ÍslensKos: The Icelandic Language, Or, What's So Scary About Super-Long Words?
I wanted the title to be "ÍslensKos: The Icelandic Language, Or, What's So Scary About The Word Vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur?", but Daily Kos apparently can't handle...
View ArticleÍslensk Tónlist, Or, The Music of Iceland, Part 2: Rock, Pop, and Alternative
Well, it's been a while since I had an Icelandic music diary. And since there was a lot of interest in my last Icelandic language diary, I figured I'd take this opportunity to share with you another...
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Iceland Airwaves: Partying In A Cat-5 Hurricane
Burned out from an election? Like indie music - even when it comes during 156mph winds? Then join me with a quick trip to Iceland Airwaves 2012 - a festival that began as a one-off event at the tiny...
View ArticleHow We Do It Over Here: Iceland vs. America
Everyone's always focused on the big picture when comparing countries. America spends half of the world's total military spending, Iceland has no military. American has the death penalty, Icelandic...
View ArticleHeard The One About The Totalitarian Icelandic Government Refusing A Girl Her...
Stop me if you've heard this one, as it's been all over the news. I'll sum up your average report on the net:"In an example of European socialism-totalitarianism run amock, Iceland won't even let a...
View ArticleIcelandic Exceptionalism
"America is the awesomeist awesome that ever did awesome!" Expect to see something like that in every US presidential candidate's stump speech, over and over, in one form or another. American...
View ArticleIcesave: Today Iceland Learns Whether It Gambled Right On Refusing A...
Today at 10:30 local time the court of the European Free Trade Association will hand down its ruling in the case brought by the British and Dutch governments against the government of Iceland for the...
View ArticleKeystone XL: Can Someone Please Explain The Opposition, Because I Just Don't...
Keystone XL. The opposition is trumpetted across every liberal blog practically daily. Environmental groups are using it as a litmus test. It's just taken as a given that any good...
View ArticleElection Time in Iceland: A Zombie Constitution To The Left, Pirates Sailing...
On April 27th, Icelanders will go to the polls to vote for a new parliament, which will in turn likely lead to the formation of different coalition government further to the right. Based on past...
View ArticleBeyond A Reasonable Doubt: Applying The Wrong Legal Standard To Establishing...
I'm sure there's quite a few people who read this title and had an instinctive negative reaction to it. Something along the lines of "you're trying to eliminate innocent until proven guilty!" or "You...
View ArticleSnowden Possibly En-Route To Iceland. If You Want To Have A Role, Now Is Your...
Update: This diary has been rendered obsolete by events, as Snowden has sought refuge in Ecuador.---Okay, so everyone who's followed the case so far knows the basics. Edward Snowden is the admitted...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Gardening: A Tour of the Icelandic Tropics
I originally wrote this over on Tropical Fruit Forum. However, I got to thinking, given the sizeable gardening community we have here, it might be appreciated here as well.So I'm sure you've heard the...
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Lies, Damned Lies, And Hyperloop
I'd been trying to stay out of this pie fight. But there's so much that's being said about hyperloop that's just so.... well, as XKCD says:And this diary pushed me over the edge. I mulled over...
View ArticleWikileaks "Whoops": Vote for Wikileaks in New South Wales, Help Elect A...
So, it made rec-list news here a few days ago that Julian Assange thinks the only hope for the future of the US is Rand Paul and his Republican followers. That being, of course, the same Rand Paul who...
View ArticleKABOOM! Australian Wikileaks Party Implodes Amid Mass Resignations
So, yesterday I reported on the emerging scandals in the Australian Wikileaks Party amid Assange's "Tea Party" style political statements about abortion and taxation, and most disastrously, the party's...
View ArticleHer Name is Chelsea Manning. But Don't Expect The Military To Respect That.
As has been reported, as of today, the proper name to use when referring to the leaker of the Cablegate cables and the Collateral Murder video is Chelsea Manning. The proper pronoun to use is "she"....
View ArticleAnd.... So Ends That Publicity Stunt
As the five or six people here who've been following the Australian election this year know, today is election day in Australia. The big news is, of course, the heavy defeat for Labor, ending their...
View ArticleEcuadorian Embassies and Endgames: Is the Assange Asylum Approaching An End?
For the past 450 days, the tiny Ecuadorian embassy adjoining a posh London shopping center has been host to a guest: Julian Assange. After having pledged to appeal the UK Supreme Court decision that...
View ArticleA Message From The Last Prime Minister Of Iceland. Oh, And Ponies.
It's been a while since I did a diary on the state of Iceland, and today I noticed several comments repeating the common fairytale myths about how Iceland dealt with the financial crisis. And then,...
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An Improved Guide To Spotting Troll Infiltrators on Daily Kos
There has been muchadoof late here on DK over whether trolls are infiltrating Daily Kos.I understand the concern. It's dangerous to let trolls just walk among us. But what I don't understand are all of...
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