Saturday, March 25, 2017

Empik


Joan has been re-reading the same book twice so I thought it was time for something new. The British library was closed so I took her to Empik, in the English language section, to choose a new book  After she found one we walked back to our car through Plac Wolno艣膰i and then down to the underground parking lot. They have raised their price to 4 zl($1) per hour this year. Still, it is a lot cheaper than parking in Chicago.

OK, I said I wouldn't talk politics here but I am extremely happy to know the Paul Ryan, Trump administration's health bill proposal was taken out of the voting process because they knew it would be defeated. I don't really know how good or bad Obamacare is because it doesn't affect us personally but evidently the new plan was even worse. That is why even some Republicans would not vote for it no matter how much bullying they were subjected to in order to pass the bill. It gives a little hope that maybe there are some level thinkers on both sides of the aisle. It was a major promise the "Apprentice" made to his voters. I wonder how they will react to this?

Now we are back at home and Joan is making blueberry pancakes for dinner....YUM.

Joan ponownie czyta t膮 sam膮 ksi膮偶k臋 dwa razy, wi臋c my艣la艂em, 偶e nadszed艂 czas na co艣 nowego. Brytyjska biblioteka by艂a zamkni臋ta, wi臋c zabra艂em j膮 do Empiku w sekcji j臋zykowej w Anglii, aby wybra膰 now膮 ksi膮偶k臋. Po znalezieniu jednego z nich wr贸cili艣my do naszego samochodu przez Plac Wolno艣膰i, a potem na parking podziemny. W tym roku wzros艂y one do 4 z艂 (1 dolara) za godzin臋 w tym roku. Mimo to jest o wiele ta艅sze ni偶 parking w Chicago.
OK, powiedzia艂em, 偶e nie b臋d臋 tutaj m贸wi膰, ale bardzo si臋 ciesz臋, 偶e Paul Ryan, propozycja ustawy zdrowotnej w sprawie administracji Trumpa, zosta艂a wycofana z procesu g艂osowania, poniewa偶 wiedzieli, 偶e zostanie pokonany. Ja naprawd臋 nie wiem jak dobry czy z艂y Obamacare jest, poniewa偶 nie ma to na nas osobi艣cie, ale najwyra藕niej nowy plan by艂 jeszcze gorszy. Dlatego te偶 nawet niekt贸rzy republikanie nie g艂osowali na to bez wzgl臋du na to, ile im prze艣ladowania zosta艂y poddane w celu przekazania ustawy. Daje niewielk膮 nadziej臋, 偶e by膰 mo偶e istniej膮 pewne poziom my艣liciele po obu stronach korytarza. To by艂a wielka obietnica "ucznia" dokonywanej wyborcom. Zastanawiam si臋, jak zareaguj膮 na to?
Teraz wracamy do domu i Joan robi torty z jagodami na kolacj臋 .... YUM.