April 2014

Imran Khan boarding the wrong train…as usual

The author argues that Imran Khan is backing the wrong side in joining the campaign against Geo, since the army’s grip on politics has been weakening for years and Geo’s…

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Black money for (smooth) roads, (sturdy) lamposts

A satirical comment on the long-promised pursuit of black money, citing Nehru’s 1945 lamp-post pledge, Arvind Kejriwal and Lalu Yadav’s smooth-roads promise, with a news extract on the disclosure of…

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MH 370 located in Bay of Bengal (maybe)

A comment on a claim that wreckage matching a Boeing 777 has been found in the Bay of Bengal, 5,000 km from the official search area; the poster has doubts…

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Slum-dog vs. Hans Solo

The poster summarises John Oliver’s segment on the Indian election, which pokes fun at American indifference, Rahul Gandhi’s lineage, Narendra Modi’s record on the 2002 riots and CNN’s inflated electorate…

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Is Gypsy really a bad word?

A comment with an extract from 3 Quarks Daily on why the word gypsy is considered derogatory by Roma, noting persecution across Eastern Europe, followed by the poster’s recollection of…

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Having an insider knowledge

The poster relays Steve Sailer’s remarks on a lawyer in the Clippers scandal, then adds a commenter’s and his own speculation about what the lawyer’s Persian first name and Muslim…

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Why Hamid Mir was shot..

A comment on why the Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir was shot, crediting him for publicising Balochistan while allowing that he was haughty and nationalist at times, followed by extracts including…

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Selfie (833AM), self-less (834AM)

A warning against taking selfies, texting or posting while driving, prompted by a news extract on a woman killed in a US head-on collision seconds after updating her status.

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How to safeguard against the coming extinctions

The author reflects that English is becoming the new Latin, noting how Ugandan families switch from local languages to English or Luglish, and compares the loss of linguistic diversity to…

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An Atheist upgrades to Allah (via Jesus )

A comment on an interview with Reza Aslan on tradition, why al-Qaeda is not anti-modern and his own moves from Christianity to Islam, with the poster asking what led him…

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