Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [499]

Four people shot dead in a bar while enjoying a quiet beer. 20 injured.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/12/south-carolina-bar-shooting

note it is not the same bar shooting as 2 weeks ago, that was in NC and this one is in SC.

Number of bar shootings in Poland last 10 years - 1 with 1 fatality.

News / Polish-Russian war? Drones entering Polish airspace. [252]


I don't know about public reaction but Orban should rather worry about the reaction of the well trained and experienced Ukrainian army. If they can hold the NNs off for 4 years, I'm imagining that a Hungarian invasion would be something like a comic opera.

I don't know in reality how many Hungarians still obsess about this - probably around 52 percent which seems to be the way to win elections these days. The other 48 percent who speak English, pay most of the taxes and just want normal prosperous lives would probably be horrified by the idea

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So presumably nobody will vote for him

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For who ?

Not for me - I have some inconsiderate migrant neighbors but apart from that I have made money and hired new people from the opportunities and I quite enjoy the more cosmopolitan Poland

Not for Poland - living standards and all economic measures have improved hugely since 2010

Rest of Europe - well it's patchy but doesn't feel disastrous.2010 we were told the Euro would collapse, followed by the EU. Neither has happened. Paris and London and Frankfurt have not burned down - they remain very in demand places to live and work

If you are a person who sees everything through a lens of discontent then probably it's a rolling disaster. Quite frankly i am getting sick of the grumpy old reactionaries moaning about this and making it a wedge issue

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But in Poland all of those things exist and where they have been challenged it has been rather by Polish "patriots" than by migrants

And it is the same in all Europe's democracies. Except Britain where church and state have been combined for centuries

No I'm not in favor of rapists, Rotherham etc and someone needs to deal with it, but this migrant issue is dominating too much of our political processes, at the expense of more useful things, and letting all kinds of creeps and losers close to power bt playing on the fears of the old and resentful

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What do you mean ? What things bother you so much ? What are the values you care about so much ? I have 4 - rule of law, democracy, personal freedom and a free market. And they are all still standing - in fact I see far more of a challenge coming from right wing oddballs and quasi religious nuts than from migrants.

Really I am a pretty right wing person but this constant whinging about migration is a real turn off.

They build some mosques ? Big whoop - who cares ? Churches are still available for anyone who wants

They eat their own food ? Big whoop - I can get Polish food whenever I want and in France, Germany, Italy there are always loads of local food options

They listen to their own music, watch their own tv ? Again who cares

As long as they fit into our electoral and education systems and work then I am generally OK with it. Certainly tired of the old white moaners using this issue to hijack almost every other debate.

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Another war started today - will follow a familiar pattern

Hotheaded military fire a few volleys across the Pakistani- Afghan border. After a couple of days politicians ring them up and tell them to stop

Golden Cow then claims he stopped the war

If he is good at stopping wars then why can't he stop Putler ?

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"8 wars"but not the one on our border that we care about

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71 is the number of new diagnoses in one year - not the amount infected, which is 1.5 percent, the fifth highest in the world and by far the highest in Europe (if you think they are in Europe).

So yes North Nigeria is absolutely comparable to Nigeria proper. And I doubt that the extensive drug use and homosexual rape in the NN army is going to send HIG rates down.

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You think homosexuality should be illegal?

What about the T ?

No sense outlawing that - dressing up on a Saturday night can be a perfectly fun way for a senior to let their hair down

The 13th disciple never died for my freedom - quite the opposite, despite never setting foot in Poland and did nothing to support our freedom loving neighbors in Ukraine

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You would go to something like 1990s North Nigeria - a barter society. How would a young man build a house without credit ? How would the tailor sew without first being able to stock up on cloth ? The farmer could only plant by using last years seed and would never have the capital for a tractor

Capitalism is far from ideal, and it's performing even worse at the moment mainly because it needs to go hand-in-hand with the rule of law, which is getting weaker even in the most advanced democracy.

So I'm open to other systems but without some form of moving capital towards production and invention then we would be at a medieval level

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@Torq


Well the last time Poland tried that didn't work out so well - long queues round the block and nothing in the shop when you got to the front

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]

Respect to Melania for her help in bringing stolen Ukrainian children home

What about this explosion in Tennessee? NN sabotage or an accident ?

News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [498]


Certainly not the case in Illinois where the richest 6 counties all voted convincingly for Kamala

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois

Wealth of counties correlates strongly with education levels - so no surprise that wealthy have more educated voters decided to make such an informed choice.

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You would be much better off posting this in Polish in a FB group in the nearest town - maybe Strzelce or Gorzow. Or check the noticeboard in the nearest Mrowka or Kaufland - sometimes local tradesmen leave their cards there

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


Only Fans ?

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


Joy and happiness are subjective

Wealth however is easy to measure and it's never been available to average North Nigerians - under Tsarism, Communism and Kleptocracy always the same - fantastic riches for about 1000 people, rock hard bread, rickety trams and bark shoes for the millions

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Still on my bucket list to make it to a Superbowl :( Need to go for it one year !

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


That's bad news for the North Nigerians at Pokrovsk - guess they will be spending another Christmas in the trench but with an extra ration of sprats

News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [498]

You would love my Bad Bunny limited edition Adidas - my wife got me them for Christmas- might wear them to the gym this morning

What a legend !

Ratings will be higher than ever as he attracts a new audience !

News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [498]

I see the lame-o Turning Point are organizing their own Christian version of the Superbowl halftime show

Should be hilarious but proof that they are at heart a divisive and racist organization. Surprised that Erika Kirk signed off on this while she is still mourning her husband

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


Yeah, it's terrible for them

Maybe they could allow themselves to be dragged back to their own country and leave their neighbors in peace

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]

@Bobko

I am amazed that she is allowed by NN command anywhere near the front line - all her pics and videos show her in a pant suit on some stage or podcast

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


Neither of them believe in Christmas

I'm sure they can't wait to get their hands on some moth eaten Cold War missiles and tanks disguised as houses

If North Nigeria really has these wunder waffen why are they stuck in the same place since the 2022 World Cup ?

The lady who wrote that article has not spent even a day in a North Nigerian frontline trench where commanders extort and rape their recruits and send them out with no ammo and no armor.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


That's because they have different tactics

North Nigerians - get shitfaced drunk then run towards enemy lines with no air cover using old rifles and with body armor designed for WW2

Ukrainians - wait for them in well fortified positions and pick them off with precision weapons supplied by the advanced democracies of the world plus some of their own excellent innovations

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


In about a year they will be in the same place they have been since 2023 - that is 6km from Pokrovsk and knee deep in their own excrement.

I'm talking about the 30 percent that survive of course - the other 40 percent will be hopping on crutches round that beautiful North Lagos metro and 30 percent will be in zinc boxes

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You are lecturing us about values ?

And as I said many times I am not remotely "leftist"

News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [498]

So why are you telling Europeans to wear red ? To show support for a US political party that hates all foreigners and thinks Europe is full of decadent chocolate makers and cheese sellers ?

Where have I attacked the 13th disciple ? i have occasionally referred to his own words or questioned if anyone knows of his greatness and his prophecy in Europe.

News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [498]


Whatevs

But still no answer about why red is chosen. There are no pictures of Kirk wearing red - apart from the odd red tie. What's rhe significance?

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That doesn't go far enough - when Golden Cow was shot he got a proper show of support by dudes wearing an ear bandage

Anyway I googled and no idea why red is chosen - I can't see many pictures of the 13th disciple wearing it