My Kinna Swedes!!

The I am your butterfly I need a samurai is a reference to this gem (as the top comment notes: Swedes singing a J-Pop song in English with Rastafarian dreadlocks -- true story.): http://youtu.be/zvCyrv3VpPc

Crazy Swedes. Neat but can you imagine what happens when a finger gets snagged...EAK!

While I'm sure he's got plenty to fear from the U.S there is the issue of the allegations from the two women in Sweden.

Here's an interesting piece, updated to the 16/8/12 from a legal perspective. The final line might give you a taste of the contents;

[edit, here's the link!]
http://ffgqc.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/julian-the-asylum-seeker/

" If the Americans, the Swedes and the British are engaged in a sinister plot to deny him his rights, by subverting proper legal processes, then the founder of Wikileaks has a duty to tell us, in detail, what is going on and what is being done in our name."

1. The Swedish government handed Mohammed al-Zari and Ahmed Agiza over to the Egyptians after they "obtained promises from the Egyptian authorities that the men would not be tortured or subjected to the death penalty, and would be given fair trials". Even Human Rights Watch conceded that this was done merely to "cover itself", knowing full well that these two would be tortured.

So yes, the Swedes are more than capable of sending Assange to the States.

2. According to Fair Trials International, Swedish law permits a level of secrecy for trials such as this that everyone should be concerned about. No public hearings and extended isolation, to name the key aspects.

3. As previously said, if Swedish authorities assured either Assange or the Ecuadorians that he wouldn't be handed over to the US, he'd be in Sweden already. It is entirely within their power to bring an end to this farce or to reveal Assange to be full of shit, should he still not comply even after acceptable guarantees were provided. But they chose not to make these assurances. And the stakes are too high for Assange to accept anything less, given the consequences he faces should he ever enter the US.

On a personal note: if it was me, I wouldn't believe any assurances by any country that took part in the CIA's extraordinary rendition program -- including my own country in the case of Khalid El-Masri.>> ^Babymech:

There is no way that any Swedish politician or authority would support Assange's extradition to the US. Nothing you ridiculous conspiracy theorists have come up with so far has indicated that they would. Maybe the US would kidnap him (?) but that could happen in London or Ecuador or wherever. Meanwhile, you delightful people think that alleged rapists should not have to collaborate with authorities investigating the charges as long as they're famous enough, and that the women making these claims should not have the basic rights that any other Swedish citizens normally would. Tasteful.

I'm gonna *beg for another look at this one. Kenyan kids! Sweding the '86 World Series! How did this possibly happen? Here's how:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/group-kenyan-orphans-scored-youtube-hit-recreating-game-191052583--mlb.html

perhaps a *swede channel is order.. eventually.

Horowitz "What ever means for me and mine"

He's not conservative. He is a fascist.

The Jews have no morals. Wait sorry I meant Swedes. It's not racist when I say Swedes.

@renatojj

If paying taxes = oppression then how come the Swedes, with much higher tax rates than Americans are so fit, happy, well educated, productive and financially well-off?

You see, you have a theory, which you think sounds good. You fight tooth and nail for your theory, but you never bother to look at the real world and see if your theory fits what actually happens. There is a spectrum of economic freedom, taxation etc. in the developed world, and consistently those countries with higher taxes and less corporate freedom do better than those places like the US. I notice you completely ignored that part of my previous post. You skimmed past the meat and potatoes of the argument and tried to pick holes in the garnish (even there you failed, but you tried). How about addressing the actual gaping hole in your side of the argument? The hole that says it simply doesn't work when it's been tried, in fact the opposite proves to be far better policy.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'star wars, uncut, remake, fan made' to 'star wars, uncut, remake, fan made, Sweded' - edited by Trancecoach

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My pleasure Mint....... the "Dumbed Down" stuff always makes me smile

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Ooo, yay! Thanks for the quality and promotes! :

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*Quality

Whoa.......... 0:45 looks like a dead ringer for Holly Hunter, (Hot Hot Hot)

(1).... Batman is in my opinion *Cult
(2).... ^Upvoted^
(3).... I l-o-v-e "sweded" stuff, so *Doublepromote.

Thanks for the promote!

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*promote

@swedishfriend

1. "Compared to their native Swedish peers, immigrant students, on average, have weaker education outcomes at all levels of education. Nearing the end of compulsory education, at age 15, there are very significant performance disadvantages for immigrant students." Source.



2a. Generally, in the modern era, the achievement gap between the descendants of immigrants and the host population correlates with the achievement gap between the immigrants' nation of origin and the host nation. For example, expect US achievement gaps to be with us for the long-term:
NYT: "Triumph Fades on Racial Gap in City Schools"

2b. US school test scores are virtually the best in the world once you break down test scores by region of ancestry. Asian Americans do better than Asians in Asia; Latino Americans do better than Latinos in Latin America; African Americans do better than Africans in Africa; European Americans do better than Europeans in Europe. The illusion that US scores aren't the best in the world is caused by the demographic composition of the US, not by US school policy.

2c. Indeed, as expected from the US's dominance of international test scores (once broken down by country of origin), descendants of Swedes living in Minnesota significantly outperform Swedes living in Sweden. (Search that post for "achievement gap" to read more about the achievement gap in Sweden between natives and descendants of immigants.)



3. Exceptions: US Muslims, such as Iranian-Americans, significantly outperform other US groups, including the majority group, because they were drawn from high performers in their country of origin, such as scientists.