Educating for anarchism
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary, philosophy | 18 Comments »I was just finishing up at the post office this morning, mailing out the letters I wrote yesterday, when I got a phone call from a client. (Matters of inconsequential fact have been changed to protect identities and my business relationships.) Client: ...
Dear Sir: Wherein I seek alternate means of identification
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary, police | 10 Comments »I'm sending out some letters today... 02.07.2008 Michael Jude Gogulski Mikovíniho 15 831 02 Bratislava Oddelenie cudzineckej polície PZ Bratislava Hrobákova 44 852 42 Bratislava Dobrý deň, moje meno je Michael Jude Gogulski. Momentálne mám povolený prechodný pobyt na území Slovenskej republiky č. XXXXXXX a v priebehu niekoľkých mesiacov ...
Photos from the Liberty English Camp, Vrútky, Slovakia, June 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | 6 Comments »Photos from the 2008 Liberty English Camp in Vrútky, Slovakia, organized by INESS, the Institute of Economic and Social Studies, and The Language of Liberty Institute. Attendees came from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, and Slovenia. Instructors/organizers/facilitators came from ...
Some time away
Friday, June 20th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | 4 Comments »Nostate.com will have a week's hiatus. I'll be attending the Liberty English Camp in Vrútky, Slovakia. It is organized by INESS, the Institute of Economic and Social Studies, a Bratislava-based free-market think tank, and The Language of Liberty Institute. Depending on coverage, ...
It’s good having friends at the central bank
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | No Comments »Someone walked away with a cool €13 million or so. Not bad for a day's trading. Another victory for the market? Certainly a victory for having the right connections to the masters of the currency universe. From The Guardian: Slovaks open probe ...
Panopticon
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in art, surveillance | No Comments »Graffiti du jour.... Nový Most, Bratislava, Slovakia, 10 June 2008.
Put up prices: go to prison
Monday, June 9th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | 1 Comment »That Robert Fico and his government are utterly ignorant of how markets work should come as a surprise to nobody. But then, they do say that ignorance is bliss... Me, I'm off to go jack up the rates I charge to ...
About Mike Gogulski, future stateless person
Monday, May 26th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | 7 Comments »Welcome to nostate.com, I'm Mike Gogulski, future stateless person. I live in Bratislava, Slovakia, where I work as a translator, editor and proofreader. My professional activities are detailed on my main website, www.gogulski.com. I plan to renounce my American citizenship in protest ...
Turning central bankers into flying ponies
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics, mind control | 3 Comments »Slovakia's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2009 has been more or less a foregone conclusion in the country for some years already. In an apparent effort to squelch any remaining euroskepticism among the warier segments of the Slovak population, ...
Police to Pursue Pricing
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | 2 Comments »Last week, Slovakia received its anticipated green light from the European Commission to adopt the euro. Speculation has been widespread in the country that joining the common currency will lead to increases in real consumer prices, as it has in ...
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