Saturday, June 20, 2009
India's Romeo and Juliet tragedy
Their angry families and the elders of their community pressured the newlyweds to spare all from any further embarrassment by offering them a choice: divorce or suicide.
Amreen and Lokesh killed themselves rather than be separated. Local police are investigating and promise charges will be brought against any responsible for pressuring the young lovers into taking their own lives.
The village chief says Amreen and Lokesh would have been better off if they had stayed away.
Read more about this tragedy here.
I, for one, will never understand how you can raise a child, love that child for all the years of their life, nurture that young life, wish for all happiness and good things of Life for that child then demand that child commit suicide.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Risqué lingerie meters away from Syrian mosques
Syria has a conservative Muslim society where many women still wear the hijab, and pre-marital sex is almost unheard of. But since its appearance in the market a decade ago, the demand for sexy lingerie has exploded.
Al-Hamidiyeh Souk – a large commercial quarter – stands in the shadow of the most famous mosque of Damascus. Inside you can buy carpets, antiques, water pipes and musical instruments – all of which are traditional market goods.
However, these days something else is drawing in the customers. Most of the regulars are married women, like Shahed, and mothers bolstering their daughters' dowries.
"The underwear is very important for my partner, and makes me feel like a woman," Shahed says.
Behind this apparent empowerment is a very traditional impulse. "When a woman gets married, the groom's mother goes round her house and sees how she cooks, how she cleans, and whether she can please her man – and that's where the lingerie comes in," Hanadi Khateeb, Baladna lifestyle Magazine editor says.
Lingerie designer Ali Nasser crosses comic book Western sexuality with oriental kitsch. Nasser is unlikely to be mistaken for John Galliano, but looks can be deceptive.
"I always have my own ideas. The market moves so fast here, you always have to stay one step ahead," he says.
Despite a fear of competitors spying on his work, Ali is eager to show off what he hopes will wow his customers next season (see video).
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Have you seen these weirdos?

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Three individuals appear in video clip. Their order of appearance is listed below:
Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan, Abd Al-Rahim, and Khalid Ibn Muhammad Al-Juhani.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING INFORMATION REGARDING THE IDENTITIES AND WHEREABOUTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS SHOWN ABOVE.IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE PEOPLE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE, OR SUBMIT A TIP VIA THE FBI TIPS AND PUBLIC LEADS FORM.
ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: (202) 324-3000
Hey, terrorists -- kiss my American ass. You will never defeat America. You can pervert your religion until hate is all you know and you dishonor every living Moslem on this planet and you will still never defeat America.
You need to turn on your leaders and kill them because those leaders are laughing at you behind your backs and ridiculing you for how easy you are to manipulate, how stupid you are, how gullible you are. You do the dirty deeds and your bosses collect millions in your name.
Did you know that Yasser Arafat siphoned off most of the money sent to "the Palestinian cause" into his own personal Swiss bank account? Oh, yeah. He did.
Your leaders are pissing on your graves even as they enrich themselves at your expense and the expense of your families and even at the expense of pissing on Mohammed's own honor.
They shame your prophet and your faith. They laugh at it. And you. You are despised, not only by the whole world, but most especially by the real cowards who send you off to die in the name of padding their bank accounts.
You aren't even man enough to stand up for the truth. You are idiots and you can kiss my American ass.
THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE YODA (and that's an insult to Yoda):
AND DOESN'T THIS NEXT GUY HAVE THE PERFECT DONKEY FACE?
JUST MY .02, B-U-U-U-T... I DO BELIEVE IF THIS NEXT FELLA RELEASED HIS INNER DRAG QUEEN, HE'D HAVE A MUCH BETTER DISPOSITION... YA THINK? [By the way, no insult whatsoever is intended for the lucious and lovely drag queen on the right. The drag queen on the left can choke on his dildo for all I care.]
This poor fella [below], can you see the glinty narrowness of the eyes and the waiting-to-be-spit-on-by-women aura all about this guy? He just looks like he knows you won't like him and you'd never invite him over to the friendly little poker game. Know what I mean, chili bean? So he'll kill you before you get a chance to reject him.
Khalid | Khalid's Mommy |
Abie, sweetheart, about that suicide letter -- sure, go ahead and off yourself but do the rest of humanity a favor and try to blow yourself up someplace where your stench won't really make that much difference... like a garbage dump, perhaps? Meanwhile, if you thought you were fooling anyone, think again... we know all about the "real" you: