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pawian   
14 Jun 2024
News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

That's what

And in another thread we established he speaks English less fluently than Mr President Trzaskowski.

Other potential candidates:
Ex Prime Minister Morawiecki from PiS which means rightist.
Current Parliament Speaker Hołownia - mild conservative
Popular TV presenter Gawryluk leaning to rightists. A woman.
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

He'd

No. He is a gloomy wet blanket while Mr President Trzaskowski is a friendly chap with a great sense of humour which proves he is very intelligent. Whenever I see and hear Sikorski, I get depressive feelings.
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]

What other perspectives are there about the belief of God existing (which I do)

The prospects are grim. Believers who advocate killing migrants are not taken too seriously. So, when you tell people there is Goddess and you believe in Her, they won`t believe you.
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

Uprising it is!

I see too much stress has badly affected your psyche. Relax. :):):)
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

Mr Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, with pro-democratic background,

However, he has rivals in the same political circle he is associated with. Namely, the current Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski.
Both feel great temptation to become their party`s candidates.


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pawian   
14 Jun 2024
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

we are taught to hide our feelings, and only share it with God as most people seem to laugh at us

Yes, they laugh at you cos you worship Goddess on Sunday and the next day you dream of killing migrants at the border.
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
Love / Smitten and Wondering [81]

ask God «Why?!»

Yes. Ask Goddess why She made you dream of killing migrants. Who is wrong with Her????
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
History / Karol Wojtyla, the man who become a pope (video) [58]

I have a hard time imagining him advocating to not strike at wolves to protect his flock!

It means you know nothing about the Polish Pope. He always rejected the violent measures and advocated peaceful solutions. That is why Solidarity didn`t resort to violence in their fight against communism.
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

Poles and Polesses have taken part in 3 elections within the last 7 months - national, local gov and EU ones.

Now politicians are getting ready for the next year when the President of Poland will be chosen. The current one finishes his second term and can`t run for the post.

Mr Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, with pro-democratic background, is said to be the most prospective candidate. He ran for presidency in 2019 and lost it to PIS candidate by a small margin.
pawian   
14 Jun 2024
News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]

yourself criticising for shooting!

Exactly. Shooting to kill like you or Iron advocate is inhumane and would put Poland in the same league with brutal Eastern regimes.
There are more human methods to disperse unruly rioters - tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, sound cannons.

You don`t need to kill right away.

You crazy!

Me?? Wasn`t it you who mentioned your RC religion and beliefs? Do you practise what you tell us or it is only a nationalist guise which you exploit to look better here???
pawian   
13 Jun 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

that one would be too easy.

Sorry, I was too fast. But I couldn`t resist with that coal which I remembered from uni times. Is there another version of your saying with coal brought to a city in Wales?? Cardiff??? :):):)
pawian   
13 Jun 2024
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

The Festival of Soviet Russian Song was organised in Zielona Góra in communist Poland. As a small boy, I knew nothing about it coz it wasn`t broadcast on TV. It was only covered by papers which I didn`t read. As a teenager and uni student I heard about the festival but me and my mates considered it degeneracy and singers who performed there were renegades to us, especially in times of Solidarity and martial law.

To my surprise as an adult man, I learned that a lot of popular and even famous singers started their careers there when they were young. They didn`t boast of their participation in the festival for the reasons mentioned above.

One of them is Michał Bajor. Amasing, but he won the 1973 Festival with this song. And he was only 16 years old!!! What a voice!
The song is about a charming woman called Siemionovna. The video was made in the Old Town of Zielona Góra with a lot of pretty women around the singer.


pawian   
12 Jun 2024
News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

the EU parlament has very little power of influence

Yes and no.
In many important issues, it is not the European Parliament that has the decisive say in European affairs and it can hardly be called the most important EU body. Even though it is the only EU body elected in direct elections . More important are primarily the European Commission and the EU Council, whose composition is not determined in such elections.

But it is the European Parliament that elects the President of the European Commission and approves the composition of the Commission . Which means that the legal and political importance of the EP cannot be underestimated.

pawian   
12 Jun 2024
News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

it shows perfectly well what kind of people they are.

As one of their prominent politicians exclaimed the famous words in the Parliament a few years ago: Because we deserve it!!!! hahahaha

... just off the top of my head

I would also add the horse studs which PiS took over in order to control the sale of pure blood horses to Arab growers. PiS nominees , there were about 6 of them, ruined the enterprises during their 8 year rule. . Corruption, embezzlement, waste - that`s what rightists can do.

Are there countries with uncorrupted rightists who contribute to the progress and development???
pawian   
12 Jun 2024
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

kids engaging in a rather dangerous game of racing cars

This reminds me of a more dangerous game or pastime in wintertime - car sledding. There were numerous accidents which forced the authorities to start a campaign warning about the risks. I remember posters at my school.


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pawian   
12 Jun 2024
News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]

Polish state budget by VAT fraudsters during that election campaing - was it a lie, too?

No, it wasn`t a lie because fraudsters existed both during Tusk`s and PiS` rules.
However, PiS lied that VAT fraudsters were somehow connected with the rulers and working on their orders. It was a lie coz later nobody was accused and brought to court.

so how come people believed in that lie if it wasn't true at all

We aren`t discussing if sb believed or not. We are discussing the usage of lies in order to grab power. PIS lied in multiple ways and it had allowed them to win the elections until 15th October.

as far as I can remember "Poland in ruin" was not the main motto of PiS parliamentary campaign in 2015

So your memory is quite selective. I remember PIS` TV ads and politicians exploiting that slogan ad nauseam. That is why I considered it amasssing when PIS declared the economy was thriving under their rule only about 2-3 months after they had created the new gov.
pawian   
12 Jun 2024
News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]

what lies - you care to divulge?

what lies

The first case of coming to power by PiS thanks to their lies was in 2005 during presidential campaign when rightists falsely claimed Tusk`s grandpa voluntarily joined Wehrmacht to fight for Germans.

In 2015 PIS propagated the slogan Poland in ruin and won the national elections.