Oh Hungary, you so cuh-rayzay

The T-34 was still in service with twenty-seven countries as late as 1996.

There's a lot of hysteria over the 50th anniversary of the revolution which would have existed anyway. But it got an early build-up when a tape was leaked in which Gyurcsany admitted lying to the Hungarians about his government's attempts to corral the off-kilter Hungarian economy. Fidesz called for Gyurcsany to step down; he refused. Protests ensued, but slowly dwindled when Gyurcsany won a vote of confidence in Parliament by a comfortable margin. The '56 anniversary is kind of a last gasp of this push by the conservatives and their mostly young, male and under-educated followers. Despite the incredible images, most of Budapest would have no idea this was happening if it weren't for what is shown on television. It's all occurred within a very small part of Pest, aside from a couple of McDonald's in heavy-traffic areas like the Oktagon, who saw their windows get smashed out late at night.

sweet! i want more hot pretzels at political events!

After the first day of protests near Parliament, similar burgeoning capitalists set up "beer tables" with a choice of four to six of Hungary's most consumed beers. They were put out of business the next day by cutthroat competition from vendors who, correctly assuming the protests might last for a few weeks, invested in kegs and the works necessary for draft beer available for far fewer forints!

The police shut none of this done - I chuckled at the thought that back in America, there'd be no tolerance for folks drinking alcohol at any sort of demonstration (even a peaceful one), let alone for unlicensed citizens to sell it without license. The only thing the police shut down the whole time (vendor-wise) was a food stall without adequate heating capability under EU guidelines.

The hot pretzels were warm and soft, weighed at least half a pound and were topped with a very nice baked-in cheese. Delicious with a cold draft Dreher or Stella Artois.

Story I heard was the protesters pre-planned it and hired an old tanker to drive it.

now you know!

As far as the snacks go . . . it was just a way for enterpreneurial Hungarians to make some money with a captive audience, in an area where it's difficult to find food in the evening (government offices and businesses, everything shuts down pretty early.) Pretzels are easy, cheap and relatively filling for the price. No marketing - people just set up tables and sold what they had to sell.

shiiiit

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-28/orban-says-he-seeks-to-end-liberal-democracy-in-hungary.html

you know what the world is really pining for is more cryptofascism

yeah well

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/hungary-prepares-to-end-legal-recognition-of-trans-people

you know what the world is really pining for is more cryptofascism

― Οὖτις, Monday, July 28, 2014 3:10 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

On what seems like the last throw of the dice for Hungary

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/07/viktor-orban-autocracy-hungary-election/619351/

Sorry 😅 pic.twitter.com/efx9kfEryt

— Mariia Kramarenko (@KramarenkoMari3) October 17, 2023

Orban relaxing

I don't know where that music came from, it wasn't there before. I must have linked the wrong one

works well