History / Martial Law in Poland (1981–1983) [25]


A lesson learned from the events at Prague airport in 1968.


From what I've read some elements of the Czechoslovak armed forces were absolutely itching for the opportunity to invade Poland after Polish forces had invaded parts of Czechoslovakia four times in the previous 64 years.

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Hopefully he'll forever more be known as War Crimes Witkoff.

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Name two of them. Or just admit you're lying. Yet again.

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Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [747]


I don't know who you use in Poland but you can choose the option listed on whichever European stock market you prefer. Have a look here: atlasetf.pl/etf-details/LU0252633754/availability

I got the WSE-listed one because Alior are doing 0% commission trades for WSE-listed ETFs this year and because I don't want to have to buy euro from my IKE brokerage PLN.

I've also stuck some IKE dosh into Beta ETF WIG20TR. It's a 0.65% TER but I don't see any cheaper WIG-tracking ETFs at the moment.

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If anybody is interested in WSE-listed ETFs, have a look at Amundi Core S&P 500 EUR Dist, listed as ETFSP500. It has a TER of 0.05%. Also worth having a look at is Amundi DAX II UCITS Acc ETF, listed as ETFDAX. TER of 0.15%. Both available via Alior IKE brokerage (and other places).

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 26 [1183]


Shush! Trump reckons he got a killer deal, and they've already sent him a photoshopped picture of the 'solid gold' sign outside the ferry terminal.

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Have you seen that deal Trump signed last week for unlimited military access to the deep-water ports of North Macedonia? And they've agreed to name their main ferry terminal after him.

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News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [577]


Exactly. Kirk said publicly and often that criminals should be executed in public. Obviously I wouldn't go that far, but I do think that those who rant and rave about criminals while themselves having a lengthy criminal record that features multiple felony convictions at four separate trials in three different decades deserve to have their hypocrisy pointed out at every possible occasion.


Because he's a hypocrite? Because even he knows that what he's pushing is utter bollocks?


Yep. Although with ever decreasing effect as his past finally catches up with him.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [845]


Well, he's half right there.

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Of course Renata is, as usual, simply lying. Crown Royal are not shutting down whisky production in Canada.


They're actually closing one of the bottling plants that bottles Crown Royal, because they've finally realised there's no point shipping lots of heavy and fragile glass from Canada to the USA when they can just ship bulk containers and then bottle in the USA. And they just happen to have quite a bit of surplus bottling capacity in the USA right now, because global demand for US whisky is down as consumers around the world react to the USA slapping tariffs on so many things.

USA, Canada / Polish Tutors in Dallas, TX? [24]


That would most probably be cheaper and open up a far wider choice of teachers than will be available in Dallas.

USA, Canada / Polish Tutors in Dallas, TX? [24]


I did report one of Rich's posts, and that one was fairly promptly binned. But the rest of the off-topic posts were left up and more were made and have stayed up.


Make sure you download the PKP (Polish state-owned railway company) app. It's really good for getting around. And it's also available in English (just in case your lessons don't go as well as you hoped).

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I think you'd do better to go for online lessons, as that opens up a much wider choice of teachers than in person in Dallas.
This place in Warsaw has an excellent reputation (but certainly isn't the cheapest option): iko.com.pl
And the Sopot School of Polish has been operating for 35 years, so they must be doing something right. I know a few people who've been there and liked it (although most were there in the 1990s): ssp.edu.pl

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LOL! There are at least dozens of thousands of illegal immigrants in Poland! And that isn't even counting the foreign criminals who are here legally.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [845]


It's ironic that he's trying to insult anybody by claiming they know nothing about money but at the same time has driven three businesses into the last three years. I'd have thought that steaks, NY deli foods and ice hockey would all do quite well in Poland, as some Poles are so interested in all things American, but he still managed to lose other people's money with all three!

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News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [577]


Wouldn't Kirk's 'logic' be give everybody* their own bus and let Jesus decide who gets to go where they want?

* Obviously that does not include women, non-white people, gay men and all other people that Kirk saw as Untermenschen.

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I'd love to see free public transport for holders of the Karta Warszawianki / Warszawiaka.

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Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [845]


Not being forced to meet that drunken rapist would be a pretty good reason for growing a beard.

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News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [577]


No, he really couldn't. Not after that Trump supporter assassinated Melissa Hortman and her husband. But why start telling the truth at this point in your life?

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [747]


Yes, but the vast majority of that is from AI firms.

News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [577]


Attempted? The people who were supposed to die at Butler Farm Show Grounds did, although one of them was referred to in the plans as "member of the audience" and the other one thought he'd get away.


But even children raised in happy two-parent homes can turn to a life of crime, as one particular four-time felon demonstrates.