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SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY
The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back
Today a bit more on the Slovene-Croat diplomatic crash whichhappened shortly before new year, when Slovenia effectively blocked the continuation of Croatian EU accession negotiations. The SLO-CRO border solution as proposed in Drnovšek-Račan Agreement (middle of the Bay of Piran shown as well). Adapted from (source) As you now, the border dispute between the two countries is [... 0% 0% Zadnji zapisi v blogu "SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY"
0% 0% “Lik i djelo” of Comrade Janša Pengovsky is (yet again) extremely late for today’s posting feast, but it seems that it was worth it. I was about to deliver the skinny on Slovene-Croat storm in a teacup, but something much better emerged today. It seems that former PM Janez Janša has added one more notch to his lawsuit-happy belt. This time around, [... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #102 Paul Sculfor (source) Good morning ladies (and gentlemen)! I trust the New Year’s festivites were successful? Well, here’s a little something to get rid of that last scent of hangover. His name is Paul Sculfor and used to be Jennifer Aniston’s boy(toy). You like? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.... 0% 0% Friday Foxies CX. Happy Boxing Day, everyone! I hope you’ll enjoy this pic as pengovsky (barring a major development) sings off for this year. Have a good one! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F26%2Ffriday-foxies-cx%2F'; addthis_title = 'Friday+Foxies+CX.'; 0% 0% The Most Famous Mexican Of All Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine: Personal Jesus Every nation has its own Mexicans. And as the Christendom celebrates the birth of the most famous Mexican of all, I’d like to wish everyone, regardless of their faith or belief, peace on Earth and goodwill toward men. We’re going to need a lot of both in [... 0% 0% A Storm In A Teacup As you can see, this festive season is taking its toll on this blog as well. One of the drawbacks of a three-week workday is that one has until Wednesday what one would normally struggle to do until Friday. But we deal with the pain by consuming copious amounts of mulled wine and honey brandy. Father [... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #101 Jake “Santa Claus” Gyllenhaal as seen in Jarhead. Wouldn’t you like him crawling down your chimney on Thursday night? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F22%2Fmonday-morning-meat-101%2F'; addthis_title = 'Monday+Morning+Meat+%23101'; 0% 0% Friday Foxies CIX. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F19%2Ffriday-foxies-cix%2F'; addthis_title = 'Friday+Foxies+CIX.'; 0% 0% I Can’t Stand The Rain Ann Peebles - I Can’t Stand The Rain OK, OK… Enough is enough. It’s been raining for two weeks straight here. A month, if you don’t count brief intermissions. I mean, this is seriously starting to get on my nerves. I feel like a fucking goldfish in a bowl. All that’s missing is someome throwing fish [... 0% 0% Was It White Funny Powder? Branko “Gizmo” Grims, Janez Janša’s top attack dog, Goebbels-wannabe and SDS’s expert on media manipulation, human rights abuse and creative economy analysis received an envelope which contained white powder.... 0% 0% Try This On For Size OK, so by now the Curious Incident Of the Shoe In The Air Time was covered from every aspect. A particuraly pissed off Iraqi journalist took off his footwear and hurled it towards Dubya who proved that a lame-duck president can still… well… duck. However, I’m puzzled by the laxed security. I mean, there you have [... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #100 So, can you do a hundred? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F15%2Fmonday-morning-meat-100%2F'; addthis_title = 'Monday+Morning+Meat+%23100'; 0% 0% Friday Foxies CVIII. There is something inherently sexy about a woman reading a newspaper… addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F12%2Ffriday-foxies-xcviii-2%2F'; addthis_title = 'Friday+Foxies+CVIII.'; 0% 0% Ljubljana By Night You gotta love this city! P.S.: I received these pictures via e-mail. I think the author is Primož Hieng, but I’m not sure. If I’m wrong, I’d very much like the true author to contact me. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F11%2Fljubljana-by-night-3%2F'; addthis_title = 'Ljubljana+By+Night'; [... 0% 0% Come Fly With Me Michael Buble on renting a government jet As PM Borut Pahor is trying to find his way out of the PR-minefield he wandered into by picking Dimitrij the Eternal as his aide (all the while reasuring everyone that everything is under control), The Prez inadvertantly sat on a firecracker of his own. Namely, it emerged that [... 0% 0% Rupel Revival Rises Resignation Dimitrij Rupel as PM Pahor’s personal adviser has sparked his first resignation. Slavko Ziherl of LDS, State Secretary for Health resigned Friday, citing Rupel’s nomination as a reason. Slavko Ziherl to Dimitrij Rupel: “This government ain’t big enough for the both of us!” (source) ... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #99 (source) I think I’ll have to come up with something special next week, no? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F08%2Fmonday-morning-meat-99%2F'; addthis_title = 'Monday+Morning+Meat+%2399'; 0% 0% Belgium Explained To Slovenes (And Whoev... N.B.: this is the final post in the series by dr. Arf. To say that the series enriched this blog would be a gross understatement. The great Michael M. once compared yours truly with the Slovenian Wikipedia. However my knowledge of things past and present is puny compared to that of Dr. Arf and if [... 0% 0% Friday Foxies CVII. Something to kick off December festivites with addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F05%2Ffriday-foxies-xcxvii%2F'; addthis_title = 'Friday+Foxies+CVII.'; 0% 0% Mosque Without A Minaret Or Yet Another ... As you know, the city of Ljubljana is one of the few (if not only) European capital with a substantial Muslim community and without a mosque. Curiously enough, this is not a result of some post-9/11 anti-Muslim pogrom, but rather a result of thirty years of systematically blocking Ljubljana Muslims to express their faith in [... 0% 100% Get Your Own Dimitrij Rupel T-Shirt Just because I think there’s a hint of possibility that Dimitrij Rupel plays a role in a mind-boggling political gamble by PM Borut Pahor, it doesn’t mean I have to like him. Or that I like the fact that Pahor gave him a job. In fact, there are precious few things I like about Dimitrij [... 0% 0% Mum’s The Word A man for all times: Dimitrij Rupel in 1990 (left) and 2004 (right) The initial shock of PM Borut Pahor keeping Dimitrij Rupel as a senior government official is over and we can take a look at it once more.The consesus seems to be that Pahor flipped. Gone bananas. Down the toliet. Whacko. Went David Blane. [... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #98 (source) A little something to kick December off. You like? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F12%2F01%2Fmonday-morning-meat-98%2F'; addthis_title = 'Monday+Morning+Meat+%2398'; 0% 0% Belgium Explained To Slovenes (And Whoev... LESSON IX : THE REGRESSION OF FLEMISH PROGRESSIVES (OR : THE PARTY THAT NEVER WAS) Another kartel down the tubes Since yesterday, Wednesday the 25th of November, the death bell is tolling over the Vlaamse Progressieven (Flemish Progressives) party and its kartel with the socialists of SP-a. The party is on the verge of collapse as [... 0% 0% Dan Republike / Republic Day Josip Broz Tito (sketch by Božidar Jakac) Were it not for the good doctor, It would have slipped past me. But it didn’t Today is the 29th. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F11%2F29%2Fdan-republike-republic-day-2%2F'; addthis_title = 'Dan+Republike+%2F+Republic+Day'; 0% 0% Friday Foxies XCXVI. This one is for me addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F11%2F28%2Ffriday-foxies-xcxvi%2F'; addthis_title = 'Friday+Foxies+XCXVI.'; 0% 0% It’s Not Personal. It’s Strictly Bus... The Prez slammed the final nail in Dimitrij Rupel’s ambassadorial ambitions’ coffin om Tuesday. While giving an interview on state radio, he said that “people who represent this country, must enjoy the country’s complete confidence, which includes the confidence of the President of the Repulic.... 0% 0% A Letter To Prime Minister Borut Pahor Igor Lukšič, Borut Pahor and Gregor Golobič. Photo by Aleš Černivec/Delo (source) Dear Prime Minister! I hope you will forgive me for writing this a couple of days late. You know how it is: things to see and people to do. I must admit that I’ve enjoyed your address to the parliament Friday last, when the MPs [... 0% 0% More Lessons On Driving From Ljubljana T... The picture is symbolic. Plowing services were scarse yesterday (source) When driving from Ljubljana to Celovec, take the following into account Lesson No. 1: Do not go via Korensko sedlo. Ever Lesson No. 2: The above does not necesarily mean that you have to go via Ljubelj moutain pass. Lesson No. 3: Lesson No. 2 applies especially in case [... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #97 Hugh Jackman doing the Barack Obama doing the Baywatch thing (source) Last week’s MMM went AWOL, for which I am (again) trully sorry. I hope Hugh Jackman, recently voted one of the hottest men in H’wood brings things back on track addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F11%2F24%2Fmonday-morning-meat-97%2F'; ... 0% 0% Friday Foxies XCXV. Oh, what a nice present for The Firm’s sixth birthday addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F11%2F21%2Ffriday-foxies-xcxv%2F'; addthis_title = 'Friday+Foxies+XCXV.'; 0% 0% More Questions Than Answers Just me, stirring the pot… As promised, a follow-up on a post from a week ago, where crni sparred with St. Luka, Davor and myself over what qualifies a person to be a minister for (in this case) higher education, science and technology. Gregor Golobič during yesterday’s hearing (source) ... 0% 0% Zoran Janković Marks Two Years in Power... On Monday Ljubljana mayor Zoran Janković marked his second anniversary of assuming office. He was popular and controversial at the same time even while he served as CEO of Mercator, but was removed from position slightly less then a year after Janez Janša won the 2004 elections. He took the dimisal very personally, even more [... 0% 0% Now This Is What I Call Good Television The setting: Slovene state television, Monday night’s prime time slot. The players: On one side, Boško Šrot of Laško Brewery and Igor Bavčar of Istrabenz and economists Bogomir Kovač and Jože Mencinger on the other. Hiding in ambush: Zoran Janković, mayor of Ljubljana and former CEO of Mercator retail chain ... 0% 0% Friday Foxies XCXIV. Top of the morning, huh? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F11%2F14%2Ffriday-foxies-xcxiv%2F'; addthis_title = 'Friday+Foxies+XCXIV.'; 0% 0% Boško Šrot Regroups, Tries To Sell Mer... As you already know, Boško Šrot of Laško Brewery announced his intention to sell the 48 percent stake in Mercator he controls. But just to freshen your memory, allow me to re-post the two relevant paragraphs from Tuesday’s post: Boško Šrot: What’s more important. Beer, retail or newspapers? (..... 0% 0% Pahor’s Cabinet Only hours after pengovsky posted on the new PM-designate, leaders of the Quartet finally put specific names to specific portfolios, thus enabling Borut Pahor to propose his cabined. Here is a quick rundown of the candidates, based on my meagre information about them. Five out of eighteen. More will follow ... 0% 0% A New Prime Minister As the world recupperates from celebrating the victory of the Big O., a quick recap of recent event this side of the financial crisis. Borut Pahor taking the oath of office (photo: Blaž Samec/Delo) As of Friday, Borut Pahor is Slovenia’s new PM-designate. As expected, he won a vote of confidence with 59 votes out of 90. [... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #96 Something more conventional for today… addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmonday-morning-meat-96%2F'; addthis_title = 'Monday+Morning+Meat+%2396'; 0% 0% Friday Foxies XCXIII. Wouldn’t you say that Zoe here looks a lot like Eva Irgl, MP for Janez Janša’s SDS? Here, a sample photo, before you make the call (source: Dnevnik) BTW, while we’re on the subject of Eva Irgl - which is very decent of us, because a lot of people in this country would simply like [... 0% 0% Some Ironies Of The US Presidential Elec... Now that the inital frenzy is slowly giving way to real life, perhapse a couple of thoughts on election of Barack Obama for the next president of the United States of America: (a disclaimer: please note that in this case I’m only an outside observer with a keen interest and may have as such overlooked important [... 0% 0% Hi! I’m Barack. This Is My Crib… With thanks to rollo for the joke So there is a chance… I mean, not that things will be different, but they can be different… This morning’s read: Adventures in Wheelville, Piran Cafe, The Good Doctor and my favourite moose as well as some economic insight by Investment postcards from Capetown . Plus the usual. EDIT: The Onion [...... 0% 0% Pahor Gets Nod As Obama, McCain Wait For... As the world waits for the US voters to decide (failing that, for the US courts to decide, not that everyone is holding their breath), Slovenian President Danilo Türk formally nominated leader of Social Democrats Borut Pahor as his candidate for PM. President Türk and PM nominee Pahor (source) The Parliament will hold the vote on Friday, [... 0% 0% Monday Morning Meat #95 (Presidential Ed... Tommorow is a big day, no matter how you look at it. And although I’m pretty sure you’ve seen this picture already, I give you (I hope) the future president of the United States of America Barack Obama doing the Baywatch thing… addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.... 0% 0% Something To Chew On A Saturday Morning ... No wonder John McCain is doing so badly in the polls. The guy picked the wrong Palin for his running mate! (source) Go figure… Maybe with this Palin in the White house Her Majesty would not feel the urge to revoke the US independence addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pengovsky.... 0% 0% Friday Foxies XCXII. Hummm… Catch ‘er in the rye? addthis_url = 'ht |