Insulting May Chidiac
To say these people are retarded would be an insult to those who were born with mental deficits. To say they are worthless bitches would be an insult to all female dogs everywhere, including those ugly...
View ArticleThe Liar Michel Aoun
How politically bankrupt can someone get? Michel Aoun is the definition of that. If you open a thesaurus and search under political bankruptcy, his name would be the first result. Let’s call this the...
View ArticleLebanon, What Have We Done Lately?
The I-bomb was dropped in a medical school class today. Sitting there, actually paying attention for once, the American doctor was giving a lecture about various neurological conditions, one of which...
View ArticleThe October 13th Coward
“They knew it was a martyrdom mission,” he said on a recent talk show. “Those army men knew they were going there to die for their country.” And that’s what happened on October 13th. They all died. All...
View ArticleA Pink October Diagnosis
She was sitting in the doctor’s clinic waiting. Who knew it’d take that long… and who knew anyone could be that nervous. She was transfixed by the tiles in front of her. She never thought she’d be in...
View ArticleIf Felix Baumgartner Was Lebanese
To break off from the morbid/depressing/overly serious posts my blog has had over the past few days, I figured I’d post a series of tweets that were collected by Lebanese newspaper Al-Safir. The tweets...
View ArticleState of Grace (Lyrics) – Taylor Swift
These are the lyrics of the final countdown single by Taylor Swift before the release of her new album, Red, next week. State of Grace is an alternative song about, yes you guessed it, falling in love....
View ArticleScience Facts & Billboards
A friend recently brought my attention to this link which contains 25 billboards by a Vancouver organization called Science World and I found the billboards to be insanely creative. So I figured I’d...
View ArticleThe Phone Numbers of Lebanese MPs
This is not a breach of their privacy. This is simply what other voters all around the world can do: call their representative and demand he/she votes a certain way on a bill. Our MPs are not voting on...
View ArticlePity The Nation
Pity the nation whose sons and daughters have to weep biding farewell to their parents as they go to nations you don’t pity, Pity the nation whose parents have to weep biding farewell to sons and...
View ArticleLebanon To Sue TV Series “Homeland”
An episode of the American TV show “Homeland” is titled “Beirut is Back.” No, it’s not the comeback we’d want: that of the city that is slowly but surely getting back on its feet, it is that of...
View ArticleCan’t Stop Loving You – Aerosmith & Carrie Underwood
Rock band Aerosmith have released their first single off their upcoming album, Music From Another Dimension, and it’s a country-influenced track with Carrie Underwood on the track. [Tyler:] I fell from...
View ArticleLebanon Taxes Cigarettes and Booze
The proposed amendments to the smoking ban in Lebanon have fallen in parliament. The ratifications proposed by Antoine Zahra, Samer Saadeh and Nadim el Gemayel were not even accepted by their own...
View ArticleBeirut is Hosting A State of Trance 600 (ASOT600)
Armin Van Buuren will be hosting A State of Trance 600 all the way from Beirut, after a fierce online competition that was eventually won by our own capital. The A State of Trance official Twitter...
View ArticleRed (Album Review) – Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s fourth studio album, is her most eclectic offering so far. As she puts it, it is made up of 16 songs that contain emotions in shades of fiery red. Nothing is beige about them. And that’s...
View ArticleThe Achrafieh Explosion – Go Donate Blood Now!
One of Beirut’s main neighborhoods, Achrafieh, was just blown away by a huge explosion at its heart, in the midst of Sassine Square. The details are still vastly unclear but it looks to be a...
View ArticleThe Lebanese Hurt of the Achrafieh Explosion
The crater in the middle of the street. The buildings with facades torn off. The women weeping. The men with their bloody shirts. The surging panic. The children in hospitals. The elderly at the...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Victims of Lebanon’s Assassinations
Ghazi Bou Karroum. He was killed when Marwan Hamadeh was targeted. Rima Bazzi, Yamama Daher, Abd l Hamid Ghlayini, Zahi Bou Rjeili, Ziad Lthahabi. They were all killed when Rafik Hariri was...
View ArticleFire Nadim Koteich Now
Some people are surely brainwashed. But the people don’t act without a trigger. The death of Wissam Al Hassan got them angry – but it didn’t get them to attack Lebanon’s Serail. The funeral wasn’t even...
View ArticleRest in Peace Lebanon’s March 14th
My name is Elie Fares. I will soon be 23 years old. I am a Lebanese citizen. I also happen to be born into a Maronite family. My registry number is 44. I vote in Ebrine, in the Batroun Caza. I remember...
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