History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]


I did indeed without realising that for Americans citizenship is important with respect to murder specifically who does it and who dies.

History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]


I didnt realise that the people killed dont count as they were not worthy of US citizenship.

So I should have said that unlike Stalin the office of president of the United states didnt kill its own citizens it simply oversaw the seizure of indigenous land and murdered the people who had lived there. All to make America great.

Thats grand, nothing to complain about, US good rest of world bad.

History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]


No need, the genocides happened to MAG and the perpetrators are still lauded just like Stalin in Russia.

History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]


All of them until there were so few left it wasnt worth the effort. They never bothered documenting the slaughter in detail but its generally accepted that this series of genocides happened. I'm surprised that you have never heard about it.

History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]

@marion kanawha
My comment is relevant as a comparison of the veneration of Stalin and the office of the president of the US. Both killed their own citizens by the million.

You read Ferguson and Snyder but didnt mention the obvious bias of both authors, I've read both. Snyders book is by far the better, its well researched however the one dimensional driving narrative becomes frustrating after a while. Fregusons' is more akin to a party trick or a TV special on the history channel..

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [981]

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Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

@Marrakesh
It wasnt meddling or appeasement it enabling

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Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


Care to expand on that?

Are you suggesting that the dribble supplied to the Soviets would have equipped 35 million soldiers or compensated for 22 million deaths?

History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]

@mafketis
The US killing millions of native Americans made a whole series of Presidents popular. Does that count?

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

@Bratwurst Boy
The post war industrial world limited the ability of oligarchs to accumulate disproportionally vast wealth that world is now seen as a golden age.

The right forced deregulation and offshoring resulting in a much more precarious standard of living for the overwhelming majority of people while some got hyper rich.
The right are now calling for a reversal of the so called free trade they championed cos it doesnt work. This about face is matched by their championing of free speech something the right has always opposed.

Removing the ability of oligarchs to amass ridiculous and disproportionate wealth is a good thing and is not a smash and grab as painted by shills for billionaires.

UK, Ireland / What do Polish people miss about Ireland when they come back to Poland? [26]


A phrase was invented to explain this, ie the silent majority or sometimes the moral majority where a majority opinion was conjured from thin air with very little evidence and given a moral authority. This is ofcourse nonsense.

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]

@jon357
Cheese and onion in a buttered bap is quite the thing.

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]


You got me. Whiskey is Irelands gift to the world. Though the first mention of distillation in a historical text attributes it to someone called Mary the Jew. It's possible but unlikely that the said Mary was Jesus's Mom which would tie in nicely with the emerald isle.

Food / Panga Fish (available in Polish stores); I'll never eat it again. Alternative? [68]


Looks like a steamer with foil to keep the fish separate. I dont think it would work as a smoker.

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]

Flavoured crisps...invented in Ireland.

Some places invented the jet engine others gave us spray cheese, some introduced high heels and the fork to society at large but Ireland gave us mankinds greatest achievement Tayto cheese and onion. The only problem is you have two Tato cheese and onion companies...tbc

UK, Ireland / What do Polish people miss about Ireland when they come back to Poland? [26]

@Ironside
How else are you going to get a true picture of opinions. A never ending series of single issue referenda often contradicting each other is no way to run a country.

UK, Ireland / What do Polish people miss about Ireland when they come back to Poland? [26]

@Ironside
Ireland just had a general election and every candidate standing on an anti immigration ticket was defeated.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


That is a great read

Off-Topic / God and Religion Talk [309]

@Tlum
When will the baby jesus stop hogging the limelight...16 dead in America 45,000 dead in Gaza.

Off-Topic / God and Religion Talk [309]


Songs of praise will be brilliant.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


Not quite, though he did say the canal is Panamanian etc but added

That statement may be open to interpretation but I think its quite revealing.

I was quite surprised when I read it last night as Maf is generally a good guy (minus the broad brush approach to the Russian people)

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

@mafketis
China doesnt have control of the canal and if they did it would be with the consent of the Panamanian government which is none of The US's business. So that argument is a "look squirrel" trick.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

@mafketis
Doesnt seem so to the objective observer.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

@mafketis
Seriously listen to yourself. You have undone everything you have said on other threads. If It's not about ethical standards it's about might being right. You are a hypocrite.

I am not saying that to score some point I'm saying it cos it's true.

Are there any US citizens on here prepared to criticise US foreign policy. Doesnt seem so, looks like the hive mind is strong.

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [162]

@johnny reb
Not if Trump does what he says.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


You could have a special military operation to liberate it from the Nazi regime. Your little brothers in Panama will welcome you with open arms.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

What the Danish colonisers did was eugenics in a pure and unadulterated form, something they and their allies put Germans on trial for a few years before. Imperialism is wrong just like the creation of Panama for US domestic interests was wrong.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [621]

@Bratwurst Boy
Bibi and the fanatics including at least one convicted terrorist in his cabinet have no interest Palestinians, they and a lot of Israeli citizens see them as an inconvenience.

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@Bratwurst Boy
I think you got to have an other look at the West bank, almost 1000 Palestinians have been murdered, land stolen and infrastructure destroyed in acts of collective punishment in the last 13 months.