bolek_tusk
1 Jan 2019
News / Poland's News sources [59]
What do people use as their sources for news about current affairs in Poland?
What do people use as their sources for news about current affairs in Poland?
bolek_tusk
2 Jan 2019
News / Poland's News sources [59]
That is absolute crap.
The corrupt Polish judiciary is an institutional structure that PO/KOD are desperately clinging on to because it enables them to throw out any cases they don't like.
PiS wants to remove old Communist judges and modernise the judiciary by removing it from the control of the self serving elite and providing some degree of democratic control over it.
Also, maybe remind me about the old PRL practice known as 500+ which has been returned in recent years.
Every single PiS 'reform' is aimed at returning PRL practices and institutional structures
That is absolute crap.
The corrupt Polish judiciary is an institutional structure that PO/KOD are desperately clinging on to because it enables them to throw out any cases they don't like.
PiS wants to remove old Communist judges and modernise the judiciary by removing it from the control of the self serving elite and providing some degree of democratic control over it.
Also, maybe remind me about the old PRL practice known as 500+ which has been returned in recent years.
bolek_tusk
2 Jan 2019
News / Poland's News sources [59]
Neutral (and objective) means someone who shares my worldview..... :)
sure jon - we just have different feeling of what is neutral and what is not
Neutral (and objective) means someone who shares my worldview..... :)
bolek_tusk
2 Jan 2019
News / Poland's News sources [59]
I took a look but it looks to geared towards Facebook/Twitter users neither of which I spend much time in.
But there hardly any content - one article every two months....
Seems to be written for Guardian readers....
Compared with most of the English-language news sites, NfP is moderate, objective and unaligned to any party or tendency.
I took a look but it looks to geared towards Facebook/Twitter users neither of which I spend much time in.
But there hardly any content - one article every two months....
Seems to be written for Guardian readers....
bolek_tusk
2 Jan 2019
Work / Work as English proofreader in Poland [19]
How does one get started as an English proofreader in Poland?
How does one get started as an English proofreader in Poland?
bolek_tusk
3 Jan 2019
News / Poland's News sources [59]
Can someone explain the difference between populism and democracy?
It seems that one is deemed bad and the other good, but don't both imply rule by the will of the majority?
Populism literally means supporting popular, or majority opinions.
Can someone explain the difference between populism and democracy?
It seems that one is deemed bad and the other good, but don't both imply rule by the will of the majority?
bolek_tusk
3 Jan 2019
Genealogy / WWII Polish Military information / WWII artillery units [25]
Who do I contact to try and get details of my fathers army record?
He was taken as a POW by the Red Army in September 1939 and was sent to Siberia where he later joined Anders' Army.
Who do I contact to try and get details of my fathers army record?
He was taken as a POW by the Red Army in September 1939 and was sent to Siberia where he later joined Anders' Army.
bolek_tusk
3 Jan 2019
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]
Merged:
Can anyone explain what are 'skargi nadzwyczajne'?
There was something in the news today which I didn't understand at all.
Here's something from a few months back involving the same case:-
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23919953,zbigniew-ziobro-zlozyl-pierwsza-skarge-nadzwyczajna-do-sadu.html
Merged:
Skargi nadzwyczajne
Can anyone explain what are 'skargi nadzwyczajne'?
There was something in the news today which I didn't understand at all.
Here's something from a few months back involving the same case:-
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23919953,zbigniew-ziobro-zlozyl-pierwsza-skarge-nadzwyczajna-do-sadu.html
bolek_tusk
3 Jan 2019
Genealogy / WWII Polish Military information / WWII artillery units [25]
Thanks for the info, however I'm more interested in his position in the Polish Army in 1939.
Should I contact IPN - ipn.gov.pl/en?
Much of Ander's Army ( Polish II Corps ) was under command of the Eighth Army, and it is the British MOD which hold records.
Thanks for the info, however I'm more interested in his position in the Polish Army in 1939.
Should I contact IPN - ipn.gov.pl/en?
bolek_tusk
15 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
I agree.
I know Adamowicz had some skeletons in his cupboard, but there is no place for violence on the political scene, and no party should be making capital out of this brutal murder.
Whilst the sort of people making these comments are people I might ally with politically (ie right wing) , I would very much distance myself from the sentiments expressed.
Comments after the stabbing from certain "patriots". Disgusting..
I agree.
I know Adamowicz had some skeletons in his cupboard, but there is no place for violence on the political scene, and no party should be making capital out of this brutal murder.
Whilst the sort of people making these comments are people I might ally with politically (ie right wing) , I would very much distance myself from the sentiments expressed.
bolek_tusk
15 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Maybe because Jerzy Owsiak had been pocketing quite a bit of the proceeds from WOŚP...
The charity event he was appearing at has.... not been popular with the government
Maybe because Jerzy Owsiak had been pocketing quite a bit of the proceeds from WOŚP...
bolek_tusk
15 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
There's more....kontrowersje.net/tagi/z_oty_melon
My Polish is not brilliant, but I'm sure it says something about Owsiak being found guilty eight times of breaking the law and hiding invoices...
It's just sad to see how someone would believe in a random Wordpress page over the actual audited accounts that have been accepted.
There's more....kontrowersje.net/tagi/z_oty_melon
My Polish is not brilliant, but I'm sure it says something about Owsiak being found guilty eight times of breaking the law and hiding invoices...
bolek_tusk
16 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Don't you find it strange that he wasn't even endorsed by his own party at the last election and chose to stand as an indepedent?
Hence his huge popularity and being re-elected several times.
Don't you find it strange that he wasn't even endorsed by his own party at the last election and chose to stand as an indepedent?
bolek_tusk
16 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
But Adamowicz had not stood as an independent previously. He was abandoned by his party. I guess they thought he carried too much 'baggage'....
No. Mayor of Katowice - always independent as long as I can remember. Mayor of Gdynia - always independent.
But Adamowicz had not stood as an independent previously. He was abandoned by his party. I guess they thought he carried too much 'baggage'....
bolek_tusk
16 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
No, I'm not trying to justify his murder. There can be no justification for that. I would have gone to Gdansk myself to mourn his death, but that doesn't mean I'm oblivious to his wrongdoings. And I certainly don't offer the opinion of 'serves him right' and am appalled by the people who hold that view.
Maybe he was independent and not official PO - hatdly justifies stabbing him to death does it ?
No, I'm not trying to justify his murder. There can be no justification for that. I would have gone to Gdansk myself to mourn his death, but that doesn't mean I'm oblivious to his wrongdoings. And I certainly don't offer the opinion of 'serves him right' and am appalled by the people who hold that view.
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
It seems strange that you as an individual can speak for the whole of Poland and yet dismiss someone you disagree with as a Kaczynski man....
If I remember correctly Kaczynski is the leader of PiS who were voted into power by the majority and are still way ahead in the polls.
No, we in Poland are not having that. They both are excellent public servants and selfless individuals.
It seems strange that you as an individual can speak for the whole of Poland and yet dismiss someone you disagree with as a Kaczynski man....
If I remember correctly Kaczynski is the leader of PiS who were voted into power by the majority and are still way ahead in the polls.
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Not much of an investigative reporter are you.
Both had skeletons in their cupboards. Whilst Adamowicz may have done a great deal for the people of Gdansk, he was wrapped up in the Amber Gold/OLT Express affair, was involved in some dodgy property deals and made false statements to tax authorities about his wealth, so 'squeaky clean' is a bit of a hyperbolic description.
As for Owsiak, you really need to delve into the history of Złoty Melon to find out how 'squeaky clean' he was.
Both of them squeaky clean and te best of Poland.
Not much of an investigative reporter are you.
Both had skeletons in their cupboards. Whilst Adamowicz may have done a great deal for the people of Gdansk, he was wrapped up in the Amber Gold/OLT Express affair, was involved in some dodgy property deals and made false statements to tax authorities about his wealth, so 'squeaky clean' is a bit of a hyperbolic description.
As for Owsiak, you really need to delve into the history of Złoty Melon to find out how 'squeaky clean' he was.
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Because he has friends in high places. Corruption is rife among the Polish elite. Is it any wonder that the Judicial System is so hostile to any outside oversight?
manager.money.pl/strategie/grupy/pl-soc-polityka/wosp---biznes-sie-kreci--cz-1-zloty-melon-817208.html
Here's a clue: if he wasn't clean, why was he allowed to remain the President of one of the largest Polish foundations?
Because he has friends in high places. Corruption is rife among the Polish elite. Is it any wonder that the Judicial System is so hostile to any outside oversight?
manager.money.pl/strategie/grupy/pl-soc-polityka/wosp---biznes-sie-kreci--cz-1-zloty-melon-817208.html
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Too much to read was it?
An article in money.pl is hardly an internet post. I guess well informed people only get their information from wyborcza.pl...but then it wouldn't count as an internet post...
Too much to read was it?
An article in money.pl is hardly an internet post. I guess well informed people only get their information from wyborcza.pl...but then it wouldn't count as an internet post...
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
And quite right too. This hatred is not a right-left thing. A PiS official - Marek Rosiak, was murdered a few years ago.
tvn24.pl/raporty/mord-polityczny-w-biurze-pis,311
What bugs me most is the idea of the left being 'Anti-hate speech' whereas they are the biggest perpetrators of hate speech.
Fortunately, the police are going after idiots making death threats and suggestions that other people should die.
And quite right too. This hatred is not a right-left thing. A PiS official - Marek Rosiak, was murdered a few years ago.
tvn24.pl/raporty/mord-polityczny-w-biurze-pis,311
What bugs me most is the idea of the left being 'Anti-hate speech' whereas they are the biggest perpetrators of hate speech.
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
If he was killed by a psycopath, then was it murder? And if not why reinstate the death penalty for murder?
- Adamowicz was killed by a mentally unstable ex-convict- It's time to reinstate death penalty for murderers in Poland.
If he was killed by a psycopath, then was it murder? And if not why reinstate the death penalty for murder?
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Hate-speech is a Bolshevik concept and it originated in the US and they use it as a tactic to oppose any view which is different to theirs. Reading US forums and posts, the left are able to post pictures of Trump being beheaded or make calls on him getting assassinated, but that's OK but it's freedom of speech. The left simply call it hate speech when they don't like what is being said.
I was in Warsaw on 10th November when Lech Kaczyński's statue was being unveiled. The was a small but noisy group of KODders spouting their hateful rhetoric non stop. They even had an effigy of Jaroslaw Kaszynski in a noose.
Don't tell me that the left in Poland are not full of hate - it comes with the ideology.
Hate-speech is a Bolshevik concept and it originated in the US and they use it as a tactic to oppose any view which is different to theirs. Reading US forums and posts, the left are able to post pictures of Trump being beheaded or make calls on him getting assassinated, but that's OK but it's freedom of speech. The left simply call it hate speech when they don't like what is being said.
I was in Warsaw on 10th November when Lech Kaczyński's statue was being unveiled. The was a small but noisy group of KODders spouting their hateful rhetoric non stop. They even had an effigy of Jaroslaw Kaszynski in a noose.
Don't tell me that the left in Poland are not full of hate - it comes with the ideology.
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
It certainly did. I was only a couple of meters away from this mob. There were only about 30 of them but they were surrounded by over 100 police for their own protection.
In days gone by, under PO-PSL the police would have opened fire against any group opposing the government.
That simply didn't happen.
It certainly did. I was only a couple of meters away from this mob. There were only about 30 of them but they were surrounded by over 100 police for their own protection.
In days gone by, under PO-PSL the police would have opened fire against any group opposing the government.
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
How do you reach that conclusion?
There are no pictures of my birth. Does that mean I was not born?
And not a single photograph exists of said effigy. How remarkable.
How do you reach that conclusion?
There are no pictures of my birth. Does that mean I was not born?
bolek_tusk
17 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
youtube.com/watch?v=oc-hrftTih0
Hear any gunshots?
Except they wouldn't. There were plenty of groups opposing them and no-one got shot
youtube.com/watch?v=oc-hrftTih0
Hear any gunshots?
bolek_tusk
18 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
So can someone explain to me why his own party, PO, disowned him and put up their preferred candidate?
Yes, an enormous achievement. He must have been a great mayor!
So can someone explain to me why his own party, PO, disowned him and put up their preferred candidate?
bolek_tusk
18 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Can you give me another example of PO failing to back such a popular and successful President?
Happens quite a lot in Poland with local mayors. Jarosław Wałęsa is a rising star in Polish politics,
Can you give me another example of PO failing to back such a popular and successful President?
bolek_tusk
18 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
I didn't realise that, but in the process of trying to confirm this I came across the interesting article:-
natemat.pl/260699,prezydent-gdanska-zaatakowany-do-jakiej-partii-nalezal-pawel-adamowicz
which states:-
They didn't "disown" him--he quit his membership in PO in 2015.
I didn't realise that, but in the process of trying to confirm this I came across the interesting article:-
natemat.pl/260699,prezydent-gdanska-zaatakowany-do-jakiej-partii-nalezal-pawel-adamowicz
which states:-
Pożegnanie z PO
W marcu 2015 roku na trzy miesiące został zawieszony w prawach członka Platformy Obywatelskiej.
Chodziło o zarzuty korupcyjne związane z nieprawidłowym złożeniem oświadczeń majątkowych, w których dopatrywano się zawarcia nieprawdziwych danych co do posiadanych przez Adamowicza środków pieniężnych, jak również nieruchomości.
bolek_tusk
18 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
Yes we know how independent the judiciary is in Poland....
Do you remember the judge (Weronika Klawonn) in the recent Kaczyński Vs Wałęsa case?
s.tvp.pl/images2/9/0/9/uid_9092cfb75f85b7b1a54347165badad8d1542919468147_width_907_play_0_pos_0_gs_0_height_515.jpg
That's right she has the same tee shirt that Walęsa wears
How independent is that?!!
Yes we know how independent the judiciary is in Poland....
Do you remember the judge (Weronika Klawonn) in the recent Kaczyński Vs Wałęsa case?
s.tvp.pl/images2/9/0/9/uid_9092cfb75f85b7b1a54347165badad8d1542919468147_width_907_play_0_pos_0_gs_0_height_515.jpg
That's right she has the same tee shirt that Walęsa wears
How independent is that?!!
bolek_tusk
18 Jan 2019
News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [353]
I read somewhere that judges in Poland are supposed to be independent, not political and not engage in political manifestations. That fact that this judge wears this t-shirt and engages in political manifestations most certainly shows her lack of independence.
But somehow breaking the rules does not seem to apply to the likes of Małgorzata Gersdorf, chief of Poland's Supreme Court, or to Andrzej Rzepliński, the former head of the Constitutional Court... or to Igor Turlej, Waldemar żurek and many many more..
It just show how much of a control the Bolsheviks have over the judiciary in Poland and why they were so desperate to stop P Duda's reforms last year.
If not, then I don't see how the possesion of a similar t-shirt cancels the independence of a judge.
I read somewhere that judges in Poland are supposed to be independent, not political and not engage in political manifestations. That fact that this judge wears this t-shirt and engages in political manifestations most certainly shows her lack of independence.
But somehow breaking the rules does not seem to apply to the likes of Małgorzata Gersdorf, chief of Poland's Supreme Court, or to Andrzej Rzepliński, the former head of the Constitutional Court... or to Igor Turlej, Waldemar żurek and many many more..
It just show how much of a control the Bolsheviks have over the judiciary in Poland and why they were so desperate to stop P Duda's reforms last year.