To begin with, I do want to thank the Romanians who have been in the streets over these past three weeks – I’ve met a few of them and I appreciate their courage in coming out and expressing their point of view (whatever that is). I also want to thank the Romanians who have come out to the rallies (for both sides of the referendum) … Continue reading Why I keep calling it a coup when there are no tanks in the street
Sadly, the final draft can be seen here. Continue reading Exclusive! Original draft of Ponta’s letter to Barroso discovered
It has come to my attention that not one but TWO different professors (each teaching a different subject) here in Cluj-Napoca have been using either me, the writings on this website or some other material I’ve produced as teaching materials in their class. I have also heard an indirect report that a third professor in Bucharest is doing the same. Furthermore, I happened to discover … Continue reading Uh…. you’re welcome?
Oh lord! Well as I mentioned before, Ponta was given “11 commandments” by Barroso last week and was required to return a written response two days ago (Monday). By mid-day (see here), Ponta had failed to do so. Apparently some time late on Monday, Ponta transmitted the following document written in shamefully ignorant English. There’s a PDF of this online but for your ease in … Continue reading The text of Victor Ponta’s letter to EU Commission President Barroso, in which many lies and half-truths are told in broken, shitty English
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