Comments on: The Parliament Kitchen http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/ sex and politics Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Global Voices Online » Slovenia: “The Parliament Kitchen” http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-131831 Global Voices Online » Slovenia: “The Parliament Kitchen” Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:14:28 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-131831 [...] With Pengovsky writes about a place that offers tasty and cheap meals but is inaccessible to most Slovenians: the [...] […] With Pengovsky writes about a place that offers tasty and cheap meals but is inaccessible to most Slovenians: the […]

]]> By: dr. filomena http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129995 dr. filomena Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:25:25 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129995 Agreed. The event really was pathetic. Around 100 students came not in protest but in search of a cheap meal. A handful got in while the rest were treated to tea outside, distributed by a couple of young MPs. The ones who made it to the caffeteria for the plat du jour (caneloni or risotto) came out smiling as they paid nothing for the food, but were rather treated to their meals by MPs (SD MPs, it would seem, as SDS immediately stated it could not understand why they dined with SD and not SDS MPs since it was SDS that called for a Parliamentary session on the issue). Maslow, you know. Agreed.

The event really was pathetic. Around 100 students came not in protest but in search of a cheap meal. A handful got in while the rest were treated to tea outside, distributed by a couple of young MPs. The ones who made it to the caffeteria for the plat du jour (caneloni or risotto) came out smiling as they paid nothing for the food, but were rather treated to their meals by MPs (SD MPs, it would seem, as SDS immediately stated it could not understand why they dined with SD and not SDS MPs since it was SDS that called for a Parliamentary session on the issue).

Maslow, you know.

]]> By: Cornelius http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129991 Cornelius Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:18:34 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129991 So, basically, it is just a whine-fest. Gawd, why can't student politics ever make it beyond the most obvious booby traps? Why can't they realise that there is more to be done than just whining about the most blatantly obvious? So much needs to be done, and they harp on the (utterly inconsequential) prices of lunch in the parliament caffeteria? Sheesh. So, basically, it is just a whine-fest. Gawd, why can’t student politics ever make it beyond the most obvious booby traps? Why can’t they realise that there is more to be done than just whining about the most blatantly obvious?

So much needs to be done, and they harp on the (utterly inconsequential) prices of lunch in the parliament caffeteria? Sheesh.

]]> By: dr. filomena http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129852 dr. filomena Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:59:33 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129852 Quote: "Z namenom opozoriti na slabšanje položaja študentov – tudi zaradi podražitev študentske prehrane – Neodvisna študentska mreža vabi vse študente, da se nam v ponedeljek, 12.1.2009 ob 12. uri pridružite na kosilu v DZ RS, ki stane borih 3.3 EUR oz. bi ob subvenciji stalo samo 0.77 EUR in tako postalo najcenejše študentsko kosilo. Zbor ob 12.00 pred DZ RS." Gist: Let's all eat the cheap lunch to draw attention to the deteriorating conditiond for students. Quote: “Z namenom opozoriti na slabšanje položaja študentov – tudi zaradi podražitev študentske prehrane – Neodvisna študentska mreža vabi vse študente, da se nam v ponedeljek, 12.1.2009 ob 12. uri pridružite na kosilu v DZ RS, ki stane borih 3.3 EUR oz. bi ob subvenciji stalo samo 0.77 EUR in tako postalo najcenejše študentsko kosilo.

Zbor ob 12.00 pred DZ RS.”

Gist: Let’s all eat the cheap lunch to draw attention to the deteriorating conditiond for students.

]]> By: Cornelius http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129851 Cornelius Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:50:04 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129851 Dr. fil, could you do a quick resume of the rationale behind the "eating protest"? I don't much care for facebook, and one has to have an account to see the content of your link. I hope it's not another whine-fest about the fat cats and the privileges they have. Dr. fil, could you do a quick resume of the rationale behind the “eating protest”? I don’t much care for facebook, and one has to have an account to see the content of your link.

I hope it’s not another whine-fest about the fat cats and the privileges they have.

]]> By: dr. filomena http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129477 dr. filomena Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:30:35 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-129477 A group of Slovenian students is planning on eating at the Parliament cantine in protest. Kinda neat. I've heard of hunger strikes, never of eating protests, though :) http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=571026341&ref=profile#/event.php?eid=114435730474&ref=nf A group of Slovenian students is planning on eating at the Parliament cantine in protest. Kinda neat. I’ve heard of hunger strikes, never of eating protests, though :)

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=571026341&ref=profile#/event.php?eid=114435730474&ref=nf

]]> By: dr. filomena http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128682 dr. filomena Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:10:11 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128682 If the meals in the pictures are supposed to be "really good food", I'd still prefer bring home-cooked food in a lunch box :) If the meals in the pictures are supposed to be “really good food”, I’d still prefer bring home-cooked food in a lunch box :)

]]> By: Lure http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128650 Lure Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:43:52 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128650 @pengovsky: yes, but if the cost of labor (for restaurant cooks...) is not counted in the price of the meal, it means that they (people employed in parliament) get subsidized price from their employer, therefore it is job benefit and should get under income tax. @pengovsky: yes, but if the cost of labor (for restaurant cooks…) is not counted in the price of the meal, it means that they (people employed in parliament) get subsidized price from their employer, therefore it is job benefit and should get under income tax.

]]> By: pengovsky http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128639 pengovsky Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:51:45 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128639 @lisa: hehehe :mrgreen: @Lure: staff at the kitchen are employees of the parliament and their salaries are paid from the budget of the parliament, not the kitchen's income. @rollo: Only by invitation ;) @lisa: hehehe :mrgreen:

@Lure: staff at the kitchen are employees of the parliament and their salaries are paid from the budget of the parliament, not the kitchen’s income.

@rollo: Only by invitation ;)

]]> By: rollo http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128637 rollo Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:41:29 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2009/01/08/the-parliament-kitchen/#comment-128637 can I eat there? can I eat there?

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