This is insane! One of the leading bloggers in Kuwait wrote about his bad experience at Benihana there, and the next thing he knew… they’re suing him for the article!
Archive | What the fuck!
Future Movement demonstrators attacking the press
Via Now Lebanon
Shocking video coming in from news outlets today shows angry demonstrators in Tripoli attacking the press.
The first video shows rioters pushing against a news truck and attempting to tear down the satellite on top.
The video below it shows a vehicle (allegedly belonging to Al-Jazeera news) being set on fire.
Demonstrators also torched the mopeds of other media outlets, according to AFP.
Beyonce’s Heat ads vandalized at Dora highway
Seems like Beyonce’s new Heat perfume ads were too provocative for some people! I was on my way to work this morning when I noticed they were vandalized overnight at Dora highway. (Same as what happened to Marie France’s ads back in May)
The act is pretty weird though… there are much more other explicit ads all over the country, why did they decide to just target this one?
Anyway, it’s good no one thought of playing the video commercial of the perfume at one of the newly installed outdoor giant screens!
Achrafiyeh is loyal to Don Corleone
I saw this banner signed by “the people of Achrafiyyeh” at Sassine square last week right after the municipality elections was over, and it only lasted for a few days there before it was removed.
Translation: The proud Achrafieh is loyal to Antoune Sehnaoui
How can people be loyal to a gangster? Is he Don Corleone or something? I bet it was Sehnaoui’s bodyguards who put up that banner!
See through ads!
If you have passed by Dora in the last few days then you must have noticed the new Marie France ads displayed all over the highway, there are tens of them on the road!
On my way back from work yesterday I was surprised to see each and every one of these ads ripped in the middle (right on the chest area)!
Apparently someone felt irritated of this campaign and decided to take matters into his own hands! We’re actually used to these acts from time to time in other areas where provocative ads get covered with black spray, but not in Dora.
So who could be the one this time? I doubt it’s a religious extremist group, I say it might be some feminist movement…
Partying on the highway
I was on my way to Beirut on Sunday when I saw these guys literally having a party on the highway all the way from Halat to Jounieh!
Everyone in the car was standing, including the driver…
… since he can drive with his feet!
They kept exchanging CD’s with the Picanto on the left.
“the party don’t start until I walk in” more wazawiz are here!
Surprisingly (or not), there were several policemen on the road and none of them bothered to stop that car!
That’s definitely taking “wazwaza” to a whole new level!
On Lebanese parliament members and their purchasing power
I was on my way to work this morning when I saw this Porsche Panamera with a parliamentary plate number.
While members of the Lebanese parliament can afford such luxury car (priced at around $150,000?) from the salary that they work “really hard” to earn at the end of each month from the taxes we pay for (especially on gas and phone bills), the average employee in Lebanon can hardly afford a Kia Pianto, and of course cries his heart out when visiting Lebanon Motor Show.
Samir Kassir Award open to Israeli journalists
The issue has been raised on the Tayyar.org website two days ago. As you can see in the snapshot below taken from the regulations page, Samir Kassir’s contest is open to journalists in several countries including Israel!
I have no idea what journalists from Israel have to do with this contest, and I am surprised that until today those who are responsible of it still have not fixed it or even provided an explanation. Oh and please don’t blame it on a copy paste mistake!
Bullshot powder
Sniffing powder to get an energy boost? That’s the ultimate “faseid”!!
Whoever thought of importing this to Lebanon is a corrupt mind. It simply makes it easy on drug addicts to practice their “tizyii7” habits publicly while pretending it’s the Bullshot powder!
On heavy rain
What’s the real use of a drainage system if it is unable to remove water when it heavily rains? Or is it designed in Lebanon to just accommodate the water that comes out of Im Salim’s house lama toshtof bayta?
To my bad luck I was on the road in Tarik El-Jadida when it was heavily raining in Beirut today, I’ll just leave the photos to speak about how bad the situation was there.
