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RIP Bubba "Hightower" Smith.
AFP
Former NFL defensive star Bubba Smith, who launched a successful acting career after his playing days, has died at the age of 66, authorities said Wednesday.
Charles "Bubba" Smith was found dead Wednesday at his home in suburban Baldwin Hills, police and the Los Angeles County coroner's office said.
Los Angeles police officer Gregory Baek said Smith was thought to have died of natural causes, but the coroner's office had not yet made a final determination of the cause of death.
Smith, a Texas native, was drafted first overall by the then-Baltimore Colts in 1967. He spent five NFL seasons with the Colts, winning a Super Bowl title with the club at he end of the 1970 season.
He spent two seasons each with Oakland and Houston, leaving the league in 1976 after twice earning Pro Bowl honors.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
U.N. tells Syria to Stop It , you are not being very nice !
Yep, real tough words from the U.N., telling Syria that they are not playing very nice by killing all their citizens just for speaking out.
Syria will most certainly stop the bloodshed now...
The Christian Science Monitor
The United Nations Security Council overcame deep divisions Wednesday to unanimously approve a statement condemning “widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civilians by the Syrian authorities.”
Expressing its “grave concern at the deteriorating situation in Syria,” the 15-member council stopped short of mandating any specific action by the international community to address the crisis. But it did call on Syrian authorities to grant full and unimpeded access to international humanitarian and human-rights agencies.
The council’s action took the form of a “presidential statement,” which is a step below a resolution. A resolution usually contains specific actions – like sanctions or authorization for outside intervention.
Syria will most certainly stop the bloodshed now...
The Christian Science Monitor
The United Nations Security Council overcame deep divisions Wednesday to unanimously approve a statement condemning “widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civilians by the Syrian authorities.”
Expressing its “grave concern at the deteriorating situation in Syria,” the 15-member council stopped short of mandating any specific action by the international community to address the crisis. But it did call on Syrian authorities to grant full and unimpeded access to international humanitarian and human-rights agencies.
The council’s action took the form of a “presidential statement,” which is a step below a resolution. A resolution usually contains specific actions – like sanctions or authorization for outside intervention.
Syrian Troops Kill Nearly 100 in Attacks as Ramadan Starts
The First body count of Ramadan is in-Syria...100 dead !
And we are only talking about day two.
Foxnews
BEIRUT – Syrian troops tightened their siege on the city of Hama Tuesday, sending residents fleeing for their lives and drawing a fresh wave of international condemnation against a regime defying the growing calls to end its crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with U.S.-based Syrian democracy activists as the Obama administration weighed new sanctions on Syria. Congressional calls also mounted for action against President Bashar Assad's regime, as the death toll from two days of military assaults on civilians Sunday and Monday neared 100.
And we are only talking about day two.
Foxnews
BEIRUT – Syrian troops tightened their siege on the city of Hama Tuesday, sending residents fleeing for their lives and drawing a fresh wave of international condemnation against a regime defying the growing calls to end its crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with U.S.-based Syrian democracy activists as the Obama administration weighed new sanctions on Syria. Congressional calls also mounted for action against President Bashar Assad's regime, as the death toll from two days of military assaults on civilians Sunday and Monday neared 100.
More sanctions against Syria
Perfect, More sanctions; That will stop everything.
BBC
The European Union has announced further sanctions against Syria - freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on more people it blames for the bloody government crackdown on dissent.
Russia has also added its voice to international condemnation saying the use of force against peaceful residents must be stopped.
Violence was reported in several cities around Syria over the weekend with human rights activists claiming dozens were killed in the opposition controlled Hama.
BBC
The European Union has announced further sanctions against Syria - freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on more people it blames for the bloody government crackdown on dissent.
Russia has also added its voice to international condemnation saying the use of force against peaceful residents must be stopped.
Violence was reported in several cities around Syria over the weekend with human rights activists claiming dozens were killed in the opposition controlled Hama.
McAfee uncovers massive global cyber snoop
McAfee vice-president of Threat Research Dmitri Alperovitch said the attacker was looking for information in military, diplomatic and economic domains.
China, why we do not retaliate is beyond comprehension.
CBR
China masterminded 'Operation Shady RAT' targeting over 70 organisations, governments, say analysts
Computer security company McAfee has said that it has discovered a massive global cyber spying operation targeting several US government departments, the UN and other governments across the world for five years or more.
Analysts say it is likely that China is behind the cyber espionage dubbed 'Operation Shady RAT' by McAfee. RAT stands for "remote access tool".
The Guardian reported that security experts at McAfee had discovered a "command and control" server in 2009 that was used to control the operation. On revisiting the server this March, experts found logs which revealed all of the attacks.
Victims of snooping campaign include: governments of Canada, India, South Korea, Taiwan, the US and Vietnam; international bodies such as the UN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency; 12 US defense contractors, one UK defense contractor; and companies in construction, energy, steel, solar power, technology, satellite communications, accounting and media, said an AFP report.
McAfee said there is evidence that security breaches date back to mid-2006.
China, why we do not retaliate is beyond comprehension.
CBR
China masterminded 'Operation Shady RAT' targeting over 70 organisations, governments, say analysts
Computer security company McAfee has said that it has discovered a massive global cyber spying operation targeting several US government departments, the UN and other governments across the world for five years or more.
Analysts say it is likely that China is behind the cyber espionage dubbed 'Operation Shady RAT' by McAfee. RAT stands for "remote access tool".
The Guardian reported that security experts at McAfee had discovered a "command and control" server in 2009 that was used to control the operation. On revisiting the server this March, experts found logs which revealed all of the attacks.
Victims of snooping campaign include: governments of Canada, India, South Korea, Taiwan, the US and Vietnam; international bodies such as the UN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency; 12 US defense contractors, one UK defense contractor; and companies in construction, energy, steel, solar power, technology, satellite communications, accounting and media, said an AFP report.
McAfee said there is evidence that security breaches date back to mid-2006.
Nato sends more troops to Kosovo after border unrest
I don't believe the U.S. will be pulled into this one, it does not fit in with the Obama plan for helping out the Muslim Brotherhood or any other Islamic terrorist group.
BBC
Nato is sending hundreds of extra troops to Kosovo amid rising tension in the north along its border with Serbia.
The military alliance said the situation had not deteriorated but that reinforcements were needed to relieve troops currently patrolling the north.
Soldiers from Nato's Kosovo Force were deployed after clashes broke out between Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs.
The trouble began when the Kosovan government sent ethnic Albanian police to enforce a ban on Serbian imports.
A border post was torched and demolished and a Kosovo policeman killed after Serbian nationalists reacted angrily to their presence.
BBC
Nato is sending hundreds of extra troops to Kosovo amid rising tension in the north along its border with Serbia.
The military alliance said the situation had not deteriorated but that reinforcements were needed to relieve troops currently patrolling the north.
Soldiers from Nato's Kosovo Force were deployed after clashes broke out between Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs.
The trouble began when the Kosovan government sent ethnic Albanian police to enforce a ban on Serbian imports.
A border post was torched and demolished and a Kosovo policeman killed after Serbian nationalists reacted angrily to their presence.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Swedish Man Builds Nuclear Reactor in His Kitchen
Just when you think you have heard Everything you read one of these items.
O.k., so the guy is a budding Nuclear Physicist and he decides to build his own "Functioning" Nuclear reactor that alone is pretty amazing, considering he did it in His kitchen; But there have been 38 previous nuclear reactors made in peoples homes.
The 32-year-old amateur physicist constructed the $40,000 homemade fusion reactor in his spare time, and became the 38th independent physicist in the word to achieve nuclear fusion from a self-built reactor and forms part of a growing community of "fusioneers."
Al Qaida and the "How to make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom" got nothin on this guy.
Foxnews
Swedish authorities have detained a man who attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen, Helsingborgs Dagblad reported Tuesday.
"I was arrested and sent to jail when the police and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority searched my apartment," the unnamed nuclear enthusiast wrote on a blog detailing his project. "They took all my radioactive stuff, but I was released after a hearing. But I am still suspect for crime against the radiation safety law."
Police in the western town of Angelholm were alerted when he contacted Sweden's nuclear authority and asked if it was permitted for an individual to build a nuclear reactor in his home.
The unnamed enthusiast brought radioactive materials, as well as a Geiger counter which he ordered from the US. He also dismantled smoke detectors, which contain small amounts of nuclear material.
O.k., so the guy is a budding Nuclear Physicist and he decides to build his own "Functioning" Nuclear reactor that alone is pretty amazing, considering he did it in His kitchen; But there have been 38 previous nuclear reactors made in peoples homes.
The 32-year-old amateur physicist constructed the $40,000 homemade fusion reactor in his spare time, and became the 38th independent physicist in the word to achieve nuclear fusion from a self-built reactor and forms part of a growing community of "fusioneers."
Al Qaida and the "How to make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom" got nothin on this guy.
Foxnews
Swedish authorities have detained a man who attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen, Helsingborgs Dagblad reported Tuesday.
"I was arrested and sent to jail when the police and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority searched my apartment," the unnamed nuclear enthusiast wrote on a blog detailing his project. "They took all my radioactive stuff, but I was released after a hearing. But I am still suspect for crime against the radiation safety law."
Police in the western town of Angelholm were alerted when he contacted Sweden's nuclear authority and asked if it was permitted for an individual to build a nuclear reactor in his home.
The unnamed enthusiast brought radioactive materials, as well as a Geiger counter which he ordered from the US. He also dismantled smoke detectors, which contain small amounts of nuclear material.
Biden Criticized for Tea Party 'Terrorists' Remark
VP Joe Biden, You sir are a Jackass.
The Number one problem with Politics...The Politicians.
Foxnews
Vice President Biden was criticized Monday over reports of a private meeting he had with House Democrats in which Tea Party Republicans were compared to “terrorists," though Biden denies he described Republicans that way.
A senior Democratic official told Fox News that Biden made such comments in reaction to a heated conversation with liberal House members like Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., who were venting that Republicans got too much out of the debt ceiling deal unveiled the night before and "acted like terrorists."
The comment drew an immediate rebuke from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., one of the most outspoken Tea Party-aligned lawmakers in Congress.
“With the president holding the American economy hostage, I would prefer to think of myself as a Freedom Fighter,” Paul said in a statement, calling the remarks “insulting.”
The Number one problem with Politics...The Politicians.
Foxnews
Vice President Biden was criticized Monday over reports of a private meeting he had with House Democrats in which Tea Party Republicans were compared to “terrorists," though Biden denies he described Republicans that way.
A senior Democratic official told Fox News that Biden made such comments in reaction to a heated conversation with liberal House members like Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., who were venting that Republicans got too much out of the debt ceiling deal unveiled the night before and "acted like terrorists."
The comment drew an immediate rebuke from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., one of the most outspoken Tea Party-aligned lawmakers in Congress.
“With the president holding the American economy hostage, I would prefer to think of myself as a Freedom Fighter,” Paul said in a statement, calling the remarks “insulting.”
First Oxygen Molecules Found in Orion Nebula
Have you ever checked out the Orion Nebula through a Telescope?
It is one of the most amazing objects to check out, and now that Oxygen has been confirmed there it is even more amazing.
International Business Times
Astronomers have found the first ever molecules of oxygen deep in space in a region of the Orion nebula with the Herschel Space Observatory, prompting searches to ensue in other star-forming regions.
Herschel, a mission under the European Space Agency (ESA) using infrared technology, is the first to confirm the existence of molecular oxygen, or two bonded oxygen atoms, rarely found in space though the Swedish Odin telescope spotted an unconfirmed molecule in 2007. This finding marks certainty regarding oxygen molecules in outer space, a phenomenon, though predicted, continued to puzzle astronomers.
It is one of the most amazing objects to check out, and now that Oxygen has been confirmed there it is even more amazing.
International Business Times
Astronomers have found the first ever molecules of oxygen deep in space in a region of the Orion nebula with the Herschel Space Observatory, prompting searches to ensue in other star-forming regions.
Herschel, a mission under the European Space Agency (ESA) using infrared technology, is the first to confirm the existence of molecular oxygen, or two bonded oxygen atoms, rarely found in space though the Swedish Odin telescope spotted an unconfirmed molecule in 2007. This finding marks certainty regarding oxygen molecules in outer space, a phenomenon, though predicted, continued to puzzle astronomers.
Police kill 4 suspects in Xinjiang city
So like I said the Chinese Police will take care of this.
The Chinese Government blames the Uighers (Muslims)
Xinhaunet
KASHI, Xinjiang, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Four suspects were shot dead by police in the city of Kashi (or Kashgar) in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sunday afternoon.
Four others were caught, while police are hunting for the rest four following an eruption of violence at 4:30 p.m., in which more than 10 pedestrians and police officers had been found injured.
Local sources have earlier said three people died from a blast at the scene, but witnesses said the victims were hacked to death by the rioters.
The incident happened after at least seven people were killed by rioters on Saturday night in the same city.
Two suspects hijacked a truck at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, stabbing the driver to death and ramming into pedestrians. The pair later jumped out of the truck and hacked bystanders.
The Chinese Government blames the Uighers (Muslims)
Xinhaunet
KASHI, Xinjiang, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Four suspects were shot dead by police in the city of Kashi (or Kashgar) in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sunday afternoon.
Four others were caught, while police are hunting for the rest four following an eruption of violence at 4:30 p.m., in which more than 10 pedestrians and police officers had been found injured.
Local sources have earlier said three people died from a blast at the scene, but witnesses said the victims were hacked to death by the rioters.
The incident happened after at least seven people were killed by rioters on Saturday night in the same city.
Two suspects hijacked a truck at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, stabbing the driver to death and ramming into pedestrians. The pair later jumped out of the truck and hacked bystanders.
Somalis Waste Away as Insurgents Block Escape From Famine
“It is safe to say that many people are going to die as a result of little or no access,” Mr. James said.
Oh your Starving ? Your children are dying ? you are trying to flee the country to Ethiopia so you may get help ? Oh no, you must go to prison now.
Al Shabab, is ensuring the deaths of thousands of people by denying Aid and denying people the ability to leave to one of two places where they can get the help they need, and one of those is known for its starving and destitute people.
Islam, the Religion of we will starve you to death before accepting Aid from the West.
The New York Times
somalia — The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory.
The group is widely blamed for causing a famine in Somalia by forcing out many Western aid organizations, depriving drought victims of desperately needed food. The situation is growing bleaker by the day, with tens of thousands of Somalis already dead and more than 500,000 children on the brink of starvation.
Every morning, emaciated parents with emaciated children stagger into Banadir Hospital, a shell of a building with floors that stink of diesel fuel because that is all the nurses have to fight off the flies. Babies are dying because of the lack of equipment and medicine. Some get hooked up to adult-size intravenous drips — pediatric versions are hard to find — and their compromised bodies cannot handle the volume of fluid.
Most parents do not have money for medicine, so entire families sit on old-fashioned cholera beds, with basketball-size holes cut out of the middle, taking turns going to the bathroom as diarrhea streams out of them.
Oh your Starving ? Your children are dying ? you are trying to flee the country to Ethiopia so you may get help ? Oh no, you must go to prison now.
Al Shabab, is ensuring the deaths of thousands of people by denying Aid and denying people the ability to leave to one of two places where they can get the help they need, and one of those is known for its starving and destitute people.
Islam, the Religion of we will starve you to death before accepting Aid from the West.
The New York Times
somalia — The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory.
The group is widely blamed for causing a famine in Somalia by forcing out many Western aid organizations, depriving drought victims of desperately needed food. The situation is growing bleaker by the day, with tens of thousands of Somalis already dead and more than 500,000 children on the brink of starvation.
Every morning, emaciated parents with emaciated children stagger into Banadir Hospital, a shell of a building with floors that stink of diesel fuel because that is all the nurses have to fight off the flies. Babies are dying because of the lack of equipment and medicine. Some get hooked up to adult-size intravenous drips — pediatric versions are hard to find — and their compromised bodies cannot handle the volume of fluid.
Most parents do not have money for medicine, so entire families sit on old-fashioned cholera beds, with basketball-size holes cut out of the middle, taking turns going to the bathroom as diarrhea streams out of them.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Fresh Uighur clashes in China leave 11 dead
Ah the Chinese are having a hissy fit again, the Uighers (Muslims) are just not happy with the way things are, so they gonna change it.
Not to worry though, the all powerful Chinese Government will take care of anybody creating a problem on the streets.
The Independent
Police shot dead four people yesterday in the far north-west of China, bhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifringing to 11 the death toll in a weekend of violence in one of the country's most troubled ethnic regions.
The four died during clashes that injured more than 10 people in what the state-run Xinhua News Agency called "an eruption of violence" in Kashgar. On Saturday, seven people were killed and 22 injured in the same Silk Road city...
On Saturday night, two knife-wielding men hijacked a lorry in the city, killing the driver. They then reportedly rammed the vehicle into a crowd before getting out to attack people in the street. People who came under attack retaliated, and one of the suspects was killed and the other caught, an official said. The hijackers' identities and motive were unclear. Seven people, including the suspect, died and 22 were injured.
Not to worry though, the all powerful Chinese Government will take care of anybody creating a problem on the streets.
The Independent
Police shot dead four people yesterday in the far north-west of China, bhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifringing to 11 the death toll in a weekend of violence in one of the country's most troubled ethnic regions.
The four died during clashes that injured more than 10 people in what the state-run Xinhua News Agency called "an eruption of violence" in Kashgar. On Saturday, seven people were killed and 22 injured in the same Silk Road city...
On Saturday night, two knife-wielding men hijacked a lorry in the city, killing the driver. They then reportedly rammed the vehicle into a crowd before getting out to attack people in the street. People who came under attack retaliated, and one of the suspects was killed and the other caught, an official said. The hijackers' identities and motive were unclear. Seven people, including the suspect, died and 22 were injured.
Link Dump
I'm glad to say I will going back to work today, Not in construction anymore but in the auto industry.
But the sucky thing about it is how it will upend my schedule, School starts back up for me in three weeks, for the next three weeks I will be working days, on the same day school starts I will be sent to second shift...
No big deal right, wrong, To finish My degree, my classes are only offered at night, a major conflict to say the least.
So back to the academic adviser, no luck with that guy.
So I must change schools with only 5 classes to go !
So as such it is, posting may seem a bit odd, a lack of sleep, and serious stress will be on my plate till I get settled into a new job and shitty ass Classes like Fu**ing Algebra ( I hate Math ) because it is one of the only shitty classes I can take for now.
Despite Western Sanctions Against Syria, U.N. Quietly Extends Development Aid to Country
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Man Apparently Drunk Gored to Death After Provoking Bull
4 Shot After George Clinton Concert(A unity in the Park Concert)
Bomb kills 11 at police HQ in southern Afghanistan
But the sucky thing about it is how it will upend my schedule, School starts back up for me in three weeks, for the next three weeks I will be working days, on the same day school starts I will be sent to second shift...
No big deal right, wrong, To finish My degree, my classes are only offered at night, a major conflict to say the least.
So back to the academic adviser, no luck with that guy.
So I must change schools with only 5 classes to go !
So as such it is, posting may seem a bit odd, a lack of sleep, and serious stress will be on my plate till I get settled into a new job and shitty ass Classes like Fu**ing Algebra ( I hate Math ) because it is one of the only shitty classes I can take for now.
Despite Western Sanctions Against Syria, U.N. Quietly Extends Development Aid to Country
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Man Apparently Drunk Gored to Death After Provoking Bull
4 Shot After George Clinton Concert(A unity in the Park Concert)
Bomb kills 11 at police HQ in southern Afghanistan
scores dead as Assad troops launch major tank offensive
Just before dawn, tanks and armoured vehicles crossed the Orontes River and advanced into the centre of the city, leaving crushed barricades and corpses in their wake.
Sounds almost Poetic, Eh?
“It is a massacre,” said one resident. “We don’t know how many are dead because there are so many bodies on the streets that we cannot collect because it is so dangerous.”
Pres ASSad, once again turns to crushing his peoples will with tanks and heavy gun fire, How nice of Him.
Islam The Religion of completely Ignorant Douchbags who always seem to be in charge.
The Telegraph
On one of the bloodiest days of retribution since protests erupted in March, up to 95 people were killed in Hama alone and 136 nationwide.
For nearly a month the security forces had laid siege to Hama, sealing off access roads into the central Syrian city in an attempt to isolate its fractious inhabitants from the rest of the country.
But with perhaps half of the city’s 700,000-strong population regularly taking to the streets to demand the regime’s downfall, the security forces chose to resort once more to bloodshed.
Just before dawn, tanks and armoured vehicles crossed the Orontes River and advanced into the centre of the city, leaving crushed barricades and corpses in their wake.
As day broke, the city’s skyline seemed almost entirely shrouded with smoke. Mosque loudspeakers calling the faithful to prayer and urging them to remain steadfast were almost drowned out by the relentless cacophony of gunfire and exploding tank shells.
“It is a massacre,” said one resident. “We don’t know how many are dead because there are so many bodies on the streets that we cannot collect because it is so dangerous.”
But in a city still scarred by the memories of 1982, when some 20,000 people were killed during the brutal suppression of an Islamist uprising against Mr Assad’s father and predecessor, the mood was still one of overwhelming defiance.
Sounds almost Poetic, Eh?
“It is a massacre,” said one resident. “We don’t know how many are dead because there are so many bodies on the streets that we cannot collect because it is so dangerous.”
Pres ASSad, once again turns to crushing his peoples will with tanks and heavy gun fire, How nice of Him.
Islam The Religion of completely Ignorant Douchbags who always seem to be in charge.
The Telegraph
On one of the bloodiest days of retribution since protests erupted in March, up to 95 people were killed in Hama alone and 136 nationwide.
For nearly a month the security forces had laid siege to Hama, sealing off access roads into the central Syrian city in an attempt to isolate its fractious inhabitants from the rest of the country.
But with perhaps half of the city’s 700,000-strong population regularly taking to the streets to demand the regime’s downfall, the security forces chose to resort once more to bloodshed.
Just before dawn, tanks and armoured vehicles crossed the Orontes River and advanced into the centre of the city, leaving crushed barricades and corpses in their wake.
As day broke, the city’s skyline seemed almost entirely shrouded with smoke. Mosque loudspeakers calling the faithful to prayer and urging them to remain steadfast were almost drowned out by the relentless cacophony of gunfire and exploding tank shells.
“It is a massacre,” said one resident. “We don’t know how many are dead because there are so many bodies on the streets that we cannot collect because it is so dangerous.”
But in a city still scarred by the memories of 1982, when some 20,000 people were killed during the brutal suppression of an Islamist uprising against Mr Assad’s father and predecessor, the mood was still one of overwhelming defiance.
Its That Time Again !
You Know you couldn't wait either,its Ramadan time My friends.
the collapse of the ruling National Democratic Party, brought down by the popular uprising and the ouster of Hosni Mubarak as president, has meant that one of the biggest distributors of charity is gone.
Oh yeah you know what that means, Its hot, no assistance to be seen anywhere, its really hot and so is Achmeds and Mohamheads temper.
I would hate to predict a body count, but I do believe there will be one; we are talking about Ramadan.
The Globe and Mail
Uprisings in the Arab world promise to make this year’s Ramadan a holiday unlike any before.
Ramadan in Cairo, which starts Monday, always has meant fasting by day and partying by night – a big slowdown in economic output and a big upturn in late-evening festivities, as well as an orgy of gift-giving and lots and lots of family time.
This year, however, the month-long religious holiday will have its share of political winners and losers as well.
The fact that it comes this year in the middle of summer only amplifies the holiday effects since fasting, even from drinking water, takes a greater toll in the heat.
Along with the economic downturn and rising food prices, this means that more people than ever will be turning to charity to provide them with evening meals and foodstuffs.
However, the collapse of the ruling National Democratic Party, brought down by the popular uprising and the ouster of Hosni Mubarak as president, has meant that one of the biggest distributors of charity is gone.
the collapse of the ruling National Democratic Party, brought down by the popular uprising and the ouster of Hosni Mubarak as president, has meant that one of the biggest distributors of charity is gone.
Oh yeah you know what that means, Its hot, no assistance to be seen anywhere, its really hot and so is Achmeds and Mohamheads temper.
I would hate to predict a body count, but I do believe there will be one; we are talking about Ramadan.
The Globe and Mail
Uprisings in the Arab world promise to make this year’s Ramadan a holiday unlike any before.
Ramadan in Cairo, which starts Monday, always has meant fasting by day and partying by night – a big slowdown in economic output and a big upturn in late-evening festivities, as well as an orgy of gift-giving and lots and lots of family time.
This year, however, the month-long religious holiday will have its share of political winners and losers as well.
The fact that it comes this year in the middle of summer only amplifies the holiday effects since fasting, even from drinking water, takes a greater toll in the heat.
Along with the economic downturn and rising food prices, this means that more people than ever will be turning to charity to provide them with evening meals and foodstuffs.
However, the collapse of the ruling National Democratic Party, brought down by the popular uprising and the ouster of Hosni Mubarak as president, has meant that one of the biggest distributors of charity is gone.
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