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The natives are getting restless

October 2, 2010

So for those of you who haven’t heard, there were around 3,000 people protesting in Austurvöllur square yesterday [Friday]. By comparison, there were around 5,000 in the Kitchenware Revolution that brought down the government almost two years ago. Parliament was being officially set for the winter, and there’s a tradition where the MPs and president [...]

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Bread and circuses

September 28, 2010

Monumental day today: for the first time in Iceland’s history, parliament voted to indict a former prime minister for negligence and misconduct in the line of duty. I am, of course, referring to Geir H. Haarde and his involvement in the Icelandic economic meltdown. Three others were up for indictment with him [I wrote about [...]

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First resignation on Morgunblaðið over Doddson’s editorial policy

April 30, 2010

Gunnhildur Arna Gunnarsdóttir, one of the news editors of Morgunblaðið, has resigned from the paper as she disagreed with the paper’s handling of the information published in the Black Report. In particular she found fault with the screaming headline on the front page of the paper the day following the publication of the report, and [...]

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Mea non culpa

April 14, 2010

It was painful to watch Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who was Minister of Finance and Industry for the Progressive Party at the time when the banks were privatized, cross-examined on Kastljós this evening. It is now generally agreed that the outrageous corruption that proliferated inside the banks ca. 2002-2008 began with their privatization. As I’ve written about [...]

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Anyone who cares about the truth

April 6, 2010

… needs to watch a video entitled Collateral Murder published by WikiLeaks yesterday, showing an attack on a group of civilians in Iraq back in 2007. Two of those civilians worked for Reuters. It is essential viewing, especially for those who believe attacks on civilians are simply an unfortunate byproduct of bringing democracy to the [...]

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