mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Source?
some 60% of Poland's 18-24 year olds support PiS
Source?
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 60% of Poles say Szydło's government should resign [238]
That's what 44 years of communism does to a society. A big problem was that a lot of types of civic organizatons had been sucked up into government in PRL and after communism ended they just kind of died with nothing really taking their place for many years.
i think it's actually worse, if you report an accident or try to help a victim you're making yourself legally responsible for the results (including things like burial costs). It's classic communistic negative selection - making it in people's interest to act as badly as possible.
The Polish language knew this old-fashioned word for that which was "zacny", a word which has completely come out of use today.
That's what 44 years of communism does to a society. A big problem was that a lot of types of civic organizatons had been sucked up into government in PRL and after communism ended they just kind of died with nothing really taking their place for many years.
But this in no longer the case in modern China after many instances publicized on TV in which the victim and the family of the victim were accusing the helping person later on of being the culprit of the accident
i think it's actually worse, if you report an accident or try to help a victim you're making yourself legally responsible for the results (including things like burial costs). It's classic communistic negative selection - making it in people's interest to act as badly as possible.
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
I'm sure many of them are and some are not. Like any political party.
then they have a terrible, hamfisted way of going about it.
I believe PiS are well-meaning, decent people
I'm sure many of them are and some are not. Like any political party.
to the benefit of the most people at the expense of the so-called elites
then they have a terrible, hamfisted way of going about it.
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
And what provisions of the law would prevent that? or is PiS's say so good enough for you?
we don't have the Big Russian Brother and Służba Bezpieczeństwa ... to threaten that the power would be used against the will of the majority of people
And what provisions of the law would prevent that? or is PiS's say so good enough for you?
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
USA, Canada / Polish Communities/Festivals near Tuscaloosa, AL USA? [5]
One of my favorite stories of cross cultural goulash is how a song by a Polish composer (both song and composer long forgotten in Poland) was taken to Texas probably by German immigrants (very thick on the ground in Texas) where it crossed to become a Norteno mexican standard where it was then borrowed by western swing innovator Bob Wills... Of course that's a different Texas than Houston....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden%27s_Prayer
We had lived near Houston,
One of my favorite stories of cross cultural goulash is how a song by a Polish composer (both song and composer long forgotten in Poland) was taken to Texas probably by German immigrants (very thick on the ground in Texas) where it crossed to become a Norteno mexican standard where it was then borrowed by western swing innovator Bob Wills... Of course that's a different Texas than Houston....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden%27s_Prayer
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Apparently a conversation with an advisor, Zofia Romaszewska, a highly decorated (including order orła białego) former solidarity activist gave Duda the out he was looking for
"ja żyłam w państwie, w którym prokurator generalny miał silną pozycję i nie chcę do takiego państwa wracać"
I've lived in a country where the prosecutor general had a strong position and I don't want to return to such a country
wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/kim-jest-zofia-romaszewska/br9fgdk
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Romaszewska (bio of the solidarity activist)
Do want to tell her she's delusional or a traitor?
yeah mafketis - collectivization everywhere - you are so observant
Apparently a conversation with an advisor, Zofia Romaszewska, a highly decorated (including order orła białego) former solidarity activist gave Duda the out he was looking for
"ja żyłam w państwie, w którym prokurator generalny miał silną pozycję i nie chcę do takiego państwa wracać"
I've lived in a country where the prosecutor general had a strong position and I don't want to return to such a country
wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/kim-jest-zofia-romaszewska/br9fgdk
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Romaszewska (bio of the solidarity activist)
Do want to tell her she's delusional or a traitor?
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
PiS is the Neo-PRL!
it would not have looked out of place in 1981.
PiS is the Neo-PRL!
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Only a Merongivian reptilian would accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist.
I didn't know you were a conspiracy theorist mafketis
Only a Merongivian reptilian would accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist.
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
But somehow I don't remember you doing so until this particular "reformationsprojekten" was unveiled. It's almost as if you'd received instructions concerning the topics you should raise here.....
many Poles with different political leanings have criticized the existing court system
But somehow I don't remember you doing so until this particular "reformationsprojekten" was unveiled. It's almost as if you'd received instructions concerning the topics you should raise here.....
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 60% of Poles say Szydło's government should resign [238]
It's one of those terms that everybody uses in their own way. My personal definition has to do with education and the ability to function and pull one's weight in a civil society (having the education and life skills need to find and keep a job, being able to form purposeful relationships with those from outside your family/ethnic/religious group, things like that.
People from clan-based societies tend to be low social capital because it's hard to create useful connections between clans and education is regarded not as something useful for its own sake but a tool to increase the economic power of the clan.
what exactly is meant by social capital?
It's one of those terms that everybody uses in their own way. My personal definition has to do with education and the ability to function and pull one's weight in a civil society (having the education and life skills need to find and keep a job, being able to form purposeful relationships with those from outside your family/ethnic/religious group, things like that.
People from clan-based societies tend to be low social capital because it's hard to create useful connections between clans and education is regarded not as something useful for its own sake but a tool to increase the economic power of the clan.
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
Work / Poland - gift for my boss and coworkers first day in the new job [9]
I think bringing some small snacks for co-workers and a separate small symbolic gift (not too elaborate or expensive) for the boss that's picking you up are both fine.
I think bringing some small snacks for co-workers and a separate small symbolic gift (not too elaborate or expensive) for the boss that's picking you up are both fine.
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Which provision of the dedd reformprojekt prohibits this?
outright lies - like this the goverment can choose a judge for every single court case
Which provision of the dedd reformprojekt prohibits this?
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Interesting article in the Washington post on problems with the (now thankfully defunckt) "reforms"
washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/23/the-attack-on-polands-judicial-independence-goes-deeper-than-you-think-here-are-5-things-to-know/?utm_term=.d674fcf08d9b
Interesting article in the Washington post on problems with the (now thankfully defunckt) "reforms"
washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/23/the-attack-on-polands-judicial-independence-goes-deeper-than-you-think-here-are-5-things-to-know/?utm_term=.d674fcf08d9b
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
And didn't disappoint millions of others! So.... it all kind of evens out....
Duda disappointed millions of people
And didn't disappoint millions of others! So.... it all kind of evens out....
mafketis
24 Jul 2017
History / In Memory of victims, who had their lives cruelly taken at Treblinka Death Camp in Poland [104]
Takes one to know one...
will be less about education and more about indoctrination.
Takes one to know one...
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
Life / From Sweden to Zakopane (permanently), possible? [23]
Poland is about 10 times more interesting in Polish than it is in English (the language is the indispensible key to any kind of real integration).
why would I need to speak polish fully? :-)
Poland is about 10 times more interesting in Polish than it is in English (the language is the indispensible key to any kind of real integration).
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / 60% of Poles say Szydło's government should resign [238]
It was crucial! She's actually part Albanian! And so is Kaczyński! Ratujcie nas Serbio!
I wonder how much Szydło's collaboration with Albanians, against Serbian interests, influenced this situation
It was crucial! She's actually part Albanian! And so is Kaczyński! Ratujcie nas Serbio!
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Waiting....
Once a judge is appointed in this new reform how long do they serve and under what conditions can they be removed?
Waiting....
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Waiting for an answer....
Once a judge is appointed in this new reform how long do they serve and under what conditions can they be removed?
Waiting for an answer....
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
And who precisely determines if they're "crooked".
Forget appointments, let's talk about dismissing judges. Most countries have safeguards than when a judge is appointed (by whoever) that they serve a fixed term (which might be till death or resignation like the US Supreme Court or a shorter fixed number of years).
Once a judge is appointed in this new reform how long do they serve and under what conditions can they be removed?
Crooked judges should be sacked!
And who precisely determines if they're "crooked".
Forget appointments, let's talk about dismissing judges. Most countries have safeguards than when a judge is appointed (by whoever) that they serve a fixed term (which might be till death or resignation like the US Supreme Court or a shorter fixed number of years).
Once a judge is appointed in this new reform how long do they serve and under what conditions can they be removed?
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
JK is all about recreating the PRL (the system he knows and understands) without the lip service played to communism....
we're no longer PRL
JK is all about recreating the PRL (the system he knows and understands) without the lip service played to communism....
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
Pretty regular in the PRL (a major clue as to their agenda).
Also common in third world countries, like maybe the soon to be Polska Rzeczpospolita Bananowa...
It's not normal within the modern European context.
I can't recall any other government that would refer to people of other views as traitors. If you don't agree with them
Pretty regular in the PRL (a major clue as to their agenda).
Also common in third world countries, like maybe the soon to be Polska Rzeczpospolita Bananowa...
It's not normal within the modern European context.
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
USA, Canada / Polish Communities/Festivals near Tuscaloosa, AL USA? [5]
My sincerest condolences...
I would doubt it (i think historically Poles ended up much further north, they seemed to avoid the south). You might see if there's any town nearby with Polish names (like Pulaski).
My family has just moved to Alabama
My sincerest condolences...
if there are any Polish communities/festivals in our area
I would doubt it (i think historically Poles ended up much further north, they seemed to avoid the south). You might see if there's any town nearby with Polish names (like Pulaski).
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
After the coup, he'll make YOU apologize to HIM!! Just messing with you, I don't know anything about the coup coming up on Tuesd....... just never mind (looks innocently at the ceiling and whistles a melancholy tune....)
when lower-case will apologise for his unending, tasteless PiS-bashing?
After the coup, he'll make YOU apologize to HIM!! Just messing with you, I don't know anything about the coup coming up on Tuesd....... just never mind (looks innocently at the ceiling and whistles a melancholy tune....)
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / Coup d'état taking shape in Poland with Soros in background? [59]
only in the minds of JK and those who are simply unable to thrive in a non-communist system...
And that was what launched the never-ending Polish-Polish war
only in the minds of JK and those who are simply unable to thrive in a non-communist system...
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
Law / Why does Poland not have a repatriation office? [38]
yes, it's a miasto wojewódzkie.
Since in US terms a województwo is somewhere between a county and a state, a miasto wojewódzkie is somewhere between a county seat and a state capital.
's the administrative centre of a large one.
yes, it's a miasto wojewódzkie.
Since in US terms a województwo is somewhere between a county and a state, a miasto wojewódzkie is somewhere between a county seat and a state capital.
mafketis
23 Jul 2017
News / Coup d'état taking shape in Poland with Soros in background? [59]
Relax, the only person around here who actually tried to carry off a coup was your idol Macierewicz back in 1992.
maybe you just need a better connection, just checked and it's fine (not in terms of content but it works)
along the road to a coup
Relax, the only person around here who actually tried to carry off a coup was your idol Macierewicz back in 1992.
PiS' website gas been down for the past 24 hours.
maybe you just need a better connection, just checked and it's fine (not in terms of content but it works)
mafketis
22 Jul 2017
News / Polish professors want Duda to sign judiciala reforms ASAP [5]
I'm going to assume that that answer is no....
Could you instead find some active law professors from reputable schools
I'm going to assume that that answer is no....
mafketis
22 Jul 2017
News / 2ND MIRACLE OF THE VISTULA: youth mysteriously appear out of nowhere! [231]
I'm around young people all the time and they really can't stand JK (there might be a couple who like him, but the opinion of the majority keeps them quiet). They're a bit more positive about Szydło and a few others.The only politician they dislike more is Macierewicz, say the world 'Smolensk' around them and listen to them groan.
Either young people are being bussed in
I'm around young people all the time and they really can't stand JK (there might be a couple who like him, but the opinion of the majority keeps them quiet). They're a bit more positive about Szydło and a few others.The only politician they dislike more is Macierewicz, say the world 'Smolensk' around them and listen to them groan.
mafketis
22 Jul 2017
News / 60% of Poles say Szydło's government should resign [238]
More likely a delaying tactic of the kind typical in weak, malleable personalities. His choice is drive the final nail in his legal coffin or alienate his de facto boss. Not a comfy choice - Ludwik Dorn (once the 'third twin') who knows JK backwards and forwards says that his murderer outburts was aimed at Duda...
A good PR move on his part
More likely a delaying tactic of the kind typical in weak, malleable personalities. His choice is drive the final nail in his legal coffin or alienate his de facto boss. Not a comfy choice - Ludwik Dorn (once the 'third twin') who knows JK backwards and forwards says that his murderer outburts was aimed at Duda...