http://www.finlandforthought.net Politics, current events, culture - From Finland & United States Fri, 16 May 2008 21:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nice studio in California with an outstanding portfolio. Hrm.... as if I've seen these before in tv... Serla, VR (Helsinki stone men), Battery Energy Drink, Posti... Say, visit the Anima Vitae Studios of Helsinki website too... work => ads => VR, Battery Perpetum, E-mailman... Was ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/16/seven-out-of-ten-is-pretty-good/ UPDATE: Was too tired to stay up for this one unfortunately. But Finland beat the USA 3-2 in overtime for a second time in four days, advancing them to the semifinals. In last year's quarterfinals, Finland had also defeated the US in the quarterfinals (in a shootout if ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/15/finland-usa-rematch-wednesday-night/ 2008 World Hockey Championships. USA up 2-1 with 15 minutes to go. Finland just scored because the puck went through the SIDE of the net!! It wasn't a goal!! Fuckers!!!!! UPDATE: The cheaters just scored again, tied game with 10 minutes to go. AGAIN: Fuck this. Three ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/11/finland-usa/ http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/08/play-with-your-vegetables/ For the love of God Hillary, drop out!! You're killing your party and handing another victory to the Republicans!! I am thoroughly convinced that Hillary wants McCain in the White House - If McCain wins, she'll run again in four years. But if Obama wins, she won't be able ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/07/obama-increases-delegate-lead-by-12-in-yesterdays-primaries/ This is weird - An Alko employee sells an underage kid some "mild alcoholic beverages" (beer probably), so they punish the store by closing it down for three days. Now who are they really punishing here? The customers who'll have to be inconvenienced and must travel to another ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/05/helsinki-alko-ordered-closed-for-three-days-for-selling-alcohol-to-minor/ Yesterday was "World Press Freedom Day", and to celebrate with a pat on their own back, Finland's Newspaper Association (Sanomalehtien Liitto) took out an ad in today's Helsingin Sanomat reminding us that we have one of the most free presses in the world (tied for 5th in 2007). The ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/04/word-press-freedom-day/ I've never been to one of these things. Anyone got photos of today's event? Hat Tip to Chong for the info! http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/03/finland-marijuana-march/ I have this very special talent that I'd like to tell you about - I have this incredible, superhero-like ability to get piss-drunk and party...and not throw my trash on the ground. It's obviously quite a rare trait, especially coming from Baltimore, a city swimming in trash. Maybe ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/02/trashing-helsinki/ Wow, a great May Day's Eve last night. The weather was crazy warm, and the kids were extra intoxicated. I arrived downtown to hundreds of police lined up in riot gear - all because of some silly peaceful protest. A truck with a massive soundsystem on the ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/05/01/today-is-national-youth-hangover-day/ An Italian colleague of mine sent me a link to an article telling how the Italian government is going to put the tax records of Italians in the Internet for general access. The web site that it has a link to where people can browse the tax records is already ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/04/30/the-tax-circus-is-in-town-again-this-time-in-italy/ It's funny how some idiot at McDonald's will speak fluent English to me when I want a lousy hamburger, but when I have an important matter at the Espoo police station, I find no one who speaks English. Fortunately I visit McDonald's more than the police station. But ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/04/30/we-need-you-to-speak-to-us-like-retards/ Just as the horrid "kids in the basement" case in Austria has taken the news headlines, out pops a disturbing advert of HK "Hot Tubs" or "Potku" as they're known in Finland. Done by the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising agency, the Swedish marketing of HKScan didn't find anything ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/04/29/hot-tubs-stop-hunger-and-talk-of-bad-timing/ A district court has ruled that a Rovaniemi man intentionally infected five women with HIV. The ruling furthermore said that he is guilty of attempting to infect several others. In an interim judgement, handed down on Monday, the Rovaniemi district court dropped three other charges against the man, two of aggravated ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/04/29/dont-get-an-hiv-test/ Wednesday Helsinki will transfer into a carnival mood with the obligatory yellow rivers and pavement pizzas. The weather forecast is promising a tropical +17 and clear skys, so the centre will be most probably jampacked with people. And no, my calendar is not wrong, in Finland the party is ... http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/04/28/police-promises-crackdown-on-young-drunks-and-hooligans-for-mayday/