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Dilemando I: 2 bisnitz or not 2?  

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M-am gandit sa inaugurez o noua rubrica, Dilemando, in care sa discut asa-zisele "dezbateri" din blogo.ro-aie - mai precis, concursurile de facut pipi cu bataie lunga care trec drept dezbateri. Voi discuta chiar si articole care se vor samanta de dezbateri.

Are Romanians better off now vs 1989?  

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This is a question often asked and the answer given is seldom informed and non-partisan. I stumbled upon such a conversation and started talking about Netherlands first, so here I continue on my attempt to make sense of it.

Copyright, proprietate intelectuala si capitalism  

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Vorbesc de tare mult timp despre o dezbatere cu si despre proprietatea intelectuala si copira(i)tul la romani. O astfel de dezbatere a fost gazduita si de Economist in sectiunea lor de dezbateri si-a iesit tare faina, dar a avut loc mai putin in blogo.ro-oaie. In acest prim articol voi mentiona cateva din argumentele vehiculate in aceasta dezbatere si voi incerca sa evit cateva “cai gresite”.

ghi-aurul si islanda colt cu groenlanda  

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Incepusem sa-ti pove despre Rosia Montana si apropierea de succes a celor ce se impotrivesc exploatarii aurifere. Si cum nimeni n-o zice p-aia dreapta, voi face eu asta.

Chomsky, FMI si Psihologia Evolutionara  

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Noam Chomsky este cel mai cunoscut dissident American. Spre deosebire de dizidenti in alte state, este viu, nevatamat, scrie carti, da interviuri, preda la facultate, calatoreste si viata nu i-a fost niciodata in pericol. M-am gandit c-ar fi instructiv sa ne uitam la cateva citate care pot – sau nu – sa fie relevante la situatia actuala a Romaniei.

Voting MEPs with TestVote 2014  

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I suspect there is a 'TestVote' application for each member country of the EU. I decided to follow my own recommendation from Romanian MEP elections in Toronto and go through this, just before voting. Since there is very likely an English one in existence, and the English vote has already concluded, this article has the questions left in original, in Romanian.

Repatriated Romanian from USA at Hotnews  

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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.

toni erdmann 2016  

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This is an (Austro?-)German movie shortlisted for the Foreign Oscar and filmed in Bucharest. It’s great and rated 7.6 on IMDB, with a Metascore of 93. It is also remarkably warm and positive toward Romania.

Is suburbia village or countryside?  

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One thing about population in Romania that we can all agree on is that it is in free fall. A recent article has revealed to me that, supposedly, the number of Romanians moving out of the city and into the country side is greater than the number of Romanians moving into the city.

La plimbare-n blogo.ro-oaie IV  

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Here we are, after vol II with Blogger / Blogspot and , at the final installment of our incursion into similarly ranked blogs.

Killer Joe 2011  

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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen this year and, as the poster suggests, it is quite “pulpy”.

Merry Tuborg Christmas!  

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Christmas is a time of forced happiness, unmet expectations - i.e., looking forward to spend some time with your family, only to end up annoyed by the same things that caused you to move out as quickly as you could if your parents are alive, or feeling unappreciated by those ungrateful earthlings if you are a parent yourself. No wonder so many of us have started to take the Festivus joke seriously!

Belgia si Rin Tin Tin – 2 entitati antipatice  

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Continui sa bat campii despre Belgia, punand temeliile unei afirmatii pastilate despre pedofilie si belgieni. Este voba aici, in principal, despre Rin Tin Tin, eroul benzilor desenate din lumea francofona.

Opencube Manowar-ian Existentialism  

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I recently commented elsewhere on the sense of existence and even read a diaspora blog, and before I forget, I mirror here my thoughts for all the English-speaking world to marvel. If I were to summarize the teachings of this Zen piece, it’d be “survival implies constant self-deceit.”

Liberté, Égalité, Vaseline  

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One of the things I've been doing with my life lately is moving to a more “mobile lifestyle” (or “nomadic”, as a friend has described it), which includes digitizing my paper archives and moving everything online. Obviously, this involves some sort of encryption before moving stuff to the cloud, but for now, let's have a look at my old passports, which somehow makes me talk about representative democracy and its inherent corruption.

Halucinantul interviu II  

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La cererea telecititorilor, suparati de intreruperea publicitara, continui sa am labartez discutand care e oricum lung. Ca drumul pana la tine, if u dig Andries.

Pasapoarte si-ore moarte II – RO Ziua Z  

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Ce, credeai ca obtinerea unui in Canada poate fi povestita intr-un singur articol ()? Nici pomeneala! Aici afli ce s-a intamplat mai pi larg.

Andrei Anghel and the end of pax americana  

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I have been staying away from the news of the moment, but this recent tragedy hits extremely close to home, whichever way a member of the Toronto Romanian diaspora (including myself) chooses to define that notion.

Aferim! to slavery and communism  

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A friend of mine published an article in medium on communism and entrepreneurship (ana-medium) and Aferim!, a movie a cousin of mine was involved in producing has hit the theatres, and I feel a debt of honour to write about each one. So hard to stay focused and write meaningfully is. 

Romania - ultimele ecouri in presa straina  

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Iar am ramas in urma cu ce se-ntampla in Ro. Ultimele ecouri pe care le-am prins despre Romania din presa au de-a face cu case din noroi, studenti straini intr-un sat amarat, nemtzii ofticati pe Nokia si Romania la festivalul de film din Venezia. Multe s-or intamplatara de-atunci, si ca sa nu uit, le trec in raboj.