History / A state funeral for the last of the Polish Habsburgs [5]

I see, thanks for the clarification, I only looked at the year and not the month, The only bio that i found does not go into detail about how he died.

I found a bit of extra information about him, he died from TB some 5 months before the war:
BRK: Jak wojskowa przeszłość ojca wpłynęła na wasze życie?
Leon Habsburg: - Ojciec nasz umarł w 1939 roku, prawie 5 miesięcy przed wybuchem wojny jako rezerwista. Będąc oficerem 11. pułku ułanów, brał udział w wojnie ukraińskiej w 1919 roku i bolszewickiej w 1920 r. Był ciężko ranny.Otrzymał Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi i stopień rotmistrza w 17. pułku ułanów. Był też w Centrum Wyszkolenia Kawalerii w Grudziądzu. Potem był w Garnizonie Leszno, gdzie urodziły się dwie moje siostry.

History / A state funeral for the last of the Polish Habsburgs [5]

A bit of extra info about other Polish Habsburgs:
Leon Karol Maria Habsburg-Lotaryński ( ur. 5 lipca 1893 roku w Pula; zm. 28 kwietnia 1939 w Bestwinie ). Must have been a war casualty.

I believe that it is: " A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honor heads of state or other important people of national significance."

Study / Times Higher Education rankings 2012 Poland's top universities at end! [93]

I think these rankings are crap. And you know they are crap because one of their measures of success is the number of foreigners studying in a particular uni, what does that prove? And this obviously favors the Anglo-centric universities, because foreign students are more likely to go to English speaking universities.

Life / Life as a African American man in Poland [8]


That's very interesting. It's quite brave to up sticks to live in another country.

Life / Life as a African American man in Poland [8]


Good luck with that, are you going to apply for any position in particular?
And any reason that you chose Poland as your destination?

Life / Life as a African American man in Poland [8]

This might give you a bit of an idea:

A black man in Poland blog.

abmip.blogspot.com.au

Incidentally why Poland?
Regarding work, what what are you going to look for?

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Only 4 that count- PO, PIS, RP, PSL, and SLD. - Since they are the ones that are in the Sejm (the lower House). The elections for the Senat are held at the same time as the Sejm - every 4 years, the next election is in 2014. Poland has Members of Parliament - Poslowie in the Sejm and Senatorowie in the Senat. Here is a bit of a description:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejm_of_the_Republic_of_Poland

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


She is undoubtedly popular however, I don't think she has the numbers or the standing in the party for that. I could very well imagine her standing in any future contest however, i just don't think she could win-i don't think the vision thing is her strength, although she is a very good pragmatist. In any future contest i think that Schetyna, Sikorski, possibly Kopacz, and possibly Waltz, maybe Nowak, perhaps Gowin, will stand for the leadership.

Schetyna has got the numbers-but he will appeal only to party, Sikorski has got the charisma and standing with the public at large-but not the numbers within the party, though that can change in any leadership contest. (he is the 2nd most trusted politician in Poland). I think that he has learned from the presidential contest, and he is a better politician for having gone through the contest.

When Margaret Thatcher was ousted from her job, i think that there were 3 contenders. Hesletine, Hurd, and Major.

Barosso's job is up fro grabs in 2014, and i think that Tusk would take if it was offered to him. The problem with him continuing for another term after 2015, is that by then he would have become very wearisome to the average joe, meaning that he wouldn't be able to win the presidency in 2019.


Yes it is, Barosso's job is up for grabs in 2014. I think that if PO does well in the Euro election at the time, he will stand every chance of getting the job.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

As i alliterated earlier, I believe that Tusk will step down in 2014 creating a contest within PO for the Premiership (ala Presidential candidate's race), which hopefully Sikorski will win. Sikorski is likely to enjoy a short honeymoon, and later call an election and subsequently rout Kaczynski at the ballot box, and in the process improve PO's standing by an additional 2%.

You might have noticed that he is appearing in the media more frequently, and that is probably one of the reasons, he thinks that Tusk will step aside in 2014.

History / Why did the PRL keep many symbols of Poland's 2nd Republic? [12]


Anna Komorowska talks about it the the video:

History / Why did the PRL keep many symbols of Poland's 2nd Republic? [12]


I think so, as well as different symbols of Josef Pilsudksi. There is currently an office in Belweder that belonged to Pilsudski, and nothing in that office has been altered it has been kept the way it was. When i found that out, i was surprised that the communists simply didn't change everything.

History / Welcome to Lemmingrad! [59]


If people like you ran the country that would be an apt description, luckily for all concerned that is not the case. Actually with people like you running the show a more apt description would be the Republic of Catholic Taliban, and Warsaw would be named Talibanastan.

News / A new AWS (Poland Solidarity Movement)? [54]


So according to you 70% of Poles don't count is that right?


All I hear from him is the following: I hate foreigners, i hate gays, i hate liberals, i hate the 70% of Poles who don't vote PIS. In other words his whole political compass revolves around who he hates, he must be a very sad individual.


lol, if he came out he would win some grudging respect from - in all honesty.


Could you tell me a bit more about his treacherous father, i must admit I don't know the whole story.

History / Poland-Lithuania would we be better off together? [16]


it's amusing from the context of contemporary Lithuanians viewing the Commonwealth as somehow a Polish construct with Lithuanians as a reluctant participants (Which Miczkiewicz at al, would have found laughable). The truth is that a Lithuania without the Polish element would be simply unthinkable to most prominent "Lithuanians", it would be a Lithuania they simply wouldn't feel a part of. It's true that in what Lithuania was to the Commonwealth, Scotland was/is to Britain, and that's something most sensible Poles recognize-however a very few Lithuanians see it that way.

History / Poland-Lithuania would we be better off together? [16]


The answer is quite simple really. Lithuania is a small country whose politicians share a besieged mentality, they believe that the Lithuanian language and culture is under threat. Consequently they have developed a distorted nationalist view of their country's history which they have tried shoving down the throats of ordinary Lithuanians. The trouble is that when they look to their past for inspiration, more often than not they point to individuals who are Polish and proclaim them to have been Lithuanian patriots. Which from a Polish point of view is exceedingly amusing, since more often than not the individuals in question whilst quite possibly possessing some diluted Lithuanian blood in their veins couldn't even speak Lithuanian, their language and culture were essentially Polish and the only contact they would have had with Lithuanian is listening to their peasants speak. (examples include Oginski and Miczkiewicz).

A small country does not necessarily have to mean a small mentality, regrettably Lithuania's politicians have proved themselves to be very narrow minded indeed, by restricting Poles from teaching in their own language. Unforgettably its rather in vain, pointing them to the the Radziwills and the Czartoryski's and informing them that they used Polish as their mother tongue and not Lithuanian.

hague1cmaeron


typo, that should read Regrettably.

News / The consequences of a PiS electoral victory [22]


lol
They would make the day of Lech Kaczynski's death a public holiday, and force school children to march with Kaczynski and PIS banners every Kaczynski day.

News / Rest in Peace Anna Walentynowicz or is it...?! [63]


Goofy is so important to think for yourself, stop parroting what your parent tell you.


That's pretty much exactly what will happen.

News / Rest in Peace Anna Walentynowicz or is it...?! [63]


Even if it happens not to be her, who gives a fukc, what difference would it make?
Relatives were invited to confirm whether person x or y was the real person, so if her family identified her incorrectly to begin with, well that's tough luck.

Genealogy / What does Germanised mean? [29]


Poles from Malopolska, especially around the podhale region use to use a lot of German words for quite few things, for instance like hebel for filing plane, Schiff for ship etc there are a few other examples. That's is probably because that region use to be part of the Austrian partition.

Genealogy / Poles born under Russian control - are we Russian? [29]

Very silly. Off course not, but if you want to consider yourself russian, whatever floats your boat. The Russians were under the control of the Mongols for a lot longer than the Poles were under the control of the Russians, yet i doubt if too many Russians would consider themselves to be Mongols, that is despite the fact that politically speaking they take their inspiration from Asia.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


You call it propaganda, and yet you haven't indicated if the above information is incorrect in anyway, so i take it that you agree with this propaganda? If you don't provide an answer i will take that as a yes. And if you say you don't without producing evidence to the contrary, i will just take this to mean that you a full of shite.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


You shouldn't be so liberal with the dissemination of your opinion goofy (: Because the exact opposite has happened, for your information:
premier.gov.pl/en/government_activities/children_and_family

Your parents aren't pro PIS by any chance are they?

"Longer Holidays after Childbirth
Since January 2009 maternity leaves have been prolonged and in 2010 they were divided into two parts: basic and additional. In line with the basic part, mothers are entitled to a 20 week leave after giving birth to one child, and to a 31-37 week leave in case of a multiple pregnancy. The additional part of the holiday amounts to 2 and 3 weeks, respectively. Over the consecutive years - 2012 and 2013 - the additional maternity leave will be gradually prolonged to reach - in 2014 - six weeks for one child and 8 weeks for more. On January 1, 2010, the right to a leave connected with a child being born has also been granted to fathers. At present, the fraternity leave lasts 1 week. From 2012 onwards, it will be made longer by another week."

within the limited means at their disposal, they have done quite a bit.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Those are remarkably good polls. Considering that most undecided voters are more likely to vote PO than PIS, it is possible that PO might increase its percentage of the vote at the next election.

History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]


BS
Poland fought the Russians and Ukrainians as early as 1919


Quite a silly comment, yes they did fight in WW1, and i can assure they suffered a lot more than the British, since the eastern front in WW1 was located on Polish territory.

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


Not only a village idiot, but a village idiot with a pitchfork! I like it. (:

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


LOL what a cretin. And to think that Poles actually voted for this person.

Language / Polish regional accents? [141]


No no, you first impression is correct. There is virtually no difference in accent among young Poles of today, certainly nowhere near as pronounced as in the UK.

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


I have no idea what you are talking about.

In contrast to the opinions of some, I think that any objective listener will find him to be a very engaging speaker and a very well informed one, as this clip in particular demonstrates-and all of it without notes: