Gaza's Darwin Award

Unfortunately, the person who deserves the Darwin Award for this one is the one who is still alive. He managed to kill someone else instead.

A student was accidentally shot dead Sunday by her brother while celebrating her success in passing the Tawjihi high school exit exams, police said.
Fatima Al-Masdar was killed by a stray bullet during celebratory gunfire to mark the release of Tawjihi results in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Al-Masdar had scored 95.2 percent in the tests, which prepare students for entry into universities.
In the Middle East, it is customary for men to fire gunshots into the air to celebrate wedding parties and other significant events, but Palestinian security services have repeatedly warned the public not to use weapons or fireworks during celebrations to avoid tragedies.

And you thought it's all genetic and you couldn't have a bright kid and a moron in the same family....
Picture at the top is not connected.

via israelmatzav.blogspot.com

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Dubai's Economy about to fall even with oil profits

Thu Nov 26, 9:16 AM ET

Rising high among the towers in Business Bay, Burj Dubai, the world tallest tower, which is still under construction, is scheduled to be open in January 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. In a brief statement Wednesday, Dubai's government said its main development engine, Dubai World, would ask creditors for a 'standstill', and to delay maturity of its $60 billion debt until at least May 2010.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills — causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment.

The fallout came swiftly and was felt globally after Wednesday statement that Dubai's main development engine, Dubai World, would ask creditors for a "standstill" on paying back its $60 billion debt until at least May. The company's real estate arm, Nakheel — whose projects include the palm-shaped island in the Gulf — shoulders the bulk of money due to banks, investment houses and outside development contractors.

In total, the state-backed networks nicknamed Dubai Inc. are $80 billion in the red and the emirate needed a bailout earlier this year from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, had continually dismissed concerns over the city-state's liquidity and claims it overreached during the good times.

When asked about the debt, he confidently assured reporters in a rare meeting two months ago that "we are all right" and "we are not worried," leaving details of a recovery plan — if such a plan exists — to everyone's guess.

Then, earlier this month, he told Dubai's critics to "shut up."

via news.yahoo.com

My Brother didn't VOTE!

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my brother couldn't be bothered to vote...  I say do over.... actually he was in NYC at his job and couldn't make it back to Poughkeepsie....

Psycho's Brother

Most people didn't realize that Norman Bates had a well adjusted brother who worked as a social worker.  Neighbors could always hear him screaming late at night before he moved out, "Damn it Norman.  Stop it with the dress already.  It really isn't funny"

DUMMY HA HA

It is amazing how many people hide between free thought to express hate speech. Recently I friended someone on facebook who ran a popular alternative website for free thought. I was excited to have such a influential friend that ran a website that was popular. The next week I returned to the same website and saw it was full of videos that were sympathetic to terrorists. I contacted my new friend who ran the site. He said while he personally felt sympathy for my point of view (because he was "CONSERVATIVE" he said), that his website was for free thought and he would not censor. He then offered me an opportunity to post my own things on his site. To test him I asked him if his website was so open minded to caustic expression, could I post photos of young children naked (I was speaking hypothetically... to find out how far he would take free expression). He didn't respond. Freedom of speech has it's limitations! Never believe someone who hides behind free expression. If it is hate speech or if the website features something obscene like Pedophilic images, there are limits to free expression. I brought up the obscene issue to prove a point. That this guy was picking and choosing his limitations of expression and he was a hypocrite. I hate to bring in such an extreme example... but I was trying to prove a point on free expression.