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?

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


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?

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.

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


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


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.

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


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.

News / Surprising ranking of Polish supermarkets (Biedronka expensive?) Living expenses in Poland. [35]

To be fair, some Alma stuff is very good - they have an excellent own-brand line of juices and other stuff that's fantastic and about the same price as elsewhere. I wouldn't touch the "snob" stuff like meat and cheese though - too many people have had too many bad experiences there.

News / Surprising ranking of Polish supermarkets (Biedronka expensive?) Living expenses in Poland. [35]


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.

News / Surprising ranking of Polish supermarkets (Biedronka expensive?) Living expenses in Poland. [35]


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


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.

News / Surprising ranking of Polish supermarkets (Biedronka expensive?) Living expenses in Poland. [35]


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.

Language / [SEX] Polish sentences/expressions [41]


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


I didn't know that! :D

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 :)

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


Am I mistaken, or isn't there a wonderfully downmarket Vietnamese restaurant on that square too?

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?

Classifieds / Recruitment agencies in Poland to hire workers? [47]


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.

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

The author does have a long history of writing absurd nonsense in the Polonia media, so perhaps it's what they expect to read about Poland?

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


Shame I'm not in Warsaw, otherwise I'd do it and video the whole thing.


No, it's very heavily biased in favour of the political opposition.

Life / Top 5 things I like about Poland [56]


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.

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


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


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.

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.

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


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.

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.


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?

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.