News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Czech Republic is in the middle of nowhere, south of the center of Europe. Good luck transporting goods through the Tatra Mountains! Czech Republic can afford to say stuff like that, because it's not in the geopolitical crashzone. When a war breaks between east and west, Czech Republic or Hungary can watch from the sidelines. They're not on the highly travelled path.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Bishop Pieronek said a few funny lines about PiS in "Rzeczpospolita" interview:


In middle ages nocturnal verdicts were avoided. Night was believed to be Satan's time. Judas walked out at night to betray Christ.

But to be fair, I'd rather have Church hierarchs not make political statements at all.


The Chinese also have a saying: "If you want to get rich, build roads."

News / Police in Poland admits spying on journalists. [11]

PiS knows how to solve this problem, too. Make spying legal. It's in the process of granting extra surveillance laws.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


It's only a single priest. PiS is still in bed with priests.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

For your information:
Mateusz Piskorski is the leader of the openly pro-Putin party Zmiana (Change). He and his pals created a fake KOD facebook page which claims to be "the" KOD page and confuses people. Mateusz Piskorski advocates leaving EU, NATO etc. and joining Russia's Eurasian Union. He's a slavic nationalist. He also claimed the Crimea (Krym) referendum which made it join Russian Federation was completely legit.

People like Mateusz Piskorski are tracked by the fb page "Rosyjska V kolumna w Polsce" (Russian Fifth Column in Poland)
facebook.com/Rosyjska-V-kolumna-w-Polsce-218251225011751/

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]


Free since it left the Warsaw Pact (it was never formally a member of Soviet Union).

I'm normally against personal attacks, but everything Mateusz Piskorski says should be viewed in the context of his pro-Russia agenda. He's very devoted to his cause. You only have to look past Poland's eastern border to see how beneficial "alliances" with Russia are. Warsaw Pact era Poland was more known for its absurd happy-sad comedies than prosperity.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


"Dupia Wólka" doesn't exist.


Do you always call strangers "idiots" just because you disagree with them ? I suspect you don't, because there are only so many punches your face can take. But here inside my monitor, you can be brave.

News / PiS to impose blanket retail tax in Poland [291]

The page only lists the new fees. How do I compare it to the old fees ?

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

Disband NATO just because Russia says so ? NATO was formed to keep USSR in check, and Russian Federation is much the same thing - a country with strong imperial ambitions. Putin gets lots of support for the Crimea and Donbas attacks, and for his proclamations to rebuild the Soviet empire. Therefore, existence of NATO is more than justified. A whole bunch of countries don't want to be Russian colonies.

News / Adam Michnik awarded for integrity, professionalism and high standards. Poland's No. 1 fascist? [321]


Care to elaborate ? What makes a vote not true ?

As for that journalist/writer Sumliński, the list keeps expanding. He also plagiarized Albom, Larsson, Steinbeck, Coelho. They found this out by talking to a translator. Unfortunately, three other translators who translated MacLean are already dead.

polska.newsweek.pl/kolejne-plagiaty-w-ksiazce-wojciecha-sumlinskiego-o-komorowskim-,artykuly,377715,1.html
He even plagiarizes in his blog posts.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]


But that keeps Russia in check, so that's good.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

This idea is crazy. Poland currently can't build anything close to Intermarium because it's pretty weak. You need a strong state, like Germany, to form a lasting alliance around it. The moment Poland leaves EU and NATO is the moment Russia decides to defend its minority in Poland. And by 'defend', they mean' attack'.

Life / Buying UK brand cigarettes in Poland? [11]

UK cigarettes aren't needed, because Poland already has the most polluted air in EU.

News / Is Jarosław Kaczyński the new Lech Wałęsa? [74]

Lech Wałęsa is very different from Jarosław Kaczyński.

Lech Wałęsa is just a simple man. He was a worker, an electrician. He's become much more well rounded and worldy, but still a simple person at heart. He's straightforward but rational. Traditional, Catholic, likes Polish values but relatively tolerant and not a fanatic. Yup, he had his share of brainfarts, some out of stress likely, and he probably tried to say something remarkable... too hard.

Jarosław Kaczyński is irrational, cynical and scheming. Not so much intelligent as cunning. He's also ruthless ("Przez młodego wyjdziemy na starego") and makes a judgement first, then scraps the bottom of the barrel to prove them.

Another difference is how they handle criticism. Lech Wałęsa has recently become fed up about accusation that he collaborated with secret police during communist (PRL) era. To prove that he's not "Agent Bolek", he's calling for a public debate/trial with 10-15 of his most determined enemies. He wants to settle the matter by discussing with his opponents, show proofs and even previously hidden documents.

Back to Jarosław Kaczyński. He just said: "Jesteśmy atakowani za nic." (We're attacked for no reason). Complete denial. So he's sending diplomats and buying sponsored articles in Western press. Not to discuss facts, but to present his spin, blame opposition and previous government.

"A u Was biją Murzynów!" - "And you beat black men!"
That's the mentality. Not address criticism, but deflect it.

News / Police in Poland admits spying on journalists. [11]


Remember the quote "Przez młodego wyjdziemy na starego" by Jarosław Kaczyński ? It popped up when investigating spying on journalists in 2007, back when PiS was in power. PiS was desperately hunting for evidence that Jarosław Wałęsa has criminal connections. That would let them smear Lech Wałęsa.

News / Is Jarosław Kaczyński the new Lech Wałęsa? [74]


Much better than the alternative!

I apologize for staying on topic, but why do you think Jarosław Kaczyński hates Lech Wałęsa so much ? The way I see it he tries to discredit Wałęsa and other PRL opposition activists in order to become the only true heroes of PRL. And it's not just about Wałęsa, there are other examples like "Inka".

News / Is Jarosław Kaczyński the new Lech Wałęsa? [74]


You should really, REALLY attend a KOD protest and see for yourself! All the people I've seen were calm or smiling. In fact, if you start looking for hate-filled, frustrated, resentful faces you will find the PiS cultists. But in the last few meetins in my city counter-protesters were absent.

On the last gathering there were rainbow flags, but even they failed to spark any hatred. Here and there people were giggling, pointing and laughing.

News / Is Jarosław Kaczyński the new Lech Wałęsa? [74]


No, I mean it. The quote "Przez młodego wyjdziemy na starego" proves it. It translates to: "We'll hit the old one through the young one".

A single person accused Jarosław Wałęsa, son of the former president, of having contacts in criminal world. ABW launched investigation twice, despite very flimsy evidence (accusations by 1 person), and failed to find anything at all. That's when Jarosław Kaczyński said: "Przez młodego wyjdziemy na starego". It clearly shows his way of thinking - the goal was to discredit Lech Wałęsa, and hitting his son was just a means to it. Like, JK wanted a proof so badly that he launched a second investigation despite the first one finding nothing at all.

News / Is Jarosław Kaczyński the new Lech Wałęsa? [74]


This came naturally as a result of staying in power for long (8 years), and except for the last 2 judges in compliance with existing law.
In any case, PO wasn't capable of forcing a judge through on its own, it needed at the very least PSL (which was in coalition with PO). The coalition meant PO couldn't go bats**t insane.

And many of the judges were approved by PiS as well. For example Jarosław Kaczyński voted for Andrzej Rzepliński, the current head of TK.

History / "Poland's Concentration Camp" ?? [570]

Poland's Concentration Camp was Bereza Kartuska, not Auschwitz/Oświęcim.

News / Is Jarosław Kaczyński the new Lech Wałęsa? [74]

One explanation - why PiS tries to trash Lech Wałęsa and others - is that PiS is trying to write its founding myth.

News / Adam Michnik awarded for integrity, professionalism and high standards. Poland's No. 1 fascist? [321]


The article in Newsweek is about the plagiarism in the form of the book, and it got that right. Aside from the ethics related to plagiarism, we could talk about the ethics of describing a ruling president using language straight from crime fiction books. It's a cheap attempt at playing on reader's emotions, and influence him not by strenght of arguments but subconsciously.

News / Do you believe that western Europe (ie EU) won`t punish Poland if Poland try to go out of EU? [44]

Crow, have you read and watched lectures with Jacek Bartosiak ? He clearly says why Intermarium isn't a bright idea.

News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]

There are more EU employees in Brussels than (other?) Poles, so I'm not surprised. In any case, I would appreciate if she didn't use weasel words like "w dużej mierze" (largely). How many ? Not even a rough estimate like 2/3 ? If she recognizes them, she should take several photos and label those she knows by name.

And no, it's not Targowica because I don't see any Catholic bishops.

A simple way to fix it in Poland would be cutting down bureaucracy. There are about 500,000 bureaucrats in Poland.... a 38,000,000 country.


Maybe they're in the Warsaw marches ? I haven't seen any leader on any KOD demonstration. Just a formless mass of people.

News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]


He meant "wishfulthinkedly".

Every single government increases the number of penci-pushers in Poland. Sad but true. PiS is doing it, too, to reward vassals of Jarosław Kaczyński. And I think no law will ever be passed that reduces the rights or wages of members of Sejm. They're szlachta - gentry.

News / World's 'most wanted man' (a Pole) found working at British Subway restaurant [43]


Many Poles who are fed up with their country migrate. They're probably not the Poles who are scared of refugees.

Why UK ? It's fairly close. Transport is good. English is the most commonly learned language in Poland. Many Poles despise Russia, have grudges against Germany, but nothing against UK. Czech Republic doesn't have so nice wages. And yes, there are already plenty of Poles in UK.

News / Pope Francis' anti-Polish encyclical? Criticism of coal burning in Poland. [67]

I don't feel like creating a new thread for relatively minor thing.

Szyszko, minister of Environment, decided to take down some waste sorting "advertisment" videos. The offending videos not only promoted waste sorting, but also showed a prominent gay man / culinary critic Maciej Nowak. Naturally, he was outraged and said ministry of Environment won't spend money on promoting "gender" ideology.

It's nice Polish minister of Environment knows his priorities.

Feedback / Why are people who can't be bothered to register allowed to post or start new threads? [50]

Why should people register to start threads ? It's inconvenient. What's the benefit for me, as a user ? - your first question is void, doesn't apply to this site. The other two sentences are based on the false assumption.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Kaczyński is a fan of Victor Orban, among others.

Orban's party got constitutional majority - enough of parliament to change the Constitution legally.
Kaczyński's party got a majority in Sejm - but not enough to change the Constitution legally. That's why they paralyzed TK - so it's unable to rule PiS laws are unconstitutional. PiS can't change the Constitution, but now it can completely ignore it.

In practice they're going to pass Constitution-breaking laws without having the required majority. Clearly, the voters didn't like them enough to approve of their meddling with Constitution. Do you think Kaczyński cares ?

News / Polish President vetoes PO's dingbat gender law [173]


"Gender ideology" - that's how strict people label relationships outside of:
one straight male + one straight female.

Also, when a man or a woman wears anything unpredictable.

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