News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]


You aren`t one, in fact; You simply don`t love him enough.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

You lied about the Saviour and I asked you why. Explain coz I won`t give up.

News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]


No, he won`t. Cheer up, life is beautiful but you must see it on your own. Give up those black thoughts and go out of your basement at last! Take a walk in the snowy park!

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


The EU has already granted Poland 5 billion euros from the suspended fund which Mr Saviour Donald Tusk unblocked. Amasing how he is working for Poland!!!!

Those PIS bolsheviks are so stupid. Like all rightists., They could have received these funds if they kept to the the rule of law. They didn`t and were punished double way - they neither received the funds nor won the elections. They are left with nothing. Good!!!! Let them rot in Hell for their bolshevism.

News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]


Certainly it won`t be as irrelevant as it was under PIS bolshevik regime. Ha!!!!!


His lust is nothing compared to PIS bolsheviks` lust, especially their chairman`s. Ha!!!!


bla bla bla. We can continue that table tennis exchange for hours, days, weeks. Who do you think will get bored first???? Certainly not me. You are again wasting time, like before that break. hahahaha

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


I mean that you lied in your previous posts. I won`t relinquish on you and will ask you ad infinitum:
Why are you lying before Christmas???


We care right now what you are on. Answer the question coz I won`t give up, you liar.

News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]


I hope so!!! Long live the EU and Poland in it!!!!!! Kneel down when you talk about European politics!!!!


He cares, that`s why he got so many votes and defeated those rightist bolsheviks!!!! Ha!

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]

Here are 3 last pics from the wedding party. We left at 2 am, the party lasted till 6 am.

Guests who leave receive two farewell gifts - home made vodka and cakes.

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News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]


Donald Tusk is the true Saviour coz when he came back from European salons 3 years ago, he gave new hope to decent Poles who believed that PiS homo sovieticuses couldn`t be outvoted. He took over the leadership of the opposition like a true statesman. And won!!!

Amazing man!

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]

One of the last hot meals was soup which you see in the first photo. I don`t remember what it was exactly. Surely not flaki coz I love the dish while I remember I didn`t have the soup. Instead, I had pickled herring with salad.

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History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]


It originated solely in your mind, it seems. Amassing! :):):)

History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]


PAK used to say different things last year and you can`t be sure he won`t change again next year. :_):):)


Dirk also used to say many interesting things but his wishful thinking comments on the Polish society finally proved completely wrong. Ha!


See ya!!!!

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):)


No, I don`t want to read those stories anymore. I read one article which proved that ALL those males who survived the heart transplant operation felt like newborn and decided to change their lives completely. That meant the change of the partner primarily - they all dropped their old but loving wives who had supported them during times of trouble.

Fekking bastards those males are.
Women, remember - when your hubby has a heart transplant and survives it, he will find himself a new partner to start a new life.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Fried potato pancakes in deep and thick mushroom sauce with soft chunks of pork. The so called pancakes ala Hungarian or Gypsy.

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History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]


No, I didn`t. I refused to eat them at all coz I dreamt of exotic fruit straight from Israel. hahahaha


Yes, there are very few of us now in Poland. What a pity! hahahaha


You have to wait. I am more important to Poloniusz than your silly topics.

Work / Favourite English textbook (to learn/teach from)? [13]

My fave is a series by Mickunas. I still have these 3 volumes. I used them in 1970s. Wonderful books.

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News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


It is a lie. Why are you telling lies before Christmas?? You should wait for Ch Eve when animals take voice. hahahaha


Another depressed poster??? Cheer up, life is beautiful. :):):)

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

A German guy is warning Poland and calls for the new gov to protect the border:

Dear Poland, prepare for impact. It looks like Russia and Lukashenko are ready to attack Poland with orchestrated migrants waves again. A "Turkish" airline "Southwind" offers flights to Minsk for under €200. "Southwind" got its planes and personnel from a RUSSIAN airline... 1/x

I wish the new government of donaldtusk strength and wisdom to protect the EU and Poland from this FSB operation. These people are not migrants or refugees. They are tools of Russian invasion, even if they do not understand it.

I also hope the new gov will resist the Bel-Rus hybrid war. The weak point is the leftist party in the new coalition but I predict they will be contained by Tusk quite easily and the border protection stays as it is or even gets better.

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History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

Christmas was always celebrated in communist times, even in the darkest stalinist times in 1950s.

Depending on the period,. there was a good or bad supply of goods for Christmas. As you know, I have always been obsessed about fruit. Apples were available all year round but nobody cared about them. The only exotic fruit available in good times were oranges and mandarines. In bad times, the oranges were lousy - green, sour ones from Cuba.

I am still haunted by those memories even though communism collapsed 34 years ago.
That is why today the most varied staple which I get for Christmas in food terms is exotic fruit. A dozen or more kinds, while fish - only 3 kinds.

Communists did care for outdoor decorations, though.

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Life / Polish Christmas Carols - your favorites? [20]

Let`s play the guessing game,
What is the queen`s servant`s horse`s second name?????

This rhyme means finding the carol won`t be easy.
Besides, if sb finds it for you, what should the finder do then???

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Of course but that`s not what I was asking about. I even warned not to provide such simple answers.
I asked: why is he sleeping in the corner of the room?


No, Polish nurses have dignity and don`t sleep like that.

News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]


Good. I have always dreamt of giving out my last breath in beautiful circumstances of nature. hahahaha


The chairman prevents it quite successfully. Very well coz this means a further demise of those rascals. I won`t be crying after them although I like the balance in nature. They will be replaced by normal civilised conservatives, like PSL etc.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Wow! President Duda is asking a teacher of Modern History to put off a short test until after the New Year. Funny!

President Andrzej Duda asked the HiT teacher to postpone the test. The head of state did this at the request of one of the students, who later posted the recording on TikTok with the note: "This is how you deal with layoffs." The video has gained great popularity - so far it has over 2.6 million views.

The student wanted the history and present test to be postponed not only to the day after Christmas, but also to the next year.In the recording published online, Andrzej Duda says: - Dear professor, if you could postpone the HiT test until the new year, not the school year but the calendar one . The president continues: - I will be very grateful to you, professor, also on behalf of the students.

The recording was captioned with the words: "This is how you deal with layoffs."

News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]


this is an outright blatant lie and I feel obliged to call you out as the biggest liar in the PF during pre Christmas time.

Life / Polish women who made amazing careers against patriarchal society [128]


Time to change it.:)) Be like Anna Walentynowicz and other tough Polish women who successfully challenged discrimination and misogyny of males!


All women of the world, unite and fight for your rights!

Life / Polish women who made amazing careers against patriarchal society [128]


Let us mention she challenged Lech Wałęsa`s leadership of Solidarity and accused him of being a communist agent.

Initially, she was a welder. Later on, she became a gantry crane operator. Tough woman !!!

1952

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Off-Topic / The Pope has officially approved the blessing of same-sex couples [60]


Bad memories from childhood. We pity you. I am so sorry.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

On Friday, the Minister of Education, Barbara Nowacka, dismissed the Pomeranian voivodship education superintendent Małgorzata Bielang, the Podkarpackie voivodship superintendent Małgorzata Rauch and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodship superintendent Marek Gralik.


An article from 2016
tvn24.pl/trojmiasto/kurator-przestrzega-przed-halloween-jest-prosba-o-interwencje-ra685271

Kuyavian-Pomeranian education superintendent and former PiS councilor Marek Gralik warned against organizing Halloween-related events in a special letter to school principals. According to him, Halloween, which is "completely contrary to Polish traditions", is artificially transferred to Polish soil, and additionally "causes some confusion in the minds of children and young people."

He assessed that "organizing Halloween parties in schools and dressing up as spooky characters has absolutely no value." In his opinion, this may be particularly dangerous and even unacceptable in the case of children with mental disabilities, as it has a very negative impact on their psyche.

The curator also pointed out that in Polish tradition, November 1 is a day of reflection and pointed out that "some schools, as part of preparations for this day, but also out of a sense of duty, tidy up cemeteries, especially the burial places of soldiers who died in the fight for the freedom of their homeland."

History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

The 1863 Rising was a tragedy but also a blessing for Poland. Paradox? Read the short description of the events below:

January Uprising - Polish uprising against the Russian Empire , announced in the Manifesto on January 22 issued in Warsaw by the Provisional National Government . It broke out on January 22, 1863 in the Kingdom of Poland and on February 1, 1863 in Lithuania, lasted until the autumn of 1864, covered the lands of the Russian partition , i.e. the Kingdom of Poland and the annexed lands , also gaining wide support among the Lithuanian population and partial support among the Belarusian population.

It was the largest and longest-lasting Polish national uprising and was supported by international public opinion . It was a guerrilla war in which approximately 1,200 battles and skirmishes were fought . About 200,000 people participated in the January Uprising - both from noble families and, to a lesser extent, from the peasantry and middle class . In Lithuania proper , Samogitia and western Belarus, the uprising took on a mass character, involving not only Poles, but also Lithuanians and some Belarusians . However, in the remaining areas of the taken lands ( Polish Livonia , eastern Belarus, Ukraine), the uprising was indifferently or hostilely received by the Latvian, Belarusian and Ukrainian people.

Despite the initial successes, the insurgents ended in defeat, of whom approximately 10-20 thousand died in battles, nearly 1 thousand executed , approx. 38 thousand were sentenced to hard labor or exile to Siberia , and approximately 10,000 emigrated. Russian troops pacified the uprising with great determination and cruelty. Towns that provided shelter to the insurgents were burned, and there were also cases of massacre of civilians. Cultural goods were destroyed, e.g. the archive of the Zamość Ordinance in Zwierzyniec was burned . Vilnius was pacified by Murawjov Veshatiel 's troops , 10,000 Polish nobility out of a total number of 40,000 died in Lithuania.

After the failure of the uprising, the country and Lithuania were plunged into national mourning . In 1867, the autonomy of the Kingdom of Poland, its name and budget were abolished , in 1868 an order to keep parish books in Russian was introduced , and in 1869 the Warsaw Main School was closed . In the years 1869-1870, hundreds of cities supporting the uprising had their city rights revoked , thus leading to their decline. In 1874, the office of governor was abolished , and in 1886, the Bank of Poland was liquidated . Catholic monasteries in the Kingdom were dissolved , approximately 1,600 land estates were confiscated and intensive Russification of Polish lands began .

Despite the military defeat, the January Uprising achieved some of the political goals, especially the long-term ones, set by its organizers. It contributed, among other things, to stopping the policy of reconciliation towards the Russian invader, represented by Count Aleksander Wielopolski , and supported by some of the Kingdom's elites. As a result of the repression and suppression of the uprising, the policy of the Compromisers lost recognition among the general public. The memory of the uprising revived patriotic sentiments in the following decades, which contributed to regaining independence half a century later. The uprising contributed to a more favorable enfranchisement of peasants , both in the Kingdom and in the annexed lands, than in the other two partitions and in ethnic Russia . The consequence was a sharp demographic jump in the last three decades of the 19th century , but also a huge increase in industrial production, increased urbanization, and an increase in the standard of living. These economic processes were accompanied by the flourishing development of magazines, belles-lettres, theater and painting. What is particularly important: in spite of the Russification policy of Hurka and Apuchtin , Polish reading began to spread in the countryside. There were various reasons behind these processes; all together they testified to one thing: the exceptionally rapid progress of the Kingdom on the path of capitalist development. The basic premise for this development was the radical nature of the enfranchisement reform announced in 1864 .

After the fall of the uprising, a significant number of patriots, including the participants of the uprising (see Bolesław Prus , Hipolit Wawelberg ), turned to organic work , and the memory of the insurgents became an important motif in literature (e.g. Bolesław Prus , Eliza Orzeszkowa , Stefan Żeromski ) and painting (including Artur Grottger , Jan Matejko , Maksymilian Gierymski ) and motivation for a new generation of independence activists (e.g. those gathered around Józef Piłsudski ).

A guerilla skirmish with Russian cavalry unit who finally take over:

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


What I have always admired and regretted on the Corpus Christi Day is the floral carpets for the procession.

Admired them for their initial beauty and regretted they get destroyed so brutally after being walked on.

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