News / Poland, still corrupt, but not as bad as Czech/Hungary & Italy [36]


The proof of the pudding....etc. It's not some scrap of paper but the broom he uses to sweep away the scum that counts.

News / Poland, still corrupt, but not as bad as Czech/Hungary & Italy [36]

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Ziobro to crack down on corrupt prosecutors and judges

Prosecutor General/Justice Minister Zb. Ziobro, that sterling crusader of Polish jurisprudence, plans to introduce a 3-year jail sentence for prosecutors and judges convicted of taking taking bribes. It tursn out that the allegedly fair and impartial justice system is riddled with toga-clad bandits and scmasters. The di who ahd free reign udner the PO regime. The director of Gdańsk's Appeals Coiurt is under investigation as the ringleader of a gang that siphoned off milliosn of złotys through a fake invoice scam. Other judges have recnetly been caught shopliftign, tying to remove a pendrive, trousers or piece of kiełbasa from a shop without paying. A judge released a notorious internaitonal gangster nicknamed Hoss on a pittance of a bail and the skipped bail and vanished into thin air. How much did he fork over to persuade the judge. Marek Belka testified before hte Amberhgold commission that Tusk and others high up knew about the scam well inadvance but suppressed all attemtps to stop it. We should be seeing Tusk in the dock fairly soon. Also, Poland is at the bottom of the European barrel for prolonged court proceedings. Apparently judges are too buy counting the bribes they rake in to worry about making judicial machinery more efficient. One thing is certain -- after Ziobro moves against the judicial scmasters, they will end up behind bars where they belong.

News / Hypocrisy, finagling and foot-in-mouth disease of Poland's "noble" opposition [13]


There was nothing to criticise because attmepts were made to remove crooked, anti-Polish politicians on the leash and payroll of foreign interest groups.

News / Hypocrisy, finagling and foot-in-mouth disease of Poland's "noble" opposition [13]

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Kuchciński retains Sejm marshal's post despite costly opposition recall

As was to be expected, Kuchciński survived an attmept to recall him that was doomed to failure from the word go. The Sejm is a mighty and pricey economic operation and whenever it is in session the full staff has to be on hand. But the oppositon which lack the votes to recall anyone has already gone through most of the cabinet with futile recall campaigns prolonging the sessions and jacking up the maintenance bill. As one MP (from Kukiz I think) said: The opposition know they lack the votes but go through all the motions of a recall campaign. Their only possible goal is to indulge their unsatiated desire to futilely sling mud, raise a rumpus and tap into the budget which has to pay for it all.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


Ever wonder why Tusk didn't choose the rail route but preferreed to fly to Gdańsk to spend weekends with the family and AmberGold mates?

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


You already know what the answer is. The PC hypocrites make their pet groups and taboos sacrosanct and untouchable, but feel free to ride rough-shod over the sensibilties of others.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


Regardless of any specific laws, are you trying to tell us that a fictional feature showing Tusk fellating Merkel (yes it runs out she's fellatable after all!), or a cartoon showing kids gouging out a kitten's eyes and then setting it ablaze, or a feature film titled "All f*gs burn in hell" (and showing them writhing in blazing agony) or a scene of Israeli boy scouts roasting marshmallows in the glow of Germany's famous Auschwitz death camp would be simply chalked up to "artistic freedom". The very same people making excuses for defecating on the Cross of Christ, wiping excrement off bums with the Vatican flag and showing JP2 getting head or being hanged would be screaming bloody murder for immediate legal action. And it would surprise no-one if the theatre or cinema got burnt to the ground in the process.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


That certainly made sense as rehard O'Bama and the Platformer crowd.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


He was running what turned out to be a "theoretical state". Only now is it coming out that the machinery of Tuskite jurisprudence were impotent to deal with scams and corruptiuon such as Ambergold, in fact it seems in many cases they purposely turned a blind eye to such "irregularities". For loyal oldboys such "irregularities" were a normal fact of life. Only suckers (non-clique members) were prosecuted for nicking a wafer bar from Tesco (shades of Jean Valjean!). Under PiS even foremrly sancrosanct judges are being prosecuted for shoplifting -- a lady judge tried to walk out with slack worths 120 zł, a male judge nicked a piece of kiełbasa and his colleague pocketed a part for some e-gadget. Considering the salaries they make and the informal side-profits judges rake in, it's incredible anyone could be that greedy.


Only POLISH poltical parties? That's a universal fact of poltical life everywhere. Winners have to clean up after the losers, set things right, make new appointments. It's part and parcel of the game. You seem to have a naively idealistic view of all politics except that of Poland.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


That certainly makes sense. That way no-one can be accused of censorship because there is freedom to bankroll such smut, but taxpayer money is not used to fund content that is offensive to the majority of Poles.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


PiS are a far better alternative for Poland than their predecessors but that doesn't mean they're perfect. I think it's a shame they haven't proposed decreasing the size of the Sejm (to let's say 200 seats) and the Senate (to 50). And directly using the savings for specific people-friendly causes. Also I don't know if the money saved on the elimination of fat-cat SB pensions is being channelled back to the victims of communist oppression. It certainly should be. Far too long has the so-called III RP allowed the vicitms of oppression to languish in poverty while the red victimisers lived high on the hog. The Tusk regime did make a half-hearted attempt to right this wrong but only PiS followed through with it.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


In case you haven't noticed that's what poltics is all about. All politics whether now or in the 17th century or whenever. We could add lobbying, agents of influence, tactical alliances, hand washes hand, backroom deals, corruption, threats, blackmail, scams, etc., etc. That's not what constitutions and rulebooks, which are full of pious platitudes, say, but that is the nitty-gritty of it. Only naive fools believe otherwise.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


Were you criticisng PM Tusk when he took govt planes to Gdańsk at the weekend? The only reason Komorowski didn't is because there are no planes flying from one Warsaw district to another.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


That was a mistake. Part of the blame goes to the oppositon's siege of the Sejm, forcing the governing camp to make do with another chamber. Amid all the resutlant confusion somehow that amendment got passed. MPs probably didn't have the time and conditions to soberly discuss the draft sicne the state budget was the prime concern. Proabably some lobby or agent of influence supported that change for their own ($$$ €€€ zł zł zł zł) reasons.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


It is waste and fairness. Either no censorhip of any kind or a selective one. But either way it must be equal for all -- either an anything-goes free-for-all on both sides, or selective censorship respecting each side's sensibilties and taboos.

News / Should Poland's taxpayer money be used to finance illegal theatre productions? [53]


Fellatio is not illegal, but violating people's relgious sentiments and calling for the assassination of a real person are punishbale offences under Polish law.

As to censorhip and artistic freedom -- those are the buzzwords hypocrites use to promote their own poltical preferences and prejudices.
What about a film showing kittens being tortured. Or how about Israeli boy scouts roasting marshmallows in the glow of the Auschwitz crematorium. Suddenly artistic freedom would be forgotten and the animal rights crowd and Holocaust industry would be screaming bloody murder and calling for immediate legal action. Or a play calling for the assassination of Tusk, Petru or Wałęsa?

You can't have it both ways. Either there is artistic freedom for all, or certain topics are restricted.

Genealogy / Looking for information on family name TOBICZYK [18]


TOBICZYK: originated as patronymic nickname meaning son of Tobiasz.

History / Most important Poles and Slavs that ever lived [74]


Outstanding humanists, ethicians and thinkers such as Albert Schwietzer and John Paul II definitely have a place in the history of human development. Only if we were a society of robots would the pantheon be reserved for the inventors of the better mouse-trap and various e-gadgetarian gizmos.

History / Most important Poles and Slavs that ever lived [74]


Why minus pope? Poles regard him as the greatest Pole that ever lived.

History / Most important Poles and Slavs that ever lived [74]


What about Lech Wałęsa? Hero or traitor? Winner or loser?

History / Most important Poles and Slavs that ever lived [74]


I reside in Warsaw. And there's a saying: jedna jaskółka wiosny nie czyni (one lark does not make spring). Even the tiniest of nations such as Slovenia. Montenegro, Liechtenstein or Andorra can point to this or that inventor or other claim to fame. But that does not change the fact that Slavs are far behind the Latinic and Germanic nations in terms of overall contributions to mankind.

News / V4 (Poland) wants Serbia and 5 others in EU [60]

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Poland and Serbia have almost no common interests. That is pure fantasy.
Return to slavic innocnce, you mean like Russia's Cheka and NKVD? Or the Soviet Union which slaughtered and subjugated countless smaller nations?
The Italians, French and Spanish have given the world more culture, concepts and inventions including culinary delicacies than all the Slavic countries combined.

News / American GIs troops finally in Poland and, thank God, there's more to come [480]


NATO are the saviour of the civilised world. Semi-barbarian Serbs are not welcome in those ranks.

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


Precisely the same formula is behind the Polish-Polish war. Ever since their 2005 defeat, PO became a toxic opposition and an equally toxic majority, interested only in promoting the selfish interests of the post-communist roundtable clique.

Food / Help identifying a herb for chicken soup [15]


But it fits the OP's popular ANglo-phonetic spelling "MEIGHTYONKA".
Of the dry herbs, marjoram is the most common. Of the fresh greens, dill and chives would be, Parlsey less so. The French use it a lot but Poles prefer dilled potatoes to parslied ones.,

Food / Help identifying a herb for chicken soup [15]


Probably the peasant term marionka for marjoram, undoutedly the most widely used herb in Polish cookery.

News / The first PiS led government in 2005 lasted just over 2 years in Poland. [129]


The post-communsit clique version of an elitist democracy of PZPR-KOR backroom dealers, led by liberal and leftist attctvists and backed by communists- turned-businessmen mas well as professional and celebrity dynasties who have enjoyed most of the frutis of transformation is not limited to this part of the world. Incidentals differ (no PZPR legacy in teh USA) but the Trump phenomenon and anti-elitist tendencies in other countries including established democracies show that something is changing. It's not only PiS and Orbán, but also Le Pen, Brexit, AfD, Austria's Freedom Party, similar movements in Holland and elsehwere are all gaining support. This is a grass-roots revolt against liberal metropolitan snobs, leftist eggheads and other elitists. Since they think they have some foreordained right to rule and enjoy the prestige, perks and privilege that entails and wrongly beleive that is demcoracy, they have tried to label their opponents as anti-demcoratic. In fact it is the elitists who are undermining demcoracy.


Facts include things such as realising that responding is a waste of breath.

News / The first PiS led government in 2005 lasted just over 2 years in Poland. [129]


What's he got left? The flakey opposition are in disarray, more and more Europeans realise PiS may be on to a good thing and support for the branless ranters is waning. He can only be pitied, His whole world is collapsing under his feet.

News / The first PiS led government in 2005 lasted just over 2 years in Poland. [129]


When yoiu startd copy-pasting huge chunks they tell you it's against PF rules. The gist it that PiS have the highest backing ever. That's the lead.