Reading 20.August 2014 Mark Mazzetti Fire from the sky A book was recently published in "Laguna". Surgically precise Marco Mazzetti. In it, this American journalist, "New York Times" correspondent and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, writes about the new type of war that the United States of America launched after September 11th against Islamic extremism in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere, as well as its consequences. Based on documents and testimony of participants and witnesses, Mazzetti talks about the role of the Pentagon, the CIA and the White House in this secret war, about the engagement of private security companies and armies, as well as the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, drones that carry out murders "by remote control" on command. With the publisher's permission, we reproduce part of a chapter from this book
Land of the people - Castilla-La Mancha 20.August 2014 Mika Daymak Where El Greco built the cathedral Toledo has been an independent city since 1982. Until then, it was part of Madrid, but with a tradition that certainly gives Toledos the right to independence. The old town (which would be the envy of many European medieval settlements), not without reason, has been on the list of world cultural heritage since 1986
The departure of Lauryn Bacall 20.August 2014 Tamara Skrozza A sight and a voice that cannot be forgotten For many women of her era, Hollywood mourned, made posthumous spectacles and created conspiracy theories. As expected, this did not happen in the case of Lauryn Bacall. A grand dame of a time long gone, she went quietly, elegantly and in style. How are you leaving in 89?
Magic business 15.march 2001 Zoran Majdin Magi and devils It never occurred to anyone to ask, if nothing else, what goods and services various psychics advertise, how their "shops" are registered and whether the goods they sell have a certificate or origin at least, what is the quality of the goods and whether they have all been settled tax obligations, and compliance, whether the "service providers" are professionally qualified for the activity they are engaged in
Silicon Summit in New York 15.march 2001 Zoran Stanojeviฤ It will get better, it can't get worse The saying that the banker who jumps out of the window should be followed because there must be some profit translated into today's language in America says that the owner of the Internet company in which you invested money should also be followed - you have nothing else left anyway
Healthy people, healthy society 23.march 2001 Biljana Vasiฤ The rustling of tracksuits and money In the sixties of this century, futurists predicted the emergence of the "encephalon generation", a man with a stunted body and a huge head. It turned out that their theories have no real basis - the coming generations are taller and heavier than their grandfathers. On the other hand, the physical activity of man has been replaced by the machine and the computer, and that is why we have become slower and weaker than our ancestors and less ready to withstand the effort
Formula 1 - Malaysian Grand Prix 23.march 2001 Dusan Raduloviฤ Dancing in the rain In very difficult conditions on the track, however, there was no problem for Michael Schumacher to routinely win and win another ten points
Miodrag Petroviฤ ฤkalja, comedian 23.march 2001 Sonja Ciric It was nice for me In the past Yugoslavia, it was said that there was no person who did not know ฤkalja, and now it is assumed that even those born at the time when he ceased to be the most popular character on the TV screen know him - they heard about him from those first
Overview of the week What mature man speaks like VuฤiฤHe talked with a cabbage stone and a photo of Ilija Srdanoviฤ. He declared the fire in the Niลก fortress to be the work of artificial intelligence. He bragged that it wouldn't be the first time he snatched a gun from someone's hand Philip Schwarm
Comment Now it's official: The elections are irregularThe regime will not open polling stations abroad and forces people to vote - at night! By cutting off a large number of voters, the elections are already officially irregular Nemanja Rujevic
Comment TV debates on N1: Unwatchable and unlistenable orliฤijadaThe representatives of the former president of Serbia in the previous two TV debates on N1 proved themselves as to who will be worthy of the celebrated progressive noisemaker Vladimir Orliฤ. They did not come to talk, but to verbal silence Andrei Ivanji
