Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.07.2006, Qupperneq 6

Júlíusson denied having felt any undue pressure from the
government authorities to shut down projects. Math-
iesen similarly said that NALA is under no obligation to
follow the advice of the ministers, and that they simply
thought that this would be a smart move under the cur-
rent circumstances.
Record Numbers at “Ultra-Marathon”
One-hundred fifty runners, the largest number yet and
17 more than last year, registered for the 55-kilometre
Laugavegur run, which took place on July 5th.
Eighty-seven Icelanders are expected to take part along
with 63 participants from 12 other countries. Brits take
the foreign majority with 30 registrants.
Saturday’s run, the so-called “ultra-marathon,” is a dif-
ficult one. A full 13 kilometres longer than an average
marathon the course is steep and uneven. Not to mention
one of Reykjavík’s busiest shopping streets.
Construction Company Responsible for
Foreign Workers, Court Rules
An Icelandic court recently ruled against Sóleyjarbyggð
ehf. in a case concerning their employment of Lithua-
nian construction workers at sub-minimum wage.
The case, brought about by Trésmiðafélag Reykjavíkur,
declared Icelandic companies in this field of work
responsible for ensuring that their non-citizen workers
be paid wages and workers’ compensation in accord-
ance with Iceland’s labour laws for the duration of their
employment in this country.
The ruling takes a small step in clarifying the responsi-
bilities of companies that employ foreign workers.
news
In January 2005, the Grapevine published an article
on Prussian Blue - 13-year-old white power folk music
twins Lynx and Lamb Gaede, based on our shock at
the twins’ success, and on the revelation, at the time,
that the twins had an Icelandic grandparent, and that
this played a role in their white power movement.
Since that time, the twins’ popularity has grown,
including segments on ABC news.
This June, the twins were thrust further into the
spotlight when their Icelandic connection became
clear. It turns out, the new face of white power has an
Icelandic grandparent because their dad is an Iceland-
er, Kris Lingelser. And this June, he sued for custody.
Lingelser and April Gaede were divorced in 1997,
with the latter claiming domestic violence and drug
abuse was rife in their marriage. Not much was heard
from him since then, until last October. At that time,
Gaede was receiving so much national coverage that
she bragged to GQ magazine, “[National television
show] Primetime mainstreamed us! I don’t think a
white-pride band has ever gotten this kind of media
attention before. I mean, these two girls have become
some of the most powerful people in white national-
ism,” and crowed about how Paula Zahn Live and the
Dr. Phil Show had left messages on her voice mail.
Apparently, this was enough to inspire Lingelser to
renounce his drugging, wife-beating, racist ways and
fight to regain custody of the girls.
“I would hope that they could see that a white
separatist attitude, where whites and blacks and
Mexicans and everybody needs to live in their own
separate universe, is not healthy,” Lingelser told ABC
last month. “It’s not what this country is about, it’s not
what I’m about. I would just hope that they could see
that.”
The custody battle has apparently been hard on
Lamb and Lynx, who penned — true to form — a
wincingly tuneless cat turd, this one entitled “Daddy”,
which they made available online on 17 June. A sample
lyric:
Mine was never there for me
Yours is always there, you see
There is a great past you’ll f ind
I try to leave my past behind
But it’s broken. It’s broken.
So please don’t take for granted,
Please don’t take for granted
Your Daddy.
Sure, the girls are being home-schooled through text-
books that Gaede proudly asserts are from the 1950s.
Their father figure - Gaede’s common-law husband
and Bakersfield, California high school teacher Mark
Harrington - is husband number three, although she
is openly courting a new beau and detailing their ad-
ventures on racist websites. And yes, there’s that whole
business about being raised to believe that whites are
the master race. But does this constitute an inadequate
environment in which to raise a child?
Apparently not. Last June, a judge ruled in favour
of Gaede, although he did allow Lingelser limited
visitation rights. ABC also reported that “the attorney
representing the girls’ father, Kim Aguirre, is the same
attorney who claims he was shot and wounded on his
way to court in another custody case.” This may ex-
plain why all of the Grapevine’s usually Clancy-esque
methods of getting anyone’s most personal contact
information failed to find so much as Lingelser’s last
valid address (although we were able to locate him in
the placings roster for the 2005 Carlsbad Marathon).
So there you have it: being an alleged drug/wife
abuser nearly ten years ago does indeed make you a
worse parent than a promiscuous racist who home-
schools material from the McCarthy era.
Daddy Dearest
Icelandic father of Prussian Blue fights for custody - and loses
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