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shilowar
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Post-och Inrikes Tidningar, founded in 1645 by Sweden's Queen Kristina, became a Web-only publication on January 1.
"We think it's a cultural disaster," said Hans Holm, who served as the chief editor of the paper for 20 years. "It is sad when you have worked with it for so long and it has been around for so long."
It's been a long journey for a newspaper started by the queen to keep her subjects informed of the affairs of state. The first editions, which were more like pamphlets, were carried by courier and posted on note boards in cities and towns throughout the kingdom, Holm said.
Today, Post-och Inrikes Tidningar, which means "mail and domestic tidings," runs legal announcements by corporations, courts and certain government agencies -- about 1,500 a day, according to current editor Olov Vikstrom.
It's not exactly a best seller. The paper edition had a circulation of around 1,000, although the Web site is expected to attract more readers, Vikstrom said.
The newspaper is owned by the Swedish Academy, known for awarding the annual Nobel Prize in Literature, but the publishing rights were sold recently to the Swedish Companies Registration Office, a government agency.
Despite its online transformation, Post-och Inrikes Tidningar remains No. 1 on a ranking of the oldest newspapers still in circulation compiled by the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers.
"An online newspaper is still a newspaper, so we'll leave it on the list," WAN spokesman Larry Kilman said.
quote:SWEET HOME, Ore. -- Sweet Home Police are trying to figure out who left a trailer full of starving animals in a church parking lot.
A neighbor says he watched a man pull up in a black pickup hauling the trailer Wednesday, unhook it and drive off.
When the man didn't come back, the neighbor called police.
Officers found a llama, two ponies and a horse inside, which are far too many animals for the size of the trailer.
If you know who abandoned the animals or recognize the trailer, call Sweet Home Police.
There were also two ponies as the article said.
Consider this sad example of hopelessness:
A student played high school football in Detroit. He was a great running back, but a really poor student.
At graduation, he didn't have enough credits. But he was a great football star and the students held a rally and demanded the principal give him a diploma anyway.
They were so insistent that the principal agreed if Dwayne could answer one question correctly he would give him a diploma.
The one question test was held in the auditorium and all the students packed the place. It was standing room only.
The principal was on the stage and told him to come up.
The principal had the diploma in his hand and said, "Dwayne, if you can answer this question correctly I'll give you your diploma." He said he was ready and the principal asked him the question.
"Dwayne," he said, "How much is three times seven?"
He looked up at the ceiling and the down at his shoes, just pondering the question. The other students began chanting, "Graduate him anyway! Graduate him anyway!"
Then he held up his hand and the auditorium became silent. he said, "I think I know the answer.
Three times seven is twenty-one."
A hush fell over the auditorium and all the other students began another chant.
"Give him another chance! Give him another chance!"
The trend is especially pronounced in Tarrant County, which has outstripped Dallas County as a hotbed of successful applicants.
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That in itself might be an incentive to get off food stamps...............
What kind of creaton would store red wine in the refrigerator !
I thing the one on the left should be titled: Parasite. The one on the right should be titled: Tax Payer
It isn't about jobs anymore, its how you vote.
Ouch! I took a complaint the other day. This guy, living in section 8, hitting the churches and food pantries for goodies wanted to report a theft. He told me he spent the night with a local meth head. She took $120.00 he got from the Catholic church. That was for, as he put it, a train ticket to WV. He continues to tell me not only is he missing that money but his "pregnant girlfriend" has his government phone and they have split up so he wants his phone back. I put my best foot forward for the man. When he left I went to my car finished me shift and went home. I have found that those who contribute least to the system expect the most from it. The scary part is, these dead beats vote.
Perhaps with free dope they'd be too high to vote! They'd be happy until the spigot gets turned off.
Ouch !
What kind of cretin would store red wine in the refrigerator !
I find that folks of my parents age tend to put red wine in the fridge. (as did my Grandparents did when they were that age as well.)
yuk
This time of the year the tax getters are getting thousands of dollars of my tax money back in tax "refunds". "Refunds" of tax that they never paid.
It sickens me.
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quote:Originally posted by shilowar
I thing the one on the left should be titled: Parasite. The one on the right should be titled: Tax Payer
It isn't about jobs anymore, its how you vote.