Author: BOB DJURDJEVIC
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UKRAINE, LIKE YUGOSLAVIA, COBBLED TOGETHER AFTER WW I, FACES SIMILAR FATE – DISINTEGRATION
UKRAINE, LIKE YUGOSLAVIA, COBBLED TOGETHER AFTER WW I, FACES SIMILAR FATE – DISINTEGRATION INDUSTRIAL ERA CREATIONS, LIKE NATION STATES, ARE FACING EXTINCTION Regardless of who “wins” in the Ukraine war, that country will never again look the same again
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BIDEN’S RUSSIA SANCTIONS STARTING TO BITE BACK AT HOME, TOO
COVID BOOSTED BUSINESS OF MAJOR DELIVERY COMPANIES, RUSSIA SANCTIONS HURT THEM From the standpoint of Joe Biden and his bosses, the purpose of Russia sanctions was to hurt Russia first, Europe second – so that the American companies could gain share in the EU markets. Well, sanctions are a two-edged sword, especially in globally integrated…
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A “HIT AND RUN” THE BELGRADE WAY
SERBIAN POLICEMAN: “IT’S MADNESS OVER HERE. THIS IS A CRAZY COUNTRY, THESE ARE CRAZY PEOPLE, THEY DO CRAZY THINGS.” AND IT’S ALL CONSIDERED “NORMAL”, INCLUDING DOUBLE-PARKING AND BLOCKING OTHER PEOPLE’S CARS Last Thursday, I parked our car on “our” street. Milutina Bojica is “a quiet dead end,” as people would describe the 100m-cul de sac.…
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BEAUTIFUL BELGRADE: A CITY ON TWO MIGHTY RIVERS SPARKLES AT NIGHT FROM KALEMEGDAN FORTRESS
It has been years since I walked along the walls of the Kalemegdan fortress. This Turkish structure built on the walls of the Roman city (Singidunum) has always symbolized the indestructibility and resilience of the Serbian nation. After a 500-year darkness under the Turkish sultans and pashas, the Serbs threw off the Ottoman yoke in…
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UTTER DISREGARD FOR BICYCLE RIDERS AND CIVILIANS
UTTER DISREGARD FOR BIKE RIDERS AND PEDESTRIANS Let’s sum it up. In Belgrade, bike riders and pedestrians are like dirt. Free game for builders and drivers. The communist mindset which puts machines ahead of the individuals and nature is still present. Twenty years ago, a Serbian politician (Djindjic) tried to be different. His government built…
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“MIGHT MAKES RIGHT” IS OKAY IF IT IS OUR MIGHT
The “might makes right” principle of a world order is okay if it is OUR might. But if somebody else resists, that’s a bully and that county’s might is illegal. There is a word for that kind of a foreign policy. It’s called DUPLICITY. What’s good f
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WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BRITISH PM?
CHOOSING THE PARTY LEADER IN BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM MAKES GOOD THEATER: KNIVES ARE OUT, LET THE GAMES BEGIN WILL THE JEWEL OF THE CROWN RULE THE CROWN? (WILL THE NEXT BRITISH PM BE AN ETHNIC INDIAN?)
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A TRIP THROUGH HELL
A MODERN FLYING TRAGEDY IN FOUR ACTS ACT I: CANCELED BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT ACT II: A 6-HR FLIGHT FROM PHOENIX TO HOUSTON ACT III – AIR SERBIA/LONDON HEATHROW ACT IV – SECURITY CHECKPOINTS: THE NAZIS OF HEATHROW
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US SUPREME COURT REVISITED
WITH TWO STRIKES IN TWO DAYS, THE SUPREME COURT BROUGHT THE LIBERAL DICTATORSHIP TO ITS KNEES ROE V. WADE, NEW YORK GUN LAW OVERTURNED – TRUMP SCORING VICTORIES EVEN AFTER ELECTORAL DEFEAT – HIS SUPREME COURT APPOINTEES ARE SHAPING AMERICA IN HIS SHAPE Eight years ago, during the second term of the Obama presidency, we…
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THE “EU” WAS HITLER’S IDEA SHOVED DOWN THE THROATS OF EUROPEANS AS A PANACEA BY THE US AND ITS EURO-VASSALS
THE “EU” WAS HITLER’S IDEA SHOVED DOWN THE THROATS OF EUROPEANS AS A PANACEA BY THE US AND ITS EURO-VASSALS SUCH A CENTRALIZATION OF POWER IS REGRESSIVE BY DEFINITION AND CANNOT BE SUSTAINED IN THE INFORMATION ERA The creation of the European Union has been the biggest marketing coup and the worst PR fraud ever…
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