History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

There have been leaks of the new Russian defense minister's text messages and emails...

Belousov writes to his wife about his commitment to the Mother of God.

I thought you might appreciate this.

The guy is a religious fanatic.

Here's a short description of some of the wild sh*t he does:

В 2013 году Белоусов также дал семь обетов Богородице, среди которых - читать по 30 страниц в день, не гневаться и не завидовать, правильно питаться, каждый день звонить маме, заниматься спортом и главное - соблюдать «правила секс-гигиены».

Ukraine is well and truly f*cked if we truly have an incorruptible and zealous new man in charge.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [190]


Once upon a time, we all spoke one language, and then decided to build a tower reaching to the heavens.

Johnny can tell you more about this.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [190]


English, Russian, Italian, and a little bit of Ancient Greek and Latin. I can understand people also in Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azeri, Turkish. Can read and write Polish and Ukrainian.

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I have a sharp legal mind, photographic memory, and infinite love for our fellow aquatic creatures.

Now, I must tell you that ignorantia juris non excusat.

You have committed grave crimes against skates and other marine wildlife. The time has come to pay.

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You too buddy...

Michigan Penal Code (Act 328 of 1931) under section 750.158 specifies that a person who commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature either with mankind or with any animal is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 15 years, or if the other person is under 16 years of age, not more than 25 years.

You could be further prosecuted under several other animal protection statutes - some of them federal.

Federal means no possibility of parole, bro.

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No, no, you're confused! It's YOU that enjoys sexual relations with fish - I definitely remember this.

It's how I tell you guys apart: Strelecz likes to have sex with children, and JR with fish.

Not just fish, but specifically skates.

Are you trying to pull a fast one here? Say Jon likes to get intimate with fish, when it's actually you? Very sneaky!

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History / Monte Cassino 80th Anniversary [18]


Oh-ho-ho-ho!

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [508]

Myślę, że PiS poprawi stosunki z Rosją, bo PiS jest partią konserwatywną, a konserwatyści też są teraz u władzy w Rosji. Oczywiście PiS to patrioci Polski i nie sądzę, że sprzedają Polskę Rosji, ale myślę, że mają wiele wspólnego z naszymi chłopakami.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

@Torq

Kania, please forgive me, but I almost had an aneurysm looking at this photo!

My heart goes out to this man.

Travel / 5 days in Poland [19]


PRL was truly terrible, if it let Richard out to be an engineer in America, and you to explore London.

Your father must have been a colonel in the SB, and your mother the lover of Jaruzelski?

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I get a kick out of your mere existence.

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Oh you tease!

Why don't you leave your retirement, and go work at Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan?

This way, you can share your excellent tips with thousands of institutional and high net worth clients, and actually get paid 8-figures a year for handing out advice.

Surely a more rewarding path than dangling tips in front of the PF crowd?

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History / "How Poles Built Russia... [18]

Even this thread is easier to digest than what Ukrainians claim when they talk about "building Russia".

Does ANY other country have this problem, where there are people going around claiming they actually created your country?

News / When did things went wrong for Poland and what went wrong? [21]


It's a long history, brate... and a sad one.

One should probably say, that the first wrong move was the turn away from Svetovid. Mieszko I committed a great mistake by allowing himself to be baptized by Vatican agents, and since then Poland has been paying the price.

The second grave mistake, was to orient their diplomatic policy towards Western countries instead of Serbia. This was a mistake for many reasons, but I will try to explain. As you know, Serbia is the source of all spiritual strength for the entire Slavic civilization. It is also the only country about which you can say with certainty, that it wishes only good things for Poland. As a caring mother, Serbia cares for all her children - even those that behave recklessly. However, Poland needed to make a step in Serbia's direction first, but instead it continues to fruitlessly pursue acceptance in the West.

Next, and with a heavy heart, I must talk about Polish mistakes vis-a-vis Russia. This is connected to wider Polish madness of engaging with the West, instead of its immediate spiritual family. Through Vaticanic and Germanic machinations, Poland has for a long time positioned itself as an antipode to Russia, and ignored Serbia (it is why I said Poland had to make the first step). Just like in life, where you will never find happiness without managing a good relationship with your family, so is Poland in constant turmoil because it refuses to align with Moscow and Belgrade.

Believe me brate, the greatest age in Polish history will begin when they finally embrace our common roots in Great Sarmatia.

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


Thanks for at least not doing a "Paulina", and calling us invaders from Mars or Jupiter.

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


This makes me think you were yourself a bad student.

Bad students drag down good ones. Fact.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Wow.

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]

@Lenka

Harvard and some... Oklahoma State.... are not that much different.

The economics professor at Oklahoma State could very well have finished Harvard.

The economics textbook used at Oklahoma State is probably the exact same one as used at Harvard.

Why then, do Harvard and Oklahoma State produce such different graduates?

The difference, I suspect, is in that most of the class at Harvard is already composed of exceedingly smart kids. They keep the professor on his toes with their questions, and he has to constantly provide them with extra material to read.

This seems to me like a simple scenario. Do you disagree with it?

Can you imagine, transposing this model onto the elementary, middle and high school levels? Would the same factors drive different results?

Do you think you are super virtuous and Christian as a society, if you make a bunch of smart kids artificially limit their potential - so that the other 70% of idiots could feel good?

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


Nothing in particular that didn't exist in your system, but was subsequently washed out.

In general, I'm not a pedagogue, and can't offer much intelligent commentary on difference in methodologies, etc. I can only comment on the empirically observable results, and my own experience.

The Russian system is inherited from the Soviet Union, which in turn was largely inherited from the preceding Imperial system.

Personally, I feel the Russian education system right now is a piece of sh*t compared to the imperial system. When I read about what Russian mathematicians, or authors, or philosophers were producing when they were 18-20 years old - it puts to shame most current inhabitants of Russia in the group 30-60.

People used to be just much smarter, if they were in schools or universities.

Now any kind of trash can get in, and this brings down the entire level of discussion. You can have a genius professor, and a brilliant textbook, but you'll still move only as fast as the biggest dumbas* in the class.

This may be one difference. The Russian system is more brutal, and in it there is less space for making sure the retards can keep up. This way, the talents are less squandered.

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


In case you question my premise that the Chinese system is basically a carbon copy of the Russian system - you should read about the early days of its formation.

Same with Vietnam.

It's the same in Africa.

In the Caribbean.

Again, I'm not claiming we are top of the world, and everything is great. But the education system was, and is, a good one.

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


I noticed you completely ignored my references to democratic India (the world's largest democracy) and Brazil.

They have cheaper labor than China or Vietnam. India, in fact, has a larger population than China.

Yet, Tim Cook is now struggling to relocate his Apple supply chain at least partially to India. The Indians cannot manufacture the iPhone without at least a 50% rate of dud devices.

Tim Cook himself says, that India and China are heaven and earth - when it comes to engineering talent.

Why do Russian education systems produce more intelligent people than British or American ones?

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


Can you explain to me, why your capitalist overlords prefer to place production in Communist China and Vietnam?

Why not democratic India?

Why not freedom loving Brazil?

Why are some of the most successful countries in the "emerging markets" part of world, at least currently, those that benefited from Russian instruction... and not British or French or American?

The reason is education. The reason is healthcare. The reason is "actually caring about what makes for the fundamental dignity of man".

You may be richer and stronger than us for the moment, through various tricks of financial engineering, but we have the truth :)

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


By raising hundreds of millions out of poverty?

By giving them an education, which they now trade for a Green Card?

By liberating them from the clutches of greedy predators like France and the UK?

By giving every man and woman, in the developing part of the world, a sense of dignity and pride?

Russia is protector of the weak, and defender of justice. Hope you choke on this sentence.

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


We suffered for the world.

Small minded people like you cannot understand.

News / Lech Walesa urged to "reduce Russia" to 50 million people [366]


If there are people to watch and contextualize the movie.

Otherwise, it's images on a screen.