Cardiac Arrest

i saw this thing in the newspaper today ... kfc has this offer ... if you order delivery for 50 riyals or more you get a free dozen donuts from krispy kreme ... now i'm assuming they are the crappy glazed donuts ... nothing fancy ... but still ... the combination of fried chicken and donuts ...

We're #1

this fellow is the guy who got the awwal on the tawjihi in jordan ... the 3ilmi track to be specific ... he got 99.1% ... so congratulations are in order ... alf mabrook and mashalla 3alaik and bla bla ... but i have a question ... aren't you a little old to be getting your picture taken like that ...

For The Next Three Weeks

effective tomorrow ...

The IDF

if this is what they do to each other ... imagine what they do to palestinians ...

Quote of the Day

"We are happy we came here, full of joy, full of life. We hope that we can be free and can enjoy the same freedom these kites enjoy in the air. All we are looking for is to grow up like normal children."

11-year-old Marwan Mohammad

In UN-sponsored event, some 6,000 Palestinian children released kites on Gaza's beach in attempt to break Guinness Book record for most kites flown simultaneously. Guinness was unable to send a judge to the attempt due to travel restrictions into Gaza. But the children would be able to break the record even without a judge by verifying the accomplishment in other ways, said Guinness spokeswoman Karolina Thelin.

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slice of life

there are these things called boofiyya ... a boofiyya is like a sandwich store more or less ... they make chicken burgers ... hamburgers ... jibneh sandwiches ... mrabba sandwiches ... egg sandwiches ... tea ... soda ... coffee ... stuff like that ... you know cheap and fast ... they are everywhere ... anyway i stopped by one today to get some breakfast ... couple of jibneh sandwiches ... so they had a menu of what they sell taped onto the counter ... which brings me to the point of this story ... here's how they wrote nescafe ... نس كفى ... i probably should've taken a picture ... it would've been funnier and saved me the trouble of writing this gibberish ...

Lame

this is one of the lamest promotion ideas i have ever seen in my life ... if i were ceo i would fire the creative team who came up with the idea ... then i would fire the marketing manager who approved it ...

what's in a name

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani directed Mian Gul Akbar Zeb, High Commissioner Designate of Pakistan to Canada to work for further strengthening of the political and diplomatic relations between the two countries with particular focus on invigorating bilateral trade and economic ties.

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i wonder if he knows ...

no they are not the same person

وصف المسؤول الإعلامي في تيار "المردة" المحامي سليمان فرنجية، اللقاء بين رئيس حزب "الكتائب اللبنانية" امين الجميل ورئيس تيار "المردة" النائب سليمان فرنجية، بأنه "يأتي ضمن سياسة الإنفتاح بين الأفرقاء السياسيين على الساحة اللبنانية"

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Tfoo

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki paid symbolic tribute to US soldiers killed in Iraq, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery.
(AFP/Chris Kleponis)

how ironic

The white police sergeant accused of racial profiling after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home was hand-picked by a black police commissioner to teach recruits about avoiding racial profiling.

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King Mo

Most royals may have to be a bit thriftier this year as fortunes plummet, but it's not so for the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, whose 12 palaces reportedly cost $1 million a day to operate. His net worth is up $1 billion this year to $2.5 billion, making him the only one of the world's 15 richest royals to have added to his fortune in the past year.
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so an obscenely rich arab king ... no surprise there right ...
but here's the kicker ... he's known as "the king of the poor" ...
it's true ... google it ...

lucky me

there was a fight between two drivers at the signal today ... and i had front-row seats ...

song of the day

today at work ... around lunchtime ... i went out to the parking lot to start my car and go get something to eat ... but it wouldn't start ... the battery was dead ... so i took my friend's car instead ... after work i was able to start my car with a little help from another friend at work and some jumper cables ... a short time later i was getting my battery replaced ... and so to conclude this boring story ... let's listen to the classic metallica song ... BATTERY!

mumblings

i tried to be nice but being an asshole is just so much easier ...

ما زهقوا؟

Palestinian unity talks between Fatah and Hamas have been postponed until Aug. 25

play on words

a heavy cloud of bong smoke always helps clear things up ...

iza ALLAH rad

two weeks from today august will start ... i will be traveling to 3amman on the first ... one week later my brother will get married ... one week later i will return to riyadh ... one week later i will go back to work ... and ramadan will start ... a week later august will be over and we will return to our regular broadcast ...

Lake What Now?

a day in the life of a palestinian

"Shut up or I will f*** you," a Christian Peacemaker Team observer quoted an Israeli soldier yelling at the mother of a boy bound in military custody near Hebron on Monday.

CPT observers near the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron detailed an attack on an unarmed 16-year-old boy that also saw his mother threatened and death threats launched at his father, who attempted to file a police report against the actions. The boy volunteers for the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem as a cameraman and has undertaken nonviolence training.

"At 4:30pm on Monday 13 July two Israeli soldiers attacked a 16-year-old Palestinian boy 150 yards from his home," the CPT report said. "The attack happened as the boy was walking to his home carrying heavy electrical cables necessary for repair work on his family’s house. Two workers who were with him left to raise the alarm."

According to CPT the boy had been harassed several times by Israeli soldiers. When his mother and cousin arrived on the scene to defend the boy, soldiers threatened his mother with sexual acts. They were convinced to take the boy to his home, and were met there by a small group of settlers, who live illegally in the West Bank city.

"The soldiers cuffed the boy’s hands behind his back, blindfolded him and again forced him to sit" behind the house where settlers were glaring down from adjacent rooftops, the report said. "One or more people kicked and hit him again, but because of the blindfold he could not see whether his attackers were soldiers or settlers."

The boy's father and friends arrived at the home, having been alerted by his mother, and began filming the incident. "The officer observed that Palestinians were filming the incident and removed the blindfold and handcuffs and released the boy. He gripped the boy by the jaw and warned him, ‘If you say anything to internationals or the police, I will kill you,'" the report said.

That evening the boy received hospital treatment for his injuries, and the following day his father spent four and a half hours at the police station making a complaint, in support of which he passed over video of the incident, CPT said.

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mumblings

the only thing missing is you ... and you ...

nawaling

i usually listen to my ipod in the car ... but sometimes i take it out because it needs charging ... and i'll forget to unplug it the next morning ... so i'll get in the car to go to work ... and realize the ipod is not there ... and i'll be like fuck i forgot it ... oh well ... i'm already running late and i don't want to turn off the car and go back to my apartment just to get it ... whatever i'll just listen to the radio ... well it happened today ... so radio it is ... i listened to mbc fm ... they have this host called khadeeja who has a lovely voice by the way ... she actually sounds hot ... anyway ... not the point ... here is the point ... there's this new song by nawal il zughbi ... apparently it's a big hit ... because i had the misfortune of hearing it on the way to work and on the way back home ... so i'm guessing the frequent play means the song is a hit ... anyway ... i'm not a fan of nawal under normal circumstances ... her voice has a certain nasal quality which i don't appreciate ... but here's the thing ... it's supposed to be a khaleeji song ... and she absolutely butchers the accent ... nawal ... saying gal instead of 2al does not make it a khaleeji song ... good lord it's awful ... do us all a favor ... stick to your mother accent ... how that song became a hit i'll never know ...

three years ago

today marks the third anniversary of the 2006 july war on lebanon ... i was in beirut when it happened ... it was the summer ... my last semester of university had just barely started ... i remember how i found out about the war ... i was at university ... in the library ... the person next to me was reading about the hezbollah operation ... i quickly opened a news site in my browser and read about it ... i was happy that the operation was successful ... that night the news started coming in about israel bombing the airport and what not ... the next morning classes were canceled indefinitely ... about a month later it was all over and hezbollah was victorious ... university resumed and about a month or two after that i graduated ... i think i was the only international student who didn't leave and i don't regret it ... at least all the ones i know left and came back only after it was all over ... but i was not alone ... i had friends who would come over almost everyday ... good times ...

get it?

him: are you seeing anyone
her: no i usually lock myself up at home .. and when i do go out i wear a blindfold

I'd Tap That

U.S. President Barack Obama and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy take their places with junior G8 delegates for a family photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
(REUTERS/Jason Reed)

Word of the Day

Facebrag

To use Facebook as a platform to brag. Normally about a job, internship, trip, purchase or anything else that nobody really needs to know but you'd like to tell everyone because you're awesome.

Sample Facebook Status: Jane Stephens is headed to London with her new iPhone for her 2nd JOB INTERVIEW!!!!! :))))

i don't get it

there's these three restaurants here in riyadh ... one is called gulf royal chinese restaurant .. one is called mirage .. and one is called peninsula seafood restaurant .. they're all owned by the same group .. i think there's a fourth one also but i can't remember .. anyway so they're all owned by the same group .. and each one has a different name .. but here's the thing .. they all have the exact same menu .. i'm talking down to the last detail .. does that make any sense to anyone reading this?

قولوا مبروك

my sponsorship has been transferred .. or in arabic .. تم نقل كفالتي ..
this is a milestone for me .. my father has been my sponsor my entire life .. but now my sponsor is a company .. agility logistics ..

it's nice to be treated like a car or a house ..
having to be registered under somebody's name this way ..

3arab

according to the ny daily news .. egyptian diplomats lead the world in unpaid parking tickets .. kuwaitis are second .. here we are talking about new york parking tickets ..
the two nations owe a combined 3.2 million dollars ..

Definition Of A Sellout

how disgusting is this man ... seriously ...

Her Name Is Not Neda

her name was hiyam ...

Tweet Tweet

yesterday in amman ... meanwhile queen rania was understandably furious when she heard about this ... she let the public know how she felt in a strongly worded condemnation via her latest tweet ... saying "i thought this was a free country" ... she also urged all her followers on twitter to boycott israeli goods ...
no i'm kidding she didn't say anything about it ... or maybe she did ... i don't know i don't check her twitter page to be honest ... but fifty bucks says she didn't say anything ... just a wild guess ...

SoM

Bygones

these two are going to be on the same team next season ...

Crank 2: High Voltage

i can summarize this movie in two words .. bullets and boobs .. which sounds like a good combination .. but somehow this movie manages to screw it up .. the only reason you should watch this movie is if you're into amy smart .. 3/10 ..

What Is This Walkman You Speak Of

this is funny ...

The Hangover

i watched the movie the hangover with my friend tonight .. it's a comedy .. basically there's a guy called doug who's getting married .. so his friends decide to throw him a bachelor party .. so doug and three of his friends go down to vegas to do just that .. well two of his friends .. the third guy is his future brother-in-law .. he's also kind of a dumbass .. so they wake up and doug is gone .. and so begins the quest to find doug .. trouble is they don't remember a thing about the previous night .. and neither do we .. we follow them as they try to find doug .. and that's the movie .. so basically it's dude where's my car except it's dude where's my friend who's supposed to be getting married tomorrow ..
so yeah it's funny and light .. nothing profound .. just a nice comedy .. also that andy guy from the office is in it .. he's always funny .. there's also a short appearance by mike tyson of all people in this movie .. and you get to see heather graham's boobs .. 7.5/10 ..

ألف مبروك

This Friday July 3 Beirut is scheduled to party with Paris Hilton at the Forum de Beyrouth.
Timmy Vegas (never heard of him), Estelle (or her) and Sam La Marc (who the fuck are these people?) will join the jet-set socialite in Beirut to party with the best.