Archive for October 3, 2005
News from “liberated” Afghanistan: “Ballot boxes from hundreds of polling stations in Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections have been quarantined due to suspected vote fraud, the chief electoral officer said Sunday.”
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
“US Forces ‘Out of Control,’ Says Reuters Chief”
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
“A judge in Texas has banned a teenage drug offender from having sex as part of her probation, as long as she is living with her parents and attending school.”
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
“‘The Authoritarian Personality’ Revisited”
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
“In the 1985-92 period, for instance, Harvard admitted children of alumni at a rate more than twice that of non-athlete, non-legacy applicants, despite the fact that, on virtually every one of the school’s magical ratings scales, legacies significantly lagged behind their peers. Karabel calls the practice “unmeritocratic at best and profoundly corrupt at worst,†but [...]
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
I was reading the text of the speech of the Lebanese Mufti on the occasion of the beginning of the month of Ramadan. He included his list, long list, of things that Muslims should avoid when fasting. His point is that Muslims should not only fast from eating and drinking. Thus far, this is not [...]
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
Palestinian puppet police that is headed by Muhammad Dahlan is a private militia that is intended to do what the South Lebanon Army did in South Lebanon. Here, this “police” is shooting at the houses of Hamas members.
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
On the diminishing freedoms in Lebanon by the brilliant Joseph Samahah
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
In case you did not know, Muslims in the world don’t begin fasting in Ramadan unless they receive fatwas from Ibrahim Hooper. That is right.
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
The Mufti of Lebanon, who according to his job description has to be a buffoon, never announces the beginning of Ramadan before getting instructions from the Saudi government.
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
“Don’t Know How to Exit Iraq? Ask the Sunnis.” (thanks Robert)
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
I don’t mean to disappoint Lebanonese nationalists, but “modern potato had roots in Peru.” (thanks Julie)
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad
Countess Jean de Polignac. 1932. Edouard Vuillard.
Posted on October 3, 2005 by As'ad