Originally posted by A laina: I also found out that my on the down low BF told his friend that we were together He ain't on the down low anymore. P.S. Troll will pass Boredom in number of posts sometime today. Eat that Ngonge.

Originally posted by Gediid: If I am not mistaken the last I heard of Jama Barre he lived in San Jose, CA but that was in the late ninties.I have no idea where he has gone since..... I'm happy to report Mr. Barreh is alive and well. He is with Sun Microsystems Inc. and back in Austin, TX. Just the excuse I needed to drive out there. Will report back once I've met with him, for the first time. Stay tuned.

^^ Oh I see. You find the death and destruction nice. I'm sorry. I missunderstood. Carry on.

Originally posted by NGONGE: I could go on, but I’m a family man and have many mouths to feed (they’re feeble, needy and always hungry). I can’t afford to pass on my ideas for free. :cool: Well, may be if you cut down on the stale Khat you buy from Omar 'the liar', your mouths wouldn't be so feeble, needy, and always hungry, Mr. family man.

^^ Dude, it's a little too early for JW, ain't it? What nice pictures?

Miskin, we're not at the bottom yet. Good questions you pose. Wait another 20-30 years and you might get an answer. Until then, relax and enjoy life.

Originally posted by Kashafa: ^^ 3.50 a gallon ? Comrade Castro: Your crediblity is at stake. I won't drive 40 miles to Tomball to get gas when I live in Jersey City. Haddad can go there if he likes. And I use premium gas on my 3.5L (255hp) Nissan Maxima, thank you! Edited: Kashafa, I see that you're taking a chapter out of my recently published Dirdiraale for dummies book. Dude, Haddad and I need no fuel to our ongoing battle of wits and whips. Enjoy the book tho, young'un.

Originally posted by Kashafa: Waiting for the first post to say that New Orleans was destroyed because of Mardi Gras........ Anyone ? Kashafa, don't hold your breath. Not many people know what Mardi Gras is. Incidently, about the only redeeming thing about NO was (notice I said was and not is) boobs for beads. I'll miss that. May the dead rest in peace and the living get back on their feet. P.S. I am aware the invade 1 or two more countries comment was in bad taste and of poor judgement. I'd just returned from the gas station then, see.

We already had Louisiana as the biggest source of imigrants to Texas. Now they have a real excuse. Not to mention, a gallon of gas is $3.50. Holy sh!t. Any more than this and I either walk to work or Bush will have to invade 1 or 2 more countries.

Originally posted by NGONGE: 1991? I wonder what sort of PC he used in 91! Back then, one would imagine, a 286 was state of the art. In 1991 I had a 486 DX 33 MHz with a math coprocessor and a whopping 4MB of RAM and 80MB of hard drive running Windows 3.1. That was the state of the art at the time. Fourteen years later, I have an Apple Powerbook G4 with 1.67 GHz clock speed and 1GB of RAM, running MAC OS X (Panther). I use my Dell laptop and SWBell phonebooks as a stand for my Mac. You know what they say, once you go Mac, there's no turning back

Originally posted by Femme Fatale: Why do something thats clearly haraam? Only things mentioned in the Quran are clearly haraam, Femme. This here was not even an issue 1400 years ago. Couple: Why not adopt and give already living kids a life and home? This I agree with you on. If I were faced with the option of surrogacy, adopting would be my only deterrent.

Originally posted by 7 0f Nine: [QB]mIRC opened my eyes to the world of Somalis and the internet…. . I will speak not of mIRC unless and until all statutes of limitations have expired on certain misdemeanors and at least one high crime. PPS I realise this makes me sound older than a comodore 64 but I assure all worried parties that I’m considerably younger than comrade Castro. [Cool] So Castro is the fossil around here? Isn't that nice? For you, Ngonge, I am Pharoah.

Originally posted by 7 0f Nine: Why wont these new comers show up for class? :mad: Still lining up at the financial aid office or hungover from frosh parties. They'll come around!

Originally posted by Animal Farm: I highly recommend Control Room and Weapons of mass deception – they both evaluate the role of the media/war after 9/11. I've seen both documentaries and while I learned from them, they did leave a bad taste in my mouth as things will get much worse before they get any better. Al Jazeera rocks. I'd spend many a hot Texas evenings in 2003 smoking sheesha and watching it in a local arab cafe. Then the Iraq war broke and these tinted black Crown Victorias started routinely circling the cafe, even parking in front of it for hours. Needless to say, my travel plans didn't include Camp X-ray at the time so I stopped going and didn't watch it since. My source for news continues to be Amy Goodman on the Democracy Now program on the Pacifica Radio Network. The call it the War and Peace report but it's got local, national and international news of what really matters. You can listen to the one hour show daily online. Try it.

Interesting indeed, OL. What seems like ancient history mixes in with today's events. Even more interesting when you know some of the names in the story. Thanks for posting that.

^^^ Michael Maren and his NomadNet are both alive and well. His book, The Road To Hell, is an absolute must read.

quote: Originally posted by Fidel: If you can afford it, donate to your local assassinate-a-warlord fund. Your best solution to the homeland? This may work but who's gonna act on it. Not even SOL Politiks junkies. Sure it would. If every Somali out there, man woman or child, donates $1.00 each, the sum would be in the millions. That's my retirement right there. Heck, I'll do it and secure a place in jannah off the backs of those cannibals.

Originally posted by shyhem: Sadly most of ya'll are older than previously thought.You know you're old when you start talking about internet and 1995 Shyhem, '95 was 10 years ago dude. And why sadly? These mile posts we're at you will reach too if you're fortunate that is.

Google and ye shall find, eh? Thanks CG. I'm going to do a search on Jama and other historic nomads tonight. Jama took hardcore to a level I didn't think was feasible for skinnies. I tried to follow in his footsteps and even landed an internship with IBM at some point. Years later I inteviewed with a firm in Austin, TX and the first thought in my head upon landing in the airport was: Jama could have walked these very same steps. Back in soc.culture.somalia (known to us lovingly as The Cave), there was another man, much like our NGONGE here, who could captivate an audience and bring a school yard full of kids to complete silence. His name was Sir Ato (a.k.a The Caveman). He was an eccentric man, a young man who looked as if the 60's had left him behind. He crisscrossed Canada in his fully equipped van. If I hadn't had the pleasure of meeting him in person years ago, I'd remain convinced to this day he was myth. I'm looking for him as well. Jama, along with the first Somali internet settlers, created soc.culture.somalia. It was very much like SOL but different at the same time. Then, most people used their real names and email addresses as stalker alerts were few and far in between. Old man moment: Those were really the days. So, if anyone knows Sir Ato, let me know. I'd even pay you for that information.

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: I believe Jaamac Barre must be the first Soomaali person to use the net, a decade before even this very site was founded in 2001. That has got to be true. Mr. Barre was one of the first, if not the first Somali person I met online. At the time, late '94 early '95, he'd been working at Cyrix after leaving IBM. Oh how things have changed. I wonder where he is now. A pioneer in his own right and a fellow nomad on the once booming soc.culture.somalia of yesteryear. Unfortunately, life happened and we lost contact. If anyone knows Jama Barre please PM me any information you may have on him. Oh, I was in Ottawa, Canada in 1991 freezing my skinny behind.

Originally posted by 7 0f Nine: Fidel , you is a good host. Thank you 7. Note the name change. I go by my last name now.

Originally posted by Coomay: question is how can we help?, dont you think it's a valid point? It is, brother Coomay. However, you will find much more wisdom from Sheherezade than from most of the regular patrons of the Politics section on SOL. It's a clan cafe over there where you couldn't even mention the names of the clans. As for Somalia's demise and what needs to be done about it, I say do yourself a favor brother and build yourself and your family. If you can afford it, donate to your local assassinate-a-warlord fund.

Originally posted by Alaina: ^^How many times have you sought out the fruitcake lady's advice She is the Fruitcake lady. Seriously though, that woman had a tongue that cuts like a knife. Quiet funny.

Originally posted by Source: Unlike other western countries Australia is all alone on this side of the globe. Except for the U.S. pacific fleet, described below. Such fleet would have ships or aircraft in or near Australia within hours if not minutes. Australia can be as ignorant and oppressive as the rest of the western countries with little or no fear of Indonesia or any other muslim country. The U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet covers more than 50% of the earth' surface, encompassing just over 100 million square miles. Each day, Pacific Fleet ships are at sea in the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, from the west coast of the U.S. to the Arabian Gulf. The Pacific Fleet encompasses approximately 200 ships, 2,000 aircraft and 250,000 Sailors and Marines. Together they keep the sea lanes open, deter aggression, provide regional stability, and support humanitarian relief activities. Source

It's becoming clearer and clearer that only the good die young. May our brother rest in peace and his family have the strength to move on.