According to exit polls, the first round of presidential elections in Poland brought no surprises to anyone. Incumbent Andrzej Duda came up first with just over 40% – which was much less than PiS hoped for. In the second round, he’s going to face Rafał Trzaskowski (who gained about 30%) votes, mostly at the expense […]
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On the Gardens of the Heavenly Spheres
Those who love beautiful Gardens can enjoy truly wonderful choice in Scotland: numerous botanic gardens, private gardens, castle gardens, gardens maintained by National Trust of Scotland – everyone can find something to his taste. There are also some gems, that will please people, who look for something completely different. Places that are more of a […]
Food for thought for my British friends
Tomorrow’s Yorkshire Post cartoon. Magnifico @GraemeBandeira pic.twitter.com/Q6SVWRlpj1 — Jack Blanchard (@Jack_Blanchard_) March 13, 2020 I saw this cartoon on Twitter. It depicts an NHS worker holding the whole coronavirus planet on her shoulder. I thought to myself “well, just another case of British megalomania, what else is new” and carried as usual. But today I have […]
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: Meanwhile in Cuckooland 119
So President Duda did it. He signed the controversial bill providing extra funding for the PiS propaganda in TVP. Yeah, for propaganda. OK, TVP offers also many valuable programs, but its financial situation is actually not that bad: it’s true that many people fail to pay their TV license fees, but, unlike for example BBC, […]
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The emperor is weak. The empire is crumbling. Those who, up till now, were faithful servants of Kaczyński are raising their heads and try to cut themselves a piece of the power. Fratricidal fight begun amongst the top ranks of PiS. Gazeta Polska’s Man of the Year 2007 arrested Gazeta Polska’s Man of The Year […]
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Finally, a long-awaited revolution in Polish oncology! After the Senate rejected PiS plan to pour nearly 2 billion złoty into TVP – PiS’ propaganda machine, the bill came back to Sejm, the lower chamber of parliament. The opposition proposed to spend that money on Polish oncology instead. In Sejm the bill was sent to the […]
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I think there might be a reason why government drivers keep crashing into everything that moves or not. Perhaps they felt encouraged by a recent case in Gorzów Wielkopolski where a blind man struck by a car on the pedestrian crossing suddenly regained his vision after 20 years and they believe that by crashing into […]
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The government’s attacks on the speaker of Senate are continuing. The whole propaganda machine seems to be engaged: Internet trolls are going hand in hand with PiS controlled media. “Gazeta Polska” went so far that they printed an envelopes and fake money, urging its readers to send those to the speaker. Central Anti-corruption Bureau (CBA) […]
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The 2020 might be the year of change in Poland. Not only priests are being molested now (a local priest from Warsaw demands that his neighbours change their WiFi network name from Lucifer to something acceptable for a Christian neighbourhood – apparently he never heard about Saint Lucifer of Cagliari), but, to a surprise of […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 112
It seems that after last elections, the characters and issues from first chapters of this series are coming back. It’s a true blast from the past. For example, it just emerged, that Edmund Janniger, one of the Antoni Macierewicz’ adolescent “advisors” is still assisting his former principal. Sure, Antoni Macierewicz today is just a regular […]