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The Early Hours of Chaos-Beirut
23/11/07 22:16 Filed in: Lebanon
Image: The words “La7ood al Mal3oon” or “The Cursed – Lahoud” sprayed on one of Beirut’s streets. The phrase is about the size of a car, sprayed on the middle of the road for everyone to see.
Very disappointed! I took this photo late night at Friday a couple of meters away from my apartment. It seems that the Lebanese have decided to demote ‘peace’ to the bottom of their agenda.
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Alvaro
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J'taime!
23/11/07 22:10 Filed in: Cars
Behold! the UK only, special edition of the Land Rover Defender! They've called it “SVX” and it is launched in celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary with a limited production of 200 units. And yes Mr. Bo Ahmad, it has the Ipod equipment and stuff.
I Like!
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Alvaro
The NBK Fiasco
19/11/07 20:20 Filed in: Politics
I am an NBK customer. I’ve always been, and I will remain one. They are an exceptional monetary agency. Recently, they seem to have the ambition of becoming a center for strategic studies.
For the second year in a row, NBK has hosted a lecture series on issues that pertain to strategic and security issues. How this is a bank’s role is up for discussion, but my problem is with their selections. This year, NBK invited Secretary Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State to be their keynote speaker. In introducing the speaker, Deputy Chair of the bank, Nasser Al-Sayer characterized Powell as “a personality that has acquired admiration and respect both in the United States and abroad.” Al-Sayer, or his speechwriter, probably overlooked the fact that Powell is also an internationally renowned liar.
On July 1, 2007 Powell was invited to speak at the Aspen Cultural Center where he stated, “I tried to avoid this war. I took him [Bush] through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers.” Nevertheless, Powell had no problems valiantly entering into the UN Security Council’s chamber on February 5, 2003 where he misconstrued evidence and blatantly misinform the international community on Iraq’s “nuclear threat.” A threat that we now know never existed after 1994.
I realize that Kuwaitis reflect a sense of homage towards Powell given his role in 1991, nevertheless, it is shameless to invite him. He is, in my view, a liar, and a man with no integrity. If had integrity, he would have resigned instead of humiliating himself before the world in February 2003. Can someone please try and explain why NBK would even give him a platform? He’s obviously using it to gain a better position elsewhere, so why allow it
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MHG
I Told You So!
18/11/07 10:25 Filed in: Phones
As I expected! One of my buddies was making fun of my USB drive, since it was very tiny, claiming that it was meaningless to buy a tiny USB, especially from Sony, “It’s only a USB” he said.
**Today a concept phone by SonyEricsson features a ‘full-sized’ USB port is released!
I’ve always dreamt of mobile phones with USB ports, tiny ipods with 8000 GB and so on…. Just as I told my ignorant friend, you never know what the future ‘holds up its sleeve(s).’
Grazie!
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Alvaro
New Italy Away Kit!
17/11/07 07:38 Filed in: Sports
Wasn’t expecting it at all, looks good though, I really like the flag colors featuring on the center.
Grazie!
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Alvaro
3-4-3
10/11/07 17:16 Filed in: Politics
I think that this is the best tactic formation for the National Assembly in Kuwait. Since nothing will ever please some people, even if they pick members of the government themselves, it won’t take a long time until they find out that the choice wasn’t right. In addition, I personally believe that because there is nothing else to do (yep nothing else to do is why I’m writing), some of the MP’s stir things up by attacking others and talking about corruption. I forgot what corruption means, and since some MP’s like an offensive style, a 3-4-3 formation will offer an adequate offensive, which many try to seek; but nevertheless the defense are usually exposed!
** Apple’s new software – leopard – is breathtaking. FAH has it for free if anyone is interested!!
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Alvaro
Kuwait FA Suspended!
01/11/07 09:47 Filed in: Sports
It's a sad story after all. The Kuwaiti Football Association has been suspended from FIFA (the world’s football regulator –federation). It was reported that the Kuwaiti FA did not comply with the FIFA regulation regarding the election FA elections in Kuwait. Unfortunately that is not the issue here, the Kuwaiti FA acted irresponsibly and now suffers consequences.
- Article 10, part 4 of FIFA’s statutes clearly states: “always to comply with the Statutes, regulations and decisions of FIFA and its Confederation”
- Article 14, part 3 states:
A suspended member shall lose its membership rights. Other Members may not entertain sporting contact with a suspended Member. The Disciplinary Committee may impose further sanctions”
The best part is that Qadsiya’s win on Arabi doesn’t stand anymore – kidding!
** Today’s special: Al Jazeera Sport's Channel proudly covered the suspension of the Kuwaiti FA, where the anchor couldn’t hide his joy when he stated in an enthusiastic tone that the Kuwaiti ‘FA, officials, players, teams’ aren’t official anymore. However, the climax was a phone conference on Al Jazeera Sports hosting Mishlesh a representing the Kuwaiti FA and another FIFA representative.
Mishlesh: “yes we expected it would happen…” - In Arabic: Kunna Mutawaqe3een..
FIFA rep: ---------- Jazeera Anchor: It seems there is a technical error from the source, we couldn’t hear Mr. FIFA rep. ME: That’s what you get when you become asses! Both of you! And no wonder the technical error is from the source, that’s always the case when broadcasting errors occur on Al Jazeera!
Have a nice day!
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Alvaro