I'm so sick of this
Economist.com:But the tragedies of Virginia Tech—and Columbine, and Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, where five girls were shot at an Amish school last year—are not the full measure of the curse of guns....
View ArticleNew elections - Yipee!
That's right, we'll have fresh elections in October folks. And just as politics in this country were becoming so boring.We know this, apparently, since the opposition leader and the president have...
View ArticleTimes they are a-changin'
A couple of days ago, some racists assholes vandalized about 100 gravestones in an historic Jewish cemetery in Częstochowa. They spray-painted them with swastikas and "SS" marks. That, of course and...
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Sunday Vista Blogging XVI - Everest
One day (or several months...) late. So what? It's August.Gus for WSMount Everest, halfway between Basecamp 1 and Basecamp 2
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New Station resident
Warsaw Station welcomes Laika - the Station's new resident space cadet.Gus for WSAin't she cute?Cross posted (with commentary and another pic) at p3More pics here
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Sunday Vista Blogging XVII - Terracotta Warriors
Gus for WSTerracotta Warriors, Xi'an, ChinaGus for WSTerracotta Warriors, Xi'an, China
View ArticleIs Detroit "coming back"?
Mike Lyndon thinks so. It's been "coming back" since the mid-1990s though. When will it finally be back?
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No early elections?
Zbigniew Religa could be Poland's next prime ministerWarsaw Station has learned that parties currently not in power - Civic Platform (PO), the coalition Left and Democrats (LiD) and the Peasants' Party...
View ArticleKaczyńskis spying on journalists
It has been reported that former Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek, in secret testimony to Poland's parliamentary commission on the secret services, revealed that journalists' phones were tapped on...
View ArticleBirthplace of Solidarity to die?
The EU is demanding the Gdańsk Shipyard pay back state subsidies. If it does so, it could go out of business for good.
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Sunday Vista Blogging XVIII - The Great Wall of China
Gus for WSGreat Wall, Juyongguang sectionGus for WSGreat Wall, Juyongguang section
View ArticleHow does capitalism work again?
Bloomberg on how PiS plans to screw those Poles who first bought into capitalism.
View ArticleLions - 10 wins this season?
Playoffs too? Yeah, right.It turns out, their own players were delivering some of the worst blows. "There were knockdown, drag-out fights all the time last year," defensive tackle Cory Redding said....
View ArticleTragedy at Radom Air Show
Two pilots have died in a horrific mid-air crash during a performance of Poland's famous "Żelazna" (Iron) acrobatic flying group. One of the victims was a founder of the group.Radom Air Show...
View ArticleConcerning tomorrow's elections
Here's a fine article from the International Herald Tribune on young Poles trying to get other young Poles out to vote.
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