mafketis
10 Apr 2016
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
what a cesspool of a mind you have....
sexual restraint, not spreading your legs for anyone
what a cesspool of a mind you have....
mafketis
8 Apr 2016
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Why do you think they've junked the consitution? PiS _hates_ the very idea of checks and balances.
Why do you think they've junked the consitution? PiS _hates_ the very idea of checks and balances.
mafketis
7 Apr 2016
Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]
If you say so, then I guess killing her horses was for the national good!
To be fair, if we're talking about horses that spend almost their whole lives in stables then they tend to be delicate and don't have the natural immunities of pasture based horses and they get colic (which can be deadly for horses) very easily. The occasional death of a high profile horse is not that suspicious but the recent series seems to point to either real incompetence on the part of management, sabotage or an insurance scam.
I'd want more info on the other deaths, any breeding program tends to have high mortality rates (something most people don't want to realize). So I'd need info on the ages and values of the horses to have an opinion.
The article linked to cannot be called journalism in any real sense of the word (maybe in PRL-inspired PiS world it is but not to anyone with any experience writing for newspapers (comme moi).
Shirley Watts, who pulled her remaining steeds today, appears to be part of the overall scheme.
If you say so, then I guess killing her horses was for the national good!
To be fair, if we're talking about horses that spend almost their whole lives in stables then they tend to be delicate and don't have the natural immunities of pasture based horses and they get colic (which can be deadly for horses) very easily. The occasional death of a high profile horse is not that suspicious but the recent series seems to point to either real incompetence on the part of management, sabotage or an insurance scam.
I'd want more info on the other deaths, any breeding program tends to have high mortality rates (something most people don't want to realize). So I'd need info on the ages and values of the horses to have an opinion.
The article linked to cannot be called journalism in any real sense of the word (maybe in PRL-inspired PiS world it is but not to anyone with any experience writing for newspapers (comme moi).
mafketis
5 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
"Many Poles" suffer from projection, assuming that others have the same motive as they do.
Many Poles prefer KOK (Komtiet Obrony Koryta) as the more apt version.
"Many Poles" suffer from projection, assuming that others have the same motive as they do.
mafketis
5 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Name some....
They're just undoing legislation in order to undo it, busywork with no real meaning and no direction.
They're kind of trapped because the suckers that believe their idea about a strong independent Poland with a strong internationally recognized national brand don't have the first idea of the economic dislocations that breaking form the EU would bring about and don't realize that a strong national brand takes decades to build and can't be rushed with a bunch of goose-headed legislation and by rabidly pursuiing crazy people politics like Smolensk and total bans on abortion.
And the less said about how they've managed to damage a real national brand (Polish Arabian Horses) the better.
. The good changes are many and thank God for that.
Name some....
they still have to undo many a Platformer legislative dud
They're just undoing legislation in order to undo it, busywork with no real meaning and no direction.
They're kind of trapped because the suckers that believe their idea about a strong independent Poland with a strong internationally recognized national brand don't have the first idea of the economic dislocations that breaking form the EU would bring about and don't realize that a strong national brand takes decades to build and can't be rushed with a bunch of goose-headed legislation and by rabidly pursuiing crazy people politics like Smolensk and total bans on abortion.
And the less said about how they've managed to damage a real national brand (Polish Arabian Horses) the better.
mafketis
5 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
By lying about who was going to be in charge and about what they were going to do.
- the only one after 1989 to win a full mandate from Poland's voters.
By lying about who was going to be in charge and about what they were going to do.
mafketis
5 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
It's very interesting how some people will support any old crap if PiS does it....
It's very interesting how some people will support any old crap if PiS does it....
mafketis
5 Apr 2016
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Yes, why are they so eager for rapists to successfully reproduce? Most of the time I think aborting the result of rape is by far the better more ethical decision.
But then the RC has never understood the idea of genes. For hundreds of years they gathered together the smartest and most learned of men.... and forbade them from reproducing. Not very sensible.
I'm unsure how many of the PolAm guys, who so vehemently support the idea of women bearing their rapists kids, are fathers themselves.
Yes, why are they so eager for rapists to successfully reproduce? Most of the time I think aborting the result of rape is by far the better more ethical decision.
But then the RC has never understood the idea of genes. For hundreds of years they gathered together the smartest and most learned of men.... and forbade them from reproducing. Not very sensible.
mafketis
5 Apr 2016
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Then why did you bring it up (apropos of nothing)? Fascinated much?
If fertilized eggs are human then spontaneous abortion is the biggest killer in history and it needs to be the focus of most medical research.
(uggh, too disgusting to even metnion!)
Then why did you bring it up (apropos of nothing)? Fascinated much?
If fertilized eggs are human then spontaneous abortion is the biggest killer in history and it needs to be the focus of most medical research.
mafketis
4 Apr 2016
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
So you want to put women who miscarry in prison is you're not satisfied with their behavior. The mask comes off....
But if a woman purposely does things to miscarry
So you want to put women who miscarry in prison is you're not satisfied with their behavior. The mask comes off....
mafketis
4 Apr 2016
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Abortion =/= murder in the minds of many, probably most, probably almost all people. That's why it's a question of civil law.
About 30 % of all fertilized eggs spontaneously abort, does this mean these women are murderers?
Abortion =/= murder in the minds of many, probably most, probably almost all people. That's why it's a question of civil law.
About 30 % of all fertilized eggs spontaneously abort, does this mean these women are murderers?
mafketis
3 Apr 2016
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
But.... hand kissing! Womens' Day!
I doubt if he agrees....
I'm wondering why they're brining this up now unless the church doesn't have confidence in the longterm prospects of PiS staying in power and they want to push through as much of their agenda as they can while they can...
No privileges make up for loosing control over one's body
But.... hand kissing! Womens' Day!
I am a women and yet your equal.
I doubt if he agrees....
I'm wondering why they're brining this up now unless the church doesn't have confidence in the longterm prospects of PiS staying in power and they want to push through as much of their agenda as they can while they can...
mafketis
2 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Poland under a PiS government = PRL but with Rome instead of Moscow.
Nothing more to say, really.
in accordance with the PRL ideals
Poland under a PiS government = PRL but with Rome instead of Moscow.
Nothing more to say, really.
mafketis
2 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
I'm sure they return the favor. Admit it, you hate them because they've always been more economically and civically adroit than the Warschauer Volk.
I always thought Poznań were a bunch of idiots
I'm sure they return the favor. Admit it, you hate them because they've always been more economically and civically adroit than the Warschauer Volk.
mafketis
2 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Why don't they just put everyone who ever worked for the PRL in jail?
The Senate has adopted a draft amendment to the law prohibiting the promotion of communism and other totalitarian ideologies.
Why don't they just put everyone who ever worked for the PRL in jail?
mafketis
31 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
What punishments do you want for the women seeking abortions? If you want abortion restricted don't want to send women who seek or receive illegal abotions to prison then you don't think of women as moral agents.
Then she is objectively pro-rape if she thinks a woman who becomes pregnant as a result of rape shouldn't be able to abort the rapist's spawn...
But I would favour tightening and vigorously enforcing penalties for illegal backroom abortionists and the owners of abortion mills.
What punishments do you want for the women seeking abortions? If you want abortion restricted don't want to send women who seek or receive illegal abotions to prison then you don't think of women as moral agents.
Szydło has come out as saying that she supports an absolute ban
Then she is objectively pro-rape if she thinks a woman who becomes pregnant as a result of rape shouldn't be able to abort the rapist's spawn...
mafketis
27 Mar 2016
Life / Specific information about Polish healthcare system? [19]
I can't speak about private insurance, but when you get a prescription from a doctor with a contract with the national system the doctor indicates how much is reimbursed on the prescription itself (for example 30% or 50%) and then the pharmacist applies that to the cost and its subtracted before I pay. I don't concern myself with it at all.
addendum. just asked a friend in the medical field and he says some private doctors have a governmental contract for prescriptions only in which case prescriptions by them are handled just as public doctors.
If a private doctor has no contract with the government then it's all out of pocket for the patient.
I can't speak about private insurance, but when you get a prescription from a doctor with a contract with the national system the doctor indicates how much is reimbursed on the prescription itself (for example 30% or 50%) and then the pharmacist applies that to the cost and its subtracted before I pay. I don't concern myself with it at all.
addendum. just asked a friend in the medical field and he says some private doctors have a governmental contract for prescriptions only in which case prescriptions by them are handled just as public doctors.
If a private doctor has no contract with the government then it's all out of pocket for the patient.
mafketis
27 Mar 2016
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]
Sort of literal
When I'm around/near you then I love you .... but/and I can't love (anyone)
' Jak jestem kolo ciebie to cie kocham .. a ja nie mogę kochać '
Sort of literal
When I'm around/near you then I love you .... but/and I can't love (anyone)
mafketis
26 Mar 2016
Life / Specific information about Polish healthcare system? [19]
Unless you want a service that's not covered in their contract with the NFZ in which case you find another healthcare provider whose contract includes the service or you pay (with no compensation).
I had this situation where I had a referral but the place they recommended didn't include anesthesia for the procedure I needed (and I wanted anesthesia) I could either pay or find a different provider that did provide anesthesia as part of their contracted services (I managed the latter but many people can't and either do without or pay out of pocket).
. Doesn't matter what kind of doctor it is
Unless you want a service that's not covered in their contract with the NFZ in which case you find another healthcare provider whose contract includes the service or you pay (with no compensation).
I had this situation where I had a referral but the place they recommended didn't include anesthesia for the procedure I needed (and I wanted anesthesia) I could either pay or find a different provider that did provide anesthesia as part of their contracted services (I managed the latter but many people can't and either do without or pay out of pocket).
mafketis
26 Mar 2016
Life / Specific information about Polish healthcare system? [19]
No. You don't pay anything. Of course not everyone is insured in the national public healthcare system, but there's a computerized national data base of who's covered and how. A family doctor won't accept you if you're not insured. (My situation is maybe not typical as my "family doctor" is the outpatient clinic at a research hospital but I've never paid anything there or for any services obtained on referral).
I'm not sure how the private insurance sector works (I just use the public system). When I've used private services I just pay as the services are rendered and there's no compensation.
And when you go to the family doctor do you have to advance the fee then you are paid back by the NFZ?
No. You don't pay anything. Of course not everyone is insured in the national public healthcare system, but there's a computerized national data base of who's covered and how. A family doctor won't accept you if you're not insured. (My situation is maybe not typical as my "family doctor" is the outpatient clinic at a research hospital but I've never paid anything there or for any services obtained on referral).
I'm not sure how the private insurance sector works (I just use the public system). When I've used private services I just pay as the services are rendered and there's no compensation.
mafketis
26 Mar 2016
Life / Specific information about Polish healthcare system? [19]
If you're insured then you don't pay anything for services that are covered by the National Sickness Fund (NFZ). You always go to your family doctor first and when you get a referral it's considered proof of insurance when you take the referral somewhere else.
If you go private (or opt for non-covered services) then you pay 100% for that with no repayment.
If you're insured then you don't pay anything for services that are covered by the National Sickness Fund (NFZ). You always go to your family doctor first and when you get a referral it's considered proof of insurance when you take the referral somewhere else.
If you go private (or opt for non-covered services) then you pay 100% for that with no repayment.
mafketis
22 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
So there's nothing anyone can possible do to stop angry young muslim men from blowing things and people up? Is that your point?
It most certainly seems related to the arrest of the little miserable murderer from Paris and the Islamic State has claimed responsibility and many agents of the Islamic State have entered Europe through refugee routes. So...
Rubbish. The terrorists could enter Poland any time they want:( Nothing to do with the question of refugees, and you know it.
So there's nothing anyone can possible do to stop angry young muslim men from blowing things and people up? Is that your point?
It most certainly seems related to the arrest of the little miserable murderer from Paris and the Islamic State has claimed responsibility and many agents of the Islamic State have entered Europe through refugee routes. So...
mafketis
22 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Gotta, say as time goes on that's looking smarter and smarter....
s the overtly racist outcry and dehumanisation over a minimalist quota of 7,000 refugees.
Gotta, say as time goes on that's looking smarter and smarter....
mafketis
22 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
I'll remember this quote on April 10.....
Every glib demagogue can get people into the streets at the drop of a hat
I'll remember this quote on April 10.....
mafketis
21 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
The ends justify the means?
When one is in media res, one often does not see the big picture
The ends justify the means?
mafketis
21 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Since when, I ask once more, is the opposition supposed to be loyal to the governing party? The opposition is supposed to be loyal to the greater interests of the country and the rule of law.
You want the opposition to cheer when the government uses the consitution as toilet paper?
Attacks on the rule of law and socialist voodoo economics (which will do for Poland what they did for Greece) are doing that.
And a newly elected president telling Polish people in a foreign country that Poland is not a just society did no help.
Does she emphasise that the current government is functioning in a state of constant, aggressive siege by a ruthless, disloyal oppostion
Since when, I ask once more, is the opposition supposed to be loyal to the governing party? The opposition is supposed to be loyal to the greater interests of the country and the rule of law.
You want the opposition to cheer when the government uses the consitution as toilet paper?
depicts Poland as a country in turmoil and a palce best avoided
Attacks on the rule of law and socialist voodoo economics (which will do for Poland what they did for Greece) are doing that.
how PiS ran their election campaign? The whole campaign was based on Poland allegedly being in ruins
And a newly elected president telling Polish people in a foreign country that Poland is not a just society did no help.
mafketis
18 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
And some others in that era.... didn't make it through without incident.
static.polityka.pl/_resource/res/path/bc/08/bc086fae-d035-4dd3-b5ec-354eded29f08
the Kwaśniewski and Tusk era.
And some others in that era.... didn't make it through without incident.
static.polityka.pl/_resource/res/path/bc/08/bc086fae-d035-4dd3-b5ec-354eded29f08
mafketis
18 Mar 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
And neglecting to check and change the effing tires (it's not like they're invisible) is an innovation of the cack-handed, incompetent PiS regime.
scam-ridden PO regime.
And neglecting to check and change the effing tires (it's not like they're invisible) is an innovation of the cack-handed, incompetent PiS regime.
mafketis
18 Mar 2016
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]
Doesn't look nice, I prefer 'jeszywa'
The traditional prohibition against i after sz, cz, (d)ż and ł is strong enough that foreign words that contain those sequences tend to maintain their original spelling
that's why there's
chipsy instead of czipsy
gin instead of dżin
and
weekend instead of łikend
dżinsy is the only one that is much used but jeansy gets many more google hits than does dżinsy
Jesziwa
Doesn't look nice, I prefer 'jeszywa'
The traditional prohibition against i after sz, cz, (d)ż and ł is strong enough that foreign words that contain those sequences tend to maintain their original spelling
that's why there's
chipsy instead of czipsy
gin instead of dżin
and
weekend instead of łikend
dżinsy is the only one that is much used but jeansy gets many more google hits than does dżinsy
mafketis
17 Mar 2016
Language / Dziadzia / Babcia - help me with spelling/pronunciation [81]
Maybe kot (cat) (the o is more like Spanish than American) but that's weird for a girl (it's a masculine form) and it's more ime used of spouses than children.
and used to call her "cot"
Maybe kot (cat) (the o is more like Spanish than American) but that's weird for a girl (it's a masculine form) and it's more ime used of spouses than children.