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Kastljós

So this is the wall of shields they promised

September 22, 2010

Apropos the discussion that evolved from the postscript in the last post, it just so happened that current affairs programme Kastljós did a segment this evening on home foreclosures and auctions after the meltdown. Some stats: In 2007 there were 175 auctions of homes [UPDATE: and retail properties] that had gone into foreclosure. In 2008, [...]

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I think I’ll just Haarde tonight. You?

September 13, 2010

Super extra-long Kastljós this evening to go over all the issues covered in the parliamentary report released this past weekend. Because along with recommending that the four MPs should be indicted, the committee made all sorts of extra recommendations on how we should overhaul just about every facet of public administration in Iceland. Because the [...]

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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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Finally, some indictments! Yay …

January 21, 2010

So – the first anniversary of the Kitchenware Revolution yesterday was celebrated with a few indictments. More specifically, nine protesters were indicted for an árás gegn Alþingi — literally, an attack on Althingi, Iceland’s “high” parliament. They forced their way onto the observation level in parliament, made noise, and resisted arrest, among other things by [...]

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The Weather Report has a kreppa boom boom

August 17, 2009

What a crazy, chaotic day! I had a deadline on an assignment and had planned to spend the better part of the day working on that so I could get it sent off in a timely fashion. However, when I opened my email, the first message was from the BBC World Service telling me that [...]

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