Anna Grzymala-Busse

Putin, an autocrat, passed a Foreign Agents law in 2012.

Orban, an autocrat, uses investigations, tax audits, regulations, and new laws to harass civil organizations in name of sovereignty.

Both sought to intimidate civil society, so that no independent or opposing voices remained.

The “later” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there

*Mazovian*, obvs, Jesus.

That’s like the rye vs potato vodka divide in mine. Bitter, long-lasting, and carefully nurtured.

And a hearty welcome to our Mazoviqn friends!

kasza pierogi? That's a new one, but then I'm from the Prussian partition, so we are carb deprived.

I would happily thank you for all your amazing posts by making any one of these for you.

(A friend and I have an annual barter of his amazing summer tomatoes for my winter gołąbki.)

Sing it, friend.

It is my comfort food, my madeleine, my food of the gods.

Gołąbki: Polish Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce Savour the flavours of Gołąbki (Polish stuffed cabbage rolls): tender cabbage, flavourful filling, and tomato sauce unite for a comforting meal.

That looks *amazing*.

Also:
a) gołąbki, Polish stuffed cabbage,
and/or
b) bigos, Polish choucroute.

www.polonist.com/golabki-poli...

chefsbinge.com/bigos-polish...

Which is also why the pro-"peace" faction enjoyed such support in Germany after the invasion. Anything to avoid waking up the bear.

The only credible answer I can think of is that they're worried about Putin testing the boundaries until something serious enough happens to invoke A5, and then several NATO allies just....won't.

No, no, so much better to repeatedly spin out voter preference fantasies out of consultant vibes.

Countries do not need “approval” to invoke either Article 4 or 5. That’s the point.

? Poland invoked article 4 once already, so hardly ignoring. Matters more that there were NATO planes immediately in the air, shooting down the drones, and that NATo immediately took notice and condemned.

"Accidental" bombings have happened, over and over again for years now, not just in Poland but in Romania, and somehow cooler heads prevailed.

Russian drone incursion into Poland will test Nato resolve Whether the drone incursion was deliberate or accidental, Moscow will be watching Nato's response to it closely.

After the drone attack, Poland has invoked Article 4 of NATO.
Note:
a) Article 4 calls for consultation, NOT mutual defense,
b) Not the first time Russia has "accidentally" bombed Poland, nor the 1st time Poland used Article 4
c) Yes, it's a Putin troll; no, it is not an inevitable escalation

Why would you reiterate lies about Bluesky celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk?

Just got it, cannot wait.

Coming up next: return of the refrigerator mothers.

Ours was the same, but just plain aluminium.

Our milk-boiling pot was from East Germany! DDR aluminium at its finest.

Every day, my mother carefully boiled milk, bc otherwise we'd be exposed to tuberculosis, massive GI issues, and other pathogen-borne disease.

When we came to the US, you could just drink milk cold! straight from the bottle! with no gross coat to skim!

Welcome to communist-era Poland, y'all.

You’re right. So much better to simulate masturbation in lieu of logic or evidence.

Nice path there from gross generalizations to logical fallacies to middle school. Masterful.

I’m afraid this is just an example of the ecological fallacy: broad conditions do not determine individual behavior.

further, all racists are assholes: but not assholes are racist.

Don’t tell me I’m obtuse: use better logic and arguments if possible.

How is he wildly racist? I'm afraid I missed the evidence for that.

As for permission structures: again, millions of people manage not to be assholes. How do you explain their behavior?

Finally, extrapolating individual behavior from nationality or race, as you just have, is...racist.

How does that explain his behavior? Somehow, millions of people living with far-right movements manage not to be assholes and make very different decisions.

sorry, why? He's an asshole, but what does that have to do with his nationality?

A must read, especially for anyone who thinks that making little concessions and keeping your head down will work: