Last night in Sweden...

[Chyrone]

Those Schwedenbomben sure look delicious. :)

I'm positive somewhere some swedes were throwing a party, terrorizing their neighbours with awesome music. :D

[Hythlodeus]

Chyrone wrote:

Those Schwedenbomben sure look delicious. :)

I'm positive somewhere some swedes were throwing a party, terrorizing their neighbours with awesome music. :D

I thought the ESC was in May?

Anyway, I think I know who those responsible for whatever it was that happend in Sweden are!

[Sir Kavon Culjurk]

Probably talking about this.

[Limeylongears]

Kajehase wrote:

And just to be clear:

Schwedenbomben

Tunnock's Tea Cakes

Or Scottenbomben, by the looks of things.

EDIT: bomaichean na h-Alba.

[Terquem]

Was anyone bitten by a moose?

[J. Lawrence Elk, WereMøøse]

>_>

<_<

Why do you ask?

[Terquem]

my sister was bitten by a moose

[Hythlodeus]

Limeylongears wrote:

Kajehase wrote:

And just to be clear:

Schwedenbomben

Tunnock's Tea Cakes

mhmmm. are those marschmellows covered in chocolate? if so, it's close except for the marshmellow part

[NobodysHome]

What's interesting to me is:

Actual Political Opinions, rather than silliness:

"Liberal" news organizations such as the Washington Post are trying to state clear facts: According to Sweden's own crime statistics, the crime rate has not increased dramatically since the influx of immigrants, and the immigrants are committing crime at roughly the same rate as the rest of the population. The rape rate has indeed increased significantly, but Sweden's legislature has broadened the definition of "rape" during the same period. It's very much like the U.S.'s own "autism epidemic" when the American Psychiatric Association broadened the definition of autism in 1994, leading to a massive uptick in autism diagnoses over the next 10 years.

Yet 46% of Swedes believe that crime is on the increase, and the immigrants are primarily to blame.

So Fox News is happily reporting the increased rape rate and the opinions of many Swedes that immigrants are a massive problem.

Different news organizations, different takes... and it just seems like we're becoming a world of, "Opinion is reality" rather than, "Let's look at the actual raw reported crime statistics..."

[thejeff]

NobodysHome wrote:

What's interesting to me is:

** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:

Much like in the US, Trump (and others) keep talking up the carnage in American cities and the highest murder rate in decades and other nonsense that just isn't true. But it's repeated enough in some circles that's it's become something that people just know and accept.

As for Sweden, as I understand it, crime rates are up somewhat and higher among immigrants - but that's not so much that the immigrants are more prone to crime than native Swedish people, but that they're more likely to be poor and poor people tend to commit more crimes, whether they're immigrants or not.

Along with the change in the definition/reporting standards for rape, as you say.
Thing is, both of those are easily manipulated by racists into attacks on the immigrant population.

As for Trump, the leading theory I've seen is he saw some Fox News report on the horrors of the immigrants in Sweden and this translated in his mind to that thing last night in Sweden.

[Mister Z - Or just Z. No names.]

grimdog73 wrote:

Trump has an 80% disapproval rate here in Canada? That's 20% less than I thought....

You all should build a wall. We're planning one for Sweden--wherever it is.

[Mister Z - Or just Z. No names.]

Perhaps the person we think is our President Trump actually comes from one of those alternate multiverse Earths (like the ones where the Justice League are all evil, the Axis won WWII, I decided to go to Subway for lunch last Tuesday rather than just having a large coffee)--you know, Earth 'Alternate Facts'.

[The Raven Black]

Omnipresident Trump sees all realities as One.

We puny mortals are not equipped to deal with the truths he extols

[Pillbug Toenibbler]

The Raven Black wrote:

Omnipresident Trump sees all realities as One.

We puny mortals are not equipped to deal with the truths he extols

I think the theory of Omnipresident Trump implies a level of competence far beyond what Mortal Trump has demonstrated so far.

However, I find the concept of Time Cube Trump totally credible.

[TOZ]

Omnipresident =/= omnipotent.

[Pillbug Toenibbler]

Yeah, and Omnipresident =/= omniscient, I grok that. But any word that ascribes or suggests Trump's possesses basic competency at anything other than self-aggrandizement or grifting (and he's not even that competent at either of those) seems a stretch to far.

I know, I'm overthinking the Omnipresident joke.

[thejeff]

Time Cube Trump works better.

"An endless hideous rant that's written in a language that's indistinguishable from English but which is not English." Pretty much describes Trump's speech as well as the Time Cube.

[Limeylongears]

Chefs!

Are you sick, sick, sick of people enjoying your cooking?

Then don't despair - ruin any meal with Beefy Trump Cubes - guaranteed!

"Little Borgias ev'rywhere, swear by Beefy Trump Cubes - oooh!"

[NobodysHome]

Returning to the topic at hand:

Important News Report wrote:

On Friday, February 17, Sweden was celebrating National Fondue night, as they, just like the rest of the world, are unable to distinguish themselves from Switzerland. As Swiss Swedish residents stepped forward, adding their own cheese to the pot, a Syrian nationalist sneaked up and added a large chunk of jibni to the pot!

The horrors! The entire pot was ruined forever!

And thus we mourn the fondue defacement that happened on that fateful night in Feburary!

[Irontruth]

Pillbug Toenibbler wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

Omnipresident Trump sees all realities as One.

We puny mortals are not equipped to deal with the truths he extols

I think the theory of Omnipresident Trump implies a level of competence far beyond what Mortal Trump has demonstrated so far.

However, I find the concept of Time Cube Trump totally credible.

He can see multiple realities, but his mind is like that of any other mortal, so it's hard for him to act sensibly in the one reality he is in. He's making decisions based on facts from realities that aren't this one.

It's also why he plays on the golf courses he owns. He buys land where there's golf courses on most realities and orders them to make it look as much like the ones he can see. That way it's not so confusing when he plays there.

[Rosita the Riveter]

Hythlodeus wrote:

Hythlodeus wrote:

Waterhammer wrote:

Don't quote me on this... But I believe the plan is to invade Austria. Need to deal with the terrorist kangaroos there.

Let him try. At least that will solve our Trump-loving rightwing-populist party problem for the next 60 years or so (again).

I almost forgot, IF he decides to invade Austria, we will fight back with all our 'Schwedenbomben' (Sweden bombs), which is a delicious Austrian dessert btw.

Oh, please. We'd probably end up in Switzerland through sheer incompetance, and I'm pretty sure the Swiss have been preparing for that eventuality for centuries now.

[Mister Z - Or just Z. No names.]

NobodysHome wrote:

Returning to the topic at hand:

Important News Report wrote:

On Friday, February 17, Sweden was celebrating National Fondue night, as they, just like the rest of the world, are unable to distinguish themselves from Switzerland. As Swiss Swedish residents stepped forward, adding their own cheese to the pot, a Syrian nationalist sneaked up and added a large chunk of jibni to the pot!

The horrors! The entire pot was ruined forever!

And thus we mourn the fondue defacement that happened on that fateful night in Feburary!

Never remember the 17th of Febber, the jibni treason, and pot plot!

[MageHunter]

*Resists urge to draw parallels to Razmir*

[Mister Z - Or just Z. No names.]

Set wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

Hythlodeus wrote:

I almost forgot, IF he decides to invade Austria, we will fight back with all our 'Schwedenbomben' (Sweden bombs), which is a delicious Austrian dessert btw.

Just googled them they do look amazing.

Apparently only 65 calories for one....

That's so un-American.

[Lord Fyre]

Stand With Sweden!

[Mister Z - Or just Z. No names.]

NobodysHome wrote:

EDIT: And now I have to get a new bumper sticker:

Bowling Green
Atlanta
Sweden
NEVER REMEMBER!

Just remember given where Trump gets his information from (Leaky, un-American intelligence agencies? No way! Why would anyone trust them? They're a bunch of spies!)--cranky internet trolls, that all those things are, or at least were for a while, real. Sometimes they were real long enough for him to make a policy decision on. The travel ban, the wall to keep out those bad hombres, the War on the News Media.