Archive for March, 2006

Gaddafi was “talking” to an audience of US academics at the University of Columbia via sattelite recently and informed everyone that the most democratic country in the world today was in fact Libya. Buckle your seat belts…

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â??The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has been confirmed in a Jordanian poultry farm located at Ajloun governorate, Health Minister Saeed Darwazeh stated on Friday “Laboratory tests conducted on a sample of dead poultry at the village of Kofranjeh in the Ajloun governorate have proved the poultry is inflected with the H5N1 strain [...]

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by way of www.thesmokinggun.com as seen (by me) on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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This is a rant I think many people can relate to; both Arabs and Americans. There are many things which I love and admire about my own Arabian culture, it’s a never-ending list. The things I don’t like about our culture or I would rather see fixed is also an endless list. And I think [...]

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Muslims Jeans

22Mar06

A very cool idea… â??They’re high around the waist, wide around the leg and have lots of pockets for holding watches, bracelets, glasses and other knickknacks A new line of jeans designed by a small company in northern Italy caters to Muslims seeking to stay comfortable while they pray. “As far as we know we’re [...]

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“Cultural Bookstore” This is supposed to be a funny cartoon I know, but sadly it is a scene I have actually seen before my eyes. A bookstore selling mobiles. Actually I’ve seen places that sell household appliances and even jewelry stores, which sell mobile phones too. But it’s particularly sad to see a bookstore do [...]

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It’s been a more rock-ish week for me and most of it is from the Canadian rock scene. Evan’s Blue falls in line with nu-metal meets mainstream rock acts like Evanescence. The song “Cold” will probably remind you of the latter band’s “Bring Me to Life” hit from a few years ago. Sadly there are [...]

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The World Cup in Germany is set to become a battleground between facists and Muslims, an Italian member of a new European neo-Nazi movement warned. In a statement published by Italian daily Repubblica, the memeber of AS Roma’s notorious ultras hooligan group claims neo-Nazis across Europe met in Braunau in Austria to plan attacks against [...]

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