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Former manager of INA, Stjepan Leko, admitted guilt in a major gas scandal and reached a settlement with USKOK, and the court sentenced him to 11 months in prison which he will serve through community service, along with the obligation to return 68,200 euros of illegal property benefits and to pay a fine. #AferaPlinZaCent #USKOK #Hrvatska (translated)

The former head of Gas and Energy Sales at INA, Stjepan Leko, admitted his guilt in a major corruption scandal related to INA and agreed with USKOK to work for the public good instead of serving a prison sentence, along with the obligation to pay fines and court costs and the confiscation of a significant amount of money. #INAafere #korupcija #plin (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari interpreted the raised eyebrows, large eyes, and open mouth as indicative of cognitive dissonance. She wrote that a person defending immigration and asylum seekers had asked in France why the rioters acted that way, and had received a shove in response. Huhtasaari described the rioters as Islam-leftist and pro-Palestinian and claimed they had destroyed places. Huhtasaari called such empathy "suicidal empathy" and argued that it did not take into account the intentions or reciprocity of the recipient. According to her, the identity of a "good person" could lead people to vote for the same party despite the riots, and maintaining and projecting beliefs overshadowed the facts. According to Huhtasaari, the mainstream media framed the events as student protests, but reality emerged nonetheless. She wrote that change would only begin when a person could admit that immigration had not worked. #maahanmuutto #kognitiivinendissonanssi #mediakritiikki (translated)

A young Finnish man wrote about a man he described as a member of the French left-wing party and an activist who defended the opening of immigration from North Africa. According to the writer, the man owned a small shop in an upscale area and tried to protect it from robbery by telling those who came that he was a well-known refugee activist and on their side, having defended their access to France and their right to stay there. The writer claimed that the shop was robbed despite this, and the man lost his lifelong work in an instant. He stated that the man remained in shock, watching the perpetrators, whom the writer described in derogatory and dehumanizing terms. He alleged that the man had dedicated his life to defending them and encouraged them to come to France, even though they were allegedly trying to destroy the country. Additionally, the young Finnish man referred to an evolutionary psychological analysis he published in another column, titled "Self-Destructive Empathy and Men's Responsibility". #aktivismi #maahanmuutto #Ranska (translated)

Tuukka Kuru wrote that he found the situation ironic and claimed that the individuals he described as committing robberies and rapes, whom he derogatorily talked about regarding immigrants, probably did not know what high school meant or which country they lived in. #uusimaa #rikollisuus #koulutus (translated)

Bibi, you better be careful because you will soon be alone - I said: "Bibi, you better be careful because you will soon be alone" - Trump recounted in June a conversation he had with Netanyahu as he was urging him to stop the exchange of mutual rocket strikes with Iran. #Netanyahu #Trump #Izrael (translated)

Matti Molari wrote that he interprets based on Tere Sammallahti that Jussi Halla-aho's immigration criticism had only been a pale preview of Petteri Orpo's even harsher line. Molari said that Orpo was one of the first to practice such politics in Finland along with others from the National Coalition Party. #Suomi #politiikka #maahanmuutto (translated)

Lucia-pulla wrote that one of the most absurd cases in the discussion related to immigration and multiculturalism was that prisoners were served mousse for dessert, the gelatin of which, according to her, they were unaware of. She mentioned that gelatin was a problem because it is made from pig parts and eating pork is haram. She described an example of a foreign prisoner convicted of serious crimes who would be offered dessert and then apologized to for its contradiction with his religious beliefs. Lucia-pulla asked how self-destructive the country could become. #suicidalempathy #maahanmuutto #monikulttuurisuus #uskonto (translated)

It is absolutely nonsensical, it happened repeatedly. And just at a time when we were doing our best. It definitely harmed us, it cost us three points, we lost the opportunity for a final push. It is definitely a knife in the back for all those who stood up for him, who believed that such a moment would not come," the coach of Slavia, Jindřich Trpišovský, was angry after the match in an interview for Oneplay Sport. #TomášChorý #SlaviaPraha #fotbal (translated)

The Daily Bureaucrat listed statements where various individuals and organizations had, in his opinion, doubted the success of new inventions. He mentioned that the Michigan Savings Bank estimated in 1903 that the horse would persist and the car would be merely a fashion phenomenon for the wealthy. According to Thomas Watson, in 1943 there might have been a market for computers globally for perhaps five devices, and he said that Ken Olson stated in 1977 that nobody would need a computer in their home. He said that Steve Ballmer expressed doubt in 2007 that the iPhone would gain significant market share. Paul Krugman noted that the economic impact of the internet in 1998 would have hardly been greater than that of fax machines. He reported that Bill Gates predicted in 2004 that email spam would be resolved within two years, and that Marty Cooper assessed in 1981 that mobile phones would not completely replace landlines. The list also included Lord Kelvin’s claim in 1895 about the impossibility of heavier-than-air airplanes, Darryl F. Zanuck’s 1946 assessment of the short-lived nature of television, and Erasmus Wilson's prediction in 1878 about electric lights going out after the Paris World’s Fair. William Preece, according to The Daily Bureaucrat, said in 1876 that the telephone was not needed because there were enough messengers. He recounted that Lee De Forest deemed moon travel impossible in 1957 and that Dionysius Lardner predicted in 1830 that fast travel would lead to passengers choking. He said Thomas Edison rejected the use of alternating current in 1889. Finally, The Daily Bureaucrat asked what was now being said about the new Tesla Roadster. #teknologia #innovaatiot #historia (translated)

Miko Bergbom wrote that the Green youth hoped for "free money" for immigrants and reminded that, according to him, this was taxpayer money. He stated that Finland could not afford the current situation and demanded a swift transition to a citizenship-based social security system. According to Bergbom, the welfare state was at risk if this was not done, as the money, in his view, was running out. Bergbom claimed that the share of immigrants in certain social benefits clearly exceeded their share of the population. He said that in the capital region, their share of the total amount of social assistance was already about 50 percent. He stated that this situation should raise concerns, but he opposed new unconditional benefits for immigrants proposed by the left. #maahanmuutto #sosiaaliturva #verotus (translated)

As a former member of the National Coalition Party, Elina Ketonen wrote that she had been following the party's change in immigration policy with interest. She noted that in a recent poll by Yle, the National Coalition Party had fallen behind the Finns Party, and the party's parliamentary group had presented a strict immigration line. According to Ketonen, this was about the parliamentary group's program, not a directive approved by the party congress. She wrote that the program would not bind the next government nor guarantee concrete decisions during the next term. Ketonen interpreted the shift in line primarily as a bid for votes and assessed that the rhetoric would harden as support weakened. In her view, credibility stemmed from consistent actions, and voters had the right to ask whether the National Coalition Party's line had truly changed or if only the campaign speeches had changed. #maahanmuutto #politiikka #keskustelu (translated)