Dr. Filomena

Janez Janša, Slovenian Prime Minister; (photo source)

I may be notoriously recalcitrant (hey, I just learned a new word 🙂 ) but I think just about everyone can see that yesterday’s statement by the Slovenian Prime Minister that the option of the entire Government stepping down is not out of the question is nothing short of a brilliant bluff.

By giving this statement, the Strategist who functions best at times of duress effectively stopped the down-with-the-government campaign before it could begin. He will be turning from a villain to a victim in no time, blaming the EU Presidency (supported by everyone) for any and all problems that may arise. The poor-me/conspiracy card works like a charm.

I am doing a great job and if you think you can do better, go for it! A year before the elections and with the EU Presidency adventure inbetween? We all remember what happened 7 years ago with the player roles reversed, right?

One has to admire the way JJ is playing his hand. He has placed the opponents into a no-win position. Call his bluff and lose the elections or don’t call it and silently admit that he is needed and adequate at his job.

The real estate business in Slovenia does have a few perks 🙂 Such as enjoying views from plots of land for sale in Gorenjska region.

Winners of awards given for best innovations by the LJ section of the Slovene Chamber of Commerce.

EDIT: Supplementing the mobile entry

This was posted from the Awards for Innovations in Ljubljana Region for 2006

For the fifth year in a row, the Ljubljana Chamber of Commerce awarded the best innovators. The awards were combined with lectures of Slovenian and foreign experts as well as representatives of foreign Embassies in Slovenia on possible collaboration in promoting innovations and opportunities for penetration of the market of high technology.

One of the awarded innovators was somebody we do indeed know. The man to the far right of the photo received the prize for the mobile technology software application solution that allows real-time tracking via mobile phones. Such as checking out the location of a particular bus in Ljubljana, for example. Want to catch your bus in the morning? The Radio Kaos CEO developed the application thanks to which you’ll know whether you still have time to take a quick shower 😉

Brussels airport

EDIT 29/Oct/07: adding a ‘real’ photo to the mobile entry:

There IS mint in this country! And dr. ARF makes a great mojito! 🙂

EDIT 19 Oct 2007: Adding a photo of the resulting mojito:

So where am I? 😀

but box your vote. I just did 😉

EDIT (21 Oct 07 @ 10.30 pm): For results and updates, I recommend you pay a visit to Pengovsy’s blog.

In a surprising turn of events, Peterle is getting a much lower percentage of votes than predicted. It seems he bled them to the left who bled theirs to Jelinčič. Gaspari and Türk are in a surprisingly close race for the second place so it seems likely that the second-round candidates will be decided by the ballots coming in from abroad sometime by the end of the week.

Two DJs in foosball championship.

Ljubljana market.

EDIT: I still need to figure out this mobile blogging thing. It started snowing at the market while I was there around noon and I wanted to post this entry… Had to cut way back on the text and it still wouldn’t go through. Then it went through a couple of hours later. The photo is so much nicer and larger than the one from the castle… strange. Anyway, will figure it out somehow.