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Traveling Life: What Intelligence?

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Sunday, February 25, 2007. So far, I have stayed away from writing about the report on the Polish military intelligence agency (WSI) released last week. Boy, did Mr. M live up to the billing. The report was widely criticized in Poland because in most cases presented little proof to back up its accusations. It did point to some nasty ties with the Russians and the agency's mostly feeble attempts to manipulate the media. Most of this stuff was reheated charges. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Traveling Life: Oscars and Secret Police

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Monday, February 26, 2007. Oscars and Secret Police. Not surprisingly, the Oscar for the best foreign flick went to Lives of Others. A movie portraying the obsession of the Stasi. East Germany's secret police, to spy on its own people. Blind Chance) which showed three variations of a life depending on how a seemingly banal event took place. In each variation the main character becomes a communist, a member of the opposition, or a passive citizen. Anyway, Lives of Others. As for the Oscars, The Departed.

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Traveling Life: Not Enough Pierogi Eaters in Chicago

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Sunday, March 11, 2007. Not Enough Pierogi Eaters in Chicago. Pointed me in the direction of this Bloomberg article. It tries to show that fewer Poles are heading to the U.S., especially Chicago, to get illegal jobs because they can find legal ones in western Europe. Not a far stretch to see the rational for this, although the mostly anecdotal evidence in the article doesn't prove very convincing. One indication: fewer people eat pierogi at the Czerwone Jabluszko. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Traveling Life: Cronies on Boards

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Sunday, March 11, 2007. It has to be clearly said that 16 months after PiS's victory, no activist or supporter of our party, who bled himself during our election campaign, suffers from hunger and want.". This stark quote was made by one of the leaders of the Kaczynski brothers' PiS party, as quoted by Gazeta Wyborcza. There is one definite way of fixing this to prevent the millions of zloty that are flowing out of inefficient and corrupt state enterprise: privatize now! Maybe the next government will do ...

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Traveling Life: Is This a (Polish) Joke?

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Thursday, February 22, 2007. Is This a (Polish) Joke? Seems like this little cartoon. In the New Yorker is causing quite a stir among the Polish community. And elsewhere. The magazine editor's somewhat shaky explanation is that " the heart of the joke is the difficulty in saying the name." In this vain, my parents must have been on drugs when they named me Krzysztof, forgetting to put a few extra vowels in there. So is this a Polish joke? Is this suggesting that Poles like to hit the bottle too often?

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Traveling Life: Something Different - Background Music

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Thursday, February 22, 2007. Something Different - Background Music. While you're reading the rest of the blog, take a listen to this song. One of my favorites, in large part because it reminds me of someone special from across the ocean. She's far away, but I think about her always. Of course, it's also dedicated to my two fantastic sisters! What a lovely version. Enjoy Antony and the Johnsons. Hey lovely song.reminded me of someone spl :-). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Oscars and Secret Police.

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Traveling Life: Europe's Basket Case

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007. I know, I know. It's not a shocker anymore to read articles by baffled foreign correspondents about the mess in Poland. But this article by Judy Dempsey. In the International Herald Tribune goes quite deeply into the Kaczynski purges and vendetta-driven policies. And yes, there's little time for planning future policies in the Duck Republic, and the weak opposition is sidelined. What else is new? Still, it's sad to see it in print. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Traveling Life: Musharraf Coming to Poland

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Sunday, March 04, 2007. Musharraf Coming to Poland. Just came across this weird item. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). If at First You Dont Succeed. Not Enough Pierogi Eaters in Chicago. Polish Politicians Clinging to the Past. Polish Job Seekers Take (a) Wizz (Air). Another Brilliant Idea from Self-Defense. Musharraf Coming to Poland. The New York Times. Kurcze Blade (in Polish). Marcinkiewcz Blog (in Polish). Global Voices - Poland. View my complete profile.

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Traveling Life: Look Who's Back!

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Monday, March 12, 2007. Look who's back in the good graces of Andrzej Lepper. On Sunday, the leader of Self Defense brought Stanislaw Lyzwinski. To a news conference discussing these bizarre IOU's Lepper forced all party members sign to guarantee they won't leave the party. Lepper had banished his former right hand for a while. And that's bad news for a righthanded wanker like Lepper! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). If at First You Dont Succeed. Not Enough Pierogi Eaters in Chicago. The New York Times.

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Traveling Life: Lepper's Coup - Is Media At Fault in Sex Scandal?

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Sunday, December 10, 2006. Lepper's Coup - Is Media At Fault in Sex Scandal? Self Defence leader Andrzej Lepper with his usual flair for overaggeration and hysterics, has already called it a coup attemp and called for the closure (! Of Gazeta Wyborcza. But is Poland's media at fault here for the sex scandal that has been consuming Lepper's party. Is Lepper right? And closing a leading newspaper? They groomed her for this. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). No Experience Needed to Run Polands Top Bank.