News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]

He's absolutely right.

Problem is, if they do find the train, people will claim for years that the government lied.

News / British schoolboys very sensibly dealt with by the Poland's authorities after theft in Auschwitz [45]

Perhaps you should remember that Auschwitz was also the scene of the murder of nearly 400,000 Polish citizens.

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

It is funny, that for a party called "Law and Justice", they seem remarkably keen to avoid Duda being questioned over his fraudulent expense claims. Surely if they were genuinely interested in law and justice, they would ask him to waive his immunity.

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

Off-topic again, Polonius.

This thread is about crime committed by members of PiS and their associates.

ecpr.eu/filestore/paperproposal/8f4a9c16-9665-49c6-a8d3-8bf63862c228.pdf

An interesting paper here that discusses political patronage and PiS.


Yet more corruption, and the paper goes on to outline how PiS were even worse than the infamous 2001-2005 SLD government. The article is fully sourced, so perhaps Polonius would like to comment on why the Minister of the Environment needed 11 cabinet advisers.

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]


Wow, Polonius... you genuinely think about sodomy when you see a rainbow?

I mean, I think "the rain is over", sometimes "ahh, beautiful" and occasionally "life is wonderful". I don't think I've ever once associated rainbows with sodomy.

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


Absolutely.

The party seems rotten to the core, doesn't it?

News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]


On a personal level, I hope that it encourages people to explore the whole area more to find out what's actually in and around Wałbrzych.

History / Question about Warsaw Ghetto (shared building?) and Monument [29]


I've got to say - if I were Polish and reading that article, I'd probably get quite defensive too.

Anyway, if the Chief Rabbi is happy, what's the issue?

News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]


Johnny, perhaps you should learn a bit more about Poland before saying such things?

A nuclear power plant was already rejected in a referendum in the late 1980's by the people, with 86% of voters saying "no" to it.

A second referendum took place in 2012, and it was again rejected.

Everybody, keep to the topic please

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

One has to wonder why Polonius keeps repeatedly going off-topic in this thread.

Anyway, a fun story that I found recently.

natemat.pl/115555,celnik-skazany-za-korupcje-pracuje-w-biurze-pis-dzialal-z-mafia-hazardowa-a-teraz-jest-na-stazu

Basically, a corrupt Customs officer that was convicted of taking 22,000zl in bribes, ended up working in office of a PiS MP last year. The excuse given by the MP was that he didn't know the person's background, which means that the MP failed to do even basic background checks.

Another example of how PiS and corruption goes together hand in hand.

So, returning to the topic - Jon, would you like to find some more examples of PiS and corruption?

News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]


Given the circumstances, I'd expect it to be heavily mined and possibly containing weaponry to be used in a future counterattack in Poland.

It's a nice story nonetheless.

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


Nice to see that you consider fraud to be a "Sunday school picnic". It's exactly that "Teraz k***a My" attitude that PiS are notorious for.


Indeed, there's a lot more where that comes from. If even their Presidential candidate indulged in blatant fraud, what hope is there for the rest of the party?

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]

I assumed he was more bothered by people starting fires and destroying art in his home city than anything else.


Why can the two not coexist? It's rather a symbol of hope and new life - it seems entirely appropriate for the two groups of people to co-exist. From what I know, it's not uncommon for homosexual people to also be Christians - the two are not incompatible, despite what some people might think.


See, again, people thinking first and foremost of homosexuality rather than hope.

Some might say that the symbol of the rainbow is also a sign from God that he'll be a bit more tolerant in future, given his general intolerant nature in the Old Testament.

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]

But again, Polonius, you're the one associating rainbows with homosexuality, not us.

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]


Oh dear.


catholic-saints.info/catholic-symbols/rainbow-christian-symbol.htm

So there we have it. Rainbows and Catholicism are linked and not perceived by any normal Catholic as being anything other than a biblical symbol. If you associate it instantly with homosexuals, then you really should question your commitment to your religion.

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]


To be fair, I'd hardly call generic 1950's socialist realist architecture historical. Warsaw is full of identical looking areas, from what I remember...

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]


I didn't know you were a keen defender of socialist realist architecture!

I didn't get close enough to see what it was made of, all I thought was "hey, pretty rainbow" - and I thought about how it brightened up the surrounding neighbourhood. I'm not from Warsaw and I don't spend much time there, so for me, it was just a nice rainbow that brightened up a rather dull looking neighbourhood.

And yes, I stumbled across it without knowing anything about it, because most of Poland only found out about it after they attacked it.

News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]


I keep saying it, but the first time I saw the rainbow, I thought "what a pretty rainbow". I didn't think "OMG GAY YAY" or anything else - it was just a pretty rainbow. If anyone immediately thinks "gay sex" when they see a rainbow, then they need their heads examined.

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


Surely someone elected to serve the public should understand that public money is to be used wisely and not for obvious personal gain?

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


Quite remarkable how far Polonius is willing to go in defending one of the worst cases of obvious corruption in Poland, isn't it?

TKM applies well and truly here - the ordinary person can only dream of flying from their city to another city during the weekend at the public cost in order to earn cash.


Hardly. The flights were paid for by the taxpayer.


It's not "one person's word against another", it's Duda's word against the person that employed him.

Actually...

orka.sejm.gov.pl/osw7.nsf/0/8F2551AF7BAEFDB4C1257CC90031C991/%24File/OSW73_077.pdf

You can see clearly here that Duda earnt over 60,000zl in 2013 from external teaching.

Corrupt to the bone, and there's the proof.

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

What part of "justice" do you need explained? If the President has defrauded Poland, then justice should be served.


The rector of the higher school in question openly admitted it. What more proof do you need?


This is about PiS and their crimes, not about PO/PSL. Stay on topic.

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


Except it has been verified, and Duda was indeed teaching at the time. The rector of the "university" (rather a higher school) even said that he was popular among students. There's nothing more to it - well, except the fact that he was on "leave" from UJ at the time.


So why has the Minister of Justice asked for an explanation?


How interesting. That means that Duda flew using public money when he could have travelled by train for free. It gets worse!

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


What part of "Duda used public money to fly to Poznań and stay in hotels on 11 occasions, during which he taught at a private university for monetary gain" are you struggling to comprehend?


Tut tut Polonius, Newsweek did no such thing. They have the proof.

Try as you might, you cannot escape the reality of PiS being the home of the corrupt.

As for PO and PSL, I couldn't care less. They don't claim to be anti-corruption, after all.

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

Absolutely. It's unbelievable how much is coming out - that's now four high profile PiS members exposed for misusing public money!

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

Less corruption? We've just seen examples of drink driving, public drunkenness, misuse of public funds and fraud involving disabled people among other things.

PiS, far from being "anti-corruption", are actually supporting a President that has been involved in corrupt behaviour.

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

Again, what has PO got to do with this thread? Stop going off-topic.

This thread is specifically to discuss people connected with PiS and crime - such as drink-driving, fraud and misuse of public money.

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

You're forgetting that PiS made their name on an anti-corruption agenda.

Duda's corruption is unforgivable though. Using public money to fly to Poznań (what was wrong with the train?) and staying in hotels while working at a private university - how can anyone that claims to be anti-corruption condone this?

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

Off-topic, Polonius.

This thread is about PiS and their criminal activities. PO have nothing to do with it.

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


I'm just surprised that PiS (supposedly the defenders of Polish interests) have seen fit to accept cash from foreign interests.

After the revelations about Duda, we should be looking very closely at PiS and their links to Russia.

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


You're missing the point. This is the President of the country that is involved in openly misusing public money. If he had any morality, he would resign. Of course, he doesn't have any morals, because he's from PiS.

Nice of Polonius to link to a site that talks about "The Jewish Lobby in Poland". Do we need to remind him about how some PiS members formed some pro-Israel group in the Sejm not so long ago?