Everyone has those few memories from childhood that stick out. One of mines is the day, when I was about 12 years old and for the first time become witness to serious discussion on the topic of foreign politics. My distant uncle, a prominent Slovakian politician, visited Poland somewhere in 1992. The adults – my […]
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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 67
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Breaking news! Aliens have landed! They look pretty much like people, except that they white, are 33 metres tall and antennas stick out from their heads. One of them have landed in western Poland… Ah […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 66
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far If someone wondered what was that PiS “juidicary reform” for, it becomes to be clear already: the judges have to rule along with the PiS outlines, the law becomes of secondary importance. The examples of […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 65
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far For nearly a decade now, first half of April in Poland is the time, when Smoleńsk paranoia intensifies. This year, though, was different. We’ve been witnessing a final, 96th monthly celebrations of Smoleńsk crash. Jarosław […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 64
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Easter… The most important holidays of Catholics… Christian religion of love. Compared to Western European countries, Poland still celebrates them much more solemnly and in it’s own way. And I don’t even mean the tradition […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 63
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Women took to the streets in Poland again to fight for their rights. According to Warsaw council there was about 55 000 of protesters, significant marches and rallies in protest against forcing new anti-abortion laws […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 62
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “If Pope Francis is unable to get his shit right, then he should go and die already” – said a priest and theology professor Edward Staniek. Or at least I understood it that way, as […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 61
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Finally, some real good change! Poles no longer have to work on Sundays. On some Sundays, that is, as the new law only applies to two Sundays per month. Anyway, two Sundays to be able […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 60
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Remember, when in those secret recordings then minister Elżbieta Bieńkowska from PO said, that “only a fool or a thief would work for 6 000 zł”? Well, we might be pretty sure, that there are […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 59
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “Possessed Satanists are often wonderful people, polite, well-behaved. (…) I exorcised a priest possessed by a daemon of intellectualism. He seemed extraordinary, intelligent. The devil was well-conspired in him”. This is an excerpt from the […]