Posts by delphiandomine

delphiandomine

13 Jan 2016

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

Absolutely. Can't imagine that they'll suddenly be all "hey Poland, let's be equal partners!". More like "Hey Poland, you have no friends now, so let's be "friends" where you give me all your resources for free and you can pay me twice market value for mine!".

delphiandomine

13 Jan 2016

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

they need to establish relationships with Russia and most likely leave the EU sooner than later.

I think I've read it all on PF now.

You do realise that Poland already tried that for 44 years and it didn't go so well?

delphiandomine

13 Jan 2016

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

That Czech PM officially said there's nothing wrong with democracy in Poland and he doesn't understand what the fuss is about. But you hear and quote only what you want Delphi.

Who belongs to the Czech Social Democratic Party, which was more or less part of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party and certainly came from it.

Try harder.

delphiandomine

13 Jan 2016

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

There's something very amusing about the fact that all of these people commenting here and defending PiS are such patriots that they....live abroad.

delphiandomine

13 Jan 2016

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

What's quite amusing is today's events. It transpires that the Hungarian Commissioner on the European Commission actually failed to support Poland. Orban is no fool, and it looks like PiS believed him when he said that Hungary will block any sanctions ;)

delphiandomine

12 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

Have an idea what the trickle down effect will be on Poland ?

Not much effect, unfortunately. The deal Poland signed means that there's no need to source oil from any other seller, and the Russians now control the refinery on the German border that supplies a huge amount to Western Poland. We're effectively forced to pay a minimum of $36/bl. regardless of what happens with the price.

and the fact that drillers from Houston to Riyadh won't quit pumping despite the oil glut.

I read somewhere that the Americans now have so much of the stuff that their storage facilities are full, companies are resorting to trying to hire in tankers for storage and that it's all contributing to the price crashing down.

delphiandomine

12 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

Seen the latest news? The EU will lift sanctions on Iran in the next few weeks, meaning even more oil on Poland's doorstep will become available at a very cheap price (as Iran need hard currency).

As I said before, with PKN Orlen signing a massively unfavourable deal with Russia and the Russians now controlling the refinery in Schwedt, it means that they've got a strangehold over fuel supplies in Poland. How could a government allegedly acting in the national interest allow such a situation to happen with oil prices so low?

delphiandomine

12 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

I wonder how many cans of VIP one needs before that seems like a good idea.

Who needs cans of VIP when you can just blatantly introduce all sorts of pro-Russia deals and fill positions of power with ex-PZPR members?

Watching Greggy defend this deal is hilarious, because it shows that he's also very much in favour of doing unfavourable deals with Russia at Poland's expense.

delphiandomine

12 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

All the forecasts which are constantly being cut, is that?

We're seeing the insane situation that the Americans have more oil than they can even store, the Saudis are determined to hold onto their overproduction and Iran about to enter the market and analysts predicting oil at $20/bl - and yet PiS signed a very unfavourable deal that completely cuts out the need for oil to be obtained from anywhere else?

delphiandomine

12 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

It takes an oil sector expert to tell you the price of oil has gone down and is going down more?

Now now. Greggy is a PiS activist, which means that the only people he listens to are the ones that tell him that this deal was in the interests of Poland.

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

"I negotiated a $6.5 billion oil contract two weeks after changing jobs from licking envelopes at PiS head quarters and two weeks before the price of oil halved in price."

Where's Greggy when you need someone to present an abusive defence of why this incompetent idiot signed such a terrible deal?

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

And we certainly don't need to be experts to understand this.

foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/01/11/oil-prices-fall-for-sixth-day
It's pretty clear that paying a minimum of $36 to Russia for all our oil needs and cutting off talks with the Arab suppliers is very much designed to ensure Russian domination over our domestic oil industry while also subsidising the Russian budget. Why?

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

With Iran about to throw oil onto the market and (as Johnny told us) America now exporting oil again, you have to wonder just how low it will go.

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

The lowest price Poland would pay is $36. It's at $32 now.

The interesting part is that PiS broke off talks with the Arab oil producers without any real justification or reason. Why the hurry to sign a very unfavourable deal with Russia?

Still, nice to know that we're subsidising the Russian budget through overpaying for oil products.

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

That sounds like the answer of someone that doesn't actually have an answer.

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

I'm not you.

Notice how you attempt to completely move the topic away from PiS and Russian interests.

Not falling for it Greggy. Why are you so keen to stop discussion about Russian interests in PiS?

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

It's a blog entry wrote by a guy working for the the Soros Foundation.

Any attempt to lie and insult, eh?

Perhaps you might want to address the facts rather than commenting on who wrote the article?

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

Did you read the articles? There's certainly enough evidence to suggest that their Russophobia is like their anti-communism - a facade designed to cheat and manipulate the masses.

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / PiS and Russian political/economic interests [70]

Well, well, well. Another week, and now the media are suggesting that there are connections between PiS and Russia.

pl.blastingnews.com/felietony/2016/01/pis-lokuje-jawnych-zwolennikow-putina-na-najwyzszych-stanowiskach-w-tvp-00725945.html

It's a good article, and it's worth a read. It essentially outlines how the new boss of TVP Kultura has been acting in accordance with pro-Russian interests, such as attacking fronda.pl for their aggressive anti-Russian stance against the occupation of Crimea. The publisher/editor Matyszkowicz has been openly calling for the destruction of the European Union. Furthermore, it explains how the PiS "good change" appears to be the implementation of Russian economic and political interests in Poland - with TVP Kultura being a vital aspect of that plan. Certainly, the appointment of a pro-Putin figure to lead TVP Kultura has to raise eyebrows.

We should also mention that blastingnews brought attention to the unfavourable oil contract signed with Russia -

pl.blastingnews.com/ekonomia/2016/01/czy-prawo-i-sprawiedliwosc-jest-agenda-rosyjskich-sluzb-specjalnych-w-polsce-00717669.html

The title "Is PiS an agency of the Russian special services in Poland?" tells you all you need to know. The article explains how the deal with Russia has allowed Russia to dominate the Polish oil industry - not only through the unfavourable deal, but also through the takeover of the Schwedt (Oder) refinery in Eastern Germany which supplies a considerable part of Western Poland's oil needs. Furthermore, it also shows how the PiS-controlled media spread lies about the increase in oil prices to make it seem as if it was a PiS success, when in reality, oil prices are predicted to fall even further due to the entry of Iran into the market.

Perhaps this is the most crucial part of the text :

Biografia Jasińskiego mogłaby więc sugerować, iż był on wysokiej rangi funkcjonariuszem komunistycznego wywiadu.

The biography of Jasinski would therefore suggest that he was a high-ranking Communist intelligence officer.

The links between PiS and Russian economic and political interests are certainly very interesting.

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

News / Jacek Kurski, the new chairman of TVP (Telewizja Polska) [37]

This is an old management technique - appoint incompetent or dishonest people who owe their job to you (because no one else will have them) in order to ensure their loyalty.

Indeed, it's pretty clear that the PiS strategy thus far has been to appoint incompetent/dishonest/inexperienced people or ex-PZPR members to prominent positions - all of them can be easily controlled and replaced if needs be, and none of them will have the brains or the talent to mount any serious opposition to Kaczyński. It means that Kaczyński can control everything easily and in his vision.

Kurski is just another in a long line of puppets.

delphiandomine

11 Jan 2016

Real Estate / Best area in Krakow to live? [43]

My advice : don't do it if there's family involved. It will just end in tears - no matter how much you like them on a personal level, Poles are dreadful people when it comes to business - and they will ruin you. They will see no harm in letting cousin Paweł take some supplies for his own house building project, nor will they see any harm in letting the costs rise because "it's holidays".

It might sound alarmist, but unless you really know what you're doing and if you're not afraid to cause family problems, avoid.

delphiandomine

10 Jan 2016

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

He owes his political career to PiS, and if he attempted to go it alone, they would simply haul him up in front of the State Tribunal and prosecute him on random trumped-up charges. Still, would be better to grow a backbone now rather than face the humiliation of seeing the State Tribunal prosecute him in 2019.

delphiandomine

10 Jan 2016

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

At least it'll be cheaper and won't exist solely to provide members of PiS with lucrative public TV/radio contracts to produce 'national' propaganda. You honestly think that PiS care about promoting Polish interests? Of course they don't - they care about producing cheap propaganda that costs a small fortune to produce in exchange for the previous support of "journalists" and "filmmakers" when they were in opposition.

delphiandomine

10 Jan 2016

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

Communist regimes were brought to Eastern Europe and kept afloat for 45 years with Soviet bayonets.

Soviet bayonets wouldn't have been enough by themselves. They needed a willing local population to control the levers of power, and that they found. Don't forget that every single post-war Communist leader was also a fearsomely talented organiser.

By contrast, PiS is the most pro-Polish party around not beholden to any external force, and that is the key difference.

Except, you know, they signed an unfavourable deal with Russia and have implemented several policies designed to push Poland further into the Russian sphere of geopolitics. If by "pro-Polish", you mean "pro-Russia", then yes, I'd agree.

In fact, soon there will be more Polish culture and history on National Television and more Polish music on National Radio.

I look forward to it. Nothing will alienate the voters more than endless cheap Polish productions of dubious merit which push the Party line.

delphiandomine

10 Jan 2016

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

If you look back to how Communist governments won power post-war, it was pretty much identical - they went after some high profile enemies as well as securing control of everything that really mattered. For instance, in post-war East Berlin, the Communists made sure to control education, media and policing/justice. With such control, you can do anything you want. They then enacted plenty of changes that suited their agenda, rendering the opposition incompetent.

delphiandomine

10 Jan 2016

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

Not sure what you're blabbering about now Polonius, as I was only referring to the fact that things were more stable politically - fewer parties and more stable coalitions.

Still, looks like according to you, PiS have taken it to the ultimate level by swiftly removing everyone else from any sort of power and replacing it entirely with their own people. The looting and plundering of Poland, aka TKM, can now take place unopposed by any pesky workers that might oppose them.

delphiandomine

9 Jan 2016

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

I thought that was obvious years ago. Most of his comments are very much rooted in the TKM philosophy.

delphiandomine

9 Jan 2016

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

So far and without exception, every step they've taken has been a wrong move!

The only example I can think of is the Olszewski government, but that didn't enjoy anything resembling popular support in the first place. Possibly Mazowiecki's government was also very poorly seen after a year or so, but certainly nothing in modern political times (if we take 1993 as being the start of more sensible politics).

Even the PiS 2005-2007 government wasn't so unpopular until Kaczyński got rid of Marcinkiewicz.

Notice how Polonius is openly celebrating the fact that PiS are now able to steal, plunder and manipulate Poland for all it's worth.

delphiandomine

9 Jan 2016

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

most Poles are willing to GIVE PiS A CHANCE!

Except they aren't.

29.6% Nowoczesna
27.3% PiS
16.2% PO
7.0% Kukiz'15
5.4% ZL
4.5% PSL
3.3% Korwin
2.2% Razem
4.2% don't know

It's clear that they're dropping like a stone in the opinion polls.

delphiandomine

9 Jan 2016

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

Because I know of no party anywhere in the world that has done so

Scandinavia would be a good place to start, as would the UK and Germany.

Imagine how difficult it would be to oppose a PiS plan where every senior civil servant had to be proven to be politically neutral, and where the deliberations between commission members were made public? It would certainly be nearly impossible for any future government to change such a policy, and Poland would have a UK or German style civil service where they serve the government, not the party.

Instead, PiS chose the path of nepotism, and they're being punished in the opinion polls for it.