#scam norway

[bluevallery]

[argido]

[retrieve-the-kraken]

I think about this scene every single day.

One of my favorite conversations in the entire series.

This applies to everything: race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, disabilities... everything.

Screenshots by me. Forever grateful to @skamenglishsubs for providing the full series for download/viewing.

[pjharvey]

i literally don't understand being patriotic what kind of person gives a fuck about their country. but especially if you're american. our was built on chattel slavery dude. most of our country's founders owned other human beings. like let's start with that

[callmespikey]

Recently, I have been reading a lot of Kevin Lordi's analysis guide of each episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy, and I must say it has been enlightening.

Some of you may be familiar with the character Kevin voiced by actress Kathleen Barr.

It might come as a surprise to some that I am originally from Norway. Interestingly, in the Norwegian dubbed version, Kevin's name was not used in show. This could be due to either his name being unpopular or was uncommon among Norwegian viewers. Instead they opted for the most common Norwegian name at the time "Kjetil," which means "kettle," "cauldron," or "helmet" in Norwegian.

I am both amused by the fact that my name coincides with a character's in a way that bears my own name. Jep that’s right my name is also Kjetil.

[amandabe11man]

bobby was based on tania head and cecilia was based on richard olsson/ringheim, calling it now. hope this helps

[fjordfolk]

doodle debacle aside,

[thelittleprinceconfirmed]

Norway isn't real

It's literally just a snake, the government is lying to you

[possession1981-moving]

got a scam call from NORWAY of all places

[odinsblog]

Zuckerberg says he's a Libertarian. What's that?

A new profile of mega-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in last week's New York Times identifies America's richest millennial — he owns one-fiftieth of all millennial wealth in the U.S. — as a libertarian.

Privately, Mr. Zuckerberg now considers his personal politics to be more like libertarianism or classical liberalism, according to people who have spoken to him recently. That includes a hostility to regulations that restrict business, an embrace of free markets and globalism, and an openness to social justice reforms, but only if it stops short of what he considers far-left progressivism. Zuck, of course, isn't the only one.

It's high fashion across the GOP to claim your libertarian credentials. Ron and now Rand paul turned it into a money-making scam, and most all of the Putin caucus in the GOP love to talk up libertarianism, as do multiple right-wing billionaires. Senator Mike Lieber claims himself a libertarian and has for years.

We see it writ large in the rhetoric of Republican members of Congress and conservative pundits who argue that shutting the government down is a good thing because most government functions are unnecessary or woke. So let's take a look at how libertarianism would work out in America and where it came from in the first place.

Generally speaking, libertarians don't believe in democracy, which they say is mob rule and should be replaced by the magic of the market. Or at least the magic of people made rich by the market place, running the country's essential services.

Here's the one question that always stops libertarians dead in their tracks when they come on or call in to my radio TV program to proclaim the wonders of their political ideology: Please name one country, anywhere in the world, anytime in the last 7,000 years, where libertarianism has succeeded and produced general peace and prosperity.

There literally is none, nowhere, not a single one.

It has never happened, ever.

If it had, that country would be on the tip of every libertarian's tongue, the way democratic socialists talk about Norway or Denmark, where the full-on social democracy and regulated capitalism experiment has succeeded for generations.

—Thom Hartmann: But where did all this ‘greed is good’ as a political philosophy that Zuckerberg is now embracing start?

[bluevallery]

[halfagonyandhope]

ignite the stars │epilogue

first chapter (x); previous chapter (x)

Satine Kryze is an internationally-recognized scholar in genocide studies who recently resigned from the Department of State over her concerns regarding the agency's ethics. Ben Kenobi is a tenured professor at Georgetown University studying the use of religion to justify military conflicts. Once high school sweethearts, the two haven't spoken since parting ways for university. That is, until Satine accepts a research fellowship - at Georgetown.

---

Almost two weeks later, Satine and Ben sit on the floor in their section of the library at Georgetown, leaning back against a stack of books. His shoulder is warm against hers.

“You okay?” he asks, knowing what had happened one of the last times she’d been here.

Satine nods. “I need to reclaim this space,” she says. “A lot of good memories happened here. I don’t want to let one bad one drown out the rest.”

It’s a Friday afternoon, and they are both skipping the weekly department seminar. They figure the department owes them at least that.

Serenno, as it turns out, hadn’t even needed to be fired: enough of the faculty voiced their opinions - and loudly enough - that he’d resigned. His resignation had ensured he wouldn’t receive a severance package, and Satine knows he’s currently being investigated by the FBI. The investigation is a rather public one, and he will not be hireable again.

This is enough for Satine.

Malek, too, is now unhireable - he is currently behind bars, awaiting the justice system. Satine will eventually need to testify, but she will do so with half a dozen other women. So even though she’s still anxious about the testimony, she will speak. She's also in the process of suing for damages based on the police's inability to respond to her emergency call and administration's failure to process her Title IX complaint. She's using a lawyer that Padma had recommended, who is taking her case pro bono. Padma's friend does not anticipate an outcome in which Satine doesn't win.

Palpatine, as an appointee of the current conservative government, had become a rather early October Surprise for the upcoming election. Recent polls have suggested a five percentage point shift to the more progressive candidate in what once was a neck and neck race. Satine is optimistic, but she doesn’t put absolute faith in the polls, knowing how data can sometimes be twisted to misrepresent reality.

While the fallout of her speech had settled, Satine and Ben had taken refuge in Norway, staying with her parents. Ben, of course, had charmed them, and Satine thinks her parents might like him even more than they do her.

She smiles.

“Oh,” she says, remembering. She digs in her pocket for her phone, navigating to her email app. “I have something to show you.”

And she hands him the phone.

Ben’s eyes widen as he reads. “You’re a citizen?” he murmurs, almost in disbelief.

She nods, grinning. “Turns out I didn’t fail the exams after all. As part of the investigation, they went back and checked. The ceremony is this weekend. And right after, I’m going to register to vote.”

He whistles, clearly counting the days in his mind. “You’re cutting it very close.”

“It’s really a scam that you have to register in advance to vote in America,” says Satine. “Or, really, that you have to register at all. So many countries have automatic registration!”

Ben reaches for her hand, one finger tracing the lines on her palm.

They both look down at their joined hands. “Can I propose one last thought experiment?” Satine asks. “For real this time. Not like when you label your manuscript FINAL DRAFT in all caps and then keep making new versions that end up being FINAL FINAL REALLY FINAL DRAFT.”

Ben chuckles quietly. “One last thought experiment,” he says.

Satine pulls their hands into her lap. “I don’t want this to be fake anymore,” she says. Feeling braver now that the words are out, she continues. “I don’t know if I ever wanted it to be fake.”

“I know I didn’t,” says Ben immediately. “But I couldn’t imagine a world in which you said yes if I proposed it for real.”

“You were right,” she admits.

His face lights up. “Where’s your voice recorder? Can you say that again so that I have it on record?”

“Hush,” she says.

He quirks an eyebrow up. “You know how to make me.”

So she rolls her eyes and brushes her lips to his, and his words from long ago echo in her mind.

Darling, this is how we begin.

---

It’s the first day of term in January.

Or rather, it's the end of the first day of term. Satine watches as her students pack up their bags. She’d been concerned she would be a little rusty at lecturing, but she finds she needn’t have worried.

The Department of International Relations is down two instructors since last term - Anakin had indeed decided not to return - and they’d offered Satine a nice lump sum to take on a course at the last minute. She still has her NSF grant, of course, but she figured a one-course commitment would be a good way to test the waters, to see if maybe she’d come to enjoy teaching more than she had before.

As the students clear out, Satine looks up, toward the top of the lecture hall. Ben is waiting by the door clad in his peacoat with his bag on one shoulder, a soft smile on his face, her jacket slung over his arm.

The last student exits the room. As the door falls shut, Ben glides down the stairs and comes to rest at Satine's side, holding her peacoat open for her so she can slide her arms into the sleeves.

“You looked like you were enjoying yourself,” he says as she logs out of the computer.

Satine puts her flashdrive into her bag. She’s surprised to find she agrees with him. “I was,” she admits, and Ben chuckles. “What is it?” she asks.

He shrugs. “It’s just…all those years, and now…here we are,” he says softly, holding out his arm.

She threads hers through it.

“Here we are,” she echoes.

Together, they walk up the stairs, and Satine Kryze is finally home.

[vileacademyofficial]

Vile, there is one thing I think you are continuously asking yourself:

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Like, here's what we know-

-Well she sneaks around the world from ~Kiev~ to ~Carolina~

She's a sticky-fingered filcher from ~Berlin~ down to ~Belize~

She'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to ~China~

Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Steal their ~Seoul~ in ~South Korea~, make ~Antarctica~ cry ~Uncle~

From the ~Red Sea~ to ~Greenland~ they'll be singing the blues

Well they never ~Arkansas~ her steal the ~Mekong~ from the jungle

Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

She go from ~Nashville~ to ~Norway~, ~Bonaire~ to ~Zimbabwe~

~Chicago~ to ~Czechoslovakia~ and back!

Well she'll ransack ~Pakistan~ and run a scam in ~Scandinavia~

Then she'll stick 'em up ~Down Under~ and go pick-pocket ~Perth~

She put the Miss in misdemeanor when she stole the beans from ~Lima~

Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Oh tell me where in the world is... Oh tell me where can she be?

Ooh, ~Botswana~ to ~Thailand~, ~Milan~ via ~Amsterdam~,

~Mali~ to ~Bali~, ~Ohio~, ~Oahu~...!

Well she glides around the globe and she'll flimflam every nation

She's a double-dealing diva with a taste for thievery

Her itinerary's loaded up with moving violations

Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

i know this is the OG version but did you know that originally i had a recorded part in this dance but they cut it out because i sucked at it so bad 😔 nobody appreciates intern caramelldansen

[rabbit-flaying]

Genuine question, how do the Palestinian GoFundMe pages work if GoFundMe only supports a handful of countries* and Palestine and Israel aren't on their list?

I understand some fundraisers, where someone in a supported country who has family in Palestine sets one up and sends them the money. But I'm not understanding the logistics here. And I know some of them are scams and bots. But I don't think they all are.

Does anyone know how this works? Genuine answers only please. No, I don't have an agenda.

*According to their website, the only countries they support are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States (With the exception of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands.)

[aidens-ocean-galaxy]

hi can I ask what scam France is because it looks really cool but I don’t know what it is

(also accidentally pressed the unfollow button instead of the ask button IM SORRY I DIDNT MEAN TO)

you may ask what it is

it is a French remake of a Norwegian show called Skam

all the remakes are amazing in their own way, but they all follow the same story line

it’s an amazing franchise. I highly recommend watching them all, starting with Skam Norway and then going in whatever order you want

[johahavenumbers]

What the heck Arthur

Ok, so I am reading The Nobel Bachelor, and i can't help but notice that sherlock says one of his last clients was "The king of Scandinavia", and what the hell is that supposed to mean. Scandinavia is the collection of the 3 Nordic countries Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, all of whom are their own monarchs. To explain this king that definitely does not exist, I have come up with 3 possible possibilities.

Sherlock got scammed (let be honest, not likely)

Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle messes up his facts (This is probably what happened)

Sherlock is messing with Lord St. Simon (Definitely the funniest answer)

So, What do you think?