News / France and Germany plan to flood Poland with illegal migrants. [157]


because the Tories were a lousy government and also COVID happened

Edit: also their stance on illegal immigration was largely the same as the current Labour government

News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [425]


hillarious is not what most people in Poland think a politcian should be, especially when you are, as I said "just talk, no walk" as he is perceived by most Poles by now (though I believe a hillarious politician who would manage to be also effective would be a deadly combination in Polish politics (deadly to his opponents))


he was counting on his personall appeal and the ability, you know ... to talk (at least in my opinion)- in my opinion, also, Hołownia had no dreams (like grounded dreams) of becoming a president

News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [425]


I may be overestimating my deductive powers but I am pretty sure Hołownia's running for presidency was his attempt to strengthen his party's image in the face of diminishing support - he greatly overestimated his personal appeal though it seems (he probably likes basking in popularity like in his early days as the speaker of the parliament when his antics were popular among voters of PO et al and were even streamed on the internet - he is a sleek interlocutor - but most Poles see he is just talk no walk by now )

News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [425]


your understanding of the Polish politics is somehow still subpar, mafketis - I have no doubts Hołownia will support Trzaskowski and I am ready to bet 1000 dollars on that

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 22 [750]


North Koreans?

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [191]

"if" is not always translated as "czy" into Polish - in this case the correct translation is "jeśli"

Edit: also I was wrong about his address being short - the fragment I saw was short but I just checked the transcript (in English) of his address and it wasn't that short at all

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [191]


mówi - osobiście słyszałem fragment jego (krótkiego) przemówienia do zgromadzonych na placu Św. Piotra

History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [356]

*sure, there wouldn't be D-Day

History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [356]

Rich, I said were it not for Americans, Russians might have not won the war against Germany - you said: "but were it not for Russians there would be no D-Day" - sure, they wouldn't: that's why I said "Americans didn't win the II World War on their own" - I hope you understand now

History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [356]

Rich, focus, I never said it was Americans who won the war on their own - dismiss

History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [356]


were it not for American trucks, American beef, American boots and plenty other things American, the Soviets would have had much harder time beating Germans if they would have ever succeeded in it

rbth.com/defence/2016/03/14/lend-lease-how-american-supplies-aided-the-ussr-in-its-darkest-hour_575559

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

oh - so it turns out - it's not as storng as a veto from Polish president then :) - POLSKA GUROM !!!

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


I didn't know that - it looks like this kind of veto is even stronger than the Polish counterpart since the Polish parliament can overturn presidential veto

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1292]


in Germany, my son, the president is not elected in the popular vote

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


although it isn't? - the Polish president has the power to veto any new legislation - to overturn presidential veto you need 3/5 of the parliament

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [650]

to wake up with a hand in a potty means to find yourself in an unpleasant/unconvenient/undesireable situation because of your inaction, negligence or ignorance

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [650]


not really

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1292]


so what? if AfD rules Germany the current political trends in the EU will be no more


yeah - it means that keeping Poland in Germany's fold is really important to German politicians, mostly

History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [356]


I think there are three legs in the coat of arms of Manx island which lies in the Irish Sea and has some unique legal status within the UK

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1292]


am I missing something? namely was AfD "verboten"? that would be quite outrageous, if you ask me

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [158]


too quiet for my liking as one who mostly uses roads on a bicycle

Po polsku / Strefa Wolna od Małpiszonów [24]


Ironside (in his own words) suffers from "dyzortografia", IIRC

Feedback / Suggestions for forum features [14]


there was this feature called ignoring in the forum before - is it gone now? (I never used it anyway though) It's not gone.

It's possible to report a PM message too or to ban a user from sending a PM or to disable receiving PM messages completely.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1292]


how do you say ministry of interior in German? (Edit: I have already checked it: Bundesministerium des Innern (und so weiter))

Po polsku / Strefa Wolna od Małpiszonów [24]

tak apropos za co pawian dostał bana?

poza tym myślę, że pawian to taki homing baboon: zawsze wraca

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [650]


myślę sobie, że to konie pierwsze stawały dęba - a dopiero potem włosy (ale mogę się mylić)

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


what do Mercosur states gain then in the treaty? peanuts? for opening their markets? I don't believe that

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


thanks, didn't know that - I just wonder what the quotas will be and for which products (as far as I know the EU doesn't import grains - somehow the excerpt doesn't mention grains)


the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court doesn't exist since July 2022

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


not when Tusk is in power - he will sell Polish farmer's down the drain only to remain in favour of the German elites in my opinion - it's not a coincidence that debate over the Mercosur deal is postponed until after the Polish presidential election if you ask me

as for Draghi report you can even find general information in the wikipedia - in Polish media I watch there was more about it

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


there is an official EU report that calls for drastic cuts in EU cohesion funds and other forms of subsidising "new Europe" (you think it somehow was created against the will of German leadership?) - search for "Draghi report"
also the current Brussel administration negotiated a free-trade deal with Mercosur - if it is accepted, European (read: mainly German) manufactured goods will be free of tariffs in big part of South America and their (Argentinian, Brazilian) agricultural products will reach our markets duty-free - the last part would obliterate Polish agriculture - how is that not German-centric?