It's all bilaad Allah. Mad Mullah prefers what he knows (which is only natural). I personally have no opinion on the subject. I'll bring them up wherever life takes me (and them).

Axmad Madoobe has enemies coming out of everywhere, even the inside of a digsi.

Egyptian politicians caught in on-air Ethiopia dam gaffe Egyptian politicians are embarrassed after being caught suggesting hostile acts against Ethiopia to stop it from building a dam across the Blue Nile. They were inadvertently heard on live TV proposing military action at a meeting called by President Mohammed Morsi. Ethiopia last week started diverting the flow of the river in preparation for the $4.2bn hydroelectric dam. The Blue Nile is one of two major tributaries of the Nile. On completion, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam would be Africa's largest. It is expected to produce 6,000 megawatts, and its reservoir is scheduled to start filling next year. Apology As the participants did not know that the meeting was being aired live by state TV, they spoke their minds unreservedly. Their suggestions centred around military action as a decisive response to what one of them called a "declaration of war". One of the politicians suggested sending special forces to destroy the dam; another thought of jet fighters to scare the Ethiopians; and a third called for Egypt to support rebel groups fighting the government in Addis Ababa. "This could yield results in the diplomatic arena,'' liberal politician and former presidential candidate Ayman Nour told the gathering. Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, the leader of the secular Reform and Development party, said the presidency should have warned the participants in advance that the meeting would be broadcast live. "I am afraid most of the politicians who attended the meeting were not well informed about such a sensitive topic," he told the BBC. "But the statements made during the meeting do not represent the Egyptian official stance. It was just a chat between politicians who were angered by the Ethiopian plans." A presidential adviser apologised for failing to warn politicians. "I am sorry for any unintentional embarrassment," Bakinam al-Sharqawi said in a statement. Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and highly dependent on the water of the world's longest river. Ethiopia's decision to construct the dam challenges a colonial-era agreement that had given Egypt and Sudan rights to the Nile water, with Egypt taking 55.5 billion cubic metres and Sudan 18.5 billion cubic metres. That agreement, first signed in 1929, took no account of the eight other nations along the 6,700km (4,160-mile) river and its basin. Those countries have been agitating for a decade for a more equitable accord. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22771563

^^ As things stand and with comedy Jamaal being the only candadite to challlange Kulmiye, I doubt that Siilaanyo needs any help to win a re-election (even though I don't think he'll stand for another term).

^^ It's the usual Somali championing of anyone who manages to get himself in the news. Let him enjoy it while it lasts (for he's sure to say something to upset all these new found supporters).

Heh@Juxa..good luck with that one. My world? You just reminded me of Dahabo and my conversation with her this morning. Heh.

I like the smooth way nationalism has been discared for the sake of interst.

^^ Morning Juxa. I don't think I understand the question. Are you talking about the new "universal credit" thing?

First in, AGAIN! Morning all.

Congratulations, Yunis. You sound like you'll have yourself a long and very blessed marraige, saaxib. A&T, those small lies are what'll get us in the end.

GT, I know smoke the electronic ones. Yunis, if you want an easy life you always have to lie when it comes to food, decorations and any issue where a woman is fishing for a compliment.

^^ Hada waa "true story". Anigu been ma sheego, edibta igu kalifta.

nuune;958794 wrote: Thanks Ngonge, too much xayeysiis, I need press release from SKA in their website, will not even settle for PM or President saying the same On the other thread it says that he went back to work the next day. This in Somalia! The Somalia that brought down a Black Hawk. The isbaaro central. The place where people have been killed for less. Naga daaya.

^^ I don't believe a word of it.

I am a man of tedious routine. I wake up, I go to work and I work. I then return home and spend my time with the family until it gets to bed time where I sleep only to wake up and go to work again. There are very few variations to this routine of mine. Of course, I may occasionally visit the parents or go on holiday. Sometimes, on weekends, I may go out to buy something or take the kids out. But, for the most part, my routine remains the same. Maybe in a few years time, when the kids are teenagers and can fend for themselves, I may decide to alter my routine a bit. But for now, it shall remain the same. Therefore, when I happen to meet people, it is usually by chance and, normally, it would take place on my way from and to work. On such occasions, there isn’t much time for long conversations or sit downs. The whole meeting is hurried and, for my part, lacking of any boring details. Many people argue that we all lie, all cheat and all exaggerate. Now, whilst I hope I don’t sound like an old man reminiscing of a lost childhood, let me tell you right here and now that I am not a liar. I am not saying that I have never been one I am simply stating that I am not a liar today. In fact, I remember the exact date and time when I decided to stop lying. When I was twelve, I once went and spent my whole day in the local market. I wasn’t a man of tedious routine back then and would go wherever my fancy would take. So, it was the local market I went to that day, even though my parents have warned me about spending time in that area. I wasn’t a bad kid, a pickpocket or one of those feral children that hang around street corners all day. I was a good kid who did well in school and always had respect for his elders. But the hustle and bustle of the local market fascinated me and I enjoyed watching people haggle for goods, pedestrians argue over space and cars hooting for no reason at all. I also liked talking to random strangers or giving directions to those who were lost. On the day I decided to stop lying and when I got back home from an eventful day at the market, my parents were waiting for me. My siblings were all there but more importantly, three female friends of my sisters were also there. As a red blooded twelve year old boy, it will not come as a surprise to anyone to hear that I was in love with all these three girls. So, when my parents cornered me as I entered the house and started asking questions about my whereabouts on that memorable day, I panicked and I lied. Yet, they kept firing more questions at me and dissecting my replies until I finally stood there, before them, before my siblings and before the three objects of my affections, totally disarmed and stripped down with the naked truth. To say that I was ashamed, mortified and embarrassed is an understatement. However, that was not the only emotion I felt at the time. The overriding emotion I had was anger. I didn’t like being caught out in such an amateurish way and with such a small lie. I didn’t like my younger siblings, my sisters and my harem to see that I was a liar, even if I really were one. That was the day and reason I decided to stop lying. At first, being a naive twelve year old, I stopped lying about everything and I told the truth all the time. But then, as I started to grow and mature, I began to know the difference between real big lies and tiny white lies. When someone asked me how I was doing, twelve year old me would tell the truth even if I were having a really bad day. When my mother asked me if I liked her food, I’d scowl and tell her the truth, even if she spent hours in the kitchen making it. Now, with age and experience, I know that my wife’s (and mother’s) cooking is the best in the world. I know that the ugly scribbles my son made on that piece of white paper is as good as a Picasso or a Van Gogh. I know that life is great, even when it isn’t. In fact, these small lies come to me very naturally now and have become so automated that I hardly realise when I am doing them. Yet, I am not a liar and I never tell big lies that may come back and embarrass me like they did twelve year old me. As a result and going back to me randomly meeting people on my way from and to work, I often find myself uttering one of those tiny lies to them. After all, I am a man of tedious routine and I already know that any promises I make to these people about meeting them or phoning them in the near future are not likely to come true. But, it’s only a small white lie; like the beauty of my son’s paintings or my wife’s amazing cooking skills. I don’t tell lies, I am simply polite.

^^ What are you, a gun for hire?

Juxa, maskiinimada jooji and tell him to his face. Make him jump on the floor like a cat that's trying to avoid stepping on water. Nuune, next season promises to be one of the best in a very very long time. Shame we have Rodgers as our manager.

Ya sabaaax al first in, AGAIN! Morning all.

^^ Zack is slipping an early rumour in just in case things go wrong for the Imam and Jubbaland. Wax fahan.

Ibti, you make it sound like "average poeple" choose to live in that way. If they can afford it, they'll pay to make their life easier. Why can't you, mad woman?

^^ Doesn't get into the fifties in that part of the world, Norf? Saudi has always been a couple of degrees hotter than the UAE. Now imagine if you had to cook your food the Ibti way!

^^ I'm surprised it took you all this time to do this. What was stopping you?

^^ You don't have to. Just check out the results of the last three elections. Are you saying they were rigged?

Naxar Nugaaleed;958346 wrote: LOL, I think it was Hilary Clinton or more likely an African villager who so said that it takes a village to raise raise a child. Just the same, it takes a lot more then one man to usher in the kind economic acceleration that we have seen in Turkey the last few years. Be that as it may, I will concede that if you guys insist that he is responsible for the economic recovery of Turkey. Economically , he is accused of cronyism. Political stability, on the other hand is silly. The military used to step in if someone got out of line and went back to it barracks after an election. This man is responsible for both political and Social tension in that country. Politically he has destroyed all checks and balances in government. Socially, the gulf between Secular modern urbane Turks and more rural ones have never been wider. People feel stifled hence the charge of dictator. should all those grievances be set aside for economic prosperity supposedly brought by Erdogoan? No one man is every resonposible for any progress (not even Attaturk himslf). However, the policies of men usually are. In this case, it's Erdogan and his party. As for people feeling stifled, I think you're overreaching a bit in there, Naxar. Erdogan claims that for every hundred thousand protestors, he can raise a million of his own. And, considering that he won elections three consecutive times, I'd go with his version of events than your second hand one. (Having said all of that, I still think he's wrong in trying to fast track Turkey into an Islamic Republic. Things are fine as they are).

قلتليه هبيلي قلاس مي, قالتلي اصبر يا خادم, عاده باقيلي اني افرّش القعاده واصّبن التياب انا افدالك...