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Just looked at some of the Google keywords that had led people to visit my site and couldn’t stop laughing, check it out:


Some the funnier ones include:

• “beirut hot women”
• “clubs for russian prostitutes in dubai in 2009″
• “lebanes babes fukig in bairut” [ ed: "Horny and dyslexic is no way to go through life son.." ]
• “lebanese prostitutes in dubai in 2009″
• “meet women sassine beirut”
• “giant brass balls” [ ed: WTF - Why would you google for this? ]

Yup, that’s the kinda site this is all right.

Yup, most UK journalists nowadays do seem to be a bunch of moronic art student half wits as demonstrated by this little gem here:

“Allergic to wi-fi! How ‘electrosmog’ leaves Afterlife DJ in agony

We’ve heard of people trapped in their homes by a stubborn fear of the outdoors. But Steve Miller is forced to avoid the most ordinary public places because of an allergy to modern technology. The DJ, who once played at the massive Pacha club in Ibiza, is hit by dizziness, confusion and nausea whenever he’s near a wi-fi connection.
…
There have been calls for the Government to determine whether or not wireless networks can damage your health. In April, teaching leaders called for the technology to be removed from schools to protect children from a heightened risk of sterility and cancer.” (Source: Daily Mail (of course))

Sounds worrying, right? Except that the guy made it all up! Yup, there is no such thing as “wifi allergy” and anyone convinced that they have this “condition” needs to see a psychiatrist rather than tell all of us to turn off our wireless devices and go back to living in caves.

A follow-up by Ars Technica reveals the whole episode was in fact a publicity stunt at the expense of credulous retards that seem to make up a lot of the UK media:

“There is no WiFi allergy: newspapers misreport PR as science

Newspapers fall for the PR campaign behind a new album, and credulously repeat a DJ’s claims that he suffers health problems from WiFi exposure, a condition that doesn’t appear to actually exist

The reason? Someone claiming to suffer from a condition that doesn’t appear to exist is releasing an album named after the apparently nonexistent condition, and wanted to raise its profile. In short, the news reports provided false health information because the reporters fell for a PR stunt.” (Ars Technica)

Had a whole day to myself so drank a lot of coffee around Sassine square and then went down to Hamra:



Full set of photos

Whilst there, some poor guy got shot in the foot in front of my hotel:

“A drive-by shooting occurred in Achrafieh Tuesday outside the Le Gabriel Hotel where Nayla Tueni, a candidate for the Orthodox seat in the Achrafieh district for the upcoming parliamentary elections, was announcing her electoral program”

Full story from NOW! Lebanon

Whilst killing time in my hotel room I saw this:

Julia Booby

I am a fan of Ms Booby. See her in all her glory at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cairo-Egypt/Booby-julia/50152265307?aid=6002255935648

I know times are hard, credit is crunched and all that. But I still can’t believe a reasonable adult would fall for this crap but many, based on what a quick glance of my facebook news feed indicates, seemingly still do:

Facebook Pyramid Scam

Text from ad:

“I LOVE MONEY do you want to make more money after christmas?? is you rnew years resolution to be better for 2009? if you can invest as little as £3 -£10 as a one off payment then you can achive a substantial return on your investment. for more info email now ltd time only dont miss out we have already helped thousands make a better life for no work at all”

Another gem from the same page:

“Cash Co-operative Dbl your money 100 % Guaranteed
Do you wish you could make your money work for you as hard as you do for it? Well why not try our cash co-operative scheme, due to online fraud, we do ask that you contact us direct in first instance…

In a moment of sporadic civic virtue I decided to actually report the page to the FB “authorities” with the following message:

“Please remove this page as it is either a straight forward pyramid scam or an ad for some exotic investment vehicle which breaks so many US, EU and UK financial service regulations that it’s not even funny.”

Look, pyramid scams are neither big nor clever and WILL end in tears – just ask the Albanians…

‘A police spokesman in Kwara State has been quoted as saying that the “armed robbery suspect” would remain in custody until investigations were over.
But another police spokesman told the BBC the goat was being held in case its owner claimed it.’

Source: BBC News