#karolyi

[ugysenemez]

Elővettem Pünkösti Árpád Szeplőtlen fogantatás című könyvét, ami a Fidesz alapításáról szól, hogy ellenőrizzem hátha ebben van az a mai MP állítás, hogy Kövér Károlyi Mihály Kollégiumnak akarta nevezni a Bibó Kollégiumot (spoiler: nem ebben van, gyanítom Kéri mesélhette, mert a neten sem találom), de nem is ez a lényeg.

Hanem hogy mennyire érdekes ez a 2006-os első mondat ma Magyar Péter fényében.

[today-in-wwi]

Hungarian Soviet Republic Declared

Communist paramilitaries in Budapest in March 1919.

March 21 1919, Budapest--Károlyi’s new independent Hungarian government had been embattled by enemies foreign and domestic since its creation in the last days of the war.  The Allies saw it as an enemy belligerent, one with whom they had concluded an armistice like those with the other Central Powers.  As a final peace had not been conducted, Hungary remained under blockade and it continued to suffer food shortages.  In a reversal from the usual wartime pattern, Hungary was worse off than Austria, which was by now receiving substantial food aid from Hoover.  At home, Károlyi attempted to enact land reform, but was opposed by both the right and the left--the Social Democrats holding that distributing land to the peasants as private property rang too much of capitalism.

Károlyi’s ultimate downfall, however, was the increasing territorial demands of the Allies. The Armistice of Belgrade had ordered the Hungarians to give up all of their territory in modern-day Croatia and Serbia, as well as much of Transylvania up to the river Mureș.  Slovakia was quickly occupied by the new state of Czechoslovakia.  The main sticking point was the final shape of the frontier with Romania.  The Romanians had advanced beyond the Mureș in December, reaching as far as Cluj.  The Paris Peace Conference began considering the matter, and a British representative summed up the general opinion: “The balance must naturally be inclined towards our ally Rumania rather than towards our enemy Hungary.” Although they had not concluded their work by late March, rumors had already spread that the Rumanians would get almost everything they asked for.

On March 20, the Allies delivered a note to the Hungarian government, announcing the establishment of a neutral zone between Hungarian and Romanian troops, sixty miles further to the west than the Romanians had already advanced.  The Hungarians would be forced to evacuate the major cities of Szeged, Debrecen, and Oradea, though the Romanians would not be allowed to occupy them.  The lands they would occupy, however, amounted to the vast majority of their claims on Hungarian lands.  Károlyi found the demands preposterous, and was unable to accept them; one may as well make Hungary “a French colony, or a Rumanian colony, or a Czechoslovak colony.”

Rather than accept the terms, Károlyi’s government resigned the next day, intending to hand power to the Social Democrats.  However, they had no intention of being the ones to capitulate to the Allies, and they turned to the only outside power they thought would be capable of helping them--the Russians.  The Social Democrats merged with the Communists, led by the imprisoned Béla Kun.  Kun had turned to communism while a PoW in Russia, and had been sent back to Hungary with money from Lenin in an effort to spread the revolution there.  Kun, a native of Cluj, could also be relied on to resist Romanian demands.  On March 21, the Hungarian Soviet Republic was declared, with Kun as its foreign minister, and, due to his ties with Lenin, its effective leader.

Sources include: Margaret MacMillan, Paris 1919; Glenn E. Torrey, The Romanian Battlefront in World War I.

[just-gymnastics]

I remember listening to a gymcastic interview of Betty Okino where she was asked about Dominique Moceanu’s views of training with the Karolyis. Betty said that if Dominique didn’t like the training there, she was free to leave. I love Betty but I don’t agree with her on this. The Karolyi’s need to be held accountable. And leave for where? MLT where she later trained? It’s time that all coaches be held accountable for the disgusting behaviour of the past, admit to their faults and learn from the past. It’s the only way forward. 

[onemoredrinkmucikam]

[ CsendesTárs ] ..és igen! Elérkezett a várva várt pillanat! Nyitva vagyunk!

[00jinx]

Karolyi, who coached Comaneci to perfect 10, dies aged 82

[linkinis]

I was watching the NBC coverage of the ‘92 Olympics and it shocked me that they were already covering alleged abuses, or tough conditions as they tried to frame it, by the Karolyis. It shocked me that they were already touching on that back in ‘92. I guess 2020 will be the first time since ‘84 that the Karolyis aren’t idolized by the US network.

[mystlnewsonline]

New Post has been published on https://www.stl.news/ex-gymnast-doctor-you-didnt-heal-me-you-only-hurt-me/73096/

Ex-gymnast to doctor: 'You didn't heal me. You only hurt me'

LANSING, Mich./January 23, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —A former elite gymnast said Tuesday that a sports doctor who treated Olympic athletes overlooked what turned out to be a broken leg while he molested her in the basement of his home, one of the latest victims to testify at a Michigan sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar.

Isabell Hutchins practiced for weeks at a Lansing-area gymnastics club and even competed at national events despite acute leg pain as a teen in 2011. She said Nassar did nothing to encourage her to get help and instead molested her during late-night appointments at his home.

“You were never a real doctor. You did not heal me. You only hurt me,” Hutchins told Nassar, who was seated a few feet away in the Ingham County courtroom as the sentencing phase reached a sixth day.

Nassar, 54, has admitted sexually assaulting athletes when he was employed by Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, which is the sport’s national governing organization and trains Olympians. His accusers have described going to Nassar with injuries to their backs, pelvic, hamstrings and even ankles. They have said that he molested them under the guise that what he was doing involved legitimate medical procedures that would relieve their pain.

Meanwhile, a senior member of Michigan State’s governing board said university President Lou Anna Simon will not be forced out over the Nassar scandal — “period.” Joel Ferguson said she’s been the best leader in his 30 years as a trustee.

“There’s so many more things going on at the university than just this Nassar thing,” Ferguson told radio station WVFN.

He suggested victims who are suing Michigan State will be compensated for the acts of a “pervert.” A former federal prosecutor hired by the school has said there’s no evidence that campus officials knew what Nassar was doing, although some victims said they complained years ago.

Nassar pleaded guilty to assaulting seven people in Ingham County, but the sentencing hearing has been open to anyone who said they were a victim. Almost 160 women or girls have asked to speak or have a statement read on their behalf. Under a plea deal, he faces a minimum of 25 to 40 years behind bars, although the actual sentence could be much higher.

He already has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography crimes.

Before Judge Rosemarie Aquilina entered court, Nassar settled into a chair next to his lawyer and shook his head while reading a piece of paper.

The mother of a victim, Anne Swinehart, said she had a message for critics who are following the story. “Quit shaming and blaming the parents,” she said. “Trust me, you would not have known, and you would not have done anything differently. So stop.”

The judge continued her practice of praising each speaker. She also tried to ease Swinehart’s feelings about letting her daughter down.

“The red flags may have been there, but they were designed to be hidden. Leave the blame here with him,” Aquilina said of Nassar.

The judge subsequently heard from Mattie Larson, a former member of the national gymnastics team, who said Nassar’s fingers “always seemed to find a way” to her genitals, even when he was supposed to be treating her for ankle and foot injuries.

She also gave an unflattering portrayal of the Karolyi ranch outside Huntsville, Texas, where the team trained. She said it was very remote, the “perfect environment” for Nassar and abusive coaches “to thrive.”

USA Gymnastics last week said the ranch would no longer serve as the national training center.

By ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER by Associated Press, published on STL.NEWS by St. Louis Media, LLC (US)