Hungarian Politics

[Admiral Yi]

If they were communists they would be sitting together forming committees and practicing their haranguing.  Instead they're sitting alone looking at Snapchat so they must be bike riding vegans..

[Razgovory]

"Jewish Purim parties"  Does Hungary have any laws against Nazism?

[Tamas]

"Jewish Purim parties"  Does Hungary have any laws against Nazism?

Plenty, but nowadays laws don't really apply to those in service of the Party.


Funnily enough, I've noticed that lately government propagandists are trying to lach onto the anti-semitism rows of the Western left and smear they opponents with it, the same way the utilised the Soros-mania.

They have an easy job accusing Jobbik with that of course, since Jobbik WAS the nazi party until Fidesz has overtaken them from the right, but sounds quite ridiculous when they (weakly) try it on the Socialists.

[Tamas]

The latest thing that would have been a major scandal in a normal country but has pewtered out without making much of a dent in Hungary:

Janos Pocs is an up-and-coming Fidesz guy, an MP and mayor of a mid-sized Hungarian city. He has already been known as a colorful personality. He made big noise a year or two ago domestically, when he shared a photo he received from fans in Transylvania: it was a slaughtered pig, freshly burned, with the text "he was the Soros!" burned on it (its Hungarian word-play: it can also be read as "it was his turn" but this happened in the most fervent time for the anti-Soros campaign so nobody was fooled).

Then there was also a video where he was piss drunk on some party and was coming at some female with some extremely lame lines.


However this time, a 2008 video has been leaked, showing him literally forcing a gypsy employee of his (as mayor) into a furnace.



On the video the gypsy guy is saying "come on let me out" and "you kept telling us you'd burn all the gypsies who don't work here, so now you are just testing it!" etc.

The prank is finished with Pocs lighting a paper and closing the furnace door.

The victim of the "prank" has died since the incident (not in the furnace) so the only version is Pocs' who claims it was a joke that the victim wanted to film. Which is hard to believe.
He said the guy was his friend and "he wishes he could do it again".


In any case, there will be clearly no reprecussions for him over this.

[Tamas]

Another story, this time straight out of some bad Scorcese movie I guess.


Antal Rogan is the propaganda minister nowadays, but he has been a prominent Fidesz politican for at least a decade. He made his name -and secret fortune- while being mayor of one of the richest Budapest districts. I could write columns about the shady property deals he presided over, but I am sure you can imagine. He is also behind the business of selling Hungarian (and thus EU) residence as bonds, whereas the Hungarian state loses a lot of money as it sells a bond on lucrative terms, the customer gets the EU residence, and the private middlemen appointed by the state (and linked to this guy) makes a killing on fees and profits netted from both the state and the client.

One thing that can be said is that his wife has certainly put all the money toward realising her apparent childhood dreams.

Mrs. Rogan pre-stolen wealth:




Mrs. Rogan post-stolen wealth (with her ex-beauty queen BFF on her right):


And she has been landing gigs like modelling clothes, organising and hosting an "inspiring women" annual event, and lately, by being the model for sportswear adverts:

[Admiral Yi]

Damn, that's some really impressive surgery. 

Works better for me than another fodbal pitch in the middle of nowhere.

[Valmy]

I am just glad all that dysfunction and corruption made somebody happy.

[Duque de Bragança]

They only ride donkey carts in Poland.

Specist Poland!!! 

[The Larch]

Damn, that's some really impressive surgery. 

I guess that Hungarian plastic surgeons have quite the experience in the field, what with the massive porn industry and that. 

[Threviel]

Isn't that more the work of a make-up artist, a hairdresser (especially) and an incompetent porn industry surgeon?

[The Larch]

Isn't that more the work of a make-up artist, a hairdresser (especially) and an incompetent porn industry surgeon?

It all adds up, I assume. 

[Threviel]

A quick googling indicates that she was attractive before and that the first picture is just one especially bad. Tamas, use you google-fu and tell me if that's true.

[Tamas]

well, once she sorted her hair out I found her okay. I mean, she was attractive in a regular sort of way. For the record I really dislike her current plastic look.

One thing that was always horrible with her though are the empty hollow eyes. I don't mean the colour, that's rather nice, but the emptiness.

Here is a more favourable pre-transformation pic:




pre-transformation post-makeup use:

[Valmy]

Look she was taking the money stolen from Budapest residents and using it to make herself happy. SHE WAS DOING IT FOR HER, NOT FOR YOU. Geez guys. Try to have some class when discussing the fruits of corruption.

[Threviel]

If I want to be a creepy sexist misogynist I'll damn well be a creepy sexist misogynist. FFS.