The Mysterious Case of the Suicide Attempt That Wasn’t

Obviously the subject everyone is discussing today is former PM Nastase’s suicide attempt Wednesday night. There are about 10 guys building a house right next door to my apartment and every day I get “treated” to their gossip and this is certainly what they’ve been talking about all morning. The story seemed to make sense late Wednesday into Thursday – a man who was formerly … Continue reading The Mysterious Case of the Suicide Attempt That Wasn’t

Dumb and Dumber

Well just when you think this lunatic charade of a modern democracy can’t get any more ridiculous, it does just that. As you know, yesterday former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase shot himself just as he was being carted off to jail to serve a two-year jail sentence (actually due to his age it’s unlikely he would’ve been behind bars more than 8 months). According to … Continue reading Dumb and Dumber

Skeletor Gets Pinched

Oh shit: Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been accused of copying large sections of his 2003 PhD thesis in law from previous publications, without proper reference. Nature has seen documents compiled by an anonymous whistle-blower indicating that more than half of Ponta’s 432-page, Romanian-language thesis on the functioning of the International Criminal Court consists of duplicated text. Moreover, the thesis was republished with very minor … Continue reading Skeletor Gets Pinched

You Get What You Pay For

I actually found this in a Romanian article but in doing further research I managed to find this article in English with essentially the same information. Long story short is that Monica Macovei, heavily backed by Daddy Mark, wants to keep Daniel Morar as head of the DNA (anti-corruption agency) and Laura Kovesi as head of the court system (that handles corruption trials). But Gitenstein … Continue reading You Get What You Pay For

If it weren’t for bad luck…

The other day I wrote about how I was depressed over the state of affairs in Romania and I got roundly chided for having been overly optimistic in the first place. Well I’d say my disappointment has passed and now I’ve entered into a state of regret. The other day the Unsleeping Eye fetched me this article, the key paragraphs of which being translated by … Continue reading If it weren’t for bad luck…