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pawian   
4 Jul 2024
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

Long socks?

Yes, black socks!! I considered the view so amasing that I took that photo. With you in mind, sweating over this riddle. :):):)
pawian   
4 Jul 2024
History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

+Moldavia, Latvia, Estonia and parts of Russia (Smolensk should ring a bell)

No. I meant territories and nations which Poland kept till 20th century.
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Local elections - anyone care to comment? [75]

3 months after the elections PIS still isn`t able to choose their leaders. The candidate promoted by PIS Chairman has been rejected 5 times by the councillors, including those from PiS. Amasing!
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

There weren't many of these countries.

Only 3 - Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania.
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

about mustards.

Alien, stop annoying johhny, we don`t need more escalation in the forum. Do you want him to suffer another meltdown???

The thread is all yours

Thank you.

Polled women say they would prefer to meet a bear in the forest rather than a male.

There's a heated debate on the internet about why women would rather meet a bear in the woods than a man, following a viral TikTok video in which the fair sex almost unanimously claims that in such a situation they'd rather come face to face with the dangerous animal.

Who is better to meet in the forest? A bear or a male stranger? A viral video in which women respond has sparked a heated discussion on the Internet. All because the vast majority of women pointed to the bear . Although it may seem like a joke question, the discussion about the fair sex's sense of security is really serious. In the comments under the video, many people indicated that they share this point of view because they know what to expect from a bear , but they cannot say the same about a male.

pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

you have ended the flow

Of course not. Lenka ended it after seeing that Torq and Ironside were twisting the debate by using crazy arguments.

I think we have enough of those already.

Exactly. Tomorrow is also the day.

The thread

Why do you feel so miserable?? This isn`t the only thread in this forum, there are other equally interesting, too. :):):).
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

every folk song sung in German sounds to Polish ears as if it were a Wehrmacht song.

Well, I imagine German soldiers sang a lot of folk songs. I only wonder - are Polish songs similarly depreciated in the countries where Poles tried to implement their colonialism?
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

this thread flow

You should participate more actively to counterbalance the clowns! :):):) Remember our golden rule of balance in nature???
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]

Certain PiS politician refused to apologise and pay for slandering people so the court had to send a bailiff to him.

Why are rightists devoid of honour???

This is the execution of a final court judgment in a lawsuit for infringement of personal rights brought against the former deputy head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in the PiS government, Maciej Wąsik, by Bartosz Kramek, Ludmiła Kozłowska and the Open Dialog Foundation founded by them. Activists sued the politician after a series of his statements in 2018-2019 about the foundation's activities. Wąsik publicly accused activists of criticizing the actions of the then government, including: links with Russia, hybrid activities and money laundering.

The court upheld the judgment of the first instance, which recognized the claims of the Open Dialog Foundation. As a result of the final judgment, Maciej Wąsik was to publish an apology (including on TVP Info, Telewizja wPolsce.pl on YouTube and on the website of Telewizja Republika) for disseminating "harmful and false information" and pay compensation - PLN 10,000 for Bartosz Kramek, Ludmiła Kozłowska and the foundation itself - a total of PLN 30,000. zloty.

Maciej Wąsik neither apologized to the activists nor paid the awarded amount. On June 18, the foundation's attorney, Dawid Biernat, submitted an application to the bailiff to initiate and conduct bailiff proceedings against the politician.

Maciej Wąsik was notified in writing about the seizure of receivables on his bank account.

That's over 50 thousand. PLN, of which PLN 30 thousand PLN is the main amount, i.e. compensation, over PLN 11,000. PLN is interest, over PLN 7.6 thousand. PLN - process costs. PLN 900 - costs of representation in enforcement and less than PLN 5,000. PLN - enforcement costs.


- the judiciary where PIS created illegal institutions infested with their supporters whose main aim was to remove independent judges who obeyed the rule of law.

PIS pseudo judges in panick!!

The Chairwoman of the National Council of the Judiciary published a photo and a recording on social media showing the effects of an inspection of the National Council of the Judiciary , which was carried out on Wednesday morning by the prosecutor's office with the assistance of the police.The materials show several open armoured cabinets - the door of one of them was forced open. Dagmara Pawełczyk-Woicka, who was elected chairwoman of the body in May 2022, criticised the actions of the services. "They are entering by force!" - she commented in a post on the X platform.

Amasing!!! More! More!!! hahahaha


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pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

Polled women say they would prefer to meet a bear in the forest rather than a male.

Those movements are much more popular abroad

Sigh! I thought you meant Poland.
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
Language / Cult statements in the Polish language [31]

he never condemned

Did nationalists condemn the assassination of President Narutowicz??? No, they metaphorically danced on his grave. So, you are no better and pointing to other people`s brothers is pure hypocrisy on your part. Ha!!!
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]

In May, two female insurgents died.

Zofia Czekalska "Sosenka", an insurgent liaison in the "Chrobry II" group, a medic, has died. Information about her death was provided by the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski.

Zofia Czekalska was born on July 6, 1923 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. She spent the first 21 years of her life there, coming to Warsaw during the occupation. At the age of 13, she became a scout, which largely shaped her and her ideals.

"I have always been a Girl Scout. And this education stayed with us. In our entire circle, our company. Later, our fates were constantly connected with scouting," said Czekalska during an interview for the Warsaw Uprising Museum, as part of the "Archive of Spoken History" program.

" The W hour found me in the city centre. I lived at ul. Sienna 45, on the sixth floor. I saw the first shots at Plac Grzybowski. There was some secret weapons factory there or something like that. Boys were flying with flags, going crazy. People were hiding" - she said about the beginning of the fighting.

During the uprising, she served as a liaison in the "Chrobry II" group, later also as a medic. She spent all this time in Śródmieście. After the capitulation, she was sent to a POW camp. After liberation, she returned to Poland, first to her hometown of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and later to Warsaw, where she has lived to this day.

"The Uprising was a huge shock for her. For a long time, she did not want to talk about it. For various reasons, including political ones, she was afraid of the consequences it might cause," Dr. Karol Mazur, head of the Education Department of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, told PAP in 2023.

"Years later, she opened up thanks to her granddaughter, who had become a scout. It was already the 90s, and she still had concerns. Then her granddaughter told her: "Grandma, you can tell stories now". They both visited the Warsaw Uprising Museum at that time, and that's how we met Zosia +Sosenka+. A wonderful person," added Dr. Mazur.

"She has very good communication skills with young people. She took part in museum lessons many times and they were always full of emotions and stories. They were the most wonderful lessons we had here. She was able to convey her spontaneous emotions to the most mannered and discouraged young people. They remember such a message better than content read in books. +Sosenka+ is the good spirit of our museum" - he summed up.



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pawian   
3 Jul 2024
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]

Gradually, the last insurgents are leaving to the better world. In May, two female insurgents died.

Danuta Krauze, codename "Niuśka", participant of the Warsaw Uprising, member of the Grey Ranks, soldier of the "Parasol" battalion, has died at the age of 98.

"It is with great regret that we inform you that on May 10, after a serious illness, the last living girl from 'Parasol' - Mrs. Danuta Krauze, alias Niuśka - died at the age of 98," the Warsaw Uprising Museum reported on social media.

"She was a student at the private Walicka Girls' High School located at Krucza Street in Warsaw, a scout of the local 1st Women's Scout Troop. At first she was in the Grey Ranks, then she joined 'Parasol'. She participated in small sabotage. She was also assigned to Kedyw of the Home Army Headquarters" - we read in the entry of the Warsaw Uprising Museum.

It was emphasized that "she went through the entire combat trail of the battalion, from Wola, through the Old Town, City Center to Górny Czerniaków". "After the capitulation, she left Warsaw with the civilian population, then was taken to a transit camp in Pruszków (Dulag 121), and then to labor camps in Stargard and Berlin" - it was written, adding that "at the end of the war she managed to escape from Berlin to Poznań".



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pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

a boomer granpa. :)

Yes, but a versatile one who knows what is happening in this country. And I hear about the Red Pill from you instead from the media. Amasing!!!
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

from the popularity of movements like the Red Pill or MGTOW which are trying to demonize women

Another joke of yours is about the popularity of some movements I have never heard of in my life. :):):)

So why the panic?

Exactly.
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

a joke

One joke from you, one from me and we have a balance. Ha!!!

You said that males will be afraid to ask women out. So I immediately imagined those empty cafes where people often meet on dates. Parks will be also empty. Zoos as well. Museums, cinemas. Hell, streets will be completely desolate!
Wow!! I like this new law even more.
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

men will be much more reluctant to approach them,

Exactly! And restaurants, cafes, clubs, cinemas and other like that will go bankrupt coz males will be afraid to ask women out and spend time in those public places. :):):).
pawian   
3 Jul 2024
Language / Cult statements in the Polish language [31]

Today it is the 35th anniversary of an outstanding political suggestion by Adam Michnik, the editor of the opposition paper in the last year of communism in Poland. He wrote: Your President, our Prime Minister. It meant that communists may have their president who was General Jaruzelski at the time but the opposition should create their own gov coz the economy was in the tragic condition.

The proposition shocked everybody. However, the main actors on the political stage started discussing it and eventually the gov led by the first non-communist Prime Minister Mazowiecki came into being by the end of the year.

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pawian   
2 Jul 2024
History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

Authorities in the German region then issued a statement in which they said they deeply regretted the incident and explained there was no intention to offend anyone

Exactly! They sang it without any intention to offend anyone. They didn`t even know it was Wehrmacht`s. You said yourself:

sang the folk song

See?? Much ado about nothing.

Why don`t you follow their decent example? When will you apologise for all your lies and manipulations you peddle in the forum???
pawian   
2 Jul 2024
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

even though beer was quite difficult to buy in communist Poland.

You mean good quality beer - there were shortages coz most of it was exported.
However, there was always cheap beer available which we called pee.
pawian   
2 Jul 2024
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

It must be a full container for old clothes

Yes!!!

Maybe that happens in the part of the bin that's obscured in the photo.

Yes, exactly the same mechanism.

you can clearly see the clothes hanging out,

Yes, it is full but what clothes exactly???
pawian   
2 Jul 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Do you mean coffee on the bench, kawa na ławę?

No, ława here doesn`t mean the bench coz it would be ławka. The idiom uses ława as coffee table.

I found it strange that it's translated as coffee on the table as that should be kawa na stole.

The translation with the table is correct and you don`t need to add coffee before table.

What is to be a good herbie??