jon357
15 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
What about American 'PZPR' operatives like yourself?
Polish PZPR operative
What about American 'PZPR' operatives like yourself?
jon357
14 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Don't be silly, Po.
No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.
Something you strongly support, since you've made it clear that only people who share your views should hold political office or be army generals.
Face it Po, you admire fascism.
Stalinist roots of your anarcho-leftist mindset
Don't be silly, Po.
It was "Uncle Joe" Stalin who started calling Germans fascists
No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.
totalitarian
Something you strongly support, since you've made it clear that only people who share your views should hold political office or be army generals.
Face it Po, you admire fascism.
jon357
14 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
There you go again PO, maligning Poland's greatest (centre-right) statesman because he isn't fascist enough for you.
They've even got their own Führer -- Donald von Tusk.
There you go again PO, maligning Poland's greatest (centre-right) statesman because he isn't fascist enough for you.
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Don't be disingenuous Po. Fascism's come a long way since its origin and exists in various forms - and certainly exists here in Poland.
And let's face it, you like fascism.
Like Middle Eastern religions?
Why should anyone not Italian like fascism
Don't be disingenuous Po. Fascism's come a long way since its origin and exists in various forms - and certainly exists here in Poland.
And let's face it, you like fascism.
totally foreign concept
Like Middle Eastern religions?
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
"wogs"
Oh dear. And you still won't admit that you like fascism, despite so many of your posts pointing firmly to that.
The one that you aren't eligible for...
Nice to see I was right that the Misiewicz affair is just the tip of the iceberg about the PiS corrupt appointments scandal. Two more cases came to light again today and yes, one of them just happened to be a young friend of 'minister' Macierewicz....
"wogs"
Oh dear. And you still won't admit that you like fascism, despite so many of your posts pointing firmly to that.
no scrap of paper
The one that you aren't eligible for...
Nice to see I was right that the Misiewicz affair is just the tip of the iceberg about the PiS corrupt appointments scandal. Two more cases came to light again today and yes, one of them just happened to be a young friend of 'minister' Macierewicz....
jon357
13 Apr 2017
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
So yes, you do prefer fascism but are too afraid to admit it outright.
You prefer anarcho-libertinism but call it "liberal democracy".
So yes, you do prefer fascism but are too afraid to admit it outright.
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Just admit it Po, you prefer fascism...
liberal dmeocracy with its anarcho-leftist utopianism,PC nonsense, social engineering, radiclaism, multi-culti, multi-sexy, gender, anti-clericalism,
heresy
Just admit it Po, you prefer fascism...
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Thats exactly what they want of course, as part of their National Socialism and of course doomed to disaster.
That could have happened in 1947 and now it's happening in 2017.
Thats exactly what they want of course, as part of their National Socialism and of course doomed to disaster.
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Indeed. He seems to think that only politicians he likes should be allowed to stand for office.
Because he's made it clear that he despises Poland's democracy tradition and prefers overt fascism.
Poles voted for all of those people which you mention
Indeed. He seems to think that only politicians he likes should be allowed to stand for office.
Why do you have so much trouble accepting democracy?
Because he's made it clear that he despises Poland's democracy tradition and prefers overt fascism.
jon357
13 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]
In your country, do armed police shoot noisy neighbours for
or
?
If that's the case, I'm glad I don't live there...
Pretty lax laws in the UK, Cops don't have guns
In your country, do armed police shoot noisy neighbours for
knocking things like furniture over
or
laughing
?
If that's the case, I'm glad I don't live there...
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Familiar with the current state of the army top brass and the reasons so many have quit in disgust, are you?
That, I-S, is the opposite of the truth. Not unusual of you to attack experts whose view is more up-to-date, balanced and accurate than yours.
You mean Poles who disagree with your ill-informed point of view...
How much time have you spent here in Poland over the last twenty or thirty years anyway? Especially since you think that the current army general staff are:
the officer crops from the soviet layabouts and surplus generals
Familiar with the current state of the army top brass and the reasons so many have quit in disgust, are you?
Those unspecified concerns are just news pulled out from someone a...!
That, I-S, is the opposite of the truth. Not unusual of you to attack experts whose view is more up-to-date, balanced and accurate than yours.
some German lackeys in Poland
You mean Poles who disagree with your ill-informed point of view...
How much time have you spent here in Poland over the last twenty or thirty years anyway? Especially since you think that the current army general staff are:
soviet layabouts and surplus generals taking money for being useless pen pushers
jon357
13 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
If anyone's interested in what Po has posted (and why - as usual there's a large element of disingenuity in his post) this article sheds some light:
"Statistics show that around 90 percent of Poland's top military brass have either been replaced or left of their own accord amid an overhaul launched by Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz after his rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party took power in October 2015."
and:
"There are concerns among allies about the predictability of the minister," the Warsaw-based analyst told AFP. "Macierewicz has a terrible reputation. He has a hard time meeting his counterparts."
au.news.yahoo/world/a/35014390/as-nato-moves-in-troops-reforms-hit-polands-military-hard/#page1
generals
If anyone's interested in what Po has posted (and why - as usual there's a large element of disingenuity in his post) this article sheds some light:
"Statistics show that around 90 percent of Poland's top military brass have either been replaced or left of their own accord amid an overhaul launched by Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz after his rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party took power in October 2015."
and:
"There are concerns among allies about the predictability of the minister," the Warsaw-based analyst told AFP. "Macierewicz has a terrible reputation. He has a hard time meeting his counterparts."
au.news.yahoo/world/a/35014390/as-nato-moves-in-troops-reforms-hit-polands-military-hard/#page1
jon357
12 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Any proof of that Po, or just another of your warped preoccupations?
Neither refreshing nor in any sense uplifting - basically the dark politics of the 1930s. You may consider media censorship, an attack on constitutional democracy, open racism and misogyny to be
however most people do not.
Given that PiS politicians very frequently lie and as we've seen with the rampant corruption around minister Macierewicz's little friend Misiewicz this week they are in no sense decent.
And yes, they've made Poland an international laughing-stock, as they did during their last brief administration.
Red-tainted ones are for sure
Any proof of that Po, or just another of your warped preoccupations?
That's why the PiS narration is so refreshing and uplifting
Neither refreshing nor in any sense uplifting - basically the dark politics of the 1930s. You may consider media censorship, an attack on constitutional democracy, open racism and misogyny to be
refreshing and uplifting
however most people do not.
truth, honesty and decency
Given that PiS politicians very frequently lie and as we've seen with the rampant corruption around minister Macierewicz's little friend Misiewicz this week they are in no sense decent.
And yes, they've made Poland an international laughing-stock, as they did during their last brief administration.
jon357
12 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Do you think Polish army officers are liars when they swear to defend Poland?
compromises Poland's security and defences
Do you think Polish army officers are liars when they swear to defend Poland?
jon357
12 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
He has always but always very much had his own take on reality.
The surreal thing here is that Macierewicz thought he could get away with it
He has always but always very much had his own take on reality.
macierewicz w mlodosci
jon357
12 Apr 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Most people here seem to and Jaro simply couldn't get away with it since he doesn't yet control all the media.
Hard to understand how they thought a state-owned company paying Macierewicz's young 'friend', a twenty-something with unexceptional educational attainment and very little work history, 50,000pln per month would slip under the radar.
Interesting to know how much more of this PiS has been up to and how many more similar revelations are to come.
I applaud that decision.
Most people here seem to and Jaro simply couldn't get away with it since he doesn't yet control all the media.
Hard to understand how they thought a state-owned company paying Macierewicz's young 'friend', a twenty-something with unexceptional educational attainment and very little work history, 50,000pln per month would slip under the radar.
Interesting to know how much more of this PiS has been up to and how many more similar revelations are to come.
jon357
12 Apr 2017
Genealogy / Looking for a person living in Warsaw - any online phone book in Poland? [33]
Is she on Facebook or Nasza Klasa?
Is she on Facebook or Nasza Klasa?
jon357
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]
Your Housing Association (or whoever provides the flat) should be your first point of contact. They will intervene if the noise levels are above what they consider acceptable. No need to mention the nationality of your neighbour - it simply isn't relevant. If you get no joy there, have a word with your local councillor at their surgery.
Did you have a look at the neighbours from hell forum? Some interesting stuff there.
Yes its social housing, I am on ground floor, normally I tolerate music as they play it at back of flat in the small bedroom and I sleep in big bedroom but it is there as well from like 6am so no matter what room I sleep in I will
Your Housing Association (or whoever provides the flat) should be your first point of contact. They will intervene if the noise levels are above what they consider acceptable. No need to mention the nationality of your neighbour - it simply isn't relevant. If you get no joy there, have a word with your local councillor at their surgery.
Did you have a look at the neighbours from hell forum? Some interesting stuff there.
jon357
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]
Too late to edit - @Ryouga, have a look at this website and forum, called 'neighbours from hell' : nfh.org.uk/forums/
People share stories there - some of them extreme and some mundane. It may help to put your own experience into perspective as well as being a source of practical advice.
Too late to edit - @Ryouga, have a look at this website and forum, called 'neighbours from hell' : nfh.org.uk/forums/
People share stories there - some of them extreme and some mundane. It may help to put your own experience into perspective as well as being a source of practical advice.
jon357
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]
Ryouga, such things are often irritating but nevertheless part of normal life. I have a new downstairs neighbour. My old neighbour, a semi-retired surgeon who I never heard a sound from and have rare but polite contact with has moved into a smaller flat in the building and has been replaced by a couple with teenage sons who behave exactly as a family do. There's noise, slamming doors, one of the kids has a karaoke machine, loud arguments and a barking dog. The opposite of my previous neighbour. If it really annoys me (for example singing on Sunday morning) I bang on the floor and it stops. Otherwise I just ignore it; things like this are usual in apartments and families are often noisy. If I hated living near others and couldn't stand being near a boisterous family, I'd move into 'over-50s' accommodation, or buy a detached house or move to a desert island.
If however your neighbours are truly anti-social (I used to have neighbours here in Warsaw who shagged loudly all night and had a headboard that banged on the wall - the woman was a screamer too) then either raise it with them (this doesn't usually do much) or take some steps. These steps could involve the council, the Noise Abatement Society or whoever owns the freehold to your building. A good first step is your local councillor's surgery.
You'll never have total silence though, especially in a flat (is it social housing?) and it does seem that you spend a certain amount of mental energy on scrutinising your neighbours' every action.
Ryouga, such things are often irritating but nevertheless part of normal life. I have a new downstairs neighbour. My old neighbour, a semi-retired surgeon who I never heard a sound from and have rare but polite contact with has moved into a smaller flat in the building and has been replaced by a couple with teenage sons who behave exactly as a family do. There's noise, slamming doors, one of the kids has a karaoke machine, loud arguments and a barking dog. The opposite of my previous neighbour. If it really annoys me (for example singing on Sunday morning) I bang on the floor and it stops. Otherwise I just ignore it; things like this are usual in apartments and families are often noisy. If I hated living near others and couldn't stand being near a boisterous family, I'd move into 'over-50s' accommodation, or buy a detached house or move to a desert island.
If however your neighbours are truly anti-social (I used to have neighbours here in Warsaw who shagged loudly all night and had a headboard that banged on the wall - the woman was a screamer too) then either raise it with them (this doesn't usually do much) or take some steps. These steps could involve the council, the Noise Abatement Society or whoever owns the freehold to your building. A good first step is your local councillor's surgery.
You'll never have total silence though, especially in a flat (is it social housing?) and it does seem that you spend a certain amount of mental energy on scrutinising your neighbours' every action.
jon357
11 Apr 2017
UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]
Agreed Roz. Their nationality is by the by.
@Ryouga, you could try the council (as Roz says, diarise everything) and you could always try the Noise Abatement Society who advise on such matters. I'd add though that "knocking things like furniture over" and "running about" are normal enough behaviour, especially if your neighbours are a family of kids. You can't expect a family to be as quiet as an elderly nun.
I note that you also claimed in an earlier thread to have issues with your previous neighbours (also a family from Poland) and I suspect strongly that if anyone has a problem neighbour it is the people who have the misfortune to live next door to you.
Agreed Roz. Their nationality is by the by.
@Ryouga, you could try the council (as Roz says, diarise everything) and you could always try the Noise Abatement Society who advise on such matters. I'd add though that "knocking things like furniture over" and "running about" are normal enough behaviour, especially if your neighbours are a family of kids. You can't expect a family to be as quiet as an elderly nun.
I note that you also claimed in an earlier thread to have issues with your previous neighbours (also a family from Poland) and I suspect strongly that if anyone has a problem neighbour it is the people who have the misfortune to live next door to you.
jon357
11 Apr 2017
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [870]
They know it's a distraction from all the other things they don't want to see dominating the headlines.
Article pokes fun at pathetic Polish Government obsession with its rubbish theories
They know it's a distraction from all the other things they don't want to see dominating the headlines.
jon357
23 Mar 2017
News / Poles call for EU reforms. [67]
That was a bad time, and one which was followed by a worse one - when the backlash came it was certainly excessive and many Polish people, especially women and children lost their lives.
It's over now, the two countries have moved on and have good relations. Nobody wants to prologue the hurt. That's part of what the EU is about. Working together, not against each other.
That was a bad time, and one which was followed by a worse one - when the backlash came it was certainly excessive and many Polish people, especially women and children lost their lives.
It's over now, the two countries have moved on and have good relations. Nobody wants to prologue the hurt. That's part of what the EU is about. Working together, not against each other.
jon357
21 Mar 2017
History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [120]
Less nice to mythologise the past, prolong dead rivalries, ignore the traditionally warm relations between Poland and Turkey and pretend there's such a thing as national memory.
Dried up old severed heads from centuries ago don't impact on today.
What matters is the Turkish community in Poland, the Polish community in Turkey (and I don't mean the village of Adampol), trade between the two countries and the cultural links that have lasted from Mickiewicz's stay there until today.
Less nice to mythologise the past, prolong dead rivalries, ignore the traditionally warm relations between Poland and Turkey and pretend there's such a thing as national memory.
Dried up old severed heads from centuries ago don't impact on today.
What matters is the Turkish community in Poland, the Polish community in Turkey (and I don't mean the village of Adampol), trade between the two countries and the cultural links that have lasted from Mickiewicz's stay there until today.
jon357
20 Mar 2017
History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [120]
Maybe Kaczynski and Erdogan can dance around them
magical significance
Maybe Kaczynski and Erdogan can dance around them
jon357
20 Mar 2017
History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [120]
"decapitated Polish heads"
I doubt anyone wants Turkey to return them to Poland. They must be rather ripe by now...
"decapitated Polish heads"
I doubt anyone wants Turkey to return them to Poland. They must be rather ripe by now...
jon357
20 Mar 2017
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]
That sort of behaviour can and does rebound on politicians who do it.
As Lech Kaczynski said about corruption: "now it's our f*cking turn"...
salaries from the European Parliament as assistants, despite them not actually working as assistants at the time
That sort of behaviour can and does rebound on politicians who do it.
The stench of crime around PiS is unbelievable
As Lech Kaczynski said about corruption: "now it's our f*cking turn"...
jon357
18 Mar 2017
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]
You deliberately underestimate this.
Cobblers
I doubt whether his past was known when he was appointe
You deliberately underestimate this.
Or a former Polish president (Komorowski) was TW Litwin.
Cobblers
jon357
18 Mar 2017
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]
That's quite a worry
the snitch in Berlin, appointed by PiS, why don't you?
That's quite a worry