Kuwait Parliament Elections Results

For Elections results, you can find them here.


Not right now!, of course, but after all the votes have been collected and the election posts are closed, which should be after 8pm today.

Euronews segment about women voting in Kuwait can be found here.

Votes for Sale - What Next ?

Seeing the video of Jamal Al Omar's gang buying votes really disgusted and angered me. Jamal Al Omar is not the only buyer; plenty of candidates hoping for a seat in the Kuwait Parliament are buying votes also. What really made it sickening was after selling their honor for cash, these filthy people put their unclean hand on the holy Quran and swore to Allah, their children and on their non existent honor to be true to their word as a guarantee.

How cheap can these people be? If I pay someone 500 KD for his vote? What does that make him? What else is on sale here and how much will it cost?

That reminded me of an anectode about George Bernard Shaw who was talking with an aristocratic lady in a party. Bernard Shaw with tongue in cheek proposed “Lady, would you like to sleep with me for a million dollars”. The lady replied, “why not?” The next question of Bernard Shaw was bolder. “Will you sleep with me for ten dollars?” The lady pulled herself to her full height and asked, “Do you think I am a prostitute?” Bernard Shaw coolly replied, “We have already established that fact, what we are doing now is negotiating the rates”.

Moral of the story: Vote with honor for someone that has honor, and keep the crap out of parliament.

Yay for Pan Arabism

I usually avoid political posts, but this was funny to read, and sadly true.

The post was taken from here.

The arabs hate the Jordanian King Hussein and call him a traitor, the Benedict Arnold of the arab world, for not fighting with Israel during the 50's and 60's, and for kicking out the PLO after they tried to overthrow him in the 1970's.

The arabs hate the egyptians for the Camp David treaty and selling out the palestinain cause and giving everyone else the excuse to sign peace treaties with Israel!

The arabs hate Kuwait, for supporting the US war in Iraq to remove Saddam, who invaded them in the past and tortured and killed their people.

The arabs hate the iraqis that went out and celebrated the removal of Saddam and co-operated with the americans to get rid of him, after he opressed them, tortured them, killed them and raped their women for the past 25 years.

The arabs hate the lebanese because they are helping and aiding the "zionist enemy" and "the american imperialists" in finding cause and reason to isolate and punish Syria.

The lebanese hate the arabs because they won't support them against the syrians who are occupying them and killing those amongst them who want a free and independent Lebanon.

The Iraqis hate the arabs for never supporting them or helping them
move on and create a better country, and for continuing to support
Saddam.

The Kuwaitis hate the arabs for majorly being OK with them getting invaded by Saddam and for getting mad at them for doing what's necessary to protect themselves.

The egyptians hate the arabs for..well..really lots of reasons. It's mainly our superiority complex speaking, 7000 years of civilization and all. Plus, we are the ones who did most of the fighting against Israel, while the rest just kind of watched, and yet have the nerve to call us traitors!

The Jordanians hate the arabs because they view themselves as the only people who truly did something for the palestinains and gave them citizenships and a home, while palestinians in other arab countries are still treated and viewed as refugees, even if they were born in those countries.

The Tunisians, algerians and Morroceans are too geographically far and too culturally seperate to actually care about the stupid shit that arabs squabble about.

And the Libyans have given up on the arabs, and are now promoting african-ness, which is a really dumb move since the african nations are even more retarded than the arab ones.

Yay for Pan-arabism!

100 Awesome Music Videos

Remember when MTV first came on air? The first video they played was, "Video Killed the Radio Star", by the Buggles. Buggles was one half Trevor Horn who later left to become a mega producer for different hit bands, the latest being Tatu. Well, maybe you are not that old to remember all this.

Anyway, here is a link to 100 Awesome Music Videos, I especially like Aha's Take on me.

Enjoy.

Once upon a time in Sarajevo

The night is misty in Sarajevo. The air is cold and damp after the summer rain. The sky is dark and cloudy. A howl breaks the stillness of the night. Two yellow eyes apear from behind the dark bushes. The deep guttural snarl is low and soft; the agent turns off the safety on his automatic rifle. He gets a chill down his spine and a sense that he is being watched. Moving forward, the forest clears and a lonely farm house sits alongside a large field. The agent finds what he was looking for. The howling and snarling get louder as he approaches his target. He picks at a weed under his feet and recognizes the distinctive shape. This is the place, he is now sure. He radios back to his base to get support from his squad.

The conclusion can be found here.

Lie Detector for your Mobile

We all have been lied to from time to time. When you are facing the liar, you can detect the lies from the body language and furtive movements. Sometimes, it is easier to be lied to on the phone.

Well, here is a lie detector for your mobile that tells you the stress levels of the person you are talking to and you can determine if you smell bull proccessed grass.

You can get the mobile software from here.

Attention All Kuwaiti Women Voters

Dear Ladies,

Al Jazeera Airways is offering free flights back to Kuwait if you want to vote in the elections on 29 June 2006.

The news item can be found here.

So if you are travelling abroad, or studying, or just escaping the 45 C summer heat, now you can come back and vote.

I Protest, I demand equality for men and women, I want my free flight also.

Regards,

Don Veto

Coffee and Atom Bombs

With Iran building nuclear weapons power plants right next door to our Kuwaiti shores, the Iranian foreign minister reassured everyone by saying:

We emphasize the peaceful nature of our nuclear weapons... I mean... of our nuclear power plant, and nuclear energy and activities. We have no need for nuclear weapons, as we've often said. Nuclear weapons are not part of our defense doctrine.

Well just to be safe, and in case a nasty mistake or misunderstanding happens, what can we Kuwaitis do ?

The answer is run to your nearest favorite coffee shop and order 20 shots of espresso and gulp it down fast, it might make you walk on the ceiling but it will protect you from harmful radiation. Indian scientists say coffee protects mice from radiation and could work the same way in humans.

So in case of atomic bombs dropping on us, not only cockroaches would survive but caffeine filled people too.



This public service announcement brought to you by Don Veto.

Michael Jackson's Gravity Defying Lean

You all remember Michael Jackson in his smooth criminal video where he and his dance crew lean forward defying gravity and not fall flat on their faces?

Well the secret to this dance move is revealed here. They even have a patent on it.

One Trillion Stars

The picture below shows the Andromeda Galaxy which has over a trillion stars. Click on the pic to see all the stars.



  


Brought to you by those smart people at NASA.

IKEA

I went to IKEA yesterday. It was so crowded, I did not even attempt to park in their parking lot but stopped on the side of the street opposite IKEA.

I am not a furniture snob, and IKEA's stuff is very practical and useful, so I like shopping there. Where else can you get 3 pockets for your remotes that you can hang on the side of your couch. It makes you feel like a cowboy, drawing out your remote and zapping your TV , DVD or anything else you got remoted.

Putting furniture together is also half the fun, unless you lose a critical screw or bolt, then you need to rush back to IKEA to get that missing element that will complete your masterpiece.

Here is a little something about IKEA and how it started:


IKEA is not a Swedish word. It's an acronym, a pronounceable ("eye-KEE-ah") word made up of the initial letters of a name or phrase. (An unpronounceable product of the same abbreviation process, such as "VCR," is technically known as an "initialism.")

So IKEA isn't really a meaningful word, but the story of the company is interesting in itself, sort of like "The Little Match Girl," but with a happy ending. In Hans Christian Andersen's famous fable, a poor urchin perishes after being sent out on the frozen city streets to sell matches. But in the IKEA story, an enterprising farm boy builds match-selling into a global empire.

Born in 1926 in the Swedish village of Agunnaryd, young Ingvar Kamprad got his start in business by riding his bicycle from farm to farm selling wooden matches to his neighbors. Once everyone had a supply of matches, Ingvar wisely decided to diversify his offerings, and soon was pedaling around the countryside delivering Christmas tree ornaments, ball point pens and, though it must have been a bit awkward, fresh fish. By age 17, Ingvar had formed his own company and named it IKEA, an acronym made up of his own initials (IK), the name of his family's farm (Elmtaryd), and the village of his birth, Agunnaryd.

Delivering his product line (which now included picture frames, watches and jewelry) by bicycle was no longer practical, so Ingvar transformed IKEA into a mail-order operation, and by 1948 was also selling furniture produced by local artisans. So successful was his low-priced but sturdy line of furniture that by 1951 Ingvar had dropped all his other products and decided to concentrate on inexpensive but stylish home furnishings. IKEA today operates stores in more than 30 countries around the world, selling about 12,000 different products (but not, oddly enough, bicycles).

World Cup Football - I don't get it

The World cup has started and different countries are playing against each other to win the coveted cup. Good for them. If a team wins, the players would win multi-million dollars contracts for advertising and promotions.

What I don't understand is what would the spectators win? Do they get money? Do they get a little percentage out of the winning team they supported? Do they get compensated for their loyalty in watching their teams play ever match? Do they get signed postcards from the winning team thanking them for cheering them?

What is the reward in watching men with hairy legs kick a ball around all over the place?

I don't get it.

post.a.no.secret

  


Papillona Sky tagged me, click on the picture for a bigger view.

If you like the words, then click here.

Amazing!

Words can't describe how amazing this is, just click here you will see.

Nothing nasty, I promise, if you have kids, they will like it too.

For those of you that find the link is blocked by some nefarious ISP, then try this one:

Click here to watch 'Animator-vs-Animation'

I hosted the link copy on Putfile.

Trafalgar Square? Wrong! Rather Safat Square

I was driving in what was originally Safat Square, even though now it is no longer a square because it has been built up. I stopped at the roundabout traffic light with the Safat post office to my right. Just behind the Safat post office building and opposite the Kuwait Transport Co. central station, there was an empty unbuilt area and it was filled with pigeons. Some people where just standing there enjoying the views, others where feeding the birds.

I quickly whipped out my camera phone and snapped a few pictures, the quality is not so great, but still very nice. It reminded me of Trafalgar Square, without Nelson and the Lions.




  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  

Kuwaiti Scam

A while back, I posted about the Nigerian 419 Scam. The scam involves receiving a letter or email with a sad story about someone who owns millions and is willing to part with a little part of this cash if you help him by sending your bank account information and blank signed documents. Well, if you are gullible enough and do what the scammer says, you will end up with a zeroed bank account. Most of these scams involved relatives of deposed African dictators, even though I got an email from Saddam's niece. Those scammers where getting very creative, and maybe getting their inspiration from CNN.

Anyway, I am proud to present the latest Kuwaiti scam with a Kuwaiti themed sob story.


From: Mahmoud Ahmed Mailed-By: gmx.ch
Date: May 14, 2006 9:14 PM
Subject: Kindly Assist For Fullfillment Of A Wish On Earth

Dear Sir/Madam

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me,because, I believe
everyone will die someday. My name is Mahmoud Ahmed a merchant in Kuwait
City, Kuwait

I have been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. It has defiled all forms of
medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to
live,according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so
well,as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my
business.Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile
to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared
for.But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than
just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I
believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live
my life a different way from how I have lived it.

I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and
extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be
merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give also to charity
organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on
earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the
Kuwait, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly,
I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute
the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and
Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not
trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contempted with what I have left
for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of
eighteen million dollars $18, 000, 000, 00 that I have with a
Finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect/receive
this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.

You can also reply me on my direct email address of
(mahmoudahmed30@hotmail.com) for confidentiality as I'll be awaiting your
quick response. For your time and honesty, I have set aside 10% for you.

Warm Regards
Mahmoud Ahmed.


Taken from here.

Mobile Tag

Kuwaiti Chopper Dude tagged me. So here goes:

This is my phone display picture



  


And for the people I’ll be tagging, these are the rules:

- a clear picture of the inner surface of your mobile (cell) phone to show the display picture you have on your phone.

- it should show the name brand of the mobile (cell) phone.


And for fun and not part of the tag, here are all my old mobiles:



   


Click on the pictures if you want a bigger view.

I tag all of you that think this is cool.

Periodic Table

I was always fascinated with Chemistry. At school, I loved the lab time we got. I would do the assigned experiment quickly, and then would spend the rest of the time inventing my own experiments. I nearly burned down the school lab once, when I was experimenting with the gas tap and ended up creating a ball of fire. It was really impressive but the teacher wasn't very pleased.

For all you chemistry aficionados, here is the periodic table with a twist done in flash. Check it out.

PS

Here is a magic gopher trick, simply amazing (also in flash).

HTML to PDF

I don't know how useful this is, I just think it is just fun and cool.

You got to html2pdf type any URL you like, and it will convert it to PDF.