<cite> @xabad said:</cite> somali philosopher, saffz is not here anymore sorry, i know your like small talk and flirting with ladies. if these debates are not your thing move on. Ouuuch! I am impressed by CidanSuldan. He is putting up a fierce fight.

Turkey Is the Big Winner Following the Crisis in Ukraine Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the possibility of further action taken in Ukraine and other former Soviet Bloc nations have led many investors to wonder, understandably so, what impact the crisis has had on investment opportunities in Eastern Europe. To unravel these concerns and more, U.S. Global’s Director of Research John Derrick caught up with Gavin Graham of VoiceAmerica’s “Emerging and Frontier Markets Investing” program. Below you can read some of the interview highlights, in which John speculates on who were the winners and losers in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He also touches briefly on the violence that has recently erupted in Iraqi Kurdistan and what effect it might have on neighboring Turkey. Which European countries have the greatest potential and have benefited the most from what’s been happening? I think Poland’s been a beneficiary. It’s used as a safe haven in the region: stable economy, stable political environment. It’s benefited from the European recovery and doesn’t have that much trade with Russia. I think Turkey has benefited, more from a money flow standpoint. If you were worried about what was going on in Russia and some of the longer-term implications, I think money flowed into places like Turkey. Money also flowed into places like Greece because a lot of the international investors tend to be regional investors, and within that region, there are shift allocations into places like Turkey, which has been a very strong performer this year. Part of that money is coming out of Russia. That’s a very fair point because, as you say, if you’re running a dedicated Eastern European fund, Russia’s been overwhelmingly the largest weight within it, though a fair number of people were underweight even before Crimea because of concerns about governance and the like. Nonetheless, where are you going to go? Turkey is obviously a major market. Some of the reasons you like it include the demographics as well as the government’s pro-business attitude. Exactly. If you just take a step back and look at the long-term secular growth, the demographics are very positive. There’s an entrepreneurial culture in Turkey: good government policies generally speaking toward business development, toward foreign investors. Basically business can get done, businesses can be created, and all those kinds of things that most Americans can relate to. It’s still an emerging market country, and they’ll do things that you’ll look at and scratch your head, like banning Twitter or Facebook. But the political situation has definitely calmed down, and so I think the long-term secular story for Turkey is probably the best long-term secular story in the region. That’s what you want to hitch your wagon to over the long run. Read more: http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/frank-talk/turkey-is-the-big-winner-following-the-crisis-in-ukraine/#.U6MSFYWa8vU#ixzz3BBblkmbI

Fans are also mad at ISIS Band and won't wear their t-shirts.

Isis is facing an identity crisis. The company behind the mobile wallet app has announced it will rebrand to avoid sharing its name with the brutally violent extremist group ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Its fighters are directly responsible for thousands of gruesome deaths — many of them civilian — across Iraq and Syria in recent months. "We have no interest in sharing a name with a group whose name has become synonymous with violence and our hearts go out to those who are suffering," said Isis CEO Michael Abbott. "Changing a brand is never easy, but we know this is the right decision – for our company, our partners and our customers." A new brand has not yet been chosen, but Abbott said the company will provide updates in the coming months. "Our focus on delivering a great product and platform to our customers hasn’t changed." The mobile wallet app launched nationwide last year with support from big wireless carriers like AT&T and Verizon. So far, and despite its powerful allies, Isis hasn't exactly taken the mobile wallet industry by storm. The current brand crisis isn't helping matters any. ISIS has flooded the news cycle lately as the group continues to grow in strength and influence. Its upward momentum has led the US to once again dispatch military personnel to Iraq — though not in a combat role. All things considered, Isis the mobile wallet had little choice but to come up with a new name. Its brand had already been lost where a brand counts most: search.

There is no humanity in these people.

<cite> @HawdMan said:</cite> ^ what about the fake Somali nationalist reer ,criminal siyadest jerbarrti ismail who killed a millon somali civilians , and still shameless keep crying somaliweyn . Well done central state keep working for your region dont listen to the haters . Madaxweyne Caabdi cawali Xassan D/G central state telling the truth. Federalism Siyadism, Qabilism, Xaasidnimo , one way or another it all comes from the same place the place that destroyed the somali people,nation and dignity the beasts from east And until somali people wake up elimate this threat they will never see peace. I will remind we are dealing with the same shameless people who nominated in 2009 and gave all their votes to Maslax Siyaad Baare as president candidate the son of lifelong dictator Siyad Bare such shamless behaviour you will not find among any other people . This Madness must be stoppd. Siadsm is worst then nazism and must be faced head on as the evil it is just like nazism was defeated. Your bizarre hate-fueled rant above is bordering on insanity saxiib. Is dawee si degdeg.

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh Tuesday termed extremist militant groups as "the first enemy of Islam" and stressed that the ideas of extremism and terrorism do not belong to Islam at all. Referring to the Islamic State Sunni extremist group and Al Qaeda-affiliated groups in a statement titled "Foresight and Remembrance", the Grand Mufti said more dangerous ideas are those ideas that are being marketed in the name of religion, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. "These foreign groups do not belong to Islam and Muslims adhering to it, but they are an extension of the Kharijites who were the first group that deviated from the religion because they accused Muslims of disbelief due to their sins and allowed killing them and taking their money," Al al-Sheikh said. The Grand Mufti, who is also general president for Scientific Researches and Fatwa, noted that the tolerance of Islam is one of the characteristics of Islamic Sharia and the largest one of its objectives. "We call in this regard to unify and coordinate educational and developmental efforts to enhance the thought of moderation stemming from our true Islamic Sharia through formulating a complete plan with clear objectives and an executive plan that achieves those goals as a concrete reality," the top cleric added. The highly influential Grand Mufti's comments come in the wake of Saudi Arabian crackdown on supporters of foreign terrorist organisations such as Syria's Al Nusra and Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups, in the country. Last week, Saudi Arabia donated $100 million to the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCTC) in its efforts to curb terrorism.

Well respect to Mo Farah. A good Somali brother who wants the best for his people no matter what clan they hail from. A real hero of the Somali people everywhere. Go Mohamed Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The people of Mogadishu will always find a way to survive and live a happy life despite all the barbaric attacks from alshabab terror group.

lool. it is a somali dude who works with Nigerian scammers.

The Australian government gets involved. Fair Work Australia investigates the cafe owner who refused to give a barista a job because he is black The Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating a Sydney cafe owner after he refused to hire a man because he was black. Brazilian-born Australian Nilson Dos Santos, 39, is considering legal action after the owner of Forbes and Burton café in Darlinghurst told him he could not have a job because his customers wouldn't want their 'coffee made by black people'. Owner Steven Hu was being interviewed by Fair Work Australia officers on Tuesday. While an Ombudsman spokesman wouldn't comment further on the case as inquiries were ongoing, Daily Mail Australia understands Mr Hu has hired a lawyer after Fair Work and the Race Discrimination Commissioner said they would investigate. The cafe was vandalised and covered with flour overnight but the rain had washed it away this morning, a waitress said. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2728594/Fairwork-Australia-investigates-cafe-owner-refused-barista-job-black.html#ixzz3Au3sqc9H Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Chelsea is the best team in the PL this season. My favorite player from Chelsea is Andre Schurrle. I can't believe the guy is only 23 years old.

^^ Alshabbab is nothing but a terrorist organization trying to wipe out the Somali population in vain. There is nothing glorious about Alshabab and neither do these terrorists represent any legitimate resistance.

That is less than 20% of Djibouti landmass.

Greg Mills, author of Why States Recover: Changing Walking Societies into Winning Nations – from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, recently spoke to Polity to share what he discovered during his research process. Mills explains that states fail in different ways, a concept delved into in his book. “I see failure pretty much as a continuum, a spectrum as it were, that you can have bits of excellence side by side with situations of failure which you do have in a country like Kenya for example. Even in South Africa you have this juxtaposition of the first world and the third world.” Mills goes on to say that the book “advances this notion that it’s not just Somali-type failure that we have in so-called fragile states or failed states where you see dramatic collapse and the collapse of government services at large, endemic conflict and warfare for example. It’s also where you have the failure of the states’ responsibility towards it’s own citizens, to actually discharge its democratic responsibilities.”

A Brazilian-born Australian man has told how he was denied a job as a barista after a cafe owner told him his customers wouldn't want their 'coffee made by black people'. Patrons of the Forbes and Burton café in Darlinghurst, inner city Sydney, were stunned to hear Nilson Dos Santos, an Australian citizen, had been turned down for the job because the owner 'only wanted locals'. In incredible scenes, after being told by the cafe owner, who would only give his name as 'Steven', that he was not right for the job, Mr Dos Santos, 39, stood up and addressed the other customers at about 1.30pm on Sunday and told them why he had been turned down and asked if they would have a problem being served by a black man. In a sign of solidarity, many walked out - and a staff member even quit on the spot. There was also outrage among other customers who took to social media and urged others to boycott the cafe. Steven, from Shanghai, China, who confirmed he was the owner, admitted to Daily Mail Australia that the fact Mr Dos Santos was black was the reason he didn't give him the job. Angry Facebook users respond to the news of the racist treatment of Mr Dos Santos by leaving angry messages on Forbes & Burton Cafe's Facebook page ‘I generally see white people, maybe people from Thailand. They make good coffee,’ said Steven. ‘I don’t have race discrimination. And I am sorry but I was just being honest, in my opinion, I want to hire local people.’ When asked what ‘local’ means, Steven added: ‘Local means to stay here for a long time.’ Later , when asked if he was sorry for any offence caused, he replied: ' Yes, yes.' Steven said that he is a ‘direct person' who told Mr Dos Santos the truth. But a customer in the cafe at the time said he was appalled by what he had witnessed. ‘He (Nilson) didn’t get aggressive with the guy, which is what I would have done. But he stayed calm, he made the announcement,' the customer said. 'Any average person would have got so angry and rightfully so. But you can tell when speaking with Nilson that he is an incredibly nice guy. ‘The support and love that was there for Nilson was unanimous. Everyone was on his side. There was no on left in the coffee shop afterwards, everybody left. Not one person even just sat their quietly and said nothing. Everyone got up.' Mr Dos Santos said was touched by the support given to him by the other patrons. ‘I am so lucky that there were beautiful people that showed their hearts and helped me,' he said. 'I would have found it so much harder on my own but people were coming up and saying "that’s not what we think, that’s not what people think, that man is wrong". ‘I was sitting down around the corner and a girl that had been working at the cafe came past and was upset. She said to me "I just quit. I’m so, so sorry. That was so unfair. I could not work for a man like that". ‘I wish I could say thank you to her. To stand up to her boss and leave was so brave. I hope she finds a new job soon, she was so lovely to me.’ Talking about his confrontation with Steven, he added: ‘Why did he have to abuse me? Why did he have to make me feel that way?’ ‘He didn’t ask questions. Straight away he told me that there was no way I could be a barista. He didn’t want to ask about my experience. He just judged that straight away I am not good enough for him because I am black. ‘I had my own business in Surry Hills for five years. I never had someone say, "I don’t want your coffee because you’re black". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727063/Sydney-Cafe-owner-admits-told-Australian-citizen-job-black.html

Tillamook, you have a great sense of humor saxiib. This is the best topic for those who appreciate wit at its best. I know my friend Safferz would have appreciated this if she wasn't sunbathing somewhere in Aruba. I was screaming so hard, my brother thought I was crazy. Coolidge, Churchill, Lincoln and Dorothy Parker (the last one on the list) are just hilarious.

1. Calvin Coolidge Vs. Some Random Lady At A White House Dinner 2. Oscar Wilde Vs. Lewis Morris Morris had just been passed over for the Poet Laureateship. 3. Winston Churchill Vs. George Bernard Shaw 4. Winston Churchill Vs. Lady Astor 5. Calvin Coolidge Vs. An Opera Singer 6. Muhammad Ali Vs. Joe Frazier 7. Winston Churchill Vs. A Member Of Parliament 8. Winston Churchill Vs. Bessie Braddock 9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vs. An Admirer 10. Miriam Hopkins Vs. An Anonymous Singer 11. Ilka Chase Vs. An Anonymous Actress 12. John Wilkes Vs. John Montagu 13. Mohandas Gandhi Vs. Western Civilization 14. Edna Ferber Vs. Noel Coward Coward was remarking upon the fact that Ferber was wearing a tailored suit. 15. James McNeill Whistler Vs. Oscar Wilde After Whistler had made a particularly witty observation. 16. Pierre Trudeau Vs. Richard Nixon Upon hearing that Nixon had called him an asshole. 17. Thomas Reed Vs. Henry Clay 18. Earnest Hemingway Vs. William Faulkner 19. John Barrymore Vs. A Woman In The Lady’s Room Barrymore was drunkenly urinating in the wrong bathroom, and turned to face his accuser, penis in hand. 20. Robert Benchley Vs. A Man In Uniform 21. Niels Bohr Vs. A Reporter 22. Groucho Marx Vs. A Contestant on “You Bet Your Life” After the contestant revealed that he was a father of 10. 23. Henry Clay Vs. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster After seeing a pack of mules walk by. 24. Alcibiades Vs. Pericles 25. Abraham Lincoln Vs. Stephen Douglas After Douglas called him “two-faced” during a debate: 26. Bill Clinton Vs. Dan Quayle After Quayle revealed that he planned to be “a pit bull” in the 1992 campaign against Clinton and Gore. 27. Reverend Edward Everett Hale Vs. The U.S. Senate When asked if he prayed for the Senators. 28. Senator Fritz Hollings Vs. Henry McMastor When challenged by his Republican opponent during a televised debate to take a drug test. 29. NY Mayor Ed Koch Vs. Andrew Kirtzman After the reporter insisted on pressing a point about an inconsistent statement Koch had made. 30. Abraham Lincoln Vs. A Foreign Diplomat After the diplomat found Lincoln polishing his boots in his office. 31. Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller Vs. An Attendee At A Church Conference After the man ranted against university education and thanked God that he had never been corrupted by going to college. 32. Dorothy Parker Vs. New Yorker Editor Harold Ross Parker had been on her honeymoon, when Harold Ross interrupted her to ask why she was late with a book review.

Xaad is not nabadoon. He is a clan-baiter with a habit of pulling the clan-card whenever his personal interests are threatened.

Muhammad, that is a great list saxiib. One day, I wish to visit Mogadishu, the birth place of my parents.

Black America needs to get its acts together and find purpose in life. Having said that, shooting someone who is already running away should not be ignored by the community. It could have been a Somali kid walking around these government housing complexes. It could have been your own brother chilling in the neighborhood. Looters must be brought to justice. These animals have no right to pillage someone else's property.

Miyir, this was not my translation. It is SOL's translation. I speak very good Somali and my writing is good thanks to my parents. I was talking about SOL translation engine on top after I clicked the Somali flag and got that funny translation.

This is terrible. When they were interviewed, some of the sex workers said that during the day they engage in businesses like retail shops, tailoring and house-keeping, while at night they sell sex. The women also said they can earn anything from 5,000 shillings to 100,000 shillings ($US 38) per night, depending on the client and whether or not they use a condom. "Getting a client who pays 100,000 shillings is extremely rare and it is mostly Somalis who pay such huge amounts of money - insisting on no condom use," said Annet*, aged 35. "Due to poverty, I had been accepting such money but, with the increasing AIDS risk, I no longer accept it." Eighteen year old Rhoda* said that one truck driver can visit around three sex workers in a night without using a condom. "Since we share our HIV status amongst ourselves, I no longer want to risk my life, so now I protect myself," she said. Sarah,* aged 25, said she and her colleagues had been wondering why condoms tear during sex, since their clients put them on properly. After thorough investigations, they discovered these men put Vaseline on their penises before putting on the condoms, knowing well that during the act they would tear, so they could have unprotected sex. However some of the truck drivers who visit female sex workers accused them of deliberately removing the condoms during sex, so they can be paid a higher fee. Abdallah,* a Somali national who speaks with pride about visiting female sex workers, said he would never use a condom. "Where is the enjoyment if I use a condom?" he asks. "I have my money so I can pay for any charges. I am also assured of antiretroviral treatment if I get the virus." Musisi,* who works with a local manufacturing company, said that it is the sex workers who determine whether condoms should be used or not. "If the sex worker uses a female condom I will pay 5,000 shillings. Without a condom, I will pay 10,000 shillings," he explained. http://allafrica.com/stories/201408151374.html