Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


Yes, apologies. Trying to copy CMS Neuf and wanted to see how it feels.

I feel I have to take a shower after that.

In reality, I don't give a sh*t what happens in Israel. They can all bomb each other to the point of annihilation. My life won't change - so long as they don't start WW3.

I only care about Ukraine and Russia.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


Do you mean iSSrael? Land of the Shekel Counting Goblins?

They are butchers, that relish in the taste of human flesh.

Their gnome leader is already judged by the ICC for war crimes. Hopefully his people will soon erupt in a revolution and he will meet the swinging fate of Mussolini.

Israel - veritable death cult. Instead of joining the rest of the civilized world, and finding a way to live in peace with its neighbors - it insists on constant warmongering and intimidation. I find nothing attractive in this culture of willing obeisance to the worst form of modern Apartheid.

The rest of the world is designing machine learning algorithms and surgically changing their genders, whereas these troglodytes still insist on firing artillery and dropping bombs as if it is the 19th century. Pathetic.

Also, I heard they steal consumer electronics from the houses of fleeing Palestinians.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


The stupid neighbors just want to be free of the Jewish Huns.

Ukrainians are free to worship Stepan Bandera, why are Gazans then forbidden from worshipping Muhammad Qutb?

Let me remind everyone - Lebanon was a gleaming center of Middle Eastern cultural life, when the Jews still lived in the swamps of the Białowieża. Lebanon claims the legacy of the ancient Phoenicians - the founders of Carthage! Where was Israel when Carthage reigned supreme in the Mediterranean? That's right, living in caves and eating squirrels.

Compared to the highly moral Arabs, the Jews are a bunch of incompetent drunks. Their F-35s can't fly, their missiles explode on the ground, and their economy is about to collapse.

We must provide the maximum possible amount of weaponry and other aid to Gaza and Lebanon, in order to empower these poor defenseless souls to defend themselves against the Jewish Leviathan.

F*cking Jews! How much land do they need?! Gaza has a territory of 5,000 square kilometers... while Israel has a whopping 20,000! They could not simply focus on improving the lives of their citizens, but instead they had to go and invade a much smaller and weaker neighbor - FOR SHAME! God sees all, and he will punish the wicked.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


My God... how many countries has it already attacked?

It's clear to me, that if we don't stop Netanyahu now in the Lebanon - it will be the Baltics and Poland next!

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


Iraq and Iran are in different weight categories.

Iraq has a population of 45 million people, and this is up from a population of 27 million people in 2003 - when the Americans invaded.

Then, Iran already had a population of 68 million people. Today Iran has a population of 90 million people.

Iraq is 400K sq km, and Iran is 1.6M sq km. Iraq is flat and composed largely of desert. Iran is mountainous, like Afghanistan.

Iraq is roughly 60/40 Shia and Sunni. Iran is 90/10 Shia and Sunni - that is, much more homogenous and less divided.

Iraq produces nothing but oil and gas, while Iran manages to produce cars, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, and also - surprise - sophisticated missiles.

Iraq is a fake country invented by Britain in the 20th century. Iran is one of the foundational civilizations in the world, with more than 4,000 years of history. Only the Egyptians and the Chinese might claim to be as ancient.

Bottom line - Iran has a bigger population than Germany, a bigger military than anyone in Europe, and a very difficult terrain - similarly to Afghanistan. Unlike Afghanistan, they sit on some of the world's largest oil and gas reserves, and have a very educated population.

America alone mobilized half a million men for the invasion of Iraq. How many soldiers must be prepared for the invasion of Iran then?

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


Surely you didn't think that Israel would hit all those targets, and that then nothing would come back in return?

To quote Sir Arthur Harris, the head of the RAF Bomber Command during WW2:

"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."

If Israel is surprised at the strikes, then it should also realize it was suffering under a rather childish delusion that you can hit others, but that no one will hit you back.

Hizbollah has an arsenal of supposedly 150,000 missiles. Iran, has one even larger than that, and considered among the largest in the world. Iran even supplies Russia's needs for striking Ukraine.

A typical unguided missile used by Hizbollah has a cost of around $1,000. The cost of Israel's Tamir missiles used in the Iron Dome system is $80,000 a piece.

Israel should buckle up and get ready.

News / Mister President Andrzej Duda - Best Poland could get. [96]

@pawian

i read that duda says that tusk's threat that he will block ukraine's eu accession if it does not "work" with poland on exhumations, is "giving in to the kremlin".

suddenly, pis man is saying poland should act wisely and close its eyes to ukraine's inexplicable stubbornness.

what is happening? white is black, and down is up - we have a tusk government that is executing russian policy...

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


israel is in a better place than it would be as a member of nato.

to understand why i say this, first let's agree what is nato.

to me, and to many other people, nato is "the united states and its many friends". that is, the americans are 80-90% of what makes nato scary.

israel and south korea are not part of nato, but they benefit from certain bilateral agreements which make them feel even better than if they were actual nato partners.

ukraine - right at this very moment - is saying "it's ok if we are not invited to nato, but we want the french, british and americans to guarantee our security."

all article v is, is a promise by member countries to do what they can to help a country under attack. this could mean sending blankets and tents.

i think israel is more important to the usa than any country in nato, save the uk, germany, and france. not even italy and spain are included in that list of exceptions.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [454]


explain?

what did you want to see/hear?

edit: ah now i see! very stupid of me, indeed.

new conclusion, most formerly powerful or currently powerful countries never apologize for anything, except germany and belgium - which make them the most civilized nations in the world.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [454]


civilized people never apologize.

have you ever seen britain apologize to india or to kenya for the bengal famine or the suppression of the mau mau uprising??

what about france apologizing to the people of niger or senegal?

japan apologizing to korea or china?

america doesn't apologize to hawaiians or samoans or cubans. in fact, it sanctions cubans for wanting to be free. they exterminated their native americans - so problem solved - no one to apologize to.

i think the only country that has done any amount of apologizing for anything is germany.

germany is the most civilized country on earth.

also, i think belgium recently started apologizing to congo for what they did. but what they did was truly the stuff of horror films, and difficult to not apologize for.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]


Yes, sorry for that.

Great idea for a thread, here.

I hope you keep coming with stuff like this. It's a breath of fresh air.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]


Then that monk is doing overtime work.

I think in Russia there is one of the biggest populations of monks in the entire world, but still just several thousands.

In most of the West Christianity is dead, and I have never heard of anyone joining a monastery.

Maybe the crazy baptists and others would rapidly fill up all the monasteries, but unfortunately they are not allowed.

So a few thousand monks are pulling the weight of 8 billion people's sins.


What makes you such a gentle cupcake, that your brother has to get a second job, and your mom has to plan making a once weekly delivery of a "care package" to the monastery?

Your brother works a responsible job, for which he gets paid a salary - from which he shares with you. What exactly do you do?

"Ohhh, our Bob - you know how he is... We all need to focus our energies on him building a solid barrier from our world of sin - so that he can truly start flexing his Christian muscles!"

This pisses me off.

Why should everyone work to make your monastery experience a success? How is this different from the parasites that saddle everyone with their rehab bills?

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]


Please... this is also true in the Eastern/Orthodox tradition.

I think Hindu priests and Buddhist monks have similar ambitions.

The main attraction, for most clueless "Joe Blows" out there - is precisely the idea of a "fortress".

Monasteries are maybe not "fortresses" (although many in Russia acted in that capacity, especially during the Polish invasion), but spiritual strongholds. A place of refuge, where one can shield himself from the sin and chaos of the secular world.

The dedication to prayer, contemplation, and the pursuit of holiness - it's all about forming a spiritual barrier against the forces of moral decay outside.

This is what irritated me then, and even now.

You cannot save the world by running away from it.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Damn, I'm impressed!

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]


Back then I was religious, and I thought the point of going to a monastery is to pay lifelong penance for my own and the world's sins. Also a way of escaping temptation, and finding true brotherhood in a circle of men of the same mind as mine.

Now I think it is retarded for a young man to consider he has any sins to atone for, let alone that he should do it for the world. Also, I like the brotherhood I found within my firm. Quite a bit more comfortable of a brotherhood, than within a monastery or within an army regiment.

Escaping temptation... I think a monastery feeds it more than it protects from it.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]


No, not at all.

I don't know if I told you, but I did too.

When I really didn't know what was up and what was down, I thought I had only two real directions before me - the army or a monastery. The third option, less considered, was likely prison.

I suspect most young men within a certain IQ range go through this period.

I'm over that now.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]


Maybe you are right, but instead me and AntV are "somewhat" into art.

The type of art you shared, I think I would classify as "interior decorating" art. I'm sure no such category exists, but you know what I mean...

I would expect to see that type of art in my plumber's apartment, or in a 3-star hotel. Maybe somebody is moving into a new rental apartment, and they went and bought some prints from IKEA or Zara Home.


I like lots of things. I like the sculptures of antiquity, I like medieval stuff, I like baroque era stuff (more the Dutch things, because I had enough of religious themes and like to look at common scenes),
I like modern stuff, I like post-modern stuff of most varieties - I like everything.

It's easier for me to say what I don't like.

I don't like almost anything that the Cubists produced, or Suprematists, or Constructivists (all largely Russian in origin - yes I know).

Goya speaks to me, but maybe less so Dali or Miro - if we discuss Spaniards. At the same time, Picasso does as well - even though I was talking sh*t about Cubism/Surrealism. His Guernica is one of the paintings which produced the greatest impression on me. The way he addressed war, industry, and the dehumanization of modern life - was much more effective for me than Dali or Miro, and much more like Goya who preceded them by a century.

Basically, I like everything, but not the photorealistic stuff you shared.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]


I bet he likes Rubens, like "The Madonna and the Child, with infant Saint John and Elizabeth".

Maybe Botticelli's "Birth of Venus".

AntV and Ironside always struck me as the type of guys that would be quite happy within a medieval monastery - brewing beer, and eating fat legs of ham.

However, I must agree with him - these photorealistic things really do not speak to me. What's the point?

Life / Poland research for my world cultures class [3]

@noodle0101

Ask ChatGPT to do your homework for you, and spend the time outside kicking a ball, instead.

This will be better for your physical health, plus you will not have polluted your brain with useless knowledge.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


How would I know - orcs are not allowed in Europe?

We all go to vacation in North Korea and Afghanistan now - no visas required for Russian citizens.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


Europe ends at Polish border with Kaliningrad?

Does that mean that Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are not in Europe?

Ukraine is also not in Europe?

How about Belarus?

Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus?

Georgia will be especially upset to learn its not in Europe, since they are a little bit more obsessed with Europe than the Ukrainians.

Israel competes in the Eurovision Song Contest - what does that mean? Kazakhstan plays football in the UEFA Cup, and not the AFC - also very strange.

From your words, I get the understanding that Russia warps the fabric of time and space near its borders, forming a sort of black hole.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


But there are borders between Poland and Russia? Also, there are borders between Russia and Finland, and Russia and Estonia...

How does that work? Should we also complain to Scholz that his behavior we find very distressing?

Currently, if we want to help Poland with flooding Germany with illegal immigrants - we need to use quite lengthy logistical routes originating in Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, or the Kola Peninsula.

I drew a map below, for how Russia can send more illegal immigrants to Germany, after the shorter route through Belarus was unfortunately blocked.

My concern with these routes are several. First and foremost, I worry for the health of the migrants, while traveling through the Arctic Circle. Also, the distance is quite a bit more than going from Libya to Sicily, or from Syria to Greece.

Does Poland have any kind of naval fleet capable of assisting?

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News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


Older people and young children have much in common.


This is no good.

There's a tool for this, attaching image below.

If you remove the pubes - the water will drain faster.

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News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


Why doesn't Poland also enforce passport control on the border with Germany? Then the problem is solved through reciprocal action.

This may prompt Germany to rethink its very selfish position, and reopen the border.

The hundreds of thousands of East Germans who will no longer be able to easily purchase cheap Polish cigarettes, will force the Scholz government to change course!

If the Germans are still not convinced, just copy Lukashenko and help the migrants by equipping them with some bolt cutters and ladders. Since many of them are big city boys, from places like Mosul and Basra - you may also need to also provide a forest ranger to guide them safely to the German border.

It would be very funny to then watch Germany build a wall on its border with Poland.

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News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


Hahahaha)

You hear that Kania?

Stop lording it over me - you spring chicken!

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


Why, no? We are waxing nostalgic about a white Europe. What is more emblematic of proper Europe, than a proper Deutschmark?

The last S-Klass you could by with a Deutschmark, was also the last S-Klass that looked good!

You could say about that car that it had all the necessary qualities of a good German car - quadratische, praktisch, gut. Not looking like some Korean transvestite!

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


If the Deutschmark still existed, Greece would be bankrupt, and a Mercedes S-Klass would cost $250,000 instead of $150,000.

The Euro helped make everything everywhere else in Europe more expensive, but cheaper in Germany.

It was such a ridiculously strong currency, that it would make the Swiss Franc blush.

Even now, Germany is the only thing that makes people take European debt seriously, or have any confidence in the Euro.

A reintroduction of the Deutschmark would kill German exports, while making imports very attractive to Germans. It would also have the effect of an atom bomb explosion under the whole idea of the EU.

So these AfD guys are quite a bit more dangerous than Marine Le Pen, and her dreams of Frexit.

You should be happy that the rest of Europe diluted your ridiculously strong currency - and spread their butt cheeks wide for your exports.

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


I knew you would have no problems with reintroducing the Deutschmark and closing the border with Poland.

We can negotiate about Bonn, it is is not absolutely necessary.

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


All that is necessary is to take Germany and the Netherlands out of the Schengen Area.

When migrants understand that they have to permanently remain in Poland, or in Italy - instead of being able to carry on directly to the Germans or the Dutch - they will stop coming.

Put a big huge fence up on your borders with Poland and Austria, and enjoy life.

Oh also, don't forget borders with France.

Under EU law, specifically the Dublin III Regulation, the rule is that the country where the asylum seeker first entered the EU is responsible for handling their asylum claim. You must simply enforce the law!

Alternatively, you can do what the French do and provide little boats and snack packages so that your migrants can safely make the journey to Great Britain. If that is too far, you can at least help them arrive in Norway and Sweden.

The problem with Norway and Sweden is that they are part of the Schengen Area unlike Britain. So this means you will have to close your border with Denmark as well.

It is my understanding you have already been closing the border sporadically, but that this makes you unpopular with Brussels. I say make the border closure permanent.

After that, reintroduce the Deutschmark and move the capital back to Bonn.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


You are a teacher, yes? What kind of a lesson are you hoping to teach the Ukrainian primates with your Mahatma Gandhi shtick?

They do not understand such things... and will only consider you weak! Do you understand me - they will have no respect for you as a pedagogue and will behind your back despise you.

With Ukrainian swinehounds the conversation must always be short and to the point.

For example, you ask: "Who was Stepan Bandera?!" and when the Khokhol begins with "A victim of Bolshevik repression..." you immediately punch him in his elephant trunk - two times.

Then when you say, "Who is Roman Shukhevych" they may now be more reluctant to give you a straight answer. Two kicks in their peasant gut for prophylaxis, and question can be repeated. If the answer starts incorrectly - again two rapid jabs to the proboscis.

In this way, and only in this way, can there be a hope to make out of a Ukrainian ein echter Europäer. Verstehen?

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