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Posted 14 March 2007 - 07:05 PM

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POSTED: 1511 GMT (2311 HKT), March 13, 2007

HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) -- A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series "Star Trek."

"Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if politicians can laugh at themselves."

He said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colors, including green -- the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18.

Non-warriors can also access the site in English, Swedish and Finnish.


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Thanks to Otal Nimrodi for this short one

great.... another geek leader in the world.

(in other news... not so far away)

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What if we gave an invasion and nobody cared?
Company of Swiss troops marches into tiny Liechtenstein by mistake


ZURICH, Switzerland - What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.

According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers from the neutral country wandered 2 kilometers (more than a mile) across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.

A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story, but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.

"We've spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein, and it's not a problem," Daniel Reist told The Associated Press on Friday.

Officials in Liechtenstein also played down the incident.

Interior Ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition. "It's not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters or something," he said.

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2km? Well anyone with even the slightest Eurogeographical knowlege will ask;

They marched 2km into Liechtenstein and were still in it? They must have been going around in circles because Liechtenstein is only a mile wide in some parts... a few more steps and they have been somewhere else.

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 09:30 PM

And THEN there'd be a PROBLEM.
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Posted 14 March 2007 - 10:50 PM

If Switzerland was a Muslim country there'd be a coalition of the willing forming right now.

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 02:13 AM

Ehehe, Jyrki Kasvi. He used to write reviews and columns for Finland's biggest computer gaming magazine in the 90's. I'd vote for him if I could (these are local elections and I live in the wrong part of Finland), just because he has the right attitude towards video games.

But that's not all... There's also a politician whose campaign slogan is "For Great Justice". Can't remember who it was, though.

This country's full of weird politicians, really. Like this one ex-wrestler who is now a member of the small Racist Drunken Redneck Party (not the actual name of the party, but it might as well be).
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 07:22 PM

The elections on tomorrow. Can someone let us know if he got in or not? I'd like to know just how strong the Klingon political base is getting in Finland. Steps may need to be taken should it rise to far...

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 06:39 AM

QUOTE (Supes @ Mar 17 2007, 02:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The elections on tomorrow. Can someone let us know if he got in or not? I'd like to know just how strong the Klingon political base is getting in Finland. Steps may need to be taken should it rise to far...

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Yep, he got in. Qapla!

(That's the only Klingon word I know, so I probably ould have said it even if he didn't make it)

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 07:53 AM

Coolest political gimmick ever.

I alson know Thlinga, tera'ngan, vulQangan, and, bizarrely, pengmey, which means "torpedoes".

None of them are very appropriate to situations of failure, though.
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:15 PM

Finland kicks! I want the "For Great Justice" guy for president. Tell him to get his zig moving!

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Posted 21 March 2007 - 03:53 AM

Oh, yeah, that guy, he didn't make it. Only got 457 votes.
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Posted 21 March 2007 - 11:18 PM

QUOTE (Egfu @ Mar 21 2007, 03:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh, yeah, that guy, he didn't make it. Only got 457 votes.


haahah take that GEEK!!!
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Posted 27 March 2007 - 07:44 PM

lol, I gave the Liechtenstein Invasion news article to Chyld to post over 2 weeks ago. After non-stop of reminders I see he still failed.
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Posted 28 March 2007 - 06:05 PM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Mar 14 2007, 07:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If Switzerland was a Muslim country there'd be a coalition of the willing forming right now.

Thats only if is a secular country, if it is an Crazed Islamifized country, then the US will give them weapons, then regret about it 10 years later when their allies are shooting American civilians with it.

The United States foriegn policy seems flawed.
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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:13 PM

"keep other countries constantly fighting, supply all sides with weaponry, and shift alliances based on creating perpetual instability, all the while ensuring tighter and stronger control of one's own borders and holdings."

Not flawed at all. US foreign policy is successful.
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Posted 13 April 2007 - 08:56 AM

This is true. It's all about knowing the intent of the policy before claiming the relative success levels. When it's doing what it's supposed to do that can hardly be called flawed. Perhaps what you were looking for Cobnat is morally reprehensible, but I'd also challenge you to find me any country in the position of the US that would not effect the same policy if given the opportunity.
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