News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]


I'd like to know who are 'we'.

Obviously we didn't have them (the prosecutors) when Wajda was tweeting to the world that they were going to shot conservative reporters 'like dogs'.

Life / How a Pole can contribute to the homeland? [27]

changing the government will be a start.

there have been many serious non-partisan debates organized by main opposition party, PiS.

News / Pokłosie - should the film have received funding from Polish state coffers? [37]


Sofi, no need to add nazis anymore, we use the correct term German, and that's it.
btw, nobody was fighting nazis during WWII, there were no nazi war crimes, this term was invented long after the war, I suspect due to some dirty deal.

News / Poland's Guy Fawkes [88]


work?


Did they find TNT six months ago? If not, they lie, it takes six months to determine what it was, it could have been tent, cosmetics, etc.

Law / How to renounce citizenship of Poland? [7]

All he needs to do is to renounce it. Sign a little paper at the consulate, send it, and he is done. That easy.

News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

rybnik


Pssst, it's not so bad, democracy is only for the little ones, it's you know like a cover. The common folks in order to keep working hard for the crumbs from the masters table and not rebel but keep following 'the law' need to believe in democracy, that they are the ones (of course through 'representatives') that make the law. So even if they start feeling that the law doesn't suit them, they are easy to convince that yes, it doesn't suit them, but suits the 'majority', and they have to accept the sacrifice for the common good, the good of all people (or most of them, or is it only some, few?). This makes sense to the little ones and they work hard and do not rebel.

Only once a year they walk, because it is Dzien Odrodzenia.

Interesting case in study, I got into discussion about recent election, and someone asked a question if what some congressman did was legal. My answer was that the question was all wrong, how could you ask if a lawmaker, the person who makes the law and tells others what the law is, can break the law. No way (unless they do some stupid little things like tweeting photos of their body parts, but nobody is that stupid, right?). So THEY DO NOT break the law, they are above it. They can spend endless time debating nuances, they can always divert any problem into 'we need to establish what the meaning of the word IS is'.

Of course we should have courts, yeah we should.
Enough said before I get accused of conspiracy theories.. or is it too late?

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]


What a spin. How does it fit the story that the owner of the newspaper decides to return to Poland the day before publication, then decides to call Tusk spokesman at 1 AM, then meets with him in person at 1:30 AM (interesting connections, ain't they... or just a normal way of doing business). Then next day the owner decides that the article is less than professional....much less, so much less in fact that famous reporter with 20 years of experience must be fired on spot.

One more. The prosecutor office knows about the publication day ahead and can make a statement at any time since the article is so explosive it can take down the government but instead decides to wait until late afternoon the next day... waiting for... yeah, what were they waiting for? Certain politician to make a statement? Worked beautifully, the whole thing.

News / Kaczorowski should be reburied at Wawel [15]


wrong!
Kaczorowski was a president of Poland, retired, but when he died he was performing very special representative duties.
I am sure you all know the history(?):
the official and legal government of Poland during WWII in London requested Red Cross investigation after graves of Polish officers
were discovered in Katyn in 1943. Stalin used this as a pretext to break up formal relations with this government and forced
governments of GB and the US to follow later. The pretext was that the officers were murdered by Germans which was a lie known
almost immediately in the West. Then Stalin installed puppet communist government in Poland and again US and GB gave it its
recognition and legitimacy.
During Soviet occupation of Poland, the London government was the real government of Poland for Polish people, except of course
the communist thugs that learned Polish and were running the puppet government.
Therefore President Kaczorowski was a very important figure and should be buried in Wawel. Actually the room where President Kaczynski
is buried should be converted to 'Smolensk room' and all victims of Smolensk murder should be buried there. It will happen.

Life / A rant about "patriotism" in today's Poland [60]


Dear Bieganski, as much as I like your talk about education and Polish patriots, I must disagree regarding English.
English (and I mean American version not original English slang) is the business language of the world, and will be relevant for
many, many decades to come and ability to use it will be extremely important especially that computer programming is in English.
Of course priority for Polish children should be Polish language, then history of Poland in XX century, then math, physics, and then foreign
languages like English which should be the primary language. Latin, Spanish, German and Russian should be also widely thought.
I hope you agree.

News / Amber Gold and other Poland's suspicious institutions [139]


Does it mean that all cases that Michnik won are examples of kangaroo court?

Are all government systems broke? Is it an example of a failed state, dangerous to neighbors and continent stability?
We heard all this before, haven't we?

History / Interactive map of Poland 960-2004 [43]

Nice, as they say the rear view is always 20/20.

Now, would you please post your desired maps for 2020, 2030, 2050?

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]


Polish women do you hear the call? Just make sure you get Polish guys, not just Polish speaking...

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


Why? Komorowski will be running against his own record, so let him explain what he meant by rapid retirement age extension,
his public gathering bill, etc. etc.
I see plenty of older statesman types on right, not Kaczynski (professor), not Maciarewicz (unpleasant voice). I don't know if
'Ziobro is the future', he hasn't convinced me yet.
Again without access to prime media (you know the issue with TV Trwam), why would anybody step out of the line now?
4-6 months before elections, yes, but not now.

Backwards village peasant.

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


In my backwards village peasant (I really, really like it) view, maybe the opposition doesn't want its candidate, him, or her,
exposed like a punching bag to regime media for extended time? They say you cannot beat a sitting president, but they
certainly can drawn themselves.... so maybe it makes sense? Of course in my backwards village peasant way of thinking.

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


Anybody that cares about Poland would be better. Let's see: 38 million Poles in Poland plus 10 million abroad.
Subtract old people, children, sick, afraid of public speaking, afraid of serial suicide killer, 5 million left.
Subtract PO, Palitiger, communists supporters - 4.9 million left.

So there it is: 4.9 million better candidates.

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


This video has visibly been altered, music added, and pretty sure many he-he-he's added as well.
Anyway, if he did something wrong (and I don't support statements that Tusk was terrible, he was not),
was it reason enough to kill him (and 95 others)?

History / Forced Polonisation campaign? [16]


and why is this thing still occupying the center of Warszawa? Rather symbolic of PRL-bis, wouldn't you say?

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]

hague1cmaeron


What a joke!
Two biggest accomplishments of this president: 1. support of anti-Polish movie 'In Darkness', 2. anti-constitutional law re. public gathering
And one more: quick signing of retirement age extension.

Regarding original question, the answer is: media manipulation.

News / Will EURO 2012 be a proud moment for Poland and its people or set back Poland 20 years? [86]

Why I am not surprised that this has not been answered?
Anyway, it deserves to be repeated, again and again.

Life / Catholic "Telewizja Trwam" from Poland - your thoughts? [98]


Can we ask for links or it is too much to ask and we need to take your statements as truth?

Don't forget the filth they put on regime media, so be careful what you describe as 'shoddy'.

Anyway remind me how do we call a country with entire official media supporting government and de-humanizing oposition?
Is there a special name?

News / Don't go to Poland ... because you could end up coming back in a coffin [313]

Stop this silly UK Poland comparisons.

Go to Poland and/or Ukraine for EURO and then if you can afford it go to London for OG!

You will have time of your life, believe me I've been to both places.

The only difference is food, but as I am biased I won't say which one is better. Most important, the beer tastes the same.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]


Just one thing, how does the science of astrophysics deal with temperature of their objects? Obviously the temperature ranges
of objects involved in aircraft crashes are very limited. I think we know how important the temperature is to behavior of objects, right?
Simple H2O can feel and act very differently in temperatures of just 100C different (e.g. below freezing and above boiling).

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]


I did find out what the deal with the Prosecutor Office is, it is actually very smart. According to Polish law a person that is interviewed

by a Prosecutor becomes an official 'witness' in a case and as such he/she is not permitted to talk to anyone about the case anymore until

the end of case.
Not even to say what questions the Prosecutor asked. So they can ask, 'how was your day Mr. Binienda?' , 'enjoying your stay in Poland?' and

'I think that would be it, we thank you for coming'. It's basically a perfect way to shut up anybody, totally legal.

To avoid it, the parlamentary commission said that they (the prosecutors) could interview prof. Binienda, ask any questions they wanted,
but within framework of a parlamentary hearing, not an official prosecutor interview.

So here is the answer why prof. Binienda is 'running away' from prosecutors, I believe that's exactly what he should do to.


Wow, Wow, Wow. Do you really want us to believe that modeling real, physical, earthy (how else to describe to you the things that
we can touch) material response to different stresses has anything to do with ET (extra terriestial) body movements and processes?
I didn't understand why he was so hesitant to join the expert group. I would be too.

Life / Catholic "Telewizja Trwam" from Poland - your thoughts? [98]

Ironside


100% true.

Regarding TW Trwam the government made a mockery out of court. I really expected them to make peace before national holiday/great
event that EURO will be. They just proved that their life depends on shotting down TW Trwam, they absolutely cannot coexist with
one TV station not running their official propaganda. They just lost any legitymacy they may have still had. This can be only compared to
situation in 1981 when communist government claiming to be 'working people government' imposed martial law against trade union composed
of 10 million working people.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]


And what do you want to prove with this response from a 'scientist' asked to defend his research in front of another scientist?
You still want to contest prof. Binienda credentials? Pleeeease.


I may say the same thing about you, and you about me and it only means that we are mean and nothing else.

I do have a problem with Pospieszalski though, and it is that this guy let's his guests get away with crap, does not pressure them.

For example when calling government experts he should had said "I am such and such from TV station, making a program (not programme)
about Smolensk tragedy, I'd like to invite to this program Mr such and such. And that's it, when they refused, he should restate what they said

and add that Polish public has a right to hear from experts in such an important matter. Instead he was too emotional, kind of begging

them to come. But we cannot complain as he is the only guy representing national interests on all official TV stations. Other stations/programs
reduced themselves to attacking opposition and defending government. Nice freedom of speach we have in poland, don't we?
In addition the government is trying to shot down the only TV station that does not subscribe to official propaganda, TV Trwam.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]


1. Unfortunately I cannot find Mr. Artymowicz on University of Toronto Physics department professor list:
physics.utoronto.ca/people/membertypes?membertype_id=1
I got this: Your search for "artymowicz" has returned 0 results:
2. anybody who speeks Polish and English can easlily see that Mr. Artymowicz is not an everyday English speaker (his Polish says it).
3. his reaction to an offer to invite prof. Binienda and other international experts (to basically de-politicize the investigation) as well his participation
in such body, is very shady. I believe any scientist would be enthusiastic towards discussion with other experts. Instead he proposes to assembly
another body controlled by the government (experts from Polish Accademy of Science).

Nice try though.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]


Sorry it was #481, not you. But it was said, and it means nothing.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]


I am sure he will meet with the prosecutors. I think right now they want to ensure that the meeting will be with technical experts.

Regarding input, he said he used many ranges of inputs since he didn't have the actual aircraft data. So insted of him providing input

data, shouldn't the officials provide measurements he asked for? In the official document it says the tree was 30-40 cm. Why didn't they

actually measure the tree and provide actual data (something like 35.5 cm)? Whatever you want to say about professor Binienda (and dont
hide behind "he is not professor in polish standards") he is not running away but presenting his data to Polish and international scientists.

He is just an expert that wants to present and validate his theory.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]


Says you.

My question, if he is nobody, who are the government experts running away and hiding like rats (sick, busy, unavailable)?
Less than nobodies?

How difficult it would be to send just one expert and prove this 'nobody' wrong?

Any volunteers?