https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/05/31/besti-flokkurinn <span>Besti Flokkurinn</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/BestiFlokkurinn" rel="tag">BestiFlokkurinn</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/BestiFlokkurinn" rel="tag">Besti Flokkurinn</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/politics" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Reykjavik" rel="tag">Reykjavik</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Iceland" rel="tag">Iceland</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/social+observation" rel="tag">social observation</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Jón+Gnarr+Kristinsson" rel="tag">Jón Gnarr Kristinsson</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ferrets" rel="tag">ferrets</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/satire" rel="tag">satire</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/offbeat" rel="tag">offbeat</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>"We are the best" -- this satirical video is made by Iceland's Best party, endorsing comedian Jón Gnarr Kristinsson for Mayor of Reykjavik in 2010. Among his campaign promises? Iceland's very own polar bear, wow! (Nevermind that the last polar bear was a self-delivered visitor that was shot almost immediately after it stepped onto land)</p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xxBW4mPzv6E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xxBW4mPzv6E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;showinbfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><p> Jón Gnarr Kristinsson speech at the end looks eerily of Hitler, then I discovered that he has parodied Hitler doing karaoke:</p> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hl_mjFn9feo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hl_mjFn9feo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p> That said, the first poll numbers show that <a target="window" href="http://mbl.is/mm/frettir/kosningar/svf_urslit_2010.html#reykjavikurborg">Jón Gnarr Kristinsson is in the lead for mayor</a>! Yeow! </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Sun, 05/30/2010 - 23:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/art" hreflang="en">Art</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/besti-flokkurinn" hreflang="en">Besti Flokkurinn</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bestiflokkurinn" hreflang="en">BestiFlokkurinn</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ferrets" hreflang="en">ferrets</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/iceland" hreflang="en">Iceland</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ja3n-gnarr-kristinsson" hreflang="en">Jón Gnarr Kristinsson</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/offbeat" hreflang="en">offbeat</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/reykjavik" hreflang="en">Reykjavik</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/social-observation" hreflang="en">social observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/art" hreflang="en">Art</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/satire" hreflang="en">satire</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/05/31/besti-flokkurinn%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Mon, 31 May 2010 03:59:18 +0000 grrlscientist 90884 at https://scienceblogs.com