FORÇA, BULGARIA!!!

OSTAVKATA !!!

Another dream come true...!

The corrupt government that we have beseeched 

ceaselessly -for many, many months now- 

to step down and resign 

has finally abdicated power!

Let us rejoice! 

For now...

(because we never know who or what 

the people may be foolish enough to vote for, 

next time - this coming November!)

Here's to the future...!

(Gulping down a shot of rakia -

choking and coughing optional!)

Ironically enough, however, the word ''победа'' delineates everything, if not at once, according to the specifics of each situation: it can therefore signify victory but also defeat; battle; even a ''coup''...

Only in Bulgaria...!

So... is this the end for Ostavka-Man? 

Nay - we think not! 

For there is much more Resignation here, 

looming on the horizon! 

Resignation that things are doomed to repeat: 

mistakes to be made, over and over again; 

the need for an ostavka periodic, then...! 

For, in the final estimation, 

there is much to say 

about the things that we have got in common, 

Bulgarians and I...

They should surely have an expression, 

already in ancient use, 

that goes along the same way 

my good old motto goes: 

''Hope For The Best

Expect The Worst 

That Way, Nothing Will Surprise Thee!''

One more time...

OSTAVKA... TA!

;-)

The Day Is Almost Here!!!

#оставка

Bulgarians Dream Of... Futebol, in 2014?

Ah...! Da... Da! 

Another Masterful 

Luminous Production! 

Many Thanks to the crowds there, 

VIDEO NEWS.bg 

and the same two 

musical muses 

as well as my local muse 

for the inspiration -

as always!  

Sempre Por O Melhor!

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Bulgarians Dream Of... Faith, in 2014...?

"Because it is fragile Bulgarian people, gifted and patient, 
lied to and robbed of worlds and interests, 
by foreign advisers and their Godless kins.
Inside each of us there is so much phosphorus 
that it can make 2000 matchsticks. 
Can you imagine what a fire it would be?
Unreliable is this world, gentlemen, 
for people are fake, 
and most unreliable is time. 
 But when there is no faith, then it is terrible...''.

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VIOLENCE - but there is hope on the horizon...

Lurking, there, right on the spot itself...!

Maybe the best video yet 

in this entire series of 

''Ostavka! BG Protests''...

Remember, Remember, The 10th Of November...!

It was today that the people won -

and oppression lost! 

It was on this very date, yes, that 

the dictator abdicated - 

ushering in a new age 

for all the land...! 

It was on this day 

that hope shattered 

the dismal grey firmament 

that had permeated the atmosphere 

for decades of insufferable, 

inept and inane communism. 

Aye, it was today, 

November the 10th - 

back in 1989.

On this day, 24 years ago, the official start of the transition in Bulgaria was given, as Todor Zhivkov, the general secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party, was discharged from his position.

And today, 

November the 10th,  2013 

we can hope anew. 

For, if communism is like a mythical hydra 

with a thousand heads 

- you slay one 

and ten more spring forth - 

Bulgaria does not lack sharp blades 

and fancy swords... 

Although, 

we all know that 

the pen is mightier...!

And a single word suffices:

#OSTAVKA! 

We can do it - again!

And, HEY, YO - NO, the colors of the flag are NOT upside down!

They're in the proper order of priorities required for the task at hand now! 

À Bon Entendeur, Salut!

Or rather... 

Zdrasti!

;-)

#occupySU

The whole world means *us* - too! 

Somewhere in-between London and Nottingham! 

Did you spot us?

;-)

Music: that beautiful immigrant song 

about a little white cloud 

being the messenger... 

A trifle more classical arrangement 

- kudos to whoever did it! 

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OCCUPY-SU!

OCCUPY - NOW

OSTAVKA -

soon!

Hopefully! 

#occupySU

#ostavka 

#DANSwithme

Independence Day - Força, Bulgaria!!!

Once again, we protest...!

And, once again, 

many thanks to the ingenious use of cowbells 

from one Petar Bonev, 

bagpiper extraordinaire 

from Bulgaria, 

making up the musical background,

which is much of the soundtrack 

for these videos and slideshows 

(part of our *Protestite Series*)

when there are no chants of ''OSTAVKA!''

nor inspirational speeches 

from ''Ostavka-Man'' 

to be heard and enjoyed!

Merci!

Konsolidatsiya - Consolidação - Unity!

How better to solidify a nation 

than to refocus upon the common struggle that it faces? 

And how better to drive the point across 

than by underlining the bond between nations 

(Bulgaria and Portugal, in this particular case -

why? 'Cause I say so - and am it!) 

with style, substance and panache 

and doing so with sub-titles, to boot - in a third language!

For I've said it before, and I state it again, here:

Bulgaria and Portugal have a ton of things in common! 

Not only do they share virtually the same national colors 

(the only closer match would be Hungary and Bulgaria!) 

but they also share a similar long, hard-luck type of history 

that made them who they are now, 

drove them to roam and conquer the entire globe 

(in different ways, granted - as in different eras too)

and shaped their nations for things to come soon... 

Their crests are astonishingly close (as they should be)

Their flags, as we said, obvious brothers of the E.U. 

And what can we say about the uncanny similarities 

that exist between the people, too?

Two countries:  two similar struggles! 

Inept governments are a fad all across the globe, 

don't you know? 

And so, having driven all that across to you, 

it is time to present our 

FEATURE PRESENTATION:

Thus, only one thing remains to say here, indeed...

And that is  

OSTAVKA!

ÉPA...! 

JÀ!