Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.05.2010, Qupperneq 40

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pAGE 4
“I can no longer remain silent on the
very pressing subject that is the sell-
ing off of Iceland's nature.”
Björk (yes, that Björk) speaks out against the
Magma Energy deal.
pAGE 6
I actually expected more praise
for our renewal, for our change of
politics and policies. I was pretty
surprised when that didn't happen. I
suppose it takes a long time to earn
trust back, more than a few months
or maybe even a few years.
The Progressive Party’s Einar Skúlason is
surprisingly frank. He also scores many points
for being the only politician running that cared
enough for Grapevine readers’ votes to answer
our questions on time
pAGE 10
“The Best Party has no real policies
to speak of. They want to put a polar
bear in the Reykjavík ‘domestic ani-
mal’ Zoo. They demand that Alþingi
becomes free of drugs before 2020.”
The municipal elections are getting Kanye’ed
and Egill Helgason is on the case.
pAGE 12
“Hekla and Grímsvötn, on the other
hand, are both showing signs of
more or less being 'ready' to go.
Chances are that neither of them is
going to be particularly dangerous
(unless you're right on top of them!),
but my money says that one of them
will be our next guilty party...”
James Ashworth tries to jinx us all by playing
guess-the-eruption. Gee, thanks.
pAGE 18
The Grapevine called up Ross Beaty
to ask him a couple of questions
about the recent goings on and he
rushed off the phone saying “I’m just
going through a tunnel and I’m just
about to jump onto an airplane.”
There are no tunnels on the way to Iceland’s
int’l airport. Magma Energy’s Ross Beaty is a
lying liar. Do you trust him to manage Iceland’s
resources responsibly?
pAGE 25
“He went on to wonder whether
shutting down Iceland’s four strip
clubs (yes, there are four of them)
was as crucial as people are trying
to make it out to be, and whether
there weren’t other, more pertinent
problems in Iceland at the moment.”
Sophia van Treeck gets a view of the stripping
ban from the inside.