All this talk about legal experts has made me think about how lawyers work. Many of them are honest people but some not so honest. I have written a few articles on lawyers on this website, mostly in the beginning of June. I no particular order: The one about Logos law firm being connected to... »
The so called legal experts of the Icelandic Bar Association have now made three critical errors in judgement (pun intended). The first one was the IBA protest against the so called truth committee of the Icelandic parliament and their proposal of abandoning the code of silence between lawyers and clients, made for the purpose of... »
A very interesting radio show on RUV explained the situation of why the Icesave deal is so bad, and in fact out of touch with reality. The Mirror (Spegillinn in Icelandic) is the name of the show, and it is probably the only piece of media wort listening to or reading in the whole Icelandic... »
I will keep this as short as I can. I ask those who read this to read the whole entry. When the credit lines closed on Iceland in mid 2007, the Icesave had been started to drain money from the UK to divert into offshore island for personal gain. This is no bullshit, this is... »
Iceland is going through some very painful times right now. We don’t know if we will be here as a nation in a few years time or not. What we lack here in Iceland at the moment is the “leakage” or “snitching” as it might be called. It is a known fact that leaks... »
Affirmative action, according to Wikipedia; “…refer to policies that take race, ethnicity, or gender into consideration in an attempt to promote equal opportunity”. This is an issue that not everyone agrees on. In the sense that this can give people a chance that would perhaps not get one otherwise is a good thing, but the... »
The currency restrictions sanctioned by law when the economic disaster struck are still in place. Even though we are exporting more as a nation, and importing less, the Icelandic krona is still falling and weakening. I wrote about this in april. The fishing industry is suspected in this matter. The Financial Supervisory Authority in Iceland,... »
Baugur is at it again. Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson the ex Baugur boss and the real owner of Frettablaðið newspaper is using his influence again. The old editor and ex politician Þorsteinn Pálsson just left the paper to pursue other things, and the deputy editor stepped up to become executive editor. His name is Jón... »
The second case is about the Parliament Investigative Committee (from now on PIC). The committee is doing independent research along side the special prosecutor to figure out what really was going here in Iceland. The PIC consists of three members who can hire in people and corporations to assist them. One of best asset of... »
Events of the last few days have been incredible to say the least. To many here in Iceland this is totally what we expected, but to the majority of people and to the eyes of the world as well, this is incredible. Two major events are the highlight, but other issues are lurking under the... »
