Now we know why the Ministry of DISinformation is so desperate to control the Internet: According to Al-Wasat this morning, the Ministry of DISinformation has instructed the Bahrain Internet Exchange to block Google Earth. Possibly because through Google Earth, the whole world, let alone the Bahraini users, can zoom in and have a good look …
I can’t believe this, once again the Ministry of (dis)Information has taken it upon itself to protect our true Arabian and Muslim culture and ourselves from ourselves by insisting on blocking some Internet sites it deems offensive and “alien to our culture.” Well who the hell put you as a chaperone for me and my …
The King has dissolved parliament! (arabic) And I shall ceremoniously remove the count-down counter on the left which we have grown very familiar with over the last 12 months. I shall be sad to see it go, but extremely happy as I – like the majority of my Bahrain – live in hope that we …
Follow the KABOBfest to know how that team is going to be distributed and how it would play… fascinating!
We woke up this morning to headlines that municipal and parliamentary elections will be held on time, sometime before December 13th, 2006, as the present parliament first sat on December 14th, 2002. Four years. That’s the constitution and that’s the law. When though is anyone’s guess, as it is constitutionally at the king’s pleasure. One …