Bad Weather, A Stolen Thunder And Some Crowd Spinning.

Today’s turnout was compromised by many factors, opening the door for malicious spin and legitimate questions.

Here’s a mischievous question for the average Hariri or March 14 diehard: If you were a mother who just learned that an international terrorist has been bombed in next door Syria, and that his funeral was taking place at the [...]

Faux-Sympathy

The opposition’s posturing on Hariri’s memory is disingenuous and sickening.

In his OTV appearance, Sayyed Hassan Nassrallah said that the M.O.U between Hezbollah and Aoun was lesser than the one that existed between him and the then Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Mr. Nabih Berri is berating Mr. Saad Hariri for “sowing division” at the eve of [...]

Open Thread: Which American President Would Be Best For Lebanon?

As Super Tuesday approaches, Lebanese Americans should think hard about the President that would be best for America and best for Lebanon. My two cents.

I’m a sucker for Barack Obama. I enjoyed watching every speech he made, twice. Yesterday, I started a nasty habit of mass emailing the “Yes We Can” Youtube video [...]

Should The Lebanese Care About The Winograd Report?

Israel didn’t win the July war. But does that mean that Hezbollah did? Should we care?

The much awaited Winograd report on the July war finally came about. Since most of us humans won’t bother reading 600 pages, all we really need to know about the report’s conclusions is that the Israeli establishment failed to achieve [...]

Who Killed Captain Wissam Eid?

All the Lebanese should once and for all accept the fact that the assassinations have one target: The International Tribunal.
(Reuters)
It is heart breaking when the Lebanese disagree among themselves when assassinations like today’s take place.
They must understand that such explosions don’t happen because there is a political vacuum that needs to be filled and they [...]

More Statistics For Lebanon. But Not The Important Ones.

The EU has donated money to the Lebanese Government’s body of statistics. But of course no one is talking about the big statistical elephant in the Lebanese room.

Am I the only one who finds this news item amusing:
The European Union has donated 545,000 euros ($800,000) worth of information-technology equipment and software to Lebanon’s Central Administration [...]

Scandal: In Lebanon, Facebook Comments Can Land You In Jail

A case involving four Lebanese university students being jailed for “insulting” a woman on Facebook shows just how backward our justice system can be.

Last year in the U.S, a girl by the name of Megan Meier was found dead in her room. She had hanged herself.
Megan wasn’t particularly attractive and she had troubles with her [...]

Best Quote Of The Day…

..Goes to Naeem Kassem, Hezbollah’s second in command. This is what he said :

الاختلاف بين الموالاة والمعارضة ليس على وزير بل بين مشروعين ورؤيتين، رؤية تريد أن تجعل لبنان منصة للوصاية الأميركية ورؤية تريد أن تجعله دولة مستقلة… وحين نطلب المشاركة في الحكومة فلأننا نريد أن نحمي هذه الحكومة من تأثير الوصاية الأميركية
Translation (mine):
The disagreement [...]