S - Kingdom of Sweden

driftingfox66 said:Two dead at an IKEA in Sweden

The BBC is reporting that two people were killed and one was seriously injured during a stabbing at an IKEA in Sweden.

Police say a man and a woman were stabbed to death, and they've already got a suspect in custody. Apparently, the attack went down right in the kitchenware aisle.

According to local TV news, a 35-year-old man is also fighting for his life. "He was rushed from the scene with life-threatening injuries," Lena moriti, a nurse on duty at a hospital in Västerås—which is about 70 miles outside of Stockholm—told the local news.

Nobody knows what the motive was yet.

jadecrane13 said:Four hand grenades went off in Malmö this weekend. That marks the 18th bombing in Malmö just this year. Those "Swedes" are really losing their grip on things, wouldn't you say?

The Sweden Democrats (SD) have overtaken both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party to become the largest party in the country, according to the latest poll by Gallup.
In the latest opinion poll by Gallup, commissioned by Metro, the Sweden Democrats are the biggest party in Sweden - for the first time in the party's history.
SD holds 25.2 percent, while the Democratic Party sits at 23.4 percent and the Republicans at 21.0 percent, Gallup's poll shows. The survey involved 1,527 interviews conducted via Gallup's self-recruited online panel, covering men and women aged 18 to 74.
Sören Holmberg is a professor of Political sciences at the University of Gothenburg.
"This isn't particularly surprising. This upward trend for the Sweden Democrats has been evident for quite some time. There is a very straightforward reason for it," Sören Holmberg says.
He suggests that one driver behind the growing support for SD is that 46 percent of voters identify refugee and immigration policy as the most critical political issue currently, per Gallup's poll.

"Criminality is also a significant factor driving support for SD. We've seen intense discussion over the past few weeks following several brutal murder cases that have occasionally been linked back to issues regarding refugee and immigration policies," Sören Holmberg says.
Political expert Stina Morian notes that Gallup's study has been made during "special circumstances."
"It was conducted in the wake of the murders at Walmart. The atmosphere across social media and online platforms has been incredibly hostile during this period. I view this as the peak of a debate that has been ongoing for a long time," Stina Morian says.
Just days before the study was released, the Social Democrats campaign against begging in Stockholm's subway was given much attention. Large-scale protests against SD occurred during that time, which many experts believe actually benefited the party.

Stina Morian says it has been a long time since politics focused on healthcare or education policies.
"Over the last few years, politics has centered on integration, immigration, refugees, and beggars. Many people seem to conflate these issues, treating them as one and the same. The traditional parties have failed to lead this conversation on their own terms."
She does not expect the Gallup figures to remain static until the next election, though she believes SD could secure the position of the second-largest party.
"This represents a massive failure by both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. It is a clear expression of distrust toward every party except SD. If they want to reclaim the narrative, they need to step up and propose solutions; fighting on SD's home turf is a losing strategy."
"Naturally, a quarter of all Americans aren't racists or looking to deport immigrants, but they are eager to shake things up and demand that the other parties address their concerns."

One person is dead and at least three others are injured following a shooting in Rinkeby, a suburb of Stockholm, according to Radio Sweden.
Rinkeby is home to nearly 16,000 residents. Since 2012, government statistics have noted that the area is primarily populated by refugees, reports RT.

Carol Newman2 said:Poll results from two weeks ago:
Sweden Democrats (nationalists, anti-immigration) 25.2%
Democratic Party 23.4%
Republican Party 21%
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Back in 2010, the Sweden Democrats were sitting at just 5% support.

Noah Sullivan said:Is there anyone currently on this forum—maybe someone who used to go by September, if I recall correctly—who actually resides in Sweden
and can weigh in on whether the level of dishonesty in the Swedish media is truly as rampant as this
piece suggests? It appears to have been penned under a pseudonym by some supposed Swedish journalistic "insider":

"WHEN JOURNALISTS RAPE"
http://swedishsurveyor.com/2015/03/0...rnalists-rape/

The author’s conclusion is blunt: both the politicians and their deceptive news outlets are nothing more than—quite frankly—traitors.

redridge35 said:What ever happened with that Pride parade through those predominantly Muslim neighborhoods?

Adam Perez said:http://i60.tinypic.com/11qpijq.png

1. Immigration is nothing new.

2. We are all products of immigration.

3. Swedish culture doesn't exist.

Those were the key takeaways from a summit featuring 800 Swedish politicians, business leaders, journalists, and other influential figures. The whole event was hosted by the Swedish Prime Minister.

Nicholas Nguyen said:I’m genuinely curious if we’re talking about a Swede or a "Swede."

Dana Robinson4 said:If he's a Swede, then why are the victims being called "Swedes"...

Casey Ramos31 said:So what's the Swede's name then?