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Aqurette.com: Sweden’s Foreign Minister Wants European Federation
“I am one of those people who dare to say that I welcome a progress towards Europe as a federation of national states,” Carl Bildt writes in Swedish newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet.A welcome move indeed!...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 9:22am -07:00T (34 words)
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Aqurette.com: Jews Are None
This poster can be seen all over Malmö today. Seen in the centre of the picture is the Communist Party’s local chairman, Daniel Sestrajcic....
Dateline: 2013-05-18 4:23am -07:00T (24 words)
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Aqurette.com: Separating Secularism from Atheism
Lailufar Yasmin writes about secularism from a Bangladeshi perspective:The fact remains that secularism cannot be imposed from the top, merely as a state directive. The term secularism itself was coined and introduced in the English vocabulary in 1851 by ...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 8:23am -07:00T (182 words)
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Aqurette.com: Over Twenty South African Boys Die in Circumcision Rituals
“More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause of death,” Reuters reports.Every year in South Africa, boys aged 10 ...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 1:38pm -07:00T (114 words)
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Aqurette.com: Physically Strong Men Are More Likely to Have Right-Wing Political Views
And weaker men are more likely to support the welfare state and wealth redistribution. This according to a new study by Michael Bang Petersen of Aarhus University in Denmark and Daniel Sznycer of the University of California....
Dateline: 2013-05-16 11:08am -07:00T (37 words)
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Aqurette.com: Such a Perfect Day
It’s been one of those rase days that feel absolutely perfect, when the sun is shining at you, and nothing seems impossible. I have spent this perfect day at a remote shooting range in the forest of Northern Sweden. A friend took this photo of me du...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 8:38am -07:00T (49 words)
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Aqurette.com: Minnesota Becomes 12th American State to Approve Same-Sex Marriage
“As thousands cheered outside the state Capitol with rainbow and American flags, Governor Mark Dayton signed a bill on Tuesday that makes it possible for same-sex couples to get married,” NBC News reports. Great news!...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 11:53am -07:00T (35 words)
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Aqurette.com: Angry Atheist at War with Human Rights
In an open letter to the Swedish government, atheist activist Eduardo Grutzky writes (in my translation):All children belong to us all; and all children should have access to a reality-based education that fosters autonomous individuals. Children are neit...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 12:23pm -07:00T (386 words)
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Aqurette.com: The Face of Michael Jackson
After reading a Swedish review of Randall Sullivan’s biography over Michael Jackson, I searched the internet for more information about the late artist’s plastic surgery and came aross this article. So much self-hatred. It’s so sad....
Dateline: 2013-05-12 9:37am -07:00T (36 words)
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Aqurette.com: Дом Мельникова (Melnikov House)
I just now listened to this week’s BBC Radio 3 arts programme, “Night Waves”, in which Clementine Cecil talks about the threat to Moscow’s Melnikov House—Дом Мельникова in Russian. I was curious to find out more ...
Dateline: 2013-05-11 12:23pm -07:00T (54 words)
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Aqurette.com: Дом Мельникова (Melnikov House)
I just now listened to this week’s BBC Radio 3 arts programme, “Night Waves”, in which Clementine Cecil talks about the threat to Moscow’s Melnikov House—Дом Мельникова in Russian. I was curious to find out more ...
Dateline: 2013-05-11 8:37am -07:00T (54 words)
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Aqurette.com: Study Suggests Unborn Babies Can Learn Languages
“A Swedish-American team of researchers claims that babies begin learning their native tongue when they are still in the womb,” The Local writes....
Dateline: 2013-05-11 8:37am -07:00T (23 words)
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Aqurette.com: Eighteen Anti-Gay Groups in America
Southern Poverty Law Centre has a useful list with information about these hate groups’ propaganda....
Dateline: 2013-05-11 8:37am -07:00T (15 words)
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Aqurette.com: Palestinian Authority Official Wants to Attack Israel with Nuclear Weapons
Jibril Rajoub would rather kill his own people than recognize the Jewish State. That is how deep the hate goes....
Dateline: 2013-05-09 7:23am -07:00T (20 words)
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Aqurette.com: Back to Boden
I’m returning to the very north of Sweden tomorrow for a week of pistol training in Boden. I expect it to be somewhat warmer then last time I visited the town. The photo was taken in November 2012....
Dateline: 2013-05-09 7:23am -07:00T (38 words)
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