tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47924572299188568852024-03-12T21:13:03.385-04:00Also Sprach ZamolxisAşa Grăit-a Zamo.ca, the descendant of a Dacian God; teme personale, culturale şi sociale din Toronto. Patria mé îi limba romgleză. Formerly AlsoSprachZamolxis.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-37906245040621398152020-08-04T01:00:00.001-04:002020-08-04T07:23:15.682-04:00That XVIII Century Romania Map Error<span id="description">A while back, we looked at a map that placed Romania South of Bulgaria, and Bulgaria in Romania’s place, in a kind of “castling” or “rocada” (cf Romanian) of the two countries. A relatively newer map, picked up somewhere on Facebook (fb below in Sources), makes the same “mistake”. Are the quotes around the word <em>mistake</em> warranted?</span><a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2020/04/map.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0North Macedonia41.608635 21.7452758.6841867436371913 -13.410975 74.5330832563628 56.901525tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-57159257432061103242019-11-08T15:33:00.004-05:002019-11-10T10:52:27.560-05:00Danci Dancila–is CTP hacker or troll?<span id="description">Our favorite former SF author, CTP, is back with another seemingly antiziganist or racist controversy, again on former PM and current PSD candidate for president, Dancila. He made fun of her family name etymology (likely Romani or Gypsy) and an anti-discrimination group / person entered the fray.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/11/ctp-vs-dancila-who-da-racist.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-92146488789093108362019-09-25T12:00:00.011-04:002019-10-28T07:42:54.718-04:00Cumpanasu at OUS Diploma Mill<span id="description">Recently, a new candidate for Romanian presidency, Alexandru Cumpanasu, has finally undergone more media scrutiny after having had to make some candidacy-related disclosures. We look into some of the claims made by this individual (whom we strongly dislike) and track down the most likely “university” he is attending, linked below in sources.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/09/cumpanasu-at-ous-diploma-mill.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-38163769195015455902019-08-27T12:00:00.008-04:002019-08-27T16:04:14.835-04:00Horia Constantinescu, ANPC director and Savist Interloper<span id="description">A former CNSS (Sf Sava National College / High School) classmate sent me a link to an article about Horia Constantinescu (curi-interlop), asking me if I remember this guy being in our class. In Romanian, “interlop” is used to mean shady/criminal while in English it means “unwanted, persona non grata”.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/horia-constantinescu-savist-interloper.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-59755829320659591192019-07-16T14:00:00.000-04:002019-07-18T11:00:01.087-04:00#GenieArmy of Twitter Trolls<span id="description">Recent news (about how more than half of “followers” for “influencers” are fake) reminded me of a network of twitter accounts that seems to exist solely for attacking anyone criticizing Genie Bouchard. These “shadows of a real person” are somewhat darker than the shadow of what Eugenie Bouchard could have been, had she not been influenced by an inner circle that seems to treasure appearances at the expense of true achievement.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/07/geniearmy-of-twitter-trolls.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-30520510499601064612019-07-12T01:00:00.003-04:002019-07-12T01:00:01.429-04:00Wong, PoliTichii<span id="description">Those of us who haven’t forgotten the recent elections (and this includes some of those happy with the results as well as those who predicted a PSD win, were proven wrong and keep looking for a reason to save their reputation) are still somewhat surprised. I know I am. So while looking for a well laid out contrarian opinion, I discovered the blog PoliTichii, obstinately hanging on to a pro-PSD viewpoint after having [wrongly] forecasted a PSD win.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/07/wong-politichii.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-59312984749943912992019-06-22T01:00:00.001-04:002019-06-28T13:47:58.533-04:00Louis CK in Cluj, Romania?<span id="description">Let us explore and make a bit of historical fun of the announcement of Louis CK stepping on Cage’s path, in Romania – a story that may be false and could possibly be fake. Most importantly, CK stands for a Hungarian name, which is why my Romanian compadres might worry that they are being invaded by <strong>the Great Hungarian Junta using Louis as a <u>Trojan <em>condom</em></u></strong>.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/06/louis-ck-in-cluj-romania.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-59283325903078038392018-06-14T22:00:00.006-04:002018-06-17T08:02:32.300-04:00Overreactions to Simona Halep in Charlie Hebdo<span id="description">@Simona_Halep’s win is an amazing victory and an event we’ll be remembering and talking about at least until her next Grand Slam. Sadly, it was only hours before all those hungry to for publicity started to throw shade, claim ownership and speculate it for their own nefarious ends.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2018/06/overreactions-to-simona-halep-in.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-81565135852227249402017-05-02T16:00:00.005-04:002017-05-02T20:04:24.975-04:00Flagxitgate, or Presidential Elimination<span id="description">A recent “viral” video clip shows the Romanian president, Klaus Iohannis, moving the Union Jack (the UK flag), out of the way as he talks to reporters. This act of “elimination” is probably the least interesting of the ones discussed herein.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/05/flagxitgate-or-presidential-elimination.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-91542027023622422032017-04-24T01:00:00.004-04:002017-04-25T18:42:35.358-04:00Ilie Nastase, nastier than Quagmire<span id="description">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 <a title="Ilie Nastase - 'Nasty but nice'" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRWmC1EzdJE" target="_blank">the 70s are over</a>?!</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/04/ilie-nastase-nastier-than-quagmire.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-45110146643588952182017-03-16T01:00:00.002-04:002017-03-16T01:00:03.938-04:00Ion Tiriac and politicians between fools and thieves<span id="description">Ion Tiriac, the richest former athlete in the world, had some choice words to say about the protest actions and as a result he is pilloried in the press. I can’t help feeling that he’s repeating what I’ve been saying.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/03/ion-tiriac-and-politicians-between.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-19470172428353798832017-02-10T10:28:00.000-05:002017-02-10T12:14:35.137-05:00#rezist in its 10th day<span id="description">Romania seems <a title="Malversation in Romania" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipuC38g4RQo" target="_blank">increasingly divided</a> between the “<a title="Sustinatorii PSD - contramanifestatii la Cotroceni vor demisia lui Klaus Iohannis" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Vai3LuJTE" target="_blank">bad teeth alliance</a>”, pro-government and protesting against the president Iohannis, and a massive, more numerous, <a title="Romanian protesters dance as demonstrations enter their sixth day" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIDZ_ZXaIR4" target="_blank">happily protesting dancing flash mob</a> who won’t take “<a title="AUDIO. Dragnea pentru presa străină, despre corupție: 'Bullshit'" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rUVZdzNlMw" target="_blank">corruption is bullshit</a>” for an answer. What irks me is that in the international media coverage, so much is lost in translation.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/02/rezist-in-its-10th-day.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-7317998022382011302017-01-31T17:33:00.001-05:002017-02-01T12:04:02.829-05:00Amnesty is as real in the Kingdom of Heaven as it is in Romania<span id="description">It is only natural for a government representing <a title="Religion and Choice" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/religion-and-choice.html">the most religious people in Europe</a> to implement mercy, this unabashedly Christian concept. I’ve just learned from my former classmates that the amnesty ordinance (which is really an executive order / edict / decree “emanating” from the government and bypassing the legislature) that formed the object of the past week’s protests has been adopted. <a title="Just Like Heaven" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dhn_iIQXDE" target="_blank">Precum in cer asa si pe pamant</a>.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/01/amnesty-is-as-real-in-kingdom-of-heaven.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-78244290657181557452017-01-21T14:23:00.001-05:002017-01-21T15:18:22.701-05:00Bamboo fire, PSD gov baptism<span id="description">It seems as if every new <a title="Don't Fear the P(T)SD" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/dont-fear-ptsd.html">PSD</a> government has to go through a baptism of fire. The latest such event has luckily resulted in no deaths. One of the club founders (or former co-owners) is Catalin Botezatu, which translated word-by-word is Baptized, Cat.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/01/bamboo-fire-psd-gov-baptism.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-15140698225604587052016-12-31T01:00:00.001-05:002016-12-31T12:55:09.722-05:00La Multi Ani, Happy New Year, Resolutions<span id="description">As I’ve done in the past, I am publishing here my resolutions, mostly for this blog and wish all my readers La Multi Ani, <a title="Feliz Navidad - Walk Off The Earth (From WOTE's Christmas Movie)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzV_UCQFY6w" target="_blank">Feliz Navidad</a> (better late than never, right?) and A Happy New Year!</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/la-multi-ani-happy-new-year-resolutions.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-92188727591183236632016-12-27T15:49:00.001-05:002016-12-30T16:21:10.541-05:00Odalisque PM Sevil Shhaideh<span id="description">There are two issues I have not written about, though they’ve been on my mind and are quite troubling, from a consistency point of view: Sevil Shhaideh Saga</span><span> and Kovesi’s plagiarism.</span> The second can wait, but the first is quite important. <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/odalisque-pm-sevil-shhaideh.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-14182528831154787132016-11-19T01:00:00.001-05:002019-07-07T16:28:02.235-04:00Iohannis the Silent v Base the Loud<span id="description">When it comes to presidents, I prefer them quiet and subdued, but when I look back, I kept voting for the loud ones. I’m much like a woman who claims she’s looking for good guys but constantly ends up with bad boys. I’m not the only one, judging by the recent results of US elections. So I’m hurrying to finish this article, in a McDonald’s with non-working Wi-Fi, fueled by their free coffee promotion with only 30 minutes left to go.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/11/iohannis-silent-v-base-loud.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-28742159972007753892016-10-21T01:00:00.004-04:002016-12-05T20:01:23.387-05:00Horatiu Pepine romansplains at DW<span id="description">Despite having better things to do and write about, a recent article published by Deutsche Welle annoyed me enough to get me to write about the non-debate happening in USA and discuss abortion.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/10/horatiu-pepine-romansplains-at-dw.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-63270673060278987392016-10-12T01:06:00.006-04:002016-10-15T09:15:26.560-04:00The Peculiar Case of Gypsy and Dee Dee<span id="description">A relatively recent tragic murder and <em>Munchausen by proxy</em> case is a pretext to look at how Romani / Gypsy / Roma people are perceived, the guilt of their children and mob mentality.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/10/the-peculiar-case-of-gypsy-and-dee-dee.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-22166578214260219892016-07-16T18:26:00.001-04:002016-07-16T19:02:23.411-04:00Support Net Neutrality!<span id="description">I don’t have time for this any more than you do. It’s summer, it’s sunny, and I hardly have the time for my daily swim. But some bigwigs are counting precisely on our not paying attention to pass some really bad regulations.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/07/support-net-neutrality.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-13527064010367935322015-11-14T01:00:00.000-05:002015-12-31T14:20:43.199-05:00Madalina Ghenea in Sorrentinos Youth (2015)<span id="description">I was going through a movie marathon when I started this article. I thought I’d seen something in Ghenea’s performance, then I wasn’t so sure. And time passed. </span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/11/madalina-ghenea-in-sorrentinos-youth.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-48985875909296070492015-10-30T23:32:00.001-04:002015-10-31T14:15:57.198-04:00Colectiv #suntemcolectiv #wearecolectiv<span id="description">I was planning to go out tonight, and on my way out, my eyes fell on a <a title="#Romania #pitong: Up to 400 people were attending a rock concert at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest when the fire broke out [Credit: Radio Romania]" href="http://zamoca.tumblr.com/post/132237885773/romania-pitong-up-to-400-people-were-attending" target="_blank">headline</a>: "Romanian nightclub blast kills 25". By the time I looked it up <a title="YouTube Video (opens to the right if you are on the main site): Fire in Babilon" href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-jugCsLtKLw?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&nologo=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3" rel="ytvid" target="tutub">online</a>, the casualties had gone to 26. And memories of a few nights in Bucharest came back.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/10/colectiv-suntemcolectiv-wearecolectiv.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-15337853472407103372015-04-10T01:00:00.000-04:002015-04-10T12:30:39.836-04:00Hajduk/Outlaw Werewolves/Lycans Dacians/Gauls/Getae<span id="description">Recently, one of the few blogs I read went off-line, after publishing one episode of their epic sagas. It’s [sort of] about Dacians, and as a sign of solidarity, I’ve decided to give the non-Romanian world an idea about it. </span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/04/hajdukoutlaw-werewolveslycans.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com147tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-9407119277594293652015-03-15T01:00:00.000-04:002015-03-15T20:40:14.626-04:00History Repeats Its Beach<span id="description">My life has more and more strange, scary coincidences. Sure, some are part of the all-encompassing confirmation bias, but some are just out there. Maybe in my search for meaning I get too hung up on serendipitous occurrences, or maybe I'm turning into the bimbo cliché of RomComs who thinks that "everything happens for.. increased productivity". And no, it’s not <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2009/03/in-search-of-july.html">this beach</a>.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/history-repeats-its-beach.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-30447246387679456842015-03-11T12:36:00.001-04:002015-03-18T14:32:01.083-04:00Agerpres and Romanian MAE Fail European Geography<span id="description">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 <a title="YouTube Video (opens to the right if you are on the main site): SAM COOKE - DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY" href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HoIfB4J3sqU?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&nologo=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3" rel="ytvid" target="tutub">recent faux-pas</a>, confusing the French contours with the German one in a one-print commemorative brochure is, unfortunately, indicative of the <a title="Ponta (Romanian PM) placed'n perpetual plagiarism" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/06/ponta-pe-plaiul-plagiatului-perpetuu.html" target="_blank">dilettantism</a> that has taken over the Romanian government.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/agerpress-fails-european-geography.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com5