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  • Prime Minister Charlie The Coherent

    Prime Minister Charlie The Coherent

    “It is incorrect that I declined an invitation from the President of France to partake in the solidarity march in Paris today,” starts Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson’s explanation as to why he did not attend said march on Sunday. “In fact,”…

  • Which Is Why We Talk About The Weather

    Which Is Why We Talk About The Weather

    Yet another Monday. Feel free to read the following at work. That goes for police staff as well. If you are self-employed, unemployed, a student, in hospital, an irregular migrant or currently on strike, I don’t have to tell you. Your teeth…

  • Why Don’t You Kids Just Keep Debating That Airport?

    Why Don’t You Kids Just Keep Debating That Airport?

    Last week gave a lesson on the utility of noise as an antidote to critical thought and solidarity. 1. The airport: still no noise restrictions Last Thursday, the Progressive party’s members of Alþingi, all but the party’s ministers, officially proposed that organizational…

  • Poltergeists Claim State Radio

    Poltergeists Claim State Radio

    My field of vision must be limited and my perspective biased because it seems that the most prevalent topic of debate last week was religion. Christianity, that is. Iceland is one of the few remaining countries in Europe with a State religion.…