by Filip Stojanovski Last week, the Macedonian blogosphere buzzed about Greece’s obstruction of Macedonia’s NATO entry. This post presents a set of typical initial reactions to this news. Filip Petrovski described (MKD) the atmosphere in Macedonia several days before the NATO Summit: The tension in the air is incredible. The upcoming NATO Summit in Bucharest […]
Remaining Matches
With six weeks left in La Liga, Real Madrid are still in first place amid their inconsistent play. With Villarreal and Barcelona waiting in the wings, their lead could shrink. Villarreal seem to have the upper hand since they do not have to play either the Merengues or Blaugrana. Meanwhile the Barça and Madrid matchup […]
Government Wants Us All to Be Victims
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” – Mark Twain This year, like every election year, we here in the United States have been jack hammered by the howling shouts of the politicians up for re-election or promotion (as in, trying to get elected […]
Deve Gowda defends performance of his son as Chief Minister
By defending the performance of his son, Mr.H.D.Kumarasamy when he was Chief Minister of Karnataka, his father and President of Janata Dal (Secular), Mr.Deve Gowda dismissed the claims of both the Congress and the BJP that they would secure an absolute majority in the ensuing General Elections in Karnataka. According to him, his son has created history by […]
History Happening: Sydney, Kormoran, and Grossman Found
Max Watts, Annandale, Australia March, 2008: Sydney, Kormoran, and Grossman have been found: Oh ! said my American Friend: “I didn’t even know they were lost !” They were. They had been. The Sydney and the Kormoran, together, since 1941. Grossman – perhaps linked, – since 1951. Of Grossman(n), more below. Now, March 2008, 67 […]
Macedonia: Name Change to Enter NATO, EU?
by Elia Varela Serra Ever since Macedonia became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991, its name has been the subject of a bitter dispute with its southern neighbor, Greece. Greece claims that the use of “Republic of Macedonia”, as Macedonia calls itself in its constitution, not only violates Greece’s historic cultural claim to the name, […]