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delphiandomine   
26 Aug 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

a splinter in their adversary's eye

I don't think you can call "defrauding the state" to be a "splinter".

How can you support Duda's profiteering from the State after all the comments you've made about corruption?
delphiandomine   
26 Aug 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

Now now. That's no way to speak about the son-in-law of Lech Kaczyński!

In case you haven't noticed, we've moved onto Duda also being completely corrupt.
delphiandomine   
25 Aug 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

Dubieniecki would fit nicely into the PO scam party.

Now now Polonius... we all remember how Dubieneicki was held up as a fine family man after the death of Lech Kaczyński. I'll find some articles when I can be bothered, but anyway, right now is the far more important story of how Duda also misbehaved.

gloswielkopolski.pl/artykul/6248179,andrzej-duda-dojezdzal-na-uczelnie-na-koszt-kancelarii-sejmu,id,t.html?cookie=1

Andrzej Duda jako parlamentarzysta wielokrotnie korzystał ze swojego poselskiego przywileju i przylatywał do Poznania na koszt Sejmu. Newsweek, który dotarł do tych informacji dowodzi, że w tym czasie wykładał w oddziale prywatnej Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogiki i Administracji w Nowym Tomyślu. Na wizyty Andrzeja Dudy w Wielkopolsce Kancelaria Sejmu wydała w latach 2012-2014 łącznie 11 tysięcy złotych.

Forgive my loose translation, but this is more or less it.

Andrzej Duda, when serving as a parliamentarian flew several times to Poznań at the expense of the Sejm. Newsweek has revealed that these trips were made in order to teach at the private Higher School of Pedagogy and Administration in Nowy Tomśyl. The cost of Andrzej Duda's visits to Wielkopolska between 2012-2014 amount to 11,000 zloty.

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Comment : Duda should do the honourable thing and resign. He's been shown to have used public money in order to line his own pockets, which is an example of the worst sort of corruption. The article goes on to explain that his trips to Poznań earnt him 280,000zl.

In other words, yet another example of PiS and their blatant corruption and misuse of public money.
delphiandomine   
25 Aug 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

Then again it did come one day after PiS launched their election campaign, so PO effectively took away their headlines by making sure journos broke the story today.

There's an even better story today about Duda using public money to pay for his trips to Poznań to work in a private university, but I'll post that one tomorrow ;)

In short, the amount of corruption surrounding PiS is just astounding.
delphiandomine   
23 Aug 2015
News / Surprising ranking of Polish supermarkets (Biedronka expensive?) Living expenses in Poland. [35]

Biedronka is the no.1 store in Poland just because of its prices as most people cannot afford any better not because it's the best.

They actually aren't very cheap - a lot of stuff is actually a bit more expensive than big supermarkets such as Auchan. I think it's rather that they understood the Polish "local shop" mentality and stuck them absolutely everywhere they could as opposed to building large supermarkets from scratch. Unlike the competition, they seem to have embraced putting them in old buildings, underground, everywhere.

For instance, I don't remember the exact numbers - but olives in Auchan are something like half the price of Biedronka.
delphiandomine   
23 Aug 2015
News / Surprising ranking of Polish supermarkets (Biedronka expensive?) Living expenses in Poland. [35]

@Del and Kzei: do you only eat starches?

No no, fruit/vegetables are bought from the local shops/sellers.

@Del: unfortunately at stores such as Biedronka and consorts, there are a lof of industrial crappy foods that are not healthy.

Oh yes. I've almost made a hobby out of watching what utter crap people buy. Watching some woman looking wrecked in her 50's buying expensive (compared to cooking from scratch) junk for her grandchildren is just mindblowing - 2L of fake Coca-Cola, endless (white) bread products, sweet as hell yoghurts and much much more. What surprises me is that their junk is far more expensive than creating a decent salad from the stuff sold in the local greengrocer.
delphiandomine   
23 Aug 2015
News / Surprising ranking of Polish supermarkets (Biedronka expensive?) Living expenses in Poland. [35]

And sorry, Biedronka is not the best quality of food (I never go there).

Biedronka is excellent for meat in general (they've got quite a high reputation for demanding a lot from their suppliers, and I've never had any problems with bad meat from there). Some of their dry produce is excellent as well, such as cous cous and pasta.

Interestingly enough, I've had more problems from Piotr i Paweł and Alma with rotten meat.
delphiandomine   
22 Aug 2015
Language / [SEX] Polish sentences/expressions [41]

dziwka

Yet entirely acceptable in the Czech Republic, strangely enough :D

To translate suck my d!ck into Polish, they call it 'making an ice-cream'

I didn't know that! :D
delphiandomine   
22 Aug 2015
Language / [SEX] Polish sentences/expressions [41]

"do kuchni, teraz!"
"gdzie jest mój obiad!"
"powiedziałem nie ziemniaki!"
"twoja siostra jest piękna"
"jestem tylko z tobą, bo nie mogę znaleźć inna dziewczyna".

That should do you well :)
delphiandomine   
19 Aug 2015
Classifieds / Recruitment agencies in Poland to hire workers? [47]

To be honest, with such competition among employers right now, it's an employee's market. I can tell you that you will be expected to put up considerable benefits, such as a gym membership, money off lunches and other perks. What's actually happening now is that Poland is importing a huge amount of Indian workers as the best Polish workers are looking for rather high salaries.

Where are you based?
delphiandomine   
19 Aug 2015
Classifieds / Recruitment agencies in Poland to hire workers? [47]

A company that I am working for is asking me find reliable and competent recruitment firms that could help the firm in starting an nearshore IT department.

There is no such thing as reliable and competent recruitment companies here, to be honest. You'd be far better off employing someone locally to do the job, in my opinion.
delphiandomine   
13 Aug 2015
Life / Top 5 things I like about Poland [77]

5. There is no nanny state, you can live your life without and government intervention.

I beg to differ, actually. Have you ever heard of Sanepid and PIP? They can really ruin a business through literally applying the law - which is so extreme as to require chairs and tables in schools that are the correct height for children. I've seen documents from one company that was required to install windows that opened (even though they have air conditioning) - even though they were on the 12th floor. The lack of government intervention is only true as long as you don't encounter the government.

Things are getting better, but it's a long way yet. Unlike the UK's HSE, PIP and Sanepid are also not very helpful.

Jon - yes, exactly. Take Poznań - almost every single vegetable seller in Poznań will sell fruit and vegetables that come straight from the huge market in Franowo. Where that stuff comes from - well, some might come from farms such as apples, but anything non-Polish will be equally chemical-laden.
delphiandomine   
12 Aug 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

Funny you should mention that, I was just about to mention the latest story...

tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/bogdan-pek-lezal-na-korytarzu-senator-sie-tlumaczy,567471.html

On Saturday, "Super Express" published the photo of Senator Bogdan lying - as is clear from the article - on the floor of the hallway of the Sejm hotel.

Clearly, lying around drunk in public is an obvious crime.

And yet again, more corruption surrounds PiS.

This time, the son-in-law of Lech Kaczyński has been arrested in a corruption probe.

thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/218247,Late-president-Kaczynskis-soninlaw-arrested-in-corruption-probe

"Among the detainees is a lawyer and a disabled person, because the extortion of public funds relates to the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled People and is connected, among other matters, with co-financing the employment of the disabled," commented Piotr Kosmaty, spokesman for the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Kraków.

Those aware of Polish politics will know that the son-in-law in question is a lawyer.

The circle of corrupt individuals close to Jarosław Kaczyński is quite shocking.
delphiandomine   
12 Aug 2015
News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

The idea is to abolish the independence of the supervisory board and bring it directly under ministerial control.

In other words, the government will then be able to directly decide what is broadcast, which means goodbye journalistic independence and hello endless programmes about Smolensk, the Church and how PO are bad.
delphiandomine   
11 Aug 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

@Delph: I am NO PiS follower (neither PO's) but believe me, this is so everywhere. I am not saying it's good but it's the way it is so why different in Poland?

No, I know what you mean. But I fear that PiS will do this and then "deal" with the TV licence problem (i.e., no-one pays it) by adopting the Greek solution of slapping licence fees onto electricity bills. I wouldn't mind paying for something like French, German or British public TV, but TVP is....garbage.

To me, TVP should be made fully commercial. Polskie Radio should stay funded, because Trójka at night is positively insane and worth listening to.
delphiandomine   
11 Aug 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

Merged: PiS plan to increase nepotism

Just as we all knew, PiS intend to increase nepotism dramatically if they win the next election.

PiS is reportedly working on a project, which will be ready shortly after the parliamentary elections in late October.

Public radio and television are now Treasury-owned companies and PiS wants them turned into cultural institutions, thus enabling the government of the day (PiS has a strong lead in the polls) to replace the supervisory councils of both institutions.

In other words, it means that PiS will (again) control TVP and use it as their political mouthpiece.

thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/216804,PiS-plans-public-broadcasting-shakeup

Can someone explain why the government needs to have direct interference over public television and radio?
delphiandomine   
11 Aug 2015
News / Homosexual lobby steps up infiltration in Poland [110]

That's why the DSM isn't particularly credible, as it's decided by consensus.

You're right that there's something wrong with the way that they were treated as deranged ill perverts one day and normal the next - which shows that the APA is hardly credible.
delphiandomine   
11 Aug 2015
News / Homosexual lobby steps up infiltration in Poland [110]

HOMOSEXUALITY DELCARED "NORMAL" BY A VOTE, NOT RESEARCH

You do realise that the APA (and all other similar institutions, such as the famous PANY) decide everything by votes?
delphiandomine   
11 Aug 2015
Law / Refused Poland's citizenship from Polish president, what to do now? [47]

Hi mr polsyr how are you can you plz explain me about standard procedure without going to presedent what does it means ?

B1 (or higher) certificate in Polish, plus all the same requirements as when you originally applied for permanent residence.
delphiandomine   
9 Aug 2015
News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]

He didn't stab himself, didn't you listen to JKM?

The fact that he had Nowa Prawica on the verge of becoming an established party in Poland which would attract public funding, then managed to destroy Nowa Prawica says it all about him.
delphiandomine   
9 Aug 2015
News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]

InPolska: have you heard the words of Polish Ministry Sienkiewicz, that he ordered to burn the guard booth at the Russian embassy ?

Bwhahahaa, you really are making it all up now :D He didn't say that. It was speculation from someone else. Slight difference, and a world of difference away from admitting to having ordered such a thing.
delphiandomine   
9 Aug 2015
News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]

They're mostly football hooligans belonging to firms that hate Warsaw (so pretty much everyone except possibly Wisla Krakow and Slask Wroclaw fans, although their agreement has been dissolved). Any excuse to smash up Warsaw is a good one, and I know of a guy who openly admits that their sole purpose in attending is to destroy Warsaw.
delphiandomine   
9 Aug 2015
News / Janusz Korwin Mikke - controversial Polish politician [43]

Never forget: the constitution defines Poland's economy as a social market economy. That is not a cut-throat, run-away capitalist economy which serves only the financial elite and their wannabe flunkies.

Not me that claimed that he was a man of the free market ;)

Wasn't the "social market economy" rather the work of the SLD, by the way? You'll know better than me, but weren't the SLD still quite social democratic in the 1993-1997 period?

He met young supporters of the free market.

Hahahaha. Meeting one group of people means nothing - as I showed you, Duda signed a concordat of sorts with Solidarność requiring him to try and implement policies that directly contradict the free market. Anyway, if he believed in the free market, why would he promise huge amounts of welfare?

If you say, that Duda cooperates with trade unions, so I tell you, that PO cooperates with them even more.

Hahahahahaha. Now you're really making me laugh :D PO have very little to do with the trade unions - they're forced into cooperating with them because of the constant threats of strikes, but in general, PO are not allied at all with trade unions. Do stop posting such rubbish :D

The same with education, ane I think, that more and more people are realising, that there is no other way, than the privatization of these sectors.

Bwahahahaa. Come back when you've actually reached voting age ;)

If this was true, why are all the best universities in Poland public universities? The private ones have had 25 years to try and catch up, yet only really Kozminski (or however it's spelt...) is anywhere near the standard needed.

He has the biggest support of the people on street. No other politician in Poland can gather so many people on the ad hoc meeting.

This is just too much :D

Korwin-Mikke has nowhere near that level of support. Nowa Prawica (which was much more than just JKM at that point) won only 580,000 votes in the European elections last year. Those elections are always associated with a high protest vote (InPolska, didn't the FN win big in those elections too in France?) - and cannot be taken seriously. In a non-proportional election (the Presidential election) - JKM won a mere 486,000 votes.

The real support for Korwin-Mikke is around 2-3%.

I tell you what: the more Poles are attacked by people, like you, the more we will organise ourselfes and the more we will engage in enforcing Poland and our nation

Sorry, but your nation is already under the control of Germany. Deal with it.
delphiandomine   
7 Aug 2015
News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]

The nationalists were not protesting against Biblical imagery as you well know but against what tehy saw as a symbol of perversion and degeneration.

Poor them if they immediately associated a biblical symbol with perversion and degeneration. While I agree that there's plenty of both in the Bible, it seems a bit strange to confuse a symbol of hope with such things.

Did you know The Bible begins with a rainbow and ends with a rainbow:
· In the Book of Genesis it says: The Rainbow of God's Promise shines across the world.
· In the Book of Revelation it says: The Emerald Rainbow shines around the Throne of God in heaven.

sermons4kids.com/colors_of_the_rainbow.htm

Worth a read, and worth taking into account.

Except local residents wouldn't stand for it any more than those living in and around Saviour Square.

Don't you think that the idea of salvation fits perfectly with the idea of the rainbow?

As for local residents, most of them weren't there before 1945 anyway, so who cares about their feelings?