History / Why are Jews pestering Poland for "proper" WW2 monetary restitution/reparations? [750]


No. The question is whether or not people are.


Read up on it.


It wasn't.


Actually, that's his own description, but don't let the truth stand in the way of your paranoia.


Yes - and for every one that damns him with faint praise there are a dozen who expose the nonsense he writes.

There is no 'holocaust industry'.

Genealogy / I have Jewish DNA, but only know of Polish ancestry . [120]


Exactly ;-)

Though as well as just hanky panky, there were also thousands of families who converted over the years.


Swings and roundabouts - you shatter an illusion but gain an Israeli passport.

History / Why are Jews pestering Poland for "proper" WW2 monetary restitution/reparations? [750]


Someone who has read the book and can see what errant nonsense his spurious claims are. If you want a second opinion though:





Don't you think they'd rather 6 million people weren't murdered because they were of that community and that any property restitution is simply recovering their own property?


He'd actually lost a fortune through successful libel actions against him.

Basically a conspiracy theorist, and as a person who describes himself as "an old-fashioned communist" one with unsavoury political views.

History / Bronisław Grąbczewski, (1855-1926) - Great enemy of Britain [15]


I'd say that he was in pretty much the same situation as most of the rulers of the flag states - without as far as I know becoming one.


Certainly a remarkable man, as was Przewalski whose expeditions naturally had a military as well as scientific role.


Same here. The British administration in India was far from perfect however a Russian one doesn't bear thinking about.


Basically military technology (and the Germans' need for oil to fuel it) changed everything.

The Great Game is going on again today in many ways - with the Americans this time. Poland is caught up in it this time - just as Britain is, but mostly just to provide cannon fodder.

Food / Miracle Whip availability in Poland? [43]


No, no and no. You must be thinking of a different product. This one isn't at all mild, is made at the Mlekovita factory and comes in large blocks to be cut in the shop. Interestingly, my local shop has it for 22zl a kilo.

History / Why are Jews pestering Poland for "proper" WW2 monetary restitution/reparations? [750]


A total fraud. The only moneymaking scheme is that book.

History / Poland worst off as a result? (life in German Prussia vs. Russian communism) [14]


When it was occupied during the war there were starvation rations, the closure of educational establishments, ghettoes, death camps and mass executions. Even during the period of partition there was a brutal suppression of dissent and a failed German attempt to eliminate Polish culture. During the communist period it was, once it had all settled down a society of which many people have fond memories.

Food / Miracle Whip availability in Poland? [43]

I've just had some of the Polish stuff. It's actually not bad - on a par with the sort of stuff you'd get in Aldi or Lidl in the UK. It's still made the same way as Polish ser zolty so it won't grate properly and you have to be careful cooking with it but the main thing is that it actually has a bit of flavour. The danger is that it might prove to have too much flavour for the market here.

History / Bronisław Grąbczewski, (1855-1926) - Great enemy of Britain [15]

Undoubtably bold. But then again, he'd have to have been superhuman to be a natch for Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood.

History / Bronisław Grąbczewski, (1855-1926) - Great enemy of Britain [15]


History.

History / Bronisław Grąbczewski, (1855-1926) - Great enemy of Britain [15]


In 1907 the Russians had to give it all up - mostly due to fear of German expansionism in the Middle East.


Unavoidable given the debacle with the last Qing rulers. A few years before that, the 1888 fiasco you mention led to the Russians conceding huge territories. I wouldn't call it masterminding anything except the slaughter in cold blood of 600 Afghans by the Russian army. It's also stretching things somewhat to call Abdur Rahman Khan a 'British puppet'.

An interesting man, though no match for Sir Francis Younghusband and Lord Dufferin.

Food / Miracle Whip availability in Poland? [43]


Definitely not.


I don't touch Salad Cream,secondly I'm not an expat and thirdly Polish food is bland and often processed.


Even better, make it fresh rather than buy jars. Takes minutes and tastes a thousand times better than some chemical stuff from Winiary etc.


Is that the Polish-made stuff? I just bought some but haven't tried it yet. It looks like it's from a factory rather than a farm, but if it tastes better than the usual ser zolty (i.e. tastes of something) that's a step forward.

Food / Miracle Whip availability in Poland? [43]


Polish food isn't that great. Mostly bland and processed.


That is probably the best bet.


I've seen it once or twice in my local supermarket, Mini Europa in pl. Wilsona. They don't have it all the time (and I don't especially look for it) but if you happen to be in the area it's worth popping in.

History / Bronisław Grąbczewski, (1855-1926) - Great enemy of Britain [15]

Bronislav Grombchevsky (who was very much a Russified Pole, like his comrade Przewalski) was an interesting character who albeit very loyal to his Russian masters nevertheless lost the great game he was playing. Having said that, he was certainly respected by the British: here's a link to the relevant bit of Sir Francis Younghusband's memoirs:

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]


Exactly

Language / Polish war cries/battle sayings [21]


That isn't in Polish.

Work / Does it have sense to get TESOL for a non natve english speaker in Poland? [9]


I'm not sure what you mean by 'TESOL', however if you want to teach English in Poland (or elsewhere) you should certainly get a CELTA and ideally follow it with a DELTA.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]


She'd probably never seen the real thing.

Travel / Poland Mobile broadband. I have a 3g dongle are there any pay as you go options open? [8]

Play online are quite good.

News / Polish politics: Lessons in etiquette [15]


Ad as long as they're around, the voters won't get no satisfaction from jumping Jarek Flash.

I was sat by Jerzy Buzek on the plane yesterday - now he's the sort of politician who's also a statesman.

Travel / Anybody VERY familiar with bars in Warsaw? [22]

I'm back on dry land now and will try and pop in between now and the end of the weekend. It's a long public holiday this week so places are either closed, empty or jammed full of people. Something tells me the pawiliony will be busy.

It isn't a brothel - 'knee grow' was joking. There are brothels, 'gentlemens'' clubs, etc, but not round there.

Genealogy / I am of Polish descent (i am something called kashoop). Kaszub, Kashubian? [19]

The prime minister of Poland has Kaszub roots, so does Gunther Grass who described them as "too Polish for the Germans, too German for the Poles.

Travel / What's good to do in Wroclaw Poland? [34]


She was probably an English speaker and the boyfriend a Polish speaker. He wanted to say 'here' = 'tu', so she pulled out two. But they were the wrong ones, so he said 'this' = 'ten', and the rest is history...

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

I think some of the people from the US (almost certainly victims of genital mutilation themselves) are introducing this because they don't have much else to say in favour of it.

Really, it's bizarre to confuse any underlying anti-semitism (or lack thereof) with not mutilating a child - it's hard to imagine anyone even thinking about that.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]


Actually it was brought up a couple of pages ago, but never mind.

You actually cited Africa as a good example. Ridiculously suggesting that


is somehow a citable source for complicated medical studies but incompetent to perform a particularly basic (and primitive) genital mutilation!

Life / You are Polish if... [433]


Spot on!

I'd add that you're Polish if you believe the people getting off the tram are actually ghosts that you can pass through effortlessly, and that when on the tram you stand right in the doorway and look surprised when people want to get off.

Travel / Nightlife for tourists in Lodz. [2]


There's plenty. Lodz has a mile-long pedestrianised main street, called Piotrkowska - trust me, if you're in Lodz you can't miss it. There are plenty of good bars and clubs there - many of the best through archways in courtyards.

Here's a link: inyourpocket.com/poland/lodz/bars-clubs/barsandpubs

USA, Canada / Why do Americans (and Canadians) hate Polish people? [226]

If you're talking about Archie Bunker, spare me the whining - the joke was on his bigotry, as it was in the British show they bought the format of. Over there, some less intelligent people missed the point as well.

USA, Canada / Why do Americans (and Canadians) hate Polish people? [226]


Tell that to the Irish or the Jews.

News / Polish Diaspora - many of these 20 million actually speak Polish? [79]

The question is whether or not people identify as being part of the Polish Diaspora, speak(at least some of) the language and retain cultural or community links - only then are they part of it.