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New Australian Vodka Ads Mock Polish People
Culture Buzz Poles: Good at Vodka. Terrible at everything else.
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Obama's Hint To Medvedev Rattles Poland
Politics Buzz Obama's Republican rivals aren't the only ones alarmed by his hot mic suggestion that missile defense — implicitly, defending Eastern Europe from Russia — could be softened after his re-election. The headline in the largest Polish tabloid, Fakt: “Were they trading Poland? Puzzling Obama talk with Medvedev about the missile shield.”
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Anonymous Invades Polish Parliament
Culture Buzz Pop culture is seeping into politics more and more every day. The Polish Palikota Party showed a united front, and abuse of office copier regulation, during parliament yesterday.
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DJ Granny Throws Elderly Disco Party
Culture Buzz So much adorable. This is DJ Wika Szmyt, a 76-year-old Polish beat farmer who throws all night raves for senior citizens. And by “all night rave,” I mean very pleasant disco and samba dance party that is likely over in time for “Wheel of Fortune.”
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Steve Jobs Is Alive
Culture Buzz Alive and well and reading his own biography in a Polish bookstore. (Too soon?)
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First Transsexual Politician Takes Office
Anna Grodzka, who was born a man but underwent a sex change, took her seat at the Polish Parliament.
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Polish Parliament Candidate Strips For Votes In Ad
Politics Buzz Never in my life have I wished more for the ability to read Polish. I don't know what her campaign platform is but she's got “All Press Is Good Press 101” down to an art.
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Image: Goose Befriends Blind Dog
And now it's the dog's seeing eye goose. And the goose is named Buttons. And the dog is named Baks. And they're inseparable. And they hug. And I'm going to die from insulin shock. Squee.
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Video: Man Throws Dog Poop At Owner Who Didn’t Pick It Up
Is this man an urban folk hero or a feces-flinging psychopath? You be the adjudicator! Always pick up after your dog. Or else.
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International Star Wars Posters
Movie Buzz A long time ago in countries far, far away, these Star Wars movie posters were hung. Apparently West Africa is a big fan of the television movie, “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.”
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Link: Polish President Lech Kaczynski Killed In Plane Crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia...
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Poland's president and 96 others — including the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, the head of the national bank — were killed as their plane crashed while trying to land in Russia. Lech Kaczynski and the many other national figures were en route to the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn, where thousands of Polish officers were murdered by Soviet secret police in 1940.
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Image: Racist Microsoft Ads In Poland
Microsoft's website in Poland replaces a friendly looking black man found on their English site with a creepy looking white guy. Microsoft has since apologized and changed the image back, but that hasn't stopped the Something Awful forums from taking it and running with it.
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Ninio the Gay Elephant
Science Buzz Poland is awash in zoo-related controversy because of Ninio, a very expensive 10-year-old elephant who is not inclined to mate with his lady peers. This is now a source of outrage. Poland: on the frontlines of sociopolitical revolution since 1939.
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Link: WWII's Most Badass Soldier
http://community.atom.com/Post/An-Ode-to-Voytek-The-Most-...
A Nazi-fighting, whiskey-drinking, cigar-smoking Polish artillery gunner. Who was also a bear!
