ilici strikes again. :))

http://www.reportervirtual.ro/2009/11/iliescu-a-votat-cu-base.html

turismul electoral a murit, traiasca turismul electoral.

http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-politic-6531446-audio-operatiunea-autobuzul-inlocuita-operatiunea-masina-mica-sate-comune.htm

me, wonderwall, the apocalypse. :))

Gabri ela: oare guvernul nost’ o sa aiba bani sa participe la organizarea apocalipsei din 2012?
Wonderwall: romania… are u glumishing me?
Gabri ela: pai trebuie sa participam si noi, ca tzara, nu?
Wonderwall: cred ca s-ar amana apocalipsa daca ar astepta dupa noi
Gabri ela:  = ))
Gabri ela: dar de ce? io-s sigura ca la cat de capabili sintem ca tzara, am organiza foarte bine apocalipsa. io zic sa ne propunem candidatura pentru hosting the apocalypse
Gabri ela: ca organizatori principali
Wonderwall: nu zici tu rau. vulcanii noroiosi sediul
Gabri ela:  sau casa poporului.  mare, urata, nefolositoare, headquarter perfect pt. apocalipsa
Gabri ela: oare care e contributia pt. fiecare tzara?  = )) moare isarescu daca afla ca trebe sa participe BNR activ la apocalipsa
Gabri ela: dar oricum se amana iar apocalipsa, asa am inteles : D
Gabri ela: nici macar apocalipsa nu mai e serioasa
Wonderwall: who said that?
Gabri ela: pai PR-ul apocalipsei a trimis comunicat de presa la organizatorii mondiali cum ca apocalipsa e ocupata in 2012, asa ca se amana turneul mondial 
Wonderwall: did not know aplocalyse have such an unflexible schedule
Gabri ela: pai s-or fi gandit ca nici macar nu merita sa vina… cel putin pentru romania.  oricum noi n-am plati-o, ca n-avem cu ce, zis-am ca mor isarescu si guvernu’ daca afla ca tre sa participam activ la organizare. = ))

currently reading and recommending:

 

Charles R. Morris – The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

Morris is smart, pissed, and just the kind of crochety old “In my day…” guy I would want to be in charge of my money, if I had any.

Though the writer’s political leanings are pretty obviously to the left of center, they serve to underscore an important truth: every American is a free-market capitalist, however much he may have loved the Che Guevara poster on his dorm-room wall.

Morris essentially explains (and predicts, given it was written about a year ago) the current financial crash. He writes with more flair than most in his field and also shows certain daring with many of the ideas he expresses. Here are some examples:

“Intellectuals are reliable lagging indicators, near-infallible guides to what used to be true.”

“In its modern form, Chicago school economics has mutated from a style of analysis into a Theory of Everything. For almost any public or social issue, adherents believe, the free market, if allowed to work without obstruction, will consistently produce optimal outcomes. The omnivorous streak in Chicago economics has drawn it into the realms of crime, welfare, education, health care, and other areas once thought to be mostly outside economics purview.”

“As a general rule, only the very smartest people can make truly catastrophic mistakes.”

This book is a short but sturdy treatment of a crisis that Morris and other predicted, and that we are currently in the throes of. Morris stops short in more or less the same place George Soros does (I mentioned Soros’s writings in my older posts, he has some brilliant theories too) –– arbitrarily taking a late-channel spot of capitalism and defending it from other economic systems. One wonders if, by the time this crisis is through, the average American will not conclude that capitalism, always and every time, ruins itself. That will likely end the privatizing of profits – or at least the socializing of losses.

According to Morris, the astronomical leverage at investment banks and their hedge fund and private equity clients virtually guarantees massive disruption in global markets. The crash, when it comes, has no firebreaks. A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset stripping, abusive lending, and hedge fund secrecy crashes down with it.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown explains how things are likely to get worse before they better. If you aren’t familiar with some of the terminology, it might feel a bit dense to read. If you work in the industry, it will feel like a good, well-written, but long Bloomberg magazine article. Also, if you are a die-hard Chicago free market conservative, a lot of the writing will be very annoying. But given it was written over a year ago, before our economic nuclear winter started, pretty insightful.

As a practical conclusion, the financial crisis is only the beginning: a more profound economic and political restructuring is on its way. Oddest fact from the book? US Economy is about $14 trillion. The world economy is about $54 trillion. Value of financial derivatives before this meltdown began? $500 trillion.

Have a nice reading.

 

Stana/Cluj photo-trip pictures: coming soon. :D

PS inspired by Andrada : nu e trecuta prin Photoshop. Niciuna dintre fotografiile mele nu e trecuta prin Photoshop, in fact. It’s just a matter of taste, not that I hate Photoshop or smth.

on the railway.

Trăienică.

talkin’ about change sounds like a whisper.

El Pais despre Romania la 20 de ani de la Revolutie: Corupta, fara bani si fara guvern

www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Corrupto/dinero/Gobierno/elpepiint/20091105elpepiint_9/Tes

Asta in contextul in care pana si FMI a amanat acordarea celei de-a treia transe din imprumutul pentru Romania, dupa ce guvernul nu a reusit sa aprobe legile cerute in acord pana la termenele asumate. Tu, care citesti, fii sincer: te-ai gandit cel putin o data sa pleci, nu-i asa?

In loc de concluzie o piesa aparuta in 1988. Cu un an inainte de revolutia din Romania.

(a se inlocui cuvantul “revolution” din versuri cu mult mai potrivitul “change”).

older.

hope you’re okay, whatever you might do. probably i’m not playing fair by saying it on a blog you’re not even aware of, but that’s the whole point. hope you’re okay and safe. just that.

testari Mensa in cj – poate exista doritori. :D

Comunicat de presă 
 

     Organizaţia Mensa România, autorizată prin dosarul 464/PJ/1991; 80-6/2264, CIF 17467044, cu sediul în Bucureşti, sectorul 6, str. Cupolei, nr. 4-8, afiliată Mensa Internaţional, anunţă susţinerea primei sesiuni de testare la Cluj-Napoca, duminică, 15 noiembrie 2009, orele 11 pentru toţi cei care doresc să devină membri sau să îşi confirme inteligenţa printr-un test girat de Mensa International. Locul testării este situat în incinta Facultăţii de Business a  Universităţii „Babeş-Bolyai”din Cluj-Napoca, str. Horea, nr. 7, etaj 2, sala 216.

     Mensa este o Organizaţie democratică apolitică, fără discriminări rasiale sau religioase, înfiinţată în 1946 în Anglia, în care singura condiţie de a deveni membru este o inteligenţă superioară dovedită prin obţinerea unui scor care la testele de inteligenţă să te situeze în top 2%. Cele trei scopuri primordiale ale organizaţiei sunt: identificarea şi cultivarea inteligenţei în beneficiul umanităţii; încurajarea cercetării naturii, caracteristicilor şi utilizării inteligenţei; oferirea unui climat intelectual şi social stimulativ membrilor săi.

     Mensa România are în prezent doar 96 membri, pe când ţările vecine, cu populaţii mult mai mici au organizaţii numeroase şi puternice. Noi dorim să le arătăm că suntem mult mai mulţi! De aceea, aşteptăm cu interes întrebările şi participarea dumneavoastră.

     Informaţii suplimentare sunt disponibile la adresa http://www.mensa-romania.ro, sau, mult mai detaliate, la adresa Organizaţiei Mensa Internaţional: http://www.mensa.org