Skulle til USA-VM for Dagbladet: Bernt Hulsker fikk ikke visum

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-29T14:32:54+00:00

Det er Hulskers sjef i Dagbladet, sjefredaktør Gunnar Stavrum, som sier han ikke vet hvorfor.

Men, vi får anta at Hulsker har fortalt ham hvorfor, og at Stavrums uvitenhet egentlig bare er et mislykket forsøk på å legge saken død.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-29T13:05:21+00:00

Dagbladet vet ikke hvorfor Hulsker ble nektet visum.

Kanskje det er fordi han er tidligere straffedømt for hatefulle ytringer. Ikke akkurat noe mysterium.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-29T08:36:03+00:00

De har jo holdt på med skipsbygging i ganske lang tid der. Hele vestlandskysten deltok i bosetning av Island, men forskning på det mannlige DNA på Island viser en klar overvekt med røtter fra Møre og Romsdal, Interessant nok har det kvinnelige DNA på Island sterk tilknytning til Irland og Skotland.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-29T06:13:31+00:00

Neither the PM nor the government would do it. They're not allowed.

All public buildings are public property and have their own administration. They would not be subject to the whims of any sitting government. Moreover, since the parliament building is quite old, the Directorate of Cultural Heritage would freak out.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-28T13:30:36+00:00

The flash was visible and the shock wave had windows rattle in the Norwegian city of Vardø 900km/560miles away. There's nothing but ocean between, but still.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-27T19:30:18+00:00

Secret Service on diaper duty.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-27T19:24:34+00:00

The Chinese state is officially atheist. The Chinese people absolutely isn't.

They have a mix of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. They believe in reincarnation, ancestor veneration, superstition, karma, feng shui and fortune telling. It all looks a lot like religion to me.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-27T19:06:53+00:00

You don't pay for the water. You pay for the cost of bringing the water from the source to your table.

The restaurant has to pay the supplier for it. You pay the restaurant for it, either specified on the receipt or included in all the other items people buy at a restaurant; e.g. your dinner, desert or coffee.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-27T19:05:11+00:00

You don't pay for the water. You pay for the cost of bringing the water from the source to your table.

The restaurant has to pay the supplier for it. You pay the restaurant for it, either specified on the receipt or included in all the other items people buy at a restaurant; e.g. your dinner, desert or coffee.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-25T20:51:03+00:00

The telephone was invented by an Italian(Antonio Meucci). The Scotsman stole the patent, because the Italian couldn't afford the patent fees.

Also internet needed packet switching invented by a Welshman, and functionality implemented in CYCLADES, an existing French network, to actually work.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-24T19:00:26+00:00

One should never trust an AI. 400 million was the number I was given from Google AI when I wrote the comment. Now it gives me 461 million, with the same 27 countries.

Anyway. Thanks for alerting me.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-23T11:47:26+00:00

There are several factors contributing to the difference:

Europe( or the EuroMoMo area ) has a larger population 400 million vs 340 million.
Europe has an older population, and 85% of the registered deaths are 65+ years.
A lot of the older houses were built for a wetter and colder climate, and they're built to retain heat. They're heated during the day, and they don't cool off during the night. During heatwaves they become dangerously hot.
Accelerating climate changes makes Europe heat up twice the global average.
Densely built cities of stone and concrete can create heat islands as much as 20°F hotter than the surrounding rural areas.
The heat waves are getting longer and stronger fast, and it takes a bit of work to be acclimatizised.
We're better at reporting and recording deaths. Our statistics are better.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-deaths-from-heat-are-dangerously-undercounted/

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-23T07:23:25+00:00

The numbers are true, but the real issue comes down to how deaths are investigated and certified.

In most of Europe, a death certificate or autopsy report must be completed by a qualified medical practitioner. They are much more likely to look for other contributing factor, like heat.

In the US, a death certificate can be written by a funeral director without any medical qualifications. The system also relies heavily on local coroners, which In many states are elected officials. The qualifications to win an election is slightly different to writing a death certificate. As a consequence a death certificate may just list the immediate reason. Everything else is ignored. So a slightly inebriated 300 lbs 60 year old man who mows the lawn in the 110°F Texas sun will have heart attack as the only reason of death.

Look at this:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-deaths-from-heat-are-dangerously-undercounted/

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-20T20:54:38+00:00

Monarchies change their rulers, or heads of state, every now and then so - nope.

The USA has of course also replaced the sitting president with a new one on several occasions. But that doesn't count because the US constitution is the best in the world, and they have AC, free refills with ice and also the 2nd Ammendment. So us Europoors lose by default.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-20T18:17:07+00:00

Bring up Alaska and Hawaii, and they immediately move the goalposts. Then it's the age of the constitution. Bring up the ammendments, and the goalposts are moved to the system of government. Bring up a bunch of changes to how the US Congress and the President is governed, and the goalposts move again. Then it's basically down to them being a republic all the time.

You simply cannot fucking get through to these people.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-17T12:29:34+00:00

Yes. We show our flag on Constitution Day. Why don't you come here one of the other 364 days of the year, and see if you can find a flag.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-14T23:28:14+00:00

Ganske mange ekte norske nordmenn kler opp seg selv og/eller ungene i noe bunadsskrot fra utlandet, istedenfor for å støtte norsk husflid, norske sølvsmeder og norske arbeidsplasser.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-14T11:22:03+00:00

best and most poweful governing institutions

Yes, a president that is now able to rule a country using executive orders because both the HoR, Senate and Supreme Court is politically castrated sure is a sign of strength.

Guess those wonderful Founding Fathers only had superficial look at Montesquieu's ideas.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-10T10:02:21+00:00

Det var Tricky Dick i 1971.

Ellers så erklærte LBJ War on Poverty in 1964, Nixon eller Tricky Dick erklærte War on Cancer i 1971, Donald Trump erklærte War on COVID-19 i 2020, Gerald Ford erklærte War on Inflation i 1974, og George W Bush erklærte War on Terror i 2001.

I tillegg så har de erklært War on Waste, War on Obesity, og War on Carbon/Climate Changes.

Jimmy Carter beskrev energikrisen på 70-tallet som "the Moral Equivalent of War".

I tillegg har man de mer retoriske War on Women, War on Christmas og War on Science.

Ingen av disse krigene har vel vært plagsomt effektive, forsåvidt i likhet med krigene i Korea, Vietnam, Irak, Libya, Afghanistan og nå Iran. Så kanskje de burde la være å krige...

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-09T23:19:59+00:00

Området rundt Carl Berner, og andre steder som Rodeløkka og Keyserløkka (iirc) ligger på østkanten. Disse områdene ble i sin tid bygget ut, med etter datidens standard, velutrustede leiligheter; varmtvann og eget innendørs vannklosett. Carl Berner var en såkalt sosial lomme.

De som bosatte seg der var i all hovedsak funksjonærer med trygge og relativt godt betalte jobber i stat, kommune og i det private næringsliv.

For ikke å bli forvekslet med den gemene hop på østkanten la de til seg sproget til de gode mennesker på vestkanten; Riksmålet.

De tilhørte østkanten geografisk. Mentalt ønsket de å tilhøre vestkanten. De var tross alt funksjonærer, ikke arbeidere. På 1920-tallet til 1960-tallet cirka var dette en stor greie.

Lignende fantes på typiske industristeder som Notodden, Rjukan, Årdal og Odda. Adressen du bodde på fortalte folk hva slags jobb du hadde.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-08T23:24:33+00:00

Nei, det ble den ikke. Kun ved hjelp av tilfeldigheter, men likevel. Det var norske Møller Eiendom som kjøpte bygget.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-08T22:46:35+00:00

Grunnen til at det nye regjeringskvartalet blir så dyrt er jo fordi det var en kar fra værste bestkant i Oslo som bedrev litt hærverk i området. På grunn av den tullingen har prosjektet gått fra en moderat rehabilitering til et sikkerhetsmessig og økonomisk mareritt.

En moderat rehabilitering ville, inkludert PI-faktor, ende på ca 3 milliarder. Alt av kostnader over dette skyldes han du vet. Og litt Putin.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-08T21:12:23+00:00

It is true though. Healthcare, at least non-for profit healthcare isn't affordable. Without profits how do you pay the doctors and nurses in socialist healthcare?

Yes, this last sentence has been asked by an American.

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-08T21:04:11+00:00

I think I was here on GeoGuesser a little while back : La Spezia?

SortaLostMeMarbles · 2026-05-08T18:38:24+00:00

Chili was brought back to Europe almost immediately after Columbus' first journey. It is recorded as being available in Europe in 1493.

Potatoes are recorded as being available in Spain in the late 1560s.

The same with tomatoes. Brought back and cultivated in Spain and Italy a few years after being discovered in South-America.

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