Posts tagged as Sweden
Voodoo Heals, D'Angelo Returns
"The religion is like a glue. We attract each other. If a drum is beating, and someone hears it, the next thing you know, this place is packed." READ MORE
Occupy Scandinavia's Long Winter
By all accounts, Scandinavia is one of the most prosperous, peaceful and income-equal places to live in the world. Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark hold four of the top five spots in the World Democracy Index (the U.S. ranks 15th). The Scandinavian countries are all the way at the top of OECD’s ranking of the happiest countries in the world (the U.S. is 19th), and they’re all the way at the bottom of the CIA’s ranking of countries by income inequality (the U.S. is 40th out of 140). READ MORE
Horror Chick: ‘Let Me In’ and the Blessed Vampire Redemption
Pity the vampires. They've been tucked and slicked and oiled and waxed out of any shred of real dignity. Whatever happened to the grainy, unwashed horror of Dracula? The blood-soaked poetry of Bram Stoker? Nowadays vampires are a joke–walking sex toys with their spackled hair and waxy genitals and teams of rabid publicists who are far scarier than any bloodsucker in history. READ MORE
Swedish Judge Lets Considerate Public Urinator Go Freely
"There is a ruling with legal force where a man was acquitted for the same reason after having peed behind a container. The court of appeal found then, just as we have, that the intent to offend or offensiveness in and of itself, was lacking." READ MORE
Sweden's Got Problems, Too--Hateful Problems
It's good to remember-for reasons both depressing and, in the misery-loves-company way, oddly comforting-that other countries struggle with the same issues America struggles with. Take Sweden, for instance, where a television station's refusal to air a clearly racist television ad promoting an anti-immigrant political party has raised an interesting debate over censorship-and calls from neighboring Denmark for international election observers to monitor the September 19th vote. Here's the ad, from the Sweden Democrats party. READ MORE
Daring Heist Footage Needs More Angelina Jolie Or Something
Remember that badass helicopter heist in Sweden last September? The one where "masked robbers dropped from a helicopter onto the roof of a Swedish cash depot before dawn, broke into the building through a glass pyramid, set off explosions to get to the millions inside and escaped by hoisting themselves and their haul back up on rope lines"? The ten people charged in the haul go on trial this month, and footage of the crime has finally been released. It's okay, I guess, but it would be better with someone going "muhahahaha" in the background.
Sleepy Priest Prevents Suicide Through Power Of Annoyance
"I thought maybe he was taking notes. So I asked: 'Are you taking notes?' I could hear his heavy breathing before he woke up. He stayed awake for just a few more minutes before slipping off again into slumber." READ MORE
China Reveals Secret Swedish City Of Woodworking Lesbians
How awesome is Sweden? We're not just talking about kick-ass robberies here. No, there's also this: READ MORE
Kick-Ass Swedish Robbery Has Probably Already Been Optioned
That amazing heist in Sweden we talked about last week was even more cinematic than we thought: Apparently Serbian paramilitaries were part of the team. READ MORE
Swedish Criminals Commit Totally Kick-Ass Heist
Holy crap, Sweden! "With cinematic flourish, the masked robbers dropped from a helicopter onto the roof of a Swedish cash depot before dawn, broke into the building through a glass pyramid, set off explosions to get to the millions inside and escaped by hoisting themselves and their haul back up on rope lines. All in 20 minutes, and all while Stockholm police were grounded by a fake bomb planted outside their own helicopter hangar." They even stole the helicopter they used to commit the crime. That is some badass shit right there.
