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renatoobeidsworld   Saturday, February 24, 2007   I NEVER WANTED TO JOIN YOUR STUPID PARTY ANYWAY! - J'recuse! ''Qualification for membership...Clause-7: - Must be disqualified any person, addicted to porno book-magazine,cinema and ordinary songs.'' -United Liberation Front of Assam website-geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/7434/ulfa.htm (via angryarab.blogspot.com) 5:05 am Monday, February 19, 2007   Insomnia is the most solitary disorder – when your head hits that pillow, you’re on your own. 6:45 am Friday, February 16, 2007   Better slow than no. 6:00 pm   NOBODY TOLD ME THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THESE - strange days indeed TRADING PLACES (from left to right) : Muslim fundamentalist holds poster of right-wing Christian politican Samir Geagea (photo:anecdotesfromabananarepublic.blogspot.com); Christian slut wears Hezbollah flag (photo:remarkze.blogspot.com); Sri Lankan maid marches for her Lebanese mistress's cause (photo:angryarab.blogspot.com) 1:50 am Thursday, February 15, 2007   ''YOU'RE ALL INDIVIDUALS!'' Am I the only one who sees the irony in this? March 14th Movement member former MP Nasib Lahoud, addressing hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Beirut yesterday to commemorate the second year anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, said ‘’let us clear all our squares of demonstrations and finalize a national solution’’. Sounds good to me – send all these people home and get off the stage bozo. 1:30 am Wednesday, February 14, 2007   GET A LIFE The ruling March 14th Movement (a coalition of warlords and robber barons) has ‘’countered’’ the opposition’s legitimate right to protest with a banal advertising campaign – ads and billboards all over the place proclaiming ‘’I Love Life’’. As if those opposed to them don’t love life (love death for example). If you love life so much why don’t you start by removing the graves from downtown Beirut? I’ve said it before; the heart of the reborn capital of a reborn country should be about life and not death. 3:30 pm Sunday, February 11, 2007   My father and sister returned from the supermarket yesterday afternoon with some unwanted purchases – a one kilogram box of biscuits and a seven hundred gram jar of mayonnaise - both thinking that the other had chosen them. Somebody must have accidentally put them in their trolley or it could be a clever marketing ploy – put things in people’s trolleys when they’re not looking. It reminded me of years ago when I used to go to a local manoucherie and the owner’s toddler son used to give me lollies from the display. I’d politely refuse but he’d insist, so I’d take them and, when the manouchie was ready and I was paying for it, I’d also pay for the lollies. I did this a couple of times until I realized that it could have been a scam and stopped. 3:00 pm

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