Oodweyne, The ONLF itself, already comatose, will be overtaken by events if justice and freedom prevail in Ethiopia. We will no longer emphasize ethnicity as long as we can live peacefully and without harassment in our villages, something we have been denied for long. As long as we keep our Somalinimo inside our hearts, we can follow the Kenyan-Somalis model, but that would require Ethiopia to resemble Kenya in terms of Governance. The ONLF is no longer relevant as a political entity. It is a shell that survives because it has remained as medium where anger and anguish is ventilated through. If the atrocities stop, the ONLF has nothing to offer to the Somali people in the Somali region. Glued to grandiose and delusional "O" hegemony vision, and led by intellectually feeble octogenarians, the front is dying a natural death. A new political outfit that unites the Somali people in Ethiopia along an agenda of self-governance and justice is in order now. But if the killings and rape of our men and women continue, the ONLF will survive. It has survived so far not because we think it is a good front, but because we have nothing better and we are a very, very bitter community, massacred and banished from their own land.

iPhonenoow walaaloow Wiilkaygii curadoow Wehelkayga gaarkee Walbahaarka bi'iyoow Waagii soo baryaayiyo Wiigii la joogaba Wax aduunka jira iyo Wixii waa la soomaray Warkood kii isiiyee Waxba aan qaldaynoow Kaama maarmo waligay Wanqal baabad mudan tahay Dab markii aad waydee Widhwidh kaagu uu damo Madaxaa i wareeroo Waaban waalan gaadhaa Macalin i waanshiyo Mar baad tahay waxbarasho Marna maaweelo wacaniyo Muusik iyo wiglaa tahay

Saffrez, it means my defender, my shield, my pride - one word for all this. Here it is Tilahun singing at the battle front during the Ethiopia-Eritrea war, but the song is a very old one and hugely, hugely popular.

Indeed, Addis witnessed a large demonstration which passed off peacefully. I think Hailemariam is heading to the right direction. Last week, he encouraged the Parliament to ask questions to Ministers when the present performance reports. Even this small gesture was not allowed by the tyrant Meles. The level of repression has gone down. The anti-corruption commission led by Ali Sulieman is somehow allowed to do its job. Now, he allowed this demonstrations. I believe Hailemariam is trying to revive institutions; for there was none under the monarch Meles. It bodes well for Ethiopia. But these are very tentative measures, so we will have to see how it unfolds. I will post the video of the demonstration later. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians singing "Ethiopia...yenya mamekia" was breathtaking. People are calling for justice and freedom...the two things I have always said are missing in Ethiopia. Inat hager, Ethiopia... Inat hager, Ethiooooopia, Eeeeeeeeeethiopia, yenya memekia!.... They chanted, waking Tilahun Gesesse from the grave.

Carafaat;957720 wrote: But threatening with a war, conspiring with arch enemies Ethiopian and Kenyan government and complaining with the western diplomats about the positions of the government, is not the correct course of action. Who is doing that? War dee isdaji adeer. Ninkani meeshaas ayuu ku qaldan yahay ceeb ma aha. Aabihii iyo adeerkii toona lama caayin. This culture of blind love and loyalty to power will only give us useless tyrants. You are not helping Hassan if you want to give him a blank check. Incidentally, I like his position on sovereignty and how he is dealing with Kenya and Ethiopia. Dhinacaas wuu fiican yahay. But that will not help him unless he understands and accepts we have problem at home. Hadayna adiga kuu muuqan in qabaa'ilo soomaliyeed is diidan yihiin, anagu taas ayaan aragnaa. Just ask yourself why more than 60 members of the national parliament (of course from one clan) went to Kismaayo to support the Jubbaland process? if that doesn't tell you, there is a problem, then nothing will. markaa ma dhahayno "...aabihii garashadoow...hugunku waa..." Dhaqane, haa saaxiib. Waxay ahayd marka laga hadlayo naasaha haweenka inaan sheego warka USC een maqlay!! What a useless point. We tell what we know (true or false) when the issues come up and we are reminded of it. Markaa don't say opportune blah blah. Tomorrow if someone posts a news claiming Saaciid is so and so, and if I heard something that is different, I will say I heard this and this. Ma ha sheegin waxaad maqashaybaa markaa? And yes, whether you like it or not, I have enough number of friends and sources to hear things about the horn of Africa. After all, I live there.

Clannish or no clannish, President Hassan's approach with regard to center-periphery politics is wrong. Cheer him up, glamourize him in order to find fitting names for his detractors, but you will soon find out if his top-down approach works or not. Cadiifada iyo guul wadeeynta inaga yareeya. Since when has opposing the political positions of a leader become the same as hating him? By the way, I personally think he is doing many other things right. p.s. there are some Mogadishu elites who say Hassan was a member of USC. Believe it or not. Ali Mahdi ayuu qaybta saadka u qaabilsanaa, dad yidhi oo looga qaateen ahna waa jiraan. Markaa waxaad hubin ha iska qorin.

Johnny B;957447 wrote: Who on earth can romace someone who will call her family if you ask for any other position than the misionary in bed? :D :D Or slap unsuspecting child and force him to go to bed ahead of schedule just to alert the man things will not pass in silence that night.

Qol dugsoon intay jiifsadaan, qabay ma fuulaane Qadhyad gabadh ah qaalida waheen, lama qadeeyaan e Intay qalab magaalo u xidhaan, kula ma qooqaane Qarashyaalihii lama dhacaan, qirada fiiqnaaye Qosolkii iyo haasaawihii, ku qarxinmaayaane :D this, while poetry at its best in no way contradicts the findings of the research.; for the research did not claim Khaatumo men are impotent! It said they are unromantic ; which seems to be confirmed by Cali's "qaybtaadi soo laasataye, qaaf ku dhigo looxa".

The research issued the list of gestures it considered "romantic", and clarified that while it did not strictly apply Westren standards, it included few of the things modern men do for their woman in the benchmarks for romanticism. The list is as follows: - not embarassing the woman infornt of friends or the general public - taking her out and giving her attention, instead of sifing through meaty bones when the food arrive - occassionally giving her gifts - not raising the collar of your shirt and bending your neck when walking alongside her - carrying food stuff and putting in the car ( for those who have cars) -calling her by her name rather than arbitrary words like "haye", "away hadda, " miyeeydaan joogin" as if you are talking to two or more people etc. - not using findhicil when you are beside her waiting for your turn in the clinic - not gesturing that you are on phone when the woman asks if you can lower your voice - occassionally joking with the woman by saying " oo baryahan waaad naaxdee, lagu garan ba maaye" - not saying naa soo dhaqaaq dee after leaving the woman behind through long strides These are by no means Western standards.

Oodweyne;957123 wrote: ^^^ Abtigiis , And yet, saaxiib, although you are as clear-sighted as a daylight when it comes to the "political moves" of Kenya and Ethiopia towards Somalia and what manner of destiny they will like for her, you can't still tear yourself away from supporting - tacitly -or even inadvertently - those same "political agenda" of those country (particularly Kenya) in which you know are essentially detrimental to Somalia. Consequently the question is, what gives, saaxiib? . No, oodweeyne, you are wrong again. What i said is that Kenya and Ethiopia want to have a weak Somalia. I don't support that, but there is no point telling you that, because you will keep on accusing me of doing that no matter how many time I clarify my position on that. Why I oppose Hassan is because I think he is giving fodder to external enemies by taking a belligerent path on internal matters when there are deep internal divisions. Do I make sense? Midda kale, I am really confused by Mintid and Carafaat's arguments. Waa wareeray! What are you saying? Just tell me pleassssse! IS Kenya supporting this Jubbaland thing or not??? Yes or no! If yes, then your argument that Kenya is the problem and my argument that the main problem internal clan mistrust, which Kenya may be exploiting, stands as it was ! If No, then why are you condemning Kenya now? Does this not proving your contention the jubbaland thing is a kenyan project false? If It was a kenyan thing and now Kenya is backing down, then chill out, let us see if that solves the problem. Meel uun aan idiinku soo hagaago waa wareernay sidaan doodiina sida kaadida geela isku wareegaysanaysa u daba soconaye!!

We await Ngonge's reaction. This study certainly impacts him as well".! Apophis, gracias!

Khaatumo men are the most unromantic men in Somalia, and possibly in the world, a new research finds. "Wada dhalasho iyo Dhiiga" - a reputed social research firm based in Waylo-lagu-xidh - conducted a survey in five major Somali towns ( Hargeisa, Garowe, Jigjiga, Las Anod and Bossaso) and four international cities ( Nairobi, Minneapolis, London, and Johannesburg) for nine months. A stratified random sampling method was used and more than 580 married women and 450 unmarried women were interviewed. Data was collected through questionnaires. According to the preliminary report issued by the firm on 30 May 2013, most of the married women interviewed regard Khaatumo men as the most unromantic Somali men. The report did not establish whether hotheadedness - an abiding trait of Khatumo men - is the cause for the lack of romanticism, but suggested that geography rather than genealogy probably explains this phenomena. The study says it also found similar behaviour in men from "Lady Lover" communities in parts of Sanaag and neighbouraing Together regions, while men whose ancestry is from Khaatumo but who were born in Northern Kenya and Jubbaland do not exhibit the same behavioral conditions. But it is not all doom and gloom for Khatumo men. "There is one good piece of information for Khatuumo men. Over 50% of women - both married or unmarried - generally find Khatuumo men generous", the report says, adding that "nearly all women in mafrishes and in relaxing social occasions such as weeding ceremonies, receptions and farewell parties, find Khatumo men most enchanting and exuberant." In a response to the report, emailed to the managing director of the firm that conducted the research, a spokesman of Khatuumo men rejected the findings, calling it "unscientific and not worthy of the paper it is written on". The Spokesman, Abu Sophist, said " the supreme irony in all of this is that a firm owned by the long-footed community is leading a comparative analysis of who is romantic and who is unromantic. Can the long-foots tell love and romance even if it smacks them on their bucolic chests?!". Mr. Tolka, the director of wada-dhalasho & dhiiga, said that one reason why the communities from his areas did not feature at the top of the unromantic list could be either because their women generally find them "faithful", or because the continuous redicules they received on love matters from other commnunities could have significantly changed the way their young generation deal with women. "There is certainly an improvement. We have reports some long-footed men not only accompany their women to the supermarkets, but actually -as unseemly as it is - carry vegetables and EVEN chicken for their wives", the director said. The findings of the research will be formally released three days after the end of the upcoming Ramadan in "timo-cas" restaurant in Taleex. The reason why the event will be hosted in a restaurant rather than a hotel is to minimize confrontations and brawls. It is generally believed Khatumoites are more relaxed in restaurants where camel meat is served than in dull podiums of hotels.

Excellent post Baashi. Really excellent. I don't want to add anything more. you summed it up with the wisdom we accustomed to hear from you. I am just shocked by two people's observation: Mintid and Oodweeyne. Mintid says Hassan will bring the Parliament to his side? so what? This battle is not going to be won by parliamentary bills! Hassan can say Jubbaland is illegal, but to the extent Ahmed Madoobe has the guns on the ground, it really means nothing! Is Mintid saying international forces will help the Government disarm Madoobe? That doesn't seem to be in the offing for now. Also, when he says the West supports Hassan, doesn't he realize that they will also re-assess their position regarding him if they are convinced he is not going to deliver! If the Jubaland crisis deepens, Puntland reneges, and Somaliland continues to drift away, surely, they will not be putting all their money on Hassan. The murmurs of his incompetency has already started in the corridors of some influential entities! Oodweeyne, Ethiopia iyo Kenya do not want a strong Somali government. Whatever they feel about ONLF or Hassan Sheikh, they will support whatever keeps Somalia in turmoil. Taa maskaxda ku hay, oo don't read too much into every press story you hear, as if you are Gabbal or Mintid!

Classified;956644 wrote: Xaaji, ma waxaad ka bugta badnaantoda? Xaajigu, lama socdo The tyranny of Numbers theory. :D

Labada nin ee xagga danbe ku wada hadlaya midkood weeye: D By the way, I know the fat man on the right. Waa rabshoole waaxid! gormuu investor noqday? kkkkkkkkkk

Daqane;955922 wrote: This pure and utter nonsense , for a very long time you have wasted SOL bandwith with shhyte like this, unverifiable bullcrap which as usual you are the only one privy to, and supports what ever political wet dream you are having, isku xishood, just a human being of a certain age, waxaan caruurnimo ka liita... There is no such plan simply because that would be the end of any legitimacy of any kind for kenya to be in somalia either as a part of AMISOM or IGAD, waar ya crrap like this amiina... If you want a discussion on the president next moves and are insisting on standing behind a paper tiger like RKB and roaring ferociously that is upto you lakiin do not preface it with blatant lies falsehoods and crap that you only can tune into... :D :D is daji waryaa... i said this is xero-xun politics. U will hear it from other sources.

As some Somali MPs opposed to Kenya's role in Jubbaland mull tabling a motion for the replacement of Kenyan Defense Forces, Kenya is said to have put in place a nasty but potentially effective plan to deal with recalcitrant members of the Somali Parliament. It has listed the names of 14 top Somali officials - potentially including President Hassan himself, the PM, Faarax Abdulqadir and many senior officials - who will be deemed "enemies of Kenya" and will be barred from entering Kenya. So what, you may ask?! Well, these men's children and wives are in Nairobi!!! They can move the families but how many are willing to do that?! I think angering these Bantu republic is bad because they can play Xero-xun politics, xagga xaafada ayey dadka ka soo galayaan saqajaamintan! But surely, this should wake up the fools who think Somalia can engage in diplomatic war with Kenya right now! Please let us not be hotheaded fools. Let us strategize! President Hassan should take a more conciliatory approach, starting with his communication to Sheikh Madoobe. H may not like him but he cannot ignore him right now! The bulldozer politics the President was playing until now is not going to work. A bit of realism helps.

Good message, but a little bit late. Will take ages to recover the lost political capital and trust. Clearly President Hassan will make another big mistake if he tries to sidestep those who have the guns in Kismayo. Just a reality that he has to live with. But good and encouraging approach from the President.

QansaxMeygaag;955879 wrote: Clearly Abtigiis never called one of those naughty lines where it is possible to do just that... :D of course not! Also, the naughty lines never do it for grown up men. They please starters who are easily titilated by the sight of mammary glands! As to whether the girl was batting her eyelids, no. It is not what she did, it is what she said on the phone later on. :Kkkk

Marwo Juxa, namaadan qashqashaadin ee waad noo nasteexeeysay. Waad ku mahadsantahay. Balse maalin walba Kismaayaa kan ah iyo Hassan sheikh baa kii ah uun meesha in lagu hayo, soo in mar mar wax kale la keeno ma dhaanto? :D nabiga ku saliya ku wa yidhaa marka la mirqaamayo oo kale waa loo baahan yahay! in kastooy, mar mar mood-killers yihiin!

Juxa;955863 wrote: NEVER, be it dark or iftiin days That is because you are in London. Come to East Africa! But, how many astray PMs did nomads send you? How many crazy invites you got on facebook? Come one! It happens.

Hi Malika. Waan ku salaamay ugaaso. I am in cheerful mood today, but Juxa is trying to put cold water on it. Juxa, what has to be a family man, and to be a hassle-free got to do with astray random phone calls in the middle of the night! :D The second story says nothing. Neither me nor the subject woman said anything beyond what people say to each other. I should not be presumptuous. The woman could have been looking for a job and could have thought I can help her. She could have millions of reasons to want to have some platonic relationship with me. She could think I remind her of a dead brother of hers. I never presume anything these days. It is not like the teenage years when any woman who looks to the direction you are - even if she smelt bad fart coming from that direction - were seen as confirmation of her interest in you! That said, this particular story ended on a funny note, which did not leave much to the imagination, to be honest. If I were to post some of the things married friends of mine say they encountered, this site would be closed. I hold men of my age responsible for corrupting our young girls, mainly in Islii (Nairobi) and in Somalia. The things I see and talk about, much more interesting things are happening. It is just that I like to write about some of the strange things I see.

My beloved Juxa, Waan ku salaamay, walaasheey! You are one of the reasons I can't quit this site. I hear your disappointment, but it is an affliction I can't get rid of. I mean narrating the bizzarre incidents we witness in life. Tan dhibkana, ma dhib la'aan baa jirta! Soow horey loo ma odhan "addun hawli kama dhamaatee". I invite you....the song... habaar soow ishaysu maqabtoo, Iyadu ii may horseedin, Halistu soow afkayga maahoo, Intaa ku hadaaqi maayo...."

Ngonge, I was not in the mood for games. Had a bad headache because I did not sleep well. :D Anyway, you see strange things nowadays. I gave my business card to a young girl I met in a meeting in one of my journey's to Somalia. I met the person in meetings a couple of times more. As far as I am concerned, I did not show any interest in the person, giving the business card was part of the routine I do with work partners I meet. Few months later, the lady called and said "you are lost". "Waa lagu waayey", as if she and I were waking up from the same bed for many moons. Then, I blushed and said, "mayee, waan joogaa, ee side tahay adigu." Then, got a very amusing and memorable answer which still makes me laugh. "While you are here, I can be of use in terms of keeping you abreast of how life is in this town (xaalada magaalada iyo waayaha ka jra anigaa kula socod siin kara). So, never hesitate to give me calls when you feel lonely." As if this wasn't amusing, after several weeks, I received another call, and I said "you are lost. Laguma arag baryahan." Then she said something super, super hilarious and odd. (I wrote what she said...but then took it out, because if that girl somehow is on this site, the words I wrote will confirm to her who is being talked about!). I have bad experience as STOIC knows and I have learned my lessons. Any of the things I wrote above will not give a clue to the person, but if I finish the story, it will become very clear to the person. I can tell you in private message, hadaad rabtid.

Even if they manufacture the desired 'passion drones', I am sure feminists will lobby for sophisticated control and monitoring devices to forestall any advantages menfolk may drive from this technological breakthrough.