History / Are you proud of Polish colours? [27]

Over the last few days there has been a lot of celebrations associated with the national colours, including the 3 of May:



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_May_3,_1791

History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

Komorowski visiting Punsk.

Genealogy / I love Asiatic influences in Polish peoples' faces [59]

I wouldn't because I haven't encountered any.

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

Didn't you know that politicians are supposed to be perfect? (:

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I doubt it very much, his eyes were filled with water and his hand was shaking, he almost lost it.

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Not really. Though I find his explanation quite amusing, he must think that people are fools.

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Ziobro's famous "hoarse voice" moment, when he got a bit emotional and lost his cool at one of the nutter conventions.

most amusing. Especially this comment from one of the youtube contributors:
"Jednak ten czlowiek nie ma honoru,bez wazeliny wlazi w anus Rydzykowi.
Że robią to głupie pisówki - można zrozumieć,ot durne owieczki ale żeby facet, były minister podtrzymywał interes i za interes Rydzyka to obciach straszliwy.

wiarus45 2 days ago".
I must admit it caused a lot of amusement on my part.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [306]


I am sure it is not, but whatever the country letting them into government would be a bad idea.

News / History lessons no more in Poland (Tusk's change) [61]

A very interesting OECD clip about the changes that have taken place in the Polish education system over the last 20 years.
pearsonfoundation.org/oecd/poland.html

Life / Scars of Communism on Polish culture. [55]


That is good to see because many on this forum believe that Poles do not Queue.


Really, I thought keeping up with the Joneses was an American saying.


By brainstorming, you mean write a word in the middle of a page and then a whole bunch of other words around it linking to the middle ward. Sounds like very difficult process, the Poles must be obviously incapable of doing something as complicated as that!


Would you care name some of those simple challenges?

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

No prizes for guessing which one these looks as though he should be locked in a mental asylum.

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Whether you like it or not, your little party and its ugly little demagogic troll (Moscow's useful idiot), will be consigned to the rubbish bin of history. How many election looses will he have to go through before you and your ilk realize that he is one of life's losers. Will it be the local elections in 2014?

Will it be the European elections in 2014? Or maybe it will be the Presidential elections in 2015? Or perhaps the parliamentary elections in 2015? Or could it be that anybody who is of independent thought and asks too many questions no longer exists in the Party?

News / POLISH Goalkeeper turned MP Tomaszewski slams 'rubbish' Polish national side [4]

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Tomaszewski is a fat ugly joke.

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Its nice to have a measure of the man that one is debating with. Enough said, I am dealing with an irrational conspiracy theorist, I believe there is no need for this debate to go any further.

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Anybody who is an impartial observer can clearly see that I refuted every one of your claims, so much so that it seems you pretty much gave up on the argument.


You are making no sense, the above is gibberish. Why are you so coy? Why not be open instead masking yourself in a lie, do you believe that smolensk was an accident or do you agree with your leader that it was an assassination?The Miller report made it quite clear that it was an accident, so what is it an accident or an assassination?


It's you who are reinventing his words, you are making **** up just because you hate him. Besides Polish/Russian relations are not dependent on Poland, they are dependent on Russia. Obviously PIS must think that Russia is fantastic since they trust Russia more than the Polish government.

A recent headline: "PiS to pożyteczni idioci Moskwy" I couldn't have put it better myself even if i tried.

You know whatever else, I always considered you to be a patriot, I seriously doubt if you really are anymore.

And some news related to PIS: Former PiS minister sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for corruption.

Who would vote for these cretins?

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Didn't you mother teach you that lying is a sin? Tusk said no such thing, he only said that Polish/Russian relations have been the best they had been for a very long time-big difference. It also happens to be true.


More than Happy to. Because Poland's miller report is largely in agreement.


That is yet another untruth. You know that Polish investigators were involved in the investigation, that why they were able to come up with the Miller Report.


They have the transcripts, and are on record saying that the black boxes are not necessary to the investigation.


You are the one who is lying constantly, and putting words in Tusk's mouth he never said. Though I am not surprised, you have learnt from your idol and savior


I am sorry that your brain is incapable of processing the idea of diplomacy.


With a rational person that might be the case, but I am debating with an irrational person who perfectly fits the mould of a Kaczynski supporter-in other words never admits to the truth and lies shamelessly.

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

Not well enough for you PIS friends.


Just because you say so doesn't make it fact. The fact that you do not care to explain why indicates to me that deep down you know you can't refute this claim, because despite the the number of past centuries the comparison is very apt.


In every way they can. Poland's approach to Russia is based on reality and practicality. Because the majority of the conclusions made by the Russian report are correct, especially in relation to the fact that the crash was an accident and not an assassination-as the pathological liar Kaczynksi claims.


Its no such thing, it is an open invitation to Russia to meddle in Polish politics. If passed it would have opened the road for Russia to play the game of divide and conquer. Putting it generously it can be described as an act of gross stupidity by a party which should be never allowed to have its hands on the leavers of government again, and putting it at its worst it can be described as an act bordering on treason.

How can a party that trusts the Russian Duma more than the Polish Sejm ever be taken seriously again?


You said that last time and you were proved wrong and I was proved right.

News / History lessons no more in Poland (Tusk's change) [61]

Nevertheless Poland still holds its own in international comparisons, and to my knowledge the government aims to make the education system more competitive. Just by way of example, the Polish girls' European maths Olympiad team has had some success:

Polish team won the first European Mathematical Olympiad for Girls . The competition , held in Cambridge in the UK, was attended by 70 participants from 19 countries from Europe and beyond.

Polish women won the team classification scoring a total of 122 points , narrowly beating Romania (121 points) , Ukraine (117 points) and the United States (110 points) . The Polish team the best result was achieved Barbara Mroczek , scoring 36 points and a gold medal for her were taken by Anna Siennicka ( 31 points , silver medal ) , Agata Latacz ( 28 points , silver medal ) and Anna Olech ( 27 points , silver medal ) .

We have a thread on this.

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This response illustrates perfectly your dilettante approach to politics. Firstly by saying that "They wanted only appeal to the Russian Parliament to influence their government" you are making the assumption, that the Russian powers that be are willing to cooperate with the Polish government, which is a false assumption. The Russians do not want to cooperate in this matter however, they are only too willing to meddle in Polish affairs and impede and hamper Poland. So your assumption at best, can be described as naive, and at worst as stupidity on stilts squared by infinity.

So given that the Russians have no intention of cooperating with the Polish government, Kaczynski's appeal to as you yourself put it "influence" the Polish government, is a an appeal to the Russians to undermine Polish sovereignty-ala the Targowica Confederation which called on the Russians to help restore Poland's Golden Freedom.

And just because Tusk can't get the Russians to cooperate, what makes you think that PIS would be anymore successful? Do you honestly believe that Fotyga would have more of a chance than Sikorski- again your total ineptitude for any sort of political intuition is plain for all to see. Just as you got the outcome of the previous election completely wrong, you have got this wrong as well.

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I think that it is quite natural, actually most people find the US system a bit arcane (investing so much power in a single person-it's almost quasi monarchical). In most European countries apart from France, power is wielded by the party.

It's also true under the Westminster System-in which people vote for the party, the party elects its leader, and the queen calls on the leader of the majority party to form government.

Members of Parliament (the Sejm), are called Pos£owie. And members of the senate are called Senators (Senatorowie).

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I think that Komorowski looks the part, he could loose a bit of weight though.

kaczynski looks the least presidential out of the lot. Short of stature, lets face it quite ugly in appearance: Round head
Beady eyes
no chin, or a distinct lack of a chin-quite literally a chinless wonder
weak jaw line
I think the best way to describe him metaphorically, would be to say that his ancestors spent their lifetime digging up potatoes, and have consequently acquired the appearance of a potato and passed it on to Kaczynski.

As for Ziobro, he seems to have a very immature appearance, that of a school boy-and not in a nice way.
He has a weak chin, and a very strong jaw line-ape like.

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This is not just simply asking, this is asking whilst at the same time advising the Russians that Poland is incapable of investigating the resolution itself.

So what makes them think that Russia will do a better job? Why should the Russians intervene in internal Polish affairs?
There is plenty of precedent for such treasonous behavior in Poland's past.

Is Kaczynski such a stupid imbecile that he actually thinks that the Russians will do a better job of investigating the crash? Once again PIS will do anything to get their hands on power even tarnish Poland's name, drag it through the mud, and appeal to a foreign power to intervene in Polish politics.

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You just can't deal with the fact that your PIS friends are trying to sell Poland down the river to the Russians, by calling on the Polish parliament to ask for Russian intervention. That is called treachery. PIS is the modern day equivalent of Targowica, Poland's fifth columnists.


Yes and that probably explains why I predicted the last election correctly and you didn't. Should I remind you of some of the comments you made prior to the election?

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

Latest initiative of chairman Kaczynksi: "PIS is forwarding a petition to the Polish Sejm which urges the Russian Duma to act on Poland's behalf, because the Polish Government and Sejm are incapable of dealing with the Smolensk disaster in a legal manner"

Anyone heard Targowica? So what is the normal way one deals with traitors?
8:34 in the video.

News / History lessons no more in Poland (Tusk's change) [61]


Not my views imbecilic. If you weren't too arrogant to actually follow the debate, you would realize that I referred to international rankings compiled by PISA- which apart from posting rankings analyses each country's performance and makes recommendations for improvements, which oddly enough coincide with my own.

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I agree

History / Poland did reasonably well in land terms out of the postwar settlement [270]


In the majority of cases no, for the simple reason that cities like Breslau, already had names like Wroclaw etc, since some of those lands once belonged to Poland so they already had names. As for the places that didn't,I am not sure.

History / Poland did reasonably well in land terms out of the postwar settlement [270]


Yes, but they were very attached to the kresy.





They still celebrate Poland's defense of the kresy.

History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]


I think i would describe them as warmer than cordial. As you mentioned Tusk and Merkel get along really well. The last three German Presidents have chosen Poland as their first foreign destination. And they have instituted annual cabinet to cabinet meetings to discuss issues of common interest and general political initiatives.

History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]

Poland's foreign minister has gone beyond mere reconciliation, and has set out on building a close relationship. This is his recent statement delivered to Parliament:

" On account of our bilateral trade, but also increasingly due to the similarities between our economic cultures and political concepts, Germany is our most important European partner. Whether we look at its population, GDP, or the voting powers acquired under the Lisbon Treaty, Germany is the biggest shareholder in the European Union . The ‘biggest’ – with around one-fourth of shares – but not the ‘dominant’ one. This means that it is difficult to get anything done in the EU against Germany’s will, but it also means that in order to implement its ideas, Germany must look for more than just one partner. If a given endeavour is at risk, obviously it is the biggest shareholder that has the greatest responsibility – and the most means – to come to the rescue. We want to work together towards a stronger Union. As I said to our German friends during my speech in Berlin: “Provided you include us in decision-making, Poland will support you.”"

He describes Germany as Poland's most important European partner.