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Iceland’s Prime Minister Snubs Mike Pence

Iceland’s leader has announced that she will skip U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to her Nordic nation, opting instead to keep ‘prior commitments’ by attending a trade union conference in Sweden.

Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said that she’s planned for months to give the keynote speech for the Council of Nordic Trade Unions’ annual meeting in Malmo, Sweden, on Sept. 3 — the day before Pence’s arrival. She has no plans to return the following day for his visit.

TIME

Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir is my favorite leader of a foreign country, because she’s a dead ringer for Susan Dey circa 1970 and she’s no fan of the Trump administration.

The beautiful Prime Minister announced that she will skip Mike Pence’s visit to her country, citing a prior commitment to speak at a trade union conference in Sweden the day before the VP’s arrival.

It should be noted that Sweden is only about 1,000 miles from Iceland, but I take it she wouldn’t walk across the street to meet Pence.

Jakobsdottir is a leading crusader for abortion rights, LGBT rights and climate change, it’s not surprising she doesn’t want anything to do with the likes of Mike Pence.

Pence is getting an icy reception in Iceland, maybe the mayor of Reykjavik will deign to meet with the hapless vice president of the United States.

Read More: https://time.com/5658037/iceland-pm-skipping-pence-visit/

The President of Iceland Wants to Ban Pineapple Pizza! God Bless Him!

“The food world is riddled with heated debates, and one of the most polarizing fights centers around pineapple on pizza.

This week Iceland`s President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson let us know where he stands.

After taking questions from students at a high school in North Iceland, one bold pupil asked Johannesson what he thought about pineapple as a pizza topping.

The president held nothing back expressing his disdain for the pairing. He also said if he had the power to pass laws, he`d ban it across the land.”

CNN

Nobody can find Iceland on a map, and nobody cares what transpires in the island nation, but when Iceland`s President (ceremonial post with no power) declared that he would ban pizza if he could pass laws, suddenly everybody was googling “Iceland” and “President Johannesson.”

I would trust a politician with the wisdom and discernment to ban pizza implicitly, Congress wouldn`t dare oppose any of his executive orders.

I love me some pizza, and it`s not unusual for me to devour an entire pizza by myself, in one sitting. But if a Philistine offers me a slice of pizza with pineapple, I will beat him to within an inch of his life.

Pizza with pineapple is a culinary abomination, and an affront to the Almighty. Period. End of story.

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