Occasionally, just like backing out a 1965 Chrysler Imperial from the garage and taking it for a spin, I got to pull out my old detective hat and follow the leads in a curious case. Normally I don’t “name drop” and talk about the people I know in this town but you’ve got to understand that I’ve been living here a while. The other day … Continue reading Hit Piece on the Little People
Hey folks, I’m sure some of you might be expecting a lengthy analysis of this week’s elections but honestly I have no desire to get in-depth on this subject at the moment. Quite honestly the USL is screwed because they’ve just inherited ALL of the mistakes and blunders of the former government PLUS their own screw-ups (Barroso letters *coughcough*) committed over the last 6 months … Continue reading The Dirty Secret of Romanian Television
One of the benefits of the Unsleeping Eye, beyond just collating information by topic of interest, is that it allows you to track the propagation of certain items. In this day and age when the word “viral” has become daily hyperbole, it’s interesting to watch the progression of certain “chunks” of social knowledge get hurled into society’s consciousness. For instance, today I came across this … Continue reading Skipping stones on a pond
If you’ve paid even the slightest attention to news about Romania lately you know that this past week the artist known as “Lady Gaga” came to Bucharest to perform in front of some 35,000 people. Originally there was a minor scandal as it was thought that the Ministry of Tourism under “evil” Elena Udrea’s administration had paid for the concert but when it was discovered … Continue reading Manufactured This Way
Well you’ll be happy to know, as confirmed by the White House during the NATO summit, the Romanian taxpayers will be chipping in some 30 million euros for five of these state of the art baby killing machines, otherwise known as “drones” or “unmanned aircraft”. Yeehaw! Continue reading No One Kills ‘Em Better
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