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Joined: 2 Dec 2023 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 3 hrs ago
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Torq   
18 Dec 2023
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Into the 21st century: 1987

Highschool students working on their brand new Elwro 800 Junior (Polish-made ZX Spectrum clone). It is estimated that in late 80s and early 90s about 1 million primary school and highschool students in Poland used E800J in their IT classes.
Torq   
17 Dec 2023
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Highlander, Don't You Regret?: 1979

Pope John Paul II in the marketplace of his hometown (Wadowice) during his first apostolic visit to Poland.
Torq   
17 Dec 2023
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Sealed With a Kiss: 1973

Edward Gierek welcoming Leonid Brezhnev in Warsaw, and confirming Polish-Soviet friendship in a rather manly manner.
Torq   
17 Dec 2023
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Those cars would have looked good even in the decadent West.

They did! Here's a cover of a German advertisement booklet...

... and they were seen all around Danish countryside in the 80s/90s (apparently Danish farmers thought the car was cheap and quite sturdy). :)

They were exported to many countries of the world and we sold licence abroad (they were manufactured in Egypt, China and Thailand).

Jeremy Clarkson is not the greatest fan of Polonez, to put it mildly, but the car was quite decent in the poor, grey communist times.

Armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns, and receiving a blessing from a very Orthodox-looking

That's old Poland for you: more eastern than it is today and multi-cultural. :)
Torq   
17 Dec 2023
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Kneeling in a Winter Wonderland: 1944

Soldiers of AK (Home Army) 27th Volhynian Division taking their oath in a beautiful winter scenery.
Torq   
17 Dec 2023
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Inspired by shorpy dot com here's a thread with historic photos from Poland; each with a title, year and a short description. I will try to post one or two a day; please feel free to comment and add photos too.

Oh, the luxury: 1978

Two brand new FSO Polonez parked in front of Victoria Hotel in Warsaw. This photo is literally oozing with luxury, or at least with PRL's (People's Republic of Poland) idea of it.
Torq   
16 Dec 2023
Feedback / How to reply to a thread on this website? [28]

Wanted to start a new thread but the board won't let me. It says "Go back!" and asks me to select proper category; I tried "History" (most appropriate for the thread imo), "Life" and finally "Random" but each time I got the same message. :-/ Check your PM.
Torq   
16 Dec 2023
News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]

dePiSification of Poland

Also known as "slaughtering the pack" (dorzynanie watahy)...

polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1510018,1,dozynanie-czy-dorzynanie-czyli-co-z-ta-wataha.read

... :)
Torq   
13 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

Anyways, Rich, read the opening post again and the article linked. Braun said that he was stopping "the act of wild, talmudic cult", so he kinda admitted himself to disturbing religious activity. :)

I suppose that's why idiots commiting crimes have the right to remain silent afterwards - not to incriminate themselves. Braun chose not to exercise this right. :)
Torq   
13 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

There was no religious activity.

Lighting hanukkah candles is most definitely a religious activity, and the ceremony was just taking place - the Klezmer band was still playing, for f*ck sakes, and there were people from the Jewish relgious commune still present there (the woman who tried to stop Braun was one of them).
Torq   
13 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

So crime did he commit?

Well, spraying somebody's face with a fire extinguisher is definitely assault. Putting down the candles during a religious ceremony is also a criminal offence under Polish law (which protects acts of religious cult). Straight from Polish Policja website...

"Przeszkadzanie publicznemu wykonywaniu aktu religijnego lub obrzędom żałobnym (art. 195) § 1. Kto złośliwie przeszkadza publicznemu wykonywaniu aktu religijnego kościoła lub innego związku wyznaniowego o uregulowanej sytuacji prawnej, podlega grzywnie, karze ograniczenia wolności albo pozbawienia wolności do lat 2."

statystyka.policja.pl/st/kodeks-karny/przestepstwa-przeciwko-5/63491,Przeszkadzanie-publicznemu-wykonywaniu-aktu-religijnego-lub-obrzedom-zalobnym-ar.html

... so, yes it looks like he commited an act of crime but more importantly he commited an act of complete and utter twattiness.
Torq   
13 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

niem. debiler Mensch

Polish language contains a lot of germanisms. There's about 2500 German loanwords in Polish listed in the dictionary below...

ksiegarnia.pwn.pl/Slownik-zapozyczen-niemieckich-w-polszczyznie,68423480,p.html

... and here's a list at the Oldenburg University site...

diglib.bis.uni-oldenburg.de/bis-verlag/wdlp/ab_H.html

There's surprisingly many of them, considering the fact that the languages are so different and the peoples were not exactly friendly towards each other throughout history.
Torq   
13 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

maybe he was paid by RuSSia to do this o_O

I doubt it.

Imagine the scene...

"Russian intelligence officer: Gospodin Braun, here's one twatillion rubles. Now, go and put down Hanukkah candles in Knesejm (as some vicious people call it).

Braun: No problem, boss. Should I also assault a female Jewish doctor in the process?

RIO: Yes, please. That will help our war effort immensely, and you will be given another c*ntillion rubles for that.

Braun: Sweet. I'm on it."

... it just doesn't make sense.

We are looking for something deeper in this whilst the whole story is simply about Braun being an attention seeking twat. Nothing more to it. Only this time he took his antics a bit too far and opened himself to legal action. Serves him well.
Torq   
13 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

removed Christmas tree and gifts that owner of local floral business installed near entry of kindergarten in Germany

About Germany you should ask either BB or Tacitus, I am not a specialist on German matters.

The demand to remove a nativity scene or a Christmas tree in Poland would be very unlikely to succeed.
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

Tusk mentioned in his inaugural speech that he won't break any military contracts that PiS made, all the purchases will be realised, all the obligations and contracts will be respected...

onet.pl/biznes/biznesalert/tusk-w-expose-zapowiada-ze-nie-zerwie-umow-na-wojskowy-sprzet/l7rys6d,30bc1058

... +1 for Tusk. Strengthening the Army should be above any political conflicts.
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

...thanks for checking!

Not at all. :)

Polish Sejm is a veritable menagerie of oddities. The fact that this country is still working with such geniuses at helm is a proof of God's existence.

Tusk

... and I don't envy this guy's job. He will have a lot of mess to clean in the coming years.
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

please don't tell me he has german heritage...

*goes checking*

Hmm... a very decent, patriotic family it seems:

...son of Kazimierz Braun, a respected film director...

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Braun_(re%C5%BCyser)

... grandson of Julisz Braun, a lawyer...

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliusz_Braun_(prawnik)

... great-grandson of Karol Braun, the president of "Sokół" gymnastic association in Dąbrowa Tarnowska...

geni.com/people/Karol-Braun/6000000024321473949

... great-great-grandson of Józef Braun from Tarnów.

Couldn't be arsed digging deeper. The guy is as Polish as it gets at least 4 generations back. You can breathe a sigh of relief, BB. ;)
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

What exactly did he mean with that?

Beats me.

He sprayed a bystander trying to stop him in the face...

She wasn't just a bystander but a Jewish doctor, Magdalena Gudzińska-Adamczyk, who tried to stop Braun from desecrating a relgious symbol that is important to her...

onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/grzegorz-braun-zaatakowal-ja-gasnica-prysnal-mi-w-twarz/2txd99s,79cfc278

... it is so absurd that one is tempted to make a joke or two about it, but at the end of the day it was a lamentable incident and Braun should be punished for his idiocy.
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

It is a vomit-inducing place

it gives mere stomach cramps

Yet, gentlemen, you are both still here. And you will be.

I tried to leave, as PF puts too much strain on my weak nerves sometimes, but failed miserably. This place is a trap.

That's why I worry about Crow - he couldn't have left just like that, something must have happened.
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

Why should there be Hanukkah candles in the Sejm?

Well, Jewish culture and religion is a part of the Holiest Rzeczpospolita tradition and the Third Rzeczpospolita considers herself a rightful heir of this highest culmination of human civilisation.

is not Poland the Maiden of Christ?

She is indeed. She is also, simultaneously, the Christ of Nations, which to an untrained mind might introduce some difficulties of theological nature.
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
History / Poland must get back Lwow, Wilno and Brest back [345]

wether I would be a hero of Russia or Poland is of little difference as it would be first step towards a United slavdom that would simultaneously unite the churches!

Moderators - I would like to bring to your attention the fact that Crow has just hacked Gruni's account.
Torq   
12 Dec 2023
News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]

The notorious Konfederacja MP, Grzegorz Braun, used a fire extinguisher today to put down Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament...

... the incident caused understandable uproar, especially after Braun said: "there can be no place for acts of tribal, wild, talmudic cult on the premises of Sejm", he also added that he was "restoring normality to Sejm by stopping the acts of satanic, racist triumphalism", and he called other members of parliament to a theological debate.

rp.pl/polityka/art39556401-grzegorz-braun-uzyl-w-sejmie-gasnicy-zgasil-swiece-na-menorze-chanukowej

In what other parliament than Polish could this be possible? No wonder Sejm's YT channel is watched by millions of people (yesterday's transmission had 4.1 million views). :)