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There was a time when women were dreaming of a “knight in shining armour” but a steady decline in the prestige of shiny things coupled with a long set of economic crises have put an end to those romantic times. Today women seem to want a man who’ll pay and they rely on the State for protection and Facebook and/or Twitter for DIY reputation management (aka PR). A recent article on dating and paying for it (ctch-tspr) reopened a long-forgotten subject, a subject I haven't attacked in a while (since between 12 and 12-B, to be exact), despite a desire and even a plan to do so.

Ministrul Justitiei are un raspuns balansat si inteligent.

Cica in Botosani ar fi fost eutanasiati peste 200 de caini din ordinul primarului. Sa ne uitam la filmul cu marsul ce i-a urmat!

The most important debating tournament in Romania took place at the “Mihai Viteazu” high-school and the reporter summarized a debate with a BIRT on whether the Romanian government should provide reparations to the Roma community for the Holocaust. This is worth a discussion.

I swore an oath of non-technicality for this blog, but I hereby have to (almost) break it, for the very identity of this blog is being threatened.

In prima parte ne-am uitat la faimosul “test” de dominanta emisferica cu dansatoarea. Continuam sa ne delectam cu alte iluzii optice, si-ncepem sa cugetam la liberul arbitru si viermi de creier.

Though it may be unfair to extend the failure of the Romanian National Press Agency (Agerpres) and the Romanian External Affairs Ministry to an entire nation, let us not forget that part of their job is to represent the country. The recent faux-pas, confusing the French contours with the German one in a one-print commemorative brochure is, unfortunately, indicative of the dilettantism that has taken over the Romanian government.

A while back, I was having an argument (well, it’s more like I was trying to have a conversation with my designated troll, banned since) about the downside of population decline (PD). He demanded to know why is it bad (which is what I was trying to say) and I thought I provided some studies, but while searching, I was unsatisfied with the quality of the studies I had found. (The title term refers mostly to economy (i.e., population drops below the level required to carry the economy or more specifically old age pensions) whereas PD refers to demographics.) Since then, I’ve found a bit more so here it is.

Continui povestea cu Stronach si Pacepa. Dupa scurta introducere in contextul nord-american de propasire a industriei auto(htone), ajung in sfarsit la subiectul din titlu.

I’m becoming a Nastase hater. Can’t this guy just disappear from news altogether, or realize that we’re no longer in the 50s and the 70s are over?!

dupa kubrik, vederile si editura, noi [c/t]lonii atacam cu vilanii favi. mai precis, peste 20 de blogari isi prezinta ticalosii preferati.

Hotnews has previously interviewed Romanian diaspora people, which we covered, and we have also been profiling others in the diaspora ourselves. This interview is somewhat new in that the interviewee is "returned" - and we expect to be many more like him in the coming years.

Sa va zic ce s-a-ntamplat. Dupa succesul “atacul CloneSociety” precedent, Brother KTlon m-a invitat iar sa particip intr-un simpozion (de vederi din lumea-ntreaga). Eu am trimis 4 poze, dar e posibil ca in febra pregatirilor, pe unele bloguri sa fi aparut explicatia pentru o cladire si poza pentru alta. Cladirile sunt adiacente, dar nu identice (vezi la sfarsit).. In orice caz, restul vederilor sunt superbe si, probabil, cu explicatii la obekt

I have made the mistake to look at what Adrian Nastase had to say in his defense. It's quite persuasive. This document makes use of certain HTML5 tags that are presently supported only by Chrome / Chromium and make reading easier.

Am scris de cateva ori despre Rusia si de obicei nu in termeni elogiosi. Iata ca un nou arest arunca sub reflector "drama" altor barbati, drogati si violati de o bruneta obsedata.

Tim O'Reilly a publicat mai demult interviul pe care i l-a luat Forbes pentru un special intitulat "Putere, Ambitie, Glorie". Intrebarile sunt interesante si seamana teribil cu o leapsa de pe la noi - atata doar ca-s mult mai inspirate. Asa ca m-am gandit sa le transform intr-o leapsa.

Cine este proponentul "comportamentalismului radical" si de ce ne-ar pasa de el? Eu cred ca munca "celui mai influent psiholog al secolului 20", desi controversata, este antidotul perfect pentru determinismul genetic ce pare sa controleze "gandirea" romaneasca.

Intamplarea cu galeria de arta si suprarealismul este un prilej de a privi in trecut, la inceputurile acestui curent si chiar si la inceputurile mele...

Saracan de mine, incepe festivalul si eu inca n-am reusit sa ma dumiresc la ce filme vreau sa merg. Bine ca s-a dumirit Romania ce film trimite la Oscarul 2011.

…si nu toti cei de pe asistenta sociala sunt milogi. Dupa ce am relatat ca IHT s-a uitat la o familie de romani din Spania (stirea 4 din 10), iata ca si NYT, simbolul presei libere ucigatoare de copaci, descrie cazul unui cuplu de romani in varsta care au preferat sa faca foame decat s-ajunga pe welfare. Este greu de zis daca o duc sau nu mai bine in New York decat oriunde altundeva in Romania.