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NPR: Orientalist ignorance masquerades behind veil of liberal cosmopolitanism
Many, many months ago I happened to become a “fan” of NPR on Facebook, probably by accident. (I think I was trying to click an adjacent link and instead unintentionally hit the “beco… more →
Springtime for Dubcek ... and Slovakia!
NPR: Orientalist ignorance masquerades behind veil of liberal cosmopolitanism
scootage81 wrote 1 month ago: Many, many months ago I happened to become a “fan” of NPR on Facebook, probably by accid … more →
Woodrow Wilson and the fists of fury
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scootage81 wrote 2 months ago: The main train station in Prague, once and again officially called Wilson Station in gratitude to th … more →
Slovaks and Czechs
scootage81 wrote 2 months ago: Sme has an interesting story comparing Slovaks and Czechs in conjunction with tonight’s World … more →
The mosquito and the chauvinist
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scootage81 wrote 3 months ago: I absolutely love this cartoon by Martin Šútovec, an outstanding contemporary Slovak cartoonist. In … more →
On Czech-Slovak rivalry
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scootage81 wrote 5 months ago: The good: the NYT has an article about Slovakia and the ongoing rivalry between Slovaks and Czechs ( … more →
Stanley goes to Slovakia
scootage81 wrote 5 months ago: For functionally the first time, a Slovak won the Stanley Cup (counting only ethnic Slovaks who stil … more →
Suburban St. Louis couple appalled to learn the Czech Republic has the internet, too
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scootage81 wrote 5 months ago: Evidently some family from Missouri posted a high-res family photo on a social networking site, then … more →
Stanley Cup Finals preview, Slovak style!
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scootage81 wrote 6 months ago: Sme has an interesting graphic previewing the Stanley Cup Finals that start tonight, with a predicta … more →
The queen speaks English good for an old lady
scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: In the spirit of April Fools Day, the Slovak commentator Tomáš Hudák produced a biting commentary … more →
For those about to shock, we salute you
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scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: Evidently when Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek blasted the Obama stimulus plan as “the ro … more →
Red okres, blue okres
scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: The first round of the Slovak presidential election, held today, didn’t produce the requisite … more →
Old people still want to hear about Husák
scootage81 wrote 9 months ago: There’s an interesting story in the Slovak daily Sme about the former Communist leader Gustáv … more →
What is East Europe? Poland (plus Latvia), evidently
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scootage81 wrote 9 months ago: We were at one of the megalomarts in our neck of the woods this afternoon. Not a supermarket we freq … more →
Slovak advertising in the toilet
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scootage81 wrote 9 months ago: By virtue of leaving Bratislava as my current location on my Facebook account, I get plenty of ads i … more →
European disunion
scootage81 wrote 9 months ago: The NYT has an interesting piece about the ongoing spats between France and the Czech Republic, or m … more →
Boleslav the Kind Hearted Forever is no more! Long live Vladimir II
scootage81 wrote 10 months ago: The NYT has a decent article on a hilarious story out of the Czech Republic about the (mostly) ficti … more →
President Daft
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scootage81 wrote 10 months ago: Killing some time waiting for a meeting this afternoon, I was perusing a newsletter from the area st … more →
Entropa
scootage81 wrote 10 months ago: David Černý’s whimsical public art is causing a bit of a stir across the pond. Černý, a Czech … more →
My war on Time
scootage81 wrote 11 months ago: We’re staying with C’s grandparents, who subscribe to Time. I picked up the current issu … more →
