Shez, anything else you wanna add to that? If not plz accept my heartfelt appologies. Cafis iyo Musaabax.

Are black people intellectually lower than the white race? No awoowe. No amount of research will give you an answer on this one. Reason being intellect is not measurable quantity. The IQ is the closest yardstick and there is major contraversy over its validity as well as its usage. Europeans don't recognize IQ as valid unit and thus its absence in the SI system. Basically what the majority of learned people agree on is that intellect like beauty is immeasurable quantity. You are right blacks or the negro race have little to show in terms of contribution to the science, technology, and what have you. I don't know why that is the case but one thing I would rule out is the intelligent as a cause of their lack of contribution to the human knowledge. You might wanna look this from different perspective. If you look at the power and history of territorial conquest and the victors as well as victims in the last landmark human milestones you will find that negro race lost the battle to the conquers and hence became subject of cruel commercial explotation right after the age of enlightment. As a consequences to this shameful history we were busy waging campaings to free ourselves from the shackles of slavery and colonization. It has been only several decades since we attained our freedom. The race of the stuff you are looking at has begun couble of centuries ago. We were in bondage. And certainly we can't catch up with them in mere decades in terms of achievement and wealth. Today even though playing field appearss leveled from a distance, closer examination of this fact will reveal that is not the case. We have different masters far more powerful than European empires of the past pulling the strings.

Originally posted by Amelia: Awoowe , You're still beating about the bush with your argument and you're personalising it too. No tender hearted Xalimo (least of all me ) would make a Faarax who works 14hrs a day and affords 'the car, a boat and trips' cook his own meal at the end of the day And I'll have you know that I've a tight invulnerable hold over my harem, so dont worry.. you and your oldie buddies are no threat to me. At last Amelia, we are on the same page now. I knew you will came through for the oldies hold you in a high regard despite of your usual kees-is-ka-waal . And yes oldies are no threat to you for there are irreconcilable differences that need to be ironed out before the threat you have in mind can materialize ahem . One statement you have made in ur last post throw me off balance. I'm sure it is poor choice of diction. Do you really reign over harem? If affirmative how many obedient and loyal concubines do you keep on leash? I assume they are all women With that lil kaftan I'm out. And many thanks for the entertainment. It was all good.

^Spot on Zafir. LOZ, I agree with Zafir on this. Practice will do the trick. Amelia awoowe, you have a point there. I readily admit that my lack of skills in the kitchen dept is a shortcoming of sort. But it is not biggie considering the norms of today's society. And who said anything about the two being mutually exclusive? I certainly didn't! I made the point that if one is expending one's energy in other pursuits majority of time one will invariably come short in the neglegted dept where less time is spent on. Common sense eh. If I work 10 hrs a day plus 2 hrs of commute I would expect my loving and lovable xaajiyo to fix me a hot plate regardless of my cooking skills. If she is working then that's different story. As an oldie my intention is not to corrupt the young guns you prey on . If my take on things pose a clear and present danger to your future prospect I would refrain from doing so in the future . Just say so out loud aight As regarding to what i really want to say well here it is: cooking is an essential skill every women should master. If you want to turn tables on me and say how about men well I readily admit and say yes men too can use this skill .

^Tell that to the moderator. The lady is going for the scratch ala cat style Shez, U r so uptight. Are you on an edge or something? You sure come across as some1 this close to lose it. Relax. As to your invitation for a catfight oh no shez count me out . The cyber xungurufo you are I won’t even try to poke fun at ya . Amelia, lucky you, the marriage pool is full of chefs eh . Cooking is an acquired skill you said and I say absolutely! You said women like to be looked after as well and sometimes they like to be shown that by fixing a nice meal for them and I say may be cooking is something they want their tigers to try exactly because it is an activity he doesn’t do quite often and thus the significance attached to them fixing the meals. The flip side of this is that there are all sorts of ways to show love and I bet most will prefer other expressions of love than digsi full of burkaanti . As to the young guns being on the same page with you young flowers when it comes to kitchen routines, I say hooreey :cool: more power to them. We oldies find pursuing the real thing more important than double handling food. If and when we catch the prized prey it will enhance the quality of life for all of the stakeholders. The car, the boat, the trips, the quality time with offspring, financial freedom, and what not comes with a prize ya know.

The day after... Waxa-la-Yiri follow up report. By Xog-Haye The AU has submitted informal request to the US administration. According to news wires, AU is asking US to throw its support behind the fledgling transitional government in Beydhabo. AU warns that Mogadishu fate is akin to that of Afghanistan right after Soviet troops conceded defeat and pulled their troops out of the country. The whereabouts of the defeated warlords are not known. There are conflicting reports reaching to Mr. Xog-haye’s Mundul in no-man’s land. The most credible tidbit is coming from dukaan in Jowhar. Sources close to Mohamed Dheere’s villa have told the owner of this dukaan that some of the warlords have been flown to Djibouti where US military fleet are stationed. There are other dispatches from the troubled capital reporting that the defeated warlords are enroute to Addis Ababa after briefing to US intelligent unit aboard US warships in Djibouti. Waxa-la-Yiri team are also getting different feeds from Beydhabo and the report on the warlord’s whereabouts is that they are still in Jowhar waiting an airplane for a trip to Addis Ababa. Mogadishu is calm 2day after courts declared a major victory over the evil and much hated warlords of Mogadishu. The courts have not communicated to anyone as to how they are planning to spend their new political capital. It is not very clear how the factions within the courts will divide power or whether they will form a unitary court system that will bring normalcy to the capital. Negotiations of how to best form a Benadir administration have proven very tricky in the past. The expectation is that with the absence of feuding warlords the formation of Benadir administration will succeed. But one thing is clear. No one is shedding tears for the warlords’ departure. Waxa-la-Yiri team found very difficult to filter out all the snippet and tidbit info coming out from a gamut of sources. Biibito, Marfishs, Internet Xaafado sites, and virtual fadhi-ku-diri which form the core business of our Waxa-la-Yiri news organization are in state of excitement never seen before. Bear with us fellaz we are sure trying to bring clarity to these events as they happen on ground zero. With clarity we hope you will be able to digest the raw info coming out from hometown. Because of sheer volume of feeds we've been recieving from our sources, Waxa-la-Yiri has some difficult in analyzing the gathering of court leaders, former political figures, and Al Hajj Mussa Yalaxow. Supposedly the meeting is designed to disarm the remnants of the warlords. What is not so clear is the terms and conditions of this truce between the two sides. Equally confusing to Waxa-la-Yiri news gatherers is the absence of other major figures of the courts as well as inclusion of politicians with no relations to the courts in this fence mending exercise. All in all the ball is rolling and by and large the resident of Mogadishu appear to let out a sigh of relief aaaaah. The silent chant: waa maalin weynoo Muslimiinta oo idil ay wada maqsuudeen is in the air. Stay tune and don’t go away. The ball has just started rolling. War san iyo weedh san ii soo wacee,Warsan iyo weedhsan ii soo wacee! SOL Waxa-la-Yiri News Desk. Run sheeg, waa ceeb sheeg.

My man Zafir, Baashi doesn't take shez and her likes very seriously . Cyber exchanges should not be taken seriously anyway right? It is all good buddy Shez, hold ur horses sis. If you wanna talk about dysfunctional families and how men are the culprits in the family break-ups and what not, fine with moi. Bring it on Qallanjo don't forget having fun at someone's expense is a 2-way street aight Amelia, You are right anyone who thinks cooking is for women or expects his qallanjo to do it all is a useless wax-ma-tare. I don’t know about you but where I came from and the place I call home now and my observation on the folks I befriended with in the states men suck big time when it comes to cooking. They are instructed (by the boss of the house of course) to do all the hard labor: fix everything that gets broken (handyman), mow the lawn, rearrange furniture, and what not whereas ladies seem to have special touch in decorating the house, cooking, etc. There are exceptions to this trend of course but generally speaking cooking is not an art in which majority of men are good at. Chefs are negligible minority in this case. Ya know how it goes right! When the mood is right and times are good, typical daily dishes, packaged foods, pizza, and what have you won’t do xaajiyo! Ya know how y’all get sentimental and everything. I’m sure you can relate to other women who have this tendency of marking a certain date as an especial occasion and want to treat her lovers and husbands with special dish every now and then. What r you gonna do if you are clueless in this department? Order pizza? How unique! Likewise when boyhood friend or respectable relative visits your neck of the wood and you invite her/him to join with the family at the table for special martiqaad if the lady can’t prepare an edible dish for such occasions she sure has a major shortcoming in my book. Thus the figurative statement of “half woman†is an expression of that shortcoming. Get on with the program ya Athena. Cooking is an added-value and any qallanjo with exceptional skills in this dept sure shines above all other.

^You bet!

So Athena has a new appreciation in fixing a hot plate for the loved ones and dear friends. And this came about after she acquired a new taste for the skill! Well qallanjo with no skills in the cooking department is a half woman . Full stop, dot, and period . This essential skill is what makes a home a real home. With that said, there is always a room for improvement. As for me I lost the little skill I had in that department ever since the day I became a workaholic trying to take care my family. I know how to barbeque though. It comes handy when camping.

Looking forward to buy the book. When I'm done reading I will post summary of the key points and my take on them. It should be interesting book. I hope he sheds some needed light on the cons and pros of being raised in Qurboland.

Friends, The fact that TFG is irrelevant as far as Mogadishu’s power struggle is concerned is not point of contention. Any objective observer with ounce of dignity can attest to that fact. Control of Mogadishu my friend is “the†key prerequisite to have for any legitimate future government to succeed. The TFG top brass in Beydhabo know quite well the importance as well as political weight the capital city has in Somalia’s political equation. Furthermore, it has been the policy of the powers that matter for quite sometimes now to link Mogadishu’s control to any formal recognition afforded to any government in Somalia. We are on the same page on this score. I can understand that y’all itching to lambaste the strongman in Beydhabo . But beyond that the truth is the E-factor is the devil that’s been pouring gasoline in this bonfire. If there is any doubt no matter how minuscule on the E-factor and its determinant role in Somalia’s prolonged civil war that doubt will be put to rest by the events that are about to unfold in northern Mogadishu. The conflict will take one of two paths in my opinion. Either Ethiopia will continue empowering its friends with the latest armaments, military logistics, food supplies, trucks, gasoline, and money until it succeed installing a puppet government under its thump. Or it will start cherry picking and look for a brand new warlord inside the city limits. Either way this key city will remain anarchic and by extension the possibility of national government with enough teeth to control the country will remain unattainable dream. The only probable move that can put an end to this perpetual conflict of ours is to have the TFG mend fences with the top brass that lead the various court alliances. If that were to happen I think the civil war in the southern theatre would end overnight. For starters, the courts now control all the key roads, ports, cities, and farms in the South. I don’t think they can remain a unified force for too long. The temptation of power, greed, and clannish appeal is far too great for some of its core fighters to resist. I pray and hope that they realize the opportunity this day has brought and seize it before it’s too late.

The E-factor - as it happens news analysis. By Inna-Kaadi-Najaasle Waxa-la-Yiri editorial piece. Monday, June, 5th, 2006 The troubled city of Mogadishu has now new keepers. Islamic courts have won the battle. If the news dispatches from ground zero are something to go by, it appears that the warlords have fled from their area of control and are now regrouping in the regional capital of Jowhar. With the exception of Al Hajj Mussa Yalaxow and Cabdi Qaybdiid, the warlords have lost basis, warehouses full of donated military logistics, airport, important make-shift seaport, and clan support. All of them lost their phantom titles in the TFG ranks. However, they still do have one very important card. They have the Ethiopian support. As an important regional power with existential interests in the future of Somali state, Ethiopia has proven time and again its unprecedented intrigue and calculation to control the country’s political players by easily changing variables in the Somali political equation so much so that all the known warlords (except Barre Hiiraale and the JVA allaince) operating in Southern theatre today owe their eminence to Addis Ababa’s backing. Moreover the defeated warlords have Jowhar and its wobbly prince at their side. With Ethiopian support and with Jowhar base, they are not totally finished. Not yet! They have few swings left in them. There is also a big room for clan manipulation and the possibility of rallying troops in the name of my clan against theirs. With western money and Ethiopian armament combined with organized and well equipped Jowhar militia under Dheere, there is a chance that they may be back with vengeance. Equally important is the division within Maxkamadaha. They are subject to clan manipulation. If leaders don’t solidify their base and find unity under the banner of one strong leader, Mogadishu will remain as anarchic as it had been under the competing warlords. The existence of more than twelve different factions within courts makes them prone to sinister influences. The irony of all of this is with the new balance of power shifting to courts’ hands, TFG is not in a better position than it was when its warlord enemies had sway in the capital. Courts and the TFG strongman just don’t see eye to eye. If the past verbal exchange between TFG and Courts is something to go by, they are and indeed remain sworn enemies. On the other hand, TFG needs recognition and support from US to consolidate power and bring the south under its control. It has appealed to US administration after US’s support to the warlords in Mogadishu became public knowledge. TFG position was that US administration position to support the warlords is weakening the new government. TFG went as far as invoking UN’s embargo to put the heat on US administration. However, TFG leaders made crystal clear that if money and logistical armaments are channeled through them, they will deal with the courts themselves. Although all the above mentioned factors contribute greatly to the Mogadishu’s instability, no power has more influence in Somali politicking than Ethiopians. The defeat warlords of Mogadishu suffered at the hands of the courts amounts nothing as long as Ethiopia is willing to give them more fire power, important diplomatic connections, regional representation, and what have you. Ethiopian meddling in our politics is a major contributing factor to Somalia’s civil war. Warlords that have been defeated in battles in the past came back with more fire power and stashs of green and reignited the “uncivil†war that’s been raging in the South. E-factor is real. Mogadishu warlords will disappear if Addis Ababa stops giving these criminals the support they need this time around. However if Zenawi decides to remake them and restore their position in the capital they will remain a force to reckon with and by extension the good people of Mogadishu will pay the price in blood. It is that simple.

^Super! You got the fire in the belly BOB. Why don't you harness all this talent and enegry and go for a book. I will help. I have some ideas and it is always good to give a shot. What you got to lose buddy eh? Sxb yicaal sikmaayo gareeda yaawe. Ram rohe aa gii'u bandeysay. Kaliin lawigeed yicaal rafjano noozaha raa'gada yio rawshada lihibka tixaa naafoole yi'agaa caalibiin ha'aan rijay . Nadhka lake lagti yio shamayaale oo nadh faaxadaas ee goojeen

^Makes alot of sense if you can read btw lines as well as the subliminal message the author is trying to convey. Just try to pick ur team and the picture Sage Nur is trying to project, for food for thought, comes to the fore! So who is rooting for who? Where does the diaspora nationalism ala Irish style figure on the fan base on this interesting tournament.

Nice lyrics. Many thanks mze Stoic.

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Pat Buchanan's take on the subject in the wake of Montenegro's independence. The highlight of the column is: "The disintegration of Yugoslavia, the second partition of Czechoslovakia and the breakup of the Soviet Union into 15 nations -- many of which had never before existed -- seem to confirm what Israeli historian Martin van Creveld and U.S. geostrategist William Lind have written. The nation-state is dying. Men have begun to transfer their allegiance, loyalty and love from the older nations both upward to the new transnational regimes that are arising and downward to the sub-nations whence they came, the true nations, united by blood and soil, language, literature, history, faith, tradition and memory. Imperial and ideological nations appear, for the foreseeable future, to be finished. . . . The call of ethnicity, nationalism, religion, faith and history pulled apart the greatest of all the ideological empires, the Soviet Empire, and the Soviet Union, that "prison house of nations." Read on What are the key contributing factors that are pulling our poor and war-ridden country apart? Who benefits Somalia's dismemberment?

Scarface, paycheck to paycheck haye . Better cut back your spending habits and start spending within your means. On a second thought, I'm sending Suzan Orman lecture Stoic, why skip that part awoowe huh? What you gonna do when you recieve "WORK" from boss? Drink more coffee? Overworked, overstressed, and lonely folks who don't have loving, close, real, loving partner in life are prone to all kind of mental deseases according to Nomad Institute of Hard-knocks (NIH) . Awoowe, a graduate of NIH, suggest you download this antivirus software and have a piece of mind before it is too late yaa Stioc. Addiga waaye, quit and get another one. If you don't have that option then know you are lucky to have that job.

Stoic, good for ya awoowe. Get a wifey , buy a house, and start living the dream buddy. I heard ATL is the place to be. Cheap houses plus Katrina money trickling down like a shower plus thriving and middle class black community hey that's as good as it gets in the South eh! Scareface, I hear ya awoowe. How much?

Now? Dubai may be. But deep down I'm longing the day when Somalia gets back on its feet. My daughter has an accent and she has a difficult time saying the shahada . What about u Scareface?

^I'm donating bundle of green to LRF. The kind and generous guy I am, I'm considering donating an unspecified amount of green from the stash that I saved in my days of xoogsi...janitor work I used to do in Northwest Bank highrise (now Wells Fargo) in MPLS . Back to the topic, I'm just curious guys how many of you have a real job?. What time do you wake up in the morning regardless of the timing of your shift? How many hours do you spend watching TV or browsing wild wild world? Lazy fowqal lazy

^ I guess Hizb and Cara touched the idea this puzzle is supposed to convey. The biology of the eye as well as its functionality aside, the puzzle is all about the mind. It is about Perception vs. Reality. Try Baashi's unverified theory (nomadic science). Here it comes: 1. Sense + Intuition + Reason = Reality 2. Assumptions + Expectations + Sense = Perception I'm no professor but I pretty much think that is it. To get handle on the true nature of things one needs the testimony of Sense (in this case seeing and sure we saw blinking colored dots disappear in front of our eyes), the light of reason (we still trying to make sense of what we thought we saw...we are thinking), and here is the killer nah on a second though I let you figure that out on your own ahem

^Right on.

This one is making rounds in the office 2day. I thought I share it with SOL crowd. The subtle point is sometimes our mind play tricks on us. Sometimes what you see is not what you really see. ILLUSIONS. Read the instructions first. Check it out

This kinda stuff should be expected. The best way to deal with it is to talk to the teacher and have her explain to the kids about the issue or even better raise the issue in the next parent-teacher conference. My daughter came home one day with sad feelings all over her innocent face. She wasn't herself and seemed to be very upset. When my wife tried to find out what happen and if it has anything to do with school, she refused to say what is it that makes her so sad...it wasn't her usual suuro and when I came home and asked her how was her day she replied one word 'OK'. After a while out of blue and all of the sudden she said she hates Beth...her best friend. Apparently the kid made a negative remark. After much effort she told us what happened. Beth said that her folks don't like BROWN folks and she doesn't want her to come to her brithday. We're talking about 1st graders here. I simply encouraged her not to invite Beth to her brithday. She finally got the invitation card actually all the girls in her class got invited to that birthday party. She was the only black kid out of 22 kids in her class. I gave her the choice to go to CHUCK N CHEESE a place she always loved to go and Beth's birthday party. She chose C'N CHEESE. She forgot all about it. There is lil you can do about these thing runtii. It is the nature of the beast. All you can do is ask your kid, sibling, cousin, niece, and what have you ask them how was their day in school when they come home. Trust me they can't hide their emotions as they are an open book. Once you found out what the deal is rectify the situation if need be. Parent involvement is the key and believe me if you are involved in their school activities teachers will notice and you will be informed in every lil event you can imagine. There u have it - my caanteeyn.