I couldn’t be arsed (that’s supposed to be the “hip” thing to say nowadays – ask my daughter) so have a wonderful, peaceful, healthy and prosperous twothousandandsex!

Love you all.

and more than ready to fire:

Interviewer: “You have been accused of heresy by some places… some Internet forums.”

Ghada Jamshir: “So what? Even in mosques they accuse me of heresy. So what? You think that if they accuse me of heresy, it affects me?”
MEMRI

but wait, there’s more, in the above interview she lambasts the Shi’a for Muta’a and the Sunna for Misyar and accuses both of child molestation, I honestly didn’t think that it could even remotely be interpreted like that! And then, this morning’s papers have the happy news when our resident almost blogger Tariq Khonji reports:

Court clears Jamsheer of defamation
WOMEN’S rights activisit Ghada Jamsheer was found not guilty of defaming a Sharia judge by the Lower Criminal Court yesterday. The court ruled that there was not enough evidence to prosecute Ms Jamsheer because the judge only had one witness who supported his claim that she had used bad language and accused him of using prostitutes.

The alleged incident is supposed to have taken place at the Justice Ministry’s premises in the Diplomatic Area, but only one witness would testify that he had heard Ms Jamsheer insult the judge, although another did say that he only heard her call him an ‘oppressor’.

“The judge ruled in favour of my client because there wasn’t sufficient evidence against her,” said Ms Jamsheer’s lawyer Mohammed Al Mutawa.

Ms Jamsheer had always denied any wrongdoing.

“I’m very pleased with the results. The fact that I have won a case against a Sharia judge shows that the courts are transparent and just.”

The rulings came from the criminal court but Ms Jamsheer vowed to continue her fight for the reform of the Sharia courts and its judges, which she and other critics say are given too much scope for interpretation.

This is the latest in a string of cases against Ms Jamsheer and the first in which she was actually found not guilty.

The previous cases were either dropped or dismissed by the court as illegitimate.

This leaves only one case remaining against Ms Jamsheer. It was filed by the same judge, who claimed that she had called him on the phone and sworn at him.

Ms Jamsheer is one of Bahrain’s most vocal advocates for a personal status law to replace the current Sharia system, which has often been criticised for being unfair to women.

Campaigners say that Sharia judges often rule unfairly in favour of men in custody, divorce and inheritance issues, and allow husbands to get away with emotionally and physically abusing their wives.
GDN

Good on ya lass!

Or did they not get the memo, because middle managers are meddling once again? After emailing respective managers at the circuit to get their input as to why they can’t fill the stands and offering our brain-storming input to help in this national dilemma, I got shuffled into the system, put through the “proper channel” it seems and no response was forthcoming with a not-so-veiled message which essentially says that “we know best” and leave us alone, while we shuffle your concerns to PR.

In the mean time of course, attendance numbers continue to drop, while other countries and brands are fighting hand over fist to sign up even Karthikeyan to boost their brand exposure, even though they don’t have a circuit which they could turn into a proper brand equity.

And we’re still waiting for meddling middle managers to pull their fingers out and involve us in doing good for the country, and to allow them to keep their jobs.

Are the board listening? Or are they too being sidelined because an MMM knows best?

EGYPTIAN SYSTEM:
You have two cows. Both are voting for Mobarak!

DUBAIAN SYSTEM:
You have two cows. You create a website for them and advertise them in all magazines. You create a Cow City or Milk Town for them. You sell off their milk before the cows have even been milked to both legit and shaddy investors who hope to resell the non-existent milk for a 100% profit in two years’ time. You bring Tiger Woods to milk the cows first to attract attention.

QATARI SYSTEM:
You have two cows. They’ve been sitting there for decades and no one realizes that cows can produce milk. You see what Dubai is doing, you go crazy and start milking the heck out of the cows boobs in the shortest time possible. Then you realize no one wanted the milk in the first place.

SAUDI SYSTEM:
Since milking the cow involves nipples, the gov’t decides to ban all cows in public. The only method to milk a cow is to have a cow in on one side of the curtain and the guy milking the cow on the other.

BAHRAINI SYSTEM:
You have two cows. Some high government official steals one, milks it, sells the milk and pockets the profit. The gov’t tells you there is just one cow and not enough milk for the people. The people riot and scream death to the government and carry Iranian flags. The Parliament, after thinking for 11 months, decide to employ ten Bahrainis to milk all the cows at the same time so cut back on unemployment.

LEBANESE SYSTEM:
You have two cows. One is owned by Syria and the other is controlled by the government.

YEMENI SYSTEM:
You once had a cow.
But then it got kidnapped.

051229L2132: guys, thanks for your contributions, we can make an encyclopedia of the Arab version of “two cows” here!, thanks to the Religious Policeman for the Yemeni cows, and anons for the ones below (if you want to be credited, declare your names or register!!

KUWAITI SYSTEM:
Upon hearing how popular cows are in the Gulf region, a group of young male Kuwaitis buy a herd. Unfortunately, they attach so many accessories (ski-racks, 3500 watt sub-woofers, nipple lights, etc) that the cows almost collapse under the weight and/or embarrassment. The herd are all tragically killed in a massive pile-up whilst their owners are attempting to perform donuts by the Towers.

IRAQI SYSTEM:
The British Government sends in a herd of 20 cows in a trial run to help a village outside Basra. The villagers are extremely grateful for the extra milk and the health of the children improves daily. A terrorist group then kidnaps the cows and accuses them of being traitors to “the cause� (whatever that is). The terrorists then produce signed confessions from the cows and systematically assassinates each one of them in front of Al Jazeera television cameras.

OMANI SYSTEM:
You have three cows, they are all healthy and produce good quality milk for sale at the market. Unfortunately, your son discovers that the money he received at the market can be used to buy beer. Your grand expansion plans for a new high-tech farm are put on hold indefinitely.

this is going around the internet at the moment and I’m sure there are different versions for each region of the Earth. Good fun though! — thanks Rami