History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

Well...I guess it would have made a major difference...Europe would be better off now....but we will never know!

Jon, Britain was much longer a functioning monarchy...wouldn't you say GB is better off now than both, Germany and Russia?

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]


Interesting question, Novi!

Imagine the Tsar and his family wouldn't had been executed....would Russia today be better off? (No Stalin etc.)

Imagine King Wilhelm II hadn't abdicated....would Germany today be better off? (No Hitler etc.)

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

I'm sure he only wants to do away some lint on her jacket!

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Interesting:

Tusk is a Kashubian name. Kashubia (or Kaszuby as it's known in Polish) is a region that lies in Northern Poland. It stretches from the region west of Gdansk (or the city of Gdynia to be more exact) to the Hel Peninsula and inland Pomerania.

On the other hand....Google honores today some polish scientist Casimir Funk with a doodle....now that name sounds german!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Funk

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Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [337]

*goes googling for THBOMK*

Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [337]

Did you ever wonder if there is a #2, an assistant, a replacement? Just in case Vincent loses interest or worse?

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

....na ja...it's understandable....the pope back than was a famous Pole....of course he had his own people cheering for him! :)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

....nah, that honor belongs surely to Gorbatschow....he started it all in Russia.....and he denied East-Berlin the military to end the protestations in a bloody chinese way....who knows, the wall would maybe still stand without him.

For an East-German that all was Gorbatschow, not the pope!

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


So I'm not alone in this!

But really, "früher war alles besser", right? Right!

...okay...even better after 1989....the best! :)

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

Trump is already doing more for the common defense than anybody before him:


theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/nato-chief-rebukes-donald-trump-and-announces-record-defence-spending


Germany between them actually, heh:)

....German officials added that Berlin would allocate more than 2% of GDP to defence during 2024, and the news agency DPA later said that would amount to €68.58bn (£58.6bn), or 2.01% of GDP. It will be the first time military spending has exceeded the threshold since the end of the cold war. A year ago the proportion was 1.57%.....

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

.....and it's already working!

Trump wouldn't be the worst choice for Europe, in the long run....IMHO!

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


I'm not disputing that fact, J.R.

Thing is sitting smack in the center of Europe, surrounded by friendlies (a first in our history), has it's perks....

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


I quite agree!

But technically Russia would need to get over Poland to reach some mooches....

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

Do you think these guys had been closet-gays???

Off-Topic / AfD Party is growing ever more powerful throughout country [187]

There are different kinds of foreigners....muslims and blacks are far down, I guess.

On the other hand, Anna Nguyen is a high top politician for the AfD in Hessen....

twitter.com/Homooeconomicu2

Off-Topic / AfD Party is growing ever more powerful throughout country [187]

....hmm....I think she tries to resurrect the "old" Left....before wokeism took over, and without the "international" part...If so she could go far, very far IMHO!

Political commenters try their hardest to not use the "national socialist" label, so burned that is...but "social nationalist" is seemingly okay, heh:)

Off-Topic / AfD Party is growing ever more powerful throughout country [187]


How so? The wall was to keep people IN, not OUT!

Actually, when I see the current mass demonstrations, supported by the government and much of the media, against the strongest opposition party, wanting to ban them....you know...an old Ossi is getting uncomfortable thoughts...

Off-Topic / AfD Party is growing ever more powerful throughout country [187]


I wondered about that recently.....did you read about Texas in the US right now?

....At issue: Texas is continuing to erect razor wire across a 29-mile stretch of the riverbank in Eagle Pass, despite opposition from the Biden administration and a January U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing federal officials to cut down the wire.....

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/03/us-mexico-border-controversy-is-now-a-standoff-in-eagle-pass-texas/72447521007/

Germany is a federation as is the US....what if one or more of the east german Bundesländer, now after the regional elections in September with a very strong AfD influence (they don't even have to be part of the gov to pull strings), act purposely against orders and laws made in Berlin? Especially against immigration and asylum-seeker? Not quite a secession, but still.....

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


How so?

You don't like Germans....okay....but some more direct clear allegation would be nice!

It's just hard to discuss or counter a "You Germans are ****!"....*shrug*

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


....that photo has still the same effect, it has become an icon in some way here in Germany.

People like Brandt aren't born anymore....

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

....well....I like a good 'ol grumble myself now and then....wait....whom do you call OLD!!!!

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

....yeah....our chancellor loves verbal grandstanding, but still...I would like you to acknowledge now and then that Germany DOES actually help alot, with military and humanitarian aid....outside of the US and the EU we are the biggest "helper"....just only to be fair!

usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2023-02-24/these-countries-have-sent-the-most-aid-to-ukraine

statista.com/chart/28489/ukrainian-military-humanitarian-and-financial-aid-donors/

And what do you mean with "undercut Poland economically"? Germany isn't Polands enemy, hasn't been for a long time!

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

Fits somehow...

reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/1ace8v9/military_exercise/

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News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


The perfect weapon against any enemy propagandists....they will faint trying to work that out! :)


I'm sure the US is watching them....the Saudis can't stand them either, btw, so the money shouldn't run out!

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

....and I guess in the end I bet nobody cares if the one in uniform saving your wife and children is black, muslim or trans!

(Or a black muslim trans-zombie!:)

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

I so wish Germany hadn't given up on the Bundeswehr for so long....it will take time to get all up and running perfectly again, not to mention the lacking personal.

For the first time experts are thinking loudly about to allow foreigners to serve in the Bundeswehr! IMHO that is more realistic than to reinstate the draft again....

(It would be nice if Putin would wait a few years though)

Off-Topic / Will German Farmers change the EU policy? [45]


That's the Grundgesetz....

sgb2.info/DE/Themen/Buergergeld/Fragen-und-Antworten-zum-Buergergeld/buergergeld-faq.html

Off-Topic / Will German Farmers change the EU policy? [45]

...thing is we are free falling right now, if nothing will be changed, drastically, we will fall far deeper then "only" place 27!

PS: What do you mean with high earnings? People are pissed off because the new Bürgergeld (the official minimum necessary for existence) is sometimes higher than the earnings for hard, regular work!

PPS: What do you mean with low prices? Remember the price shock of a few months back because of the inflation? Now energy prices and gastro prices will rise again...not to mention the steadily rising rents for the inavailable appartements....and so on...

Off-Topic / Will German Farmers change the EU policy? [45]


Hopefully!

The ECONOMIST put the former broke Greeks on top of their economy ranking list...whereas Germany is now far at the bottom with place 27....

We will need to borrow money soon!!!

Off-Topic / Will German Farmers change the EU policy? [45]

....lotsa work still, even with lotsa machines....