Rude.

^^ Somalis only know how to destroy things.

<cite> @Alpha Blondy said:</cite> are you alive, huuno? can you please confirm you're alive and well? Purdue is nowhere near me Alpha, but thanks for the concern

I have such a girl crush on this woman. *fleeting thoughts of shaving my head too*

<cite> @SomaliPhilosopher said: will you now consider living the miyi life with SP (; I could NEVER, SP. I'm a city girl

Damn, campus shooting at Purdue

*ahem* Just wanted to say that today marks the ONE MONTH ANNIVERSARY of the day I saw Beysus in the flesh and was blessed to breathe the same air as her and sit close enough to the stage to see the beads of sweat glisten on her flawless forehead while she captivated the audience at TD Garden. Greatest day EVAR. I still listen to the new album daily, and iTunes tells me I've listened to Drunk in Love 87 times so far.

<cite> @Alpha Blondy said:</cite> this is heinous. you can't stand other woman being at the helm. that is disgusting. I don't have to like or support someone just because they're female, Alpha. It's good to be critical of everyone (but fair... I did say I respect her work).

<cite> @SomaliPhilosopher said:</cite> Man this Dr Edna Aden is a sly sly women. Can husbands file for divorce from their graves? I think such inquiry is suitable for abti egal She's not a doctor, she was never the "Somalian first lady," and if I remember correctly, she left Egal while he was in prison. I respect her work but she is an expert at self-promotion and quite unlikable.

Live and let live.

<cite> @SomaliPhilosopher said:</cite> Are you a lesbian? My favourite romantic film is Die Hard (incidentally, it's also my favourite Christmas movie).

Indeed... I'm still getting used to the new SOL, but I like. In other news, I watched the Notebook tonight for the first time, and it was complete trash. I may or may not have teared up during a few scenes though.

<cite> @Alpha Blondy said:</cite> inabti, greetings to you marka hore. deepfelt condolences to you, ta labad. it's a shame your cousin died in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. maad u maleyn inay tahay the first ex-pat Somali to die in a coordinated suicide bomb. what was the nature of her business in Kabul? i guess it's business as usual for you? same time tonight on the trolls thread? Al. She's not my cousin, she was my mom's lifelong friend and it's my mom who is close to their family. They went to Banaadir secondary school in Xamar then Lafoole teacher's college together (this would have been sometime in the late 70s), then both went to university and became nutritionists. She was working for the UN/UNICEF for many years and posted in different regions of the world, the last I remember she was in Darfur before Afghanistan. AUN

<cite> @Alpha Blondy said:</cite> Ghanaian broadcaster Komla Dumor died last night! R.I.P I was sad to hear about this too. Off to the airport now, back to Boston

AUN, she was one of my mom's childhood best friends too KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul on Friday that killed at least 21 people, including three Americans and 11 other foreigners. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said Saturday that Americans were among the dead, and a State Department official who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity said three U.S. citizens were killed during the attack. "Our deepest sympathies go out to the families of those killed," the official said. Among the dead, were two American University of Afghanistan employees. "We are devastated by the news,” Dr. Michael Smith, president of the university, told NBC News. "The families of the victims are being notified and arrangements for repatriation of the remains are under way." International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in a statement that Wabel Abdallah, 60, the fund’s resident representative in Afghanistan, was also slain. Four United Nations employees were killed in the attack, "along with a number of those from other international organizations," a U.N. spokesperson said. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the brutal attack. "I extend my deepest condolences to the families of Basra Hassan of the United States, Nasrin Jamal of Pakistan, Khanjar Wabel Abdallah of Lebanon and Vadim Nazarov of Russia," he said. "On many occasions, I have condemned in the strongest possible terms the reckless terrorist attacks against civilians. This is totally unacceptable and this is a violation of international humanitarian law," he added. Sediq Seddiqi, the spokesman for Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior, told NBC News on Saturday that the death toll included 13 foreigners and eight Afghans. The foreigners included Germans, Canadians, Russians and Lebanese. He said they included diplomats, but he would not give any further details. The awful attack in Afghanistan Friday is being called a massacre. There were conflicting accounts of the attack, but Reuters and The Associated Press quoted unnamed security officials as saying one attacker detonated a bomb and two others then fired on customers and employees in the Lebanese restaurant. The other two were killed by security guards, according to the reports. The White House and U.S. State Department both decried the attack on Saturday. "With this despicable, targeted attack on innocent civilians, terrorists continue to demonstrate blatant disregard for life and for the peaceful, prosperous future Afghans want and are working so hard to achieve," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement. The department previously confirmed that no staff at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan were killed or injured in the attack. The restaurant is in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, which houses many foreign embassies and restaurants that cater to expatriates. In a statement taking responsibility for the attack, the Taliban said they had targeted "foreign invaders ... having their dinner." “In this attack we have used very heavy explosives which caused heavy losses to the enemy. According to our initial information, which we received, in this attack we attacked senior officials from the German military and government.” The Taliban often exaggerates death tolls and embellishes other details in the wake of attacks. On Saturday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid issued a statement saying that the attack was in response to a recent NATO airstrike in Parwan that caused civilian casualties. The attack came at a difficult moment for Afghanistan as most foreign forces prepare to leave the country this year after more than a decade of war and almost daily attacks. Security remains a major concern as Afghanistan and the United States struggle to agree on a key bilateral security pact, raising the prospect that Washington may yet pull out all of its troops this year unless differences are ironed out.

<cite> @Allyourbase said:</cite> Why would that be arrogant? Takale what makes you so sure? I am aware of how vast the universe is, but to assume intelligent life elsewhere with no evidence just does not make sense. More importantly, what I do not get in these discussions is intelligent according to whom? You have chimps on this planet sharing something like 98% of their DNA with us yet you can not hope to have an 'intelligent' conversation with them. To assume you would have an overlap of any significance with an alien lifeform that you share nothing with seems a little coco to me. Soo maaha dee? How does it make more sense to think we're alone in the infinite universe? That's more coo-coo to me

<cite> @Allyourbase said:</cite> Safferz do you believe in aliens? What is your stance on intelligent life 'out there'? I'm sure there is... Earth is just a tiny blip in one galaxy amongst hundreds of billions of galaxies, isn't it arrogant of us to assume we're unique in the universe?

I get exhausted just reading the bickering between you two, cut it out guys We should be discussing the prospects of alien attack and other disastrous ends for humanity's first attempts to colonize Mars. Personally I think the colonists will disappear mysteriously like the English did on Roanoke Island.

Is he single? Asking for a friend...

<cite> @Dhagax-Tuur said:</cite> We had mooryaantii go to town with the US GI's, result Black hawk down. And then the lucrative biz of piracy comes Captain Philips. Next? An Al-Shabaab film, of course

Dammit, I was hoping Alpha was deleted during the transition to the new SOL.

Nominated for best supporting actor, congrats Barkhad Abdi!

I love this

I'll get a hold of the finalized recommendations from the task force and post them here when I get a chance.

<cite> @ElPunto said:</cite> Why are they morons? Power? The article didn't really explain what the taskforce's recommendations are. Are other communities with high dropout rates and issues getting a special taskforce too? After 20 years in Canada - I'm not sure that particular actions targeting the Somali community won't stigmatize them. The only group with a higher dropout rate than Somalis in Toronto are the Portuguese, and the Toronto District School Board created a Portuguese task force a year earlier that successfully assessed the needs of Portuguese students and made specific recommendations to the board. There has also been a First Nations task force. The TDSB followed that model in creating a Somali task force, made up of a diverse group of Somalis of different ages and varied career backgrounds. And how do a handful of our city's self-appointed Somali elite respond? Complete and utter butthurt rooted in the fact that they weren't the ones asked by the TDSB to lead the task force, and I suspect there is also some qabyalad at play. They offer no solutions whatsoever, and act as though Somali students aren't already marginalized in the system with their high drop out rates. It is enraging. Somalis certainly have a knack for destroying things rather than building and doing anything constructive, SMDH.