Live from Sweden…

Posted by High Priestess Kang as LOL Swedes, Religion, T3h Intarweb

…Scientology!!!!

Or should I rephrase that. Project Chanology.

Apparently, our Scientologist friends have absolutely no sense of humor. Nor do they want to know how scamilarious their “*religion” really is. In the spirit of good natured trolling and lulz, Anonymous, the folks of the seedy underbelly that is t3h int3rn3tz, have been working their hardest to expose the wacky, zany craziness. L Ron’s peeps Tom Cruise and The Fresh Prince are not happy.

Humorless phucks.

Now, there are rumblings of law suits and, “pwnership.”

What the hell.

You mean to tell me that a religion is so insecure that it gets its proverbial knickers in a twist because people are trying to have some innocent fun? Or…is there something to hide.

I will be heading into town later today to do some food-shopping. Perhaps a trip to Gothenburg’s Scientology Centre will reveal some more dirty, dirt cum scoop?

Dare I knock on the door?

All Swedes eat rhubarb.

Posted by High Priestess Kang as LOL Swedes

Discuss.

Gävlebocken

Posted by High Priestess Kang as LOL Swedes, Swedish Stuff

Gävlebocken has returned!!!

Last year, the goat managed to survive the entire season as those crazy town-folk decided to soak him in flame retardant. The nerve…depriving the masses of the sheer joy of watching a goat ablaze.

This year, to rub the victory in our disappointed faces, the Gävlebocken has his very own blog. Gamla Hälsingebock will certainly not appreciate that I am wishing for the incineration of his dear, “Kusin.” I’m thinking I can soothe the pain with a bushel of fermented apples, though.

Watch the goat here! Live! All goat! All the time!!!

Visit the Phorum for more Sweden (according to Kang)

Dude…

Posted by High Priestess Kang as LOL Swedes

…you suck.

From our good friends at The Local:

Keith Richards lashes out at Swedish tabloids

Two Swedish tabloids have provoked the ire of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.

In what the veteran rocker claimed was the first time he had publicly reacted to a review, he lashed out at Aftonbladet and Expressen’s reports on the band’s performance at Gothenburg’s Ullevi stadium earlier this month.

The papers both gave the Stones two stars. An article in Expressen was headlined “Keith was very drunk,” and gave the star a personal zero stars.

“This is a first! Never before have I risen to the bait of a bad review. But this time… I have to stand up for our incredible Gothenburg audience and for fans all over Sweden…to say that you owe them, and us, an apology,” Richards said in a statement released to newspaper Dagens Nyheter by concert promoter EMA Telstar.

The star continued his rant:

“You have a duty to wield the power of the press with honesty and integrity. There were 56,000 people in Ullevi stadium who bought a ticket to our concert - and experienced a completely different show than the one you “reviewed”. How dare you cheapen the experience for them - and for the hundreds of thousands of other people across Sweden who weren’t at Ullevi and only have your “review” to go on. Write the truth. It was a good show.”

But Expressen was unrepentant:

“Our reviewer has made one judgment on the quality [of the concert], and Keith Richards has made another,” Dan Panas, enetertainment editor of Expressen, told Dagens Nyheter.

Keith, Keith, Keith…

How would you know what a good show is? It’s been thirty years since the Rolling Stones have put on a good show.

I hate to say it, but there comes a time when the rock ‘n rollers need to put away their amps and mics and take up golf. Particularly if you’re a vocalist and your voice is roached to the point where you have to drop an octave to sing along (Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler…).

Life’s a bitch. We all get old. At least some of us do it with dignity. Others are called, “Parrot Heads.”

What I cannot stand is listening to some washed-up, law of nature defying, human petri dish bitch and moan, fostering airs of pretension about his, “craft.” Give me a phucking break. Am I to believe that Keith is not a total burn out?

Keith: You were drunk (and probably stoned). That’s your job!

Påfågel

Posted by High Priestess Kang as Amusement, LOL Swedes

Dock Ellis’ new colleague:

Not to be confused with others in the family such as:

1. en kisskuk
2. en ärt-kuk

Go Miss Kitten!

Posted by High Priestess Kang as LOL Swedes, News, Observations, Swedish Stuff

Our resident Kitten and birthday girl received a very nice pressie today.  A published article!

Go Miss Kitten!  Go!  Go!  Go!!!

The House of Sweden: More than Just Free T-Shirts
An IKEA furniture wonderland, and oh-so-much more

After a visit to the House of Sweden at the Swedish Institute, you’ll take away much more than just a fancy fashion statement. The cultural gifts here are varied and plentiful too.

The word “Sweden” might conjure up images of blonde girls named Inga or cheap, easy-to-assemble furniture, but one can deduct very little in the way of expectations from the name “House of Sweden.” Would all of Sweden be enclosed in one house? Would I be intruding on some modest family’s day to day? Would they offer me a choice of t-shirts? And would they serve meatballs?

All of these insights were waiting at the House of Sweden, which not only houses the Swedish Embassy but offers visitors a variety of ways to experience some of what this unique culture has to offer.

…read on…

Duh!

Posted by High Priestess Kang as IJC, LOL Gheys, LOL J00z, LOL Swedes

Mad props to Paul O’Mahony from The Local for this one. 

LOL!  J00z and gheyers.  The High Priestess Kang and Mutley really do run the world.  Go, go, Kidon!!!

Vegas run by gays and Jews, says magician
by Paul O’Mahony

Swedish magician Joe Labero has provoked a strong reaction with suggestions that Las Vegas is controlled by “Jewish business syndicates, American dollar millionaires and homosexual booking agents”.

The magic master’s comments were made in an interview with rail company SJ’s on-board magazine Kupé.

As a prelude to his controversial thesis, Labero explained that he has long been close to getting his own show in Las Vegas.

“But at the end of the day it seems to be impossible - unless you are a homosexual, a Jew or an American.

“I don’t mean to sound prejudiced of course, I’m just cynical. A blond Swedish Viking will have a hard time breaking through the hierarchies that control Vegas, where power rests in the hands of Jewish business syndicates, American dollar millionaires and homosexual booking agents.

“But I will get there, sooner of later,” Labero told the magazine.

Joe Labero is the stage name of Lars Bengt Roland Johansson.

Sören Andersson, chairman of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) took exception to the illusionist’s remarks.

“I think it’s rather nasty to say thinks like this. The implication is that everybody who is not ether Jewish or homosexual is being discriminated against,” he told The Local.

“It is reminiscent of the world-famous Jewish conspiracy, now extended to also include Jews. But these are two groups that have typically been the victims of discrimination.

“Putting the blame on specific groups says more about Joe Labero than anybody else,” he added.

The editor of Kupé magazine admitted that he had been hesitant about publishing the controversial quotes.

“We discussed this a lot internally before arriving at the conclusion that it would be controversial and inappropriate in the context of a Swedish discussion.

“But we also raised it in the context of an American discussion, where it is not considered controversial to say that decisions in Hollywood are dominated by Jewish, homosexual and American interests,” Gunnar Wesslén told newspaper Resumé.

Rail operator SJ has taken up the matter with Mediabolaget, the company responsible for producing the magazine on its behalf.

“We are having serious talks with the editor and the company about what has happened and why it was allowed to happen,” press spokesman Mark Vadasz told Resumé.

Joe Labero meanwhile has shelved his plans for a Vegas show as he instead sets his sights on Asia.

“I am quite simply a bit tired of the Yanks at the moment,” he told Kupé.

That’s one way to look at it…

Posted by High Priestess Kang as LOL Swedes, News, Observations

From the blog on The Local - Sweden’s News in English:

American deejay calls basketball team ‘diaper-headed hos’

According to an article on Thursday in newspaper Dagens Nyheter, American radio deejay Don Imus is in hot water after having made racist remarks on his MSNBC radio show ‘Imus in the Morning’. At an NCAA women’s basketball championship between the University of Tennessee and Rutgers University, Imus described Rutger’s team – mainly comprised of African Americans – as a bunch of “nappy-headed hos.”

Dagens Nyheter translated “nappy-headed” as “diaper-headed” (blöjhövdade), which would be a rather juvenile insult, but hardly worth the uproar it’s caused in the US (which has subsequently led to Imus being canned by NBC). While a “nappy” in British English would refer to something covering a baby’s bum, according to Merriam Webster, in American English it describes the “kinky” or “fuzzy” hair characteristic of black people. In the 1950s, it was used as a derogatory term.

Imus deserves to lose his job, and Dagens Nyheter ought to get a better dictionary.

Granted I am many days late and many dollars short with respect to this discovery, but can we not admit that there are two different forms of English?  Finally?  And the King’s version isn’t, necessarily, the gold standard any longer?