So 1848 vs 1918

"Erdogan has reportedly refused to continue granting Israel access to the Scrolls of Doom" ahh headline

Night of the twitlongers

After 1990 the US was ascendant,and yet Cuba isn't a capitalist nation

I get not wanting more war in a place that bled for decades at this point,but cozying up with Turkey's hand puppet is not a moral move nor a winning move

Do regular people really give a shit about this though?

Will this change any opinions within her voter base?

I can't call this convenient arrangement "facing accountability" because you just removed a piece off the board,creating a convenient situation for yourself

All it does is create resentment and create a surge in pro fascist sentiment People love an underdog story,and while this is marginally better than the open cowardice of the Democrats,it's still not to be praised,for the simple fact that people legitimately believe in the nonsense about how liberal democracy is supposed to function and creating situations where the far right comes out as the underdog does nothing but accelerate fascism

My takeaway is that while this is pleasant in the interim,down the line it does nothing but accelerate the rise of fascism

During the interwar period,the Nazi organization of my country,the Iron Guard,created a cult of martyrdom around those killed by the royal regime or locked up in the jails, and now with the arrest of Georgescu I see this sentiment begin to appear again amongst his followers

This is very much a negative,as this doesn't mean just the hardline neofascists,no,his coalition is made up of a plethora of disaffected voters,both here and abroad,from disillusioned diasporeans to even Ceausescu nostalgists

During last years elections I opted to not vote, because I thought that neither side needed or deserved my vote,but this time I will vote against the next in line of the fascist movement,Simion, who I think is way more savvy than his predecessor

I will vote with a somewhat progressive,pro vest candidate that actually is the mayor of the capital

And yes,you can grill my ass all you want,but there is no greens or PSL or anything of the sort here,no left alternative at all,so you figure that one out

Sure,get her ass for corruption,but let's not act like what's going on in the garden right now is anything but the pruning of less esthetically pleasing branches with rotten fruit on them

What the diligent horticulturalists in Brussels won't accept though is that these branches carry seed laden fruits that will create a whole new crop of flora once they hit the ground,one far more resilient and ruthless than their plant of origin,that will choke out their little floral arrangements and curated lawns, bringing the true jungle back home

Why would you expect more?

Makes no sense to me

These two are are on the literal bleeding edge of American foreign policy and propaganda, it would make less sense for a nation who's about to reenter it's dictator era and another who is dead in the water (both are,but this one is actively destroying itself) to start thinking positively of a nation who's only partly opposed to the US,so no USSR scenario,where you knew if you hated america,they were your people,instead,a complicated,jumbled mess that is something that the average person who's either dodging bombs or slaving away for Samsung wouldn't have the time to parse

Nothing concrete yet,the Constitutional Court and the Secret Services are keeping their cards close to their chests for the moment

Maybe things will become clearer over the course of the weekend

Edit: Motivation they gave was that he unfairly benefitted from a social media campaign and there are legal issues with his statement that he spent no money on his campaign

The Court is ruling out electoral engineering on behalf of another state or non state actor,their argument is that he misled people with his social media campaign and that he didn't state how he financed his electoral campaign

The president is claiming Russia boasted his online presence, based on the reports of the secret services

It's urban vs rural, half of this countrys economy is in Bucharest and 75% in Bucharest and three other big cities, also, military coup very unlikely,here it's the secret services that rule, military would only get used if shit really pops off

What this result tells us is that either the secret services are comically incompetent or there's factions and Mr File de poveste is backed by one of them

Sorry,tend to assume worst of the Germans,and Europeans in general

I mean,I live in Romania and the specimens that come from the diaspora in your country are some of the worst people imaginable

Though you are right,I didn't account for that and I should know better

I mean,I see Iron Guard apologia spring up after the fall of communism here,I assume it's like ten times worse in former East Germany,seeing as living standards cratered both here and there

Sure,but this time it'll dispell all misguided notions people may have had up to this moment is my point

Folly á Deux

Well,I don't know if anyone would go that far,but some mild belief that something is out there and it will play a part in destroying the monster state I can excuse

God knows people need hope

Sometimes I wish I could believe that something is looking out for us,but I just can't

To be honest,I kinda envy the hope these people have,but that's neither here nor there