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.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-8510411134663076312021-04-28T01:00:00.007-04:002021-04-28T01:00:00.307-04:00Octopus vs nanaUtolo<span id="description">There was a recent showdown in <a title="Oscars 2021 summary" href="http://t.zamo.ca/2021/04/oscars-2021.html" target="_blank">Oscars</a> documentaries between <a title="Collective - Official Trailer | Oct 6, 2020 | 289905 - In 2015, a fire at Bucharest’s Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but also to the obstacles he faces. Following journalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and government officials, Collective is an uncompromising look at the impact of investigative journalism at its best." href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLgGoT7v3ro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colectiv</a> and <a title="My Octopus Teacher | Official Trailer | Netflix | Sep 6, 2020 | 2360655 | A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world." href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Octopus Teacher</a>. I rooted for Collective and it reminded me of a long running Italian TV series from my childhood, <a title="La Piovra - Caracatita - Seria 1, Ep. 1 | Musique My Love | Jul 12, 2019 | Povestea lui Corrado Cattani, un inspector de poliție ce și-a dedicat viața luptei împotriva mafiei. Chiar și când familia și viața îi sunt grav puse în pericol de criminalii italieni, Corrado îndrăznește să continue lupta." href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWsDehkaQvw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Piovra</a>. Caracatita a castigat si traducerea in romana pe <a title="Documentarul Colectiv a pierdut in fata Caracatitei" href="https://www.facebook.com/zamolxis/photos/a.10156220292282011/10157984286162011/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FataCarte</a>.</span><a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2021/04/octopus-vs-nanautolo.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-12138501089761778382021-04-09T17:30:00.008-04:002021-04-10T10:43:09.357-04:00CIP by Electronica and Speccy Games<span id="description">The reason why I always felt “at home” with computers is my first homecomputer, a “CIP”. Which was my first, back in the late 80s Versiunea romaneasca pe <a title="Traducerea automata in romana a textului fara link-uri" href="https://www.facebook.com/zamolxis/posts/10157948839092011" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FataCarte</a>.</span><a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2021/04/cip-by-electronica-and-speccy-games.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-72045299080938164572021-02-20T23:34:00.003-05:002021-02-24T22:18:21.846-05:00DW documentary on Romanian children beggars<span id="description">#atatsaputut: As busy as one gets, occasionally there is the old "something wrong on the internets" feeling, and that was triggered by this Deutsche Welle free documentary about Romanian Roma kids begging on the streets of Paris as well as in the Parisian Metro (subway / tube) and how the French and Romanian authorities are dealing with it. Ca de obicei, versiunea in romana a acestui articol pe <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zamolxis/posts/10157849785512011" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FataCarte</a>. </span>
<p>It's not a lot, but “atat s-a putut”.</p>
<a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2021/02/dw-documentary-on-romanian-children.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-31755671887990443672020-01-29T01:00:00.000-05:002020-01-29T18:43:22.605-05:001989 + 30 = documentaries<span id="description">A few weeks ago we celebrated 30 years (<a title="Grosse Pointe Blank clip: 10 years, man! 10 YEARS! Where have you been?" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21LRjYrWzK0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10x3 years, man!</a>). A lot of documentaries and retrospectives and I hardly kept up with them. But I did watch a few and learned (or refreshed my memory with) facts I either did not know or had forgotten. I will first list, and then, time-permitting, summarize them.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2020/01/30-de-ani-tv.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-90547250824986334782019-11-09T10:10:00.007-05:002019-11-10T19:29:01.103-05:00The Fake Presidents or Prezidentiabilii<span id="description">Although I already said <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/10/electronic-vote-or-nu-votez.html">I’m not voting</a>, due to atrocious bureaucratic hurdles at a time when it was supposed to be as easy to vote as possible in the most expensive election so far, I’m having second thoughts. Voting is an opportunity to give some unknown hopeful a chance, so I will have a quick look at the lesser known candidates who are worthy of a second look (apart from frontrunners).</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/11/the-fake-presidents.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-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-73117728725157167522019-11-06T01:00:00.010-05:002019-11-06T13:14:28.994-05:00Electronic Vote or Nu Votez<span id="description">I probably won’t be voting this year. I’m telling you about my failed attempt to register for “vote by correspondence” or “votul prin corespondenta” as well as my passport application.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/10/electronic-vote-or-nu-votez.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-49094805816801943232019-08-31T01:00:00.003-04:002019-09-07T13:30:20.173-04:00Romanian Journalism<span id="description">A few worrisome events shed a sick light on press freedom and “deontology”, as journos like to call the ethics of their profession. In short, those in power do not respect or understand press freedom, while quite a few “journalists” and self-described bloggers do not get their role.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/press-freedom-in-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-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-77222589665851490302019-08-25T12:00:00.001-04:002019-08-26T05:40:47.789-04:00USR: MEP Cristian Ghinea Libidinosus vs Mariana Rada<span id="description">A Paris-dwelling potential (?) USR member posts something about a supposed transgression of a USR MEP in a USR private forum, the screenshots are leaked to the media, and the tabloids are milking it for all that it’s worth. The complainant tries to have it both ways, claiming some kind of allegiance to the party and desire to keep the story private, while maintaining the right to “privacy”.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/usr-mep-cristian-ghinea-libidinosus-vs.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-5575918025654095772019-08-24T13:30:00.001-04:002019-08-25T13:26:20.695-04:00Vama Veche Salvamar SMURD Lifeguard<span id="description">In a recent post on his Facebook page, Raed Arafat, the Romanian EMS SMURDfather, complains that SMURD teams on the beach should not be expected to save people from drowning. As a Canadian-trained (RLSSC) lifeguard (salvamar), that strikes me as odd.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/vama-veche-salvamar-smurd-lifeguard.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-10365503505694259162019-08-21T12:00:00.008-04:002019-08-29T11:00:32.156-04:00Titi Aur vs Cyclists<span id="description">In a recently published article on Euronews (en-roadfat), Alice Tidey asks the question where in Europe are roads deadliest; the answer is posted even before the question: Romania. We decipher a recent “ProTV News” news segment (spt-victime) where Titi Aur, a “defensive driving instructor”, reveals a deeply seated murderous misunderstanding in terms of the rules of the road, a misunderstanding that he shares.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/titi-aur-vs-cyclists.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-81512082912038963612019-08-14T01:00:00.001-04:002019-08-16T14:28:29.018-04:00Adriana Oprea's writing privileges should be revoked<span id="description">I have recently read an opinion by some “journo” in a tabloid on how anonymous SIM cards should be sold no more (i.e., make them available only to those producing ID). I argue that the writing privileges of this person should be suspended.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/adriana-opreas-writing-privileges.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-77501892106241713282019-08-13T01:00:00.000-04:002019-08-13T01:00:04.318-04:00free movement vs libera circulatie<span id="description">I’ve recently noticed a tweet that seems to indicate the Romanians are 3rd among EU countries least happy with free movement in Europe. That’s remarkable. Why would that be?</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/free-movement-vs-libera-circulatie.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-81722835328554082902019-08-12T11:30:00.002-04:002019-08-12T11:42:53.660-04:00Anti-aging Sugar Tax Zahar<span id="description">I pity the politicians who want to do something good. They can’t clickbait their laws. For instance, the measure to tax sugary stuff can and should be called an anti-aging tax or, in Romanian, “contributia pentru o tinerete fara batranete si-o veatza fara de moarte”.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/anti-aging-sugar-tax-zahar.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-3634390057985568852019-07-30T14:40:00.007-04:002019-08-05T14:35:33.075-04:00Butoi 2: Alexandra 112 stenograma transcripts inregistrari<span id="description">In a significant development, the full transcript of the 112 calls by the last victim, Alexandra Măceșanu, has been published. It is unclear to me if these are the official transcripts or rather what some of those who have listened may have remembered or clandestinely recorded. I do not expect that the official transcripts are any different and I am publishing them along with the censured victim-blaming comments made in 2010 by Tudorel Butoi, who continues to provide his “expert opinion” in TV shows.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/07/butoi-2.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-73192850446947475362019-07-30T01:00:00.015-04:002019-07-31T09:32:45.998-04:00Why? Cuz Butoi Gheorghe Dinca Barrel<span id="description">I keep reading about Romanian Police incompetence and I can tell you that I’ve seen far worse here in Toronto. I learned about former cop and current “forensic psychologist” Butoi telling us why a living girl’s carbonized remains ended up in a barrel (cf Romanian “butoi”). And beyond all these facts, inadequacies and incompetence, the question we want to answer even though we know we can’t is why?</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/07/butoi-gheorghe-dinca-barrel.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-80647271410385462152019-07-27T15:00:00.009-04:002019-07-29T17:11:35.719-04:00CaracaRimaru<span id="description">Whereas in English "Caracal" refers to a “medium-sized wild cat”, in Romania it’s a small town, possibly named after the long disappeared animal. Recently, what may very well be a serial killer has been arrested after some agonizing, train-wreck of a police investigation. This would be the first such criminal there in a long time.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/07/caracarimaru.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-9271438318621964512019-07-04T01:00:00.001-04:002019-07-08T19:22:49.671-04:00less partisanship, more understanding<span id="description">Soros and at least one Koch started holding hands for a common purpose: they call it something else, but it’s really about <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/07/andrei-anghel-and-end-of-pax-americana.html">ending America’s “world cop” legacy role</a>. Far more important to Romanians, on the foremost blog in the SE Of europe (ran out of capitals), a guest author makes almost as many language mistakes as the owner but has more consistently enlightened viewpoints.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/07/happy-news-on-partisanship-front.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-28487689390993675792019-06-02T01:00:00.008-04:002019-07-03T11:09:23.778-04:00Gaudeamus, fraticule? Shall we celebrate?<span id="description">In the past few days, most of the Romanians I know received two important gifts: PSD didn’t win the elections and Dragnea, its [widely considered] corrupt boss, was sentenced to jail and went there shortly thereafter. Though I’m not a Dragnea/PSD fan, I find the celebrations a bit empty. What bugs me is that <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/05/raspunsuri-recomandare.html">only one candidate</a> answered <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/05/intrebari-questions-eurocandidates-2019.html">my questions</a> re: <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/05/alegeri-mep-2019.html">#EP2019</a>, and I fear that the vast majority of voters never tried to clarify the programme of the candidates they voted for, nor have they tried to interact with them. Let's try to find reasons<a title="fragment of facebook convo" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdb4cCLvTRBPvIr4yxIvKAHLfko1JpgkMeyK3AC-L76Fpl69KX6G36d4LI_9Z32L7kCA4v42bIswSr5yUhKtT7larPYtNd5HEMmuNEfMoC0n67sbVKiGEmVUogyMUtE_6s1yMDMeTqAI/s1600/fb-adv.JPG">.</a></span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/05/gaudeamus-fraticule-shall-we-celebrate_31.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-9042669617554353292019-06-01T01:00:00.001-04:002019-06-07T15:43:07.005-04:00Top Romanian Parties PNL USR PSD; Partisanship, again<span id="description">I try to make sense of who voted for whom in this election, and especially who voted for PNL. Surprisingly for me, PNL managed to attract a majority of women / rural / “unoccupied” voters.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/06/romanian-main-political-parties-pnl-usr.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-60899088288225408362019-05-26T22:25:00.000-04:002019-06-07T15:13:42.186-04:00#EP2019 Romanii Voteaza Anticoruptie<span id="description">The title means “Romanians vote anticorruption”, but then I realized that Romanians know what happened, it’s foreigners who might be more interested in what I have to say about it. I wish I could write a celebratory article, but I can't. Most Romanians who lined up seem to think that they are voting against corruption, but have they really?</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/05/referendum-coruptie-2019.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-70844514747171399002019-04-11T17:14:00.000-04:002019-04-12T17:28:42.092-04:00Olivia Steer or Olive Stere? Is anti-vaxx vax?<span id="description">So many scandals in Romania, so little time. It's hard to decide what to write about. I can't read Romanian news - everything is clickbait and when I try reading something, I invariably find grammar, spelling or logic (or all of the above) mistakes. I choose to write about a "scandal" that happened toward the end of March, because none of the opinions I've read explain what's going on to my level of perception.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/04/olivia-steer-or-olive-stere.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.com0