Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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The Rise of the Anti-Christ in the Nation from Hell.

This blog post entry pretty much echoes my thoughts. The situation in Palestine will get worse and worse to an explosion point. And then it will be the end.


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I look in awestruck disbelief at the lies being repeated over and over; bullshit and the tragedy of false belief. In respect of that I would like to set the record straight. I realize only a few people will read this but I can’t let that interfere with the need to say it. Perhaps this will add to the collective outcry across the world and one or another of us may be that final straw that breaks the horned camel’s back.



Once again I am going to direct your attention to the incredible shrinking map of Palestine. You can trace the changes and compartmentalizations that have occurred across the last sixty years of aggressive land theft by Ersatz Israel. We can start at that point sixty or so years ago or we can go back further still. It doesn’t matter, the animal is the same and the intention is the same.



During a short period of time over seven hundred thousand Palestinians were displaced. They were displaced by force at the hands of a rapacious group of avaricious land bandits who poisoned wells and murdered entire families as examples to the rest. Basically it was “move or die.” There’s no disputing this. It is fact. Following the theft of these lands and towns, the areas and towns were renamed in an effort to blot out the history of the previous inhabitants.



The argument for allowance in regard to the murderous operations of these vicious psychopaths marching under the banner of some demon that they call God was the belief that these people had suffered mightily at the hands of a German dictator and that they were deserving of a certain piece of land that was promised to them by this demon according to things written in a book that was also written by these people. In other words these people wrote that the demon told them that they were his ‘Chosen People’. As history has shown, they are correct. They are the chosen people of this demon. However, this demon is not God and the book was not written by God either… unless God really is a bloodthirsty demon who advises his chosen to kill these people and kill those people and that it’s all fine and kosher.



While these people were suffering in Europe, other members of these people did everything possible to make the suffering more and more intense and used the event entirely as a public relations stunt to gain control of this piece of property in order to set out and take over the whole world. Today, through their control of The Federal Reserve (this is not disputable either), they control who gets the money, where the money goes, how much and how little money is available and by pulling on different strings they can make the puppets dance to whatever tune they want to play.



If there’s a God then Israel appears to be the throne of the Devil. It’s possible that the anti Christ is not a person but a nation. In any case, those he rules are part and parcel of the package. It’s eerie indeed to see the old prophecies of the anti-Christ who is said to arise in the Middle East around this time and to see that, in fact, there is one nation seeking to plunge the Earth into global war. Only one nation is assaulting it’s neighbors and blackmailing the super powers into wiping out it’s alleged enemies based on an assault that this nation engineered in the land of the biggest super power of all; soon to be less than super.



Here’s my first point. When you invade someone’s land and kill the people and drive them into exile and when you then continue to steal the land of those remaining until they are forced into ever smaller ghettos. When you routinely kill these people and use their children for target practice; when you bulldoze their olive trees and orchards and homes, when you move violent settlers into their neighborhoods and allow and protect these settlers when they beat and rob and injure and kill the ancient inhabitants of this land, when you arrest the representatives of their LEGALLY ELECTED government and then throw them into jail for no other reason that that they were elected, when you then begin to increase your genocidal practices upon these people by cutting off their power, their water, their medical supplies and opportunities for treatment and causing them to suffer in any way that you possibly can BECAUSE, allegedly they are firing missiles into lands that were STOLEN FROM THEM but which missiles never seem to hit anything THEN… THEN… these people have EVERY RIGHT… EVERY RIGHT to fire any and all missiles they want to fire any time they want to fire them.



It is interesting to note that now, after Israel’s recent bloodbath… now playing… rockets are actually hitting people and things where they almost never did before. Israel has launched rockets on her own people before and when caught said it was a mistake; an accident. This is also not in dispute.



Now we find that the only reason Israel has made this assault is because there is an election coming and certain candidates want to be seen as the sort of murderous scum that the general public likes to have in office. In other words, all of these people are dying for no more than the election concerns of a handful of psychopaths.



In the meantime, all the self-righteous swine on the left and all of the self-righteous swine on the right and the endless rank of indifferent swine in the middle, feeding at the trough of their personal appetites…they make excuses for Israel as if to say that Israel had the right, not only to drive these people off of their lands but also to continuously terrorize them for decades while making the portions of land upon which they live ever smaller and smaller until there is no where for them to stand and- as is their intention- no one left to stand on it.



Here’s my point and this point is indisputable… whether members of Hamas are or are not launching missiles into Israel they have EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO. Is there anyone among you who would tolerate such actions against yourself? Wait a minute… yeah, there’s quite a few of you.



Today Israel is attacking the ship, Dignity. Cynthia McKinney is on that boat along with a handful of the few human beings left on Earth. It’s not in the news because it isn’t news. Oh you vipers… you whores in the governments and in the press. All of you are exposed by your actions and your words. When justice comes you will none of you be overlooked.



It is a very strange thing how events mirror prophecy. If these prophecies are true then; where does that leave you?



In conclusion; Palestine and the Palestinians have EVERY RIGHT to fight back in any way they can because Israel is attempting to exterminate them and prior to that make their life a living Hell every day of the week. The facts are indisputable so what is this argument about bottle rockets really about?



All of you who support this… all the gatekeepers and bought out slaves to personal fortune… all those laughing at their pursuits while dining in the high tower and shopping for shit to gild your walking corpses… all of you who speak for the nations who permit these murders, not just in Palestine but across the world; who staged the assault in India to bring war to Pakistan… you and your mighty ghost armies are nothing more than chaff in the wind and you will reap the whirlwind. Yes you will.



Death is Calling my Name

Not very well done… but apt

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URGENT! Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship! TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY!

The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters. The Dignity has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships. They are firing live ammunition around the Dignity, and one of the warships has rammed the civilian craft causing an unknown amount of damage. Contrary to international maritime law, the Israelis are actively preventing the Dignity from approaching Gaza or finding safe haven in either Egypt or Lebanon. Instead, the Israeli navy is demanding that the Dignity return to Cyprus - despite the fact that the ship does not carry enough fuel to do so. Fortunately, no one aboard the ship has yet been seriously injured.

There are 15 civilian passengers representing 11 different countries (see below for a complete list). At approximately 5am (UST), well out in international waters, Israeli warships began surrounding the Dignity, threatening the ship. At 6:45am (UST) we were able to establish brief contact with the crew and were told that the ship had been rammed by the Israeli Navy in international waters, and that the Israelis were preventing the ship from finding safe harbor. We heard heavy gunfire in the background before all contact was lost with the Dignity.

It is urgent that you TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION!

CALL the Israeli Government and demand that it immediately STOP attacking the Dignity and endangering the lives of its passengers!

CALL Mark Regev in the Prime Minister's office at:
+972 2670 5354 or +972 5062 3264
mark.regev@it.pmo.gov.il

CALL Shlomo Dror in the Ministry of Defence at:
+972 33697 5339 or +972 50629 8148
mediasar@mod.gov.il


BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Dignity departed from Larnaca Port in Cyprus at 7pm (UST) on Monday 29 December, bound for war-devastated Gaza with a cargo of over 3 tons of desperately needed medical supplies donated by the people of Cyprus. At our request, the ship was searched by Cypriot Port authorities prior to departure, to certify that there was nothing "threatening" aboard - only emergency medical supplies.

TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY TO STOP THE ISRAELI NAVY FROM ENDANGERING THE DIGNITY AND ITS PASSENGERS!

Civilians aboard the Dignity being threatened by the Israeli military:

(UK) Denis Healey, Captain
Captain of the Dignity, Denis has been involved with boats for 45 years, beginning with small fishing boats in Portsmouth. He learned to sail while at school and has been part of the sea ever since. He's a certified yachtmaster and has also worked on heavy marine equipment from yachts to large dredgers. This is his fourth trip to Gaza.

(Greece) Nikolas Bolos, First Mate
Nikolas is a chemical engineer and human rights activist. He has served as a crewmember on several Free Gaza voyages, including the first one in August.

(Jordan) Othman Abu Falah
Othman is a senior producer with Al-Jazeera Television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.

(Australia) Renee Bowyer
Renee is a schoolteacher and human rights activist. She will remain in Gaza to do human rights monitoring and reporting.

(Ireland) Caoimhe Butterly
Caoimhe is a reknowned human rights activist and Gaza Coordinator for the Free Gaza Movement. She will be remaining in Gaza to do human rights monitoring, assist with relief efforts, and work on project development with Free Gaza.

(Cyprus) Ekaterini Christodulou
Ekaterini is a well-known and respected freelance journalist in Cyprus. She is traveling to Gaza to report on the conflict.

(Sudan) Sami El-Haj
Sami is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, and head of the human rights section at Al-Jazeera Television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.

(UK) Dr. David Halpin
Dr. Halpin is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon, medical professor, and ship's captain. He has organized humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza on several occasions with the Dove and Dolphin. He is traveling to Gaza to volunteer in hospitals and clinics.

(Germany) Dr. Mohamed Issa
Dr. Issa is a pediatric surgeon from Germany. He is traveling to Gaza to volunteer in hospitals and clinics.

(UK/Tunisia) Fathi Jaouadi
Fathi is a television producer and human rights activist. He will remain in Gaza to do human rights monitoring and reporting.

(USA) Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia is a former U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia, and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate. She is traveling to Gaza to assess the ongoing conflict.

(Cyprus) Martha Paisi
Martha is a senior research fellow and experienced human rights activist. She is traveling to Gaza to do human rights work and to assist with humanitarian relief efforts.

(UK) Karl Penhaul
Karl Penhaul is a video correspondent for CNN, based out of Bogotá, Colombia. Appointed to this position in February 2004, he covers breaking news around the world utilizing CNN's new laptop-based 'Digital Newsgathering' system. He is traveling to Gaza to report on the ongoing conflict.

(Iraq) Thaer Shaker
Thaer is a cameraman with Al-Jazeera television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.

(Cyprus) Dr. Elena Theoharous, MP
Dr. Theoharous is a surgeon and a Member of the Cypriot Parliament. She is traveling to Gaza to assess the ongoing conflict, assist with humanitarian relief efforts, and volunteer in hospitals.

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Monday, December 29, 2008

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Want to fight back Israelis? Here's the plan!

An inspiring facebook note written by Bisher Al-Homsi

Want to fight back Israelis? Here's the plan!

I know that we all feel angry and we are so emotionally charged towards what's happening in Gaza. And I'm telling you it's been hard on me personally. I felt so angry and I even cried like a little girl once I saw what happened on the news!
It's really efficient that we use this emotions and anger in the right and efficient way.
And I'm really afraid that some of us will be very excited for a while then they will get cold in a matter of a few days.

So, the question is: WHAT CAN WE DO?



Do we have to fight them back with shotguns and rocks? Do we have to go to Israel and fight the Israelis? NO!
You shoot a bullet at them, and they are going to shoot a million bullet back at you!
Shooting is not the answer.

So, here's what is going to bring Al-Quds back to us!
Here's what is going to stop these bastards from killing us, playing with us like puppets, and controlling our lives by doing whatever they want with us.

First we have to notice that we are actually paying the price of our tardiness and abandoning to apply the precepts of Islam. Our weak connections with our real conceptions of Islam made us weak in ourselves. In the past, we started being like that until we passed the power and domination to the other nations where they worked hard in every sector in life till they got the ultimate power over the world; and I'm speaking about the US and Israel.

So, it's time that we get back to Islam. Build our minds and souls. Stop chasing girls for meaningless love stories! Stop being lazy at schools!
It's time to start searching in the Quran and learn about the amazing and the precious things that this amazing religion have for us in each and every sector in life.

These are called the natural laws of granting victory. That's exactly what the prophet meant by saying that Allah won't change the situation of people till they change themselves
إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم

It would be the dumbest thing ever to go and fight Israelis back! They got the technology, science, power, and the destroying weapons. They're gonna kick our assess out there, that's a sure thing!

But do you know how you can fight them while you are in your country, inside your room? How? Here how!



When you spend some time to learn, and acquire knowledge to rise the flag of Islamic Nations up in the skies.. That's equal to 1 million bullets in Israeli's butts.

When you treat Muslims in a good way, smile to their faces, being a good friend, and help in uniting all people under one flag, the flag of Islam.. That's a zillion bullets in Israeli's butts.

When you stop chasing girl and get involved in meaningless relationships that eats your heart out and eats her heart out as well, and start to learn the reasons about why Islam wanted to save your heart by making laws like Hijab or the laws having relationships.. and after that, start thinking about the concept of family, and how you should take care of your kids and learn the Islamic teachings that guide you in leading that sacred ship.. That's a billion bullets in Israeli's butts.

When you think about Allah, and his names الأسماء الحسنى
And what do they mean, and how they can help you knowing your God better so you feel the closeness with Him… That's a fat huge nuclear bomb that can destroy Israelis how ever far they go..

When you treat your wife with love and care, stop beating her, and start work hard to make her happy and safe with your children, and be close to your family all the time teaching them and satisfy their needs of good livings..
That's a million bulldozers sent to Israel ..



The list can go on and on … now let me have your own list of what can you do to make a difference

And here's a rule that I learned from a wise man, and which I'm never going to forget.. These are his exact words, to me he said:
"I grew up thinking that my mission is to try saving the world until I realized that a man's mission is first to save himself"
If you will remember anything from my words, remember this.. !


Allah says that He won't ask from you something that you won't be able to do ..
إن الله لايكلف نفسا إلا وسعها

So,
Are you a student? Get straight A's at your classes, and that's your way of Jihad

Are you a business man? Wow, that's how Islam reached the far east! Did you know that ?.. yeah, read the history.. it's the trading and the business men who traveled there for business is what made the others like Islam because of the Muslim Business men behaviors.. So there's a lot more you can do than just craving for money ! and that would be your own way of Jihad

Are you a musician? Write a song that can move millions in the whole world about what is happening in Gaza.. ! Remember that music is the language that the whole world speaks! So show me your guitar and let me hear the rhythms!

Whatever you are you should move from your circle of concern, to the circle of influence. That's what author Stephen R. Covey talked about in his Great book " The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
He says that if you want to do something massive and creative.. Stop talking about governments and how they are corrupted (Circle of Concern) and start thinking about how you can improve your self (Circle of influence and effectiveness)
To think smart, or to make a difference.. Think about your talents that you can use to improve your society.. Whether it's scientific or artistic talent .. USE it !
That's how you make a difference..

That's what I think .. ! Tell me what do you think!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

posted by Sara at

Massacre continues

Massacre

It's disgusting, what's happening in Gaza. 200 people killed in a mere 3 hours. I've been feeling so desolate and angry since yesterday night, and I am having a hard time concentrating at work at work coz I keep thinking of it. What I am feeling though is nothing, not even an atom of what the people of Gaza must be feeling now and Palestinians all over the world. Even the most level headed and peaceful person would lose their mind in such a situation and go on a killing rampage against the Israelis, seeing the blood of his fellow people spilled so easily ...

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UPDATE

Death toll has now reached 300, with over 1000 people injured. People have reacted angrily to the bloodshed on the streets, but arab leaders still standing by, postponing the emergency meeting coz of other meetings taking place (like it would do any good in the first place).

Post by TI3GIB on the matter here.

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Friday, December 26, 2008

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Homunculus

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Thursday, December 25, 2008

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Let's talk about Snot baby

So I learnt something new while at the Children's Museum today. I was actually wondering about this topic a couple of days ago when I had the flu. Click on the image to understand what the hell I am on about.



Fascinating =O

So the yellow snot are heroic white blood cells that died in battle. Am never gonna look at my yellow snot in the same way again xD

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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9

9's trailer ...




"... 9 will also be an upcoming computer animated feature film adapted from the short film and will be produced in part by Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, and Jim Lemley and is scheduled for release on September 9, 2009. It is being animated in Luxembourg by Attitude Studio and will be released by Focus Features."

Source

Here is the orginal short animated version of 9 made back in 2005, from which the feature length is being adapted from. It was created by Shane Acker, and although CGI, the film has a stop motion feel to it (which I totally LOVE!) It won many awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award of best animated short film.



Ahhh ... my love for animation, espically stop motion animation, is being unabashedly teased by this movie. It's so beautiful and delecious!

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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Lip biting



I seems to have a little habit of biting my lips uncounciously. I always have bite marks on my lower lips, and they are espically promeninet when I wake up in the morning. A bit of lip balm and the bite marks are smoothed away.

I kinda really noticed the bite marks today morning.

“Hmmm … “ my brain thought “why do I bite my lips a9lan (in the first place) ?”

So I apply a bit of lip balm, marks are smoothed away. I drive into work (40 minutes coz of traffic), go to the toilet to freshen up and notice the bite marks back again. Walked to my desk, googled (biting lips) and got some gory- licious pictures as result.

Lip biting is mostly harmless, but with some people it’s a disorder resulting in self inflicted injury (kinda like how nail biting is mostly harmless, but when hardcore it’s totally not). They pretty much bite and scratch away at their lips until they bleed.

My lip biting is definatly not hardcore, and I moslty seem to do it when I am deep in thought or really annoyed.

The thing is, I NEVER notice when I do the actual lip biting. The marks are just there. Kinkay!

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Alpha K



And that's the name of my new DSLR Camera =P

(Excuse the mess, I got two laptops am tuining up and both are on my desk)

Bought her today (on a spending roll lol). After saving up for about two weeks I had half the amount I needed, but with my spending habits it was gonna take another month and a half until I collected enough to buy her. I kept on spending the saved cash on other stuff lol. So today morning during breakfast, my Dad gave me his bank card and with a lovely smile on his face told me to withdraw the amount money I need to get the camera. I grinned at him, clapped my hands gleefuly and yelled "Yay!!!". I was excited all day, and after work, I immediatly headed out to the store and bought Alpha K.

Damnation I am so looking forward to expermienting with photography. After extensive research, and actually wanting a Canon Rebel XTi as a first choice for a DSLR, I changed my mind to the Sony Alpha 200K because:
  • I am an amature photographer, and the Alpha 200K is the best recomended camera for beginners.
  • The image stabilization built into the camera's body is a darn nifty.
  • It has the features I need for the type of photography I will be using it for.
  • I get a lens as well as a Sony camera bag.
  • Every single review I read online about the camera was good.
  • My old camera is a Sony point and shoot and it lasted 5 years with no problems at all (until I dropped it xD)
  • Costs less. Really good for what it offers.
I must say though, I am rather daunted by all the controls available on the camera. I've had a quick skim through the instruction book and I think this might be the first instruction book I will actually sit down with and read page to page, because I truley am clueless. This camera is a whole other level away from my old baby (whom is now owned by my six year old sister. She followed me around the house today copying my every move with Alpha K with her "new" camera).

Here's the first photo I took with Alpha K, little bro is the sophisticated young model. She was in Auto mode.



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I am sick for the THIRD time in two weeks! What happened to my immune system? My white blood cells used to be powerful, warding off all attacks on my body. I rarely ever fell ill.

Then I traveled to New Zealand ...

*shrugs* Oh well. End of post.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

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Dagon



Dagon is my new Black Moor fish ^_^

I got him yesterday, and I am determined that he lives for a long time, and not die like poor Mr.Fish (my previous pet goldfish). Come to think of it, I hope he isn't sucidal like Mr.Fish either ...

I saw Dagon yesterday in the petshop and instantly fell inlove with him.

He's so beautiful! Black and dark gold velvet like scales, and a mean face that looks like a dragon. My gothic fish lol. If taken care of well he can grow up to 10 inches! Just imagine how beautiful he will look with his long flowy tail and fins (He's currently about three inches). Hence the reason why I chose the name Dagon, he's a little fish god =P

I'm gonna get a bigger aquarium next week and place it in my bedroom. Dagon currently resides next to my Buddha lamp on my letter table. I've been waiting for our large aquarium to be installed in our hallway downstairs for over a year now, but to no avail. Hence, I will install one myself in my bedroom since I got plenty of space for a large one.

Dagon will have new friends soon, I've been reading up on fishes that he can live with and I think I will go with a white Veiltail as well as a red one. I want Veiltails that look just like the pretty ones in the 1940 Disney's Fantasia. How awesome would it be if my fishes could dance like them as well! I wish I could teach them to, but alas, if I was able to then the expression "Memory of a goldfish" would not exist =(

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UPDATE

=O

Omg you can actually teach goldfish tricks!

Check this out http://www.fish-school.com/

I must admit I am incredibly surprised

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Melinda


Say hi to Melinda =)

I finally started on her after weeks of procrastination. Just got the head done so far, took me the whole day! Will work on her body tomorrow.

Mind you, her looks may change a bit so this isn't exactly the final version of her face. I'm considering giving her longer hair since I don't like how she looks all Cleopatra-ish.

I wish I had better tools to work with =( I had to use the tip of a rubber to smooth out the clay.

Phatty suggested the name Melinda. I researched the meaning of it and fell inlove with the name:

"The modern name Melinda is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda". "Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek or from Melissa meaning "honey bee" in Greek. It is also associated with the Greek word meli meaning "honey" and with Linda meaning "gentle, soft, tender" in Germanic"

From wiki.

Melinda is gonna be used in a clay animation project. I already built the set, but I am gonna scrap it and start over because it's too small. Atleast I got a feel for how to build sets so I wont repeat any mistakes I've done with the first version.

Updates on Melinda and the project coming soon!

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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Flowcharts

At work, having a 10 minutes break from creating the chm file.

An explanation of the flowchart methodology, xkcd way. Click for larger.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

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Iraqi dude throw shoes at Bush

LOL!!!

This had me close to tears xD

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Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki tries to block US President George W. Bush from being hit by the shoes.

A journalist has thrown a pair of shoes at George W. Bush, as the President arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced farewell visit to Iraq.

The Iraqi journalist threw the shoes, when the US president was shaking hands with the Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki in his office in Baghdad on Sunday, AFP reported.

The Iraqi who was sitting in the third row 'jumped up' shouting "It is the farewell kiss, you dog," the report says.

He then threw his shoes one after the other towards Bush. The president was reportedly not hurt, as the shoes did not hit him. Iraqi security staff 'frogmarched' the journalist out.

Bush arrived in Baghdad on Sunday on what has been called a farewell trip to a country which has cost the US thousands of military servicemen and billions of dollars.

Five years of invasion has killed tens of thousands of Iraqis, while according to Human Rights Watch during the deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's reign, 250,000 to 290,000 people were killed over 20 years.


Soruce



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I love Wario!

A video of Wario destroying youtube ---> CLICK ME!

Isn't it something? The new generation of advertisments sure look awesome. People mostly never pay any attention to ads as they browse the internet, but such ads could grab more attention. Not sure if this a good thing or a bad thing though. I have always hated how advertisers annoyingly bombard the human population with the products they are selling. In Futurama, Fry had to endure his own dreams being penetrated by advertisers. It's like turning people into mindless freaks who have one thing on their mind: MUST BUUUUUUUUUUUUY!

Or maybe am just over reacting lol.

Totally wanna play (Wario Land: Shake It) though. Big fun of the ugly brute right here =P

Another wicked ad, this time for the Ipod touch ---> CLICK ME!

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Friday, December 12, 2008

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Al Rai TV + Madagascar 2

While visiting a relative, the TV in the living room was on a certain channel called (Al Rai), which is arabic for (opinion). I hardly watch any television these days, but this channel intrigued me. The show that was on played home made videos of Iraqis bombing and killing American soldiers with the the Hajj Prayer recital in the background. The volume was low, so I wasn't sure if it was the Hajj Prayer in the background. At one point when the flow of conversation in the living died down I realized it in fact was.

What's the Hajj Recital doing as background noise during all this killing? Why is it being glorified and being made to seem such an islamic thing to do? Isn't it the same thing as, for example, when verses from the Quran is used in the background of a song?

I really did not like it.

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Eid was wonderful =) Spending it with my family, waking up to a grand breakfast, being yelled at for being the last one in the car (as usual) and visiting loads of houses and getting loads of money. I haven't seen some relatives for nearly three years, and naturally some did not recognize me until my Mother pointed me out to them.

Best thing was the evening which was spent with cousins at the movies followed with dinner. We took the little kids with us to the cinema as well to watch Madagascar 2. I loved it more than part 1. Really funny, so much sarcasm and funny moments. Damn those Penguins are AWESOME!

Here's my favourite part from the movie, loved the dance and the song. At the end of these scene a bunch of people in the theatre started clapping. That kinda made me silently snort with laughter.

Sorry about bad quality of the video. The song is called (Alex on the Spot) or (The Travelling Song) by Will.I.Am.

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Monday, December 1, 2008

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Smiling sky

I recieved a phone call from my Dad telling me to grab the kids and Mom, go to the roof and look at the Moon. So I did just that, and this is what we saw:

Smiling sky

Click for larger in order to see what I am talking about.

The sky is smiling over Muscat tonight =P

The planets Venus and Jupiter are each on one side of the moon, Venus being the brightest. It's a rare and spectacular phenomenon and I am so happy I go to see it.

If only I had a better camera to take a shot worthy of the phenomenon *sniff*

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