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Cactus Flower

Cactus Flower, originally uploaded by malyousif. The last time this cactus flowered was almost exactly a year ago! It’s a lot bigger now obviously, but is just as pretty, if not more. It flowered only today. However, as there are a bunch of buds on this and it’s another cactus like it in the opposite …

Wishing Al-No’aimi a speedy recovery

تقوم بالسلامة Ùˆ العافية يا بو أمل The Godfather of the National Democratic movement in Bahrain is in critical – but stable – condition in Morocco where he traveled earlier to attend a political conference. While there, he had an acute pancreatic failure which necessitated his admission to a local hospital. Since being admitted, his …

Flying brooms spotted by satanwala

If you thought that parliaments were created to oversee the executive branch of governments, to ensure that minorities rights are respected and protected, that legislation would only be passed if they were within constitutional bounds and that people’s lives are bettered. Then you would be forgiven for not having the Bahraini parliament in mind! Why? …

Caught doing WHAT?

Whilst returning from a day at the circuit he penned at Sakhir to his hotel in the capital Manama, the German engineer was stopped by police on a motorway for exceeding the 100kph speed limit by 50kph, according to the Swiss newspaper Blick. Apparently Tilke was taken to the police station for no less than …

What’s an “imbecile”?

I went looking, just in case my own understanding of the term is lacking somewhat, and this is one of the definitions (with plenty of synonyms) offered by UrbanDictionary.com: imbecile idiot moron retard stupid fool cretin dolt dumbass blockhead simpleton jackass dimwit dumb dunce retarded donkey ignoramus dope dummy half-wit jerk loser numskull tard ass …