News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

According to this week's NYT, Scholz just won a victory against the encroaching AfD
in Saxony and Thuringia! As Europe is slowly turning Left once again, this seems to
dovetail with Harris' steady lead over Trump!

I hope people are getting tired of the same ol' reactionary song and dance about
stray foreigners taking over white collar jobs etc.
While there may be some degree of statistical truth to such a claim, it's no reason
to turn the clock back pre-Civil Rights and a return to the bad old days.

Moderation, not extremism either Right or Left, should remain the watchword.

Life / Polish Music. [303]

I still prefer Old timer jazz, boogey-woogey, "The Duke" Ellington, some early Beatles,
Paul Mauriac "Love is blue" (L'amour est bleu) and a whole bunch of antedelluvian hits:-)

Life / Polish Music. [303]

Not a fan of metal either.

Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]

@Milo, an insult by its very nature consists of besmirching someone's
intelligence, intellect etc. without one scintilla of proof.
Thus far, you've provided none whatsoever!

As far as my comments are concerned, they're the result of both careful research
along with observation over many years of travel and study, both here and abroad.

Life / Polish Music. [303]

I'd have to concur!
Is Metallica popular in Poland, by the way?
Just curious.

Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]

Well, Milo, "idiot" for starters surely doesn't bode well for constructive communication, does it.
Who do you think you are anyhow, Novichok aka Rich aka Ryszard??

Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]

@Milo, I happen to agree with jon on this point.

Nevertheless, the fact that you disagree is no reason to start calling me names!!

Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]

Famous last words there, jon! How idealistic!

Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]

@Milo, if you can hire a Somali as opposed to a Polish welder, the average
capitalist/industrialist will clearly go for the former.

This trend developed once again when the male offspring of white welders
decided they would rather study instead of work with their hands their whole
lives.

During the immediate post-Industrial Revolution, round about the late 19th century,
relatively few ethnic Europeans actually attended university compared to those who
didn't!

This meant that only the elite in society either attended or graduated successfully from
a prestigious university/college, both in the US, the UK or the European Continent. The
rest who were less academically oriented were channeled, so to speak, into manual labor,
factory work or craftsmanship. The result was a high standard of workmanship which fueled
European society for generations to come...that is, until roughly around the years following
the end of WWII.

As capitalist bosses were permitted to give unbridled vent to their inherent greed, quality, much less
"fairness" in hiring eventually took a back seat to the expedience of cheap labor from non-white countries
in order tor the top 1% to save a few bucks by eating filet mignon off of gold plates while would-be native-
born precision laborers from Britain, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherland were pushed aside.

Life / Polish Music. [303]

Takes one to know one! Who died and made you perfect??

Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]

Obviously, this trend began long after the end of WWII, in all
likelihood during the end of the so-called economic miracle,
post 1965 and the demise of the Adenauer Era, when Southern
Europeans, especially from Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, were later
followed by Turks, Nigerians, Vietnamese, and Somalis.

As native Germans, Dutch, Swedes, Danes and even white Brits, felt themselves
too educated to work with their hands, perform dangerous factory labor etc. as their ancestors
had done for generations since the Industrial Revolution, the need arose to "import" cheaper
wage, non-white foreigners from any number of developing nations, eager as anybody to earn
more than merely a living wage in the West.

It's all simple capitalist economics, gang!

Life / Polish Music. [303]

All I meant was that I was temporarily unable to recall their names:-)

Life / Polish Music. [303]

Not sure right off the top of my head, but apparently,
there are more of them the I thought:-)

Always knew certain "modern" Polish classical composers
such as the late Krzysztof Penderecki and others were a
frequent staple at concerts.

Life / Polish Music. [303]

Polish jazz remains fairly popular in the States!

Language / Older Polish Exclamations/Swears [14]

Recently re-watched the movie "Wesele" from the mid-'00's and it
sounded as though every other word were some crass curse word.

Same as when watching a movie in English from around the early sixties
compared with a similar movie nowadays. The language is nearly unrecognizable.

Language / Older Polish Exclamations/Swears [14]

Another blast from the past.

Sounds so much more classic than the omnipresent "Kurwa!".

Language / Older Polish Exclamations/Swears [14]

Psiakrew! = Damn! (Literally, "Dog's blood!")

News / Chairman Kaczyński said........ part two [28]

Pawian's right here, Alien, hate as I do to admit the ugly reality. The AfD is once more on the move
and Scholz is far less of a counterforce than many think.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Lungs are also popular in Bavaria, e.g. Kalbsbeuscherl!

Love / 20% of adult Poles are single and live with Mummy! [241]

:-)! An intentional joke, I'm certain. Or another ESL misspelling/pronunciation glitch.

Love / The Pole -- a mummy's boy? [10]

"Mummy's boy"??

Perhaps an ancient Egyptian Pole? LOL

See what happens when one writes the same way one hears or speaks!

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

I once sampled some sernik at a Polish eatery in Clifton, NJ,
though not in Poland.

It was certainly acceptable, but not having grown up either in Poland
or even a Polish-speaking household recently over from the Old Country,
I really can't judge, Feniks. You may well be right:-)

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

You're right. Polish women can get angry if they're hungry too! LOL

However, Polish cheese cake can't even hold a candle to New York cheese cake from Junior's!
Just demonstrating a little local pride, Feniks:-)

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Merely quoting from an ancient Polish saying, political correctness notwithstanding:-)

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Immigrants simply were brought in to do jobs white, educated Northern Europeans
deemed difficult, dangerous, and dirty.

No mystery there, folks.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Another old proverb: Gdy Polak jest glodny, on jest zly!

Off-Topic / Letterpress and Polish graphic design history [2]

Are there any calligraphy studios nearby? Here in New York City, we have a small enterprise, appropriately called "The Cabinet of Doctor Calligraphy" which specializes in every conceivable type face known to man:-) Check out their website.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Good, we're making headway here!

What's your favorite Polish dish?
Mine's bigos.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Thanks there, Milo, spot on!
Almost forgot just how usual indeed dill is
in Swedish cuisine, Jansson's Frestelse, for example,
practically a seafood Shepherd's Pie with herring, onions, and potatoes:-)

Polish cuisine though is far more red meat oriented by comparison, I think.
Would you agree?

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

To me, koperek (dill) tastes and above all smells, as traditionally Polish
as any cooking aroma wafting from a Polish kitchen!

Whenever my wife and I go to a Polish restaurant, we insist on having
our chlodnik with extra dill:-)