Wait until after the elections, they all said.

The implication of this cryptic phrase is that after the elections in Serbia, people will be able to make decisions and everything will get back to business as usual. So we sat through the "campaign" and through election day and night, and patiently awaited the great Results which would shape the future.

The following is a loose translation, based more on intent and intuition than actual lingustic accuracy, of Economic Adviser to the Government of Serbia Dominque Strauss-Kahn for the media at a governement press conference. 

While committed to helping develop the economic capacities of Serbia, the Adviser leaves most of these key messages as implied, focusing instead on his main areas of expertise and topics of specific interest to him in his new role.

It is my last cigarette. It smokes now beside me. It is the last one. Ever.

Ever, however, is way too long. There are not any evers in life. Ever belongs to the church, to mythology, to fairy tales. Our world, the real and tangible and smokable world, is about increments of time. Time since my last cigarette. Time before my last cigarette. Time it takes to smoke a cigarette. Time I need to suck on my electronic cigarette to make up for the time it took to smoke my last cigarette.

Jedna od prijemčivijih poliičkih parola je da su monopoli nedopustivi. Ali, ne znam kako da vam kažem, i ovaj politički poklič, ma koliko slatko zvučala deli sudbinu većine svojih sestara - parola: nema mnogo veze sa istinom. Monopoli nisu zabranjeni. Monopol, tj dominantni položaj, je, naprotiv, prirodni cilj svakog subjekta. Svakom je cilj preuzeti sve veći i veći deo tržišta, biti jači od konkurencije. Problem dakle nije osvajanje dominantnog položaja (dok god se pozicije zadobijaju legalnim načinima), problem je kada se osvojeni dominantni položaj zloupotrebljava. To ne samo da je problem, to je i protivzakonito.

Ne propustite! Komad DJOKER je sjajan. Napravili su ga naši ljudi okupljeni u grupi JA BOO, vrhunski i školovani muzičari, koji su se devedesetih odselili u Toronto. Free download master verzije je ovde.

DJOKER (a song for NOLE)

From the Balkan strip
a boy with eastern grip
king of ace, he'll make you love it
it's that charming face
but don't be fooled cause love means nothing
in the game he plays
a-ha, a-ha
you think you're ready now
Nole came to play, Nole came to play
ALE, ALE, NOLE, NOLE
Nole MAJSTORE

www.kazoze.com, 2/3

Gost autor: martin_krpan

 

Kako da nađem svoga poslodavca? Ustanem, napravim limunadu, izađem u prirodu, stavim slušalice - pustim BAGDAD CAFE - I'm Calling You i zakačim se na www.kazoze.com.

 

Knock, knock... ima li koga?  

Edit, 30.11.: zahvaljujem se Veranu Matiću na odgovoru. 

http://www.b92.net/info/moj_ugao/index.php?yyyy=2013&nav_category=166&nav_id=783750

 

Sanja, draga,

Nemoj da ovo pismo shvataš suviše lično, jer si ti samo posledica tragedije koja je zadesila novinarstvo u Srbiji. Uzroci su mnogo dublji i plašim se da ih ne bi razumela. Želeo sam da ti pišem već posle tvog prvog „teksta" o porodici Ognjanović i parama koje su ostale na njihovom računu posle Tijanine smrti. Međutim, to bi se verovatno svelo na lične uvrede, slične onima koje su čitaoci tvojih „novina" u svojim komentarima upućivali na adresu porodice koja je izgubila dete pre samo nešto više od četiri meseca. Zato sam rešio da još malo pratim tvoj „istraživački" rad, a da u isto vreme pokušam da saznam kako bi medij poput Bi-Bi-Si-ja propratio tu priču. Na taj način, možda ćete ti i tvoje „kolege" naučiti nešto.

 

Bermuda Highway

Sometimes I walk around town looking at faces, wonderin why their bodies go to silly places.
Walkin past the carpet mills looking in and takin stills, your ass it draws me in like a Bermuda highway.
Oh, don't carve me out! Don't let your silly dreams, fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.
Two times I fell asleep in a dirty basement snoozing in cobwebs and the cement.
Sometimes I wonder why that meek guy got all the fame, maybe I'm to blame for his short bitter fucked up life

 

Veljko Kockar, an all-but-forgotten cartoonist from pre-WW2 Yugoslavia, was the creator of the Kaktus Kid, a Disney-inspired hybrid of man and cactus. After liberation of German-occupied Yugoslavia, the newly established Communist government denounced Kockar as an enemy of the state and, without a trial, shot him as an allegedly Gestapo agent.

Kosmoplovci is a group of artists who are experimenting with digital forms and alternative comics, web design, video and music. It was founded in 2001. by joining already active computer demo groups (Corrosion) with alternative comic authors (StudioStrip). 

Music by Čombe & Fićo 

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In a desperate effort to outdo all those Serbs now writing in English, I have decided to write my blog about my current obsession: an eighties Japanese gameshow called Takeshi's Castle. I've been watching clips of it on YouTube with my girlfriend over the last couple of nights and we spent the whole time laughing our arses off and playing them one after the other. Unfortunately, we have now exhausted the supply

O Hrvatskoj na pragu Evropske unije večeras je, kao gost Evropskog instituta na Univerzitetu u Cirihu, u svečanoj sali Univerziteta govorio glavom i bradom predsednik Republike Hrvatske, Stjepan Mesić.

Predavanjce od celih dvadesetak minuta obuhvatilo je u par reči najrelevantnije informacije za cirišku publiku (u kojoj je bilo, naravno, mnogo, mnogo našeg sveta, a najviše Hrvata). Hrvatska je na pragu - graniči se fizički sa par članica EU, na putu je da ratifikuje sporazum sa NATO, i da nije spora sa Slovenijom zbog mora, njen put ka konačnom članstvu u EU bio bi brži. U Hrvatskoj je oko 50% stanovništva za ulazak u Evropsku uniju. A zašto ići u EU? Zato što je to „jedina opcija za Hrvatsku i celu regiju". Hrvatska se drži proklamovanog prioriteta EU da ne odustaje od proširenja. Spor sa Slovenijom je prepušten međunarodnom sudu, odnosno prihvaćeno je posredovanje, budnim okom se prate novi pokušaji destabilizacije BiH - stav Hrvatske po tom pitanju je jasan i čvrst, nema deobe Bosne, a inače se radi na intenziviranju svih oblika saradnje EU i Hrvatske, koja je zasad najbolje rezultate dala u oblasti ekonomije. I, za kraj, 500 pripadnika Oružanih snaga RH učestvuje u mirovnim misijama širom sveta.