Nam Et Ipsa Scientia Libertas Est.

Journaling on personal encounters in Beirut, politics, media, culture, world affairs, and what not.

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Top U.S. Health Official: American Importers Have Duties on Product Safety Too, Says Leavitt, written 2 days ago,

Health Consumers of Europa, written 5 days ago, Currently flipping through the European Health Consumer Index for 2008, which seems to rate nations (in Europe) based on how well the health system treats patients and how empowered patients are. Though as I flip through it, they frequently point out t...

Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack, written 2 days ago, The Pentagon has suffered from a cyber attack so alarming that it has taken the unprecedented step of banning the use of external hardware devices, such as flash drives and DVD’s, FOX News has learned. The attack came in the form of a...

The Pickle Matrix, written 2 days ago, I popped into Burger King today for the first time in ages. I asked for a burger - nothing more - and handed over a fiver. The girl behind the till took my fiver and stuck her hand out. So I shook it. She didn’t respond well. Turns out I needed to hand over a...

GLOBAL HOME blog.

'A sadist and a smell-smock and a coxcomb', written 1 week ago, Joseph Bottum, editor of First Things, on Naipaul's authorized biography: Perhaps there's some master plan behind it all, some half-baked notion in which Naipaul imagines that future generations will see him as a heroic refuser of hypo...

Negro Spirit Guide in the White House?, written 1 week ago, Bijan C. Bayne has written a smart piece on The Root about the legacy and continued relevance of the Negro Spirit Guide in pop culture. His is a response to Tina Brown's disturbing argument that Obama will serve as a magical Negro Spirit Gu...

Amos Gitai's Disengagement, written 3 days ago, A new film by Amos Gitai is hitting theaters in Israel, after being featured in several festivals around the world. The film stars Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, and Dana Ivgy. The plot revolves around a Jewish French woman who goes on a journey to ...

BJP rides 'Ashwamedha Rath' hoping to capture Delhi, written 2 days ago,

Seyyeds wasting Iranian Gold, written 5 days ago, Achaemenid 400 BC Reuters reports that Iran has converted some of its estimated $120 billion in foreign reserves (namely euros) to gold. No details were given, but it appears the main reason for the switch was declining oil revenues.

Sources: GE Could Close or Merge CNBC, written 3 days ago, Dateline USA.... America's premier cable TV business news network, CNBC, could be cut back, shut down, or merged with its sister network, MSNBC, which specializes in political news. China Confidential has learned that CNBC's principal par...

Major Incident in Bedford - Update, written 1 week ago, Bedfordshire Police have confirmed that a man has died after being stabbed in Alexandra Road, Bedford. The victim, thought to be a 19 year old local man, was found seriously injured outside The Studio Club on Saturday night. The Police said ...

The Collective Lounge blog.

Simple Pakistan news and stories, blogged without religious, political or military tones.

Iran arrests Israel-visiting 'Blogfather', written 3 days ago, Sitting at the bar of a dark restaurant a few yards from the Israeli prime minister's house in Jerusalem, the guy with the short, dark hair and dingy T-shirt didn't really stand out. He was dressed down in a manner...

Video of the day, written 2 days ago, Vote for Cox’s Bazaar in the New7Wonders. Via M@qTanim

Possible Contenders in Next Year's Elections, written 1 week ago, MABB © ® If the new Constitution is approved next year in January, which is expected to happen, the next step will be to pass laws to start implementing the new system. After that, the other significant event will be the general el...