More than 50 percent of children in refugee camps around Africa’s volatile Great Lakes area have experienced some form of sexual abuse, a humanitarian group said in report Monday.
The kind of news leaving you speechless…
“The referee was staring and pointing. ‘She can’t play,’” said Asmahan, Asi to her friends. “I was like why? Why can’t I play?”
I don’t get it. I really don’t. First, I was disgusted buy the referee behavior, then angry by Jean Charest’s reaction. But then I learn that the referee is Muslim. Why did he ejected the girl ?
Safety issue ? Bullshit.
FIFA rules ? Same. What ? Iran women can play with a hijab but not a little Canadian girl ?
This is weird… Stinky, yeah, but even weirder.
Fancy a new life? An Australian man is selling his on the auction site eBay, offering his name, phone number, worldly possessions and circle of friends to the highest bidder.
Could it be the beginning of a trend ? People buying and selling their personal (not official) identity. New social network, new possessions, new personal life.
How many people would like to start a new life ?
Last week, I was reading Retour à Haïfa from Ghassan Kanafani. Several short stories about Palestine or around the Middle-East. Here is one paragraph that touched me more than others, from the short story Quelque chose à garder:
Laïla n’aimait pas que je la regarde dormir. Elle était persuadée que son visage la trahissait à ce moment-là. Et elle ne voulait pas que je connaisse ses sentiments à mon égard : elle craignait que cela ne flatte trop ma vanité.
Ghassan Kanafani (غسان كنفاني, born April 9, 1936 in Acre, Palestine – died July 8, 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon) was a Palestinian writer and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He was assassinated by car bomb in Beirut; Some suspected Israeli security services to be involved in the killing, but responsibility has never been claimed by them or any other party nor has the guilty party been established.
I took it at the library. The book has been printed in 1997 but some corners of the page were still stuck together as I opened the book. Sad, but that’s nothing to compare when you look at the age this writer died…
The United States on Friday rejected an international call to abandon the use of cluster bombs, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
Even if…
98% of 11,044 recorded cluster munitions casualties that are registered with Handicap International are civilians.
Should voting be obligatory ? If so, should “none of the above” be on the ballot ?
As Quebec is now on electoral campaign since Wednesday until March 26 and our land spoiled with those ugly signs everywhere, I don’t know if I’ll vote.
So far, as the participation rate should be around 70%, “not going voting” may win the election. How can a government can be legitimate when there is more people not voting than people voting for him ? If Charest gets 35% of the people voting, it will only represent around 25% of the potential voters. What about the other 75% ? And if we add the people who can’t vote because of their age or citizenship status…
In 2003, 1 754 348 persons voted for Charest. In 2003, we were 7 487 169 Quebecers. So even if 45,92% of people who voted picked Charest, only 23.43% of the Quebec voted for Charest. As the upcoming election results might be way tighter, the legitimateness of the next government will be pretty questionable.
If voting ever gets obligatory and “none of the above” wins, what should happen ? Start the campaign again ? Or same but with other party leaders ? Or the campaign starts only in six months, to give parties time to come up with something more interesting ?
How many politician would agree (or dare…) to compete against “none of the above” ?
HIM: There, I bought you some spearmint tea.
HER: Why ??
HIM: I heard it helps women combat excess facial and body hair.
I bought some Uncle Ben “Bistro Express” bags to try it. The concept is nice: a bag of rice ready after 2 minutes in the microwave. Pretty good tasting. The process is quite simple but, as I learned, important.
You give the bad a good massage so the rice won’t get stuck together.
You open as the bad a little on both sides of the top.
2 minutes in the microwave.
With one bag, I forgot step 1. It wasn’t that bad. But with my last bag, I forgot step 2. Result ? After about 1 minutes 20 seconds, the bag exploded. Throwing up a lot the rice everywhere. Most of it stayed in the bag, fortunately.
Having access to rice that fast after a big day of work is nice, but sometimes after a big day of work, distracted by some annoying phone call, you may make a mess in the microwave…
How many iPod buyers are aware than when the battery of their iPod will require replacement, Apple will ask over 65$ to exchange their iPod with a refurbished one ?
I prefer a mp3 player working on AA or AAA batteries.
Yesterday, I spent half of the night with scissors in my bed.
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While other Hollywood celebrities have been outspoken in their criticism of Bush, Eastwood said he admired the US leader’s tenacity.
“I think — you know, I kind of admire the tenacity he has,” Eastwood said.
Asked how he though Bush would be remembered, Eastwood replied: “Well, somebody who — you’ve got to admire somebody who stands up for what they believe regardless of how the polls go.
“A lot of presidents do everything by the polls. They do a focus group then all of a sudden they say OK, that’s what I’m going to be for because that’s where focus group is leading me.”
Does Eastwood has a point here ? Which politician is the best: the gutless one doing everything according to surveys or the stubborn one who could ride a dead horse ?
Is there any politician out there that is not one or the other ?
Wow, what a great GM Bob Gainey is. He stole Mike Ribeiro from the Montreal Canadians, giving only Jane Niinimaa in return, causing huge offensive problems for Montreal since then. Maybe the greatest deal of the season.
Oh… wait… Gainey isn’t GM for the Stars anymore, he’s with the Canadians…
By the way, Sheldon Souray, defenseman, is the highest pointer of the Habs. That’s good for the 58th rank of the league.
What about a stat which appears to me as even more relevant: differential ? Mike Johnson is + 15, good for the 34th rank of the league.
How many players of this team who regularly are in the two first lines have a positive differential ? None. Worse: the first line, Koivu, Higgins and Rider, has a total differential of -50. Which is the other player under -10 ? Sheldon Souray…
What about the team ? Only 2 teams, Boston and Philadelpha, has a worse 5 on 5 ratio. Fortunately, the team is second in PP. I really don’t understand that gap. Players planned to work only on PP ?
For many team stats, they are pretty much in the middle. Like their actual rank, 14 on 30.
I’m pretty curious about this Wowpen. Is it so transcendentally great it will replace every mouse ? Hard to say without trying it and it doesn’t seem to be available around Montreal yet.
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