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

in the country where access to the solicitor/attorney proffession was until 2005 limited by the very self-governing body of solicitors/attorneys(samorząd adwokacki) I very much do object to such instances

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the communism is gone so I only don't want to see dynasties of judges in a democracy - anyway I'm all for judges being elected by the populace like in many states of the US


you believe in propaganda - while Polish populace is mostly in favour of membership in the EU, according to a new poll the vast majority is for a union of sovereing states as opposed to a European superstate

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


johhny reb - didn't you know that PiS is the dark power that rules the world behind the scenes - also by some weird twist of turns they manage to be puppets of Putin at the same time

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


in the democratic Poland judges were not appointed by the government - instead a committee dominated by the top echelon of the judges appointed them

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


the likes of jon don't believe that PiS will give up power in a democratic way - I do -

as an explanation I will give you the results of Polish municipal elections of 2014 when the PSL party scored 23 per cent of vote (when the exit polls gave it around 17 per cent of vote) - the election and counting of votes was marred with scandal and a couple of Election Committee memebers resigned) - this is why PiS was going to take measures against rigging of elections

also PiS doesn't look up or evern praise dictators - Recep Erdogan is a legally elected leader as is the Fidesz leader Viktor Orban

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

@Bratwurst Boy
could you rephrase that - I don't what you mean, to be honest

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


you don't know what judge dynasties are - I can sure explain - a grandfather was a stalinist judge - then the mother or father were judges in the milder forms of Volksrepublik Polen (you know loyal people were necessary) - then in a new Poland her daughter became a judge (what a surprise) - to a greater surprise their offspring study to become judges (I have personally seen a person like this who was saying while being interviewed during street protests: 'I am very affraid of the PiS judicial reforms - I study to become judge like my parents were' (of course it's not word for word)

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

a quote of wikipedia on German judiciary: "The mostly decisive influence of the administration on the career of judges is exceptional in continental Europe, where mostly bodies of judges, elected by and within the judiciary take this kind of decision"

another quote from the same wikipedia entry: "As a rule, each decision on the initial employment, vesting with lifetime tenure or promotion of a judge is taken by the department of justice"

you may call it what you wish, I call it political influence on the judiciary

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


- if German politicians appoint new judges is it not a violation of separation of powers??
- if so then yes Polish system was a perfect example of separation of powers because new judged were appointed by the top echelon of existing judges, in practice (with all the "irregularities", harmful loyalties which that entails including the expected political bias of the judiciary elites - you'd expect judge dynasties? no? we have some of those, too)


if judges act as politicians, do you think we should rely on their impartiality?

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


the lessons of Germany don't always apply to Poland

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


there is hardly any political control - there are a couple of judges who were dismissed from their posts and two or three who are suspended (=not given any cases to judge) - the remaining judges are free to judge according to their conscious (yes I said conscious because some of them pass verdicts that are not only openly against the will of the governing party but also against the rhyme and reason)

if you didn't know as per the letter of the law German politicians have more power over appointing judges than those in Poland


there is a similar case with Polish communities affected by a mine in Germany (ironically owned by Czech oligarchs)

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]

inflation October 2021 (year to year): Poland - 6.8 %; the US - 4.2 % ( bbc.com/news/business-57090421 ) and here: tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


it doesn't matter if the fetus is viable or not - if the preganancy threatens the life of the mother it can be terminated: tvp.info/52053825/kiedy-aborcja-w-polsce-jest-dopuszczalna-co-zmienil-wyrok-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego

an excerpt from the article in Polish: W uzasadnieniu wyroku TK zapisano jednak, że aborcja jest dopuszczalna w przypadku, gdy "duże prawdopodobieństwo ciężkiego i nieodwracalnego upośledzenia płodu albo nieuleczalnej choroby zagrażającej jego życiu wiąże się z zagrożeniem dla życia i zdrowia matki".


then blame it on doctors cause as per TK verdict the law allows the termination

as a side note: I'm not in favour of the latest TK verdict on abortion - however all this argument here uses a strawman

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


again abortion law allows for termination of a pregnancy that threatens the life of the mother or is a serious threat to her health - what's there not to understand

also you take a word of a foreigner (Atch) for interpretation of Polish law - not wise if you ask me

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

what is PiS to blame for in that case?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


as far as I know the law allows termination of a pregnancy that is threatening the life or the health of the mother and the Tribunal's verdict didn't change a thing in that matter - so: blame the doctors

Genealogy / Szczebrzeszynie, family name Tzitron. [44]


if you need more vowels just ask Czechs: they have famously a phrase: 'prst skrz krk' that makes perfect sense in their language

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


does it mean you know their ideals, Paulina?
if so, could you let us in on them?

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/ponad;8;tysiecy;stolkow;dla;ludzi;po;i;psl,21,0,1133845.html

gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/636633,ponad-8-tysiecy-stolkow-dla-ludzi-po-i-psl.html

Language / I'm native Polish and I hate my own language. [106]


Rich a little exercise for you (to prove you are Polish by birth): translate this little dialogue below:

- I'll tell mom.

- Don't tell mom.

PS. I bet Russians can't do that

Language / I'm native Polish and I hate my own language. [106]


naughty rich: makes up English words :P

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


gazeta.pl has estimated that around 900 positions (September 2021) in state owned companies are held by 'PiS cronies' -

in contrast money.pl (and Dziennik Gazete Prawna) wrote in 2012 that more than 8000 thousands people were to thank their position in similar roles due to contacts with people in PO-PSL coalition

Language / I'm native Polish and I hate my own language. [106]


Proletaryat leader, Tomasz Olejnik used to write perfect rock songs using the Polish language, just saying

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


are the prices affordable at least? can an average retired person manage to pay electricity bills?

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


you probably mean electric plants fueled by Russian gas - no thank you - as for nuclear power we can do the same I guess (but maybe I'm wrong)

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


what do you mean by investable? Poland doesn't vie for 'capital' investors in energy sector - quite on the contrary (at least as long as PiS is in power - those thieves from PO and associates would privatise everything - they are 'pro-business', ya know)

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


the producers are (almost entirely) state-owned companies (and not big capital or oligarch owned) and don't need to generate profit beyond what is necessary to continue operation, darling :)


yes there are subsidies to coal mining in Poland (mostly indirect subsidies - like the subsidising of miners' pensions) - it is all worth it if you ask me - thanks to energy sector being state owned he have (in a sense used to have) cheap and stable electricity

as for retail buyers of coal, Poland allows for import from Russia and elsewher - that's one - two: coal heating is still the cheapest option if you live in the countryside and don't have access to gas grid (which is my case)

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


we cannot rely on Russians to supply us for political reasons (the same reasons why Poland is trying to end dependency on Russian gas) - also if you didn't notice the price of coal on the world markets fluctuates heavily - the current price on the european markets is around 200 dollars per ton (and it was less than 125 $ at the end of June) - at the same time Polish power plants buy Polish coal at less than 60 dollars a ton

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


ok I admit - I have very limited knowledge of how Polish coal mines look like - maybe the ground water they have to get rid of (I suppose you agree there is ground water in Polish mines) is not enough or too poor quality to use directly in mining processes (if it is too poor quality the limitation would be the efficiency of cleansing facilities) - so yeah I don't really know if mines use up water from elsewhere (but I somehow doubt it)

I know though there are ground waters in the mines here in Poland and they need to get rid of it : I just read the first sentences of a document about minining in Silesia and it states this: (google translate is your friend)

" Wraz z wydobyciem złóż węgla kamiennego z kopalń w Górno-śląskim Zagłębiu Węglowym (GZW) nieodzowne jest wytłoczenie na powierzchnię znacznych ilości wód podziemnych, których obecność wynika z poziomej i pionowej strefowości hydrogeochemicznej w obszarze

tego basenu węglowego"

the bolding is mine of course

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


if you didn't notice even oceans have limited volume - as for subsoil groundwaters (in areas without mining) they are simply replenished by rainfall - at least here in Europe