News / Poland's Organized Crime [58]

This past Sunday I viewed "The Iceman", a movie about a Polish American 'hit man' for the mob. It was well directed but I'm sure that Hollywood embellished it - as they do all so-called movies based on real life.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2679]

"Too bad" you won't want to look at these interesting graphs.

pjmedia.com/blog/the-mystery-of-the-missing-crime-data

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]

Gotta go, but from my link above;

"The Czechoslovak government in Prague requested that the Poles cease their preparations for national parliamentary elections in the area that had been designated Polish in the interim agreement as no sovereign rule was to be executed in the disputed areas. The Polish government declined and the Czechoslovak side decided to stop the preparations by force. Czechoslovak troops entered area managed by Polish interim body on January 23. Czechoslovak troops gained the upper hand over the weaker Polish units."

It would seem that force was first used by the Czechs.


Harry knows what Poles were "thinking" yet again. If the disheveled Harry didn't exist, one would have to be invented. The court jester indeed.

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]


As usual you see a tree but not the forest. War clouds were already brewing and the Poles were engaged with Ukrainians during this time period.

From this link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_border_conflicts

"The Polish side based its claim to the area on ethnic criteria: a majority of the area's population was Polish according to the last (1910) Austrian census................[1]

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]

Busy today but this poster unlike some here does put the Polish-Czech conflict in perspective:


nysun.com/comments/42437

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]


You constantly miss the obvious. My comment about the "invasion of Czechoslovakia" was made to put it in perspective. It was not an invasion of the whole country as is implied. As to Katyn, call it what you want but as usual, you miss the reality because Katyn was not the only action taken against Poles by the Soviets or Nazis. Many more Poles died during the war. Curiously, you also compare or imply real Katyn deaths with the total Czech, Slovak, Polish population in that affected region. Read how you wrote it.

You make similar mistakes here:



You seem to lack logic when it comes to size, scope and population differences let alone reasons for the dissimilar actions. But that is your 'gift', dubious as it is.


Our anti Pole here has neither fame nor fortune. Perhaps that sad fact drives him to post the way he does.


Some were better and nastier Nazi guards than some Germans.....Initially, also greeted Nazis with open arms. ....

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]


The so-called invasion affected about 250,000 people (correct me if I'm mistaken) and was not an invasion of Czechoslovakia which would include the whole country. Many Poles and those who thought of themselves as Poles in that area did not think of it as an invasion but as a liberation (back) to the homeland. In ironic fashion it could also be considered a defensive move to the overall military politics occurring during these frightful years of German buildup.

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]

Good link which puts the national situation in perspective. The twists and turns that Harry prefers to take would make Houdini proud. The difference is (that) Houdini was able to escape his.

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]


Perhaps not. Britain had a tough time int the "Battle of Britain" or the "Phony War" months.
helium.com/items/1117707-raf-strategy-during-the-battle-of-britain
From the link: "....the RAF almost lost the battle. Initially, Goering focused his energy on eliminating the RAF airfields and planes. He almost succeeded, but Hitler intervened by ordering the bombers to shift their focus to British population centers. Without this reprieve, the RAF might well have collapsed regardless of their efforts due to the loss of planes and pilots."

Additionally, the Polish pilots in Britain were instrumental in the air war. Their 'kill' numbers were extraordinary and had these pilots been 'Germanized' with some sort of German-Polish alliance then those resources may have tipped the scale.

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [215]


This has been thoroughly discussed in other venues here.

From your own linked source: "More than 225,000 citizens of the Polish Second Republic served in the Wehrmacht,[1] and some in the Kriegsmarine and Waffen SS. The majority of these Polish citizens were of German extraction, the so-called "Volksdeutsche", or members of ethnic minorities, such as Silesians, Kashubians, and Masurians whom the Nazis considered to be almost Germans. The Waffen SS on the Eastern Front contained a sizable number of non-Germans, but no Polish-based unit was ever formed...."

As to an alliance with Germany, Hitler more-or-less proposed one in 1938 which the Poles refused. Hitler wanted access across the northern region (Gdansk) and if given that Hitler said that an alliance would be possible. Had the Poles accepted and used modern German military equipment then Russia would almost certainly have lost to a German-Polish federation. It's also possible that American aid would not be forthcoming to the Soviets under that circumstance.Some here might want to follow up on that. Of course Hitler could not be trusted to keep any promise of his and the Poles rightfully refused his dubious overture.


A devastated Poland was dominated by the Soviets after the war. They made those sorts of decisions. and were the puppet masters. Given a chance, there is no doubt that Poles would have chosen to be independent and free of the Soviet yoke.

History / FDR and Americas communist insurgency affecting Poland [35]


That's why I previously stated, "you frequently emphasize the technical aspects without regard to the total reality of situations" You see the proverbial tree, not the forest.


I'm a first generation American of Polish ancestry and circumcised. That's why Jewish women love me :)


Don't forget that Poland was partitioned for 123 years and did not gain independence again until 1918. It only had 2 decades to get back on its feet before being attacked by Germany. The Soviet Union took it over until Solidarność put the crack in the Soviet systems which later allowed Germany to tear down the wall. Poland never had a good chance to get going as it was kept economically wounded by one power or another. Let's see what the next couple of decades will bring.

Love / English women and polish man who ran off with my life savings [22]


How much $$$?


He's a real catch eh? How could you resist such charm?


That's good enough, don't you know his last name? Your story sounds fictitious. Your English isn't good either although you claim to live in London.

History / FDR and Americas communist insurgency affecting Poland [35]


I understood what he meant. He didn't phrase it well. He should have stated, "Roosevelt's policies gave Poland to communism".. In effect, Roosevelt did sell out Poland to communism although he died just before the war ended. I believe that everyone but you understood that.

History / How I blew a 6 figure grant for my charity because of my appreciation of Polish history... [77]


That's not a bad word (or sentence)? Perhaps I am misunderstanding you?

History / FDR and Americas communist insurgency affecting Poland [35]


As usual, not very well.


Are you circling yourself again? I recall a couple of years ago when you compared Belgian resistance to Polands' and indeed, that it was even superior. You compared one battle and noted some sort statistical advantage while deriding Poles (yet) again. It was another demonstration of you not seeing the forest for the trees.


call1in said, " Roosevelt gave Poland to communism." and from that you inserted your usual false minutiae and added your biased prevarication about Roosevelt being dead prior to the war ending.(Roosevelt died on April 12 and the war in Europe ended on May 8). The obvious point was that Roosevelt (along with Churchill) sold Poland to the Soviets during the 3 conferences with Stalin, the Yalta Conference in February of 1945 being the last nail in Poland's coffin. In short, he set things in motion for which he bears responsibility even though he died just prior to the war ending.

As to your comment that the book is, "complete and utter bollocks", you are asserting that nothing in the book is true. Really? Nothing?

You frequently emphasize the technical aspects without regard to the total reality of situations. That's why your fishbowl thinking is so small.

History / FDR and Americas communist insurgency affecting Poland [35]


At 2:21 call1n replied:


By 2:56 It seems that Harry had purchased the book, read it and was ready with the following reply:


That's a stupendous feat. Harry must live next to a book store which happened to have the book. Considering that it must have taken some time to purchase, the reading time available being negligible shows just what a superhuman accomplishment it must have been to read it and opine on it. Does the "Guinnes World Records" know about this?


Yes indeed; all those countries were pure and innocent as everyone knows.

UK, Ireland / London is Poland's 24th largest city [78]


Well, technically that may be true only if you count Chicago's suburbs. More than half of all Poles live just outside of Chicago proper but within 30 miles of the city and that includes immigrants (and) not just first and second generation Poles.

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


I did. I looked up "alcohol crazed" in the dictionary and there was a picture of the Johnson kids.


Ah yes, young gold diggers have no responsibility for their behavior even when they know they are one-half of the illicit affair.

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


Another way to put it is -- She had an affair with him despite knowing that he was married. It takes two to tango.


Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you.....


C';mon, she loved his dentures. She would have married him even if he was dirt poor (snicker)


Of course smearing his kids by calling them "alcohol-crazed" is okay.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2679]

This is the kind of hysteria that the gun control advocates promulgate. It's all based on emotion.

Grammar school children have been suspended for pointing a finger (gunlike) at other kids, or for drawing a picture of a gun. The chicken little gun control nuts are running wild.


I gave you a logical explanation. Tell me what the specific threat is as any resistance to it will be different depending on the circumstances. One size does not fit all.

Again, how will gun legislation remove illegal guns from thugs? That's a specific inquiry which you and others cannot answer. Will the gang bangers throw away their armaments after gun control bills are passed? All the anti gun bills will do is remove guns from law abiding citizens.

As to mass shootings (FBI identifies a mass shooting as killing 4 or more people), the U.S. with a population of 310 million has 1 for every 16 million people. That compares favorably with many European countries. For example, even with its strict gun control laws, the UK has an incidence rate of 1 for every 12 million people. Norway has 1 for every 5 million people. That's the fair way to compare rates, per capita. ...

Genealogy / Surname: Basaraba, Koscian - is it Polish or Tatar? [5]

The name seems to be of Romanian origin. Of course, after hundreds of years who knows where people end up.

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


Sure it is, I'm such a romantic (as everyone knows)


Only if he was mentally "fit".


True

"The most happy marriage I can picture.....would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman."...........Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1822)

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


Perhaps they saw a gold digger and he didn't.
Like I said, how many young women marry someone much older who is poor?


See comment just above yours. Perhaps she fell in love with his dentures?

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


All 11 of them live in £odz, Poland


All redheads are dangerous.


Yes, of course. It's noticeable that young women marry poor old guys all the time. It's the latest fad.


Not for us to make that call. Family is family.


Yep, about $500 million worth of greed...........

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


Wanting a (possible) rightful inheritance doesn't make the kids greedy - just their legal and possibly moral due.


Right!


Right again.


Never said that. I only commented to another posters reference that this was a Cinderella story. Women seem to like them.


Ah, making me the subject yet again. Some bad habits are hard to break. I'm sure you can overcome this dubious inclination of yours though. I see potential in you.


Oh, it must have been true love. I'm sure she would have married him even if he was dirt poor :)

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


Absolutely true, IF he was in his right mind. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. If the latter, then the kids got screwed.


That has nothing to do with the higher premise.


I only play smart. That's why I live in Chicago's Gold Coast.


Ah, every woman's dream. Marry a wealthy man :)

edit: ......or a prince :)

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


I've always said that the guy who invented the band-aid did know what he was doing. lol
You're not trying to equate marrying into money as being the same as inventing something, are you?


When you don't have an argument you attempt to use this embarrassing tactic. It's so low-life.


They're quite excellent aren't they?


Grrrr, lol. Try to make a cogent case instead of some assumptive liberal attack. You liberals never learn.


I believe we were discussing Mrs Johnson but being a liberal, it's difficult for you to focus on the pertinent discourse. I really don't have to defend my many positive relationships with women, including my 2 daughters. But then, liberals like you spew these attacks all the time.


I never said it was my "problem" now did I?


It shows with your many false assumptions and straw-dog arguments, some listed in quotes above. At least I don't in knee-jerk fashion call someone a "hater", a "racist", etc.

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


It's a close call but okay.
As to the kids, lots of older people lose their ability to think clearly. When a new much younger woman moves into the household as a wife she frequently controls the 'thinking' of older men who want to relive their younger lives. I congratulate Ms Johnson on her 'upward mobility' but attempting to take the whole fortune is a bit much. I'm sure the overpaid lawyers had much to do with her decision to go for the home run.

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


It would seem that any opinion that does not agree with yours is deemed "anger" or in the past you have alluded to "hate", "racist" etc. I merely think that instead of taking hundreds of millions Ms Johnson could have been

more decent if she took $100 million and left the rest to the kids. That's my opinion.


Actually I do. I even personally know another Polish woman who inherited many millions through marriage. You seem to assume so much incorrectly. It's a 'gift' you have.


My honest opinion only loses "credibility" with the ignorant.

News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]


You "love" the fact that Ms Johnson married into a fortune and that Mr. Johnson's kids were cheated out of many millions of dollars?