Update: A Beirut street defying Chbib's decision. Beirut Governor has issued a statement today banning Beirut residents from raising non-Lebanese flags during the World Cup, as it is against the law. The only flag that we're allowed to raise is the Lebanese one apparently. This must be the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a long while. It's the World Cup and we're cheering for teams that are actually competing in it. What's the point…

A video was circulating yesterday online of a woman yelling at a cop after he fined her for parking illegally at the airport. She was yelling in English for some reason and her argument was that "This is Lebanon" and that there are other cars around, which doesn't justify parking wrongly of course but the question remains whether the cop was being selective as they always are. In fact, if parking in front of the…