Women are more law abiding than men

They are!

Sex tourism has been the impetus for those out there who would cross the oceans to reach far lands where members of the opposite, or the same, sex with their exotic features and tanned beautiful bodies would perform the wildest of their fantasies, albeit at times in sordid huts, for peanuts.

So far they were older white males who were the culprits of violating young girls and boys. The fad now is prevalent among women in their autumn years. Preferring to have "non-business like" fun with salubrious young Kenyan men in their 20s, these British women gaily call it "havin' fun" in lieu of "safe sex".

I don't know how anyone can find this to be harmless pleasure, but I think it is sickening to manipulate the deteriorating economic conditions of these Africa dudes, or dudettes, and especially by old sagging horny libertines.

The bright side is that all guys are NOT under the legal age. Two thumbs up, ladies! *disgusting*

Politically Correct?

I have had enough of adhering to "politically correct" terms. Not a sentence or comment can be passed without weighing its "correctedness" for the fear of offending someone or something for that matter. Suddenly using the word homosexual is incorrect but lesbian and/or gay is more appropriate.

What if I am gay but not really gay *you know what I mean?*

Linguists and etymologists must be suffering huh?

The world is going nuts I guess, or at least it is beginning to.

So, if you're self-conscious about being politically correct, refer to this list. It might help you

Busted! Human Organs trafficking ring apprehended

I didn't know that a kidney cost $ 30,000, and that actually some sold it for that price.

Anyhow, I'm always late, and now the ring has been caught in Israel. Check it out

Just as I was thinking of selling my second kidney!

For film lovers

Those who are into contemporary, meaningful and short films could check the latest Golden Apricot 4th Yerevan International Film Festival site

what were the odds of that jab?!

Athletes safety has always intrigued me with javelins flying during sports' tournaments, and tada what I have feared took place recently in Rome during Golden League Competitions.

A javelin thrown by the Finnish Tero Pitkämäki, jabbed the French Salim Sdiri in the right side of his torso, inflicting minor injuries, but yet it is a serious incident that necessitates implementation of serious organizational and construction changes.

Quick recovery Salim!

The new SEVEN wonders

A lot of debate has been going on all over the media for the NEW 7 WONDERS. Unfortunately, being the 5-minutes-late individual I am (I will write about the difference between individual and person some time later), I missed voting or even posting about it to enlighten others to vote.
Anyhow...
So this Swiss-based corporation, The New Open World Corporation, took upon itself the burden of proposing the new wonders. Before I speak of the new ones, let's see if you know what the old ones are. Yeah, you're right, the Pyramids of Giza is one of them (everyone knows that, you silly), the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is another, but what about the rest?
They are, and it took me months to memorize as a child (I earned the title nerdy!):
1- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
2- The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
3- The lighthouse of Alexandria
4- The Colossus of Rhodes
5- The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The new ones could be found here, among which is the beautiful monuments of Petra (photo above) in Jordan.

The interesting part is that the voting wasn't as benign as they claim. If you've got money you got more votes. If you've got internet, you were lucky too.

Anti-War

Last week I have watched two foreign films that if made compulsory in educational institutions we would be living in a peaceful world.

1-Иди и смотри [Idi i smotri] (Russian 1985) translated Come and See. This is the last movie directed by the late and renowned Elem Klimov. The film portrays the psychological deterioration of a youngster , Florya, from a Belorussian village during WWII (or as we dub it in Russian, the Great Patriotic War) as the Nazis began encroaching on the borders of Soviet Union. The protagonist, Alexei Kravchenko was an incredible actor who himself declared he wasn't sure he was able to mentally survive the shooting of the film. The scenery is very realistic both physically and psychologically.
Highly recommended: to people interested in history, psychology, war ethics and human rights. Not recommended: to the weak-hearted.

2- Rachida (Algeria, France 2002). A much milder civil war film which narrates the life of a school teacher in Algeria in the 1990s. It is directed by Yamina Bachir and in it she creatively combines the modern and the traditional in the daily life of a young Algerian woman. This woman is Ibtissem Djouadi (a pretty green-eyed newbie) who played the character, Rachida, with a complete devotion and talent
Highly recommended: to all
Not recommended: to all those who don't try to understand our Muslim way of living.

He is Sir Rushdie now!

So Rushdie has been knighted! I wonder why? and I am not challenging his literary achievements, just simply wondering whether this nomination has been "politically" motivated.
Isn't it just interesting that of the two knighted, one is a staunch provocateur who would not seize any single opportunity to defame any Islamic practice?
The British Affirmative Action was also employed in the list of honorees who received the CBE titles (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) such as Christiana Amanpour, Chakrabarti the civil activist and Barry Humphries cross-dressed as Dame Edna Everage, or CMG ( Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George) that was awarded to the former (or perhaps still) Russian spy Oleg Gordievsky.
What a diverse group! Interesting enough none was an Arab. At least not to my knowledge. Yeah we're fit to be labeled terrorists and sentenced to 136 years only.
But please do not blame Queen Elizabeth II. She was merely celebrating her birthday (for the second time). The process of nominating and choosing candidates is complex and administered by an Honours Awards Committee in which the Prime Minister has the final say. I am sure Her Majesty was aghast at all those honorees herself.

Your Majesty, if you're reading this, that makes us two.

Mr. World 2007

Don't know about you guys, but I never knew there is such a pageant for men! And there it was on the news, a bunch of men competing for the title of Mr. World 2007 in Sanya, China. The pageant , once started in 1996 by Miss World Organization, was to be held annually but was held only four times until now.
The contestants looked so cute on TV, but unfortunately, not so attractive on their photo shots and then only, after a search of the criteria and the scale against which these gentlemen were measured that I found out it was not so much about their looks, again because they are not as attractive as you ladies would hope, but for their charm and physique. The winner was the Spaniard, Juan Garcia. I personally don't think he is that attractive and would have proposed the sexy and cute Brazilian macho for Mr. World 2007.

If you think you're being shallow reading this, I feel the same, but hey beauty is to be admired (not to be touched) :-)