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Poland X: April 2012
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Tuesday, April 10, 2012. The second anniversary of the Smolensk crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Smolensk, Russia provides a fitting opportunity to shine a light on the continued political idiocy of Lech's surviving twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party he leads. In case you missed it, Jaroslaw and his PiS minions now openly say Lech was murdered by the Russians. Unlikely since there has n...
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Poland X: Be careful what you wish for, Polish edition
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Thursday, April 18, 2013. Be careful what you wish for, Polish edition. I think Janusz Piechocinski, holder of these three crowns, definitely has a new appreciation of the adage used to title this post - be careful what you wish for. Pawlak, for all his sins as PSL leader, manned up and went off into the sunset. Piechocinski parachuted into his positions as the new man in town. But worst is that under his watch two PSL members of parliament recently voted ag...
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Poland X: Palikot Movement wins hands down with 56% support
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Palikot Movement wins hands down with 56% support. The Palikot Movement (RP) has seized the polling lead and garnered a whopping 56% backing from Poles. The Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS), who tend to place one-two in normal one-might-say boring opinion polls, have thus been swept aside. At least that is the conclusion of Poland X's first Facebook-like opinion poll. More surprising perhaps is the PO's poor showing....
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Poland X: May 2013
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Thursday, May 02, 2013. Don't worry, be happy. Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski had a message for Poles on a rainy rather cold May 2, aka Flag Day. Don't worry, be happy, the recently de-mustachioed Polish president said. Don't worry, be happy. I couldn't agree more, Mr. Prezydent. Komorowski understands all this, he said, but in the end "you have to party hard on the holidays" [my translation]. Wish you were here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Poland X: January 2012
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Wolves in white coats. Polish pharmacists have now joined doctors in protesting against the new prescription drug refund law. For the good of the patient, naturally. Pharmacists are closing their doors for an hour a day. Some are refusing to fill any prescriptions unless life threatening. Unfortunately, the focus is profit, not patients. In the search for medicine that is not super common but not uncommon either, I have persona...
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Poland X: July 2012
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Not so lucky right now. Who here was surprised by the so-called "PSL tapes" showing the former head of a farm agency run by the Agriculture Ministry allege that Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) members were fleecing the public purse? Before the scandal goes, though, the European Commission's interest has been piqued. It demanded on Wednesday that the Polish government explain what was going on with the ARR. If reports that money...The P...
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Poland X: Babies, babies, babies
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Babies, babies, babies. Politicians love babies. People love babies. Everyone loves babies. I suppose that's why Prime Minister Donald Tusk has followed up a rough political patch with a couple of major pushes to produce and encourage more babies. In demographic terms, this is probably smart. In political terms, this could be too. Some 2,300 pre-schools will be financed at a total cost of 1.5 to 1.7 billion zlotys in 2007 to ...Demog...
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Poland X: Don't worry, be happy
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Thursday, May 02, 2013. Don't worry, be happy. Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski had a message for Poles on a rainy rather cold May 2, aka Flag Day. Don't worry, be happy, the recently de-mustachioed Polish president said. Don't worry, be happy. I couldn't agree more, Mr. Prezydent. Komorowski understands all this, he said, but in the end "you have to party hard on the holidays" [my translation]. Wish you were here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Poland X: Lewangoalski!
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If I look confused, it's because I'm thinking. Thursday, April 25, 2013. Today the entire Polish nation rallied around a single sporting star, everyone feeling collectively like they were from the greatest footballing nation on earth. The mood was triggered by Robert Lewandowski bashing four goals. Past the famed Real Madrid in a Champions League semi-final to put his squad, Borussia Dortmund, a heartbeat away from the final. Being Canadian, you might have put me in the former camp. But having been i...
