ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE, ROMANIA, HUNGARY

Lots of elections (Ukraine, Romania, Hungary) taking place in the eastern part of the world. As I said before, I am trying to find information (in English) about the recent election here in Sopron. In the meantime, have a glass of wine...

HUNGARIAN LITERATURE IN "ANGOLOL"

I went to the local library (könyvtár) the other day. It was great to see two of Ayn Rand's books (We the Living and Anthem) on the shelf. I borrowed the following books:

Embers by Sándor Márai.
The Gladiators by Arthur Koestler.
Szép Lehetsz and Papycsban by George Mikes. I have to find someone who could translate these books for me! ;)

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THANKS FOR GIVING EGO SUPPORT

On this Thanksgiving day I want to thank my fellow bloggers and readers who have giving me support regarding my post, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK. I appreciate your comments very much and I value our exchange of ideas and thoughts. The anonymous commenter thought that "laissez-faire is a little passe," but I don't get that message when I read about the latest merger between Kmart and Sears. Have you read James Politi's article, The dynamic recluse? [Hat tip to my friend Jerry Nilson who wrote about this article on HBL, 11/22/04.]

Related: My post, JAMESTOWN.

BLOGADS IN BUDAPEST

Yesterday I went to Budapest. I will publish some photos on my travelblog later on. I had the pleasure to meet the good folks from the Hungarian division of Blogads. Dóra used my camera and took this picture.


Ego, Bàlint, Miklós, Tamás

In the news:
Go Ahead and Blog It (Deutsche Welle).
Marqui Product Placement in Blogs (Internetnews.com).

Related: My posts, BLOG @DVERTISEMENT and TIME FOR A COMMERCIAL BREAK...EVEN...

COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK

I appreciate that my readers take time to comment on my posts and give me valuable feedback, but I have a bit problem with this kind of "constructive" criticism:

Not up for a long comment, but stop echoing all the neocon clueless nutcases. If you're suggesting 9/11 can be traced to Iran, you have no clue what you're talking about. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. Think for yourself. Stop echoing these idiots.

And while I'm at it, you know laissez-faire is a little passe. You want true laissez-faire? I hope you like great depressions.

Maybe I should take a break from blogging...

THE CHANGES OF THE STOCK EXCHANGES

It is fascinating to see how the globalization of the financial markets is evolving. Now when I am staying in Hungary for some time, I wanted to learn more about the Hungarian stock exchange. The exchange closed down after Hungary "entered" the Eastern Block region and the country became a satellite state of the Soviet Union. It opened its doors again in 1990, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Back in the day, it was the third biggest exchange in Europe. Dragos Novac is following what is going on in Romania. He reported on May 25 [Editor's note: My birthday!] that the Vienna Stock Exchange bought a piece of the exchange in Budapest, and the Nordic OMX exchange acquired a big stake in the Lithuanian stock exchange.

DESSZERTEK

This is a quick post with a "desserts" of links. I have to get an American calendar so I could be on top of things what's happening "over there." If you know a good site with American holidays, please send me an email or post a comment. You are welcome to add links to new interesting posts. I am trying to catch up... ;) Talking about holidays, on Wednesday it was my "name day." I have a potential business idea regarding the celebration of "name days." Yesterday it was St. Martin's Day. Luckily they got rid of "Martin Luther" in the Swedish almanac, but I could assure you that his ideas are still ingrained in the Swedish society...

• Beck of Incite has compiled a great edition of The Carnival of the Capitalists.
• Andy of The Charlotte Capitalist has a new Reason Roundup.
• The Commissar of the Politburo Diktat has created a new map - The Empire of the Blogs. EGO is belonging to the "immediate imperial terrority" according to the map.

I am glad that I am not in Sweden at the moment... Look what "our" Prime Minister is doing:

Persson led Sweden’s tributes to the Palestinian leader, who died in a Paris hospital on Thursday. Persson said that he felt “sadness” for the passing of a “great political leader”, reported Dagens Nyheter. He was less equivocal in his praise of Arafat than many of his counterparts in other countries, and credited Arafat with creating a national identity for the Palestinian people. ...
While most other Western countries will be represented at the funeral by their foreign ministers, Persson has opted to attend the ceremony in person. This reflects Sweden’s longstanding close relationship with the Palestinian leadership. (James Savage, The Local, 11/11/04.)

This weekend I will report on an election going on in Sopron, if I get hold of a newspaper written in English.

TRAVELBLOG.ORG

I have created a travel journal at Travelblog.org. I will catch up with new posts later on this week. Egészségére!

CULTURE SHOCK: HUNGARY

I am bit late with this book of the month, but here it is: Hungary by Zsuzsanna Ardó.