The new Aden Abdule Airport

Local cafe, The Mug

Roadside businesses and Pizza. All of this in Mogadishu.

Hard work and a burger.

They are indeed coming. lol

Should have been a Chinese buffet.

From what I hear, Awdal resistance is in it for the long haul. These kind of political disputes are painfully slow.

^^ That's gotta be worth couple of hundred grand.

The song seems below average. I didn't like it at all.

This is a great story. To have a perfect attendance at work for this long while walking that distance every single day, is amazing. Detroit gets very cold and I am sure most people would not survive that long. There is a great deal of positive feedback posted on the donations page. http://www.gofundme.com/l7girc

Thousands of dollars in donations are flooding in for a Detroit man who walks about 21 miles to work every day because he has no other way to get there. James Robertson and his marathon commute were the subject of a lengthy profile in the Detroit Free Press on Sunday and his story soon spread across the country. The 56-year-old has a perfect attendance record at his job at Schain Mold & Engineering, which is about 23 miles away from his house, the Free Press reported. To get there, he walks about 21 miles a day to make up for gaps in bus service. Robertson says he has made the journey five days a week since his car broke down a decade ago. Schain Mold & Engineering told BuzzFeed News it would not comment on its employees. Robertson sometimes gets a ride from friends such as UBS banker Blake Pollack, who noticed him walking every day. Pollack began offering Robertson rides when he is able, according to the Free Press. But most of the time, Robertson is on foot. He makes the journey year round, even through Detroit’s bitterly cold winters, leaving at 8 a.m. for his 2 to 10 p.m. shift, where he makes $10.55 an hour. His trip also takes him through some dangerous areas of the city, but he told the Free Press he relies on faith to keep going. “I’m not saying I’m a member of some church,” he said. “But just before I get home, every night, I say, ‘Lord, keep me safe.’” He later added, “I should’ve told you there’s another thing: determination.” As Robertson’s story began to spread, three different online donation pages were established to try to earn enough money for him to get a new car. One of the page owners is 19-year-old Evan Leedy, who is a student at Wayne State University. Leedy told the Free Press he contacted the other page owners to consolidate their efforts. gofundme.com Leedy set his initial fundraising goal at $5,000. By Monday afternoon the donations had passed $60,000. “Thanks to everyone’s generous donations, this is skyrocketed into more than just a car,” Leedy posted on the page. “I want to thank everyone for their continued donations. Every penny will help James in any way that he needs it.” Robertson also received offers for free cars, like this one from a local dealer. Facebook: RodgersChevrolet Pollack, Robertson’s co-worker, told the Free Press he is planning to work to establish some sort of board to oversee the donations for Robertson. “Putting a car in his driveway and just handing James the keys or filling his pockets with cash is not the answer,” he said. “But with these resources now, we should be able to do something very positive for the guy.” As for Robertson, he was blown away by all the support. “Are you serious?” he said when told of the donations by reporters. Story at http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/after-story-of-man-who-walks-21-miles-a-day-to-work-goes-vir#.mlnWaZOKp

^^ Interesting. I could be that they want to name someone later.

Diversity doesn't work in a lot of ways. DK is right in his assertions. But his definition of who is Somali and who is not, is unclear. Reer Hamars are Somalis as far as ethnicity, culture, language and religion are concerned.

Winnie Mandela visited the family of a man killed by Somali shop owner after looters tried to stone him.

lol. What?

Mooge, it seems your complaint didn't help at all. Mr. Caynte is named "Wasiirka Qorshaynta" by Omar A. Rachid.

Galbeedi, what is the latest on this company's activities? Has it shut down its operations?

Erdogan has done in 2 years what the West could not do in 3 decades, which is to build something meaningful for the country.

<cite> @thefuturenow said:</cite> They will be back. HSM will not allow Federal and Financial affairs to leave his control. Expect to see familiar names in those two positions. thefuturenow, this cabinet seems to be a compromise one. It was a surprise move by Omar A. Rachid.

<cite> @Naxar Nugaaleed said:</cite> Fellow Buckeye Khadra Bashiir was the best Somali teacher I've met. Glad she was chosen for that position. Is she from Columbus? What does she teach?

Paris (AFP) - Controversial French comedian Dieudonne was arrested Wednesday and will stand trial over a Facebook comment suggesting he sympathised with one of the Paris attackers, as France cracks down on those who condone terrorism. Related Stories French comedian to be tried after Charlie Hebdo gag Reuters New issue of Charlie Hebdo sells out quickly Associated Press Charlie Hebdo -- More Than a Deadly Assault on Speech Huffington Post French comedian Dieudonne probed for Paris attack quip AFP France's First Free-Speech Challenge After Charlie Hebdo The Atlantic The arrest was one of 54 cases for "condoning terrorism" or "making threats to carry out terrorist acts" opened since Islamist gunmen last week killed 17 people in a three-day shooting spree that targeted the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police and a Jewish supermarket. In the midst of a mounting debate on the limits of free speech, prosecutors started a case against the comedian Monday after he posted a message on Facebook saying: "Tonight, as far as I'm concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly". The message was a mix of the catch-cry "Je suis Charlie" used in global tributes to the slain magazine journalists and the name of one of the gunmen, Amedy Coulibaly, who shot dead four Jews at the supermarket on Friday and a policewoman the day before. Dieudonne was taken in for questioning on Wednesday morning and released later in the day. His lawyer Sanjau Mirabeau said he would appear in court on February 4. The comedian was "free and reassured" and would appear on stage as planned in the evening, Mirabeau added. "The freedom of expression applies to everyone, at least this evening, " the lawyer said. - 'Land of freedom of expression?' - View galleryDieudonne M'bala M'bala (L) and his lawyer … Dieudonne M'bala M'bala (L) and his lawyer Sanjay Mirabeau leave the police station where th … Another of the comedian's lawyers, David de Stefano, said the arrest was "shocking." "We are in the land of freedom of expression? This morning, the government provided the demonstration of that," he said sarcastically. Dieudonne is a controversial figure who has often made headlines, most notably with his trademark "quenelle" hand gesture that looks like an inverted Nazi salute, but which he insists is merely anti-establishment. Branded a "pedlar of hate" by the government, Dieudonne has also attracted anger over sketches widely viewed as anti-Semitic that have occasionally prompted local authorities to ban his shows. But the polemicist's arrest over his Facebook post has sparked debate over where freedom of expression starts and ends, particularly after millions took to the streets in support of free speech following last week's attacks. The magazine has also repeatedly provoked outrage in the past. One Charlie Hebdo front cover currently circulating on social networks, which dates from October 2012, is titled "Mohamed Merah, come back! They've gone mad." View gallerySanjay Mirabeau, lawyer of French comic Dieudonne M'bala … Sanjay Mirabeau, lawyer of French comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, speaks to the press in fron … Merah is the Al-Qaeda militant who went on a killing spree in southwestern France in March 2012, murdering seven people including Jewish children and soldiers. Charlie Hebdo at the time said it wanted to mock the proliferation of ultra-radical Islamist networks. "I can't stand Dieudonne and his nauseating clique, but it seems there are double standards for freedom of expression in France," one Twitter user said. - A fine line - Basile Ader, a lawyer specialising in media law, said there was a difference between mocking religion and condoning terrorism. "Charlie Hebdo mocks religions, which is not banned in France as the offence of blasphemy is no longer in our legislation," he said. "Dieudonne condones an act of terrorism that has just taken place and could bring others to say: 'If he tells us it's ok, we must do it'." Under a law adopted in France late last year to fight the threat of jihadism, actions condoning or inciting terrorism are subject to much harsher sanctions than before. On Monday, a 34-year-old man who hit a car while drunk, injured the driver, and subsequently praised the acts of last week's gunmen when police detained him, was sentenced to four years in prison. And a 22-year-old in the Paris suburb of Nanterre was sentenced to a year in jail for posting a video mocking one of the policemen shot dead last week. Ader said he was shocked by the length of that sentence, adding that the current emotion and "psychosis" in France were likely to have been a factor. Dieudonne has since removed the remark from his Facebook page, which Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve this week deemed "contemptible". But he has left his response on Facebook to the minister's comment, accusing the government of trying to "ruin my life" when "I am only trying to make people laugh". Ader said that where comedians are concerned, judges tread a fine line between respecting their right to humour and respecting the law. But he said he believed "there is no ambiguity" about Dieudonne who "clearly makes anti-Semitic comments and can no longer benefit from this impunity given to humorists, even if he makes people laugh."

New York Times David Brooks The journalists at Charlie Hebdo are now rightly being celebrated as martyrs on behalf of freedom of expression, but let’s face it: If they had tried to publish their satirical newspaper on any American university campus over the last two decades it wouldn’t have lasted 30 seconds. Student and faculty groups would have accused them of hate speech. The administration would have cut financing and shut them down. Public reaction to the attack in Paris has revealed that there are a lot of people who are quick to lionize those who offend the views of Islamist terrorists in France but who are a lot less tolerant toward those who offend their own views at home. Just look at all the people who have overreacted to campus micro-aggressions. The University of Illinois fired a professor who taught the Roman Catholic view on homosexuality. The University of Kansas suspended a professor for writing a harsh tweet against the N.R.A. Vanderbilt University derecognized a Christian group that insisted that it be led by Christians. Americans may laud Charlie Hebdo for being brave enough to publish cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad, but, if Ayaan Hirsi Ali is invited to campus, there are often calls to deny her a podium. So this might be a teachable moment. As we are mortified by the slaughter of those writers and editors in Paris, it’s a good time to come up with a less hypocritical approach to our own controversial figures, provocateurs and satirists. The first thing to say, I suppose, is that whatever you might have put on your Facebook page yesterday, it is inaccurate for most of us to claim, Je Suis Charlie Hebdo, or I Am Charlie Hebdo. Most of us don’t actually engage in the sort of deliberately offensive humor that that newspaper specializes in. We might have started out that way. When you are 13, it seems daring and provocative to “épater la bourgeoisie,” to stick a finger in the eye of authority, to ridicule other people’s religious beliefs. But after a while that seems puerile. Most of us move toward more complicated views of reality and more forgiving views of others. (Ridicule becomes less fun as you become more aware of your own frequent ridiculousness.) Most of us do try to show a modicum of respect for people of different creeds and faiths. We do try to open conversations with listening rather than insult. Yet, at the same time, most of us know that provocateurs and other outlandish figures serve useful public roles. Satirists and ridiculers expose our weakness and vanity when we are feeling proud. They puncture the self-puffery of the successful. They level social inequality by bringing the mighty low. When they are effective they help us address our foibles communally, since laughter is one of the ultimate bonding experiences. Moreover, provocateurs and ridiculers expose the stupidity of the fundamentalists. Fundamentalists are people who take everything literally. They are incapable of multiple viewpoints. They are incapable of seeing that while their religion may be worthy of the deepest reverence, it is also true that most religions are kind of weird. Satirists expose those who are incapable of laughing at themselves and teach the rest of us that we probably should. If you try to pull off this delicate balance with law, speech codes and banned speakers, you’ll end up with crude censorship and a strangled conversation. It’s almost always wrong to try to suppress speech, erect speech codes and disinvite speakers. Fortunately, social manners are more malleable and supple than laws and codes. Most societies have successfully maintained standards of civility and respect while keeping open avenues for those who are funny, uncivil and offensive. In most societies, there’s the adults’ table and there’s the kids’ table. The people who read Le Monde or the establishment organs are at the adults’ table. The jesters, the holy fools and people like Ann Coulter and Bill Maher are at the kids’ table. They’re not granted complete respectability, but they are heard because in their unguided missile manner, they sometimes say necessary things that no one else is saying. Healthy societies, in other words, don’t suppress speech, but they do grant different standing to different sorts of people. Wise and considerate scholars are heard with high respect. Satirists are heard with bemused semirespect. Racists and anti-Semites are heard through a filter of opprobrium and disrespect. People who want to be heard attentively have to earn it through their conduct. The massacre at Charlie Hebdo should be an occasion to end speech codes. And it should remind us to be legally tolerant toward offensive voices, even as we are socially discriminating. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/david-brooks-i-am-not-charlie-hebdo.html?_r=0

I wonder if the recent events in Awdal region and this news by Haji are connected.

Adan Adde Airport construction is almost done.

Great to see modern building styles coming up. This is an example of clean functional apartment space.