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LifestreamI noticed that the Swedish Animal Welfare Agency has made its ruling regarding Halal and Kosher practises in Sweden. Thankfully they still enforce the basic idea that animals have to be put to death in a way that they “be spared unnecessary discomfort and suffering.” So the deal is either for the animals to be [...]
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How right he is.
The Local - In the week before this year’s Nobel laureates are announced, the great great nephew of Alfred Nobel has reiterated his criticism of the Nobel Economics Prize, which he says is “a PR coup by economists to improve their reputation”.
Nobel despised people who cared more about profits than society’s well-being, [...]
To be freeze-dried, powdered and made into tree mulch sounds fine to me. Very neat and clean.
Telegraph - A town in Sweden plans to become the first place in the world where corpses will be disposed of by freeze-drying, as an environmentally friendly alternative to cremation or burial. Jonkoping, in southern Sweden, is to turn [...]
Sweden targets US terror cooperation. Cooperating with terror indeed … US state terrorism.
Sweden and the US are to begin joint research into how certain kinds of terrorist attacks can be prevented.
The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) has been instructed by the government to negotiate an agreement with America’s Department of Homeland Security, which was formed [...]
Stupid .. ? Not that this is so typical for Sweden. Drug policy is unnecessarily harsh in many European countries and elsewhere. And what good does it do except tie up resources, fill up prisons … and of course provide a legitimacy “filler” for authorities when there is no violent crime or “terrorism” around.
Swedish police [...]
On July 28, 2005, 160 million people worldwide will receive the much anticipated IKEA Catalogue. Each year readers pore over the pages of the Catalogue to be inspired by the newest must-have products and clever solutions for their homes. The focus of the 2006 Catalogue is New Lower Prices as well as showcasing a wider [...]
I noticed that Gothia Cup opened today and that Palestine for the first time ever had a team listed. Apparently they tried to get a visa for the last six years but have always been turned down. I happened to catch a radio interview with one of the players as well as the coach and [...]
It’s time for that Friday rant again, that I haven’t done in awhile. So I ran across this piece of rather sensational journalism in today’s Aftonbladet (in swedish of course). Given the uselessness of Aftonbladet and tabloid newspapers it’s difficult to make heads or tails of this but it seems safe to say that Tobias [...]
Via Defense Tech and also mentioned by The Local some time ago. It seems like the Swedish parliament didn’t quite get it. The government tried to fasttrack the decision without consulting with support parties and the whole thing fell apart. The same support parties then misunderstood the project and pulled the brakes. Apparently they didn’t [...]
Swedes sceptical towards National Day
Pär Nuder, finance minister, was hoping that June 6th, National Day, would be an opportunity to create a greater sense of community in Sweden and strengthen the Swedish identity. But according to a Temo research done for SAS, seven out of ten Swedes like the idea of being off on national [...]
