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Posts by Bobko  

Joined: 13 Mar 2017 / Male ♂
Last Post: 17 hrs ago
Threads: Total: 28 / Live: 24 / Archived: 4
Posts: Total: 2227 / Live: 2151 / Archived: 76
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Bobko   
30 May 2023
Off-Topic / Five or more years of Erdogan! [32]

One is Turkey, the other is Belarus

There is also:

1) Armenia
2) Kazakhstan
3) Mongolia
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Azerbaijan
6) Tajikistan
7) Uzbekistan
8) China
9) Iran
10) South Africa
11) India
12) North Korea
13) Egypt

... and so on, and so forth. It's surprising how many countries hate the West's guts.
Bobko   
30 May 2023
Off-Topic / Five or more years of Erdogan! [32]

among the industrial proletariat, Erdogan's Anatolian farmers, the even more traditional east, an intellectual left wing and sadly, a significant and violent far-right

Where is the allowance for nuance when discussing Russia?
Bobko   
30 May 2023
Off-Topic / Five or more years of Erdogan! [32]

Russians are cautiously excited.

1) It means our sanctions loophole will likely stay open for the time being.

2) We hope he will continue to delay Swedish accession to NATO, or at least bargain something out for it which will effectively dent Western unity. Perhaps Russian intelligence should prod some nationalistic Swedes into burning another Koran, to help events along.

3) It seems Erdogan once again feels that the West attempted to prevent his re-election. On top of their previous support for the coup against him, and the support offered for the Syrian PKK - this may finally convince Erdogan that the West are not his friends.

4) Erdogan is currently weak. His economy is a shambles (worse than ours, despite absence of sanctions). As mentioned above - he feels alienated. A perfect time to swoop in and cement Russian influence in this important region.

P.S. - Erdogan is in the end a sneaky Turk, and he may very well wrap all of us around his finger for his own little games - so it may be foolish trying to control him.
Bobko   
29 May 2023
News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]

The Beslan families for example.

Huh? Are you talking about the incident where a crazed Chechen warlord captured a school on Sept. 1st - the first day of school - and then killed 200 kids, plus one hundred adults?

I ask because the way you are talking about it makes me think you either are referring to another event, or have suddenly decided you want to abandon the good side of the human race.


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Bobko   
29 May 2023
News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]

since the Gurkhas are highly trained and observe the rules of war.

Haha - the Ghurkas are savages, just like the Chechens!

I mean this in the best possible way
Bobko   
29 May 2023
News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]

Many have tried, few have succeeded.

The price Putin pays to ensure Ramzan's loyalty, is considered by some to be more than we can afford.

He will remain Putin's dog of war, while Putin is in place. For one reason, or another, he is terrified of Putin. Who can manage him or talk to him after the "Big Man" is gone, is a big question.
Bobko   
29 May 2023
News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]

ISIS? The Taliban? You forget that there are fewer than a million Chechens left.

A bit more than a million.

One Chechen is worth ten Afghans, and twenty Tunisians. They are given leadership roles wherever they go, and the other mujahideen treat them as nothing less than Gods walking the Earth.

You Brits have the Gurkhas, and we have the Chechens.

They're made of different material.
Bobko   
29 May 2023
News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]

Only about 20% of us Welsh people support independence

I did not realize you were Welsh. It seemed always that you were a Northerner, from the coal country.

Everyone writing about Chechnya has not the slightest clue what they are arguing.

If you want a Chechnya free of the Russian yoke, prepare yourself for an enemy that will make the Taliban and ISIS seem like kindergarten - and much closer to Europe.

We are actually doing quite well with the Chechens, probably the best relationship we've had in 170 years.
Bobko   
24 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]

Hormones, y'know.

Hmm... yes... I don't understand much about that.

Fact remains - the prisons, navy, and army are full of voluntary and involuntary homosexuals. Curious fact.
Bobko   
24 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]

@jon357

What is it about putting a lot of men in the same space that makes them want to penetrate each other?

One smart man once said, "if you have a soft heart, you should have a durable anus."
Bobko   
24 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]

Most schools in Ireland are single sex, even nowadays

In my experience, the guys that went to all-boys schools would do a lot of gay sh!t - that the rest of co-ed people thought was very strange.

In the navy it's the same, it seems.
Bobko   
24 May 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Give me an openly godless leftist anytime before those two-faced hypocrites; at least an openly godless leftist is an enemy who approaches me face-to-face

Hey that describes me, and my relationship with you quite well.

give me an openly godless, rainbow-colours-wearing, dick-on-parade-waving, transsexual lesbian leftist anytime, he (she?) is not a threat to me at all.

Mmmm... perhaps this is less applicable to our situation.
Bobko   
22 May 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]

Soviet Union was very happy to tear Europe apart with Stalin's best buddy Hitler.

I'm curious how do Poles understand why Russia is so strangely powerful? By all indications the place is a dump, its people slaves, and the entirety of its history indicates that this situation will persist. How can it continually become a threat to others, when it is such a shambles?

How does an emaciated USSR "carve up" Europe with Germany (also, massively weakened)?

Do you think it's simply a factor of population size? Geography?
Bobko   
22 May 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

An important graph, if one is to understand PiS' Ukrainian grain ban - and why the pro-animal welfare proposals in 2020 backfired so spectacularly:


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Bobko   
21 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]

doughnut with a hole in the middle

Thank you for opening my eyes to the satanic subtext inherent in the donut - I will avoid eating them from now on.

enter the stargate that represents the "mouth" and then take the famous Route 66 westward (the tunnel), finally exiting in Hollywood, which symbolizes the anus.

Fantastic! You are doing a great job explaining the cosmology of faggotry.
Bobko   
19 May 2023
Work / Pursuing a career in public service in Poland [7]

Felicitations, comrades.

Recently I have begun contemplating a potential career as a politician in Poland. I think I am a good candidate, because I care sincerely for the welfare of the Polish people and also have many ideas for how to improve life in the country.

My concerns:

1) I want to run as an independent candidate. Is this possible in Poland, or does one have to work with either PiS or PO to gain appointment?

2) I currently do not have Polish citizenship. If I acquire it in the near future, would I be barred from running for President or Prime Minister because I am merely a naturalized citizen?

3) I am curious to gather from you general advice on whether this is an advisable career move for a 30-something Russian man with deep love for Poland.

P.S. - I would also love to hear from other forum members that work for the Polish government.
Bobko   
18 May 2023
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

Nobody ever got elected by being honest. Never.

Come on. You gotta leave some crumbs out for the kids that want to go into public service.

Was Lincoln happy with his reward of a bullet to the head, for making his way to the "trough" of government?

Was FDR a lottery winner when he was steering America through the Great Depression and the World War?

Hamilton, JFK, Carter - US history is full of idealists that paid a high price.
Bobko   
18 May 2023
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

we mostly received kasha with some gravy but without meat.

This was my experience even in the 1990s. Mind you, this is the time of unbridled Wild West capitalism.
Bobko   
18 May 2023
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

Really tired, folks, of all this antiPolish stuff!

Be quiet, Lyzko, if you know what's good for you.

Your error is the claim that everybody engaged in it is stupid.

I'm realizing you said something very smart, which I wasn't able to fully appreciate/absorb at first reconnaissance. I need to think about what you wrote before I can say anything further.
Bobko   
18 May 2023
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

A democracy of stupidity can still be highly reasonable and productive

Mmmmm... Can it?

Your caveat seems unfair. How can one expect rule of law in tact and spirit, when everybody engaged in the exercise is an idiot?

I don't need a long lecture, just a set of examples.
Bobko   
18 May 2023
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

PiS rightists, the most infamous liars

In America, Democrats accuse Republicans of lying at the same rate that they breathe.

In Russia, the opposition accuses Putin and the security apparatus of lying at the same rate that they breathe.

In Poland, PO-supporters see in PiS the devil incarnate.

Democracy is a stupid system, but perhaps not more stupid than other systems.
Bobko   
18 May 2023
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

@GefreiterKania

Maybe, maybe not.

A thread called "Poland - Nation of Liars" has 13 pages of posts. Think about that.
Bobko   
18 May 2023
Life / Poor hygiene of people in public places in Poland [46]

How about: "Thank you, Bobko - for offering potential solutions to the problems that plague Poland, rather than nakedly criticizing like a troll"?

Hmmm?

Tell me the truth, did you ever consider diacetyl as the source of your problems?