You know I can’t stop thinking about the Curious Case of Traian Berbeceanu, especially the part about how this “elite” brigade of anti-mafia cops have to fill out a fuel requisition sheet before a raid. If that’s actually true, why bother wasting time and money (or this whole sideline thing I never mentioned about swapping a car) bribing the chief of a police unit? The … Continue reading Just Receipts
One day a Romanian university student is going to write their dissertation on jurisprudence about the curious case of Traian Bereceanu. The more I look into it, the deeper the wormhole goes, and it really goes to back up everything I’ve ever said here about the police and the legal system. Two weeks ago the DNA anti-corruption unit swooped down on “Commissar” Traian Bereceanu, serving … Continue reading The Curious Case of Traian Berbeceanu
Muchisimas gracias to Digi24 who courteously invited me be on their two-hour show that focused (almost) entirely on Unicorn City. You can watch all two hours here but I cut out all of my segments and put them on YouTube: Since I promised to be more forthcoming about my personal life, I’ll post an addendum to the story that isn’t on the video. Before we … Continue reading Like a G6
If you’re like me and you’re trying to learn Romanian by watching the news, you can sometimes get stymied by the (seemingly) hundreds of acronyms that the media uses here. For the past week or so I’ve been keeping a list of the ones I’ve seen. For your own elucidation, here they are in alphabetical order: ANAF – The government agency in charge of collecting … Continue reading Media Acronyms
I already had a coughing fit and figured out who is against the big Rosia Montana project. But who exactly is for it? I can’t reveal any of their names but there’s definitely a lot of money behind it. They are now literally buying entire chunks of three of Romania’s 24-hour news channels. They’re also paying for fake “documentaries” that all have 1950s sounding names … Continue reading Too Little Too Late
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