News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [555]


It's not about "a few words". I wouldn't have lasted here for so long, if I gave a f*ck about anybody's "few words".

It's more about the overall picture that emerges from behind the gargantuan wall of those words. It's scary. Seriously scary, Iron, and I'm not easily scared.

See you.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]


Talking about one-syllable things that were better in the 1980s: pope.

EDIT: church, girls, food. All one-syllable things were better.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [555]


Tak удачи! :)


It is indeed, thank you.


Everybody has issues, Iron. If someone claims otherwise he's either lying or unaware of them. :)

As for the "latin cvilization western culture"... we certainly still have civilization... probably still Latin to a large extent. I'm afraid that we would have to redefine this "Western" bit though. Remember that Crow (another eerily smart guy at closer scrutiny) used to say that Poland is the real West. Build a wall... we should build a wall asap - on every border. Preserve what we have. Hold out.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [555]


You have nothing to thank me for, young Jedi. We learn from each other.

Be careful with this board though - being here is not healthy in the long run.


The culture that is rapidly deteriorating and under constant attack by the demonic anti-culture. If I weren't a Christian, I'd probably fall into some sort of deep pesimism.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]


... sure. But then... sometime in 2000s, the entire demonic, woke, neo-marxist angriff started. :-/ Or maybe not started but became more obvious and impudent.


Not if you knew how to take care of them. Then they never broke down. Ever heard of Mercedes W123?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [555]

... the problem is - we have barbarians to the east and demons to the West. :-/

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [555]


You're eerily smart for someone your age, Bobi.

The entire stinking Western culture (or anti-culture rather) is built on lies and denial that such thing as the Truth even exists. We allowed ourselves to be bought for trinkets and it's embarassing as f*ck...

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]


Everything was better in 1980s.

Computers, music, movies, cars... everything. Even nostalgia was better.


You remember it too!

*gets all nostalgic again*

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]

Carpet Beating Racks: 1980s



One of the obvious advantages of socialism over the rotten capitalism was the infrastructure that it provided for children. While the kids of imperial dogs had to spend time in some silly Disneyland, ride a boring rollercoaster or hang around a skate park, we could enjoy spending whole days on quality carpet beating racks, inventing a plethora of activities and physical exercises on those magical devices.



How could some people sing about escaping from Poland to Disneyland...



... is beyond me. :)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]

Take a deep breath: 2023



Szklarska Poręba, located among mountains and forest, enjoys a unique microclimate which is perfect for people with respiratory system illnesses. The building you see in the picture is a well-known lung disease sanatorium, Izera Centre for Pulmonology and Chemotherapy. I visited my grandma while she was being treated there and was absolutely enchanted with the place.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]


Exactly!

Damn it, the older I get the more I agree with you on everything (almost), Iron. 0_0


Hear, hear!

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]

Dwoje na jednego? Banda rudego?

xD

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [368]


No, he only said that he regretted the "rodent" comment, but kept his opinion about the invasion.


I'm trying.


:)

*sighs a sigh of relief*

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]

Oh, how I wished I was talking nonsense, Alien.

Alas, that's the sad reality. Look at the vomit-inducing, obsequious servilism of consecutive Polish governments towards the USA and tell me we don't act like their vassals.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [368]


Show me (with quotes) where I am all understanding towards Russia for invading Georgia or occupying Crimea.

Don't confuse my Russophilia (which I will never deny) with supporting Putin's wars. You can read here...

https://polishforums.com/news/poland-aid-ukraine-russia-invades-part-88223/44/#msg1953547

... what I think about Putin.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]


Am I?

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [368]


... but didn't change his stance on either the invasion of Georgia or the occupation of Crimea.


I never knew you were so anti-Georgian, Paulina. Oh, well... But weren't you also a staunch supporter of Ukraine? Navalny supported the occupation of Crimea - how do you reconcile this with "oh our dear Alexei, we shall never forget and never forgive" theatrics?

History / Recommended Poland's history books [175]

@marion kanawha

Check this book out, Marion...



... it's an interesting analysis of foreign politics of Great Britain. It shows how the Brits used Poland, Russia and Germany for their own interests and how they managed to pit various nations against each other for British profit. Great book by a man who died before WW2 and didn't see how the Brits skillfully manipulated Poland into becoming the target of Hitler's first Blitzkrieg. Very few books depict British backstabbing duplicity as well as this little gem by Roman Dmowski.

P.S. An example of what Dmowski wrote about can be observed even on this board, where we have a certain British member who accuses Poland of not being prepared for the war, when it was the British government that successfully pressured Poland to stop the general moblisation days before the invasion (which significantly decreased battle readiness of Polish forces).

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [368]


People in Georgia won't mourn. He supported the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008 when he named the Georgian nation as a rodent, and demanded the bombardment of the territory of Georgia with cruise missiles. Navalny had a similar stance on the occupation of Crimea, and now all of a sudden he is some sort of a saint and this half-wit Tusk writes...

"Alexei, we will never forget you. And we will never forgive them"

barrons.com/news/polish-pm-says-will-never-forgive-navalny-s-death-33df2b35

... xD

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]

Sad duty: 1939



Looking at general Tadeusz Kutrzeba's face you can tell that he's not happy. In the photo you see him approaching the commander of German 8th Army, general Johannes Blaskowitz, to discuss the capitulation of Warsaw (which Kutrzeba would sign on 28th September)

We all know the story, no point to sprinkle salt on old wounds; there is however something that escapes many historians and commentators - 1939 was the last year of Polish independence. After the war we were a Soviet satellite for 44 years and then - when the chance for independence finally appeared - venal scoundrels and various foreign agents ensured a rather smooth transition into being an American satellite.

The year 2024 is the 85th consecutive year of Poland being a dependent vassal state. Last time we waited 123 years to regain our independence. Will we have to wait equally long again?

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [573]

Requiem for an artist: 2024



"Today the pace of my films seems too slow. However, after cuts and speeding up the narration, they would lose their atmosphere. (...) It's also a question of my temperament - I hate being in a rush", said late Janusz Majewski.

The great director, who gave us Zaklęte rewiry, C.K. Dezerterzy (with the unforgettable character of Gefreiter Kania played by Marek Kondrat) or Lekcja martwego języka among many other films, died last month, on 10th January.



One could write a lot about the chevalier of Polonia Restituta and Gloria Artis orders but I think his work speaks the best for him and itself. For me, personally, he was the greatest adapter of literary fiction for screen in the history of Polish cinema.

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine...

Po polsku / Wybory Parlamentarne 2023 [52]


No znamy przecież tego gościa - lepiej z nim nie zadzierać. :D

History / Poland must get back Lwow, Wilno and Brest back [318]


Why are you being nasty to Gruni, Paw? He's not a psycho but a young patriot, Christian and conservative in his views. Nothing to be frowned upon. You have to learn to respect all honest Polish patriots, even if you don't fully agree with their views... i naucz się tego, bo Cię znowu kosą nauczę. :)

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [145]


Who can still obstract any serious legal reforms...


... who can be back in power very quickly (this time to stay), if PO hasn't learnt their lessons from those 8 years in opposition.

Let's observe how the events unfold with careful optimism but also with vigilance - PO is well able to f*ck this all up, like they did in the past. Hopefully, they won't. *fingers crossed*

Genealogy / Need help with the origins of the surname von Czapiewski [21]


What a scary name!

Sounds like a mix of Чапаев and Ulrich von Jungingen. *shivers*

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]


Not to be confused with another Jan Kobuszewski, who died in 2019...



... :)

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


... and longer than the answers. This "debate" was a bad joke.

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


Tell that to PiS propagandists who will squeeze every little bit out of it.


SPD must be really desperate (maybe because of some internal, secret opinion polls) and tries to nick some voters from AfD. It's onlyt rather unfortunate that they decided to do it just before elections in Poland. Such a gift for Kaczyński.

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Germany's SPD party decided to strongly reinforce PiS before the next week's elections...



... "The unification of Germany has taken place but is not yet complete. We are working together on it."

This is all over the Polish internet...

polskieradio24.pl/5/1223/artykul/3254393,skandaliczny-plakat-niemieckiej-spd-zjednoczenie-nie-jest-calkowite-i-strzalki-w-kierunku-polski

dw.com/pl/die-welt-o-plakacie-spd-czy-niemcom-odbi%C5%82o/a-67028320

PiS supporters are having a ball...





I estimate the number of additional votes for PiS at about 2-3% (which might well tip the scales) thank to this. Kaczyński is not exactly known for hugging Germans but I bet he would like to give the author of this poster a long, warm hug.

Well done, SPD, well f*cking done... :-/

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]


Well, Poland is not exactly in the geopolitically safest spot in the world, so I suppose it's reasonable to keep some of the gold abroad.