#kukuriku

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Beautiful town of Kastav and a visit to once my favorite restaurant. Kukuriku has changed the location and a style of cooking, but Kastav is still beautiful #kastav #kvarner #croatia #kukuriku #dinner (en Grad Kastav) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7twZ0tIpmV/?igshid=i4qyiy013zhw

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Friday, 26.04.2013. was a busy day for hotel owner Mr. Kukurin. Hotel Kukuriku had a few very special visitors, and one of them, Mr. H. Hacker is about to write an article about their "Kukuriku gourmet experience" for "Falstaff" - exclusive magazine for sophisticated bon vivants. We can't wait to see the photos, till then we bring you a part of busy atmosphere from last Friday..http://tiny.cc/40xhww

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Holy Shit iliti PVC preseravanje

Evo, kaže Karamarko, prošlo je 200 dana od ustoličenja nove koalicijske Vlade i dodaje da će tek od sad HDZ biti prava oporba te da će skinuti SDP s vlasti za dvije godine kad se srede stvari u stranci.

Dragi moj viteže tužna lika, čini mi se da nećeš imati puno posla jer kako su krenuli, za njih skinuti jedini i dovoljan uvjet je da netko raspiše izbore. Naravno, skinut će ih narod, a ne ti. Jedino, to neće moći biti za 2 godine nego za 3 i po, dakle redovno.

KAD SMO OVCE I TO JAKO STRPLJIVE!

Od početka nova Vlada stvara sebi alibije tipa "teška je situacija", "treba stegnuti remen" i slično, a za sve nepopularne poteze koje navodno treba vući kriva je, kao i obično, prethodna vlast. Nikome na vlasti izgleda da nije jasno da je ova naša mala državica siromašna, pokradena i zaostala, a da su građani na rubu gladi, prevareni i očajni. Svjetla na kraju tunela nema, a već se pomalo pitamo da li uopće i ima kraja tunela.

I onda se javi Mirela Dr.Sc. Holy sa svojim pametnim idejama o naplati plastičnih vrećica kao da su morske kornjače u Indijskom oceanu naš najveći problem.

Znam, mogao sam početi grintati i prije zbog puno toga što je ova Vlada propustila napraviti ili je napravila krivo, ali eto, nisam. Znate kako je - trpite svakakva sranja, a onda puknete na ovakvim banalnostima.

Ako SDP ima imalo nagona sa samoodržanje na vlasti, onda će početi kontrolirati ministre u tome što i kako rade po svojim resorima a ne da ovako DILETANTSKI soliraju. Ne mogu vjerovati da im dva mandata u oporbi nisu bila dovoljna da se dobro pripreme i smisle pametne i precizne programe koje će ministri provoditi jednom kad sjednu u fotelju. Sad je prilično jasno da je Holy upala na ministarsko mjesto potpuno nepripremljena jer je prvu odluku o ukidanju naknade za ambalažu povukla, a ova druga o vrećicama je toliko besmislena da me jedino ozbiljnost, ali istovremeno i apsurdnost situacije tjera na ovakvo prolijevanje žuči.

Dakle draga moja koalicijo, možda ste i treći mandat trebali provesti u oporbi kad vam dva nisu bila dovoljna da se pripremite za vladanje. Svaka tuka može sjediti u fotelji (eno, pogledajte Jadranku Kosor), ali za uspješno vladanje, pogotovo u ovoj situaciji, potrebno je oprostiti se od familije i privatnog života na 4 godine, zasukati rukave i RADITI.

Uopće mi je glupo komentirati te blesave naknade za vrećice, ali jednostavno moram.

Mirela Holy ne shvaća da nisu uopće problem proizvođači i trgovci niti sortiranje otpada i recikliranje pa ni ekologija kao takva. Pravi problem je u tome što Mirela Holy uopće ne shvaća što je njen posao. Ne shvaća da njen problem nisu plutajući otoci plastičnog smeća u Pacifiku niti pingvini na Antarktici. Jednostavno žena ne želi shvatiti da nije njena misija da rješava probleme planeta, nego probleme svojih građana.

Problem pak Zorana Milanovića je u tome što ne shvaća da su isti ti građani kojima Mirela Holy planira naplaćivati dvije kune po vrećici istovremeno i BIRAČI koji za tri godine kad budu izašli na birališta možda neće pamtiti neke inteligentne marifetluke Slavka Linića, ali će se jako dobro sjetiti ko im je i koliko naplatio plastičnu vrećicu jer ih svakodnevno potroše barem dvije.

Primjerice, moja baka ima penziju od 1600 kuna, a ako potroši 2-3 plastične vrećice dnevno to joj mjesečno pojede 10% penzije.

Građani ove naše male siromašne državice su jednostavno presiromašni za progresivne ekološke ideje Mirele Holy i ovu naknadu će doživjeti na potpuno ispravan način - kao parafiskalni namet smišljen da se iz njih iscijedi i zadnja kuna i ulije u proračun ministarstva ekologije kako bi se financirale nečije fiks ideje.

Ekologija, kako je shvaća Mirela Holy je hobi za bogate nacije, a ne za nas i naše prilike. To i jest jedan od razloga što je u Pacifiku more odbačenih plastičnih vrećica i drugog plastičnog otpada - naime Pacifik je okružen siromašnim zemljama poput Indije, Kine, Malezije, Tajlanda... koji sav otpad bacaju u rijeke i to sve završi u moru. Kod nas to nije slučaj jer nemamo velike rijeke u Jadranskom slivu, a svo smeće iz sjeverne Hrvatske koje se baci u neku rijeku završi u Crnome moru. Možda Mirela Holy misli da smo toliko bogati da si možemo dozvoliti da rješavamo ekološke probleme Bugarske, Rumunjske, Ukrajine, Rusije i Turske, ali ja, kao i ostatak normalnih se s time ne slažemo.

Ukoliko Mirela ne misli slati lovu ubranu od vrećica u Bugarsku, Rumunjsku, Ukrajinu, Rusiju i Tursku, što ona uopće misli postići? Meni kad treba vrećica kupim je ili je dobijem besplatno. Koja je alternativa? U naručju neću nositi. Papirnatih vrećica nema, a i meni se čini da njihova proizvodnja ima veći negativni utjecaj na okoliš nego korištenje plastičnih. Ako moram platiti vrećicu 2kn kako bi to pomoglo ekologiji? Da li bi ministarstvo zaposlilo tisuće ljudi da prebiru po smeću i izbacuju smeće iz vrećica po otpadima i nose ih na reciklažu? Tko je odredio naknadu, na osnovu čega i gdje je plan i program potrošnje tih sredstava kako bi smanjili potrošnju vrećica? Postavlja se pitanje i što je sa drugim plastičnom ambalažom - vrećice od čipsa, tjestenine, bombona, kikirikija, uložaka... Što je sa prezervativima i na kraju ŠTO JE SA PLASTIČNIM VREĆICAMA ZA OTPAD???

Da ne nabrajam više... 

I na kraju, posve osobno:

DOBRO MIRELA, JESI LI TI NORMALNA?

http://www.jutarnji.hr/mirela-holy--govore-mi-da-sam-cudna--ali-ja-se-ne-obazirem/300724/

Vodi računa da te mi plaćamo da budeš normalna i savjesna, da se obazireš i uz to da budeš NAŠ SKROMNI SLUGA, a ne da se preseravaš i spašavaš planet na naš račun!!!

PS: Ovo ti piše tvoj glasač i to dobronamjerno, zamisli samo što o tebi misle oni drugi... #jebemusve...

UPDATE: Prijedlog je povučen. #tx

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Croatia: What really happened to the HDZ last Sunday

Change is coming to Croatia.  The Kukuriku Koalicija, a center-left coalition of four parties led by the Social Democrats, soundly defeated the ruling HDZ on Sunday, December 4.  The change comes as little surprise, though.  The outcome had been expected for months.  But for the party that was founded by Franjo Tudman in 1989 and has governed Croatia for all but three years of the country's 21 years of independence, Sunday's elections returned their worst results ever.

The Kukuriku coalition, which includes the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), the Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats (HNS), the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), and the Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU), won 40 percent of the vote and picked up 18 seats for a total of 81 in the 151-member parliament.  The HDZ finished with a meager 23.5 percent, dropping 18 seats to hold 47 in the new parliament.  While the parliamentary elections of January 2000 following the death of President Franjo Tudman saw a similarly poor showing, the party won only 46 seats but took 26.9 percent of the overall vote.

Everyone saw it coming and had been preparing for what would likely be a Kukuriku sweep.  The HDZ-led government's troubles were central themes in the campaign, from party-financing scandals to former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader behind bars facing grave charges of corruption.  Add economic crisis, general indifference about EU accession, and one is left with very little to campaign on.  For more detail on the ruling party's troubles see Croatia: election blues, The Poisonous Croissant: Scandals Overshadow Croatia's EU Accession, and Cock a doodle do?

Expecting a terrible route, it's not surprising then that some, including the prime minister herself, have been spinning Sunday's outcome as 'coulda been worse.'  Afterall, with the party's modern standard bearer behind bars, 47 seats and nearly a quarter of the vote ain't so bad.

But a detailed look at the numbers reveals a bleak story that does not bode well for the HDZ.

"Our problem is not the Left," a senior HDZ figure told me late last week, days before the election. "It's our own voters." He was right.  At least partly.  Give credit where credit is due.  The Social Democrats managed to organize a stable, coherent coalition, which stayed together and on message.  That's proven difficult over the years for the country's many center-left parties, but they pulled it off this time.

By underlining the disaffection of the HDZ voters, though, he hit on the essential point.  Many predicted that they would just stay home.  Would that the problem were as simple as that. Because if voters are simply staying home on election day, then the challenge is merely about motivating them next time around.  As this graph shows, however, voters were not staying home in significant numbers.

Comparison of voter turnout in electoral districts 1 to 10 in the last four parliamentary elections in Croatia.  Source: www.izbori.hr Graphic: FWD affairs

The chart compares voter turnout in the 10 contiguous electoral districts of Croatia.  Sunday's turnout differs only slightly compared to the turnout in 2007 when the HDZ won 36.6 percent of the vote and defeated the Social Democrats by more than 5 points. 

But the HDZ's results in each of those ten districts on Sunday differs more substantially.

Comparison of HDZ results in electoral districts 1 to 10 in the last four parliamentary elections in Croatia.  Source: www.izbori.hr Graphic: FWD affairs

Take the fifth electoral district, for example.  Including Vukovar and parts of Eastern Slavonia, the fifth district is historically an HDZ stronghold.  Turnout was roughly the same on Sunday as it was four years ago (58.95 percent vs. 58.13 percent).  But the HDZ result declined nearly 10 points.  Similarly in other HDZ strongholds, districts 9 and 10, turnout declined by 3 or so points but the party lost 14-15 points in each district. 

(Note: The eleventh electoral district is for the diaspora.  Usually the HDZ wins big in the eleventh, and here voter turnout has varied substantially.  Turnout in district 11 was: 36.29 percent in 2000; 17.78 in 2003; 22.34 in 2007; but only 5.13 percent this year.  The HDZ's results in district 11 were: 85.9 percent in 2000; 57.6 in 2003; 81.9 in 2007; and 72 in 2011.  The twelfth electoral district elects representatives of Croatia's ethnic minority communities.)

So, the official returns seem to indicate that many HDZ voters in fact did not stay home last Sunday.  So who did they vote for?

I asked Puls , Croatia's premier public opinion polling agency.  For years, Puls has produced the gold standard of political polls in Croatia and their survey's last week nailed the outcome.  They predicted, within margin of error, the results across the board for all the parties.  Who were HDZ voters supporting last Sunday?

Source: Puls Graphic: FWD affairs

Ouch!  According Puls' exit poll, one third of HDZ voters supported another party. One third.  And one in every ten HDZ voters cast a ballot for the SDP-led Kukuriku Coalition.

Compare that to SDP voters.  Among those who voted for SDP in 2007, 81 percent remained loyal and voted for the Kukuriku Coalition.  

To be sure, this is a tough year for incumbents.  But results this grave should cause serious concern for the HDZ and should provoke serious reflection as the party considers new leadership in the coming months.