Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Recently popular joke in Poland goes like that: a guy gets into the taxi and shouts at the driver “to Kaczyński, quick!”. The driver looks back and asks “but where exactly? Kaczyński street? Kaczyński square? […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Apparently “Atlas of Cats” (see here) was not enough to cover the fact, that PiS is on the last stretch in their race to finally take over Polish courts. They feel a bit relaxed and […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far I would like to start this week’s column by giving you a peek into the process of writing them. Every day I trawl Polish news for some absurd happenings and dig through all of the […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Apparently we have to start from clarifications again. In the last episode of this series I mentioned that one of the women that protested against fascism was arrested and during that arrest the police officer […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Finally: the ultimate proof that Darwin’s theory of evolution is fake is here! Marian Kowalski, one of the leaders of Polish extreme right and former presidential candidate explained during meeting with Polish diaspora in Kanada, […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Finally, Poland decided to give shelter to the victim of religious persecution… Yes, yes, I can see some regular readers of this column murmuring to themselves “oh, not that old chestnut again, he could make […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far So it seems everyone is equal in the face of law! Or so the judge said, when sentencing Jurek Owsiak, a charismatic leader of the charity organization Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy, for swearing from the […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Picture of president Zeman waving a mock Kalashnikov rifle dedicated to journalists for some reason seems to be popular amongst the few right wing people in my social bubble. Therefore they should be happy, that […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far If you were thinking that Poland is a country of absurdities only because of recent political developments, you were wrong. The absurdities are rooted much, much deeper, and a recent case, that stormed the media […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far The women’s protest last Tuesday made some waves. Certain right wing commentators suspect that the protest was a desperate attempt of ugly women to find someone who would like to fuck them. Popular Catholic priest, […]