Comments on: So... shit's actually happening over in Bucharest http://thetarpit.org/2024/so-shits-actually-happening-over-in-bucharest "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:45:16 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: The perpetual transition « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2024/so-shits-actually-happening-over-in-bucharest#comment-6903 The perpetual transition « The Tar Pit Sat, 08 Nov 2025 19:49:28 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=552#comment-6903 [...] covid; or maybe the entire test of maturity was, as it often happens with such things, actually its demise. I don't know, and to be honest it doesn't make that much of a difference in my opinion. What's [...] [...] covid; or maybe the entire test of maturity was, as it often happens with such things, actually its demise. I don't know, and to be honest it doesn't make that much of a difference in my opinion. What's [...]

]]> By: Bucharest, cca. 2025 « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2024/so-shits-actually-happening-over-in-bucharest#comment-6876 Bucharest, cca. 2025 « The Tar Pit Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:15:30 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=552#comment-6876 [...] it looks like stuff's actually happening over in Bucharest for a change, only in this case by "stuff" I mean a rally going round the Palace [...] [...] it looks like stuff's actually happening over in Bucharest for a change, only in this case by "stuff" I mean a rally going round the Palace [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2024/so-shits-actually-happening-over-in-bucharest#comment-6754 spyked Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:26:40 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=552#comment-6754 For historical reasons if no other, more than nine months later I feel compelled to also document -- as a sort of a footnote, you get me, since at this point it doesn't even matter, like old Chester used to say -- the aftermath of the whole thing. So for one, Romanians finally received the great gift of Schengen. Nominally, since a few months later that gift was factually taken away from them, since everyone else has meanwhile reintroduced border controls, with more to follow, I suppose. <em>Țeapă</em>, cum s-ar zice. As for the other, the then-really-great democrat-socialist, i.e. pantsuit political candidate, also the PM Marcel Ciolacu, promised people, of all things, stability. And that's precisely what they got: stability all the way down a <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2025/poor-romania" rel="nofollow">hole</a>, as if that doublespeak was ever anything else in substance. <em>Țeapă dublă</em>, cum s-ar spune. As for yet another one, Romanians got ever more involved in the nearby war -- just as I had previously predicted -- and in this process their so-called country has become a sort of a third wheel to the two supposedly smaller ones to the east. Fucking hell, Maia Sandu gets a whole lot more attention nowadays than Nicușor Dan, which says heaps upon heaps about the political ineptitude of Romanians. Țeapă triplă, but also -- by the way! The final piece of chocolate on the traditional colivă is that Romanians got to vote <em>again</em> and this time they got to elect a nice dude with very good intentions, who <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2025/the-bubble?b=Dani&e=Mocanu#select" rel="nofollow">I hear</a> is also a very good mathematician. We shall dub him President Mayor, a very unfortunate politruk who unfortunately will likely be with us until 2035, if not more -- who even knowns nowadays! <em>Țeapă cvadruplă</em>! By the looks of it, 2026 is going to be a very interesting year. Stay tuned! For historical reasons if no other, more than nine months later I feel compelled to also document -- as a sort of a footnote, you get me, since at this point it doesn't even matter, like old Chester used to say -- the aftermath of the whole thing.

So for one, Romanians finally received the great gift of Schengen. Nominally, since a few months later that gift was factually taken away from them, since everyone else has meanwhile reintroduced border controls, with more to follow, I suppose. Țeapă, cum s-ar zice.

As for the other, the then-really-great democrat-socialist, i.e. pantsuit political candidate, also the PM Marcel Ciolacu, promised people, of all things, stability. And that's precisely what they got: stability all the way down a hole, as if that doublespeak was ever anything else in substance. Țeapă dublă, cum s-ar spune.

As for yet another one, Romanians got ever more involved in the nearby war -- just as I had previously predicted -- and in this process their so-called country has become a sort of a third wheel to the two supposedly smaller ones to the east. Fucking hell, Maia Sandu gets a whole lot more attention nowadays than Nicușor Dan, which says heaps upon heaps about the political ineptitude of Romanians. Țeapă triplă, but also -- by the way!

The final piece of chocolate on the traditional colivă is that Romanians got to vote again and this time they got to elect a nice dude with very good intentions, who I hear is also a very good mathematician. We shall dub him President Mayor, a very unfortunate politruk who unfortunately will likely be with us until 2035, if not more -- who even knowns nowadays! Țeapă cvadruplă!

By the looks of it, 2026 is going to be a very interesting year. Stay tuned!

]]> By: The bubble « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2024/so-shits-actually-happening-over-in-bucharest#comment-6460 The bubble « The Tar Pit Sun, 18 May 2025 08:44:02 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=552#comment-6460 [...] the Romanian shitshow for example. One day, no one was saying anything in particular; and suddenly overnight people [...] [...] the Romanian shitshow for example. One day, no one was saying anything in particular; and suddenly overnight people [...]

]]> By: Poor Romania... « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2024/so-shits-actually-happening-over-in-bucharest#comment-6361 Poor Romania... « The Tar Pit Wed, 07 May 2025 19:03:18 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=552#comment-6361 [...] in case you're wondering1, Romanians have been doing all sorts of stupid shit in the last half of a year. I won't bother recounting each item in detail, but it's sufficient to say that from the [...] [...] in case you're wondering1, Romanians have been doing all sorts of stupid shit in the last half of a year. I won't bother recounting each item in detail, but it's sufficient to say that from the [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2024/so-shits-actually-happening-over-in-bucharest#comment-5458 spyked Sat, 07 Dec 2024 17:49:08 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=552#comment-5458 In other words, for the voters there who <em>still</em> don't get it: Romania got its own Putin, only you like him somewhat more than the other guy... just like Russians do! In other words, for the voters there who still don't get it: Romania got its own Putin, only you like him somewhat more than the other guy... just like Russians do!

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