Svetozar
@svetozar.bsky.social
History buff, public servant, fan of Central Europe, as well as other cultures and languages. Former student of literature. Need to devote more time to reading my many books. Best found in a tavern behind a mug of dark beer.
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good closing quote, where the author quotes Havel:
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Good closing quote, where the author quotes Havel:
@piperformissouri.bsky.social
The shirt I got is coming apart. Would you have any replacement stock?
The shirt I got is coming apart. Would you have any replacement stock?
September 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
@piperformissouri.bsky.social
The shirt I got is coming apart. Would you have any replacement stock?
The shirt I got is coming apart. Would you have any replacement stock?
Stolen from Rick Wilson...
August 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Stolen from Rick Wilson...
A fine brief read characterizing the interior dynamics of the administration in the US.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/polit...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/polit...
July 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A fine brief read characterizing the interior dynamics of the administration in the US.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/polit...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/polit...
At least they had better hats.
July 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
At least they had better hats.
Classy, jack up federal workers' requirements for their pension, but leave a carve-out for members of congress and their staffers.
Please tell me what they've done to deserve special consideration. I'll wait...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Please tell me what they've done to deserve special consideration. I'll wait...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
June 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Classy, jack up federal workers' requirements for their pension, but leave a carve-out for members of congress and their staffers.
Please tell me what they've done to deserve special consideration. I'll wait...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Please tell me what they've done to deserve special consideration. I'll wait...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
How's that big bill doing, #JoniHearse?
June 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
How's that big bill doing, #JoniHearse?
Yup. They also want to strike fear in broad swaths of the population.
This has been sticking with me today btw...
This has been sticking with me today btw...
May 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Yup. They also want to strike fear in broad swaths of the population.
This has been sticking with me today btw...
This has been sticking with me today btw...
Saw this today, and it's really been sticking with me. You cover the same ground in your piece.
May 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Saw this today, and it's really been sticking with me. You cover the same ground in your piece.
Maybe this is another reason why Trump went after the interpreter's notes.
May 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Maybe this is another reason why Trump went after the interpreter's notes.
May 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A good point by @joshtpm.bsky.social from a @talkingpointsmemo.com reader that the US is (or was) perfectly capability of building an Air Force 1, rather than taking a used plan from a small country.
May 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A good point by @joshtpm.bsky.social from a @talkingpointsmemo.com reader that the US is (or was) perfectly capability of building an Air Force 1, rather than taking a used plan from a small country.
Did they learn the lesson of making an alliance with Nazi Germany in 1939?
April 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Did they learn the lesson of making an alliance with Nazi Germany in 1939?
More detail on the admin's quashing of program to bring abducted Ukrainian children back. A "waste?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
March 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
More detail on the admin's quashing of program to bring abducted Ukrainian children back. A "waste?"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
This is where I kinda like Mitt Romney--you could tell he'd seen and heard enough that he didn't want to be part of this. And he had the character to walk away.
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This is where I kinda like Mitt Romney--you could tell he'd seen and heard enough that he didn't want to be part of this. And he had the character to walk away.
Didn't hear any murmurs from the press about Musk's attire at the cabinet meeting earlier this week...
March 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Didn't hear any murmurs from the press about Musk's attire at the cabinet meeting earlier this week...
Well done. People need to pay attention to this:
February 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Well done. People need to pay attention to this:
Yeah, sounds like Hegseth hasn't been briefed on the Russian Navy yet. #AdmiralKuznetsov
February 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, sounds like Hegseth hasn't been briefed on the Russian Navy yet. #AdmiralKuznetsov
Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that...
January 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that...
"If you want to get an overview of Russia's hybrid warfare against the West, I recommend this Zeit article. An overview of espionage, sabotage and attacks with disinformation and cyber attacks."
And these are only the ones they caught...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
And these are only the ones they caught...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
December 25, 2024 at 1:39 PM
"If you want to get an overview of Russia's hybrid warfare against the West, I recommend this Zeit article. An overview of espionage, sabotage and attacks with disinformation and cyber attacks."
And these are only the ones they caught...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
And these are only the ones they caught...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...