Love / What do Polish girls think about dating Asian guys? [134]


Really?

Toughest guy I've ever met in Poland had a beard, had arms made of granite and could kick so fast that it was a blur. Oh, and he was Asian.

Certainly he put most of those MMA wannabes to shame.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


Extended interview, at least in the sense that I understand it.

News / Goran Bregovic`s concerts banned from Poland ? [30]

Mmm... maybe Armenia at the minute?

(nice question)

Love / What do Polish girls think about dating Asian guys? [134]


More please. It makes a welcome change from the "bald all over steroid freak" look found on Polish streets.

Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]


Oh yes. Virtually everyone of any note whatsoever is accused of being Jewish, including Kaczyński - Kalkstein or something is his alleged Jewish name.

If you want to read about the Kaczyński-Kalkstein connection, the whole theory is here: radtrap.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/kim-sa-kaczynscy-fakty-mity-i-watpliwosci/

Can't say I believe it myself, but it shows how deep the paranoia is in Poland.

Language / How well do Polish people understand Slovak? [88]


Behave yourself Crowie, or I'll send you the picture I took in Republka Srpska of a sign written in Cyrillic but which used Croatian spelling rather than Serbian spelling.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Tusk is an SB snitch now?

You really are scraping the barrel Polonius. By the way, why haven't you told us why you tolerate the Polish Ambassador to Germany being a proven SB snitch according to the IPN.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


I find it very fascinating that no-one has seriously investigated the twins, to be honest. There's plenty of research on their current friends and how they're being handsomely rewarded, but no-one is looking at their pre-1990 connections.

Anyway, enough about PRL times, and rather an interesting story of complete nepotism.

oko.press/wojciech-jasinski


There are no words.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Another day, another poll, and this is seriously bad news for PiS. It's from Kantar Public, who use a face-to-face polling method that tends to produce better results for PiS.

wyborcza.pl/7,75398,21543385,sondaz-platforma-dogania-pis-partia-kaczynskiego-wpada-w-tarapaty.html?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=SM&utm_campaign=FB_Gazeta_Wyborcza

PiS: 27%
PO: 24%
Kukiz 15: 11%
Nowoczesna: 8%
SLD: 5%

News / Poles call for EU reforms. [67]


As you will be well aware, the "massive fraud" appears never to have existed. The introduction of the JPK has led to some increased returns, but these were already forecast by PO when planning the JPK system in the first place.

Quite a few people are asking Morawiecki where the missing 50 billion is, because PiS certainly don't have it.

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


Well, it's already dragged down Le Pen in France. Such blatant corruption is hard to cover up, especially if it results in punishments from the EP.


Exactly. Perhaps Polly will be along soon to explain to us about why it's acceptable for Misiewicz to remain anywhere near the government.

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

Plenty of good examples of crime over the weekend.

First up - it transpires that PiS have been giving people salaries from the European Parliament as assistants, despite them not actually working as assistants at the time. Our old friend, Misiewicz, is at the centre of it:


natemat.pl/203983,lewe-etaty-w-pis-oplacane-z-unijnych-pieniedzy-europarlament-pyta-m-in-o-bartlomieja-misiewicza

Others were also involved, but it shouldn't surprise us that he's at the centre of such a scandal.

Next - Tomasz Markowski, former MP from PiS.


natemat.pl/203907,byly-posel-prawa-i-sprawiedliwosci-skazany-za-wyludzanie-pieniedzy-na-mieszkanie-wyciagnal-od-panstwa-114-tys-zlotych

The stench of crime around PiS is unbelievable.

News / Poles call for EU reforms. [67]


Then Poland has to join the Euro.

You can't have it both ways.

News / Poles call for EU reforms. [67]


That's a pretty worthless statement, because that also includes people who think that Poland should be very much in the centre (Euro adoption, etc) of the EU and that there should be no means for Poland to stay out of things that it doesn't want to adopt.


Well, more integration helps remove national barriers. I think Germany and France have finally accepted that the current situation (paying billions out to places like Poland with no real way of punishing Poland) doesn't work, and so more integration is desirable.

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


He's actually making it up now, as even PiS haven't accused Tusk of anything in that respect.

Still, it's completely off-topic, as this is about PiS and their snitches. Perhaps he can tell us why the snitch in question remains Ambassador to Germany despite the IPN confirming that they hold documents confirming who TW Wolfgang was.

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


Tell us more about the snitch in Berlin, appointed by PiS, why don't you?

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

Seeing as PF's Chief Propagandist is silent, Radio Poland has reported on yet another snitch in the employ of PiS.


thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/298145,Foreign-ministry-shakeup-meets-opposition-from-union

News / Kaczyński debunks opposition lies alleging PiS plans for Polexit [37]

Strange that you're silent on PiS taking huge salaries from state-owned companies who are doing exactly that.


That's exactly it, a two-speed Europe lets Poland stay out of the Euro (and by extension, inevitable EU oversight of national budgets), and as you say, it simply won't work for Poland now. It's no secret that Poland can't enter at 4.2-4 as it will be far too expensive, yet the economy would be killed if it returned to the days of 3.5 as it's far too expensive for exporters.

News / Kaczyński debunks opposition lies alleging PiS plans for Polexit [37]


They need to if they don't want a two-speed Europe ;)

It's the exact reason why I see no harm in a multi-speed EU, as it would let some countries drop out of the Euro safely.

News / Kaczyński debunks opposition lies alleging PiS plans for Polexit [37]

That doesn't make any sense. The whole point of deeper integration is to move away from the model where one national parliament can block things based on short term political survival, and instead integrate economies further. The more you integrate the economies, the harder it is for a single country to dictate things.

More to the point, deeper integration also means the removal of individual vetoes. More decisions will be subject to QMV, which is exactly the way it should be as it ensures that a double majority is in favour of any measures taken.

News / Kaczyński debunks opposition lies alleging PiS plans for Polexit [37]


So it's time to behave like a first class member. That means no stupid stunts, no blocking measures out of spite, adopt the Euro, you know...act like a first class member instead of being a spoilt child.


If they did, it would almost certainly result in Poland losing even more influence in the EU. No-one wants to work with unstable member states, which is why the UK was so exasperating for years.

News / Kaczyński debunks opposition lies alleging PiS plans for Polexit [37]

It's an example of how Kaczyński's politics internationally just don't work. He doesn't have a clue what he's doing - blocking others from deeper integration when it doesn't affect Poland is just going to make enemies out of the core EU countries. Given that they are contributors to the EU budget, the inevitable conclusion is that Poland will receive far less money next time round.

It may be all just nonsense for the domestic audience, however.

Edit: I'm in absolutely no doubt that the real plan now is to head towards Polexit. The onslaught of propaganda against the EU makes me think that the plan all along was for Poland to be humiliated.

News / Kaczyński debunks opposition lies alleging PiS plans for Polexit [37]

So why are PiS hell bent on stopping it? What, exactly, is wrong with France and Germany deciding on deeper integration and leaving others to decide if it's for them or not?

The Euro is an example of a two-speed project. Schengen was originally a project outside the EEC. And so on and so on.

France, Italy, Spain and Germany are agreed that they want deeper integration. Why would you try and block them if they're also happy to let Poland stay with the current status quo?

News / Kaczyński debunks opposition lies alleging PiS plans for Polexit [37]


So, when can we expect Poland to join the Euro, or to accept refugees?

Oh wait...

The two-speed programme makes perfect sense. It's exactly this push towards forcing everyone to go along with deeper integration that led to Brexit in the first place, and so there should be suitable systems in place so that countries can integrate more if they want to, while others can stay out of it if it doesn't suit them. Of course, those that integrate more should receive more benefits for doing so.


I think we all know that this is exactly their game. Kaczyński is a master of saying one thing and doing something different.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


So why hasn't the PiS SB snitch been recalled from Berlin yet?

News / Polish MEP Korwin-Mikke's latest outrage, insulting women [216]


Ignorance is bliss, isn't it Gregy?

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Pierre-et-Marie-Curie

A quick look on Google reveals plenty of streets in France named rue Pierre Curie.

News / Polish MEP Korwin-Mikke's latest outrage, insulting women [216]


Wow, Gregy, you do realise that she has countless streets and achievements named after her, while you have precisely...zero?

News / Polish MEP Korwin-Mikke's latest outrage, insulting women [216]


Yeah, you're right. The posts of Korwinists online certainly prove the intelligence gap, as they seem to be the type that cling to soundbites as opposed to science.

News / The Mayor of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz cuts down 150,000 trees in the Poland's capital. [84]


I wonder what else can be found if you look through the archives. Time to dig, I think.

News / Polish MEP Korwin-Mikke's latest outrage, insulting women [216]


He doesn't hate PiS at all. He's been rather silent about them ever since he started getting cash for breaking the 3% threshold.