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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.

Honest Ed is an iconic “Canadian Kwik-E-Mart” that will forever close its doors on December 31, 2016. If you are wondering what does this have to do with the recently arraigned Ion Iliescu, well, I couldn’t find another rhyme.

A couple of years back I found myself in the Boston airport, meeting face to face Ana Birchall, whom I have previously featured on this blog. It was not a meeting organized by our respective secretaries, but it was nonetheless interesting for me.

Sriracha is a 'sauce piquante', SRI is the Romanian Secret Service, fall is autumn, and in Romanian "picant" could also be derived from 'to fall' which is 'a pica.' We look at the consecutive declarations of Romania’s president, an allied journalist and finally, the candidacies of other president-hopefuls, from the head of the Romanian Secret Service, Melescanu and to the former Justice Minister, Macovei. But most of all, the title is a tip of the hat to Vlad Petreanu and his excellent expose, with a title that translates roughly as “The [secret] Services Autumn.”

Discussing the tragedy is inescapable. I had started doing this a few days ago, focusing mostly on Andrei Anghel, but didn’t have the time to say all that I wanted to say, which is why I’m continuing here.

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.

I recently discovered a new and interesting blog. I'll present an enlightening article.

Extreme division in the public opinion is not new and is not common only to Romania. What is special about our situation is how ludicrous and paranoid their claims are. In this article commenced long ago, we look at how “tunnel vision” and “excessive focus” ruins politics, and implicitly, electorates who fail to censor the politicians who succumb to it.

Exista un conflict intre dorinta de libertate si necesitatea ordinii. Eu – si multi altii – vad in “necesitatea ordinii” un oxymoron o pasare neagra, dar asta nu-i genul de discutie pe care cred c-o pot avea aici, acum.

Dupa cum stii, Obama a anuntat ca Osama e mort, prilej pentru a ne aminti ca “misiunea nu s-a terminat”, caz doara nu de-aia au plecat ei in Iraq.

Un interviu de-al lui Patapievici cu Porumboiu mi-a trezit acest articol din amintirea ancestrala. Ma aplec si eu cu aplomb si lipsa de respect asupra "revolutiei" sau ce-o fi fost. Chiar, ce-o fi fost?

Reciteam recent povestea vietii lui Ion Rimaru, teroarea anilor '70 si ramaneam uimit cum perceptiile populatiei generale si modul de a gandi cu "fa ceva!" au ramas practic neschimbate, gasindu-si mai nou expresie in teatrul de securitate. Criminalii se schimba, prostia vulgului, nu. Asta pe langa prima victima din serialul de familie, care se numea Elena Udrea.

Nu mi-este clar daca omul de rand din Ro stie despre ce se-ntampla cu puscariile secrete CIA - "teroristii" adusi din lumea araba pentru a fi torturati pe teritoriu romanesc - si / sau daca ii pasa. Dar mie mi se pare interesant si m-am gandit sa fac un sumar cu informatiile gasite.

O noua poveste cu spioni, iranieni si bombe nucleare a-nceput sa ma enerveze. Ce-ar fi sa-ncercam s-o privim dintr-o perspectiva mai mult sau mai putin istorica?

Am aflat recent o stire bulversanta: exista in prezent in Romania mai multi securisti decat pe vremea Odiosului si asta in conditiile in care populatia a scazut, economia inca nu s-a oprit din prabusire si suntem - zice-se - o tara nedictatoriala, in spanacu' ma-sii de treaba (http://j.mp/votbase)!

Cand generalul de securitate Ion Pacepa a cerut azil politic in US, Ceausescu a avut un microinfarct iar Andries a scris celebrul sau blues. De-atunci, ghinaralul nostru a scris cateva carti care insa nu au prea fost luate in serios. Dupa introducerea si Stronach, il luam pe Pacepa in colimator (“unde e tipografia?”)

N-am fost intrebat des unde-am fost de 9/11, si nici eu nu m-am grabit s-o spun. Si-asta pentru c-ar fi urmat replica "tzeara arde si..." whatevah. Nu c-ar fi fost prima data, si nu pentru ca imi pasa sau nu-mi pasa mai mult decat altora, dar cele mai mari dezastre din viata mea s-au cam intamplat fara mine. Deocamdata, 9/11, eventual in seria "calatorii sprancenate".

Sunt doua subiecte care ma ard profund si acut. Primul este apropo de vizele de Canada - in sfarsit romanii poa' sa calatoreasca peste ocean, fara sa se prostitueze la cozi. Dar asta mai poate astepta o zi. Al doilea ar fi condamnarea unui blogger rusnac pentru c-a-njurat un politist. Acest ultim subiect ma apasa mult mai tare, si voi blogifera intai despre el, lasandu-l pe primul pentru maine-poimaine.

Aflu de pe CNN (1) ca fiu' lu' Osama s-a facut peacenik (cum era John Lennon), si dupa ce s-a-nsurat cu o englezoaica anu' trecut a hotarat sa cutreiere pamantul si sa ne-nvete despre pace. Poate-i iese si un book deal din treaba asta.

Aflam dintr-un articol in earthtimes ca Romania a dat Italiei un Algerian, Kamel Abbachi, 36, suspectat ca ar fi parte dintr-o celula terorista.

Abbachi together with several nationals from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco allegedly operated a cell aimed at recruiting militants to carry out terrorist attacks, helping them to obtain false documents to enter Europe, ANSA said.