By DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS Published: Jun 29, 2011 23:09 Updated: Jun 30, 2011 00:07 JEDDAH: With the start of the summer vacation and the wedding season, business is booming in local beauty salons in Jeddah. However, women complain they often pay high prices, while the service they get is not u[...]
Archive for June, 2012
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:45 am § in Misc.
Is Romney Ken?
Calvin Trillin on Mitt as a Ken Doll Mitt Romney As Doll, by Calvin Trillin Yes, Mitt’s so slick of speech and slick of garb, he Reminds us all of Ken, of Ken and Barbie — So quick to shed his moderate regalia, He may, like Ken, be lacking genitalia. reposted from 18 Jan 2012 […][...]
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:34 am § in Misc.
Presidential Campaign: Get Out the Vote!
There aren’t that many folks who are truly on the fence. By Brooklynbadboy at Daily Kos: As some of us have been saying for a long time …., this is a base turnout election. There aren’t that many folks who are truly on the fence. The key to victory is turnout of the Democratic base[...]
June 23rd, 2012 - 12:07 am § in Misc.
The Darryll Poll … Mitt slipping
Obama Romney 99.7% probability of winning 0.3% probability of winning Mean of 326 electoral votes Mean of 212 electoral votes Ten days ago, Mitt Romney was on a roll. He had increased his probability of beating Presi[...]
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:10 am § in Misc.
Glen Beck .. still there!
Glenn Beck will remain on the radio for five more years. Beck renewed his radio deal with Premiere Networks, a unit of Clear Channel, for a reported $100 million dollars over five years. Though Beck’s production company Mercury Radio Arts and Premiere would not comment on the value of the new [...]
Beijing, China – Trader Creates A Fake Bank ‘Run by Jews’
Beijing – In a China awash with fake iPhones, pirated DVDs and knockoff Louis Vuitton bags, rice trader Lin Chunping took fakery to a whole new… Read More »[...]
June 21st, 2012 - 8:01 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS
Mitt Romney to Rick Scott: Hush up about Florida’s dropping unemployment[...]
Chaos at Jefferson’s University
Few Americans understand the significance of the University of Virginia to world history. U Va was Thomas Jefferson’s proudest creation, the world’s first PUBLIC university. Moreover, in the tradition of Jefferson, U Va was created as place where ordinary citizens could participate i[...]