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pawian   
10 Mar 2020
News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

you will soon find that a strong confident man is always the hero of such novels

You never see a romance novel with a soy boy as the hero.

Guys, it is obvious you know very little of women. If you did, you would be aware of the fact there are a lot of romance books featuring soft gentle sweet males. hahaha

goodreads.com/list/show/20141.Romances_with_sweet_male_leads

Check this one:
goodreads.com/book/show/692935.Simple_Jess

Yet the only one she felt truly comfortable with was Simple Jess. Sweet and gentle, Jess wasn't as smart as your average man. But his tender manner stirred Althea's heart in ways she had never dreamed possible. It would take a miracle to find a husband in Marrying Stone. But sometimes miracles are right under your nose.
pawian   
10 Mar 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Exactly.
Kaczyński has always strongly believed PiS has to control the judiciary. He tried to faithfully follow the pattern of accumulating whole power practised by communists before. Dependent courts with intimidated judges were one of main prerequisites of totalitarian systems.

However, history repeats as farce. Kaczyński`s atrempts are farcical - judges don`t want to obey him and PiS. What a pity. :):)
pawian   
10 Mar 2020
News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

How many have you read to know it? :):)

And those novels are mostly (if not exclusively) written for by women for women .

Do all women on the planet read them? I don`t think so. :):)

you will soon find that a strong confident man is always the hero of such novels.

Similarly, we can claim that there were no gays in ancient Rome during Nero`s rule cause there are no such characters in Sienkiewicz`s novel Quo Vadis. :):)
pawian   
10 Mar 2020
News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

Feminism is just something for bored, ugly, fat and/or old women

No, not only. Also for beautiful women who have had enough of being looked at and treated as sexual objects. Like you just did in your post. :)

pubescent teenager belonging to the high school computer club.

Because it is a young man who feels and supports women`s cause. :)

the vast majority of women want a strong confident man that wears the pants,

No, those are only your wet fantasies, based on traditional approach from the past. :)
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

First Lady/Gentelmen Hołownia wins hands down. His wife is a freaking jet pilot :)

And she also decided to openly support her husband in her spot directed to Polish women. Wives will definitely be a highlight of this campaign.

o2.pl/artykul/kolejna-zona-wlacza-sie-w-kampanie-prezydencka-mocny-glos-urszuli-brzezinskiej-holowni-6486372862707841a


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pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / New poll before the autumn elections in Poland [14]

New GfK Polonia poll says PiS can win 49 per cent of votes in the upcoming elections. Changing Poland's Constitution?

Fortunately, they had not enough seats to change it. So, they only broke it several times, instead. :):) But all deeds have been written down and culprits will be taken to court. Mind my words.

Election results
2015 - 37,57%

2019 - 43,59% - better than before but lost the Senate.

2020 - ????
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
Travel / Palm trees in Poland [19]

Funny you should say that... ;-)

It wasn`t a joke. I left them inside our summer house which is not heated in winter. The temp could be around 1 - 2 degrees.

The fine in Saudi if you crash into one is huge.

Like hurting a holy cow in India?
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
Language / Stenka and stęka - on alleged non-existence of nasal vowels in spoke Polish [17]

How do you think Stenka* or stęka are/should be pronounced: the same or differently?

Of course, differently. People who pronounce them the same are simply careless about diction. I always admonish my students to take care of it coz decent articulation is a sign of good education, intelligence, manners, background etc.

Check this pair: Irenka vs i ręka.
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
Travel / Palm trees in Poland [19]

We bring them indoors for the winter.

I did and they died inside. :)

would also be interested in any other plastic shrubs

Hmm, they will look good in the first year, then it will be only worse, I am afraid.
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
Life / a funny poem in Polish (not mine) [11]

a funny poem in Polish

Another one, based on the favourite slogan by PiS - Tusk`s fault.

Pociąg spóźnił się/do Buska - wina Tuska. Podupada kurort Ustka - wina Tuska./Groch się jakoś marnie łuska - wina Tuska./W Totku Ci nie wyszła szóstka - wina Tuska./ Zaszkodziła Ci kapustka - wina Tuska./ Cioci Zosi siadła trzustka - wina Tuska.

The train was late - blame Tusk. Ustka resort in ruin - blame Tusk. You didn`t win lottery - blame Tusk. etc etc

Full poem:
migielicz.pl/wojciech-mlynarski-wina-tuska/

I think it is great poetry.
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / Only 1 in 3 firms in Poland pays income taxes [20]

and the PO government does nothing - that costs us 32 billion PLN yearly

And PiS government still does nothing about it - it costs us billions per year. Nice. Thank you , dear PiS - say major chains like Lidl, Auchan, Macro Cash.

tysol.pl/a35208-Te-sieci-handlowe-praktycznie-nie-placa-w-Polsce-podatku-dochodowego
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / Charles Crawford on PiS just after the 2015 election [29]

The recession is coming and PiS will have to face it. With what results?

forbes.pl/gospodarka/koronawirus-recesja-w-usa-i-europie-projekcja-inflacji-i-pkb-co-ze-stopami/zl51swq
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
Life / Americanization of Poland - good or bad? [49]

When in Greenpoint, I took a photo of a deserted factory. Is it still there? And anothert one in Manhattan, too.


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pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / Charles Crawford on PiS just after the 2015 election [29]

fvck horses if we can have robust 4 per cent a year growth every year thanks to PiS policies

Please, spare us this propaganda, we are not brainwashed residents of Podkarpacie region. :):) It is not PiS`s merit, they were only lucky to take advantage of world prosperity. We`ll see how they cope with the coming recession - that will be a good test for their managerial skills.
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / Incredible news from Poland - The president shaved his moustache! [88]

Be careful when dealing with beavers in Poland - they can bite! A woman was bitten by a beaver which illegally entered her house - she had to be taken to hospital:

tvnmeteo.tvn24.pl/informacje-pogoda/polska,28/bobr-wszedl-do-piwnicy-i-ugryzl-kobiete-w-noge,317060,1,0.html
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
Work / Are there any Americans teachers left in Poland? [38]

So, are there any Americans English teachers left in Poland?

I suppose each English Department at major universities in main cities must have at least one.

UJ in Krakow:

E.g., check Mr Noel Harold Kaylor.
ifa.filg.uj.edu.pl/pracownicyifa
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / Charles Crawford on PiS just after the 2015 election [29]

no wonder he described PiS so well and predicted a lot of later developements

No, he didn`t. Just like other Western politicians who have usually shown incredible naivety when dealing with various Eastern dictators.

E.g, the quote from his text:
They urge a "strong Poland", by which they mainly mean robust and sternly honest state institutions

is completely nuts. PiS didn`t make Poland, stronger, quite the opposite, Poland is deifinetely weaker.

Robust, honest state institutions? So why has PIS scored so many failures and scandals in so many branches?

E.g, : PiS ruined famous and profitable studs. The main reason - they replaced old professionals with PiS loyal supporters or politicians who knew nothing about keeping horses. In result, studs which generated good income in the past today need state financing.

polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/rynek/1782926,1,tylko-koni-zal-jak-pis-w-trzy-lata-zniszczyl-polskie-stadniny.read

It is just one fekking example.

Thank you, PiS. Poland in ruin was really a good prognosis.
pawian   
9 Mar 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

It's not fairplay, but dirty play.

Yes, we need Dirty Harry to deal with PiS rogues.

That's the kind of fire that can burn down a functioning democracy. Fighting lies with lies will not result in a healthy country.

I forgive you your infantile words coz you don`t know what you say and do. I only hope it is pure naivety of yours, not bad will or pro-PiS propaganda.

What don`t you know then?
Firstly, it is commonly known that most patients diagnosed for serious cancer are doomed in Poland coz there is not enough money to refund expensive medicine. 2 billion additional funds could save many lives.

Secondly, state media, especially TV, has been entirely taken over by PiS who use them to spread the dirtiest propaganda which is on the same level or even worse than the one in communist times.

Read a few links - the issue of has become known in the world.

khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1563637286
political-europe.com/2019/01/14/polands-public-tv-is-a-propaganda-tube-confirmed/
nytimes.com/2019/10/11/world/europe/poland-election-state-television-tvp.html
irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/polish-national-broadcaster-turns-into-propaganda-machine-1.2652527
ipi.media/new-report-polands-public-media-serve-as-propaganda-tool/

Do you undestand now why your words about threatened democracy were silly???? Yes, democracy is threatened but by PiS, not the opposition.
pawian   
8 Mar 2020
Travel / Palm trees in Poland [19]

If anybody wants to buy Trachycarpus Fortunei Palms

I once fancied having such palms in my garden but they didn`t survive the first winter. Later I found a gardening forum where they explained how to protect the plants - incredible methods, including Christmas tree lights wrapped around the palm to keep them warm.

Are there Palm trees in Poland?

There is one in Warsaw. It had problems some time ago but they were overcome.


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pawian   
8 Mar 2020
News / Roma community feels discriminated in Poland [43]

Roma community feels discriminated in Poland

Polish discrimination of Roma gypsy citizens is caress compared to what they get in Slovakia or Romania.

errc.org/news/un-body-finds-racism-pervasive-in-slovakia
pawian   
8 Mar 2020
Life / The Art of Complaining by Polish people [47]

I don`t want to complain

I still don`t like complaining too much. I consider it a bit unmanly. Besides, there is not much I can complain about - the main and practically only object of my complaints is PiS government and its stupid deforms. As for everything else, I am fully relaxed. :):)
pawian   
8 Mar 2020
UK, Ireland / Can I buy Papierówki apples in the UK? [11]

Hi, my wife is Polish and remembers these apples from her youth.

Yes, from my youth, too. But I can`t see them in any shops in Poland today. That is why I planted one paper-apple tree in my orchard.
pawian   
8 Mar 2020
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

The almost 300% rise of baby wares VAT, is a perfect continuation of German WW2 nazi policy of oppressing Polish population.

And after years, it is still in force. PiS government has done nothing to abolish it. Danke schón, Herr Kaczyński.
pawian   
8 Mar 2020
Real Estate / Best area in Krakow to live? [43]

According to the theory of prevailing western winds blowing pollution eastwards, western parts of Krakow are the best. That means Wola Justowska area has been justifiably acknowledged as the poshest district in Krakow for decades. Even Penderecki built his house there.

Newly rebuilt church in Wola


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