Also Sprach Zamo.ca NG

My fingers wrote initially "NiculSecu", but that's rather unfair, as I don't have any knowledge or proof of his association with the Securitate or even SRI (the Romanian secret services). And I'm glad that we finally have a prime minister, really: I do wish him best of luck! But why did it take so long and what do the chattering classes say?

I didn't write much about the Romanian elections, and given the significant disruptions, I thought I share my thoughts. Let me start by asking a few LLMs about Calin Georgescu and the odds of Russian meddling as well as the odds of his campaign having broken the law.

Not long ago, a controversy that’s still somewhat alive erupted over Olympic swimming champion David Popovici decision to “live the dream” and buy himself a Porsche Spyder. While I have no right to criticize him, I summarize a few opinions in the mass-media and add my own.

I write a few words on the elections even though I’m not going to bother voting because my passport is in another city. Then I discovered I was wrong, but I'm leaving this here for my own recollection.

Over many years, I managed to curb my “somebody is wrong on the Internet” enthusiasm. However, the idiocy of envying / judging the Roma and homeless people who help with recyclable collection proved too much.

Recently, I found myself contemplating the worst case scenario for the Ukraine war so far: Putin calls partial mobilization and formally annexes his Ukrainian conquests, having “clarified” the use of nuclear weapons.

I use a few historical references as a segue to Moldova’s Eurovision entry and to document the success stories of two young Romanian actors, and a few other Romanian-Chinese people, who are all , in my view, members of the Romanian diaspora.

Babardeala cu bucluc / Loony Porn is a movie meant to shock the viewer into understanding that there are far worse ethical lapses that we accept on a daily basis than the porn between married people and other NSFW material we generally consider below us. We discuss the movie in detail so a spoiler alert is necessary, and if you plan to watch it (you might as well), make sure you have the subtitles on for part II at least.

It's a new year, I have a new blog (or, at least, new look), but the same old subjects, blog-friends and recurrent topics. I salute my blogroll friend Krossfire, Dacia and differences.