April 1, 2024
Idus Martiae
Excerpts from the March 14 speech by US Ambassador Pressman: “We cannot ignore it when the Speaker of Hungary’s National Assembly asserts that Putin’s war in Ukraine is actually “led by the United States.” We cannot ignore a sitting minister referring to the United States as a corpse whose nails continue to grow. We can […]
2024.02.01. The last month of the first 12-month Roman calendar (except in a leap year)
Until 45 BCE, from March to February, the length of the months was as follows [current length if different] MARTIVS= 31; APRILIS= 29 [30]; MAIVS= 31; IVNIVS= 29 [30]; QVINTILIS= 31; SEXTILIS= 29 [31]; SEPTEMBER= 29 [30]; OCTOBER= 31; NOVEMBER= 29 [30]; DECEMBER= 29 [31]; IANVARIVS= 29 [31]; FEBRVARIVS= 28 or 23 [28 or 29]; […]
January 2, 2024
Happy New Year to all of us !
https://assets.telex.hu/images/20240904/1725468038-temp-kIbPMD_hero-full:xl@2x.jpg This chateau cum park was recently renovated from 3.2 billion forints (1.7 billion came from European taxpayers, 1.5 billion…
The ruling party is going to re-gerrymander the electoral districts before the end of the year. https://24.hu/belfold/2024/09/05/egyeni-valasztokeruletek-korzethatarok-pc
One more school shooting incident in the US. A moment to ponder whether disarming the American public space is relevant…
By "strangely foreign", I mean that the Danish/Baltic borders separate it (liguistically and culturally) from continental German culture. By "strangely…
Fortunately, Germany has had a stable development toward democracy, after the war. A state of open discussion is in force…