As a friend of mine wrote...

"Of course, even as I believe there are still room for many hundreds thousands of more immigrants in Sweden, I recognize that the long-term solution to the global wealth distribution is not to move everybody around but to raise living conditions everywhere."

And I agree. The other day I got into a discussion with a 15 year old guy who agreed that the bad things happening around the world are bad although he spoke of such things as "propaganda" when coming from people on the left and therefore bad, but he couldn't be more specific why it's bad. Even though he recognized that there are problems in other countries he still was convinced that we here in Sweden should focus on the problems here and not so much on other countries, eg. China. I tried to explain to him that very problem, that Sweden is everything but isolated and unaffected by what happens and what could happen around us. Making other countries where there are a lot of problems better and safer to live in is a good way of protecting oneself. So what is good for others is also good for us.

When it comes to immigrants, the problem is not they staying here but the fact that many of them can't live in their country of origin. So the best way of "getting rid of" immigrants, if one is of that opinion that it's needed, is to make it better in the countries they come from. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out...

By the way, can you guess from which Swedish party (of the seven "acceptable" ones) this guy belongs to?

Same same but same

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20.15

Christian & Gay

I wonder if there are any atheist camps? Shouldn't there be if there are religious camps? Watching an interesting program named "Camp Out" (In Swedish "Young, Christian & Gay"). Seeing it, it also makes me miss going camping like I did when I was younger. I especially remembers when I was 15 and went to Brazil. I miss that so and I miss the people. I wonder what they are doing nowadays. None of them are gay though, well, as far as I know :-)

"Amerikansk dokumentär från 2006. I denna dokumentär får vi följa 10 deltagare på det första sommarlägret för unga kristna homosexuella. Under en veckas tid i en öppen miljö får de träffa andra som befinner sig i samma situation. Tillsammans med stöttande ledare diskuterar de sin sexualitet och sin tro. Kan man vara kristen och gay? Originaltitel: Camp Out."

I especially like the scene where they show when one of the camp leaders became a priest. He stands in the crowded church, there are several hundred people there (usually there is just 100-200). Everybody standing around him with their hands on him and someone asks the crowd if they receive him as a servant of God. All together they say "we do" and starts clapping their hands and they don't stop! The man is so touched and starts to cry. That was great to see. It had been a long and hard fight for him against his church and finally he could become the priest as he had longed for so much. Although, ELCA does not accept him as a priest but who cares? :-)

"I am so tired of hearing about all those young people who commit suicide just because they are gay. I don't want to hear about it any more." (the priest)

Rick & Steve

Fire

Is late really better than never?

Sometimes I wonder. In some cases I feel it might have been easier if it had been never rather than late.

Two Bi

Streckgubbe

Anslagstavlan

Finally

"Portugal efterskänker skuld

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I tisdags avskrev Portugal hela Moçambiques skuld på 2,4 miljarder kronor. Finansministrarna Manuel Chang och Fernando Texeira dos Santos undertecknade avtalet som diskuterats sedan 2005."

Very good...

Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum

I question, therefore I think, hence I exist.

Aliens come from Galapagos

Now I know where the creators of the Alien movies got their inspiration! I am watching a program about the Galapagos islands right now. They are showing the only lizards that are specialized on a marine life, the sea iguana. They live mainly on land but eat mostly green and red Algiers on the bottom of the outside the coast. After ten minutes in the cold water, they have to get back on land since their muscles get stiff when cold. When they swam but to the surface, they looked JUST like the aliens when they are swimming, with their arms, slim body and long tail.

What interesting islands with flourishing life despite the hard living conditions! I would like to go there some day and learn more about what it could teach us when it comes to species, change and evolution.

Saudade

Give me a chance...

98 applicants for 2 posts.
400 applicants for 35-40 posts.
388 applicants for 1 post.

You do the math :-S

Incredible

Start watching after abut 50 seconds. He's amazing! Wow!

Guts or Balls...

There is a medical distinction. We've all heard about people having guts or balls, but do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed, the definitions are listed below:

GUTS - Is arriving home late after a night out with the boys, being met by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask: ''Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?''

BALLS - Is coming home late after a night out with the boys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the arse and having the balls to say: ''You're next, fatty.''

I hope this clears up any confusion on the definitions. Medically speaking, there is no difference in the outcome, since both ultimately result in death.

S.O.S.

by Rihanna.