Balkan Gonzo

This is go to prison forever malfeasance. A guy who is currently a SpaceX employee also serves as an FAA official who cancels a big contract to award instead no-bid to his own employer and starts installing hardware without statutorily required tests and assurances

Does Anyone in Trump's Amerika remember these?

Only $1.75 for 10 eggs as of last Friday.

Tell me again how terrible Europe is....

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Lots and lots of people, stretching up the streets on all sides...
#Serbia

#Serbia Student-led anti-govt protests fill #Belgrade's Trg Slavija. Students chanting "Your hands are bloody". People are angry about many things, but the rampant crony corruption that led to the deaths of 15 people at the Novi Sad train station is the trigger. #Vucic

BLOG Slavija utihnula, upaljena svetla na telefonima, zdravstveni radnici na skupu u Nišu Za danas u 16 na Trgu Slavija studenti su najavili protest, kome će se priključiti poljoprivrednici, glumci, ali i građani.

Follow the protests live at:

youtu.be/v590eYEACnA
or

n1info.rs/vesti/danas-...

#Belgrade From the protest at #Slavija

Although student-led, there are large numbers of families with small children, middle-class professionals, working class, etc. Lots of popular anger at #Vucic's unbridled corruption and turn to violent thug-enforced rule. #Serbia

It must be tough to be Greece and learn that you get the jilted ex girlfriend of the president elect’s son, while France gets the rich father-in-law of his daughter.

I guess it's only a matter of time until life imitates art.

As an ophthalmologist, perhaps #Assad can help Tucker get some new eyeglasses to help him see beyond #Putin's propaganda...

Provided neither falls from a window first or drinks tea with Putin.

"It's only a flesh wound...."

Not wanting #Bosnian #Serb strongman #Dodik to steal the spotlight, Bakir #Izetbegovic is now in the hospital for heart surgery.

Someone sing them a Sevdalinka.

#Bosnia

www-index-hr.translate.goog/vijesti/clan...

Al-Jawlani said that their enemies are Iran and Hezbollah. I suspect that the list may now expand to include a third country.

When combined with the seizure of Mt. Hermon, there's no way al-Jawlani and HTS/CMO can sweep this under the rug.
#Israel #Syria

#Vucic: "Why didn't you get operated on in Banja Luka?"
#Dodik: "I couldn't find parking"

If you know, you know....

#Serbia #Bosnia

A Balkan #Serb colonoscopy. Has something crawled up inside of #Vucic's ass?
#Serbia #Dodik #Srpska #Balkans

#Serbia A steady foreign policy direction...

Will this become #Serbia's new currency?

Since Russia expanded its war of aggression against Ukraine it has lost Syria and Armenia, is fighting to keep its grip on Georgia and Abkhazia, and failed to interfere with Moldovan elections.

And during the same time, Finland and Sweden joined NATO.

So much winning.

Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Starlink, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent “X,” he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Trump, he bought him

Two years ago today we were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for protecting The US Capitol on January 6th 2021. Almost 4 years later the efforts to downplay, whitewash and minimize what happened appear to be succeeding. I won't ever stop standing up to them.

The best investigative news media outlet in Bosnia and Herzegovina, @istragab.bsky.social, is now on Bluesky. Give them a follow, especially today, when its editor in chief is the target of death threats by transnational criminal clans.

Journalism is not a crime; it is integral to democracy.

When you spent billions and destroyed your brand to recreate 1930's Germany and got 1780's France instead.

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Famous YouTuber Johnny Harris, with 6 million followers, released a video titled "Why People Blame America for the War in Ukraine." He presented his argument in it, essentially blaming the West for causing Russia's imperialistic rise. I find it necessary to respond

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After careful reconsideration Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has reversed the decision to put a time limit on anesthesia.

The Banja Luka stock exchange had a total volume today of $4,656.38. By comparison, the Sarajevo stock exchange had a volume of cc $80.7 million. Granted, this is a particularly egregious day for the BL exchange but it is indicative of broader trends; i.e. secessionism doesn't pay.

"We don't have democracy. Take something from off the grill..."

#Serbian black humor #Balkans

Final MiG-21 Fishbeds Stand Down From Active Duty In Europe End of an era marked as Croatian MiG-21s end their operational duties ahead of their replacement by Dassault Rafales. Veteran Croatian MiG-21 fighters have completed operational duties, ahead of their...

#Croatia closer to temporary air superiority over #Serbia. Croatia is replacing Mig-21s with 12 #Dassault #Rafale, 5 already arrived. Serbia ordered 12 Rafale, but the first will not arrive until late 2028. Serbia currently possesses 14 aging MiG-29s. #Balkans

www.twz.com/air/final-mi...

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

#Serbia is at it again. This should not be viewed as anything other than an attack by one sovereign state against another, similar to Banjska. And speaking of Banjska, when will #NATO release a full, uncensored report?

#Belgrade The main walking street, Knez Mihailova, with state-sanctioned graffiti. One more proof that denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
#Serbia #Kosovo #Bosnia #Croatia

Keep an eye on Kosovo. Serbia has renewed its attacks within the past several days, including against critical infrastructure. It's partially a reaction to growing protests inside Serbia.