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“I DEMAND EITHER CITY-STATES OR A UNIVERSAL IMPERIUM OF HUMANITY”
-- Murtaza Muhammad Hussein (quoted above) is a journalist I respect immensely whose work focuses on national security, foreign policy, and human rights. His work has previously been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, and Al Jazeera English.
(See more of M.M. Hussein @theintercept)
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FROM BOSNIA TO BENGAL -- The purpose of this blog
I'm Nicholas Bakos, a.k.a. "NikoBako." I'm Greek (Roman really, but like five people today understand what I'm talking about when I say that, so I use "Greek" for shorthand). I'm from New York. I live all over the place these days. The rest should become obvious from the blog.
See "JADDE: THE MISSION AND STARTING OFF, the blog's first entry below, and JADDE: THE NAME OF THIS BLOG for my general agenda:
"What I hope this blog accomplishes is to create even the tiniest amount of common consciousness among readers from the parts of the world in question."
Please contact me with comments, questions, complaints or -- please -- corrections at: nikobakos@gmail.com
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Recent Posts
- Dude…no joke December 4, 2019
- The Man December 4, 2019
- Photo: Armenia is beautiful November 28, 2019
- Photo: Athens’ opens beautiful modern mosaic exhibit November 28, 2019
- November 19th post: Who IS that in photo? Alison Miner, old time reader, writes; Tried to get snarky about covered Muslim women and turns out Orientalist joke’s on me: November 27, 2019
- Cavafy: Of Coloured Glass November 26, 2019
- Photo: Pollution in Delhi November 26, 2019
- @annakhachiyan: smart, babe… November 25, 2019
- I said it: one Chinese New Year 5 years ago — But what do they do now? November 25, 2019
- NYer: “Can Babies Learn to Love Vegetables?” November 19, 2019
- What is this a photo of? November 19, 2019
- WHAT?! They’ve lost it…like completely November 18, 2019
- And while we’re on pork, here’s for the glutenophobic November 18, 2019
- I don’t necessarily think I’m against the changing of former churches that had become mosques then museums and then back into mosques again if they weren’t going to be churches again: but I didn’t know, like in the case of the Savior in the Chora in C-Town, that reusing a mosque would necessitate covering up the artwork… See more soon. November 16, 2019
- Jiannena Jew, Romans, Romaniotes, Romioi and us November 16, 2019
- “Bre haydi S*KTIR” — it unites us in the Jadde world — And an à propos use and PERFECT!!! güle-güle for Turkey’s Presidential state visit: — Βρε χάιντε και γαμήσου — The I had thought the most common such word was HAYDI! November 15, 2019
- Why do US elected leaders have to accept this behavior from a thug? @salamamoussa November 15, 2019
- NYer: “After Six Decades, Turkey Is Now a U.S. Ally in Name Only” — then why is it still treated as one; what does treating a country as an enemy look like? November 14, 2019
- “Recep Bey Goes to Washington” — MOTHER FUCKER FUCKING TURKEY!!! — Why not forget the EU and just join NAFTA instead? November 14, 2019
- Nationalism: just something I like to repost now and then November 14, 2019
- Prečani Serbs: I thought this passage from a previous post should also be posted separately November 14, 2019
- Yugoslavia, King Aleksandar and the Карађорђевићи/Karađorđevići, addendum — and a digression about Serbian slava celebrations November 14, 2019
- Archaic torso of Apollo — a favorite Rilke poem that also came to mind with “the Greekest image” post November 13, 2019
- The full Nietzsche quote from “the Greekest image” post November 13, 2019
- Venice floods, worst in decades November 13, 2019
- Yugoslavia: Yeah, you found a very cool stamp. Do you have any clue what it means? November 12, 2019
- This is horrendous: I knew he was diabolical but not the Devil himself November 12, 2019
- Another party I’d like to crash November 12, 2019
- This is perhaps the Greekest image I have ever seen. November 12, 2019
- X. doesn’t like my post on “The insufferable entitledness of bikers” — or lots of other things I’ve written November 12, 2019
- Who knew the Andrews Sisters were Greek-American from Minnesota? November 12, 2019
- Jadde’s homepage photo: Sergei Paradzhanov November 12, 2019
- Sad: “Exchange of populations in the 1920s.” November 12, 2019
- My buddy M. from Novi Sad writes: “You clueless Frangoi with your Pierre-Loti infatuation with Istanbul…” November 12, 2019
- The “comforting illusion” of India November 11, 2019
- You clueless Frangoi with your Pierre-Loti infatuation with Istanbul… November 10, 2019
- Greek assholes: Anti-migrant pork-and-alcohol BBQ held near Diavata refugee camp November 10, 2019
- Photo: Babri Masjid? Did it ever look like this or is photo caption a mistake. November 10, 2019
- Macron: «᾽Ιδού ὁ νυμφίος ἔρχεται…» Not happy with his Balkan policy, but he’s the only man on the world political landscape today with anything even remotely resembling a redeeming vision. November 10, 2019
- Rezili — Greek volunteer thugs in 1990s Bosnia November 10, 2019
- Novak Djokovic piles pressure on Rafael Nadal at ATP Finals November 10, 2019
- Guardian: “Catalonia’s separatists were jailed for sedition, but brought down by hubris” — Giles Tremlett November 10, 2019
- Guardian: “As prime minister, I refuse to let Catalan separatists undermine Spanish democracy” – Pedro Sánchez November 10, 2019
- From Alex Shams @seyyedreza: 70 years after Partition, still so many walls to be torn down November 10, 2019
- The insufferable entitledness of bikers November 10, 2019
- Murtaza Mohammad Hussein on pre-revolutionary Russia and contemporary South Asia November 9, 2019
- Photo: Babri Masjid c. 1890 November 9, 2019
- Babri Masjid: what an expected, but no less infuriating, outrage! November 9, 2019
- NYT: Europeans Bewildered as Trump Stomps Off November 8, 2019
- From New York Times: Timothy Egan — Wokeness November 8, 2019
- Damn, I’d love to crash this party November 7, 2019
- Yiddish: How ‘delicious…’ November 5, 2019
- Constantinople — period unknown — streets and paths of Beyoğlu November 4, 2019
- Twenty years later: The Men Who Still Love “Fight Club” — and Adam Driver: “What do you mean, ‘toxic masculinity’?” he asked. November 4, 2019
- Empire: “We cannot destroy it without destroying ourselves.” November 4, 2019
- Erdoğan will send ISIS prisoners back to Europe November 4, 2019
- Photos: Iason Athanasiadis, II November 4, 2019
- “I demand either city-states or a universal imperium of humanity” — great line from Murtaza Mohammad Hussein November 4, 2019
- Me and the Stormfront bros, VII: Kristos, how I’m wrong and Carly Simon: “I bet you think this song is about you…” November 4, 2019
- Me and the Stormfront bros, post VI — A reader writes: nonsense born of fear November 4, 2019
- P.P.P.S. the Beatles at Shea November 4, 2019
- Genocide: what is it and why do we need the term? (repost from 2015) October 31, 2019
- Turkey’s image in the U.S. October 30, 2019
- P.S. Armenians & Kurds — “Atoning for a Genocide” October 30, 2019
- “…one of the most moving traditions in post-Soviet Russia” — remembering Stalin’s victims October 30, 2019
- Photo: more Iason Athanasiadis, I October 30, 2019
- NYT: Armenian Genocide — “For too long, Turkey bullied America into silence. Not anymore.” — Samantha Power October 30, 2019
- Watching Netflix Spanish series: “Elite” — Spain and sin October 26, 2019
- Catalonia, what a weighty moral cross you already have to bear — now tourist slack October 26, 2019
- Byz on German cities October 25, 2019
- Me and the Stromfront bros, V. A reader, C. from Italy, says: October 22, 2019
- Me and the Stromfront bros, IV. A reader, my podruzhka M, from Novi Sad, says: October 22, 2019
- Me and the Stormfront bros, III: Gianni calls me by my Albanian name October 22, 2019
- Me and the Stormfront bros, post II: Yavrum, ηρέμησε… October 22, 2019
- Stormfront I: Just so we know what we’re dealing with in Giannis and — probably — Kristos October 21, 2019
- A Greek (sorry, Hellenic?) White Pride reader says: “you’re wrong, NB” — post I October 21, 2019
- Greek mail October 21, 2019
- “Bad Hombre” Moskos, a landsman of mine, objects, I think, to Greek Gypsy love — “She’s 13” October 20, 2019
- Greek Gypsy love October 20, 2019
- P.P.S. The Beatles October 20, 2019
- Alexandros: “Anybody who steps into my apartment becomes a guest.” October 20, 2019
- Photos: Turkmen and Uzbek carpet merchants 1973, Andkhoy, #Afghanistan. October 20, 2019
- When I get a blog hit from The European Union, like, where is that guy? October 20, 2019
- Russia: “…too great, too big, too vibrant…” October 20, 2019
- Atlantic, Harold Bloom: ““We are,” he said, “destroying all intellectual and aesthetic standards in the humanities and social sciences.” October 20, 2019
- Blues and Rebetiko October 20, 2019
- Jimmy Kimmel: “…Turkey gets everything they want…” October 19, 2019
- Aslı Aydıntaşbaş on the downward spiral in Turkish-US relations — my comment October 19, 2019
- From Turkish Minute: Dink Foundation and Kayseri conference October 18, 2019
- Byzantine Ambassador’s website — check it out October 18, 2019
- The phenomenal photography of Iason Athanasiadis October 13, 2019
- In Yiddish: “Living like God in Odessa” October 11, 2019
- “Fucking do it Erdoğan” — Right on Bobby! Totally with you… October 11, 2019
- Yikes! A challenge to my loyalties: Tsitsipas beats Djoković in Shanghai October 11, 2019
- Another idiot: Orhan Pamuk: we have to accept democracy even if people vote to abolish it October 11, 2019
- Erdoğan: no wonder they adore him October 11, 2019
- “Why this gift to Turkey would simultaneously be a gift to Russia?” October 10, 2019
- Byz on dhimmis in Istanbul October 10, 2019
- The Queen Mother m*l*k* — at a Beatles concert October 9, 2019
- Finally, a picture of Clara Lemlich October 9, 2019
- From the Forward — yes, it’s still published — Bernie Sanders’ Jewishness October 9, 2019
- P.S. The Beatles October 9, 2019
- #MeToos forgot to shame the Beatles October 9, 2019
- A reader writes: “Wonderful work on your blog” – Tarlabaşı series October 8, 2019
- Kol Nidre October 8, 2019
- Litvaks and Galizianers II October 8, 2019
- Byz says October 8, 2019
- Times: “Top Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say” October 8, 2019
- After: “Always comes round to giving Turkey whatever-t-f it wants, no matter what”…two old posts October 8, 2019
- Fintan O’Toole: “The Irish border is a matter of life and death, not technology” October 8, 2019
- Wow! Someone dares at least a couple of paragraphs of truth on Croatia — I can barely believe it October 7, 2019
- Check it out: Croats not on this list of victims October 7, 2019
- PETA needs to do something about that Brooks Bros logo October 7, 2019
- Always comes round to giving Turkey whatever-t-f it wants, no matter what October 7, 2019
- Times: This is heartbreaking and maddening — India and unending Partition October 6, 2019
- Oscar Wilde: “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.” October 4, 2019
- “The Balkans in Rightwing Mythology” — Read the article (past the touching Srebrenica graphic); it’s not about the “Balkans” in Rightwing Mythology; it’s — AGAIN — only about SERBIA in rightwing mythology October 4, 2019
- Hilarious! Only our Spaniards! What a pleasure to be able to talk about pigs and fat again! October 4, 2019
- Bonnie Greer on Ireland October 4, 2019
- October 4th: San Francesco d’Assisi — Francisco de Zurbarán October 3, 2019
- Sweet Panjabi MC video October 3, 2019
- Guardian: Dubai deaths October 3, 2019
- Bosnian Woods: Edelman and the 90s in Bosnia October 3, 2019
- Byzantine Ambassador: Whhooooohhh… Tell it brother October 2, 2019
- Moscow subway October 2, 2019
- Ara Güler photo exhibit opens in New York — (Thanks to S. for the tip!) October 2, 2019
- “Grammarly does more than catch errors…”, it makes up adverbs. October 1, 2019
- Times: Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. October 1, 2019
- Yikes — I just got twenty Croatian hits in an hour — and dunno why September 30, 2019
- A reader writes: Cyclades September 30, 2019
- Ok… Thank yous to A. — pointing out my major embarrassment bad — Williamson & Warren — well, Happy New Year at least… September 30, 2019
- Alison Miner, a reader, writes: the cosmopolitan and snark, and Maryanne Williamson September 30, 2019
- P.S. Dixie Chicks and the Border September 30, 2019
- Time Out’s cities: Astoria! and…Kypsele? No Pera propaganda, brother Turks of mine :( — and Belgrade… September 29, 2019
- Jadde endorses Marianne Williamson: in her most concise and smooth speech yet… September 29, 2019
- Happy Birthday September 28, 2019
- Image: Portrait of an artist…Abul Hasan September 28, 2019
- The Navratri “diet” September 28, 2019
- Saudi: Bre haydi go f*ck yourselves September 28, 2019
- From Guardian: first communion in Naples September 28, 2019
- Erdoğan September 27, 2019
- For the beautiful culture of the Border… September 25, 2019
- Macedonia: one of the videos I obsessively can’t stop watching… September 21, 2019
- What a disappointment India: tolerant, multilingual, multireligious; there were vicious lapses, but it worked for a while. September 18, 2019
- Maleševsko: the world is sad and tragic and bloody and hateful and beautiful and joyous! September 18, 2019
- Modern nationalism September 18, 2019
- Romans September 18, 2019
- Athens: Graffiti September 11, 2019
- Alexander manuscript: I’m sorry, spreading from where? September 9, 2019
- “Muharram In Manhattan” September 9, 2019