The collection of ideas that make up the "Manar Doctrine"
People make fun of Miss South Carolina for failing to form complete and/or coherent sentences about why Americans are bad at geography. Perhaps it was because she has been watching Fox News for far too long. She’s just a victim. (Courtesy of Media Matters).
Umm... Wow Iraq. You've changed... into Egypt?!?!
Pepper, aka Fil-Fila, my “teddy bear” Syrian hamsters takes after me a lot. The nocturnal lifestyle, yawning sessions, meatless diets, and the proclivity to bite/chew on inedible objects are all things that brings our two species together. Rodents are so misunderstood. Here are a few pictures that will make you appreciate the little furball.
This lady may have never had to endure a history of humiliation and slavery, but dammit she’s angry! I was actually ready for her to start singing “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister.
It is no wonder Obama “birthers” (people who don’t believe Obama was born in the US and therefore a citizen or a president) probably also don’t believe in evolution, global warming, or science in general. They are impervious to logic. Even though the state of Hawaii, where Obama was born, has verified his citizenship and he provided a copy of it online, they still don’t believe it. I saw a clip of Rachel Maddow’s show on this earlier, and her guest cracked me up. He said that the birthers claim that Obama’s real middle name is Muhammad and that he changed it to Hussein to be more accepted. Yeah, because Hussein is soooooo much better than Muhammad. Personally, I would have changed it to Bobby or something.
Despite how offensive it is that a bunch of bigots *ahem fascists* are questioning the president’s citizenship because he’s black, I do enjoy watching Lou Dobbs and his cohorts squirm in their Depends.
These three words are probably some conservative’s worst nightmare. But to the financially-ailing California cities, they are the sound of KA-CHING! Oakland is paving the way for another kind of “bail-out” after it has become the first city in the United States to tax medical marijuana. Finally, some genius out there is realizing that criminalizing this industry is stupid.
I love the quote by Bert Williams at the end of this article: “It’s no disgrace to be colored. But it’s awfully inconvenient.”
After the arrest of the Harvard African American scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for breaking into his own home, it’s best to check the prejudiced asshole-ness at the door. This sergeant probably just did not know better, but seriously does it take a Harvard scholar for us to realize that this behavior happens everyday? I once broke into my place too when I locked myself out. Only I did it right in front of over a dozen people, and I crawled through the window. I didn’t even have to explain myself. No called the cops thankfully, but could you imagine if I was a black male doing this? It’s not to say that people who report suspicious activity have bad intentions (albeit on the basis of skin color), but was the arrest really necessary?
I was surfing channels on TV the other day, and stumbled upon Mike Huckabee’s show on Fox “Faux” News. I literally could not watch more than 30 seconds of it. My body convulsed in disgust. He was discussing the perils of the Canadian universal healthcare system. The poor victims who had to wait months to get surgery. Of course, in the American healthcare system you either don’t have coverage, or if you do the insurance company refuses to pay for it. Why not talk about the victims of the healthcare system in your own country, Bozo?
Anyway, this post is actually not about healthcare. I just wanted to share the absurdity of Mr. Huckabee, who holds the Bible in one hand and compares abortion to the Holocaust. He recently announced he will be filming his show from the controversial Israeli settlement that is being built in East Jerusalem, which the entire international community including the US has condemned as illegal. Israel has again expanded its occupying forces into Palestinian territories with impunity, this time in Sheikh Jarrah . Huckabee will be there in solidarity with the Occupation Forces. Since he indicated he doesn’t believe in Math, rather miracles, he will surely need one when a Palestinian throws a rock in his face. That’s the least he can take for supporting the displacement of a people.
Supporters of MB nominees, Mr. Esam Mukhtar (male) and Dr. Makarem al-Diri (female), marching on the streets holding signs that say, "Islam is the Solution."
A recent law in Egypt requires at least 64 seats of the 444-member parliament in Egypt to be filled by women. This affirmative action policy aims to elevate the status of women, and some assume it is an attempt by the ruling NDP to offset the Muslim Brotherhood MPs. How will MB adjust to this? This article hints that the organization may nominate more Islamist women to vie for these seats despite a patriarchal dominance in the group. Others suspect this move may be too avant garde for the religious organization. So will the MB tango with the government? People tend to overestimate the ideological rigidity of religious organizations in the face of electoral politics. If there’s anything the MB has taught us, it is that Islamists are willing to transform themselves and society in the ever-metamorphosing political fray. Although women do not hold high leadership positions in the organization, they are an overlooked crucial bedrock of the grassroots movement. As this article suggests, they have already been running on electoral tickets in various provinces, and have become more visible fixtures in culture and politics. Their roles will surely continue to evolve if not by the 2010 parliamentary elections then soon thereafter.
Despite what you may think, I’m not back because I’m bored. I’m back because I have a lot of stuff to do, and the voices in my head tell me I ought to distract myself and not do them. Cheers to my attention deficit order!