Back where I come from, the younger white folks say karma is a bitch while the older black folks say, you lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Any way you want to put it, over the weekend one of Romania’s most “beloved” celebrities, Şerban Huidu, drove his expensive SUV into oncoming traffic and killed 2 people (Rom) on a highway in Brasov … Continue reading The Agony and the Ecstasy of Şerban Huidu
Well today on Facebook I saw this post from an American friend of mine who lives and works in Cluj: Cluj crime alert: some guy in a (stolen?) uniform is knocking on doors, showing (fake?) ID and claiming to be a chimney inspector. He then comes into the house and issues a (bogus) license in exchange for a fee which proves to be strangely negotiable. … Continue reading Papers, Please!
Today I stumbled out of bed, bleary-eyed on a rather cool, rainy day. But two days ago the weather was quite sunny and warm and The Woman and I went down to see something billed as the “Hyper Parade of Animals”. You can see the poster for it here. The “hyper” part comes from the fact that it took place on the grounds of Cora, … Continue reading All Hail the Great Alliance
Well just a day after I lauded the peacefulness of Romania’s law enforcement officers, I came across this story (Rom) about a guy who was shot by police in Ilfov and died of his wounds. I know nothing about this case except for what’s in the news report but it looks like what the U.S. Marines used to call a clusterf–k: Bărbatul fusese surprins, în … Continue reading Trigger Happy Cops in Ilfov
Weird, weird and even weirder: Watch the local Arizona news station videoclip here. Romanian government press release here, including this Youtube footage (w/o sound): From the (American) DEA official website: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the unsealing of charges against seven defendants for conspiring to provide various … Continue reading DEA, Taliban, Missile “Sting”
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