Posted By
Najib
Jan 09, 2019 05:39
We were reminded once again in the past few days on how mediocre our infrastructure is. Heavy rains and snow turned the streets into rivers of water and mud, highways were flooded, damaged and closed, people were stranded for hours in traffic. There's no doubt that we're not used to such storms all the time, but given how badly prepared the authorities were and the shitty condition of our roads, I think we're quite fortunate…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 07, 2019 02:56
A couple of years ago, we had a similar storm to the one happening right now in Lebanon and the Health minister at the time decided to close schools and NURSERIES as well, assuming all parents have the luxury of taking a day off work and staying with their kids. Obviously extreme weather conditions require special circumstances but shutting down all schools is not really feasible nor logical if businesses aren't affected as well. The…
Critiques
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Update: According to MTV, the man got robbed and his bike was burned, so he resorted to stealing another. If that’s really the case, then the judge was more than fair. (Thanks Joelle) A man ...
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There’s a viral video being shared on Facebook of a Peruvian-Japanese scientist called Marino Morikawa, who used nanotechnology to clean up a polluted lake in a couple of weeks only. Morikawa used to go fishing ...
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I love Ragheb Alameh, I’m a big fan of his old songs mainly and the guy is still one of the best performers in the country but I think he should stay away from politics. ...
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We were all saddened to hear about the death of #GavinFord yesterday, and shocked to hear afterwards that he was murdered in his own apartment. Unfortunately, and instead of showing respect to the victim and ...
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There are over twenty inscriptions and rock reliefs carved into the Nahr el Kalb (Dog River) rocks summarizing Lebanon’s history throughout the centuries, but we still don’t have one that marks the end of the ...
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A ex-member of Beirut’s municipality tweeted today claiming that the NGO in charge of decorating for Christmas this year is installing the same decoration from the year before. If I’m not mistaken he’s referring to ...
