News / Will America send troops to fight a Russian invasion of Baltics and/or Poland? [283]

@johnny reb
Great, and Trump and his accountants, and children and his whole legal team are up to their necks in it. Please give it a rest man. They should all be locked up, including Hilary.

@Novichok
But your Russian punks just attacked a grade school for children. They are no better than the Muslim scum we all hate so much. Different country, same chicken s**T tactics. Attacking children is exactly why so many need to go home in body bags, let their mommies cling to mother Russia for comfort then.

News / Will America send troops to fight a Russian invasion of Baltics and/or Poland? [283]

@Novichok
Plenty of speculation that Poland would be the first NATO country Russia would try if they could. Really, if not for nukes, a ground war against Russia would finally put an end to the insane paranoia of one nation. But nukes will not allow that to happen. Gonna have to starve them out.

News / Will America send troops to fight a Russian invasion of Baltics and/or Poland? [283]

@Novichok
No evidence. Conjecture and speculation, you can find it on the internet. Unlike in Ukraine, where we talk about facts.

Strategically though, taking Kaliningrad, speculating, would be a first retaliation move IMO. Force any Baltic shipping up through the Gulf of Finland and increase pressure on supply chain. In theory Russia could be cut off from the Baltic pretty quickly, then all shipping through Siberia in winter? Fun stuff. The Med would be all but cut off. Dangerous game when we play rumor and innuendo, or guess and hope.

News / Will America send troops to fight a Russian invasion of Baltics and/or Poland? [283]

@Novichok
If Russia tried anything in Poland militarily. Toast meaning it would likely be one of the first NATO targets and likely easily over run.

News / Will America send troops to fight a Russian invasion of Baltics and/or Poland? [283]

@johnny reb
Trump and Hilary will end up in cells right next to each other. That would be justice.

Back in Poland though, Putin will get bi*ch slapped if he does anything in Poland. Kaliningrad would be toast within hours.

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

Just when the US sends more troops you really think PiS is going to mess this up? Unlikely.

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

The advertising on radio stations is hilarious. Blaming the EU for inflation and rising heating costs. If people are believing this, Poland is in deep trouble.

Travel / Where do Polish people fly to for beach vacations in the winter? [34]

@Alien
Of course. Why go to the Middle East when the Middle East comes to you. Kebab for everyone, happy holidays. ;-)

Life / Has feminism and lesbianism progressed in Poland? [645]

@Poloniusz
Excellent post!

Travel / Travel to Poland from the UK? (COVID time) [50]

No real issues in Krakow. I live in the center, and really not much of any enforcement except in the shopping malls and big grocery stores.

Travel / Unusual things to do in Krakow [15]

@Novichok
Since you haven't been in Poland in a while, Krakow at night, is worth keeping your eyes opened. Girls yes. Drunk English men and women, drunks in Planty, and wide eye'd tourists. Plenty to see.

Activity #2 is typically involved with activity #1

Travel / Unusual things to do in Krakow [15]

@Joker
The burning coal is really a very mild smell, its the garbage and plastic burning that produces the dark grey and even orange smoke and puts an acidic flavor in the air. Some cities are incredibly bad. Opole and Nowy Targ are the worst in my opinion.

Krakow in winter? We like going for a drink on Rynek or Kazimierz and sitting outside. People watching is our favorite activity really, in summer as well. Dinning, and finding the small places that most tourists dont find is also an activity. Winter is mild here in my opinion. Museums, art galleries, and other attractions are usually open. The Pinball Museum is one I have not gone to yet.

Travel / Unusual things to do in Krakow [15]

@Joker
When were you last in Krakow? I live here. One day of bad smog is not indicative of daily events. Trash pickup costs are minimal and in Krakow, there simply isnt a trash burning issue. In other cities in Malopolski there definitely is, but Krakow can not be judged by air five years ago or air one or two days a month in the winter.

Travel / Unusual things to do in Krakow [15]

@Joker
Total BS. No smog at all lately. One day reporting from six weeks ago is not representative of the air quality consistently. You want pollution, try Nowy Targ or Opole, the air will literally burn the inside of your nose while breathing. People burning trash daily.

Travel / Unusual things to do in Krakow [15]

@SayNoJustSayNo
You picked the wrong time of year for a lot of things.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

@Cojestdocholery
I also trust the Trump appointed FBI, Postal Inspectors, and DOJ. You know the guys who may owe him a favor that didn't do him any. Paranoia is not a good thing to have in political debate, it comes across as very Russian.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

@Cojestdocholery
There was no election fraud, even the Republicans have said this. Now go get an education on US Judicial system. In fact the USSC just ruled against Trump for the umteenth time on things and the Chief Justice who Trump appointed issued the ruling and the opinion. And before you make a legal comment you may want to know if you are talking to someone with a JD or not.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

PiS idea of court system is Kangaroo court where the verdict is in before the parties present any argument. At least now there are still come judges who wont be bullied by PiS, and Ziobro is a Fing joke. Not only do his positions create direct conflicts of interest in the performance of duties, but he clearly has no understanding of what a judiciary without political influence looks like.

Granted, the US has political influences, those are largely based upon personal beliefs or religious beliefs. Even with those, 95% of the time, judges are not swayed by "interpretation" of the law. Many times in important decisions, even Chief Justice Roberts has gone against the President and his own party in support of the law. This is what a court should be like. PiS wants nothing to do with a court resembling this value system.

News / New Polish tax system hits the ground stumbling... [14]

The bottom line is you can not tax your way out of trouble. The US also needs to learn this. The Polish scheme was created by incompetent people put into office by people who if they were more competent would not need all the social welfare programs.

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

@Dirk diggler
Right now, gas is twice as expensive in Poland. Even with the VAT adjustment it is just under two times expensive. Your argument does not hold water. Prices in the US at $20 a barrel were much much lower, when in Poland they did not fall at all. Prices are fixed here, not fluctuating. When the state owns the refinery those costs are also fixed. In Poland it has very little to do with taxes, costs or OPEC.

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

@Cojestdocholery
Please explain how when oil was $20 a barrel that Poland, in the government controlled refineries, and government controlled gas stations, did not lower the price of gasoline? Can you explain why when oil was so cheap, not once did PiS controlled industry lower costs to the consumer? Instead they recorded record profits and took record salaries. Gasoline in Poland until the VAT price reduction was twice as expensive as in the US even when both countries are paying the same costs for the same oil.

News / New Polish tax system hits the ground stumbling... [14]

@pawian
It is also the forced acceptance of incompetence and propaganda wielding that will never be accepted. Better?

News / New Polish tax system hits the ground stumbling... [14]

@pawian
The far left is no better than PiS. Utopian existence will never happen and it will definitely never happen with forced multiculturalism, forced acceptance of gays, or forced acceptance of anything. Culturally, Poland was never designed to be multicultural outside of accepting multiple religious views. Yes there are still anti Jews everywhere, and that is something that wont go away in most places in Poland. But they will accept a Jew before a Muslim any day.

Travel / Airport Transfers in Krakow [7]

City center by cab is 100 zl, Uber from my home in center to balice at 5 am was only 40 zl last trip.

News / New Polish tax system hits the ground stumbling... [14]

And now they cut energy costs for business. Nothing for people.

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

@Cojestdocholery
Sorry, I had to take my time to get to reading your post, I was too busy counting money while watching TVN. But I will burn a $100 bill in your honor in the hope that it can buy you some intelligence in the afterlife.

Its pretty clear some people do not understand how corporate taxes in Poland work. If they did they would know, TVN a Polish company pays Polish taxes, pays ZUS and pays employees in Poland. There is no tax avoidance for a Polish company doing business in Poland with Banks owned by the state. But I only learned that with my JD that I received in community college.

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

@Cojestdocholery
You really need to get a clue and take a reading comprehension class. The ONLY thing holding up license renewal was the proposed change in the law. That was vetoed. They have no legal standing or basis to deny any renewal at this point, and any attempt would be really stupid PR on PiS part when they have enough to deal with in Spyware gate. Dont you have a bible class or something on a friday night to attend? I would think that is a PiS requirement.

Off-Topic / American Jew Voice in Poland [93]

@Korvinus
And PiS bought their spyware from the jews! I think PiS are in secret partnership with the jews to take over Europe with spyware and covid vaccines with nanotubes and life forms. Newsweek Poland will be running this story next week after Trump is reinstated as President of the World.

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

License renewal? They have no grounds to delay more or deny. Any more PiS nonsense will get a stronger response from the US.

The PiS breaking point is much closer now. Polish Watergate has now arrived and it is the end of days for the clown show.

News / Polish Pegasus Spyware Scandal [40]

@Cojestdocholery
What about JK admitting to the purchase? apnews.com/article/technology-business-software-spyware-jaroslaw-kaczynski-0c41a504e8fbdbb6b9b06f6869848a48

Of course he could be wrong and just senile rambling. I mean who would admit to something after they were caught?