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Comment on Whatever Happened To Iceland? by mrsamuelolsson

mrsamuelolsson — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:41:23 +0000

When the first inhabitants of Iceland arrived at the island, they were so happy and amazed by the nature, that in order not to be followed by the rest of Norways population they named it Iceland. This after first having been stranded on a hostile and infertil island with nothing else then Ice. They later named it Greenland, which is everything else then Green. They had great hopes that it would be confusing enough for their fellow Vikings and It was.
Unfortunatly they never moved further west, had they America would probably been called Hel or in english Hell.
Peace

Comment on Obama, a coward? Surely not…but then again… by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:59:42 +0000

That is true Miklos, and thanks for pointing this out. It is not universally agrees that the Messiah has already come. The Jewish religion does not accept the past arrival of the Messiah, but rather sees this a future event.

According to the Jewish Virtual Library:

“The Jewish belief that the Messiah’s reign lies in the future has long distinguished Jews from their Christian neighbors who believe, of course, that the Messiah came two thousand years ago in the person of Jesus. The most basic reason for the Jewish denial of the messianic claims made on Jesus’ behalf is that he did not usher in world peace, as Isaiah had prophesied: “And nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4). In addition, Jesus did not help bring about Jewish political sovereignty for the Jews or protection from their enemies.”

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/messiah.html

As for the Geithner situation, well, he still remains the only person in the Treasury who has been confirmed, nobody else has. He’s basically there by himself in a nightmarish interpretation of “Home Alone”…

Comment on Obama, a coward? Surely not…but then again… by Miklos

Miklos — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:26:23 +0000

I just wanted to note, that not everybody would agree that it was The Messiah back then in Jerusalem. Furthermore some might argue that it really isn’t putting the bar insanely high when you want all your secretary level appointees to have complied with the tax code. Such latitude could possibly be granted to undersecretaries (although I would still advise against the treasury appointing such people).

Comment on Let’s Finnish With This Crisis! Or Why Dithering Obama Must Go To Finland! by admin

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:19:03 +0000

Dear Mr Olsson,
With mobiles and fast drivers being the national exports, can you provide us with statistics the incidence of mobile usage while driving in Finland?

Comment on Let’s Finnish With This Crisis! Or Why Dithering Obama Must Go To Finland! by mrsamuelolsson

mrsamuelolsson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:53:19 +0000

# Pauli Toivonen - 1968 European Champion (Porsche)
# Tapio Rainio
# Hannu Mikkola - World Rally Champion 1983 (Audi)
# Pentti Airikkala
# Markku Alen - FIA Cup (WRC) Champion 1978 (Fiat/Lancia)
# Leo Kinnunen
# Lasse Lampi
# Ari Vatanen - World Rally Champion 1981 (Ford)
# Henri Toivonen
# Timo Salonen - World Rally Champion 1985 (Peugeot)
# Juha Kankkunen - World Rally Champion 1986 (Peugeot), 1987 (Lancia), 1991 (Lancia), 1993 (Toyota)
# Mikael Sundström
# Tommi Mäkinen - World Rally Champion 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (all Mitsubishi)
# Sebastian Lindholm
# Marcus Grönholm - World Rally Champion 2000, 2002 (Peugeot)
# Toni Gardemeister
# Jarmo Kytölehto
# Harri Rovanperä
# Tapio Laukkanen - 1999 British Rally Champion
# Pasi Hagström - 1999 Finnish Rally Champion
(Look for Tim Winker’s interview with Pasi Hagström in the Nov 2003 issue of Driving Sports magazine.)
# Mikko Hirvonen - Current driver for BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team. Co-driver: Jarmo Lehtinen
# Jari-Matti Latvala - Current driver for BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team. Co-driver: Miikka Anttila
# Kimi Räikkönen F1 Champ 2007
# Keke Rosberg - F1 Champ 1982
# Nico Rosberg
# Heikki Kovalainen
# Mika Häkkinen F1 Champ 1998, 1999

They are also excellent car drivers, apparently.

Peace

Comment on As Financial Trouble Brews, The EU Brews Coffee by admin

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:44:51 +0000

Many thanks Samuel! Luckily I am not addicted to coffee, but I make up for it with worse vices…

Comment on As Financial Trouble Brews, The EU Brews Coffee by mrsamuelolsson

mrsamuelolsson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:07:41 +0000

In the end, I rather live in hell with coffee then in heaven without
Like your articles.
Keep up the good work

Comment on As Financial Trouble Brews, The EU Brews Coffee by admin

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:22:43 +0000

Excellent Miklos! You’d be interested to know that Iberia is supposedly where the Neanderthal made his last stand. It is safe to say that he’s still standing there… Hey, the EU is about diversity after all.

Comment on As Financial Trouble Brews, The EU Brews Coffee by Miklos

Miklos — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:06:39 +0000

I am ashamed to say that no matter how hard I try, the only image in my mind is Darwin looking perplexed at the picture of Angela trying to pry loose José’s false teeth and wondering if their offspring would be classified as yet another cul-de-sac of evolution.

Comment on Congratulations to Clooney, Sudan and Bashir by admin

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:44:23 +0000

That is correct. I believe, that it was spun out as part of a management buyout aimed at concentrating on the core business of building pyramids, and selling non-core businesses like whatever it is that Sudan does well that I still haven’t managed to work out.