"If we fell, we were prone to fall," sang the great Miljković. The previous government was, after 30 years, prone to collapse, it collapsed on its own, and the current government started to collapse early. Among other things, due to the personnel policy. A man was fired who should not have been fired. Why shouldn't it? Because, according to the general belief, he worked according to the law; expert, because he is from that branch; and fair, because he is from such a house. Ranko Aligrudić was acting director of the PIO Fund for three years.
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When I'm walking alone, all I can think about is how passers-by and those from roadside cafes ask: "Why am I walking alone?" And when I'm in company, I don't have that impression. In fact, one thing is certain: I neither touch them when I'm walking alone nor when I'm in company. And they care about me just as much as I care about them.
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We wonder how these days are so immoral. In their time, our parents were also amazed, and so were theirs. But at that time there was a gradual decline in morale, it was not this kind of collapse. On the other hand, for the young generation, which is bursting with energy, everything is normal, dark, they don't know about another life. I don't want to sound mean, but I'm convinced that very soon today's teenagers will be saying, "My God, what kind of time has this come?"
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How do you say in Montenegro: here is my CV?
Uncle Bozo sent me!
This, published once already on this blog, seems like a joke and an exaggeration, but it is not far from the truth. Sometimes, as if I criticize, our reality, woven from ties and "laces", and I myself am looking for a connection. In particular, whenever I go to the Health Center "for no reason", they always return me at least once ("come in the morning", "well, I was told to come in the afternoon", "the replacement of your chosen doctor is on vacation", etc. .) "With a connection", unfortunately, I do everything faster and easier...
"And now - what would Zoran Radmilović say, as Radovan III - if you're smart..."
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I was once singing Lorca's "Unfaithful Wife" and afterwards a lady came up to me, claiming, somewhat disappointed, that I had spoken the poem wrong, that the lines did not go as I said them. I barely managed to explain to her that it all depends on which translation she came across, but neither she knew who translated her version of the poem, nor did I know the name of the one whose translation of "Unfaithful Women" I recited.
In general, there are professions that are somehow underestimated, always in the background. For example, rarely does anyone mention the anesthesiologist, on whom and how the outcome of the operation depends, everyone admires the surgeon. Or, the waiter gets a tip for good coffee, and no one knows the bartender who makes the coffee.
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In the middle of July, as announced, the traditional cultural festival "Bar Calendar" will begin with a gala concert. He will be handicapped like never before. Because the Castle of King Nikola is locked, it has been under renovation for months. This means that there will be neither literary evenings nor concerts in that splendid setting, in the Castle park, under the canopy of ancient trees. All other locations are, it seems to me, inadequate. I'm afraid that this year's "Chronicle" will be soulless...
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The European Football Championship has started in Germany. I don't think there will be any big surprises. The favorites for the title are the English, French and Germans. After a few years, I entered a betting shop. Once again it was confirmed that I should not enter, because I bet with my heart and not my head. Because of my Scottish connections, I played that the Scots would hold their own against the Germans, and they, objectively, have no connections.
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And the distance in relation to Germany, which I never supported in any sport, was instilled in me by my father, who was imprisoned in Osnabrik during the Second World War. Towards the end of his life, he often, remembering his camp days, quoted David Albahari, from the novel "Bait": "Once sown, the seed of evil, like any weed, remains forever in the same place, until ideal conditions are found again for its germination."
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They say that a grandchild is loved more than one's own child. I don't know, maybe, I don't believe, we'll see...
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