France rocks, Ukraine close to it. Russia would get voted by its neighbours even if they would play 3 minutes of silence.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 2:20 PM on May 12, 2007

Don't forget to play the game!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 7:37 AM on July 10, 2006

The US also has a car salesman as ambassador in Romania, too.

He's a Pioneer too. He apparently raised $456,000 for Bush.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 3:24 PM on December 27, 2005

:(

I did search.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 4:17 AM on November 11, 2005

Can't touch this!

Most excellent.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 3:02 AM on March 8, 2005

Works for me, but a mirror just in case.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 5:23 AM on August 7, 2004

Actually, I think Canada is bigger than Europe - or so it appears to be on this map. All maps distort, of course, but in squarish maps it tends to be similar across similar latitudes, so the distorition making Canada bigger would also make Europe bigger.

If you look at a Peters Map, such as this one, the two appear rather equal in size.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 1:27 AM on August 5, 2004

I read a great post somewhere regarding this essay, and I thought I should share it:


My background: I am a US and Norwegian dual citizen. I grew up bilingual, with one parent from each country, and have lived 18 years in Norway and 13 in the US - all the while visiting "the other" on vacations.

I know many of the Norwegian authors, media and incidets he refers to - including his tiff with a Norwegian farner... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 12:57 AM on July 24, 2004

I find her choices absolutely normal. A fetus is just a fetus, no more.

I also wonder what your position on abortions would be if you would have lived in Communist Romania, where any method of protection (condoms, pill) and abortions were outlawed, thus making illegal (and through dreadful methods) abortions the norm. Some women had up to 15-20 abortions. Some died because of the methods they used.

Abortion is a normal and logical right. It has... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 1:17 AM on July 19, 2004

This might be of interest:

Interview with Paul McGeough


Paul, as you've also made clear in your article, Prime Minister Allawi has flatly denied this story. Why then is the Herald so confident about publishing it?

PAUL McGEOUGH, 'SYDNEY MORNING HERALD' AND 'AGE' FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Well it's a very contentious issue. What you have is two very solid eyewitness accounts of what happened at a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 9:04 AM on July 16, 2004

Metafilter: النجاح الحقيقي هو أن تصبح أفضل إنسان تستطيع أن تكون عليه ™
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 3:09 AM on July 14, 2004

'Normal' apartments in Bucharest do not go over 25.000€ (2 rooms), 35.000€ (3 rooms).

My 4 rooms apartment, heavily modified, would go for about 80.000€. It's around 100 sq. meters (1 076 sq. foot).

So, I'd say there's something special about that apartment in the front post.

/on preview - if indeed it's only an apartment.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 12:54 PM on July 6, 2004

Nit: Wasn't Ceaucescu hauled out of bed in the dead of night by his [formerly] own secret police and shot in some warehouse, while everything was filmed with a cheap VHS video cam?

Nope, but close.

Ceausescu was captured after he ran with a helicopter (not while sleeping), was taken to an ad-hoc tribunal, where he was summarily judged and afterwards sentenced to be executed, punishment which he received in the courtyard of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 2:50 PM on July 2, 2004

Salut tuturor, ma bucur mult sa va gasesc aici !
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 1:54 PM on May 2, 2004

Restrictions or no restrictions, drawbacks or no drawbacks, there is nary a reasonable Romanian who will complain about any steps taken to integrate with the rest of Europe and the rest of the world.

That's true, but most of them down here that will be affected by the entry will be the rural folk. We desperately need to fix things up in our agricultural system, and our current government did not do much.

Basically, in... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 8:14 AM on May 1, 2004

Croatia is in the process of becoming a candidate and is expected to join in 2007 with Bulgaria and Romania

Ljubljana, from what I understand, Croatia cannot be expected to join before 2009.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 9:39 AM on May 1, 2004

If you click on them from the boingboing list, yes. But if you click them from http://www.subservientchicken.com/vids/, no.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 11:37 AM on April 18, 2004

So, are you infandous nitwits gonna stop ?!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 3:12 AM on August 8, 2003

Science currently is exaggerated. Nobody credits evolutionism.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 9:27 AM on August 14, 2003

So, erudition evades Metafilter. Shocked ?!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 11:44 AM on August 24, 2003

Demarkations? Ewww!

Most assuredly, restraining k's ascendancy throughout idioticons oughta never stop!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 8:53 PM on August 24, 2003

Sorry, pertinent English lexicons lack indecorous nouns... greenhorn!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 11:30 AM on August 25, 2003

Such extent! Marvel incessantly, our thread is completely sequoia-like!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 4:47 AM on August 29, 2003

Gobbledygook requires artfully commanding English! Fear unnecessary lexiphanicism !

I fear a shrewish response, reminding of Socrates' wife, for including the x.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 11:18 PM on August 29, 2003

Me, inscribing non-sequiturs? Do summarize!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 12:11 AM on August 30, 2003

I'm sorry if my post appeared unconnected, I wanted it to be relevant regarding trasient's post; I considered it fairly obvious. Peccavi, and I apologise.

Eliciting x's underscores babyish expectations; ridicule also not cultured. Creep!
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 3:10 AM on August 30, 2003

Freemont Perot is brilliant; I'd actually agree to buying his work.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 1:18 PM on July 17, 2003

Might I suggest Spam Gourmet for those who are afraid of posting their actual e-mail address ?

This way you won't have to create a separate Yahoo account and you'll know who's spamming you.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 8:22 AM on July 8, 2003

But where are the americans ? From Le Monde :

- 12 h 40 : Pas de soldats américains dans Bagdad, selon un journaliste sur place

Un correspondant de Reuters présent à Bagdad indique n'avoir vu aucun soldat américain après avoir parcouru en voiture le centre et le sud de la capitale irakienne. "Je me suis rendu dans les faubourgs sud, sud-est, sud-ouest, aux palais présidentiels et sur les principaux sites des services de sécurité,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 3:30 AM on April 5, 2003

In other news: British Soldiers Violate Geneva Convention.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 12:01 PM on March 23, 2003

I've always wondered how this system works in the US. In Romania such a 'punishment' could be considered kidnapping, resulting in a possible conviction of 5 to 12 years in jail.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi at 4:37 AM on December 28, 2002