Tuesday, August 12, 2014

On pro- and anti-

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Anyone who is connected to me on facebook will have noticed that of late my  updates have tended to be ones of support for the people of Ga...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2014

More collective punishment, more war crimes

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There will come a time, in the not too distant future, when those who seek to justify Israel's destruction of Gaza will be looked upon ...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Testing my patience

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So, I wrote last week about the important tests for 8th graders which go a long way to deciding their next 4 years. I mentioned then that...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

Day of the flag

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Yesterday, I learned while watching the news, was "The Day of the Romanian Flag". WTF is that? There's also a day for the nat...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Romtelecom, setting Romania back 30 years

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Customer service in Romania is frequently (though by no means always) a haphazard affair, with there still being a significant number of pl...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Exams

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This week is exam week for the 8th graders of Romania.  Essentially, they have 2 (or 3 - see below) big exams, after which their futures ...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Modern slavery in the free market

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My neighbour has just come home from Sweden. She's been working there for a month or so picking asparagus.  She came home early because...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Sportopolis

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I wonder if there is any town that is has produced as many successful sportspeople per head of population as Csikszereda. Novak Edouard...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Extreme Mildness

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That's about as oxymoronic as it gets, I suspect, but in fact it fits. We are experiencing a very very weird winter. As I may have go...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Health and Safety

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One of the things that the Daily Mail reading knobheads who make up a dangerously large proportion of my countrymen moan about is "h...
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