Archive for April 27, 2006
“It’s guilty until proven innocent for U.S. Muslim charities”
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
“ Nearly five years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s security situation continues to be dragged down by endemic corruption, roving militias, and a growing nexus between narco-warlords and remnants of the Taliban, officials and analysts say.”
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
Now I understand why the Bush administration keeps praising “reforms” in Egypt.
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
“Israel was elected to be a vice-chair of the UN Disarmament Commission” (What is next? Saudi Arabia as vice-chair of the UN Feminist Commission?)
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
“Correspondent Helen Thomas has interrogated every US leader since Kennedy”
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
“Musharraf insists: I’m not George Bush’s poodle”
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
“Of all the religions in the United States, Islam is the only religion for which the government has a foreign policy, according to Abukhalil. “You do not have American foreign policy for Buddhism, for Judaism, Presbyterian [or] Quakers, but for Islam, you do,†Abukhalil said. “This is because Islam is not a reference to a [...]
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
All these armed Israeli occupation soldiers are needed to subdue this….CHILD.
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
Lebanese security forces practicing how to defeat “bad guys.” Oh, ya.
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
I previously mocked the practice of placing laptops before Lebanese ministers during meetings of the Council of Ministers. I stand corrected. I am told that the Ministers run regressions during the meetings.
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
Rich kids at Harvard don’t plagiarize: they “internalize” other people’s works. (And the word “internalize” was supplied to them by the PR expert that parents provide when their kids get caught): “Ms. Viswanathan’s parents sent her to a private college counselor, Katherine Cohen of IvyWise, who is also the author of a book on writing [...]
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
“One-third of about 410 military and civilian personnel investigated by the authorities on accusations of abusing detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan or Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have faced disciplinary action, according to a report issued yesterday by human rights groups.”
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad
‘Une Baignade, Asnières’, 1884. Georges Seurat.
Posted on April 27, 2006 by As'ad