As you may know, the Icelandic economy collapsed a couple of months ago, and was recently followed by the Icelandic government. Well, they have a new government now, and it's headed by the modern world's first openly gay prime minister! Sweet! Her name is Johanna Sigurdardottir. Here's a news article, and here's her Wikipedia entry. She is Iceland's longest serving MP, and a former airline stewardess.
Leia Mais…Book of the week
End of the Line. Clover, environment editor of London's Daily Telegraph, shows that fishing with modern technology has put us just a hairsbreadth away from destroying entire ocean ecosystems. New England's fisheries have collapsed, the fish stocks of West Africa's continental shelf are overexploited, few cod are left in Newfoundland's Grand Banks.
Song of the week
I remember listening to songs about trains and feeling the rush of wonder at the possibility that the world was infinite and accessible all at the same time. And then it was songs about highways and born to be wild and little red corvette and the road went on forever in my mind- Guy Forsyth, Long long time.
Celebrity Quote of the week
Dan Quayle: "It isn't pollution that is hurting the environment, it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
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Showing posts with label gay rights. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
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