Category Archives: Czechoslovakia

A BUNCHA WHITE TIGGERS IN LIBEREC ZOO

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Liberec zoo is one of the few to breed white tigers in captivity.  This is momma tiger’s second litter of three, born in September 2012.  (Momma is on the left.) Poppa tiger (the big, mean-looking one) escaped last year and … Continue reading →

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JEŠTĚD MOUNTAIN NEAR LIBEREC

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Very impressive sight from cousin Pavel’s front porch… That’s a comms tower/restaurant/hotel combo on top, with ski slopes below.  They built the tower during the socialist era at significant cost, but it’s all analog.  They never converted it to digital, … Continue reading →

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PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFICULTIES

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

It occurred to me this morning that a mule is really just an ass without balls. I am not sure where to go with this, philosophically, particularly as regards hinnies.  Not including them in the above characterization might be construed … Continue reading →

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PACED BICYCLE RACES

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

For some reason, I paused at this picture while looking through my pics of last year’s visit to Prague (and, inevitably, my childhood mecca, the National Technical Museum). This is a pace motorcycle exhibited in that Museum. Motor vehicles have … Continue reading →

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CEMETERY IN TEREZÍN

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Terezín (Theresienstadt) is a fortress and fortress town north-northwest of Prague.  During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia (March 15, 1939 – May 08, 1945), the fortress was used by the Nazis as a police prison and the walled town as … Continue reading →

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WHEN JUSTICE GETS IN THE WAY OF JUSTICE

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

In the months before August 1968, a number of the most dyed-in-the-wool members of the Czechoslovak Communist Party had authored a letter to the Soviet government, inviting Soviet troops to invade the country to put an end to the so-called … Continue reading →

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OLYMPIC FASHIONS

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

Oh when da Czechs, go marchin’ in, oh when da Czechs go marchin’ in, oh Lord please let me skip that numbah, ‘cuz dem blue boots, dey is a sin! Looks like the Czech Olympic team, in blue galoshes, takes the … Continue reading →

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YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY REDISTRIBUTED (RERUN)

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

I thought I’d rerun this rant from November 2011. I have been thinking about a couple of progressive concepts that the Obama regime is likely to employ as a temporary way to feed its spending addiction.  (I say “temporary” because … Continue reading →

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OBAMA’S SUPREME SACRIFICE

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

On Friday, the 13th of this July, thus spake Obama in Roanoke, Virginia: “And when I think about that first campaign, what strikes me is no matter where I went, no matter who I was talking to, I could see … Continue reading →

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA’S DIRTY, SOCIALIST PAST

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

The Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes now has  a link to the Secret Services Archives from the Communist (1945-1990) era.  Good place to go for any interested persons to discover the dirt… …if you’re strong enough, that … Continue reading →

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