Life / Is Poland split into two religions: catholicism and non-believers? [103]

It's hard for laypeople to spot. How would they know? Besides, can you tell a Protestant church apart from a Catholic one? ;)

Life / The major religion of Poland? [33]

The major religion of Poland? Catholicism

Life / Poland Religion in daily life/ INTERVIEW for school paper [28]

I really don't see much evidence of it in daily life. People get dressed up for church but they do the same back home.

Life / Small change in shops in Poland!? [95]

I gave too much of mine away last night so they'll be getting a note today :) I even told her that jokingly and she had a laugh about it.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Kommie shaved his off for some time. Did the Queen? ;)

Poles can have no right to complain if they don't outline their expectations of him. LK was unfairly attacked at times. When I asked people here how he could have been a better leader, they couldn't really come up with any meaningful suggestions.

So, what are the 10 principal expectations of Poles regarding their new president?

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News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Kommie was even likened to the Queen in yesterday's Dziennik Gazeta Prawna in an article ran by Jędrzej Bielecki. I spotted it today (I gave the waving commonality, LOL). The central point of it was to explain that he'd be largely inactive on the foreign policy front. He'll be more of a redundant figurehead.

Crow, this answers your query neatly. If you want to write to him, you can do so at jedrzej.bielecki@infor.pl I'm not breaking any rules here as he put his e-mail in the paper itself and himself so no problem.

In a nutshell, it will be hard to evaluate the efficacy of Kommie's various objectives as he will be little more than a puppet upon a stick. Enter Jeff Dunham :)

Life / Talking over people in conversations; is it a Polish trait? [41]

No, it is women that do it, f stop. I have to be honest here. Sometimes I go against the grain here but not this time. Truth is truth and ZIMMY called it.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Dougpol, almost 6 years. I agree that modernisation was absolutely essential if Poland was going to change its face. There is no question that EU money has propped up Poland and enabled them to do things that otherwise they couldn't do. However, there is a lot of know-how in different spheres here and they just need the funds to make things happen.

Yeah, Poland withheld EU funds that were specifically set aside for road repair and development. There is a worse culprit in Bulgaria. They seem to have hoarded the money or put it in banks for interest to accrue, who knows? This is bad news for Germany as they have to bail out these smaller states oftentimes.

Kommie? A non-entity that is much in the same light as the Queen. Waves a lot and probably farts a lot too.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

And that's a cardinal son! The people of Poland did a lot to build up their country and it shouldn't be ripe for the pickings for hawkish foreigners to swoop. Fine, some inward investment is a good thing but trading off elements is not what the Polish people need.

Feedback / Polishforums on Facebook [60]

It would be fun to see who is who but privacy would be an issue. Still, it's done on a consensual basis.

I can't see the point of putting a message board on Facebook - what would be the benefit in doing so? I can't see one.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

OK, we were off-topic and I agree. So, let's take the plane stuff to its rightful thread.

So why is Komorowski so warm to them? Does he foresee a need to have Russia onside? It just smacks of a pretext but Poles are not naive or fickle this way. Putin hasn't commented much personally and, for the head of the investigation, that hardly inspires confidence. Kommie should be giving Szeremet and Rzepa more resources to answer those lingering questions and lay them to rest. They are operating in a climate of secrecy.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

True!

Also true!

News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

But you've already said many times that it was so why the need to check?

They trotted out a line very quickly with minimal data just after, delph. This echoed the position on 9/11 where all the pre-prepped stories were wheeled out on cue. So many outright lies regarding knowledge of language and no of landing attempts, to name but two.

I wonder if many articles are genuine tbh. You don't pull things from the sky and plop them into articles for a laugh when the magnitude of the case is of such severity.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

So, the pilot put the plane into the ground and the available data is "frankly rubbish" to prove it? Come on, delph, what's it to be?

Why weren't questions asked on Apr 7 when Tusk flew if there were glaring concerns? The Polish Air Force has much to answer for. They had more exp than others here claimed, though.

I think there was a GSP link in pprune though I could be wrong.

Paulina, only because they know that the Russians can conceal the truth. They swiped loads of evidence and it was like the lottery for them.

You are clearly not informed of how uneven the investigation has gone to date, Paulina. Ask Delph, he has been following it. The Russian side has not conducted it as openly as it would merit.

News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

Why wait for further investigation if that is simple enough, delph? That doesn't make sense.

Ah, but why did the ATC guy say he didn't know their altitude, TWICE? It was in an interview and made available on pprune. From 23-37 I think.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Barely. It hardly speaks volumes of Kommie when he had everything in place for a landslide victory. JK got loads of signatures for his campaigns and clawed it back well.

What do you expect of the man, delph?

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

Good point there, delph. However, it's almost 3 months on and black box data has been released and those ATC guys have been interviewed regarding flight paths and altitudes. Conjectural speculation, coupled with available data, should be the norm if you ask me. No harm in asking, especially if you have flying exp and something to go on, wouldn't you say?

Oh, this is about Kommie's win so I guarantee you that he won't cast the net wider on the investigation.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

I wonder if his concealed weapon has explosive qualities ;) He is getting older and may not be able to maximise its potential :) :)

So, will this weapon feature in his repertoire to make him 'good'?

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Kommie is a big weapon of the wrong kind ;) ;)

Come on, what will he do that'll make him 'good'?

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

Well, the core content was right and my message was clear. I go beyond the denial stage, sorry ;)

Very seldom, Paulina. Online is for preference but I don't incorporate much of the material into my teaching. Besides, the students just shrug when Kommie's name comes up :)

Yes, I do :) :)

Oh, but Kommie got it down to a tee. He made it into a fine art :) He must have learned document removal from WTC 7 too ;) ;) Did he leave his wife out of the campaign for a reason? ;) Young Kaczyńska is not too bad to look at :) Smart young woman as well :)

Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

I know a woman of this name, I taught her some years ago in Speed Callan. Anna I think her name was. I always called her Miss Najgebauer as I loved the surname, it sounds cool. I don't know what she went on to do, sorry. Still, I can confirm the existence of such a name here. I live in Upper Silesia.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Why not Charlie? ;) They were all nuts but very charming and smiley. In concrete terms, what will make Kommie 'good'?

News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

Hmm...not really. Check out pprune.org for discussions amongst aviation experts of yesteryear, and of today. They lay the issues bare and come to various conclusions. We need a simplified version to be spelled out for laypeople.

We need a full discussion and not merely a statement of likely position. Experts should be put to the sword as there are holes. I'm not suggesting any conspiracy here, just a thorough investigation leaving no stone unturned.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Aha, ever heard of the Krays? LOL

Come on, you have to do better than that, noreen.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

Very precise, reasonable etc etc, you said. I agreed :) :)

I don't read Polish newspapers, or any newspapers in physical print for that matter. I have read random ones before but only to practise my Polish :) I have to polish my Polish :) I certainly don't really wanna know about Kommie :)

Well, neither know the full factual position so fair enough :)

A little surprise can be nice ;) ;)

I am more consistent than Kommie :)

The man acted like he had won days ago.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

I thought it was good too :) See above :)

No, Rzepa would be Zbigniew Rzepa, co-prosecutor with Andrzej Szeremet, but nevermind ;) ;)

There's no sense in discussing it with deniers. Besides, it's not the place. Kommie definitely didn't have a hand in it ;) ;)

What a VERY stupid question, that's all I can say about that.

Hey Crow, Kommie will sit well with Tadić, that's all I'll say here.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Hopping is about right, Amathyst. He is a toad :)

Still, Poles can't be disappointed if they don't have expectations. I've asked them for the criteria of what would constitute an effective President and, well, let's say 'vague' springs to mind.

News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

You have a point there, f stop. However, that doesn't mean that his account is inaccurate. He just has inbuilt bias which, you are right to imply, lowers his credibility. That's why we need an independent investigation. We need more consensus amongst pilots too. Many are just braggarts who spout all this technological gobbledegook and jargon but rarely agree on key details.

Why isn't there an independent investigation being conducted? The answer is obvious. Without spelling it out so explicitly, just think of the inept Goldstone Report over OCL from 27/12/08 - 18/01/09. Tragic!

Russia is no better than Israel when it comes to heading up investigations that would be better in the hands of others. 9/11 was a pretext for invasion, Smolensk for bringing Russia closer to Poland. Both have had dubious success!

News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

smolensk-2010.pl/2010-06-16-evidence-tragic-polish-flight-was-no-accident.html
this is an interesting article. He is not a conspiracy theorist and I question anybody here to point out his lies. He has pieced together his account very nicely and, when coupled with the views of advanced pilots, makes for a strong case.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

He's nothing more than a slogan man. You are "pretty sure?". What makes you say that?