News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]


There is flooding and it was (and is) in the news plenty of times. Just google it. Parts of the American Gulf Coast, islands in the Pacific, low-lying coastal areas in Bangladesh and elsewhere - they are all affected already by flooding, erosion and saltwater intrusion.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


Because they have the money to pay the best defense attorneys.

News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]


Yet another crazy conspiracy theory, just like the BS that Europeans "owe" NATO money.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


Ivy League colleges and other top universities charge outrageous amounts for tuition alone. You have to ask yourself who can afford that kind of money. Scholarships help a little, but you also have to pay for living expenses, books, insurance ... you name it.


I wouldn't call it criminal, but the system is set up to take advantage of both patients and doctors. The pharmaceuticals have a quasi monopoly here and are protected by laws that prohibit the import of drugs for personal use ( fda.gov/about-fda/fda-basics/it-legal-me-personally-import-drugs ). The doctors are threatened by law suits (litigation) and have to shell out enormous amounts of money to buy coverage. Health insurers charge a fortune, but often refuse to cover certain medications and procedures. If you want the best treatment, you'll have to pay out of pocket. If you're good with something generic, your insurance might pay.

Praise libertarianism? Don't think so.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


I take it that you never set foot on American soil. Otherwise you wouldn't praise our crazy "healthcare" system and our overprized private universities as shining examples for the superiority of libertarianism. It's exactly the opposite.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


What do you call the tens of thousands of refugees that were already in Greece and Italy before Merkel opened her mouth?

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


That's probably why you enjoy being manipulated and lied to by your politicians. I understand.


First time you tell the truth... :)

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


You are easily manipulated, aren't you?

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


Johnson promised you £350m a week for the NHS. Did that materialize? It didn't and it won't.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]


You are still in the EU...

Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]


McCarthy era?

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]


You are talking BS again. The troops that fought at the Battle of Vienna were not exclusively Polish.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna


Conveniently forgetting the Swedish, Scottish, Dutch, French, German, Austrian, Russian, ..., influence, of course...

Life / - Conservative Radio talk shows in Poland - [60]


The median age of FOX News viewers was 65 in 2018.

"...3.3 million households taking in Sean Hannity's show on a nightly basis in 2018..."
"Looking at in-depth demographics reports from Fox, you'll note that just 643,000 nightly Hannity viewers belonged to the 25-54 age group..."

cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-old-is-the-average-fox-news-viewer-in-america.html/

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [115]


See, and that's another American character trait that people abroad really "love"... :)


Our white Neanderthals are following their distant ancestors and go the way of the dodo, so who will fill the void? Europeans are not coming anymore, which leaves us with Asians and Latin Americans. People you don't want.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [115]

I know quite a few Americans of Asian descent and also many expats. They all talk about an increasing number of incidents that happen even here in one of the most diverse parts of the country. Too many Neanderthals have been emboldened by Trump, that's unfortunately a fact. You are right though with his failure to address immigration (not talking about the wall here).

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [115]


That stupid smile you get from waiters. Many Americans do the same thing abroad, and if they are not grinning, they are loud and obnoxious and believe that everyone they meet is their friend. See, that's a stereotype, but it's also largely true for our fellow citizens that travel. There's a reason why the French in Paris hate our guts, why the Dutch and Germans think Americans are stupid, why the Italians laugh about our "culture", ... you name it. If you want to tell me that is different in Poland then you simply lie.


When was the last time a Trump follower told you to go home to where you came from, my little loudmouth from the Indian subcontinent? You might need your miles soon, better save them.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [115]


Reading comprehension skills still lacking, Joker? Nobody said that Polish people were unfriendly.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [115]

We had this topic before, Deepak.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [115]

What you call "normal" is often considered weird in Europe. Just take the ever present smile in American faces. Do that in Poland, Germany, or any other central European country, and they will think you're a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

Genealogy / Seeking Czarniecki family members and ancestors from Lublin, also Margiewicz, Danilowicz and Andrulewicz [77]

She's been working on her "theory" for many years already, I know.

Genealogy / Seeking Czarniecki family members and ancestors from Lublin, also Margiewicz, Danilowicz and Andrulewicz [77]


Nothing in Kaprys' post was anti-semitic. She tried to help you, and you should apologize.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

"Miasto Aniolow" by Marck Sulek in Warsaw's Praga district. What's wrong in this picture? One sculpture is missing on the right.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


They look like ball bearings and bicycle chains.

News / "POLISH death camps" term used by "Parade Magazine" Anti-Polish Bigots [249]


He only became German and thus eligible to run in elections in February 1932, when a tiny state in the west of Germany (Brunswick) gave him citizenship. He then automatically acquired German citizenship. Before that he was stateless.


Watch the movie "Look Who's Back"...

News / "POLISH death camps" term used by "Parade Magazine" Anti-Polish Bigots [249]

Well, what's going on with the AfD in East Germany worries me a little bit, to be honest, but take a close look at far right movements in other countries and you will notice the similarities immediately. The brown swamp in Germany and elsewhere only got emboldened after Trump made it fashionable again to be "conservative" to the extreme.

News / "POLISH death camps" term used by "Parade Magazine" Anti-Polish Bigots [249]


IMHO, they don't need to accept guilt for crimes that their great grandparents committed. It's more than enough that they know about the recent history of their country (every German I've ever met did) and that they make sure that something like the Nazis will never happen again. Other countries should learn from that historic lesson, too, by the way. Not only the Germans.

USA, Canada / Cigarettes reach nine dollars a pack in New York [110]


Depends what you smoke... :)

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


I know that, Miloslaw. There are different forms of occupation, though. Anyway, without the Soviet sacrifice the Allies wouldn't have set a toe on Omaha Beach in 1944.


West and East Germany were de facto occupied until the early 1990s, even if it wasn't visible in daily life. If you believe that the Germans were able to make their own strategic decisions (both militarily and politically), you are naive. May I remind you of the Pershing II stationing and the violent, but ultimately useless demonstrations against it, or who insisted to have the final say in the reunification process? The Deutsche Mark had to be given up, because the French wouldn't have given their okay for the reunification otherwise. It was Reagan and Gorbachev who decided Germany's fate; the Germans had no say in it (although Kohl was quite clever). Just a few quick examples...

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

West Berlin?

The British troops in the west were officially NATO, but we all know what their real purpose was. NATO's first secretary general, Hastings Ismay: "...the organization's mission is to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

Well, the Brits stayed until the early 1990's and the Americans are still there... :)