News / PiS candidates are losing positions in EU Parliament. Will they keep power in Poland? [358]

Yes, they aren`t such hypocrites as PiS - when they say right, they mean it. Marek Jurek once belonged to PiS but saw through their false ideals and left. He deserves respect for that. But certainly he isn`t my idol coz his intention is to turn Poland into a country similar to Franco`s post war Spain or Chile after the military coup de etat. He glorified Augusto Pinochet. And he was against Polish access to the EU.

Not my hero. And I still consider myself a Pole. Funny, isn`t it? :):)

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

And they fall in love with each other etc etc. It was the first Polish war comedy without blood, executions, martyrology etc. from 1964.

Cybulski? here you are, on the beach

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Yes, of course. But it doesn`t matter, those black clouds could be over anybody.

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

Jupier is strong and the sausage come out very bitter. First cats behind fences, we say.

Grill every day? I would need to be transported to hospital instead of to school in September. :):)

Only once did the family of previous owners from Canada come to visit us there, to see how the house and garden changed coz they had remembered them from childhood days. They didn`t recognise the place.

Fortunately, Polish spiders don`t kill people. And remember, what doesn`t kill you, it will strengthen you. :):)

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

Yes, excellent.

What nationality is the soldier and what is his connection with the woman?

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Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


No, there were a few before him. Check the posts on the first page.


But in this thread we are talking about linguistic achievements, not political ones. :):)

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


That was in 2015. Tusk has made an incredible progress since then. Despite a heavy accent, he communicates with world leaders freely.

Tusk at G7 conference.

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

These words mean you will never do it. Whenever I heard them, sb was going not to keep the promise. :):)

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

hahaha no, a simple word: NEW will be enough.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


yes, but some guys are blind to art, they are too obsessed with nationalist bs.

The case I was talking about happened in 2000
fakty.interia.pl/polska/news-zyd-jan-brzechwa-nie-moze-byc-patronem-szkoly-w-dmosinie,nId,777901


That was Tuwim. Good you mentioned him. Julian Tuwim, a great Polish poet of Jewish roots, also had problems as a patron

in 2010.
dziennikzachodni.pl/julian-tuwim-patron-niegodny/ar/263622

and in 2009
echodnia.eu/podkarpackie/radna-nie-chce-zyda-za-patrona/ar/8396754

Today I don`t come across such news.

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

hahahaha No, I meant the one from 189 guessed by Chemi.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

The last post about patrons.

Jan Brzechwa, a genial poet was a controvercial choice about 15 years ago because of his Jewish roots disliked by councils controlled by rightists. Today I see the controvercies have disappeared and quite a few schools bear his name:

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Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

More patrons

Wow, I didn`t know they can choose a living person as a patron. Picture No 3 and 4, Aleksander Doba, the first kayaker who sailed between continents.

Aleksander Doba (born 9 September 1946) is a Polish kayaker known primarily for his long voyages crossing oceans. In 2010 and again in 2013 he kayaked across the Atlantic Ocean westward under his own power. The two voyages were the longest open-water kayak voyages ever made. He was named 2014 Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic. In 2017 he completed an eastward kayaking trip across the Atlantic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Doba

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  Mickiewicz, the greatest poet
  
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  Kaz Górski, legendary football coach
  
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Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]


I added juniper and a lot of mustard seed.

No, I just built that smokehouse last year and haven`t smoked hams. Too little time.


We never kill spiders. I taught my kids to take them out in a glass. In our summer house, there are a dozen spiders in the bathroom or toilet and nobody cares.

We have a grill every two weeks. It is unhealthy, I know, but we usually do it when we are visited by family or friends. :):)

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Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

Yes! When my workmates say goodbye to me, I often answer with the film`s title.

Another film made on the beach

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Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Murzyn isn`t racist. The same with Murzynka - black female.

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Yes!


To signal means to indicate, notify, signalise, inform.

black clouds over Zbigniew Ziobro....

News / PiS candidates are losing positions in EU Parliament. Will they keep power in Poland? [358]


And because of this gossip PiS is dismissing important officials in the Ministry of Justice?

hahaha You should invent sth else.


Now this is nice gossip.


Hmm, so why has Ziobro, to save his own ass, just dismissed another PiS nominated judge who participated in troll factory?

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]


No, I just bit yuor hand coz I am a clever dog and immediately sniff liars and false people. :):)


No, it is still a lie and I challenge you to prove your original opinion:


HA!!!


No, what you are doing here is pathetic. I think I will send the message to the Kremlin troll factory in St Petersburg to lower your wages for posting here coz you are a useless troll with a very stupid argumentation which influences nobody. They are wasting this money on you.

News / PiS candidates are losing positions in EU Parliament. Will they keep power in Poland? [358]

Will the latest criminal scandal by PiS have influence on the voters? Most probably. Even if PiS lose only a few percent, it will be enough to lose elections even though they might turn out the most popular party again. But they won`t win the constitutional majority.

Ha!

Support for Poland's ruling coalition led by Law and Justice (PiS) weakened in a poll published on August 23 after a scandal broke involving officials from the justice ministry who orchestrated a social media smear campaign targeting critics of the government's judicial reforms. [....]

Reports by Onet and later by other media showed that a woman - revealed to be the wife of pro-PiS judge Tomasz Szmydt and identified as Emilia - was hired to launch a hate and slander campaign on social media against judges critical of the reforms. She also fed information on the judges to pro-government media.

intellinews.com/popularity-of-poland-s-pis-hit-after-media-reveal-deputy-justice-minister-orchestrated-smear-campaign-against-judges-166658/

They say that the woman called Emi is revealing all facts now cause her husband had demanded a divorce so she is taking a revenge. She already apologised to all the victims of her trolling.

Hahahaha PiS losers, how many people like that will talk one day about all your dirty acts? Nothing will stop it. You are finished.

And the woman`s lawyers said it wasn`t all what they have. The whole recorded affair is about 5000 pages. Only a fraction has been revealed so far and it is presumed more curious info is going to surface before elections. More and more reports and articles suggest that Justice Minister Ziobro knew about everything.

That is funny because when PiS lost elections in 2007, they also blamed Ziobro`s stupid moves for that.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]


hahaha No, I don`t juxtapose me against the whole PiS. :):)


Really? :)


I just caught you lying. Where did you get that 50% from?

Ha!

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]


:):) Why protesting? Didn`t I write


Did you think it was some kind of sarcasm which should be understood the other way? No. :):)

I said it was funny how partial you are and rest your opinions on PiS media, without checking independent sources. Do you really depend wholly on PiS media for your information about Poland, Mr Expat? That`s sad.

Ha!

One more thing occured to me. The recent scandal with their troll factory shows PiS` standards.
Firstly, politicians who are members of the party called Law and Justice happily deal with criminal acts. They vowed to clean the judicial system of bad elements, especially the remnants of Soviet times, but they prefered to silence and finally remove independent judges who disagreed with PiS over unconstitutional reforms.

Secondly, in a democratic country with high standards, after revealing that deputy Justice Minister was involved in criminal acts, his boss would resign too. It is obvious that Justice Minister Ziobro, called Sheriff, knew about everything because his deputy was his closest co-worker, even mate.

Of course, such a thing won`t happen coz PiS has very low standards of petty criminals.


You and a few others still compare currently ruling PiS to PO. How about this: in 2009, when an infamous inmate commited a suicide in the cell, PO Minister resigned coz he felt responsible for his officials` negligence.

express.co.uk/news/world/80852/Polish-justice-minister-resigns

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

Isn`t it funny how you repeat black propaganda which PiS media are using to cover PiS troll factory? Accusing local PO politicians of trolling is a blatant lie and one shouldn`t propagate it coz they discredit themselves.

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]


That`s the Polish style. One should get used to it.

Paradoxically, it works well in most cases. :):) Unless one is unlucky.

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

A private tutor and his student. Watch the film one day, available on cda site.

Who?

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Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]



No, look, this spider is harmless, I touched it and nothing happened, it only has long legs, that`s all..

PS. The truth is that on the next day I spotted an even bigger spider in the barn but it was too fast and I let it go.

Five zlotys coin in the background.

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Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Each school`s patron imposes a special School Day on which students and teachers hold ceremonies - formal and informal.

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  Arkady Fiedler, traveller and writer. My old primary school changed name to Fiedler when communism collapsed.
  
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  Sobieski, king who defeated Turks many times
  

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

What are they in the film?

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

The recent scandal with troll factory organised by PiS politicians in the Ministry of Justice, together with PiS-nominated and -controlled judges, against independent judiciary, shows that PiS didn`t reform anything. They claimed to strive at replacing old pathology but instead of cleaning the system, they introduced another pathology - this time, their own - servile judges who will do any dirty job for a bowl of rice from PiS.

Fortunately, Poland is anchored in the EU which won`t allow PiS turn Polish judiciary system into their own troll factory. No way!

PiS, get the fek out to the Kremlin where you belong! Wypierdalać na Kreml, skurwysyny, tam wasze miejsce.

Or to Belarus at least. :):)

euobserver.com/justice/145685

"The main task of the ministry run by Ziobro and Piebiak appears to be the subjugation of all judges to the current government ... these are Belarusian methods being used in an EU country," Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, an opposition MP from the Modern party, said in reaction to the onet.pl revelations.

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

Yes, the funniest thing is he always looked so boyish in his films but played black characters who attack and beat. In Chinatown he even slashes Nicholson`s nose.

I am in the mood,for black and white film:

Instead of names, what is the relation between these two:

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