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Anti austerity demonstrations in Romania


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Post Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:58 pm

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Oh thanks, russshackleford. A new language! How wonderful! :P

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Post Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:05 pm

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Oh, and Picasso Moon, I am certain russshackleford was referring to the disapproving look of the gendarme dude to the left of the balloon-wielding warrior(ette).
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Post Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:11 pm

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Oh, and the nice heart balloon takes the concept of "Trojan®" to a whole new level.

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Post Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:40 pm

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Picasso Moon wrote:So what are you disapproving of, Russ, the male/female characterization, or the cops, or...? Can this character be done via a normal keyboard? BTW, how does one view a Mac keyboard? I can't seem to get simple instructions from my Help.


I was mimicking the look of the cop, you've got to admit the erie similarity. :lol:

I actually had no idea how to make the face using my keyboard on my computer (my phone is my only personal computer) so I used the magical googles to search for "look of disapproval" and copy-pasted from there.
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Post Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:41 pm

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Similar indeed. :D Thanks for the explanation of how you did it.
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Post Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:44 pm

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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/roma-f07.shtml
Mass Protests Bring Down Romanian Government, Peter Schwarz.

The Romanian government resigned on Monday, in the wake of mass protests against its austerity measures over the past three weeks.
Prime Minister Emil Boc explained his resignation in a televised cabinet meeting by saying he wanted to diffuse social tensions without compromising his unpopular austerity measures. “I took this decision to release the tension in the country's political and social situation, but also in order not to lose what Romanians have won.”[Thus, the austerity measures supposedly represent a victory for Romanians]
President Traian Basescu immediately appointed former justice minister Catalin Predoiu as acting prime minister. The 43-year-old Predoiu is a non-affiliated politician who first took office in 2008 as a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). Following the election of Emil Boc of the Liberal Democrats (PDL) in December 2008, a new government was formed, and the National Liberals went into opposition. Predoiu stayed on as justice minister and resigned from his party. He played a key role in the relations with the European Union, which Romania joined in 2007.
It remains unclear whether Predoiu will lead the government until the general election scheduled in November or if elections will be called early. There is discussion about the formation of a “technocrat” regime similar to those already established in Greece and Italy.
In its three-and-a-half year tenure, the Boc government has implemented the harshest austerity measures in all of Europe. Although the average wage in Romania is only €350 a month, the government cut public service salaries by 25 percent and increased the value added tax from 19 to 24 percent. Over 200,000 public service employees have lost their jobs since 2009........
The IMF is confident that Boc’s austerity program will be continued after his resignation. The IMF representative in Bucharest, Jeffrey Franks, told Reuters that he did not expect that the IMF agreement would be affected by the change in government......
Crucial to Frank’s conviction is the fact that all of the country’s opposition parties and trade unions support in principle the deals struck with the IMF. This is also the reason why popular outrage over the harsh austerity measures found no outlet for a long time. The unions have betrayed every labour dispute in recent years, organising sporadic toothless protests aimed at letting off steam.
The situation changed in January following the resignation of Deputy Health Minister Raed Arafat. On national television, President Basescu had called Arafat a “liar” and “enemy of private health care” because he opposed the privatization and extensive destruction of the health system.
Solidarity demonstrations for Arafat developed rapidly into protests against the entire program of austerity. [See previous postings].....
The Romanian parties are largely interchangeable. They often split, then reform and rejoin under different names. They embody a narrow elite, which during the past twenty years has divided the spoils from the privatisation of former state property. They have benefited from EU funds, while slashing spending for education, health care, pensions and wages.
This is clear to many who took to the streets in recent weeks. The protests were directed “against the entire political class, against the system” as Boc admitted to the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. “The depth of the crisis of political confidence is demonstrated by polls which show that the popularity ratings of all politicians have fallen dramatically. No one has a rating of more than 25 percent. Experts wonder how Romanian politics can recover from this crisis.”
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