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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - Posts
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A strange noise woke me this morning, before the irritatingly obtrusive alarm did. The noise was like something out of a science fiction movie...a strange, high, electronic pinging. It was barely seven o'clock, and each ping, ping, ping was like someone Read More...
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Really cool awareness test. Watch here, and concentrate hard. Via 2:48 AM. Read More...
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I don't even know if DMX is still popular, but he was pretty hot when I was in high school. Anyway, here's a really, really funny interview with DMX that reminds me of a conversation I had with my cousin a few years ago:Basem: "What did you call the cat?"Me: Read More...
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It was interesting to notice how different newspapers reported on the same subject, which is press freedoms. The report ironically came after two days when five journalists were sentenced to three months in prison. So of course our spot in the report Read More...
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ok,, people,, all of you, you need to go out of your houses, leave your desks and your blogs and your piles of work, your saturated heads and your frustrated beings of all the bad news around. GO WALK. SERIOUSLY. GO FOR A TWO HOUR WALK AND DITCH THE NEWS Read More...
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Wow . Has any politician ever given such a serious, thoughtful, and thoroughly good speech on race relations in America? I don't know whether it will play well politically -- it's too nuanced to reduce to a 7-second soundbite. But, reading and listening Read More...
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This is one new nice cool great funny song for Faisaly (Jordan) by Met'eb AlSaqqar :) called "Faisaly howa howa Za3eem barra w jowwa" :) Download this Jordanian Song (mp3) at: Download new Faisaly (Jordanian) Song Song Lyrics :) : فيصلي هو هو .. زعيم Read More...
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Look, Helena, look at those saints climb! Look at them fighting their way up! How they'd love to get to heaven, and heaven couldn't care less about them! Heaven doesn't know they exist, the winged yokels! Milan Kundera, the Joke Read More...
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Yes it is what it sounds like… it is a case of fornication, or in this case adultery, since the man is married. It is one of those classical stories that we Jordanians, love to pretend we are shocked to hear… since it is the Egyptian guard Read More...
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Understatement of the day: It is very strange for me to work in a place where we discuss the inner workings of terrorist organizations so openly, and brainstorm ways of protecting ourselves and the information that we upload onto our website, in order Read More...
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30 eggs on sale for 2.50JD (they are the smaller containers, but that is the total price for 30). Regular price 3.50JD. Time for Hajji to make som ejjeh! If you miss it, eggs are still available downtown for 2.80JD for 30 (but you know these kind are Read More...
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Is it only me or have anyone in Jordan noticed the main headline news in the papers today? Our beloved Government controlled media had a main headline Dahabi government retains same level of public confidence after 100 days in office What! who said that? Read More...
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Back in my corporate days, I had a coworker who seemed to be happy almost all of the time. He didn’t do much actual work yet he was paid well, and he didn’t let the little things get to him.... Read More...
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فوائد انّك تطلع من هْدومك..!! اضغط هنا لقراءة المقال و التعليق عليه ملاحظة لأصحاب المدونات والمواقع: اترك رابط موقعك اسفل التعليق ليتسنى للقرّاء الاطلاع Read More...
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I lost hope in freedom of the press in Jordan a long time ago. I can't remember exactly when but I think it goes back to my early twenties when I first joined the ranks of repressed Jordanian journalists. I have written about violations of press freedom Read More...
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And Um Omar, and a non-blogging friend of theirs. :) MommaBean connected me with her on & off-line friend Southern Muslimah (Umm Farouq) yesterday. Alabama seems to be US home-base for a disproportionate number of American ladies these days, although Read More...
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Apparently, in some parts of the world women can only grab attention when they strip naked.
Via BBC News:
A group of Liberian women refugees who have held naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana, a minister has told the BBC.
Hundreds Read More...
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This is interesting news about bloggers but not your typical bloggers in the Middle East who were prisioned for their views on their opressed governments. But this is about Gays and Lesbians Bloggers who decided to come out the closet online. We all know Read More...
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كتبت - سمر حدادين - تنتظر الهيئات النسائية إقرار مشروع قانون الضمان الاجتماعي بـ”ريبة”، تحسبا أن تعلق المواد التي تخص المرأة في بوتقة ”المعارضة”، ولا تخرج منها بسلام.
تخوف الحركة النسائية أفصح عنه نيابة عنهن وزير العمل المهندس Read More...
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A number of journalists have been sentenced to three months in prison for charges related to “insulting the judiciary system and commenting on its rulings”. The motion was filed by the Higher Judiciary Council – the head of judiciary authority in the Read More...
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