Hvala og velkom til Æsland Roundupmeð mig, Jón Trösti, Sintri Eltonog Aðar Steint Kjartasonhér til Roundup, það er last week ofÆslandeknústI love that you always hesitate before sayingthe name of the showYeah, I'm always questioningwhether or not I remember it correctlyWelcome toRauvaröp RoundupThat'll beshorter episodes, probablyReykjavík Roundup, Rauvaröp Roundupanything elseThere is noThis is why I don't follow Æslandeksoccer, because I like to think of all of usas one team. I watchthe Æsland team play gamesI'm not gonna watch a Káur game, I'm sorryI'm justIt feels very nitpicky to meYou self-hating west side boyYes, I mean that is trueI willI will sit accused of that any daybut you knowI like to think that there's a logicto my antisocial tendenciesYeah, that's niceYeah, it's a fun illusiondelusionAlright, sowhat we have on the docketthis week are likeJón Knarr leaving courtI love itIt sounds soOn the docketJón Knarr is partially leavinghis political partyVilresnur reformWe've never really figured that outResurrectionThe resurrection partyThe resurrection partyForum ministerPraiseYeah, whatever you want to praiseÞorkjörður Katinn, the forum minister of that same partycalls former president of Æslanda RussiophileIt came to lightthat three undercoverpolice officers burst intothe home300Into a homethreeOh, it's okay, sorryWe don't have 300 police officersNoNoNo, they couldAll this policeI think that news story was written by AIYeah, this isSorry, SIThis is policeThat's what youIf there were 300, right300 something300 jokeRipped 300 police officersThis is like the start of a tongue twisterIt was like 300Yeah, soThree undercover police officersburst into a home and arrested a 13-year-old girlThat's funThat's funPlanned new neighborhood for temporary foreign workersin a suburb of Hafnafjörður was cancelledShockingAnd thenAnd then whatever we come upwith as we go through thiswill be the fifth storybecause I haveI have nothingGo and dieGo and dieLet me justShould we startShould we start with Jón Gnarr?YeahFuckI'm so sorryShould we start with Jón Gnarr?Who wants to explain to the audiencewho Jón Gnarr is, was and has been?He likes his partybut hurts the people in itYeahYeah, yeah, yeahSoHe thinks everyone should leave but himis the issueSo let'sLet's first start withexplaining who Jón Gnarr isJón Gnarr was thewas the mayor of Reykjavíkfrom 2010 till 2014YeahWhichYeahI kind of made himmade him almostan international household namefor a whileHe began his careeras a poetand then a radio comicYeahAnd then sort oftransitioned into TVYeahThat's a lot ofradio comedyWell, yeahI haven't heard a funny personThey're all on podcast nowall the funny guysYeahYeah, that's whyYeah, Joe Roganand Joe Roganand Joe RoganThey're all really funnySo funnyI laughedWhat you just saidwas really funnyHahaSoBack thenSelf-fulfilling prophecySo Jón Gnarrthenran formayor here in 2010which waskind of a big dealHe started his own partycalled the Best PartyYeahAndHe almost wonlike a maturityHe was the biggest partyYeahAnd he became mayorfor four yearsAndthiswas acombinationof sort of jokesbut actuallysort of sensible policiesin like aFreakonomicskind of wayYeahAndLike he supportedyou knowputting like a toll boothon the borderof SeltíðanessYeahThat was funnyYeahBecause theyuse our fire departmentand hospitalsbut don't pay taxesAnd are still somehowgoing bankruptas beingas is beingin the newsthis weekYou love to see itThe mayor lowers his salaryby 200,000Æslanda kronurThat's definitelygoing to1.8 millionYeahSeltíðanessstyleThat's definitelygoing to save himAn extra 75,000kronureach monthto drive his cararound SeltíðanessYeahHe could walkI meanI walk therealmost every dayYou can't spend75,000on drivingin SeltíðanessHow comethey have a liquor storeCan you drive in circlesYeah you canThere is just a big circleYeahWithoutWithout leavingthe areaThe busThe bus just goesin a circleYou can drivein a circleYeahSöðuströntand thenSo for reasonsthat are tooI remember namesof streetsToo antiquatedto explainWell there's aSöðuströntand a NóðuströntThose are easybut then it's the streetthat connects themthat I kind of forgetLindabröðSoMost people might thinkthatBut is that whereyour mistress livesHow do you knowthese thingsSo most peoplemight thinkthat Reykjavíkthe munigeneratorof Reykjavíkis one municipalityWhy do you venturewest of downtownBut it's notWe have a fewdifferent municipalitieshereWe have HapnafjörðurWe have MósaspærWe have ReykjavíkitselfWe have Kópaváland then we haveSöðuströntAm I missing somethingWe no longer havea KælanessYou said MósaspærYou said MósaspærYeahOh yeah KælanessBut technicallyit doesn't exist anymoreYeah it doesn't reallySoFineIt's our enclaveacross the waterAnd thesekind ofkind of make sensehistoricallyI mean Hapnafjörðurhas been a townlonger than ReykjavíkYeahI mean the only thingthat makes senseis Hapnafjörðurand ReykjavíkYeahAnd thenMaybe MósaspærMaybeMaybe, and then Kópaválkind ofyou knowit was just aa farm areabetween the townsof Hapnafjörðurand the town of Reykjavíkand then in the 60speople started moving thereand then it's beenall built upand it overlapsweirdly with Reykjavíkand all sorts of placesbutYeah it's likethis weird suburbansort of nothingnesswith no realdowntownThe one that isvery peculiaris Sæltjarnanesswhich only occupieslike this sort oftiny endof the peninsulaon which Reykjavík sitsandfor some reasonthat end of the peninsulahas been its own municipalityfor a very long timeif not foreverI'm not sureYeahBecauseWhen the Vikings cameand settledThey decidedthis would be a differentNo, noSomeone was thereThis is whererich conservative peoplewill liveYeah, a rich conservativeIrish man was living thereYeahCalledsomething Fitzgerald KennedyI don't knowMack somethingNoIt's not ScottMacbethWait, that's Scotlandisn't it?Who cares?What's the difference?O-somethingYeahO'LearyO'BethO'BethYeah, MacLearyO'KillianKillianMacbufftonTuftonYeah, and hisdescendants are responsiblefor all the Irishkaraoke barsYeah, yeah, yeahWhichyou knownone of which arein that municipalityNo, they're allYeah, it's reallyit speaks to thelikeYeahyou knowthe situation herebut sofor some reasonI'm just thinkinghow terrible it would beif they would only haveIrish songsin thethe karaokeIt would just all belikeU2andandand Enyaandwhat else is there?I guess there'sgood Irish stuffThere'sThere's Thin LizzyI guessYeah, there's Thin LizzyYeah, you could havelike a Thin Lizzyonly karaoke barThen there's likethat Christmas songguyChristmas song?What can youplease singYeahThis sounds goodLikeWhat is the nameof that Irish guywho's likeChristmas songNight ofWhat is it called again?Jesus ChristIt's not December yetOh, The PoguesThe Pogues, yeahSean McGowanwasn't IrishthoughHeWell, I meanyou knowit depends on how you define itHe wasn't born therebutHe was born in EnglandYeahFor parts of his lifeAnything else good from that?You missed itHeHe canHe probably wouldn't rememberlike which partsof his lifebut yeahYeah, anywayI meanMake a restSo thisAre we talking aboutCelticness?Yeah, I think we're tryingto talk about CelticnessWhy?Who cares?We're just gonna go for itYeahYeahWe were explainingJónknarSo Jónknarvery popularly suggestedthat they should justset up a toll boothby the end of townbecause Celticnessis tinyIt doesn't haveany servicesIt has a lowertax bracketthan the restof ReykjavíkSo you live therepaylow taxesand use the servicesThere are nolike they didn'tI don'tMaybe they havea kindergarten there nowI'm not preschoolYeahYeah, they have a preschoolAnd they have a schooland they have a poolI went to middle schoolThey wouldn't have anythingfor the elderly orI think they have nowThey have huge housesfor the elderlyMaybe that's the problemIt's like probablyone of the oldestmunicipalities by agein IcelandYeah, so I guessyou could sayby definitionall of this is for the elderlyIt is really just likean extended old folks homeAnd then they are verylike theypeoplepeople from Sæltanæsare really happyabout living in Sæltanæsbut the whole talkhas gotshowed that there wasactually peoplein Reykjavíkare kind of mildlyannoyed by SæltanæsMildlyWhen they're remindedof its existenceButthat was one of the thingshe ran on in 2010and hehe was mayor for four yearsHe was relatively popularI would sayYeah, I thinkif he had decidedto run againI think hewould have stayed mayorYeah, but hePolitical situation back thenand his support wasso highYeahthat he would havelike been able to secureanother four yearsas mayorbut hejust didn't want toI don'the didn't seem to enjoy itwhichNo, he hated itHe lost his decisionon a likefour-hour radio broadcastHe canhe can do a two-hourcomedy radio broadcastwithout likeyou knowlosing rhythmso hehe should be able todo a four-hour thingYeah, I meanthat was whyit was sort ofthe perfect job for himlike I feel likeyou knowThat he didn't like being it?YeahYeah, butUnfortunately, yeahhe hated the actual workNot liking being thathe still decided to joinkind of likekind of followone of hispeople who workhe worked within the best partyinto the formationofpartlet of Vedreistin a bitin a tiny bitBut that's decades laterthat's after likemany yearsof circumspectionI'm missing like the wholethere's a littlecomplex layer herebutHe did the lecture circuitin the StatesYeah, but he was alsopart of Björn Framtíðwhich was likethereal political partybased on the best partyYeahThen he joinedBut he wasnever like on the listfor that thoughHe was sort ofaffiliated with itYeah, he was likethe godfatherkind of a type thereYeahThen he joinedSamfélkinginnYeahSocial DemocratsWas an employeeof Samfélkinginnat one pointgetting paidto be a part of the partyInterestingThen he actuallyThe best way to do itYeahIs that why they all do it?Like head of all mediaat 365Do you remember that?NoIt was crazyI was working thereHe became a bossandit was likeme and himknew as muchabout what hisrole was supposed to beIt's likenobody knewThat's perfectAnd then he joinedVíðreistafter running forpresidentgetting like10% of the worldYeahHe ran for presidentAnd thenThat somehow nevergot goingI don't know whyHe announced it so lateI thinkwas thethe issueEverybody didI think he didreally just likeHeIf he wasIt didn't feel likehis heart was in itNoI meanHe left the job of mayorThat would have beenthe perfect job for himAnd he didn'treallylikedo anything with itHe just likedid a lecture tourYeahLikeYeahI think maybelike becauseActed in some TV seriesandit's likeYeahHe didn't likebuild onHe didn't embrace thatvery muchNoAnd I guessmaybe like the vibesthat got him elected mayorHe could have kind ofused the similarvibes to dothe presidential thingBut he didn'tBut he didn'tBut also it had alreadybecome old at that pointYou can't reallydo the same trick twiceHe is at hearta performerI think thatYeahLike the artistic lifealwaysholds more allureto himBut heHe seems to feelan obligationfor politicsAnd he has sort ofa knack for itBecause yeahLike he's used tojust likesaying whateverthe hell is on his mindLike he's been doing itfor a careerYeah but then he joinedthe Resurrection PartyYeahAnd that's just likea real political partywith likeliketheir agendais like50 pagesor somethingYou have to likeread through itand understand itand stand by most of itif you're gonna bean electedYeahOfficialI sort of get it thoughI sort of get itBecause I think heyou knowhe's never beenone to necessarilyidentify with the lefteven though likethe left seems toidentify with himYeahYou knowhe sort of thinksof himself asyou knowan apolitical personWell he thinks ofhimself as ahe talks abouthis love of freedomandsort of individualYeahwhich is morein linewith sort ofcenter rightsort of stuffYeahI was initiallykind of shockedyou knowbutthen I thought about itand it's likehe doesn't reallyI don't think he reallyconceives ofor understandspoliticsthe way thata lot of people doso to himit doesn't really matterwhere on the spectrumwhatever partyhe's associated withsitsand I can certainlysee it fromVíðræsperspectivethe Resurrection Party'sperspective of needinglikesome sort offigureheadthat people knewand could relate tolike a known personor a known entityI meanI think everyevery politicianin Icelandwould love to be ableto harnessyou knowJónknar's popularityand sort of use itto theirin their interestYeahYeah but my point islikehejoined a partythatexpects him to functionas a politicianYeahIt's like if you goand run for parliamentI don't think that'sYou can't be thereas like thisindividualwhodoes and sayswhatever he thinksthat's not howthe parliament heresystem worksworksand that's the only wayI think they were willingto make an exceptionfor himI don't think they didbut I think that'sI mean that'sthat's been the only wayJónknar has functionedin politicsso he's been kind ofrestrained by thatparty thingand it doesn't work for himYeah so I thinkbeing a presidentwould have suited himThat would have beenperfect reallyreallyall you have to dois just talk to peopleall dayevery dayand likesay shitthat peopleenjoyyou knowand I would havetrusted himcompletely tolikeI meanthe power Iusually the test Ido when I'mdeciding who to vote forin this kind ofelectionpresidential electionif youif you're sitting acrossor next toPutinwatching the Olympicsare you going tosay somethingwhat are you going tosay to himand Iexpected himto be able tonavigate thatnavigate thatwithout humiliatingyou as an Icelanderyeah but I meanhe wouldlikesay somethingthat wouldn'tcost usour independencebut stillwouldlike be in linewith theview ofmaturity ofIcelandic peoplehe's ahe's a greatconversationalistbecause heI've seen himdo ithe's alwayslooking forlike a waythat he canhe can saysomethingthat'sunexpectedandalmostunacceptablelikeborderlinenotsociallyacceptablethatcan sort ofthat convincesyou that he'sspeaking the truthhe's not justsaying it foreffectlike he's alwaystrying to findhe likes to tellthe truthI thinkbut in like avery considerednovel wayI really do thinkyeah he would havebeen greatin that jobI also think aboutlike some peoplecompare himyou knowI think this is anidiotic fuckingcomparisonbut like someright wingdouche hatsin Icelandwouldrefer to himsometimes as theIcelandicTrumpand I can sort ofsee the parallelsand I dobut I doI do sort ofbut you knowI don't agreewith this assessmentat allbut I sometimesfantasize abouthow perfectit would have beenif the officeof presidentin Americawere somethingakin to theoffice of presidentherewhere you haveno real poweryou're just likethis sort ofspokespersonreallymost of the timeyeah you canput thingson the agendayeahand Ior you cantry at leastyeahlike thatif theAmerican publicwere votingfor a figureto basicallydo thatthen I thinkthings would notnecessarily haveturned outthe way thatthey havenobecause likea parliamentfunctionsway differentlythanyoudon'tjust havetheselike bigpersonalitiesthat can befun to talkto orlisten toyeahso yeahyeah and eveneveneven theeven theoffice of theexecutive hereis like adivided thingit's like agroup of peopleusually fromdifferent partiesso it's likeyeahhavingyeahthe hat ofstate alsobeingthe hat ofthe executiveis not whatwe haveunlike theAmericansand theFrenchit's a sillysystemthe Frenchthe Frenchalso do ityeah it seemsto be goingaway for themyeahit'sit's amazinglike if youare sort ofelitean elitistcentristand then youignoreyou knowmildprotestfor 10-15yearsfrom theperipheryand fromthe leftandand thenall of asuddenyou kindof haveviolentuprisingand like asurgeinright wingpopularitybut it'ssoit's sounexpectedIcelandiccommentatorslike sayingthis istheit's likethis isbecause oftheEuropeanUnionit's likehaven't youheard abouta countrycalledFrancedo youknow howtheycame tobeit's likeluckylodeanit's likeyeahhowever yousay ityeah Imean they'veobviouslyI think theFrench wordfor guillotineis probablyjust guillotineyeahI'm not aFrenchstudentof anynotethen itmust berightI'm notworried aboutI mean I'msure thatguillotineis exactlywhat it'scallednothey haveI would likelike aminiatureguillotineto cutlikebaguettesyeahI've seenlike acigarguillotinefor surewould yousaywould youcall itmariettenetI don'tknowthat'slikeif youarecuttingcakeyeahcan'tcutcakewith aguillotineohlike alike alockyeahyeahlike ashitwhat arethosecalledlike abrowniesmaybenoit'sgotthatdiagonalbladeyou knowit's onlygonna cutlike halfof yourcakenoit's gonnabeit goesbelowit goesthroughit goesthroughthat'sthe wholepointohyeahthat'strueyeahthat wouldhavebeenawfulmostof thepeoplewhowereguillotinedgottheirhatproperlychoppedoffI thinkyeahI'mthinkingaboutlikerullutertaandit'slikeyeahwith theswirlystuffin themiddleyeahyeahthe onethat'sshapedlike alogyeahbananabreadohyeahbananabreadbananabreadfromthebananastandthere'smoneytheresoanywaylikewe weregoingsomewherewithJónKnaranywaysoyeahsohelikeresignedfromtheparliamentaryarmofthepoliticalpartythathe'sapartofbuthedidn'tresignfromthepoliticalpartyitselfyeahtherewassomebackinthepartyjustnotthepeopleyeahandIthinksomebodyshouldit'sthemouthofbabesmebeingthebabeswhatisthedifferencebetweenthepartyandthepeopleinitwhatisthedistinctiontherehowcanyouhavethat'sagreatquestionitgoesbacktothiswholethinglikewellthere'snothingreallywrongwithcommunismyouseethepartyprogramwasreallygoodbutthenyouknowthepeoplethisisactuallyavariationofanargumentthatIoftenmakeIdon'tthinkStalinwasactuallyacommunistyouknowitdidn'timplementtheideologyexactlyyeahIthinkthatIthinkIdon'tthinkthere'sapoliticalpartyisarguablyjustthepeoplewhoareinitcertainlyhereImeanit'shardtoimagineanyotheryouknowwayinwhichtheycanmanifestthemselveswehaveamultipartysystemyoucanjustchangepartiesoryoucanstartyourownpartyyeahhe didthatalreadyhe'sbeeninafewhe'striedeverywaytogetintothesystemand heseemstohaveanissuewithallofthemyeahImeanIguesshe'sanoptimisthe'striedhishandsatpoliticsand he'striedagainand againand heusuallyfindsthat hedoesn'treallylikeitImeanI'veheardthisfromotherpeopleaswelllikefriendsofminewhohaveenteredpoliticsthatit'sjustlikeyouknowsomeofwhichhavebeencloselyassociatedwiththispaperwiththegrapevineyeahit'slikeanincubatorforleftwingmaniacsyesnotedleftwingmaniacswhomIshallrefrainfromnamingfortheirownI'mkiddingthesearepeoplewhovaluetheirprivacysomepeoplehavesuccessfullybuiltacareeroutofworkinghereunlikesomeotherpeoplereallyyeahbutanywaytheyhaveenteredthepoliticalyouknowecosystemyesthat'sa morepolitewordthantheoneIwaslookingforandtheyhavestruggledtothey'vestruggledwithhowchildishit isandhowstupidandsandboxitis,whichonlytellsmethatifyouworkatthegrapevinefora fewyearsyou'renotintouchwithrealityyoudon'tseemto beveryassociatedwithhowthingsactuallyhappenwellyeahyou'reusedtoworkingwithadultsandwherehaveyoubeenworkingthat'snotmyfeelingwhenIshowuphereonMondayswellImeanIthinkithasimprovedIrememberback20yearsagoIwasusuallylikewewouldhaveinternsandIwouldalwaysbeyoungerthanthemsothereweren'tthatmanyadultshereanywayinactualmeaningandtheothermeaningsoovertheweekendtherewassomebackandforthwhat'shisnameGrímurGrímssonsaidsomethingaboutsomecommitteeone ofthethingsthatJónsaidwasthathewasleavingthepartybecausehedidn'tthinkthathisideasabouthelpingtroubledchildrenandyoungadultswashappeningthroughthepartythewayhewishedanditturnsoutitwasn'thappeningsoIguesshehadsomethingtosayaboutthatitseemstomethattheytriedandfailedtomakethismarriageofconvenienceworkandnowit'ssortofthey'reyouknowseparatedbutnotdivorcedandthenthechairpersonofthepartyinquestionwasinterviewedat lengthonBilkjanthisweekendIthinkandamongstotherthingsaboutthisandalsoaboutinterviewedbyaformermemberofparliamentforsjálfstafsblokkwho isn'ta formermemberofparliamentatthispointyouknowandweweremissingouthedecidedheneededamorestablejobandwentbackintothemediaandthatsaysalot,butthat'sawhopperrightthereshesaidsomethingtolikeshetalkedabouthewasaskingherwhetherornottherewaslikebadbloodbetweenherandherministerofjusticewhat'shernameagainshewastiredofhavinghernameforgottenbyjournalistsIwouldliketocallheropposíI'msureshelovesthatthere'sapieceinthelatestissueofthegrapeonethere'sapieceinthelatestversionofthelatestissueofthegrapeoneofhumoraboutyourselfandthere'sbeingokaywithbeingreferredtoasopposíthat'slikeaveryfunnywomanwehaveabitofatakedownonopposínewamendmenttothelawsofgravityyeahthe gravitylawssomethingaboutprosecutionand stuffyoualmostsoundlikeyoudon'ttakeherveryseriouslywhereshewasbasicallysuggestingtoremoveoldjudicialshewassuggestingthatjudicialreviewwasremovedfrompolicesearchesandpolicewiretappingandextendingthecustodyfromlikeprotectivecustodyorwhateveryoucallitwhenyou'rebeingheldagainstyourwillforawaitingtrialextendedfrom12weeksmaximumup to6monthsmaximumsobasicallyremovinga lotofhumanrightsononeinonegoalwhichwaskindofacontrastthingtowardsThorkirKatrin'srecentspeechabouthumanrightsyou'recomparinglikeforeigntalkandlocalworknoI'msayingliketheweareaslightlygenocidetothegwordthehumanrightsyeahyeahyeahto beheldin custodyfor 6monthsI thinkthat's ahumanrightin herdefenseI willnotethatyou knowIcelandyouthinkit'soverreachinguntil you'vebeenheldfor 6monthsnoI'mnotagreeingwithI'mjustsayingit'slikeI'mnotagreeingwith iteitherbut IwasgoingtonotethattotheuntrainedeyeatleastitseemsthereisaslightdifferencebetweenIcelandandPalestineohyeahyeahyeahon aday todayeverydaysortofwhat'sgoingonthereIwouldIwouldactuallyIthinkhavingneverbeentoPalestineIcannotconfirmthismyselfbutfromwhat I'veseenit seemsto beaslightlydifferentvibethereinternationaljournalistsbeingallowedtoreportImeaniftheyshowuptheywillgetshotpreferablyinthehatitseemsIdon'tknowhowmanypeoplejournalistshavediedinmorethaninthewholesecondworldwarwhichiskindofstaggeringbecausepeopledoa lotoffrontlinejournalisminthesecondworldwarandstillsomehowsurviveitandI'mtalkingaboutveryfamousRussianjournalistsforexampleandnottomentionFrankKappaandthosetypesyeahthat'sstaggeringthat'sstaggeringit'salmostliketheywerefightingforsomethingthattheywantedpeopletoknowaboutthattheywereyouknowdoingsomethingthattheybelievedwasgoodandwantedotherpeopletohearaboutitalmostyeahmakesyouthinkanywayinthatinterviewforeignministerformerpresidentarussiophileorwhat wasthetermofitrussarussagalarussagalarussaawesomeshe'son arollyeahthat wasfunnyshe wasalsoshe didactuallyaninterviewinthispapertalkaboutafewmembersofthecenterpartyrussagalarussarussarussaticlersandi meani don'tknowwhat doyoucallagalarussarussstrokerswelli guessso thenicethingaboutthisusingthiswordisthatit'skindofseemskindofappropriatebutatthesametimetheIcelandicwordforfellatioismunggalayeahi meanthisisithasithassexualconnotationsyeahforcertainbutlikenurseryrhymesyeahsoit'sit'samixedbackit'sit'soneofthosewordsthatcansortofmeana lotdependingonyeahit's a funnywordbut imeantrying tofindtheexactwordsusedrussagalasheusedrussagalaokaythat'sbrilliantbutyeahhe needsto bethathe needsto havethatshitsaidto hisfacehe hasbeenpointingoutthatthatolavgrímssonhasbeenhe washavingsomei thinkhe wasrepostingsérgilavarovstuffyeahwhichisthisissomethingweshouldconsideryeahandthenobviouslyhe pointedoutthathannesholmstedtgistwasononeofthemaincampaignersforthenoheretothewithreferendumhe wenthis firstthingafter theday afterthereferendumwas togo onrussiatodayand talkaboutthehowgreatthisallwasyeahwhichisthestatetvtohisdefensei thinkhe wouldanswerthephoneit'slikeno matterwho wascallingyeahhanneswasknowni rememberwhen iwasaninternatgrapevineevenbackthenit'slikehewouldalwayshavesomethingtosaydoesn'tmatterwhatitislikeretweetingyeahwhatitkindofsosinceheleftofficein201610yearsagohe'sbeenrunningthisthingcalledthearcticcouncilrightthearcticcirclethearcticcouncilisarealthingyeahokayarcticcircleisanoldman'swetdreamannualwetdreamanywayi'mjustgonnasaynocommentnocommentsoIeveryyearaboutthistimeofyearheonlyhasenoughsparearcticcirclejustendedwhataweekagohe'sbeenholdingthisconferencethinganditusedtobeyouknowitwasgoingprettywellupuntilthewaronukrainestartedupanditseemslikeit'sbeenkindofdwindlingandyouknowthisyearwaskindoftheshadowofitsformerselfandthisisallconjecturethere'sbeensometalkaboutwhetheror notsomeofthesomerussianmoneythatwasperhapsbeingfunneledintoitisn'tfunneledintoitanymorebecauseofsectionsreallyyeahthat'soh theyworkdo wehavesomesectionsImeanthebritsdobutIcanlikebuyrussiandieselnowyeahthat'sa newgreatthingcanyouthoughyoucangotothesupermarketandbuyaprepackagedpastryfromsevendayswhichismadebyacompanywhichstilldoesbusinesswithrussiathereisrussianmoneyyouknowlikeicelandisstillinvolvedwithrussianflowsofcashinvariouswayssoisn'titsomebodytold methatwhatweshouldbeworriedaboutisnotthefactofthedestructionofinfrastructurethatturnscrudeoilintousablepetroleumordieselthat'swhat'sbeingbombedinthepastfewmonthsinsaudiarabiaandthat'salsowhattheukrainiansarebombingawayinrussiarightyeahokayyeahithinkithinkiftheifthecashflowisisrecedingithinkit'sbecauseofthewaritselfidon'tthinkit'sbecauseofthesanctionsidon'tthinkthesanctionsnonoanywaysolet'syeahlet'slikesoanywaya lotofthingsweresaidovertheweekendfrompeopleintheresurrectionpartylet'stalkaboutwesaya lotofthingsonthisshowabouttheproposedlawonpolicebeingabletotapyourphoneorbreakintoyourhousewithoutgettingawarrantit'ssonicethattheygettheseadvancedsourcesnolikeiohuhwarrantswarrantsyeahyeahwhenwedon'treallyhavelikeumanybodyoverseeingitwhooverseesthemorcanindependentlyassesswhetheror notwedon'treallyunderstandwhat awarrantisithinkitsaysa lotthat wedon'tevenhaveawordforitwejustusethewordforsourcesothereisstilllikethislittlecommitteethatisresponsibleforoverseeingthepolicemisconductwe'retalkingaboutNELwhateverit'scalledyeahsoNELtheysometimesaskthepolicelikeohwe'rereviewingyourlikeactionsanddecisionsweneedyoutoprovideuswithsomeinformationanddocumentsand thepolicecansaynoandthat'sthe endof thestoryyeahthat'samazingbutthistimearoundsoinaprillastyearyeahthreemaskedundercoverpolicemenknockedon awindowat ahomeinKeplavikorRækjansbergsomewhereI'mjustsayingKeplavikbecauseI likesayingKeplavikcouldhavebeenNjálavíkI don'tknowwhocareswhocarestothedoorcamea13yearoldgirlwhoterrifiedat thesightofthreepoliceofficerswithmasksonranbackintothehouseandoneofthepoliceofficersranafterNjálavíkthere were somescreenshots fromthe momso that was enoughto fuck them overso thisthese are the peoplethat thecurrent minister of justiceis proposingwe give moreauthority tofuck up like thatlet's think about thatfor a whilethat's definitelythat's definitelysomeif thiswasisolated casemaybewe couldsay likeokit's humanto fuck upyeahbutas I was tellingyouit wasWe probablydiscussed thison the showalreadybutI hadthisexperiencelike thiswhen I wasa kidyeahyeahlike thefirst timeI everlikeskippedschoolI waswatchingsomethingon TVwe werelikehomewatchingfriendsor somethingit's likethe openinggame ofthe worldcupor Europeancupor something1998yeahbasicallyand thenliketwodetectivesfromthelikethehomicidesquadknockedon mydoorIpissedmypantslikeandtheyjustwenttothewrongapartmentyeahthey wereinvestigatinglikeanattemptedmurdermurdermurderin thefirstdegreein thefirstIdon'tknowIputittoyousiryeahyeahsoon themorningno Imeanthat'sthat'sI wouldsaythere'slike ajacket'soldpatternhereyeahI meanI havethisstorythat IheardfromwithinthepoliceforcewhenIworkedthereoh youwere apolicemanoh yeahhe stillis andI thinkwe arenow underarrestyeahandyou arenotallowedtoleavethisroomforsixmonthsuntilweconductthethoroughinvestigationI getto speakto mymotheryeahthen maybeyou cantalk toyourmothershe'sallowedtosendyousheeppicturesinbetweensothestoryI'vetoldonthispodcastbeforeiswhenapoliceofficerI knewwastellingof ahousesearchtheyhadgottenawarrantforanditwassomewhereinBretholtandtheywentintothehouseanditwaslikethismultistoryapartmentthingbustedsomeguywho wasreallysurprisedto seethemandhehada lotofdrugsintheapartmentandcouldn'tfor thelifeofthemunderstandhowthehelltheyfoundhimandthentheylookedatthewarrantanditwasthewrongfloorsoyeahroughstuffgoodhonestpoliceworkyeahyeahbestsoanotherhappystoryfromoneofthesuburbsofReykjavikisfromHapnafjörðurwherethemunicipalityplansofbuildingatemporaryforeignworkersneighborhoodtemporarywaitjustcall itghettolikeyeahthat'scorrectyeahthemunicipalityhascancelledtheseplansyeahbecauseno onein thetownwas likeyeahthat'sa goodideayeahbutit'sdoneduetothenegativefeedbackthemunicipalityreceivedfromresidentsitalsokind ofspeakstothethingweweretalkingaboutearlierthingontheshowwhenthiscameupwhichwasthatthereareliketwoorthreehundredemptyapartmentsinHapnafjörðuritselfnodireneedformorehousingatthemomentyeahthosehousesarelikeapartofneighborhoodssowedon'twantforeignersactuallylivinginourneighborhoodsthatwouldbeawfulthisislikeamazinglyyeahyeahthis issomefunnyshititmusthavehappenedlikestepbystepit'sjustlikeokayweneedtobuildhousingit'slikeokaycoolwe'llbuilda newneighborhood neighborhoodwhoneedsthehousingthemosthmmwelltherearealltheseforeignerscominghereit'slikestepbysteptheydidn'tevenrealizelikeguyshavewebuiltaghettodidwemakeaghettowelltheydidn'tstartbuildingitbecausethey'restillbuildingitnonoitwaslikeacompanythatmakesitmoneybyimportinglikecontainerslikeImeanI'veseentheplanneddrawingsofthisandit'sjustbasicallyit'sliterallythatandtheyjustwantedapermitsotheycanputdownlike50housesorsomethingyeahyoucouldslapabunchofpeopleinthereyeahhousingunitshomesuitehomeImeanyeahhaveyouguysdoyourememberthisjokethatWinstonChurchillsaidduringthe1950electionwhenhewasmakingfunofthesocialistsorthewhateverthey'recalledtheLabour 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allhavethissortofplastickylikeIdon'tmindtheglassandsteelsomuchlikeIgetitokayyouknowit'saconstructivistwhateverbutlikeyouknowthissortofsheetingthissortofdetachablelookingsheetingthatthey'reputtingonIthinkit'slikethepointisit'snotpermanentyoucanlikereplaceityeahbutit'sallbuildingsthattheywillalllooklikeshitinlikethreeyearsthat'stheamazingthingaboutthemfiveto tenyearsmaybebutthethingislikehaveyouseentheseapartmentsontheinsideyeahInevergoanywhereeithertheyarelikelooklikeanairbnbreallybigyeahwithlikeortheyaretinywithabedroomyouneedtwodoorsoneachsideofthebedroomtogetontheothersideofthebedbecauseit'ssosmallandit'slikeyoupayapremiumpriceforthisyeahit'slikeasidefromamoreaptsymptomoftheyouknowthedeadmiddleclassIcouldnotthinkofyouknowthereisnomiddleanymoreit'sjustlikeyou'reeitherscrapingbyoryouknowImeanasidefromwhatI'vebeentoldbutIhaveneverseenstatisticsbackingupthissentimentwhichisthatthey'reonaverageyeahI'llbe likeapoliticianthere'slikewhatmaybe50peoplelisteningtothisyoujustsaywhateverthehellyouwantuntilsomeonefindsthisIliveinfearofthatdayImakesurethatthisistheonlyjobandI'llstillsomehowlosemyjoblikethisbeingontherecordistomakesurenoneofuswillhaveacareerinpoliticssorryI'llstatewhatnobutthesenewstructurestendtobeknownfornotbeingreallywellbuilteitheryeahImeantheyhavelikedependsonthewhodoneityeahbutthere'sa 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oneisbuyingnobutnobody'sbuyingthesereallyImeantheseapartmentsdon'tfunctionforpeoplewithkidsoranythingbutit'sjustaselfperpetuatingcirclejerkofmoneybeinghandedfromoneyouknowtotheotherit'snotyouknownobodyhastobebuyingthembutformernewspapereditorpointedoutatsomepointwhichIthoughtwaskindofaccuratetwoor threeyearsagothatwecanalldreamthatwewillbeintroducedthatdayliketheaestheticsofthesehousesisnotlikethey'rebeingbuiltforhumansnowhichiskindofaninterestingobservationbutifyouseelikeifyouwalkarounddefinitelyloadedwithinferencewehaveliketheseneighborhoodsthatlikemostpeopleagreetobelikereallylivableliketheoneweliveinyeahyouhavelikethesereallybigblockitlikeapartmentbuildingsthatsomehowjustfinearefineImeanI'mnotsayingthey'rethemostbeautifulbuildingsI'veeverseennobutthey'rebuilton topof thehillinsteadofbytheblockingtheviewyeahwhichiskindofaninterestingchoicebasedonhowwehavethismixofhousesyouhaverowhousesyouhavelikevillasandthenyouhavehouseswithliketwoorthreeapartmentsyeahduplexesyeahit'sthe sameaswhen you'rewalkingfromdowntownReykjaviktothewestlikeifyouhavetheseapartmentssomeofthemnohousessomeofthemislikeahugevillalikeasinglefamilyhomeonthreestoriesandthenyouhavethesenexttoitahousewiththreeorfourdifferentapartmentsandit'slikespaceinbetweenthemit'snoandnooneisthinkingtoemulatetheseobviouslysuccessfulformulasnooneisthinkinglikeohyeahthepopulationdensityinthesehutsbuiltinthe50sandthe60sisallprettygoodcomparedtoeverythingbuiltafterthe1980sor90swhichisalsointerestingsoit'seitherwe'rebuildinggrauurwhichsucksorwe'rebuildingvellirwhichbasicallysuckvellirthatit'sjustgiantrowhousesiswhatyou'resayingnoit'sjustlikeIdon'tknowevenwhatthefuckitismansionsnoImeanwarehousesand thensomething thatlooks 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fewdaystheyforgottoforcefeedyouthatinformationinyourincubatorIguessrememberwhatdayitisit'skindofimportantit's2026whatyeahthepolaricecupshavemelteddrowningtheearthinwaterthesurvivorshavebuiltpeopleknowwhatthewordamokmeansyeahlet'slet'sthat'ssadthat'sthenameofkevincostner'scharacterinwaterworldyesyeahamokamokamokkillsthere isthisextendedrarecutofwaterworldwhereyoufindoutthatguy'snameand it'slikeulyssesand Ihatedthatsonotheydidn'tdothatyeahtheydidnonoyeahbutit'sbetterlikeinthetheatricalcutweneverfindouthisnamethatisthatbutyouagreethatyouknowwaterworldisagoodmovieyeahIthinkit'sagreatmoviedidn'titflopwellthisisactuallysortofamythbecauseitcosta lotofmoneytomakeanddidnotrecoupthatmoneyinthestatesbutthemarginwasnothugeanditactuallymadea lotofmoneyinternationallylikewaymoremoneythanalotofmovieshadmadebeforethatitwassortofitactuallytaughtthestudiosa lotaboutinternationalmarketingitwasIsawitinahouseclubIthinkitwasamazingyeahclassicIrecommendyou knowgettingyourhandsonlikeablu-raystilllooksgreatyeahIthinkIhavewatchedlikeanextended3Dremixofitorwhateverthehell3DmanI'dliketoseethatalrightandyoudon'tseein3DImyworldistwodimensionalyeahwhenyouendupreallyleftwingyoujustseeIdon'tevenseeincoloreitheranymorelikeifyouspendenoughtimeattheregulargrafonofficesyou'llseeeverythingblackandwhiteandeverythingtwodimensionalyeahthere'slikeafungusinthewallsyeahit'sprobablyactuallythat'skindofathingandthenyouI've been in the houses of parliament for three years and I haven't hallucinated onceI just picked your good not happy leaving in disgustoh shit I said I wasn't going to say his nameall rightwellthis wasthevery coherentbabble calledIceland Roundupdid we round up from news?I feel like we just talked about seltanessyeahsomewhere in thereI thought you said stuffit's like an easter eggthingthere'slikesomewhere in thereif you can find itI canI canI can forcibly shove some newsinto this podcastright before we close offyeah do itif you wantyeahyeahOrður Óskarssonthe Icelandic soccer playerscored aa great goalin the spanish leaguethis weekendexcellentthat's nicethat's how interested we are in thatyeahdid he mute his mic?mutehismichehenohugenohehehehehehenoit'sit'sinterestingI knowhow you feelthoughnoheyeahhe scoreda greatgoalhe'slikeoneofthethreemainstrikersatrealsociedadwhich isa greatteamhas aworldcupwinneronusascaptainandMikaelOjarSabalalsoknownastherealsociopathI'msurethey'veneverheardthatbeforeyeahtheyI haven't heard it from Iceland.They also got this Japanese guy on there,Take, and he scored a crazy goalas well. It was cool.They were great. They're in good form.They're in the Champions League as well.That's nice. Holding their own there.Where in Spainare they?Real Sociedad is from the Basque country.I forget the exact name of the townbut it's on the north coast there, very close toBilbao andthose places.It's just west of Bilbao.Fuck, I gotta get this right.This is important. So they have good food, is what you're saying.That's the only thing I know aboutthat part of the world. You're thinking about thecheesecake.No.Thinking aboutBasque tapas.San Sebastian.That's a famous one.It's a biggie.That's, I think, where you either endor you begin your sort of pilgrimageon the Jacob...Jakobslöður.Jakobslöður?Yeah, that like extends through all of Europe.My dad walked for likethree weeks on Jakobslöðurand like a week laterI went toParis with my kidsand noticed next to the house I was staying atlike this little iconmarking Jakobslöðurand it's like, hell, I'm doing the same.I did not have humour for that.Yeah, you know.He was walking up and down the street.He was walking up and down mountain sidesand you were just likesliding through the streets of Parisgoing like, I'm on the same road.Yep.Fair, it's the same road.I mean, it is.All roads lead to Jakob.Wait.Oh, yeah.Alright.That was it for this weekmountain roundupsomething.See you next week.Yeah, let's try to dobetter next week.I just hear our two listenerscomplaining.This was supposed to be enlightening.It's just because you refused to talk aboutJón Gnáðar for the whole episode.I mean, I feel like we could really...I didn't refuse.You sort of did.We talked about Jón Gnáðar for like half an hour, didn't we?Yeah, but he's a fascinating figure.He's worthy of analysis.Yeah, we should get him on the next episode.Yeah, I'm sure he'd love to do it.Sure.Do you wanna...Should I text him?Yeah.It should be me, probably, right?Yeah, it should be me.Nobody else is getting paid here.No, I'm just a permanent guest.Hmm?I'm just a guest.I'm not a host.No, you're a host.No.Yeah.That means I would get paid.Fuck.See you next week.Bye-bye.Good night.
