Wednesday, October 17, 2007
3eed Mubarak!
Friday, September 7, 2007
Secrets, Lies and Democracy
Interviewed by David Barsamian
Another illusion-shattering, fact-filled masterpiece from the man the New York Times called "arguably the most important intellectual alive." Here are a few, brief excerpts:
- In 1970, about 90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment -- more or less productive things -- and 10% for speculation. By 1990, those figures had reversed.
- Haiti, a starving island, is exporting food to the US -- about 35 times as much under Clinton as under Bush.
- The US government spent more money per capita to get the presidential candidate it favored elected in Chile in 1964 than was spent by both candidates (Johnson and Goldwater) in the 1964 election here in the United States.
- The gap between how much income is held by the richest and poorest 20% has increased dramatically over the past 30 years -- about double for rich vs. poor countries and far more for rich vs. poor people.
- What the public wants is called "politically unrealistic." Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it.
Odonian Press
Monday, August 27, 2007
Baby Left to Die in Car!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIxbsPCw_I&NR=1
Are these Americans idiots or what?
I have a two year old and I know where she is all the time!
Even if my child was six or ten, how the hell do you leave a child in a car alone? In a parking lot?I think she did it on purpose, pretending she forgot, yeah right!
Really she should've given her to an orphanage or something.
Imagine what they would have said if a Muslim did that???
they'll call human rights watch...
Really really stupid people.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
THE SECRET
The Law of Attraction is commonly associated with New Age and New Thought theories. It states people experience the corresponding manifestations of their predominant thoughts, feelings, words, and actions and that people therefore have direct control over reality and their lives through thought alone. A person's thoughts (conscious and unconscious), emotions, beliefs and actions are said to attract corresponding positive and negative experiences "through the resonance of their energetic vibration." [1] The "law of attraction" states "you get what you think about; your thoughts determine your experience."[2] The idea has received intense criticism from multiple circles in the media, the scientific community, and even other areas of the New Age Movement.
NOTE: As a Muslim, we don't ask the Universe, but we ask Allah All Mighty...
Where the grass is greener
Of the 132 cities surveyed, only nine cities present the worst-case scenario in which most aspects of living quality are severely restricted, reflecting general improvements on a global scale in areas such as education, health care and infrastructure. Four of these are in Asia, mainly South Asia. The other five are in Africa (accounting for three) and the Middle East (accounting for two).
The threat of terrorism and civil unrest is a major contributing\nfactor to the cities that suffer from the worst livability scores, as\nare poor development indicators. Algiers is the least livable\ndestination in the survey, with a score of 64.7%.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The King of Torts
I am a novel addict. Give me any novel and I'll eat it up as fast as I can unless it's really dumb like The Devil Wears Prada. It was so dumb I couldn't even go past the third page.
I have another John Grisham right here: The Testament, (also from Sheryza) and I'm ready to read it. Sometimes it's better to let the story sink in. Especially if the end was shocking, like in Harlan Coben's novels. I'll talk about his books on another post inshallah.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Le Le Le Le LeEeEeEeEeEe
I'm SO glad I'm finished with the tests, and I think I deflated instead of exploding.
I'm really looking forward to enjoying this summer with a lot of laying back and picnics. Some reading too. I think I'll be calling Sheryza, because we need to start planning...
Oh! I remembered I need to do some shopping for my sister's wedding that's on the 28Th of June!
Mmmm...
But we can still do somethings here and there...
And after the wedding I'll be back in Madinah Insha Allah, and I'm gonna make up for all those times I missed going to the 7aram.