A Political Refugee From The Global Village

An Englishman in love with Bucharest's blowsy charms

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Quotations

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“A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.”  Arthur Schopenhauer "I have always felt a certain horror of political econo...
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Nearly 377,000 Gazans died since October 2023?

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The official overall Arab death toll in Gaza now stands at 56, 077 but it does not include people missing trapped under the rubble. A report...
Thursday, 19 June 2025

Quotations

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"What is the news ? " asked the bird. Yudhisthira [whose name meant: firm in all battles] replied calmly:"In this cauldron fi...
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Wednesday, 18 June 2025

How right Obama was about Iran and Ukraine

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The only man who comes out well from the Israeli attack on Iran is Obama. How wise his agreement with Iran now looks. He was also right no...
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Monday, 2 June 2025

Quotations

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“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” Henry David Thoreau [What's the price of Facebook and X?] "No du...
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Saturday, 31 May 2025

After the storm yesterday by Dan Mihai Balanescu

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Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Anthony Burgess deliciously described Canada as the colony that stayed at home to look after mother

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I hate it that the King referred to 'the government' not 'my government'. I'm sorry that Mr. Carney, when he chose to vi...
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Monday, 19 May 2025

Quotations

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"I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked ...

Tom Gallagher's reading of the Romanian election

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Tom Gallagher, the leading historian of modern Romania, published this an hour ago on Twitter/X. In Romania twenty years of presidential ele...
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Saturday, 17 May 2025

Romanian presidential election

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By 7 p.m. local time 610,000 Romanians abroad had voted, almost double the number at the same time during the first round. 100,000 (sic!) ha...
Thursday, 15 May 2025

Quotations

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"At what point will Israel say their revenge is complete?"  Ha'aretz journalist Nir Hasson yesterday, while tweeting a censore...
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