Suicide, bitches!

Jump you fuckers! 

If you haven´t noticed yet there is a wave of suicide among banksters.

Although not yet statistically “out of the norm” since the total number of these parasitical thieves numbers in the hundreds of thousands (if not millions). Still, this wave is decently sudden and they are piling up on the pavement so it is not hard to see conspiracists having a field day with this one.

Perhaps related is another wave of suicides going on in the Froggy business of Orange?

Or perhaps this is a unconscious reaction to where this world is going?

Regardless I am appreciating the effort and have consequently bought a nice bottle of Smirnoff and a few Russian pirogues for the weekend. I am also hopeful that this trend will make its way into the EU-parliament and get a hold of journalists across the world.

Oh, and just so it is perfectly clear: I would never, ever, for any form or reason, commit suicide – so if you see an article about a Swede jumping from a tall building in Barcelona; I was murdered.

Unified Scandinavia – important for so many reasons

These beautiful flags can be morphed into this?:

I´ve previously on this blog mentioned that I believe that we should unify Scandinavia into one entity, with one monarch, one capital and one army. In the light of world events, I feel the urge to stress this idea once again.

NATO/U.S is a disgusting entity responsible for several wars and millions of dead only during the last decade and Russia can certainly not be trusted either, and the EU(SSR) is a horrific mega-bureaucratic shithole filled with sycophants.

A unified Scandinavia would work, and probably work well. This since our history and culture is so similar.

With Finland and Iceland the total population would be circa 27 million and GDP $1600bn (higher than Australia). New roads, airports and national stadiums would be needed to be built and since parliaments and politicians should be focused around the Copenhagen/Malmö area (as I suggest to be new capital) that would save a lot of money. With this in mind and with armed forces (outside of NATO) a unified Scandinavia would have a lot stronger voice in the world. Far stronger then each country by itself put together today.

Of course there are a lot of problems. The Norwegians will be reluctant to join and the Finns will probably have some issues with it as well. Another problem will be the struggle for where to put new entities of Government and how to unite the royal houses and purely administrative political issues of that kind. If this can be handled by a proper committee without too much political involvement I do however think that such issues can be solved.

Of course merging all states into Scandinavia mean less grants needed then compered to all the governments of today - hence less total money thrown at politicians comes to administration, bureaucracy, but to pay for the merger and costs of changing currency to a Scandinavian Krona and the communications needed to be built we should sell off publicly owned businesses. Sweden alone has the possibility to sell off government entities to a value of around $70bn. The Norwegians can keep the current oil fund “in-house” but I would suggest that the money coming in as of the merger should be used for military and defense purposes. Rail-road investments, new airports, bridges and other communications will bring the different countries closer together but are also much needed investments that will benefit all in the long run.
A standing professional defense force of around 200 000-250 000 men with the very latest in technology and equipment will be second only to a very few other countries and would be deterrent enough to discourage any attacker.
The number of embassies, consulates and customs can be cut with 70-80% around the world. With Finland out of the euro and since Sweden, Finland and Denmark would be out of the EU(SSR) there are as much as $8bn to be saved each year on this alone - money that should be used to cut taxes to equal level in all countries. Again the lowest common denominator should be the target, not the highest.

Safety, a better economy, new investments and a strong voice in the world – there is no downside.

The only “downside” is for politicians. Not only will there be fewer of them, they will also be outside of NATO and outside of EU(SSR) which means far fewer seats, less income and less nepotism. I do however think we can live with that… This is however the last danger.
My main point of creating and advocating a unified Scandinavia is so we can skip any military alliances and leave the EU(SSR). If we do not leave such entities, there are much fewer benefits and the general idea sort of dissipates. Politicians will fight dirty to keep their alliances and keep their seats in Brussels so that is something that need to be handled.
As a solution, as I´ve already mentioned; all things related to this unification should be handled by normal people. A few university scholars, a few judges, a few business folk and a few union folk. Perhaps even a few from the outside who have no real stake in this – a few savvy people from, for example; England or Brazil would probably be a good idea. Very few with political affiliations and as many people of the common crowd as possible.
Scandinavia should be the opposite to the EU(SSR) - it should be a unification of the people and for the people and consequently created from below and not something that is dropped upon us with decrees. We probably also need a few referendums to make this viable, although I would prefer that we also keep those to a minimum.

With the government we should keep the monarchy as it is a great tradition and have a lot of history. We should keep the Danish crown as our new head of state. The other royal families can be given this or that task. I would suggest a two parliament system with the first house directly elected via personal vote (not party) - elected from each region i.e. around 59 people, equivalent to Governors (6 year terms). The second house is elected as per usual in the Nordic countries via party bills and would make up 289 politicians (5 year terms) – if my suggestions come to pass, imagine the uproar and screams of politicians around the realm... I would here fire over 1000 politicians and since I would also suggest that we cut their salaries in half, oh my, they will send assassins after me soon…

We also need a constitutional court and certainly a few other new or merged entities, but we can handle that with no problem. Our new constitution should of course be based on what we have today, although I would suggest a few alterations to mimic the American one and other great documents from history.
Mind you this is not exactly what I would like or want, I would personally go for a more libertarian Scandinavia, others would like to see a more socialist society, others will be against the monarchy etc. I do however feel like what I´ve suggested here, and earlier, is more viable and can be accepted by the majority. As long as this means that we leave NATO and the EU(SSR) and that we go for the lowest common denominator comes to all things economic, I believe this to be a great solution for all.

Ukrainian/Crimean crisis and Sweden

A bit furry, but only pussies crimea river...

As a Swede and history buff it is very hard to circumvent the 33 wars Sweden have fought against Novogorod/Moscowy/Russia throughout the years. Although fighting wars against all countries of Europe at one point or the other and although the Swedish-Danish wars probably were the most destructive, for both countries, I would still argue that if you would appoint one main antagonist of Sweden it would be Russia. Going back hundreds of years Sweden’s defense policies have been aimed at protecting the country against the Eastern threat - further enhanced during the cold war this sentiment is very hard to evade also today.

Although NATO/U.S. is, by far, a much larger danger to world peace then Russia, the risk of any U.S. lead alliance to invade and take over my birth nation is non-existent. None of our neighbors have any reason to take up arms and hoist their flag on Swedish soil. Consequently the only latent military threat to Sweden is, also today, Russia.
With this in mind you can sort of understand or excuse those Swedes gasping appallingly when Russia is well on its way to annex Crimea.

Also the comparison to Hitler and the Nazis is not too farfetched. Germany had pretty valid reasons to incorporate Austria (also via popular vote), and the Germans even had a reasonable motivation of taking over their previously owned areas filled with Germans. Until they invaded and took over the part of Czechoslovakia they did not have any claim on, the western world took, and excusably so, the back-seat and allowed Hitler´s “peaceful” conquests. Russia and Putin is today pretty much using the same argumentation and have the same pretty reasonable claims.

However with all of this said NATO/U.S. has no credibility whatsoever. After invading country after country and committing war crimes on daily basis and still occupying several countries today – all occurred with no claims and no reason whatsoever which certainly make the Russians and their reasoning look like Vulcan logic. Personally, the only thing surprising me is that not more countries claim to see terrorists everywhere and consequently go to war – if the U.S. can slaughter millions and invade on a whim, why cannot others do the same?

Secondly we do have a democratic referendum in Crimea now. Even if the Kremlin manipulated the votes, which is claimed regardless of what international observers say, it is very clear that a vast majority of Crimean’s want to leave Ukraine and join Russia. Not surprising. Ukraine is poverty-stricken and nowadays there are neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian government. Also the Russians in Ukraine have felt, rightly or not, to be second class citizens. Crimea also has much stronger ties to Russia then Ukraine.

From the Russian standpoint it is even more obvious and logical. They have historical claims, the majority of the population is Russians, and they have both security reasons and economic reasons to incorporate the area. Although most of the Russian argumentation, one by one, is mediocre at best, put them together and you´ll have a hard time discarding them. NATO/U.S. posturing does nothing to help either, it actually escalate and strengthens Russian resolve, not the opposite.

NATO/U.S. has encircled Russia with bases and military agreement from the Baltics to Kazakhstan, from South Korea to Turkey, from Romania to Norway, so you cannot really see Russian actions as illogical. It is the constant expansion of the constant aggressiveness of NATO/U.S. and their willingness to go to war (all the time) that prompted Russian intervention in Georgia and it’s also a main driving force behind the Crimea-crisis.

Thus Russian reaction and Putin´s words do not surprise me one bit. Very expected.

It is the western response to the crisis and the blatant and obvious lying that surprise me; Putin is apparently the devil, Russia has no claim whatsoever, a popular vote should not count, and neo-Nazis in a government neighboring Russia is ignored. The people of Crimea and their opinions be damned.

Also we cannot ignore the fact that the coup was against a democratically elected government and that the coup would never have succeeded without western support. Yes the previous government was horrific, but nevertheless a democratically elected one.
In essence the West is supporting a bloody coup but is condemning a democratic referendum. When did that become western policy? This is terrible news for Scots and Venetians since they too should, logically, be threatened by Obama. Will NATO bomb Glasgow soon? Seems increasingly plausible for each day that passes...

And, as mentioned, even if you somehow sidestep what is actually going on and ignore all the Russian/Crimean reasoning and ignore the referendum; what about Afghanistan? Iraq? Libya? What about all the drones flying over sovereign states murdering families and butchering children? What about the war crimes?

What about the fact that drug production in Afghanistan flourishes like never before? Whatever NATO/U.S. and the west countries argue or say it automatically becomes hypocrisy. Whatever Obama or Kerry say about Russia they´ve already done and proven to be a lot worse. Whatever western countries, including Sweden, argue about the Crimean crisis their words fall flat since they only now, suddenly, only because it is Russia, complain and argue humanitarian principles. 

It really takes a lot of me to say it because I do see Russia as a threat to Sweden, but I cannot ignore the facts and the duplicity and I have to, at least to a degree, rather support Russia and the Crimean people than any insincere hypocritical notion coming from the West.

As a final note I would like to, again, point out how much better it would be if Scandinavia would unite under one flag as one country with one army outside of both NATO and EU. If so we would speak with a stronger voice and could put more pressure on Russia as well as NATO/U.S. At the very least I hope that the much needed restructuring of Swedish armed forces is hurried up and that more funds is given for this purpose.

conspiracies - fun, crazy, or reality?

Oh no! A pyramid! 

Conspiracy theories are fun and often contain a bit of truth. Conspiracy theorists are often people that question everything and this is a good thing because it will open up for alternative views and lead to a better end result. However there are also real crazies out there – and worse still, their crazy notions help out covering up what is really going on because the actual conspiracies that do exist will be overshadowed by lunacy.

For example we have the chem-trail theory. Supposedly airlines across the world are in cahoots with governments and shadowy cabals and they are trying to make us more stupid, give us cancer or other diseases. As proof of this the conspiracist theorist show us a few weird looking airplane trails in the sky...
Even if we ignore how all of those thousands of ground personnel, crews, businessmen, politicians, and suppliers who, apparently, are able to keep this quiet – we still end up with the question; why would evil folk make themselves stupid and give themselves the same diseases? Are they somehow immune? Do they have an alien antidote? It doesn't make sense, it has no practical use and there is no way a thing like this would not be on every news channel, no matter how much media and journalists are bought and paid for.

Another story circling is that of HAARP. More than 200 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, is the Pentagon's High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, officially an enormous experiment to heat the ionosphere with radio waves. But conspiracy theorists believe the project is a weapon to bring down aircraft and missiles by lifting sections of the atmosphere, cause earthquakes or even a huge weather modification machine. Although this is theoretically actually possible, Nicola Tesla proved that over 100 years ago, it is still not a very likely theory. At least not yet. Although I would not dismiss the idea completely we certainly lack any form of indication of HAARP being used as conspiracists theorists claim and I do not give government enough credit to be able to build, maintain and use such a apparatus without destroying the planet or, at the very least, give us evidence of its usage. The believers point to recent earthquake, certain tropical storms or whatnot as “evidence”. Like hurricanes and earthquakes never happen before. That is not evidence, its nonsense.

Feminism is so stupid and idiotic it do not even 

belong among the craziest of conspiracy theories...

Another weird one without any hint of proof is the theory about fluoride. Fluoride is commonly added to drinking water as a way to reduce tooth decay. However there has been some evidence that there could be some harmful side effects from fluoride and conspiracy theorists believe that this information is known and recognized by those responsible for adding the fluoride, but that they continue the practice regardless. Drug companies have been targeted as possible beneficiaries, as they will profit from a population with ill-health. Another motive is that fluoride lowers mental abilities thereby "dumbing down" the entire population. Although I have no problem seeing drug companies looking for alternative ways of increasing their profits, and there are of course governments that do not mind a dumber population, but again I see neither any direct evidence for it nor any indication of this being implemented. And again I have very hard time thinking that all of the thousands of involved would be able to keep it a secret. Perhaps this is a bad idea, just as with asbestos, smoking and DDT, and I would definitely agree that it is better with clean water without fluoride, but a conspiracy? Not very likely.

The same goes for the 9/11 theories floating around. There is simply no way the U.S. government was behind the attack. An inapt lack of proper response, the military drills, and the stupidity of FBI etc I simply see as normal government failure. Perhaps there was one or two partly or fully knowing and that such a person let it happen to get something out of it, but the idea that the U.S. government directly was behind the attacks is ludicrous. A few claim that Mossad could have something to do with it, but why would the Israelis so blatantly risk their relationship with their most important ally? With that said however there are a few inconsistencies and several questions not yet answered like why did the U.S. not attack the only nation that can be said to have anything to do with the attacks? Instead they attacked several that clearly and obviously did not have anything to do with it – and they still use it, today, as an excuse for murdering Muslims. I see 9/11 not as a conspiracy in itself, rather an excuse for the high and mighty to push their agenda of the police state and continuous wars. They definitely wanted something like that to happen, they are happy with it, and I would be surprised if they did not want more of the same. Going from that to planning and executing it is however a completely other story.

There are of course other theories that are way, way out there. The most idiotic one filled with complete lunacy revolves around Lizard people living beneath the earth living of our negative energy – apparently several royal families are lizards. The only so called proof of this hilarious theory is a few photos taken showing a weird glow in the eyes of certain monarchs and leaders. I too have a few photos of myself with glowing red or yellow eyes and I have never felt an itch to eat flies or whatnot...

With all of above, and many others, you may assume I am dissing all such theories, but then you would be wrong. There are conspiracy theories that do make sense and do come with reasonable proof.
For example the Manmade Global Warming madness - which is a proven scam! This stupidity has been scientifically proven wrong over and over again and, even more importantly; there is no proof of man having any form of significant impact on weather or the cooling/warming of the planet. The only reason, that I can see, for certain entities of government and “scientists” to promote this idea is for monetary gains. This is a new way of taxing us and it is a new way for government scientists to receive founding. Not sure if this constitutes as a conspiracy theory, rather a scientific scam, but I am certainly a firm believer that manmade global warming is one of the biggest hoaxes of all time.

Another conspiracy I hold for truth since there is plenty of evidence for it, is the way the U.S. was tricked to join both world wars. Before joining WW I Germans issued several warnings in U.S. papers about U-boats and shipping lanes, there were corporate interested in having the U.S. join up, and the British surely did everything they could to drag their American friends into the conflict. Before joining WW II President Franklin Roosevelt certainly provoked the Japanese to a degree that there was no way they would let it go. There are so many letters and communiques sent by so many different countries warning about the Japanese attack that it was impossible not see it coming. And again both the British and certain corporations had very “good” reasons to bring the U.S. into the fight against the Nazis.

Another theory I believe to be partly true is the idea of a North American Union. As with the EU there are strong forces looking to incorporate Mexico and Canada and the U.S. in one single entity. This certainly also goes for similar areas across the globe. There are plenty of officials, “thinkers” and the like that promote such entities and I believe that, long-term, such unification is the goal of many politicians. Not sure I would call this, in itself, a conspiracy theory. It is more the normal extension of normal affairs among the high and mighty. In earlier times this was achieved by royal marriages to avoid wars, nowadays it is promoted by bureaucrats and politicians looking to extend their power and importance. Bigger entities mean more power and more seats to hand out to relatives and friends – can you name one politician not interested?

Perhaps the grandest and most persistent theory is that of the New World Order (NWO). This theory is linked to sects, sometimes to Illuminati, the Freemasons, the Bilderberg group etc etc. The basic idea is that most (if not all) of the other theories mentioned are promoted by and controlled by a certain clique of individuals looking to install a world controlling government. Although, as I alluded to above, I certainly see this as a goal for many (especially politicians) I do not see any real evidence for it as a conspiracy in the sense theorists claim. More importantly though is that the supposed financiers and shadowy figures behind the curtain probably wouldn´t have any interest in a worldwide all-powerful government entity. Why would they? The reason the big banks and their owners can continuously rob us and, more or less, control the world is due to differences and different countries animosity towards each other. They can control the board in part because they have the funds and power to do so and in part because governments need this external help to win over or topple another government/people/whatnot. With one single government and us having one single currency and one single interest rate and one single army, it is very doubtful banksters and shadowy figures would be able to continue. Of course this depends on how this single government entity will look like and how we will elect our representatives to it. But even if Blackrock, Vanguard and the other groups (that do exist!) would be able to take over and control a world government, their power to extract funds would be diminished and they would not rule from the shadows anymore, which is what they actually want.
Have you ever heard of Vanguard before? If not, I suggest you go look for them, you´ll be surprised over their reach and power. They exist in the shadows for a reason and I hardly see the benefit for them within the theoretic idea of NWO. Also, which cannot be ignored, politicians with that much power will rule and they will not let any other entity tell them what to do. Basically if we get to the point of a single world government the very first groups the politicians will get rid of will be their previous “friends” and financial backers. The people behind the scene are not stupid, they know this, they know how to best benefit and that is definitely not through any NWO-idea.
However, with that said, I still do believe that we´re heading in that direction. I believe that we in a not too distant future will start seeing more and more embryos of a single world government. Unified interest rates and a world police under the flag of the UN is already being discussed together with all of those trade- and political unions already mentioned. The path is clear, and we´ll probably end up there eventually, so in that sense I am in agreement with the New world order conspiracy theorists and I am likewise a stark opponent of such plans.
I would also like to point out that if there are any shadowy cabals out there I do not believe they are conjointly always working together. I rather see them as fierce opponents to each other, at least on and off, and many (all) of the important groups rather want more war, more conflicts and a more divided world then the opposite. In essence, in the future, we may have to pick a side; either with the NWO-politicians/bureaucrats that have no problem killing millions for their amusement and power, or with the people that have no problem killing millions to earn more money and more power. Not an easy choice.

The most interesting “conspiracy theory”, or rather alternative view of world history, is the one which have had plenty of proponents throughout the years; The theory that we do not know what happen in the past and that there are plenty of, albeit circumstantial, evidence for pre-dawn civilizations. You may call such a civilization Atlantis or Lemuria or put other names to it, but this persistent idea has plenty of backers and in several ways I am one of them.

I do not believe in the Ancient Alien theorem, although they too, sometimes, put forward interesting ideas. Neither do I have positive things to say about Zecharia Sitchin, and I find people like Graham Hancock to be a bit too much. I do however believe that there is something there. What, I do not know. There are too many coincidences, too many structures, too many relics and too many ancient religious stories to simply ignore it.

Something important has been forgotten about our own history, I am certain of it.

One by one most of the theories can be ridiculed and disproven. If you watch one single episode of Ancient Aliens or listen to a part of Hancocks ramblings, you might simply discard them – and rightly so. But if you look at the whole picture, not only put forward from the people mention, but also others, and they are plentiful, you start to ponder. Theories about the sphinx and the pyramids for example are interesting because there are few (none), real factual evidence in support of the mainstream view. I am of course not advocating that the pyramids were made as alien landing platforms or that the sphinx was built by Atlantians, I am only stating that there are holes in the Pyramids-are-tombs- and the supposed date of construction of the sphinx - theories. They do not add up, and if the mainstream theory is wrong, should we not look for alternative ideas? I am not saying that the mainstream view is wrong; I am stating that it can be wrong. That alone should be enough to prompt new and fresh research, but that is not the case.
Is there a conspiracy here? Perhaps, but I am more thinking that scholars and professors are lazy. It is much easier sitting in a dusty museum collecting government grants then to actually go out there and take risks. It is easier to write what others already pen down then to come up with new material. Also when a person with a decent theory about the sphinx in the very next breath state that the Nazca Lines are landing strips for Alien space ships, you cannot really blame the academic world for sneezing vehemently.

But even weirdoes sometimes get it right...

Telling is also how similar several ancient cultures developed. Here you can show plenty of religious icons, religious stories, and building constructions, mathematical and astronomical similarities and so on. Of course if you want to find something you probably will. And if you want to find a certain number you will definitely find it. Come up with a number, any number, and then look around you to try to find it and I promise you will. Same with religion and construction. Building pyramids for example was probably the only way for ancient people to build high lasting building. And is it very surprising that the sun and reptiles were worshiped across the world? Not really.
With the tools available of that time and with the darkness of the night seeing all those stars there is no real mystery why many ancient cultures have similarities. Nevertheless the entire spectra of “coincidences”, from art to astronomy, from math to boats, from God´s to pyramids, from sacrifices to science, from stories to religious iconography – if you put it all together and weigh in certain artefacts and flood myths and much more, then you will start to contemplate…
It has been proven that no ´great leaps´ of science from either an extra-terrestrial or any Atlantian source has occurred. We have plenty of pyramid buildings before ancient man perfected the art and pottery as well as much of what I´ve mentioned can be followed from one point in time to another. But we also thought that the city of Troy was a myth, and we never thought we would find any form of advanced construction from pre-ancient times, but we have. Also we cannot discard that the events of the end of the last ice-age that may have flooded countless of civilizations throughout the world since a landmass equivalent of Europe disappeared under water. Countless of islands and coastal areas simply vanished.
I also think we need to put ourselves in the shoes of any potential survivor of such a catastrophe. From human behavior we know that many would have seen the events as punishment from God(s), perhaps even abandoning their previous way of life and any technology they might have had.
Others may have committed themselves to a simpler life or merely tried to live with and under the same guidelines as other, less advanced, humans.
The few survivors with a knowledge more advanced than we gave them credit for today may also have been reluctant to share this knowledge. It may have been hubris, but could it not have been that they did not want to stick out and be targets? That it was a safety measure? People with advance knowledge would definitely have been accused of witchcraft, devilry, or whatever else uninformed easily duped ancient man could conjure up as a reason to kill someone for. The only people that would keep such knowledge safe and consequently use it to their advantage would have been religious and political leaders, but it would also have been very shaky business approaching any god-like leader with “magical” remedies and construction guides.

To consider the possibility that ancient knowledge therefore disappeared with the last ice-age is not far-fetched; it is rather a likely scenario. To simply look at pottery and the existing evidence may thus not be enough, you need the full whole picture, and if that picture tells us a story that may very well be much more exciting and interesting then mainstream scholars tell us, should we not pursue it?
Did any Atlantis-like society exist? More than likely not, but I rather have this proven and be ridiculed for thinking it is possible then to have scruffy old scholars stating that I am wrong just because.

Review of Marvel´s Agents of SHIELD

A cast with no real enemies working for the most inapt organisation of all time 

Let me do something I rarely do and comment on and review a current TV-show. The reason for this is of course, at least in some minor way, the involvement of Genius Joss Whedon. The creator of Buffy, Angel and the fantastic Firefly deserve a comment now and again and although the very limited show Dollhouse was cancelled slightly prematurely - it actually started to show promise just as it was taken off the airwaves – I cannot help finding myself getting sucked into another show. Although Joss isn´t that much involved in Marvel´s Agents of SHIELD and although the show promises a lot but delivers little, I still see a lot of potential and this may very well turn out to be one of the best (sci fi) shows of all time.

So far 
But let me start with stating that things, so far, have been slow to develop and I am reluctant to accept a few of the characters. Even worse though is the lack of good antagonists because the cast, good or not, hardly ever get something to sink their teeth into. The evil organisation Centipede (Centipede...? Really?) doesn't really do it for me so far, and the lameness of the supposed villain Donald “Blizzard” Gill was not really a high-point, although far more so then the even lamer origin of Graviton. And don´t even get me started on the niceness of Ian Quinn. At least the last mention should die soon or start murdering babies for fun - when not even shooting Sky (twice!) do not do it then he should just die already. The recent guest appearance of the enchantress daughter Lorelei was a big step forward, but since she will not be coming back any time soon and more than likely has nothing to do with any form of future storyline it felt more like a tease then anything else.

We viewers never really feel their fear and, except for a few moments, have they ever been in danger? Has anyone really got really hurt or killed? I have seen a lot of comments online complaining about that or that main character, but I feel it is more about bad scripting and specifically the lack of real, over time, threats. They are SHIELD agents for God´s sake! They should die or end up in Coma or something once in a while. We knew that Skye would make it; we knew that Agent Igot Rapedbylorelei would never let a little thing like a gunshot slow him down; we knew that Simmons would survive even when infected with the deadliest of alien viruses at the same time as falling from an airplane.

No dangers, no fear, no hard-core villains – shouldn´t those things be the priority of a show like this?

What really piss me off about the show though is how horribly ineffectual, inapt and stupid the supposed “secretive” organisation of SHIELD is. In every episode of the show we get more proof of how even an organisation of 14y old can-collectors would kick SHIELD ass from here to the next Tuesday. If the people on the “boat” are the best there is and if how SHIELD is portrait is really how the organisation “works” the Earth is definitely doomed.
For example the really crappy depiction of the SHIELD training facilities. How the hell are they supposed to work as a team when the nerds are kept to themselves with a “secret” disco in the basement while the macho fighters are somewhere else doing push-ups? Separate campuses with no tech training at all for mindless soldiers and not a cross-training course as far as the eye can see for the nerds. If that is how they train the “best of the best” on how to handle alien invasions?
And what’s with the guy trying to commit suicide? A highly trained agent who´s been able to hide from the entire world for two decades take out a pill he has inside his jacket, takes a moment with his hand stretched out while expecting his karate savvy opponent to NOT kick it out of his hand..? Is that the pinnacle of SHIELD training?
And when Agent Wardo McIdiot faces off against an Asguardian sorceress he stops to talk to her and let her get closer when he knows that her voice and touch is magical and he is holding a stun-gun pointing at her, then I just want to scream and have the moron die already. How the hell can that idiot be “one of the best” as May described him? And why the hell would SHIELD send in a lot of men trying to catch a sorceress who´s main power is to enthrall men? SHIELD is by far the worst and most unfit organisation even portrait on a TV-show.
SHIELD seems to be pretty good at marketing though putting their super-secret logo of their super-secret world protecting organisation on everything from coffee mugs to pool tables… Great job marketing team!!

What works
The idea of the show is amazingly great. A few “normal” folk digging deeper into the mysteries, origins and pantheon of superpowers, super villains and strange realms is fantastic. It is hard to think up a better premise for a TV-show. That they also take their time in building up the characters (yes, I know, I am contradicting myself) I also enjoy. The tech personnel of Fitz and Simmons is also a functional part of the storyline - especially comes to their dialog and their chemistry. The pilot and supposed kick-ass specialist Melinda May also, mostly, have it down delivering much needed extra points of view when Coulson do or say something stupid (once per episode). Even though the raised-from-the-dead Phil Coulson comes off as slightly two-dimensional the character is handled by such a good actor that he manages to pull it off.
The main premise and promise of the show however is what make it a good watch. Despite the writing and lack of good villains and regardless of what seem to be (although not mainly the actors fault) periodically bad acting, this is a show that has and probably will continue to deliver high quality entertainment.

We do need to remember that comics are not necessarily about great acting or a sensible approach to reality, it is an outlet for fantasy and an escape from boring reality. I always react when I see movie and TV-show reviewers do analyses about Sci fi (or porn for that matter) as if the point is to have the greatest actors acting out magnificent dialogs about global warming and puppies. It is about entertainment! If you want to be entertained it is the Stallone´s and Schwarzenegger´s you watch. If you want to huddle down and cry and see amazing acting then you watch something else. Kick-ass entertainment does not necessarily make a movie/tv-show worse or better, it’s just what it is. Mainstream reviewers in particular often forget this and consequently give really bad reviews to really great entertainment while praising paint-drying dialogues about menstruation.

What is missing? 
As already mentioned the storyline need better villains primarily and better writing/directing in general. Also a few more in the crew and a dark twist (May?) would make things more interesting.
What can also be addressed with additional squad members is the lack of skills which is highly noticeable in every episode (SHIELD "training" at its best I assume…). Okay, I do get that Fitz and Simmons are not martial art experts and that Agent Punch Toughsmack isn´t a computer expert, but SHIELD agents should have a wider range of knowledge no? And isn´t SHIELD supposed to be an international organisation? Why would the international community throw tons of money at big-ass flying carriers and allow the agents roam around their country´s backyard without asking for something in return like, oh let´s say, a Pakistani or French agent on the team?

The enemies so far have been jungle rebels, a couple of hackers, corrupt cops, a rich but pretty nice guy and a girl in a flowery dress. Oh wow, I feel so threatened… Yes, okay, they did have to fight a couple of super soldiers and a few berserkers (without backup and with only two people in the team capable to fend off worse foes then kittens), but I never felt like anyone was ever in danger and when soapy Agent Stuffy McBlanderson gets shot he is okay and able to fight off a bunch of police officers on a crashing plane… right…okay…

Consequently I would like to see more actors joining the crew – and that a few of the new or current ones die horribly without mysterious drugs to save them, if only to get the feeling of danger and feel more for the characters remaining. It feels very weird that they are so few and only two that actually can fight. Agent John Garrent did show up and hopefully will soon join on a permanent basis (take over the crew after the new super-villain Carson?), but I would love to see one or two more filling in the gaps. The problem here though (again!) is the writers and directors – they cannot handle the current, pretty limited, squad so how will they cope with additional cast?

Where is/should the show go? 
I do not agree with the conventional fan-base opinion that the team need a superhero or two in order to lift the show. I rather see them growing for themselves and fight with brains, wit and aid from the occasional outsider against superior and much stronger foes. I rather see “normal” people fighting against a billion to one odds then watch the current/extra cast put on spandex and fly about. Yes it is about the Marvel universe and yes we do need a few people throwing buildings lurking about on the show - like adding Lady Sif to the mix which was a great idea - but I rather see a bunch of great detectives with brains and a variety of skills taking advantage of a Super villain hubris then to see a hunky shampoo-commercial dude get enormous powers.

The story of Skye is a brain teaser and it can be a good origin story for her and something that can develop over time into something really great. Also feel like the character of Skye is the least developed with most untapped potential – and she has not even been enrolled at a SHIELD campus! I do have worries about this though, just as with Coulson´s little mystery. So far the writers and directors have not impressed so I am a little concerned that they will mess this up too and if so that would pretty much be the end of the show, at least for me.

I like the idea of SHIELD going evil or that Coulson got experimented upon with injected alien blood and that this experiment actually went horribly wrong and so he will be one of, if not THE main antagonist villain of the show.
BUT the crew need to get the hell off that stupid plane, preferably permanently, but at least more often. It is their transport and sort of headquarters so I get they need to have a few meetings and such, but it feels like 90% of the time they are flying or fighting on the “bus”. If that plane is such a villain-magnet and so comfy that they can stand around most of the time, what the hell do they do with the rest of the cash they throw at this show?
They can use the plane as their foe-trap and sit down and relax 40min of each show until the evil one show up. This show is like; plane flies, something is discussed on the plane, the plane fly some more, a few events happens outside, back on the plane they sort of solve the mystery, the evil one shows up on the plane and they fight on the plane and kill/trap the villain and then the plane fly off in the sunset. Someone is seriously skimming cash from this show or filming a plane flying is seriously more expensive than I thought…

Hopefully the first season will end with Coulson being an evil mastermind - revealed after they, sort of, defeat the main antagonist The Clairvoyant whom turn out to be Dormammu, Skye consequently turns out to be (of course) Clea. I also suggest that Hunky Mr fightsalot dies and I would also propose that one of the tech (preferably Fitz) also dies. This in a season finale of tears and lots of pain so the show, at least temporary, take a darker turn. Alternatively that Skye is Gamora (one of the most interesting female characters with lots of personality potential) and Coulson is the Clairvoyant. Although I assume, at this point, that Skye will be morphed into Abigail Brand (hm...) as the show goes on and that the Clairvoyant is that weird looking black/mulatto SHIELD agent with glasses that pops up now and again.

Regardless of where the show goes, I would emphatically suggest that someone buy a lot of vodka to the writers and directors and lock them up in a room filled with 9254972 comics and do not let them out before they come up with better dialog and better development of the show. I may have it wrong here and we may be surprised that the people behind the show have a fantastic plan and is deliberately teasing and annoying us (not a bad idea, going for the gold straight off is usually a bad idea for TV) – if so I probably owe them an apology later. This CAN be one of the best shows of all time so please people; get it right!

I will keep watching, even if I cannot find any other reason than coming up with more nicknames for Buzz Rockgroin… Agent Grrr Joinfight, Slade Granitethighs, Chuch Headpunch, Dunce Lackwit… Muscles McHairgel… Stone Wallface.. Beefy McSlab… Agent Stump Chuckman… Clench Buttsheek…

Despite the flaws this is an entertaining show and they cannot mess up the writing and directing more than they´ve already done so I assume it will get better and better over time.

Oh, and one last thing. I see a lot of people online compere this show with that of Arrow. Except for the valid point that the fighting choreography is much better on Arrow, that show is not only based on a completely different storyline, it is also crappier and a big yawn. The only positive thing about Arrow is the main characters work-out sessions which are a big plus for women and gay´s across the world. So please do not take anything from that crappy story, there are plenty of great stuff from the Marvel Universe that is much, much better.

The Hatred of Libertarianism

There are plenty of misconceptions and weird ideas about libertarianism. 

The (socialists) left regard us libertarians as rich narcissists closely linked to fascism and that we constantly look for new ways of making people homeless and that we laugh at the poor and starving on our way to our mansions and yachts.
The (conservative) right believe that libertarian is another word for “hippie”; that we want to destroy family values while puffing on a cannabis pipe. And the right seem to think that we´re part of the gay agenda and that we have neither morals nor reached religious enlightenment.
The general populace may think that libertarians are behind everything from the privatization of day-care to wars, everything from poverty in Africa to violence against women. This mainly due to mainstream media taking every possible moment to blame libertarianism for all the wrongs in our world.

Is there any other group so hated? So despised? So misunderstood? Not even Nazis, and certainly not communists, are so reviled throughout the world.

Why?

Personally I believe it is because we libertarians piss off everyone at the same time...

A libertarian is a person that sees no problem with a black lesbian woman living together with a Japanese lesbian woman, having adopted white kids and while watching their kids they clean their large gun stash, and this lesbian couple, and their kids, main source of income is their large cannabis field in the backyard.

Did you notice it? In above sentences alone I managed to offend and piss off religious nuts, Nazis, communists, mainstream scholars, journalists and the politically correct.

Let’s try another one;

A libertarian is a person whom argues that all forms of corporate subsidies as well as all forms of government controlled social welfare should be abolished and he/she wants to end the wars and both stop the surveillance police state and the crony corporate hegemony at the same time.

Here I pissed of banks, big conglomerates, government officials, politicians, neo-cons, the intelligence community and everyone who wants to have a welfare state. All at the same time.

You cannot really put us in the right-left paradigm. Although we in many issues, especially comes to economics, belong to the right, we also promote and argue social freedoms and argue human rights both of the individual and of groups. If you with feminism mean equality before the law and that both genders should have the same rights and freedoms, all libertarians are also, automatically, feminists. We advocate sexual as well as economic freedom. We promote gay rights as well as gun rights.

We libertarians believe that people have been given from the Universe/nature/God(s) absolute human rights that cannot be circumvented, cannot be eroded or in any form or way be taken away. This regardless if those rights are being taken away by a single individual or by the majority. And herein lays another big reason why the mainstream and politicians of all colours hate us. If the majority (or minority) cannot take away rights, why even have politicians? Why even vote? Is voting even a legal premise within a libertarian society?

We libertarians are pro-democracy, but not necessarily pro-voting. Democracy is much more than just casting a vote every 4 years or so, it is also about freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and so on. The voting process should never be allowed to become despotic or be allowed to infringe on our basic rights. The left in particular cannot understand this point of view since in their world, at least in theory, people should vote on everything that has an impact on their lives. In reality we know from a lot of socialist trial-and-errors that in a socialist country the (one) party controls everything and the party leader is, at best, a oligarchical figurehead, and at worst a 100% dictator.

Although most can understand that we should not allow the 51% to murder the minority 49% and consequently most also reject the notion of; voting decides all - people still have no problem to impose “minor” rules and infringements that are based on the very same premise.
A libertarian is a person that rejects the majority view/vote if this view/vote means forcible action taken against those that disagree. For example smoking; we know that smoking is bad for us, but it is my body, my life, my time and my money. If I want to smoke 57 packs a day it is my right to do so. No regulation, no tax, no law and no group, regardless if this group is the majority or the minority, has any right to tell me what I should or should not smoke. The same goes for sex and sexuality. If I want to sleep with a woman or with a man or with several at the same time, it is my choice. You may have your own moral objections if my girlfriend urinates on me while another man spanks my monkey, but that is your opinion and although you are entitled to it, you do not however have the right to tell me, by law and via threat of violence by the state, that such sexual activity is wrong.

And here we come to a final reason why people of all political views reject libertarianism; they see libertarianism lacking government rules and that the ideology is close to, if not purely, anarchism. Although there are anarchists within the libertarian movement, the so called anarcho-capitalists, the general consensus among libertarians is that there should be a government and that there should be a few central laws following the guide-lines of natural given rights. A government in a libertarian state would exist to uphold the law and provide military protection of the land. There might also be a little wiggle room for the government to have certain foreign and diplomatic tasks and perhaps even minor social ones. The key word here is however “voluntary”. A person should have the right to opt out of society in one form or the other and most (if not all) government actions should be founded via voluntary donations or via income derived from low/non-intrusive taxes such as voluntary VAT´s or lottery programs.

The rules/laws in a libertarian state are few and simple - easy to understand and easy to obey.

You, as an individual have, in a Libertarian society, an absolute right to do, think, act, say and work in whatever way you want until the moment you encounter another individual with the same right. In practice this means that you can own guns but not shoot anyone unless it is in self-defense; it means that declaring war will never happen, the government (and the people) will only act in self-defense; it also means that you can smoke weed but not force anyone else to do so; it means that you can hold hands with, have sex with and marry someone of the same gender but you cannot force a priest to wed you.

For conservatives and socialists these, what they refer to as “opposite duo-opinions”, are not compatible. How can you be for gay rights but not force a church/priest to marry them? How can you be for gun rights but against waging wars in foreign countries?
For a libertarian it is not only possible, it is required. You cannot claim to be libertarian and be for certain rights but not for others.

Liberals/socialists also have a problem with us libertarians refusing to rally together with them against NationalSocialists. Of course it is not only libertarians, also conservatives and pretty much anyone knowing anything about the red madness will refuse to go. But in the leftie mind-set not going in a demonstration against fascists and NationalSocialists is the same as being on the same side as such horrific ideologies. The left want us to ignore their blood-soaked red flags and the most evil symbols of all time; the hammer and sickle, and see it and them as something great and good just because they are against Nazis.

No, we libertarians are against totalitarian ideas and against any form of aggression against human rights no matter who utters them. We do not care if you are socialist, communist, social-democrat, neo-con or Nazis.

What we care about is basic human rights and civil liberties. Period.

Does that make us evil? 

180 degree turn spins our world into twilight zone

Crazy. I was Crazy ones. 

For us growing up under the cold war and during the 1980´s the world of today seem to have turned on its axles, jumped into a black hole and ended up in another galaxy were it rains crazy milk and matrix-like madness is the norm of the realm.

Back then U.S. was still a respectable power in the world. Although already tainted, dirty and falling the Americans and their only decent president since Warren G Harding, felt like a comfy secure haven. Together with Great Britain and their Iron Lady the U.S. was a force of good facing off against the evil empire of the Soviet Union. A USSR that, among other things, fought a losing battle against the CIA-backed Mujahedins of Afghanistan.

The world was crippled by the constant struggle of western democracy versus the communist nightmare. But it was a simpler time and it was easy to pick a side.

And back then China was a weird place filled with other communists committing mass-murder on their own populace almost daily. Back then what we today call The European Union still had some positive potential and there were so much positive feelings with and within pretty much everything.

The 1980´s was the decade of neon lights, Miami Vice, excess living, cocaine, Alphaville, and macho movies. The 1990´s feels now, afterwards, like a pass-through decade were the chess pieces were put into place for what we have today. A decade that saw the rise of Internet and mobile phones, but did not contribute with much more.

Today almost everything has been turned upside down. The U.S. is now close to an evil empire seemingly invading countries on vims and with flimsy excuses they blow up wedding parties, murder kids in droves and protect poppy fields in Afghanistan. This while their previous allies in the Mujahedin now are called Al-qaida, an organisation which now is the sworn enemy of America.

The previously hated STASI surveillance tactics have now been implemented in every western country - only worse. People can no longer watch porn without having an Intelligence Agency watch them watching it. All we do is monitored, collected and weighed in for or against us.

Today the European Union has morphed into EUSSR wherein unelected bureaucrats decide how many fish we should catch and how much food we should produce and they do so with 5 year plans and it is all ruled via nepotism.

Today Russia seem to be, despite their anti-gay stupidities, a better country then most in the west. Today China is the only great power in the world with a so-so intact credibility – and please here remember that the Chinese are building giant cities no-one lives in and fiddle the numbers to seem credible.

Feminism, political correctness, and GramscoFabianazi ideas is the norm and there is nowhere to run in order to get away from it. Airport controls feels like entering a war zone, any/all men working at schools are automatically said to be paedophiles, terrorism lurk behind every bush, and those trying to tell the truth about it all are chased and hunted down like animals.

In the world of economics debt is nowadays something positive and it has even been suggested by a Nobel Prize winner that an Alien invasion would be good for the economy. Today if prices goes down it is negative while prices going up is something positive. Phantom FIAT money thrown at the stock exchange forcing prices up is something great and how we solve any economic vows. That the price of a normal home cost the normal buyer 10 times their annual salary, which is 3 times the historical norm, is regarded as a perfectly well-functioning market.

And today we´re busy trying to save the world from manmade global warming - something that has been scientifically proven to be a false idiocy.

The world is a much scarier, weirder and crazier place today than it was when we lived under the threat of nuclear holocaust. We live in a world of upside down madness. To me it sometimes feels like we´ve entered a different reality.

What the hell happen? How did we end up here?

The only reason I can think of is that yet again the human populace show themselves to be the moronic clueless amoebas I always thought they were. Sadly I again get it right. 

Can it get worse? Ooohhh, hell yes!

Whenever I, a few years ago, pointed out the faults, the wrongs and the direction, everyone said I was a tin-foil hat and that I was a crazy delusional angry man that no-one should listen to. Today, when I have been proven right and even my previous bashes say so, and when I again point out what is wrong and where this will lead, the very same people, again, say I should take off my tin-foil hat and stop drinking.

People simply do not want to believe, they do not want to see, they do not want to know.

People think they can sit down in front of their reality show of choice, nibble on a pizza and what goes on out in the world will never bother them. If, for whatever reason, they get up to complain they do so against smaller things or they find the wrong entity/person/group to blame. It is easier that way.

That is why we´re fucked. And that is also why things will not get better; they will get a lot worse. A lot.

How to find evil people

One of the most hated in Sweden - which of course is reason enough to like her

If you understand Swedish you should once in a while visit the blog of Blondinbella. Not to read what she writes necessarily, it is usually pretty boring superficial stuff about clothes, fashion and a few things about her everyday life. Perhaps such things interest you, but for me its pretty mind-numbing. She also have a few political comments and a few good things to read, but mostly her page is not for me.

No, why you should visit and read her blog is for the comment section. There you can find the vilest, most despicable and wicked excuses for humans on the planet commenting on how horrific Isabella Löwengrip is since she is not a feminist and she is not left wing – and, worst of all, she is successful!

Oh, how horrific it is with a strong intelligent woman getting her way in life without making excuses while stating she is an anti-feminist. It is like the politically correct and their feminazi friends have found their nemesis and so have ganged up and with the worst possible wording thrash Isabella constantly. Its cyberbullying at its worst. It’s the very essence of socialist envy bottled up in abominable commentaries.

If you want to know how evil these people really are and how they act out what they say they are against, and if you want to know who the left-wing feminazi scum are that, if given the chance, one day will rape, kill and torture you, look no further.

But beware! You might lose all faith in humanity. I gave up on humankind a long time ago, but if you still carry hope perhaps you should not listen to my advice – there are of course mainstream news to instead numb and dumb you down…

Your country sucks - Part II

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” 

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

Here´s another revelation that might shock you when you move to another country; you will realize that people regardless of religion; skin color or culture are basically the same. Listening to a Turk talking to a Egyptian, the French conversing with Spaniards, Norwegians gossiping with Russians etc you soon realize that if only the language were the same you would never be able to tell them apart.

On certain topics (religion and history especially) a few differences comes out, but the argumentation and views can as well be the difference between a New Yorker and Philadelphian, or between a North and Southern Swede.

If you constantly listen to mainstream media in the west you might believe that Muslims always are out to kill Christians and that suicide bomber is the norm and not the exception. The fact is not only the opposite; a vast majority of Muslims regard suicide bombers and religious fundamentalist views with the same revulsion we feel about Anders Breivik or reverend Jim Jones.

Another thing that is constantly ignored by media is the history and background story of a certain conflict. Problems in the Middle East (and Israel) are the most obvious examples since conflicts in the area go back to the Crusades, and even far beyond that.

Another story forgotten is the Balkans. Even if we do not go back as far as Byzantium or the Ottoman Empire there are so many other issues it will boggle your mind. Merely the fact that Serbs were slaughtered and exterminated in tens of thousands during WW II by Croats give you a broader understanding of the Yugoslavian “civil war” and why the supposed bad guys, the Serbs, did what they did in the early 1990´s.

There are plenty of such examples across the world and in Europe you can find plenty of issues between and within countries. This is one of the many reasons why the European Union, in its current form, is such a bad idea. There are over 70 official languages in Europe and hundreds of different dialects and smaller, almost extinct languages – and there are as many different cultures. Every single boarder has changed countless of times.

Only in Spain (where I live today) you have Basque, Catalan, Andalusian, and Galician –movements looking to break free from their, in their view, Castilian overlords and this is a story that goes back hundreds of years. For an American (yes I am going to bash you some more…) this is something incomprehensible.

I have worked for several US companies and every single time we have training or have a VP visiting holding a speech, they seem to think of and talk about Europe as one entity. The fact that, for example, differences between North Italy and Sicily is so huge and has such a long history that it make any difference seen in the US pale in comparison is completely forgotten, ignored and is even an inconceivable thought for most Americans. Assigning diplomats seem to prove this… 

My point however is that regardless of the differences that do exist between cultures, countries and historic views; the people; the individuals, are the same. We all want the best for ourselves and our loved ones. We all look for a better life. We all want to be free. And, what will probably surprise you, we also think of the world, politics and even religion in the same way. You will realize this once you hear a Turk say that Turkish politicians are morons, or when a Shiite Persian argue that the Mullahs are bigoted xenophobes.

I remember listening to a discussion between one Polish, one Brit, and one Lebanese, a couple of Czechs, one Moroccan, one Vietnamese and one American – all of which agreed that their own politicians are liars and that all people should have the right to their own religion and that the world would be a much better place if normal folk talked to each other over a beer or five. If we only took the time to get to know our neighbor and had a barbecue instead of listening to mainstream media and to those in charge, there would be no wars or conflicts.

I couldn't agree more.

The individual is a great person ready to help and understand. The hospitality of normal folk, across the world, would astound you. It does not matter who you are or who they are, once you work together, drink together, live together and share your experiences you´ll find out how similar people are in the real world.

The problem is in part government and in part people in group.

People in groups often lose their sensibility. Look at a football game or the world championship of Hockey and you´ll see people starting to act less and less like individuals and more and more like Neanderthal group of thugs waving flags and singing death threats towards a supposed “enemy”. If you look at larger group’s people’s intelligence seem to drop even further and a smug salesman in suit with a decent understanding of this group-psyche can basically get people to do whatever he wants.

The government, in turn, prey on larger groups. Convincing one group that they can win benefits and get greater lives if they just steal from; beat up; or in other ways impact on another group. Consequently we get blacks against whites, Muslims against Christians, the Rich against the poor, women against men and so on and so forth. This is further enhanced by socialist and fascist policies since those ideologies are built, partly or fully, on the premise that there is a horrific adversary somewhere that needs to be quenched and killed. Also (at least historically – but also today in many places) we have religious nuts and fanatical fuck-ups who´s agenda links up with that of government and thus influence the groups alongside politicians.

The people, as individuals, are good people, great even, and they will constantly surprise you and this regardless of who they are or where they are from.

People, as in Groups, and influenced and govern by soul-sucking entities up-high are however horrid hooligans with no grasp of fairness.

If I needed further proof of the greatness of Libertarian ideas and a boost in freedom thinking, then moving about in the world really did the trick. If I was an ultra neo-liberal anti-government extremist - which often was said about me in Sweden – when I was living in my birth nation I am much, much more so today. And the reason is because today I know more about my fellow man, I know more about how the world works and I now know that shit is shit regardless if you live in Los Angeles, Athens, London or Stockholm.

You should all travel more, see the world and move to another country, if only for a year or two. Not only will you grow as a person you will also get fantastic new friends and most likely you will come to the same conclusion as I have; government is the problem and freedom is the solution.

Your country sucks - Part I

“I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” 

― Maya Angelou

You do notice a few things when moving to another country. Personally, having lived all over the place, I can tell you a lot about how previous axiomatic views have been turned upside down.

For example when I lived in Sweden I honestly believed that the Swedish healthcare system, despite year-long queues, was one of the best in the world and that our Swedish public transport system was second to none. Of course that is far, far from the truth.

I still believe that once you actually get help, especially for major surgeries, Sweden is one of the best, but other than that I can with absolute certainty say that the only country in Europe (which I know of) that has a worse healthcare system then Sweden is the UK (yes, I have lived there).

For minor issues in Sweden you need to call before and go to an assigned specific healthcare central in your area – sounds socialist and horrid yes? Well, it gets better. Firstly when you call you need to do so during certain hours, usually you have a window of an hour on, for example, a Tuesday morning, so good luck if you´re working... Secondly the low level of service and professionalism offered will make you feel like a dehydrated turd that happen to get stuck underneath the doctors/nurses shoe(s). Thirdly you will probably be in waiting, despite having a scheduled time, for an additional hour or so.

Despite what the UN and the Swedish government tells you the healthcare system is substandard in most aspects that count for everyday folk trying to get help for everyday issues.

And I did mention the year long queues for surgeries and major problems right? I have a close friend waiting for a heart surgery right now (have been waiting for months) and his operation was just moved a few weeks into the future because they got one (sic!) new individual who needed it faster. Isn´t that something? One new person shows up and a very important life-saving operation need to be moved weeks, so… where are the other doctors? Other hospitals? 

In countries like Estonia, Czech Republic and Germany (all of which are countries I have lived in) the level of professionalism and sympathy and service is so much higher than Sweden that you might be shocked if you move there. And they have NO QUEUES!

Although the Swedish healthcare system can be debated the Swedish public transport system cannot - it is so bad, so horrific and so crappy I do not know where to begin.

In Sweden it seems that Swedes are happy if there is one bus going each day if that that bus is only 5min late. The only metro system in the country, in Stockholm, is overcrowded and very difficult to grasp. Not to mention the prices. The cost of a monthly metro pass can feed a small African country for a week. The railroad system is getting old and train lateness is nowadays so common that people rather take that once-a-day-bus. I have seen a few expat Americans stating that the Swedish transport system is fantastic and easy. Every time I see such a comment I ponder on what a hellish nightmare it must be in the US. Even Greece (yes, I´ve lived there too), today, has a better public transport system then Sweden. In most Eastern European countries it is so much better that it will make Swedes cry from envy.

But moving on; we Swedes are told that people in other countries know of Sweden because we´re so great in Sports, that people in other countries know of Björn Borg, Olof Palme and that we are so great in staying neutral in all conflicts that our greatness is acknowledge everywhere. We Swedes are, if you listen to a school teacher, known for our work ethics, our equality and for being environmentally and politically savvy. People across the world know of Sweden because we are a fantastic socialist paradise and we have so many great companies. Basically Sweden is a magical place filled with rivers of honey and pink unicorns fluttering around spreading joy joy feelings.

The words “Bah, humbug!” have never been more appropriate.

People in other countries know of IKEA, meatballs and Swedish women. That is it! Most can hardly even point out Sweden on a map.

Sometimes, in other countries, Sweden is brought up in public or political debates, usually as a good example by liberals/lefties and once in a while you can hear of Sweden and Zlatan in the same sentence, but other than that? Most normal people around the globe have either never heard of or they do not care about that cold place with cold people at the edge of human civilization.

Not that such revelations is only for us Swedes, pretty much anyone moving abroad will find better or worse things with their new home. I also need to emphasize: “Moving!”, because a lot of times you hear fellow countrymen utter stupidities because they have been to the Canary Islands once and spent a summer cleaning fish in Norway and because of that they think they are so worldly.

The people having it worst when moving abroad are probably Americans. I do not think there is a more clueless group of people comes to the world and worldly knowledge. Americans seem to think that their country is in the lead and best in every area. The fact is that the United States has less then 5% of the world´s population, but have almost 25% of the world’s prisoners - which is the only statistics where the US is at the top. Well, there is one more thing; military expenditure!

Americans also seem to think that the world view of them is good, if not great. The fact however is the complete opposite; Americans are literary hated everywhere. Not only because of their continuous wars and mass murders, but also because of their arrogance and lack of worldly knowledge. Regardless of where I have been or to whom I´ve talked to, almost everyone despise, hate and loath Americans. Only the French can sometimes be mentioned with the same aversion but then mostly in a fun love-hate sort of way.

Don´t get me wrong, we all love American TV-shows and movies, and there are plenty of great American companies and seen over time the US is probably the most successful country that has ever existed on this planet, but (or perhaps because of that) there are so many issues – especially nowadays.

It is not only because of NSA, CIA or the millions of murdered, it is also a lack of understanding and very isolated world view (the world is located be between Main and California), and it’s the arrogance, it is all of it and so much more.

But regardless where you are from or where you are going remember that politics always suck; socialism and fascism exists universally in different forms and degrees; and there are pros and cons with each country. There are no paradises, there is no perfect society in existence, and people are basically the same everywhere.

You think there are huge differences between a Shiite woman in Iran and a Christian woman in Italy don´t you? Think again!

The vilest of organisations and a few drug cartels

Anyone surprised by THESE news?

Although I can see the benefits, at least in the short run, I have a hard time figuring out why the, in comparison, nicer and less evil would want to team up with such a despicable and abominable murderous entity as the US government.

Though, from a government standpoint, I see lots of advantages. First they create the drug lords and cartels through the inhuman “war on drugs”, then they use government entities to get money from the drug trade and through the entire process they induce pain, suffering and fear into the general public - and where do people go to ease their suffering and to what entity do they run with their fears? That’s right! To Government!

It’s a Machiavellian scheme with a Faustian smell of such evil it makes all cartoon villains head for retirement.

The leaders of our obese TV-watching generation love this arrangement. It makes them feel important, it gives them power and they get to send killer squads into jungles to hunt down their previous friends and benefactors. This while useful idiot’s campaign outside public offices demanding harsher penalties and increased government founding for drug education of the young while our masters, inside mentioned offices, snort a line and rub their hands together while signing another petition to send more of the mentioned young to pointless wars.

 The truth, as always, is hidden, ignored and spat at.

If you tell someone that legalisation would save countless lives and end drug cartels, they look at you as if you´re wearing a pink tutu and you´d just told them you´re from another galaxy and that you love to eat puppies for dinner. If you tell your neighbour that ending the “war on drugs” would almost completely stop people from dying of overdoses, he will think you have a meth lab in the basement and will probably call the cops. If you argue that drugs on a free market would be cleaner, healthier and be available at the nearest store instead of buying from shady characters people will laugh at you. If you tell relatives that terrorism would, practically, end across the world if drugs were legal, they think you´re joking. And, worse of all, when you tell people about the government-fear-cartel paradigm no one will believe you.

Perhaps this revelation will change a few minds, but generally the public will continue to go with their fears over to the most corrupt, inept, lawless and evil group in the world; their own government.