Awesome Iceland

[Holly]

Iceland has become the first Western European country to recognize Palestine as a state after passing a motion in parliament that recognizes the Palestinian Liberation Organization as the legitimate representative of all Palestinians. The motion calls on the international community to confirm Palestine's borders as those from before the 1967 war, and for Palestinians living in Israel to be guaranteed the right to return to the country.
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/...ine-as-a-state

The resolution, passed on Tuesday, also affirmed “the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their former homes.”

[rebellin]

Only one letter difference and a lot of courage makes Iceland an awesome country.

Glass-Steagall in Icelandic Parliament

Yesterday, Icelandic parliamentarian Álfheidur Ingadóttir re-introduced her bank- separation resolution, which has 16 co-sponsors, in the Icelandic Parliament, Althingi, followed by a one-hour debate. The resolution calls for the Finance Ministry to prepare guidelines to implement a full bank separation by February 1, 2013. The resolution will now be considered by the Economic and Trade Committee, and then come up for a vote in the Althingi.

Read the rest of the report here: http://laroucheirishbrigade.wordpres...ic-parliament/

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

Torn between admiring them and feeling thoroughly ashamed of the way Ireland is run- by a bunch of oligarchs who run the small men in Irish political affairs.

Ireland is a bit like Bermuda- a tax haven run by the rich for the rich with the local population viewed as cabana boys and barmen. The only difference being of course the weather.

The yacht-club in Ireland's case is the IFSC. How does such a small country as Iceland take a few breaths and come back from being humiliated by their bankers and its corrupt rentboys in the former government and restore some dignity like the Icelanders do?