Off-Topic / Has Palestine ever existed? [70]


Genetic testing shows that Palestinians can trace their lineage to Bronze Era Levantine peoples.

When they take the skeleton of some person that lived in Canaan 3,500 years ago - there is a substantial continuity with modern Palestinians.

In other words - Palestinians did not come from outer space. They have always been there, and without a huge period of absence like the Jews.

There are papers that link Palestinians to the ancient Phoenicians. So you could take that as their first state.

Alternatively, you can take administrative units of the Roman Empire, like Syria Palestina.

Palestinians are ancient, it's just like with most other places that fell under the Islamic conquest, their culture and identity has become substantially Arabized.

Blood wise - they are closer to Jews than Moroccans.

History / Can a nation totally change its characteristics and national character throughout history? [79]


Azov IS made up of numerous Nazis. Unfortunately, however, there are very few of them that are descendants of Banderists.

Like I said, the Azov guys are all from Donetsk and Mariupol and nearby areas.

That's one reason they fought to the death in Mariupol. It's their home town. I can't imagine some Mykola from Zakarpatia doing a last stand in Azovstal.

Their origin was as the Ultras of Shakhtar Donetsk. Then, when the war started in 2014, skinheads ended up being the first to voluntary enlist.

History / Can a nation totally change its characteristics and national character throughout history? [79]

@Torq

Banderopithecus Troglodytus and Homo Sapiens Sapiens is not the same thing.

You are correct, UPA were a collection of murderous cowards grown in an Austrian lab called Galicia. They remain cowards and untermenschen to this day.

However, the Ukrainians that could and can fight almost all inevitably came from the Left Bank of the Dnieper. Right now, the hardened core that is resisting us is mostly guys that can only speak Russian and are mostly from Donetsk, Kherson, Odessa, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. The Azov guys, which are the most capable unit Ukraine has - had their home base in Mariupol.

Russian state propaganda is attempting to use this against Ukraine, and in the same way Ukraine is trying to use it against us.

1) Russian Propaganda - "Kiev is using the war to exterminate its Russian population. Recruitment disproportionately happens in the South and East. Western Ukrainians can't be bothered to fight this war until it reaches Lvov. By that time all the Russian speakers will be dead. Stop fighting in this brotherly war."

2) Ukrainian Propaganda - "Ukrainian fascism is a figment of the Russian imagination. Most of the men fighting the Russian army, know no language other than Russian. Yet even so, they feel it is their duty to take up arms against Russia."

So when I say that the only people that can resist Russia are Ukrainians, I really mean that the only people that can resist Russia are other Russians.

News / Army of Poland and other kin Slavic countries [39]

The starting point is the that all of you dreamers have to accept that Russia is definitely number 2 military in the world now, if not number 1.

Why?

1) Experience
2) Experience
3) Experience
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4) Military industrial base

We have the most hardened and experienced storm infantry in the world. Your Navy Seals and Delta Force, would sh*t themselves, doing what yesterday's auto mechanic is doing now in Ukraine.

Anywhere we deploy them, in Africa, Latin America, or Asia - they will inevitably conquer the opposition. They are simply that hard.

Basically, nobody but Ukrainians can resist them. And Ukrainians are struggling.

News / Army of Poland and other kin Slavic countries [39]

I think I'm gonna start a thread about the needs of the Polish military on the modernization and reform front.

Velund and Kostya forgive me.

News / Army of Poland and other kin Slavic countries [39]

I watched this funny video on YouTube.

The first comment under the video, is from a Pole, who says "No matter what you think about Duda, the beginning of the clip was amazing".

I will admit, it even stirred my Russian heart, to hear Duda say "We are a nation that has lived here for more than 1050 years!".

I immediately felt an urge to throw a salute to the supreme commander of the republic!

Who knew Duda can be such an orator.

The only part of the video where I laughed was the aviation components. Poland needs some new aircraft.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


It shows the difference competent and selfless command can produce.

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Wow!

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Back home, there is a young guy who stands in front of a university with a traffic cop baton. He helps all the students park their cars.

In the beginning he had a pretty primitive stick, but eventually he got a real baton powered by batteries and with lights. One of the students must have made him a gift.

He's there every single day from probably 8 AM until 5 PM, helping people park. He takes his job extremely seriously.

Even a crazy Russian, craves bureaucratic power.

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History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


One aspect of cultural shock for me in America, is their treatment of crazy people.

There are so many of them on the streets, in the parks, and on the subway.

In Russia, it's very rare to see one by himself, out and about.

At first, I thought that this says something about how Russians are a shame-based culture. That is, people are embarrassed of their mentally ill relatives, and basically keep them locked up at home. Americans seemed more humane in comparison, taking them out, and even letting them roam about on their own.

Now I think, it must be something to do with how f*cked up public healthcare is in America.

So question is, what are Polish attitudes towards mentally ill people being outside unaccompanied?

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Some of them have been impressive, for sure. I don't think it's wrong to admit this.

Azov, for all the hatred directed towards it, has earned respect in many corners for their stand in Mariupol. It's not unusual, in Russian telegram - whether MoD or old Wagner - to read positive things about Denis "Redis" Prokopenko - the leader of the Azov brigade during the stand in Azovstal.

They fought like Russians, which is what they are - however lost.

There are some other Ukrainian commanders that earned a grudging respect, but there's many more that are good only at executing the criminal orders originating from the Kiev PR machine.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

No, Franciszek Łoś.

I enjoy learning these biographies.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Just like Jaruzelski.

An impressive guy.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Where did he die?

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History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


My man, it's a fact. Google "Russia Ukraine Peace Boris Johnson". Google "Russia Ukraine Merkel Minsk". Google "Russia Ukraine Arakhamia Podolyak Peace".

Ukrainians were willing to do a deal. Dumbass Johnson swooped in, and told them "we're gonna fight, not negotiate."

Like good puppets, they did not question the lord's rationale.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Well, you know we believe they started it. So let's agree to disagree.


I'm doing important work exactly where I am now.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Tough **** indeed, here I agree with you Lenka.

Btw, when can we expect you to take your position in the trenches of the Donbass? Did you already prepare your helmet?

There are many other women there, so you won't be alone.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


You told them to keep fighting, it's all on you.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


What the hell is that, and how does it work?

New term for me - "concern troll". A form of gaslighting?

In any case, no one is as good at trolling as the Brits and Americans. Russians are junior league trolls, compared to the grandaddies of all trolls.

Is what America did to Ukraine "concern trolling"? They feigned genuine concern and solidarity with the Ukrainians - got them to kill half a million of their best men, wreck half their country - just to get dumped shortly after. That's peak trolling.

I think Poland should be familiar with this type of trolling, due to some recent experience.

Genealogy / Former Poland PM Donald Tusk - A Kashub or a German. [71]

@Torq

Lechina Empire sounds very funny in Russian - Лёхина Империя (Лёха is a nickname for Alexei).

Kinda like Tommy's Empire, or Mike's Empire.

P.S. - I wonder if Slavs are the only ones that suffer from such severe megalomania? I never heard of a German claiming the Christ was German.

Genealogy / Former Poland PM Donald Tusk - A Kashub or a German. [71]


We may live on the peripheries of Great Slavia, but we are no figment of the imagination, brate.

It is funny, that I have to educate you like this... We too, have our authors. One such luminary is Anatoly Abrashkin. He wrote one of my favorite books - "The Arian Roots of Rus'".

In this book, Abrashkin explains in clear terms the true origins of the Russian nation. For example, the ethnonym "Rus", as he explains, is tied to the name of the chanters of Arian religious hymns. He traces the beginnings of the Russian nation from the moment it first emerged as the Arians from amidst other Indo-European tribes in the 5th-4th millennia BC, and then places Ancient Russian history into a wider context, beginning with Sumeria and Ancient Egypt.

The book examines in detail the genealogies of Russian gods (Baba Yaga, Yarila, Kolyada, Ivan, Marya, etc.) and relevant mythological parallels. It also conclusively dismantles the spurious "Khazar" and "Norman" theories on Russian origin. Finally, Abrashkin provides convincing evidence regarding the Russian ethnicity of Christ.

After reading this book, it will become clear to the reader that Russians were among the first nations to develop civilization, and have continued to play a decisive role in the development of humankind ever since.

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History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


It's not every sport, where being in your 20s will give you an advantage

Not for diving, skiing, aerobics, figure skating, and dozens of others.

Maybe it gives an advantage in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, basketball, soccer, and running.

I'm not sure when human males reach peak performance, to be honest. Based on myself, I would say probably 27-30. After that it's downhill.

But the distance between a 20 year old and a 30 year old I think is only truly apparent in combat sports. For avoidance of doubt, I mean that 30 year olds are generally stronger than 20 year olds in combat sports.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]

@pawian

I am lost for words. You are simply some kind of Mother Theresa.

If people like you were in power then, it would be Ukrainians apologizing to Poles now.