in speech and expressions. It's been flattened out. You still have some of that, but it's not as pronounced. Go to Georgia and 7 in 10 will sound like they are from Columbus Ohio.

My job demands that I speak with people from all over the the US-90% sound the same. I find it sad.

Wine, doesn't appear to be his thing. I love the genuineness of his remarks.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

Is that old or futuristic English?

My fave wine tasting note is: not bothered about it. Dint go wit crisps.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]


😄. Good one.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [982]

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

I've read 7...within 14 days of each other...all from same region...weeks before an election...candidates from a non-status quo party thats gaining power.

One helluva coincidence...or, is it?

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

Edouard Zier -"Eve"

Hanging in the art museum at Rogalin Palace near Poznań.

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Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]


Why? I think it sounds nice.


Embrace it, Novi, embrace it. Start reading Sienkiewicz out loud in Polish.

Better yet, go visit the Rogalin Palace and read Sienkiewicz out loud in Polish. I visited the palace this summer-wonderful place. Sienkiewicz wrote some of Quo Vadis there, or so they say.

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]


I feel emasculated.

Off-Topic / The agreement in Alaska between the US and Russia. [43]

@Torq

Yeah, I bet he sends daily texts of thanks to Biden everyday. 😀

Off-Topic / The agreement in Alaska between the US and Russia. [43]

@Torq

😂. I could see that.

Off-Topic / The agreement in Alaska between the US and Russia. [43]

@Torq

The facts are negotiations are still going on. Sanctions may still happen.

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Exactly!

Besides, I don't think it was about coming up with something final; rather, it was to see if a path to negotiating an end to the war was open. Trump and Putin seem to think so. Today, we'll see what Ukraine and Europe think.

News / Poland Sports News - part 2 [91]

Lech Poznań - Crvena Zvezda (the highlight)
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News / Poland Sports News - part 2 [91]

@Torq

But those players should assimilate, change names to McCloskeyowski, Sullivaniak.

News / Poland Sports News - part 2 [91]


A-ha, so you can have as many Swedes with Swedish sounding names like Ishkar as you want.

News / Poland Sports News - part 2 [91]

Gazprom fixed the game. 😀


Club football is about putting the best team on field that you can afford, so I'm not sure if it's retarded. However, there is something about having homegrown talent heavily represented on the roster. The MLS rules say only a certain percentage of roster can be non-American. Is there such in Ekstraklasa?