tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263953816748449178.post2605245912338562937..comments2024-03-27T05:03:17.821+00:00Comments on Iceland news and more,video and photos: Is Iceland turning into a Police state ? photos and videoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16863292142578058256noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263953816748449178.post-91425371524874701752010-05-01T15:12:44.209+01:002010-05-01T15:12:44.209+01:00(below from)
http://www.time.com/time/specials/pa...(below from)<br /><br />http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1985389_1985284-7,00.html<br /><br />Björgólfur Gudmundsson<br />Former owner and chairman of the Icelandic bank Landsbanki<br />Iceland's second billionaire ever — the first was his son, Thor Björgólfsson (in Iceland, your last name is just your dad's first name plus either -sson or -dottir) — he went from being worth $1.1 billion to $0. And he's being investigated. And he destroyed his country's economy. And Gordon Brown used antiterrorist laws to freeze Landsbanki's U.K. holdings. And he named his bank Landsbanki. The British hate him more than they hate his country's volcanoes.<br /><br />Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson<br />Icelandic businessman<br />When you're a good-looking dude who sells clothing, you have to really screw up to have people protest in the streets against you. And for your ex-mistress to talk about your sex life during an accounting trial. Anyway, no one is lending him money now. Not even in kronur.<br /><br />Hreidar Már Sigurdsson<br />Former head of the failed Icelandic band Kaupthing<br />I kind of went down a Wikipedia hole with the Icelandic financial crisis.<br /><br />Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1985389_1985284-7,00.html#ixzz0mgeYw3UyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com