Onasagoras
I confess: I now find it hard to spot a parked patrol car without instinctively trying to see what the officers inside are actually doing. I don’t mean to, it’s just a reflex. So, I was particularly struck by the Chief of Traffic Police’s comment that cameras are more “effective” than patrol cars. What exactly is the poet trying to say here? And how is a camera’s success measured? Was the camera that caught the couple in the patrol car also considered “successful,” or are we only counting the cameras that collect fines? Just a few innocent, naive little questions.
The government spokesperson announced that talks in New York will resume in the second half of July, but earlier than originally scheduled. I suggest July 20, that way, we can hold our usual protests over the invasion, while the other side can hold their celebrations that “Turkey came to restore constitutional order,” as they claim was disrupted by the junta’s coup. Every other box needed to kill the mood has already been ticked, might as well pick the worst possible date too. What a shame, all that money wasted on this badly staged theatre of the absurd. Or, as the late Shakespeare might have said, “Much ado about nothing.”
And yes, the Giannakis case has been postponed again. Why? Because the court date was written as June 15 (twelve) — and naturally, confusion followed.
Apparently, our Prisons are now the safest place to run a business. And we’re not just talking about the secret little snack shack selling chips and croissants on the black market, we’re talking full-on enterprises dealing in everything from substances to, well… protection. And speaking of which, that now-famous painting a convicted felon gifted his girlfriend’s mother gave me an idea: Why not turn one wing of the prison into an art gallery? Exhibit works from inmates and other “artists.” It’ll be a hit. And yes, I mean “hit” purely in the metaphorical sense.
We’ve become a nation of ribbon-cuttings and Instagram selfies. So when there’s nothing left to inaugurate, but the posts must go on, we start creating events out of thin air. Last week, Minister Mr. Vafeadis inaugurated a tiny bridge, while 'Filippa the First' went a step further and cut the ribbon on a… pergola. Truly, the Island of Saints and Ceremonial Openings.
And yes, the Giannakis case has been postponed again. Why? Because the court date was written as June 15 (twelve) — and naturally, confusion followed.
*This article was translated from its Greek original
