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Today ,there was a national assmebly, 1500 hundred people,discussing what values should be in ICeland. They where selected from every part of ICeland,through random selection,using the national registry. Nine inidviduals,where on every table,and they had all,special discussion . Some had education,others had democracy and so on. This assembly ,is by a independent group, and every thing to hold this assembly,was donanted by inidviduals ,and companys. Integrity is the value the representatives of the National Assembly considered most important for society. Equal rights, respect and justice follow. Next are love, responsibility, freedom, sustainability and democracy. The family, equality and trust are also high priorities. Spirits are high and participants and staff are focused on delivering good results for the country. The participants are divided into groups working at 162 tables. Nine people are at each table and their first task this morning was to agree on values. What comes from this assembly,will be put online,and goverment ,individuals,goveremnt,and everybody ,can use it for their own purposes.

Due to the banking crisis and economy problems here in ICeland ,everybody has to save money.
And the towns and city must save to.
One town near just south of Reykjavik ,Hafnarfjordur,has been cutting down expences, and when they decided to cut down on service for the young and teenagers,then the teenagers got angry.
The town council decided to cut down on the teenagers social center, the center where teenagers can come after school .
Today teenagers in the town protested , and went in front of the town hall

Bad things are happening all over our little planet. Economic crisis, global warming, unemployment, wars and so on. But today its looks like that Doomsday is upon us ! This is the last day of McDonalds in Iceland. Feelings are running high,tears have fallen ,many will flag at half mast tomorrow. Ithas been a sad day for Burger lovers. I went to Mcdonald´s just after noon today , and there was a big line to it. And i went again just minutes ago , and there where more cars in the line. Inside there was also a line of people,getting there last McDonald´s in ICeland. Tomorrow , no more McDonald´s. Nobody wanted to be interviewed ,because ,feelings are running high,and nobody wants to break down on video ,and cry in public. At midnight tonight , the golden arch will be turned off , and tomorrow ,there will be another name, where McDonald´s was before, and that name will be - Metro Burger. Not as Classy as McDonald´s but still , they will serve burgers . But yesterday night,at 24:00 hours ( GMT ) the lights of Mcdonalds where turned off.

Mr. Micheal Krajewsky was conducting,and the theme was , John Williams movie music.
Mr Krajewsky ,is known for conducting Movie music and has worked with many Symphony orchestras , in San Francisco ,Dallas,Detroit, Baltimore,Stþ Louis to name a few.
I called the Symphony ,and they gave me permission to videotape and put it on the Internet, and everywhere else .
And on this clip ,there is a little bit of a Shocker !
There comes a unknown individual ,dressed in black and with a helmet ,and he walks on the st

Due to the bad economy here in Iceland , McDonalds, is closing down next saturday .According to the CEO of McDonalds in Iceland, this is because that the Icelandic currency is low, and they have to import everything from Germany.The Icelandic Krona has fallen 100 % to the Us Dollar since the banking crisis last year.So the McDonalds franchise is no more in ICeland , and instead there will still be burgers at the McDonalds location, but new name - and no Mcdonalds franchise. The new burger place will be called - Metro .It will only use domestic beef ,cheese and so on. Part of the Western civil civilization , as we know it , will leave Iceland next Saturday .But as you can see on the Video - Colonel Sanders is not far away from the McDonalds location.KFC , will still be in Iceland , so there maybe some hope yet ! McDonalds opened in Iceland in 1993.And Mr. David Oddson , who was CEO of the Central bank during the Banking Crisis last year, and in 1993 he was Icelands Prime minister , was the first guest and ordered the first McDonalds hamburger in ICeland .Will he get the last burger on saturday ?Stay tuned !

Tonight there was a citizen meeting in Reykjavik - and buisness minister of Iceland mr.Gylfa Magnússyniwas there and answered question from people about what the goverment is going to do ,to help the public that are going bankrupt.On this video ,you can hear mr. Olaf Arnarsson,explaining to danish tourist about what is happening and what has happened , and he is talking to them in English.Mr. Olafur Arnarsson, was also on the panel answering questions from the public.

Yesterday there was a citizen meeting ,and here you can see mr. Olafur Arnarsson ,explain to tourists ,what is happening in Iceland - and in English.People at the meeting got to ask the Icelandic buisness minister ,questions about goverment promises .The minister did not give the answer that the public wanted.The goverments priotity is to help companys, and at the same time ,the public is going broke.

The biggest and oldest newspaper Morgunbladid ,has sacked it chief editor.New owners are all anty Europian ,and the editor was pro Europian union.They who own the MBL, are mostly fishing rights owners.And the gossip is,the there will be more people sacked,and mostly those that are for the Europian Union.All the media in Iceland is in one way or the other controlled by big business, or political parties.Many citizen meetings and protests ,are not followed in the Icelandic Media,because, the media owners dont like the meetings and protests.Here is a video i took last week at a citizen meeting in Reykjavik ,and in the video on man goes on stage,and makes a hard speach at the buisness minister of Iceland who is sitting in the center on the stage.

Today there was a womens sport tournement in Reykjavik.It is some sort of a ball thing,where they use a single ball,and try to hit another player.Since i am of the " male " kind, then the rules might be to complicated for me to understand.But they where playing today ,and the weather does not matter .It was cold and windy.But they had a great time playng, and it was fun to watch.And sometimes ,as you can see on the video , judges had to talk , about ruling .

Yesterday at 20:00 hours ( local time in Iceland) and lighted candels.It was the day of no violence.The people with the candles formed the Peace sign.And some music was played and people enjoyed being together and formaing the peace sign.

Improbable research is research that makes people laugh and then think and it administer the Ig Nobel Prizes.And this year ,2009 ,Iceland is the proud winner of the IG-Nobel ECONOMICS PRIZE .The directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic banks — Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki, Glitnir Bank, and Central Bank of Iceland — for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa — and for demonstrating that similar things can be done to an entire national economy.No Icelandic banker attended the ceremony.

Tonight,at 20:oo hours ( local ) teenagers in Reykjavik ,went on a memorial walk ,in Reykjavik.They where remembering mr. Helgi Hoseasson.He died a few weeks ago , 89 years old.He had been on that street for decades ,protesting alone.He waws most famous for , when parliment was walking from the church and to the Parliement building in 1972 -he threw dairy product on members of Parliement.He had been protesting the Icelandic Church , and also the goverment .Mr . Helgi, was called the - Protester of Iceland -

Last night the Imagine Peace light was lighted.It is on between the Birthday of John Lennon and to the date ,of his death.Yoko Ono is in Iceland ,and was going to light it yesterday ,but weather was not good ( pretty bad weather ) ,so she will officially light it tonight.The light was on last night,and as you can see on the video i took , the weather was not good.

Financial control group has sent issues concerning comprehensive market abuse by Kaupthing bank to the Special Prosecutor office.They belive that the bank systematically tried to influence their share price and create a constant demand for shares and thus sent the wrong and misleading message to the market shares in real terms.This was done in a manner that the bank, which at a given time could only have a maximum 5% in himself, bought shares and then sold them on to selected customers against loans. In this way the bank could be active in the market with its own shares.The majority of those who participated in a poll made by one the Icelandic Newspapers , wants the government resign the agreement with the IMF.Here you can a video ,on how people felt last year about the IMF

I went tonight to see the Icelandic Symphony,play at a full house .Mr. Micheal Krajewsky was conducting,and the theme was , John Williams movie music.Mr Krajewsky ,is known for conducting Movie music and has worked with many Symphony orchestras , in San Francisco ,Dallas,Detroit, Baltimore,Stþ Louis to name a few.I called the Symphony ,and they gave me permission to videotape and put it on the Internet, and everywhere else .And on this clip ,there is a little bit of a Shocker !There comes a unknown individual ,dressed in black and with a helmet ,and he walks on the stage ,and pushes mr.Krajewsky off the stage ,and takes over conducting the Symphony . And when the music is over , he gets great applouse from the Icelandic people that where there enjoying great music by John Williams.He ( Darth Vader ) comes in the middle of the video .Enjoy .

According to an investigation by an independent investigator, top jobs in the public sector in Iceland ,are all political. Ministers appoint friends, relatives,or there friends in their political party. This has always been in Iceland. If you want something,then it is better to know someone high up. And nothing will change, even though things are bad ,due to the Banking crisis. Years from now,all the same people will be in charge,Bankers, politicians and so on. Een though members of parliement took part in banking crisis,got big loans, ( in the hundreds of millions ) and do not have to pay the loans. But the public, they are expendable. They must pay all , less pay,higher taxes and so on . Even though the took no part in the Banking Crisis. But to keep up the good humor in people, here is a video i tool last week ,when the ICelandic Symphony was interuppted ,by Darth Vader himself. He is in the later half of the video . Hope you like it.