Will there be a wedding before nov. the 4th. ?
If you are to believe the european press reporting on the US presidential campaign (you probably should´t) and/or you are to believe the McCain campaign insiders (you certainly should´t) - that just...
View ArticleDefend free speech - not religious fascism
Yesterday AmbroseBurnside had a diary called Newspaper editor jailed for "hurting Muslims' feelings".Now the journalist who wrote the piece that "hurt muslims", Johann Hari has reacted to the riots his...
View ArticleMeghan´s response to Laura Ingraham´s ugly attack
As many will remember Meghan McCain in one of her latest blogpost was quite critical of Ann Coulter and others of her agressive/ultraconservative type in the republican partyThis naturally led to many...
View ArticleBush Buddy New Nato Boss
Denmark´s prime minister Anders Fogh-Rasmussen is reported to be the new NATO Secretary General.Fogh Rasmussen was one of George W Bush´s most reliable allies in Europe, he strongly supported the...
View ArticleChicago men planned terror against newspaper, says FBI
Terrorism-related charges were filed against two Chicago men today, accusing them of plotting against targets in Western Europe, including "facilities and employees" of a Danish newspaper that printed...
View ArticleTop Dem 2009 -- YOU decide, vote here
After Glenn Beck being elected Asshole of the Year, shouldn´t we also do the opposite - and vote for the Democratic Hero of the Year ? Since I haven´t seen anyone else doing it, I have sat up a little...
View ArticleWash. Post selling its credibility away
Urgh, why do we have to write intros - without formatting.This diary is based on a piece today in The Guardian written by Dean Baker who is co-director at The Center for Economic and Policy Research....
View ArticleYou may not be aware, but TONIGHT..
is the Great Eurovision Song Contest.You may wonder what is the Eurovison Song Contest. Well, it´s kind of like Idol, before there was Idol. And then it´s like the olympics too, because it´s a...
View ArticleHow Napoleon's marshal became king of Sweden and Norway
So Sweden´s crown princess got married today. She descends from a lot of Europe´s most famous queens: Queen Victoria of Britain, Catherine the great of Russia, Isabella the catholic of Spain, Mary...
View ArticleFrance: Police brutality against babies (shocking video)
Look at a video from France, showing the Police brutally evacuating families who were protesting a planned demolition of a building they have been occupyingMost shocking: The treatment of the babies.
View ArticleThe architect of apartheid assassinated
in the South African parlament 44 years ago today.BBC made an almost one hour special editon on South Africa the same day, and for those of you who have enough time, it´s well worth watching (which is...
View ArticleAre these artistic photos unacceptable ?
A Norwegian representant in the European Council, representing the ruling Socialist Left party, has suggested that art of Kjetil Finne shall be shown in the Council next autumn.The photos have already...
View ArticleSwedish election night - FINAL UPDATE
SEE UPDATE AT THE END OF DIARYSince it been difficult for me as a Norwegian to obtain much interest in the Swedish parliament election, it would be probably be even more difficult for an American - but...
View Article16 years ago today I voted NO to EU membership
I am just putting this diary up in a hurry, because I was remineded of my "No to Eu" vote exactly 16 years ago today when I saw two Euro diaries recently up. As those diaries includes a video with a...
View ArticlePakistan: Moderate Muslim scholars say no grief/sympathy allowed for murdered...
Moderate Muslim leaders in Pakistan have warned muslims against expressing any sympathy towards the assasinated Punjab Governor in Pakistan, Salman TaseerThe governor had been a vocal opponent against...
View ArticleJapan`s catastophe may give Germany first Green governor
The traditionally very conservative state, Baden-Wuertenbemberg may get a Green governor after this Sunday´s local election:The opposition anti-nuclear Greens doubled their voter share in...
View ArticleWe are free
After 5 year of German Nazi occupation Norway was finally free May 8th 1945. Here´s a video of some of the events and celebration that took place that day and the following:
View Article17.mai and the most beautiful flag in the world
at least pr. capita :)First a little romance
View ArticleAnyone heard of any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes?
Jason Linkins has a good piece up over at Huffington Post about Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the support he has received from Bernard-Henri Lévy and Ben Stein.Two of the World's Most Interesting Men,...
View ArticleAhmadinejad: Europe is stealing our rain
Sorry, there isn´t really any point in this diary.But if you like me can´t avoid being a bit intrigued by this kind of weird stuff, the argument of Mr. Ahmadinejad is below the fold.
View ArticleRudy's Running ?
I couldn´t find any diary on this here.From Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard:I'm told by two reliable sources that Rudy Giuliani intends to run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012. He may throw...
View ArticleRelax - take a beautiful sea voyage online
OK - just because I can resist.The most beautiful TV-journey in the world started 16 June at 7:45 PM.Hurtigruten - Visit Norway
View ArticleDo pretty women make men go to war ?
When men see photos of a beautiful women or see an attractive woman in real life they become braver and greater risktaker. It also seems that seeing an attractive woman may make men more likely to...
View ArticleNo more Nembutal to death rows
Starting today:From Friday, the Danish pharmaceutical company will directly scrutinise every US order of Nembutal and require purchasers to confirm it will not be used to implement the death penalty or...
View ArticleExplosion in Central Oslo - One dead - huge damages near PM
The explosion happened in Government building 4. It´s not yet clear whether it was an accident or a terror attack. There is huge material damage in the Norwegian Government area. One person is reported...
View ArticleUtøya - three of the missing
Local media has now started publishing the names of some of those missing
View ArticleThe first funeral
Bano Rashid was the first of the Utøya victims to be buried. She was Kurdish and came to Norway together with her family from Iraq in 1996. She lived in a suburb to Oslo, planned to study law after...
View ArticleCan´t feel sorry for Utøya victims, says Debbie Schlussel
Funny how Glenn Beck has come under attack for comparing the camp to a Hitler Youth camp. Based on these pics, seems like he’s spot on, though he should have added, HAMAS Youth camp, too. As we all...
View ArticleHe is Fjordman
The anonymous blogger Fjordman who is cited and often mentioned in Breivik´s "Manifest" has come forward.
View ArticleJerusalem Post apologizes to Norway
for several of their articles posted after 22/7.We hope that the Norwegian government and people will accept the 'Post’s apology and forgive us for any offense or hurt caused at this sensitive time .
View ArticleOngoing Attacks in Kabul
From a CNN headline:Militants fire on U.S. Embassy in Kabul from a building they took over a few blocks away, U.S. and Afghan officials sayFrom BBC:It appears to be a complex operation with a number of...
View ArticleNorway local elections: 'Breivik party' suffers
Norway held local elections all over the country yesterday, less than two months after the terror attacks in Oslo and at Utøya.The anti-immigrant Progress Party once favoured by right-wing extremist...
View ArticleFour dead in shooting at Jewish school in France
after a man on a motorbike outside the school opened fire.The French news channel BFM said one adult and two children were among the dead. Reuters are reporting that a fourth person has been injured in...
View ArticleSo sad, serious and surreal. The Oslo/Utøya massacre. First day of trial.
(Not a good diary, just a diary to express some feelings and random thoughts, and I may write more such diaries during the trial).As a Norwegian the massacres July 22nd. 2011 were so shocking and...
View ArticleThe Pete Seeger Song Breivik hates - sing along with 40 000 Norwegians
Earlier today 40 000 Norwegians gathered in Oslo to sing the Pete Seeger song "Rainbow race". Similar arrangement were in many other Norwegian cities, as well as in many schools and other...
View Article....and there was LOVE
Norway´s current prime minister Jens Stoltenberg with former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland at Utøya several years ago. I believe Stoltenberg was leader of AUF at the time, and Harlem Brundtland...
View ArticleAmerican liberal blogger hacked to death
Unidentified miscreants hacked dead writer Avijit Roy and stabbed his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya near TSC intersection in Dhaka University campus this evening. Roy, 42, one of the founder moderators of a...
View Article"Arabs are voting in droves. Left-wingers are bussing them" (possible audioplay)
Netanyahu is worried. But hopes with Facebook and God's help to mitigate the effect---
View ArticleGeorgia pastor goes to Scandinavia. Wow.
Just happened to see this short excerpt of a documentary of an Atlanta, Georgia pastor visiting Gehenna Scandinavia + Finland. So, putting it up here as maybe it will interest some Kossacks as...
View ArticleISIS takes World Heritage Site Palmyra
Islamic State militants have taken near complete control of the Syrian city of Palmyra, home to some of the world's most magnificent ancient ruins. [...] Hundreds of Palmyra's statues have been moved...
View ArticleWill Pennsylvania be a swing state in 2016? Clinton trailing Rubio.
A new Quinnipac poll has polled Clinton in matchup with some of the R candidates in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. The poll is overall good for Clinton as she leads all candidates in Florida, partly...
View ArticlePataki calls out fellow GOP presidential runners
asking them to - belatedly - denounce the abhorrent comments by Donald Trump on Mexicans.My fellow Republicans like to talk about how we have to appeal to the Latino vote if we are going to win back...
View ArticleScott Walker has a cunning plan
According to Walker allies, he's going to pursue exactly the opposite strategy Romney used in 2012. Whereas Romney started in the middle and moved rightward throughout primary season, Walker is...
View ArticleNYT: Scott Walker dropping out
Walker will hold an unexpected press conference tonight. Speculations is that he might drop out.New York Times now saying he will infact drop out.Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has concluded he no...
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