News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

Speaking of Austria:

israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/232847

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

Ya they call that wax or dab. Not a big fan of it. It gets as high as 97 99% thc but its a bit overpowering. Even if you're used to smoking regularly and someone offers you a dab you'll feel it instantly

@Lyzko
Marijuana is meant to treat or cure diseases but rather relieve symptoms. For example with cancer it gives people an appetite and has less side effects than strong opiods for pain relief. Also cbd oils and concoctions which don't get you high have been shown to be extremely effective against seizures.

@Joker
Or leave it in the oven too long n burn it lol. I'm not a big fan of vapes we had a volcano in college but it made it taste all earthy and different. I like papers and cigarillos I go old school lol.

Yeah there's a lot of corporations popping up in the industry. Its a great field to be in and surprisingly a lot of women are taking part. It would sure be fun to work at such a place but like with anything you have to work hard if you want to be successful. Growing takes a looot of work and care. Stoners have a lazy stereotype but man some of these young guys are serious as hell about It.

Personally I think it'll b a while before its legal in poland. Now its with a doc recommendation from what I believe but zus won't pay for it you have to pay out of pocket. Poland is very conservative when it comes to drugs in general even weed. Alcohol is extremely excepted although people binge less than they did back in the day. Also mow people drink imports instead of just vodka. N e way it may be legal recreationally eventually but I doubt it will happen any time soon. Po I believe tried a sort of decrim program but it didn't rly take off to my understanding.former rapper liroy also lobbies for it. He was a politician in one of the houses but idk if he still is. The attitude is now where some people smoke when They're teens and young adults and maybe once in a while with friends as they get older.

In a ton of places though weed is either legal or technically illegal but unenforceable: portugal, India uruguay, afganistan and also pretty popular apparently in Iran and north Korea as well as some m.e. countries. In others though like Malaysia Singapore Saudi Kuwait penalties are suuuuper strict

Id love to go to shivakrati- I'm prolly spelling that wrong but basically it's a festival for the God Shiva where masses of Hindus smoke ridiculous amounts of bud n hash

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

Yeah weed makes some people last longer. Theres a song by a group called lords of acid (electronica) about weed and one of the lyrics go 'marijuana in your brain... Takes more time to ejaculate' lol

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

Glad to hear... In poland its not hard to find good bud or hash (more of the old school stoners preference) but you gotta know people... At least from my experience... Its not like us cities where dealers stand 24 hours a day announcing their wares (they yell rocks blows weed) to passerbys. There are certain spots in polish cities though where guys stand selling bud and whatnot but i personally wouldn't recommend buying from a person off the street or in the gypsy areas. Open air is declining its not like it was 10 years ago at least in my experience.. Find some college students and youngsters and ask them to hook you up. Even if they don't smoke they most likely know at least 1 dealer and will hook you up if you toss them a few bucks.

Also the laws are strict so I would highly recommend smoking in doors and not in public. And definitely don't go for a blunt/bowl cruise..

Back in the day some people in rural areas would grow weed but they used it as feed not to smoke

Also the quantities by which bud is sold differs than in the U.S. i.e. 5 gram bahs.. No one knows what an 8th is lol

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

@jon357

Eh not exactly. Marijuana does have pain relieving attributes. But yes its nothing like the opium poppy and all its legal and illegal derivatives - codeine, morphine, opium, heroln, etc.

Many cancer patients and very sick people prefer marijuana over opiates (which are narcotics - marijuana is not) because it has far less side effects especially not giving a patient constipation and it boosts their appetite... Not to mention cbd which is wonderful in treating seizures.

Therrs so many wonderful uses for marijuana from industry - paper, rope, even people are experimenting with using it as a fuel, medical - relieves seizures far better than most medicines with far less side effects than like Xanax for example, appetite booster, pain reliever, glaucoma treatment, and its even helped people get off hard drugs, economic - brings in hundreds of millions in tax revenue in places like colorado, etc etc. Plus recreationally its far safer and less harmful than other drugs including alcohol. Id take a room full of laid back stoned people than a room full of drunks - one is crying, another is vomiting, a third is picking fights, a fourth is making unwanted advances.... Screw that

Its too bad there's still many people who have a 1950s reefer madness type of view on marijuana. The fact is though marijuana has been used for tons of different reasons for thousands of years. There have been ancient bronze age discovering of smoking devices with residue still left on them.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

What's wrong with marijuana? Its less far harmful than alcohol. When's the last time you've heard of someone having serious health problems because they smoke weed? When's the last time someone had to call an ambulance because they smoked too much? When's the last time someone got into a fist fight or assaulted a girl because they were super stoned?

Worst thing that happens if you smoke too much is you'll be super lazy, tired, and fall asleep.

Also no one goes to rehab for weed... You don't develop a physical dependence to marijuana or even much of a mental one unlike hard drugs I.e cocaine meth, mdma, amphetamines etc. The worst thing that will happen if your a regular smoker and quit all of a sudden is you may be a bit more anxious than usual for a few days.

There are several geoups in Czech like heady tours which will hook you up with some good nug and take you on tours aroud Prague. Im sure there's other ones in smaller cities though too. Its great for first time visitors.

I have to say that Prague is by far my favorite European city that I've visited thus far. Its so pretty very clean the people are super friendly the girls are drop dead gorgeous and not stuck up or scammers like in the square in poland.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

@Lyzko

No one should. That's why Islam is evil because seeks to implement and convert people by force, conquest, etc. You know the type of stuff Europeans did 500 years ago but have since become more tolerant. Not Muslims though.. You can't dispute this its written in the koran to spread Islam by force till everyone is chanting allah akbar

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@Marsupial

I doubt its for ethical reasons but rather the very risky nature of both the mining business and volatile commodity prices.. Especially coal which is attacked at all angles.

I guarantee you if you had a land mine company that was doing well they'd still give you a loan.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

@Polonius3

I believe there is a katyn movie but its polish. Hollywood doesn't care about making polish people look patriotic or positive in any way- they aim to make us look stupid. Just look at 2 broke girls for example...

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

Doubt it. They also advertise in local newspapers. I find it rather funny because typically you think of demonstrations as grass roots movements where people organize on their own accord. Yet capitalism proves that like anything, a protestor can be bought. A person will fight for an ideology they may not even believe in if they are compensated appropriately.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

@Lyzko

That's because feminists egg them on and they're too lazy to do their own research. You are right though most workers can't do much aside from collect unemployment if they're fired. But as far as people not receiving what they're worth anymore id beg to differ. If you're a low education low skill worker why should you make the same as someone who's more skilled? A minimum wage for minimum skill only seems fair. Although I will agree the min wage is a bit too low to really be a living wage. I think 10 12 an hour would be fair but 15 no way. That's more than a department manager or even a secretary typically makes yet flipping a burger requires far less skill.

Also many of the people you see in demonstrations at least in the us are paid. Greenpeace and other organizations regularly advertise 'protesting jobs' on Craigslist.

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@Lyzko

That's actually a huge fallacy and has been debunked due to not comparing apples to apples. If you compare a female ceos at xyz corp pay to a male ceos pay at xyz corp it'll be nearly identical" especially salary (as bonuses are performance based). However women in companies tend to take jobs such as p.r., h.r., marketing, book keeping, secretarial work etc which pay less than finance, law, it, etc. So of course a female cmo will make less than a male cfo. An hr director, a position with many females will also make far less than a sales director, a job occupied more typically by men. However a male nurse or doctoe and female nurse or doctor at the same hospital will get paid the same if they have the same amount of years of experience - same with corporate America. I worked for a company where we had some 200 customer service reps on the floor below mine and I know for a fact every man and woman there started at the same exact salary. If the gender gap studies compared the same types of jobs rather than a whole spectrum than it might be valid. However that was not their methodology.

If you're comparing the exact same job types at the same companies, no there is no statistically significant pay gap. These studies who claim that there is some huge pay gap are comparing average salaries across the board. They are typically conducted by feminists and purposely skew data by comparing, like your example, a senior level male executive to a female level executive rather than comparing a male vp at company abc to a vp at company abc. Or they will compare a bunch of jobs held by men to jobs held by women. Men get paid more simply because of the fields and jobs me!n typically chose. Even among blue collar jobs men dominate the high paying highly dangerous types jobs like fishing, construction, etc. Yet it would be erroneous to compare a fisherman's income with that of the fishing company's aecretary. If you make an apples to apples comparison you'll find no statistically significant wage gap. You just need to compare two of the same types of jobs at the same company.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

@Lyzko

True... But the new wave of migrants seem to be content with wandering the streets and living on the dole, not working. If they wanted to work they could have stayed in czechy were wages are good but welfare system is not. Hence they left. At least the Turks who came in the 70s 80s etc in germany tend to be assimilated and actually work. Its the same thing with Denmark - as soon as Denmark started cutting benefits and welfare the migrants flocked to sweden. If they wanted to work it wouldn't matter to them... But no... Even in interviews with migrants they clearly say they want welfare money for cigs food and even to send to their family back in Syria!

Even if these new migrants do work most the jobs they take are working in stores or some sort of trade. They sell t shirts sodas etc in some stand or work in a kebab place... If they're actually working. A popular job for Pali migrants is to buy a 6 or 12 pack of beer and sell individual beers to tourists beach goers etc. A guy can barely support himself with a job like that let alone the 5 or more kids they tend to have. Of course the wives tend not to work as well. The Muslims who have been here for awhile do work but these new migrants seem to be content with receiving welfare

Also while your example may be true for low skill very low wage jobs its not for highly educated highly skilled people who tend to earn roughly the same regardless of where there from. In the us Mexicans dominate work like at McDonald's Amazon warehouses landscaping etc because they don't have the education or skills to get a better job. Companies pay you according to what your worth.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

@przyjacielPL

Exactly. Aside from Jordan and Lebanon which are far poorer than many other gulf states they aren't taking in their fair share by far. Yet no one is forcing them to take in migrants but they want to fine poland czechy and Hungary? This is utter lunacy! Actually trump is one of the few politicians who publicly said The gulf states should be the ones taking these migrants in. The Saudis cite security risks and who can blame them. Only the blind can't see what the migrant hordes have done to Germany France Sweden Belgium and anywhere they go. Most the migrants coming from m.e. are Sunni and not even the Saudis want em lol. They're smart enough to realize the outcome. Even turkey has now seen an uptick in terrorist attacks since the migrant crisis.

This isn't Poland's problem. We didn't cause any migrant crisis nor did we invite migrants like Merkel did. They're just mad because now they realize their mistake and want to spread it out. If the migrants were so great and wonderful, so hard working and such a benefit, they'd want to keep them in their own lands rather than criticize others for not taking them in. Germany or even uk didnt ask any other countries to spread around all the Romanian polish Lithuanian Indians Chinese etc that came in. Why? Because those groups tend to work and not live off welfare nor do they commit bombings mass shootings mass rapes nor do they march down the street screaming Germany go to hell, we want sharia!

We need to worry about our own citizens and their safety first and foremost. If a migrant wants to come to poland they will have to deal with a way different life than they would in germany or Sweden - little welfare, not being able to march down the street with poland go to hell or promote sharia law and courts, no one will listen to them when they say crosses on a church offend them, they'll be constantly monitored by police to ensure they're not planning an attack, they will not be able to form Muslim ghettos where even police are scared to go, they will not be able to grope, assault, or rape women, and if one of them messes with pole they will have an angry mob mess them up while the police watch - just like when the poles burned down that prince kebab restaurant and broke windows while the cops watched from the other side.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

@Erykm

Most of the jobs the ukranians take are ones poles don't care much for or the types of jobs low skill poles have taken abroad for better wages. The average polish engineer doctor lawyer cop machinist etc isn't too worried about a ukranian taking his or her job or even driving down wages for that type of work. However the low skill pole who works as a cleaning lady nanny construction laborer may feel threatened esp if they are still working in poland and haven't yet left to work such a job for a higher wage in the UK US etc. In my city many ukranians work on job sites as low skill laborers but this ultimately helps drive down costs for polish developers contractors etc who in turn can now make more profit when they sell or lease an office building, condo, warehouse etc.

This was a similar argument Americans made when Mexicans and Guatemalans were pouring over the border in droves. Omg there gonna take our jobs! Yeah if your a low wage landscaper agricultural worker etc perhaps.. Or you'll just have to not be lazy and become more competitive to not lose business. But if you're a farm owner or perhaps own a landscaping business or other type of business that employs low wage low skill workers you'd be jumping for joy.

If your statement were true then no American programmer could ever demand a 6 figure salary due to all the s. Asians that have flooded the market and are use to getting paid 10k a year back home. It all balances out though.

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@jon357

Literally every single ukranian in poland I met was employed just in low wage jobs. Also the ones not working tend to look for work as one can't survive on Poland's welfare and rightfully so. They'll give you enough for food so you don't starve but that's it. Unlike Germany which seems to reward unemployment of at least allows far too many people to take advantage of it.

If working was their goal than why did the Muslims from both pl and czechy specifically leave for germany which is known to have the most generous welfare program? No ones stupid about their true intentions. Czechy has far higher wages than Poland yet the Muslims left from their too. If they wanted to work they would have stayed and not gone specifically to the one European country known for generous welfare for migrants.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

@jon357

So why then did a million ukranians come to poland to work? Yet the Muslims that came didn't work and left to go to Germany for the welfare. So ukranians can work and make a life for themselves but others can't?

Muslims already had a goal in mind - welfare and the more the better. Working was not their goal that's why they left. On the other hand ukranians came for the purpose of working.

That's the difference between ukranians and Muslims. Also ukranians don't blow stuff up shoot at children at concerts drive ppl over with cars rape women or cause years of state of emergency

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

Hahaha very few are radicalized? That must be the joke of the day...

Oh because all these people look so civil and calm... Not radical at all..

youtu.be/BPKqM-TV2i8
Notice the guy saying let Allah make orphans of their children and all the other migrants chanting Allah albar...and this is in france! You know that country that use to be amazing and very pretty but is now dangerous crime ridden and has trash all over the street and hundreds of muslim ghettos... Or atleastt that's how Frances capital is

youtu.be/Sirj6qNLAEU

Scary that there's millions of people in Europe like this.

66% of poles view Muslims unfavorably - that's reason enough to not have a massive amount of muslim migrants in poland. The majority has decided.

pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/26/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world

86% of Muslims in Niger want sharia law..
84% of Muslims in Pakistan want sharia law
99% of Muslims in Afghanistan want sharia law...

Last time i checked sharia law calls for amputation for theft, stoning for adultery, ban on alcohol... Pretty radical and incompatible with our culture if you ask me.

These are the countries where these migrants come from... They want sharia law in their countries and now even in the UK Belgium Germany many of them march chanting UK go to hell with signs that say we want sharia... They've already been establishing sharia courts. I mean how crazy is that you go to a country and you don't like their courts so you establish your own. Utter lunacy.

And yet these western Europeans are so blind and let them in despite the terrorist attacks the sexual assaults the rapes the crimes the Muslim riots the 2 years of state of emergency in France..

Forget it not gonna happen in poland. We celebrate the battle of Vienna and the defeat of spreading Islam forcefully further north and will sooner pay fines and even separate from eu than become like France or Germany.

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Hell yeah that's what I'm talking about.

@jon357
Not true many are radicalized well before they come here of after going to Syria to wage jihad and doing the same in Europe.

Joblessness lol? These people don't want to work! Proof of that lies with the fact that most the migrants that were resettled into poland and czechy instead of working fled to Germany because of the welfare.

Poland never had colonies in Africa and Asia. We didn't invite them over to Europe. No one wanted to help Italy and Greece so the Italians and Greeks washed their hands of the problem and let them go north since most didn't want to stay in germany.

Either way this doesn't concern us. We've accepted more than our fair share already.

Fort Poland!!!

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

You'll have a good return on tesla just sell on the next major news release.

I've been focusing on bitcoin and ethereum lately. Btc has been at 2500 give or take 50 70 bucks + - for a week and half now its rly aggravating me.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@Marsupial

And no the jeep inline 4 liter is an amazing engine. That was the first car I ever brought and eventually turned it into an off-road car. I drove over 200k moles on it all over the us and only ditched it because I tipped it on its side. The Cherokee is garbage now but the wrangler and older cherokees are beasts especially in mud sand or snow. Far more reliable than land rovers for off-road. My friend has a discovery and a 100k d90 or p90 defender and I'm always fixing snapped rods and busted hoses for him because he deosnt know **** about cars

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Thanks arch

Yeah here were limited to basically 3 4 electric cars of which only the tesla is popular here. We don't have any vw Audi electric cars here and the jap ones sell poorly. The BMW i8 (not sure if its electric or hybrid though but I think its full electric) I absolutely love. Right now I have grad school tuition to worry about perhaps when I'm done I can look for another toy for the driveway

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

We have free charging stations at some of the overpriced yuppie ultra modern condos n apartments as well as in front of certain grocery stores... But u can't just leave ur car there to charge for 6 hours..

Thanks for the article I'm going to check it out now..

In Ireland the cost of the car would be higher but with the tax credits, high cost of petrol, few chargers as you say would ve made it way more worth it than here esp if kept the car for a while

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@johnny reb

Try $8k $10 plus for teslas at the dealer for a new battery... In older hybrids $3k $5k minimum.

Yes they have made people rich - especially the Chinese who bought a123 battery (one of largest battery makers for hybrids) after they bought it shortly after Obama dumped 750 mil into the program.. Realzikng that this was a too big too fa green program Obama and the U.S. bought it back.. The Chinese made hundreds of millions usd in profits for simply holding a company for 6 to 12 mo

I looked at tesla because I thought it'd help save me on my commute. After I added up the totals it wasn't worth it

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@Atch

Now that's awesome because installing the home charger involves (at least in us) putting in a new 240 volt specialty outlet, running 2 or 6 gauge wire (depending how quick you want a full charge, the standard is decent though for daily commuting) new breaker box and all that was just too much - especially putting in 6 gauge wiring in the garage. If it was like in Ireland I would ve definitely bought the tesla. The cost and time of all the electrical work made it untenable. Id basically have to drive the tesla for 4 years just to recoup the investment in electrical. Plus gas is cheap here now again.

I ended up buying one of those like mercedes suv crossover things though. This was like 2 years ago or so. I don't like it very much it burns a ton of gas its not very comfortable and the big rims even though they're stock make the ride really stiff. I still usually drive my old caddilac sedan to get from place to place.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@Atch

Its culture and funds. There probably is no such program to reward hybrid electric etc drivers. In Poland in general people tend to buy turbodiesels and gas (some add lpg bc its available at every gas station) . hybrid vehicles are catching on though which means electric vehicles eventually will too. Right now they're a bit too pricey for the average polish driver.

Also if a polish guy is going to drop 70 80 grand on a car hed rather get one of the old german brands like Mercedes Porsche Audi and especially bmw now which many poles prefer. Or even American like jeep which is even more pricey than German cars bc of the import.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Itll take a while for fully electric cars to catch on in europe.

For one the cars are rather pricey and if you want a charger in your garage it can be even a $10k project depending on if you want the quick charge or the average one.. Either way it involves putting in new breakers running 6 to 2 Aug cables installing a 240 outlet among other things.. No small or cheap feat.

They're very popular in socal though

Law / Buying a USED CAR in Poland, my personal experiences and TRAPS to avoid !! [133]

Omg wow this dude in the first post is talking about checking thickness of a paint job with sensors lol. You can just check the frame, inside of doors, backs of panels ceiling liner etc as no paint job place bothers to repaint that. New paint always will have a different tons.

Be a man and drive the freaken car. Thats the best way to tell if its been in an accident. Carfax and vins won't tell you much unless its been reported to insurance. If you're in a fender bender and your corner mechanic or buddy or whoever fixes your car and you're paying out of pocket chances are no damage report will show up. Drive it at high speed see if it shakes makes noises and when you release the steering wheel see if it goes to one side (demand an alignment before purchase if you really like the car and then retest after alignment - if it still does it it have frame or suspension damage). Check the service records. Check the bottom. Check for rust. If the bottom is all scratched from daily driving and rusty but the car reads 60k km on the dash its b.s.

See if all 4 tires match, check service engine codes (cheap scanner costs 40 50 bucks)

You can also order cars from the dealer if you want a brand new car (rip off imo - get something a year or two old, gently used, maybe up to 16k km on the dash and do your research)

Love / Are Polish men handsome to you? [182]

Well when I was at the London exchange I can tell you that the men wore far better quality and stylish suits. No European trader would be caught dead wearing tennis shoes with a suit yet many people do here in the pits.

History / Film "Wałęsa" - historical reality vs myth - controvercies [103]

@mafketis

Ahh i understand now. I wasn't aware this was a every 10th of the month ordeal for him. That's a bit excessive.. That should be a private matter. He can encourage people to lay flowers or light candles on the 10th but mourn in private. Once a year on April 10 is totally understandable but not every month... For years and years...