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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 164

Posted on 22 February 202122 February 2021by Tomasz Oryński

It seems that Mateusz Morawiecki is a bit washed down and his replacement is being prepared. Therefore Orlen CEO and trusted man of Kaczyński, Daniel Obajtek was (I guess, ironically, as this is the man responsible for taking over independent local media) named “Man of Freedom 2020” by the pro-PiS weekly “Sieci”. In a cringe-worthy […]

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Why driving tests aren’t considered key service in Britain?

Posted on 16 February 202116 February 2021by Tomasz Oryński

For years, my partner did not felt too much pressure to have her driving license done. She was happy to commute by public transport, and when we were going somewhere together I was driving and I never complained about it. It was only after I was unable to drive for the longer period of time […]

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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 163

Posted on 16 February 202116 February 2021by Tomasz Oryński

We haven’t had one of those for a while. But they came back with a bang. Literally. A government VIP vehicle, that, according to witnesses, was driving through Warsaw well over the speed limit, had smashed into a small Škoda. Its driver was unconscious and has been taken to the hospital and his car is […]

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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 162

Posted on 9 February 202111 February 2021by Tomasz Oryński

Winter 2021. Poland hasn’t seen so much snow for years, so the traffic on the roads moves slowly. The government TV blames opposition for it. The COVID vaccinations go on and the PiS MP, who criticized others for jumping the queue, jumped the queue to get vaccinated. But it has to be said that not […]

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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 161

Posted on 2 February 20213 February 2021by Tomasz Oryński

The justification for the Tribunal’s ruling de facto banning abortion in Poland in all but the two most extreme cases have been published. Experts have torn it to shreds – both on the legal basis and pointing its ideological message, so I won’t be going into it. I’d rather focus on the actual impact of […]

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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 160

Posted on 25 January 20212 February 2021by Tomasz Oryński

It seems that the new recurring theme of this series will be „old communist jokes that work again in PiS Poland”. Today’s one is the one about Lenin, who was disturbed by a child while shaving himself. He got angry and smacked the child in the head – and that shows us how good man […]

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That moment, when you need to pee while travelling on the British motorway…

Posted on 18 January 202119 January 2021by Tomasz Oryński

When you travel motorways in all over Europe, there is a car park on a regular basis – usually every 10 kilometres or so from each other. In many cases, even the small ones, apart from a few benches and tables and litter bins, will also offer you a chance to use a toilet. Apart […]

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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 159

Posted on 18 January 202118 January 2021by Tomasz Oryński

Another week, another attack on the PiS politician phone. This time it’s Marek Suski, and the hacker complained on his behalf about a woman who “sexually molested him”, publishing her sexy photos and a link to much more explicit material. This time I don’t know what would be worse – if the tweets were written […]

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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 158

Posted on 11 January 202111 January 2021by Tomasz Oryński

There used to be an old joke about hares escaping to Poland from the Soviet Union. “Why are you running away to us?” asked Polish hares? “Because there is the new law in the Soviet Union, that every rabbit has to have its third ear cut off!” answers the Soviet one. “So what are you […]

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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 157

Posted on 4 January 20214 January 2021by Tomasz Oryński

So we are into the new year. It has begun with the 1873rd day of PiS rule in Poland. Over last days the government did everything to make sure, that we won’t forget that apart from other plagues, 2020 was the year in which the Polish legal system was completely demolished. From hostile takeovers of […]

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