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“You know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we’d lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what? I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I’ll be damned if all those things didn’t come true.”
— James Carville
[Via: Generik, eclecticism]
The joint Qatari-Jordanian series “Road To Kabul” that tells the story of Taliban ruled Afghanistan through a love story between an Afghan girl and a Palestinian boy has been taken off the MBC schedule.
Qatar Television, the producer of the series, asked all channels not to air the series, but MBC went on anyway and aired it, but they had to pull the plug on it later because QTV refused to give them the rest of the series’ episodes.
The producers, directors, writers, and actors have received death threats from the Mujahedin Brigades of Iraq and Syria.
But the real reason why the producer suddenly changed mind is still unknown.
It’s a shame that it’s being blocked. I watched the few episodes that MBC aired and quite liked it. It was telling the story of Afghanistan as it really was.
Maybe that’s the reason it’s being stopped after all. The truth isn’t always what they want it to be.
What can you do with $150,000?
I bet you’d find a bunch of cool scenarios in your head to make yourself happy.
Well, Canadian diva Sarah McLachlan chose to make a million happy people with it instead.
She donated the budget for her new music video to charities around the world.
And instead of an expensive fancy music video she put together a touching video about the difference her fancy music video budget money could make in third-world countries for only $15.
You can check out the video at worldonfire.ca.
The list of charities and sum of money donated to each can be found here.
A great and touching move from one of my favourite female singers.
Way to go Sarah!
[Via: And Far Away]
Even if you are not a US citizen, the November 2 presidential election will have a huge impact on your life. The very idea of democracy requires that you should have a say in choosing who determines your destiny. This site therefore allows non-Americans to vote in the 2004 US presidential election.
GLOBALVOTE2004.ORG is totally neutral. You may vote for any candidate. Your vote will be kept secret. And you may only vote once. They will count the votes 48 hours before the election and submit the result to the US media. They think that just letting US citizens know how the world has voted could influence what looks like a tight race.
[Via: Sabbah]
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
— Christopher Reeve
[Via: eclecticism]
Christopher Reeve, the star of the “Superman” movies, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said. He was 52.
A near-fatal riding accident nine years ago paralyzed him and turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research.
Reeve had a severely infected pressure wound, which is a common ailment among paralysed people.
Christopher Reeve will always be thought of as Superman by me and millions of other people all around the world.
He is the man of steel.
R.I.P. Superman…
I just uploaded some photos I took at sunset on the beach and in the port of Sidi Bou Said, one of the places I love most in Tunisia.
I’m quite happy with how some of these pics have turned out.
If you’re interested, check them out here.
Do let me know what you think 🙂
“Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.”
— Noam Chomsky
“We all have to be concerned about terrorism, but you will never end terrorism by terrorizing others.”
— Martin Luther King III
“Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.”
— A pirate, from St. Augustine’s “City of God”
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
— Martin Niemoeller
