Bobko
15 Jun 2023
Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [216]
Except Russians, who are Orcs.
We come in all shades and none is 'better' or 'worse'.
Except Russians, who are Orcs.
Bobko
15 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [382]
@Alien
It includes our Volga Germans that "repatriated", despite living in Russia for 300+ years. It includes others too, not just the Volga folk. The German term for them is literally Russlanddeutsche, or Russia Germans.
@Alien
It includes our Volga Germans that "repatriated", despite living in Russia for 300+ years. It includes others too, not just the Volga folk. The German term for them is literally Russlanddeutsche, or Russia Germans.
Bobko
15 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [382]
From Politico:
Czech President Petr Pavel says Russian citizens living abroad should be put under "strict surveillance" by intelligence services in their host countries.
Wow! So much for Western values. How does he justify this action? Why, by referring to the internment of Japanese Americans. Something the last 4 presidents of the United States have been routinely apologizing for:
"I can be sorry for these people, but at the same time when we look back, when the Second World War started, all the Japanese population living in the United States were under a strict monitoring regime as well"
I look forward to Western surveillance. PolAmKow warned me they would come for me one day) I am ready.
# of Russians living abroad (a lot of work for Petr Pavel):
From Politico:
Czech President Petr Pavel says Russian citizens living abroad should be put under "strict surveillance" by intelligence services in their host countries.
Wow! So much for Western values. How does he justify this action? Why, by referring to the internment of Japanese Americans. Something the last 4 presidents of the United States have been routinely apologizing for:
"I can be sorry for these people, but at the same time when we look back, when the Second World War started, all the Japanese population living in the United States were under a strict monitoring regime as well"
I look forward to Western surveillance. PolAmKow warned me they would come for me one day) I am ready.
# of Russians living abroad (a lot of work for Petr Pavel):
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Bobko
15 Jun 2023
Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [216]
Oh boy... Ireland does not belong in that list.
I know "Poland Christ of All Nations", "The Virgin Undefiled" and all that... but Ireland? Ireland has suffered more than Poland at the hands of bigger neighbors for... oh well a thousand years or so. Holocaust? Meet the MULTIPLE English-engineered famines. Ireland has a population in 2023, that is lower than it was in the middle of the 19th century. Find me another country like that. You don't see the Irish weeping and moaning about it to anyone who will listen.
I doubt the Irish are trying to stuff Poland full of emigrants out of some colonial indifference. Will keep reading the thread, but seeing so much Barney and Atch here - I feel you know what you did wrong.
Edit: I see you've been taken to task ;)
just on the terms and conditions created by the elites of Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid or Vienna
Oh boy... Ireland does not belong in that list.
I know "Poland Christ of All Nations", "The Virgin Undefiled" and all that... but Ireland? Ireland has suffered more than Poland at the hands of bigger neighbors for... oh well a thousand years or so. Holocaust? Meet the MULTIPLE English-engineered famines. Ireland has a population in 2023, that is lower than it was in the middle of the 19th century. Find me another country like that. You don't see the Irish weeping and moaning about it to anyone who will listen.
I doubt the Irish are trying to stuff Poland full of emigrants out of some colonial indifference. Will keep reading the thread, but seeing so much Barney and Atch here - I feel you know what you did wrong.
Edit: I see you've been taken to task ;)
Bobko
15 Jun 2023
Travel / Scuba in Poland [6]
I was looking at scuba shops in Poland, and noticed there's quite a few around Gdańsk. This shop seems to be the highest rated:
cn-tryton.pl/
A lot of the shops are advertising some pretty neat looking wreck dives. But also, most of the trips are to places like Egypt and Thailand, instead of in home waters.
Anyone here been diving in Poland? Is the Baltic pretty miserable looking below surface?
I was looking at scuba shops in Poland, and noticed there's quite a few around Gdańsk. This shop seems to be the highest rated:
cn-tryton.pl/
A lot of the shops are advertising some pretty neat looking wreck dives. But also, most of the trips are to places like Egypt and Thailand, instead of in home waters.
Anyone here been diving in Poland? Is the Baltic pretty miserable looking below surface?
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Bobko
14 Jun 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [237]
@Alien
Why accusative works here? It doesn't, no?
@Alien
Why accusative works here? It doesn't, no?
Bobko
14 Jun 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [237]
What about this?
First, I thought this is a simple joke about how Poles will do everything except say "thank you" to the Germans.
Then, I remembered that Walesa's wife's name was Danuta Walesa. However, I thought that Danuta should be Danka, not Danke. Am I thinking too hard about this joke?
Anything, except Dankę
What about this?
First, I thought this is a simple joke about how Poles will do everything except say "thank you" to the Germans.
Then, I remembered that Walesa's wife's name was Danuta Walesa. However, I thought that Danuta should be Danka, not Danke. Am I thinking too hard about this joke?
Bobko
14 Jun 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [237]
@Alien
Ohhhhh.... I'm stupid. Thank you.
It is clear that I have not even scratched the surface of knowledge about Poland.
@Alien
Ohhhhh.... I'm stupid. Thank you.
It is clear that I have not even scratched the surface of knowledge about Poland.
Bobko
14 Jun 2023
Love / Relationship Issues with my polish girlfriend advice needed [76]
In Russian, there is a saying: «насильно мил не будешь», or "even when forced to, you won't be able to be sympathetic".
What this aphorism means, I think, is that one cannot love, or return to love, if there is absent a connection of the souls. There has to be mutual attraction.
It's always hard to hear that somebody does not love you. Can make a guy want to shoot himself. However, trying to be extra charming and romantic, is not the answer. This is the definition of what I wrote above. You are trying to force somebody back into love, and that never works.
Go find someone that will love you for the guy you are, not the guy you can "turn on" in an emergency situation in an attempt to save your family.
Kids feel the happiness of their parents very acutely. They know if you are miserable, and it reflects on their own development. It's not really doing them any favors to power through a sh!t relationship for their sake.
In Russian, there is a saying: «насильно мил не будешь», or "even when forced to, you won't be able to be sympathetic".
What this aphorism means, I think, is that one cannot love, or return to love, if there is absent a connection of the souls. There has to be mutual attraction.
It's always hard to hear that somebody does not love you. Can make a guy want to shoot himself. However, trying to be extra charming and romantic, is not the answer. This is the definition of what I wrote above. You are trying to force somebody back into love, and that never works.
Go find someone that will love you for the guy you are, not the guy you can "turn on" in an emergency situation in an attempt to save your family.
Kids feel the happiness of their parents very acutely. They know if you are miserable, and it reflects on their own development. It's not really doing them any favors to power through a sh!t relationship for their sake.
Bobko
14 Jun 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [237]
This time, I need help understanding a Polish joke.
Why does the duck winning, indicate the presence of a Pole?
Does this mean Poles are so stupid, their roosters are incompetent? I'm so confused.
This time, I need help understanding a Polish joke.
Why does the duck winning, indicate the presence of a Pole?
Does this mean Poles are so stupid, their roosters are incompetent? I'm so confused.
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Bobko
14 Jun 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [237]
Some more jokes:
- People say I'm very old-fashioned.
- Who says this?
- My serfs, for example.
/////
(The year is 2017)
- Excuse me, sir, how do I reach Lech Kaczynski Avenue?
- Drive straight down Victims of the Smolensk Catastrophe Street, then take a right onto Kaczynski Brothers Street. Next take the turn onto Martyrs of April 10th Boulevard, before going onto President of the Millenium Street, from there you can go down Fighters for Law and Justice Street. It's easy afterwards - simply go to the Twins Square, past the monument to Jaroslaw the Living God, and you'll end up directly on Lech Kaczynski Avenue.
////
Lech Walesa tells the German president:
- I can promise that Poland will give you everything you need.
- Danke.
- Anything, except Dankę
Some more jokes:
- People say I'm very old-fashioned.
- Who says this?
- My serfs, for example.
/////
(The year is 2017)
- Excuse me, sir, how do I reach Lech Kaczynski Avenue?
- Drive straight down Victims of the Smolensk Catastrophe Street, then take a right onto Kaczynski Brothers Street. Next take the turn onto Martyrs of April 10th Boulevard, before going onto President of the Millenium Street, from there you can go down Fighters for Law and Justice Street. It's easy afterwards - simply go to the Twins Square, past the monument to Jaroslaw the Living God, and you'll end up directly on Lech Kaczynski Avenue.
////
Lech Walesa tells the German president:
- I can promise that Poland will give you everything you need.
- Danke.
- Anything, except Dankę
Bobko
14 Jun 2023
Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [237]
An Englishman and a Pole are arguing about which language is more difficult to learn.
Englishman: For example, we write "Shakespeare", but it's actually pronounced "Szekspir".
Pole: That's nothing, we write "Boleslaw Prus", but read "Aleksander Glowacki".
An Englishman and a Pole are arguing about which language is more difficult to learn.
Englishman: For example, we write "Shakespeare", but it's actually pronounced "Szekspir".
Pole: That's nothing, we write "Boleslaw Prus", but read "Aleksander Glowacki".
Bobko
12 Jun 2023
News / Famous Poles die - your memories [110]
Today, a famous Polish-American mathematician - Ted Kaczynski - took his own life while being hospitalized at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina. Yet another victim of the brutal conditions rampant in the American correctional system.
Wikipedia tells us, that: "Theodore John Kaczynski was born in Chicago on May 22, 1942, to working-class parents Wanda Theresa (née Dombek) and Theodore Richard Kaczynski, a sausage maker. The two were Polish Americans who were raised as Roman Catholics but later became atheists."
He went on to become one of the best high school students in the country, earning him a National Merit Scholarship to Harvard University at the tender age of 15. At Harvard he studied mathematics, which he continued then to pursue at the University of Michigan as a masters student. Focusing on complex analysis, specifically geometric function theory.
After leaving academia, he became a wilderness survival expert, living out of a modest cabin in Montana. Finally, in the closing chapters of his life he became a civic activist, campaigning around issues close to ecology and technologic progress.
Today, a famous Polish-American mathematician - Ted Kaczynski - took his own life while being hospitalized at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina. Yet another victim of the brutal conditions rampant in the American correctional system.
Wikipedia tells us, that: "Theodore John Kaczynski was born in Chicago on May 22, 1942, to working-class parents Wanda Theresa (née Dombek) and Theodore Richard Kaczynski, a sausage maker. The two were Polish Americans who were raised as Roman Catholics but later became atheists."
He went on to become one of the best high school students in the country, earning him a National Merit Scholarship to Harvard University at the tender age of 15. At Harvard he studied mathematics, which he continued then to pursue at the University of Michigan as a masters student. Focusing on complex analysis, specifically geometric function theory.
After leaving academia, he became a wilderness survival expert, living out of a modest cabin in Montana. Finally, in the closing chapters of his life he became a civic activist, campaigning around issues close to ecology and technologic progress.
Bobko
12 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]
... and a terror to the Germans.
and a relief to the US taxpayers.
... and a terror to the Germans.
Bobko
12 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]
You raise an important question. The existence of these miniature states (yet bound in all the vestiges of sovereignty) is a pernicious problem in European history for the past few centuries.
Ordinarily, the answer to your question would be economic coercion and brute force. Unfortunately this path is now only available to the United States. Even China struggles to address regional problems in this way.
The only real answer to the problem is that the many countries of the world (200 is it now?), should be consolidated back into a manageable 30-45 countries. Everyone is responsible for their own little patch of dirt, and doesn't expect ludicrous assurances from each other - as Tacitus wisely pointed out.
A Polish Intermarium could be one of those 30-45 countries. With Poland's abundant natural resources, well developed stock market, impressive demographics, and powerful military - it could easily be the locus of a Central European superpower.
Tell me, how the fu*ck can anyone guarantee a competely different country (Russia) that some other country will never be member of a certain alliance?
You raise an important question. The existence of these miniature states (yet bound in all the vestiges of sovereignty) is a pernicious problem in European history for the past few centuries.
Ordinarily, the answer to your question would be economic coercion and brute force. Unfortunately this path is now only available to the United States. Even China struggles to address regional problems in this way.
The only real answer to the problem is that the many countries of the world (200 is it now?), should be consolidated back into a manageable 30-45 countries. Everyone is responsible for their own little patch of dirt, and doesn't expect ludicrous assurances from each other - as Tacitus wisely pointed out.
A Polish Intermarium could be one of those 30-45 countries. With Poland's abundant natural resources, well developed stock market, impressive demographics, and powerful military - it could easily be the locus of a Central European superpower.
Bobko
12 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]
More like the turd in the corner that's stinking up the whole room.
Peddle your "Global Britain" trash amongst your Tory boyfriends. Britain has the least global significance right now that its had since before William the Conqueror came to your foul island in an attempt to civilize you.
fanatics the UK is "The elephant in the room".
More like the turd in the corner that's stinking up the whole room.
Peddle your "Global Britain" trash amongst your Tory boyfriends. Britain has the least global significance right now that its had since before William the Conqueror came to your foul island in an attempt to civilize you.
Bobko
12 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things We Love [297]
Disgusting stuff, sure to have you well on your way to diabetes.
1) I loved cigarettes, but sadly can't smoke them anymore. In the beginning, it was unfiltered Lucky Strikes and Chesterfields. Then for the longest time - until I quit - Marlboro Reds. Nothing better than rolling out of your tent in the morning, pulling a cold can of beer from the cooler, taking an electrifying morning sip, chased by a mouthful of sweetly acid smoke. No coffee can compare.
2) Fishing. When I fish, I fish. Last time was a month ago when I rented a house at a lake upstate. I probably fished 16-18 hrs a day. It's like crack to me. After each fish I tell myself, "just one more"...
3) Women. All kinds of women.
4) Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
5) Drinking alone. I hate drunk people, and cannot talk to them. I enjoy being drunk myself - very much.
6) Scuba diving. No cell phones, no emails, no one speaking, just the sound of the bubbles exiting your regulator. Plus fish, I love fish. I love to eat them, but I also love to look at them. Scuba is when I am most at peace.
7) Debating my family.
8) Being home alone.
9) Going to favorite museums alone.
10) Saunas
Jack Danials honey bourbon
Disgusting stuff, sure to have you well on your way to diabetes.
1) I loved cigarettes, but sadly can't smoke them anymore. In the beginning, it was unfiltered Lucky Strikes and Chesterfields. Then for the longest time - until I quit - Marlboro Reds. Nothing better than rolling out of your tent in the morning, pulling a cold can of beer from the cooler, taking an electrifying morning sip, chased by a mouthful of sweetly acid smoke. No coffee can compare.
2) Fishing. When I fish, I fish. Last time was a month ago when I rented a house at a lake upstate. I probably fished 16-18 hrs a day. It's like crack to me. After each fish I tell myself, "just one more"...
3) Women. All kinds of women.
4) Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
5) Drinking alone. I hate drunk people, and cannot talk to them. I enjoy being drunk myself - very much.
6) Scuba diving. No cell phones, no emails, no one speaking, just the sound of the bubbles exiting your regulator. Plus fish, I love fish. I love to eat them, but I also love to look at them. Scuba is when I am most at peace.
7) Debating my family.
8) Being home alone.
9) Going to favorite museums alone.
10) Saunas
Bobko
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]
You started well enough, but then you put your British patriot hat back on.
The strongest military in Europe is Turkey. By any objective measure, sans nuclear weapons.
They are not part of the EU. They are Muslims. There is a lot of them - 85 MILLION! They are located much more strategically than Britain.
I would agree however that Britain is number 2 after Turkey. Then France. Then Italy/Poland, etc.
One issue with that is that the leading European military isn't in an EU country. Premier Sunak is interested...
You started well enough, but then you put your British patriot hat back on.
The strongest military in Europe is Turkey. By any objective measure, sans nuclear weapons.
They are not part of the EU. They are Muslims. There is a lot of them - 85 MILLION! They are located much more strategically than Britain.
I would agree however that Britain is number 2 after Turkey. Then France. Then Italy/Poland, etc.
Bobko
6 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / A Slavic Guide to Women [3]
@Cargo pants
You have just demonstrated all you are worth.
Go and take a rest now, piggy.
@Cargo pants
You have just demonstrated all you are worth.
Go and take a rest now, piggy.
Bobko
6 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / A Slavic Guide to Women [3]
This forum, seems to suffer from many men from exotic locales looking for a partner.
Then again, it seems that no small number of domestically-raised pups seem to suffer from the same issue. You know who you are.
As a Russian beast with no morales, let me open this thread.
All you Arabs, ******, Chinese, and Indians - sexually frustrated - hungry for Slavic flesh - let me tell you some things:
1) these women, they are not as easy as they seem
2) prepare yourself for a life of pain
3) you think you are conservative - prepare for a rude awakening
4) prepare to understand the true meaning of "slavedom"
5) they are beautiful, more than any other, now... seize the opportunity while it exists. It's pretty typical for them to grow asses hanging below their knees, and a gut that puts yours to shame. Some blame potatoes, some blame our stressful way of life... regardless... the facts are available for all to see.
This forum, seems to suffer from many men from exotic locales looking for a partner.
Then again, it seems that no small number of domestically-raised pups seem to suffer from the same issue. You know who you are.
As a Russian beast with no morales, let me open this thread.
All you Arabs, ******, Chinese, and Indians - sexually frustrated - hungry for Slavic flesh - let me tell you some things:
1) these women, they are not as easy as they seem
2) prepare yourself for a life of pain
3) you think you are conservative - prepare for a rude awakening
4) prepare to understand the true meaning of "slavedom"
5) they are beautiful, more than any other, now... seize the opportunity while it exists. It's pretty typical for them to grow asses hanging below their knees, and a gut that puts yours to shame. Some blame potatoes, some blame our stressful way of life... regardless... the facts are available for all to see.
Bobko
6 Jun 2023
Work / How does a person join the Poland's army? [39]
@Kashub1410
I don't have time to waste on serving in junior roles within the national armies. This seems more trouble than it is worth.
How about the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport - any connections there? Willing to take on a civilian role in the air traffic control tower.
@Kashub1410
I don't have time to waste on serving in junior roles within the national armies. This seems more trouble than it is worth.
How about the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport - any connections there? Willing to take on a civilian role in the air traffic control tower.
Bobko
6 Jun 2023
Work / How does a person join the Poland's army? [39]
@Kashub1410
Any advice on how to be recruited into a staff position at the below formations:
Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE), Szczecin
MNC NE Support Brigade, in Stargard
Brigade Command Company, in Stargard
100th Signal Battalion, in Wałcz
104th Support Battalion, in Wałcz
Force Protection Company, in Szczecin
Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade
LITPOLUKRBRIG, in Lublin
LITPOLUKRBRIG Command Battalion, in Lublin
If you can help me be recruited into either of these two formations, I am willing to enter into Polish citizenship.
@Kashub1410
Any advice on how to be recruited into a staff position at the below formations:
Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE), Szczecin
MNC NE Support Brigade, in Stargard
Brigade Command Company, in Stargard
100th Signal Battalion, in Wałcz
104th Support Battalion, in Wałcz
Force Protection Company, in Szczecin
Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade
LITPOLUKRBRIG, in Lublin
LITPOLUKRBRIG Command Battalion, in Lublin
If you can help me be recruited into either of these two formations, I am willing to enter into Polish citizenship.
Bobko
5 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Authoritarians of the World - Unite! [4]
This why, reluctantly, and against my economic interests - I vote communist in protest. In any case, they seem to be the most moral of all the crooks that abound.
This why, reluctantly, and against my economic interests - I vote communist in protest. In any case, they seem to be the most moral of all the crooks that abound.
Bobko
5 Jun 2023
News / Poland overtakes Taiwan and the Netherlands... [17]
Never met such a patriot of Polish journalism - hahaha. This man is beyond saving.
please, read closely the brilliant article from the excellent journalists
Never met such a patriot of Polish journalism - hahaha. This man is beyond saving.
Bobko
5 Jun 2023
News / Poland overtakes Taiwan and the Netherlands... [17]
I told Kania many times to stop reading Polish press. It is not good for the brain.
I told Kania many times to stop reading Polish press. It is not good for the brain.
Bobko
5 Jun 2023
News / Poland overtakes Taiwan and the Netherlands... [17]
I wonder what method of calculating GDP was employed. When checking the same IMF stats for countries in terms of both nominal and PPP GDP, these are the results:
1) Netherlands: $1.080T & $1.290T
2) Taiwan: $790B & $1.7T ($790B goes a much longer way in Taiwan than it does in Europe)
3) Switzerland: $841B & $739B (extremely strong Swiss franc is a big factor in the "haircut").
Meanwhile, these are the stats for Poland:
Nominal: $748B
@ Purchasing Power Parity: $1.7T
So what do we have? Poland does not have an economy larger than any of the three countries listed, when we use straight nominal numbers, without indexing for anything else. Only when comparing PPP numbers does Poland tear ahead.
I'm fine using PPP, but am a little frustrated that nobody wanted to use PPP when discussions were centered on the Russian economy. Instead it was: "ahahaha, Russian GDP halved after Crimea". In terms of PPP, Russia has a larger economy than UK, France, Italy, and only slightly smaller than Germany. I doubt anyone on this forum would treat that number seriously.
Also, Taiwan has a little north of 20M people, NL - 17M, and Switzerland - 8M. A little sad to compare yourself to them, no?
As to the statistic claiming Poland attracted more "greenfield" investment than China - I just don't know what to say. It's a meaningless statistic. Foreign Direct Investment flows to China amounted to $189B in calendar year 2022. In addition, the Chinese state invested an additional $218B into fixed asset investment projects. I won't scare you with the number for how much Chinese households invested.
Poland recorded $25B in FDI flows during 2022. So this "greenfield" either has some very narrow and stupid definition, or is defined only as "greenfield" flows outbound from the other 26 EU countries. With a stretch, I'm willing to believe that during that year Poland attracted more European investment than China - given the context. But there is simply no way Poland can compare to China in terms of overall investment. Neither can tbh US, India, Brazil, or Indonesia.
the Netherlands, Taiwan, Switzerland
I wonder what method of calculating GDP was employed. When checking the same IMF stats for countries in terms of both nominal and PPP GDP, these are the results:
1) Netherlands: $1.080T & $1.290T
2) Taiwan: $790B & $1.7T ($790B goes a much longer way in Taiwan than it does in Europe)
3) Switzerland: $841B & $739B (extremely strong Swiss franc is a big factor in the "haircut").
Meanwhile, these are the stats for Poland:
Nominal: $748B
@ Purchasing Power Parity: $1.7T
So what do we have? Poland does not have an economy larger than any of the three countries listed, when we use straight nominal numbers, without indexing for anything else. Only when comparing PPP numbers does Poland tear ahead.
I'm fine using PPP, but am a little frustrated that nobody wanted to use PPP when discussions were centered on the Russian economy. Instead it was: "ahahaha, Russian GDP halved after Crimea". In terms of PPP, Russia has a larger economy than UK, France, Italy, and only slightly smaller than Germany. I doubt anyone on this forum would treat that number seriously.
Also, Taiwan has a little north of 20M people, NL - 17M, and Switzerland - 8M. A little sad to compare yourself to them, no?
As to the statistic claiming Poland attracted more "greenfield" investment than China - I just don't know what to say. It's a meaningless statistic. Foreign Direct Investment flows to China amounted to $189B in calendar year 2022. In addition, the Chinese state invested an additional $218B into fixed asset investment projects. I won't scare you with the number for how much Chinese households invested.
Poland recorded $25B in FDI flows during 2022. So this "greenfield" either has some very narrow and stupid definition, or is defined only as "greenfield" flows outbound from the other 26 EU countries. With a stretch, I'm willing to believe that during that year Poland attracted more European investment than China - given the context. But there is simply no way Poland can compare to China in terms of overall investment. Neither can tbh US, India, Brazil, or Indonesia.
Bobko
4 Jun 2023
History / Andrzej Panufnik - Another Anglo Pole [4]
Man oh man... Poland was really rough to Andzej Panufnik.
First they punished him by giving him the reins of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra - the leading one in the country. Then they decided it is not enough, and made him head of the Polish Union of Composers. Deciding that his liberalism was taking on a dangerous bent, they decided to send him to Moscow to meet Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachutarian. Further, he got to meet the Zhou Enlai the premier of China.
He was so restricted in his movement by the communists, that he went ahead and married an Irish woman, and made regular visits to the British Embassy before finally emigrating.
Truly, the Communists were worse than the Nazis. Good for him for escaping!
was a Pole who sought refuge in the UK when Communism ruined Poland
Man oh man... Poland was really rough to Andzej Panufnik.
First they punished him by giving him the reins of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra - the leading one in the country. Then they decided it is not enough, and made him head of the Polish Union of Composers. Deciding that his liberalism was taking on a dangerous bent, they decided to send him to Moscow to meet Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachutarian. Further, he got to meet the Zhou Enlai the premier of China.
He was so restricted in his movement by the communists, that he went ahead and married an Irish woman, and made regular visits to the British Embassy before finally emigrating.
Truly, the Communists were worse than the Nazis. Good for him for escaping!
Bobko
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [382]
Huh? Can't seem to trace what you're reacting to.
It is not about views or interpersonal relations
Huh? Can't seem to trace what you're reacting to.
Bobko
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]
Alex Jones claims the US government has the know-how and the wherewithal to produce a weapon which makes frogs gay. If they can make a frog gay - imagine what they can do to us?
Alex Jones claims the US government has the know-how and the wherewithal to produce a weapon which makes frogs gay. If they can make a frog gay - imagine what they can do to us?
Bobko
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things you can't get used to in your new country [95]
In general Americans are obnoxiously loud. In Russia, in a restaurant there is basically silence compared to an American restaurant. In an American restaurant I feel I have to yell at my companion to be heard.
Nobody is as loud as the mainland Chinese however. I never know if they are arguing, or discussing the weather. Even black people in America appear as English aristocrats, when compared to the Chinese.
On the other hand, in Kyrgyzstan and in Bhutan - it was pointed out to me that I was speaking very loudly. Everything comes in gradations
16) Women are way too loud
In general Americans are obnoxiously loud. In Russia, in a restaurant there is basically silence compared to an American restaurant. In an American restaurant I feel I have to yell at my companion to be heard.
Nobody is as loud as the mainland Chinese however. I never know if they are arguing, or discussing the weather. Even black people in America appear as English aristocrats, when compared to the Chinese.
On the other hand, in Kyrgyzstan and in Bhutan - it was pointed out to me that I was speaking very loudly. Everything comes in gradations