Vikingsson on October 17th, 2009

Once upon a time a U.S. president looking for re-election lost in no small part to a clever slogan, “It’s the Economy, stupid”.   Here we are again in the middle of another economic “crisis”, kreppa if you will.  When the man on the street is asked about what is important for politicians to focus on [...]

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Vikingsson on February 11th, 2008

So nice to hear about these message in a bottle stories. Much nicer than gooey pollution and dead fish. An old fashioned and even romantic thing these stories.

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Vikingsson on January 9th, 2008

I hope by next winter to report on the gloom of winter from Iceland.

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Vikingsson on November 30th, 2007

I was surprised to learn that an art student that caused a panic and evacuation of part of Toronto on Wednesday night was from Iceland. All sorts of concerns came into play on this one. The left minded locals were outraged that an Aids fundraiser was canceled due to this, and the right minded made [...]

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