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Najib
Apr 12, 2017 10:22
According to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index for the year 2016, Lebanon is not even a flawed democracy but a hybrid regime, which means a "nation where consequential irregularities exist in elections regularly preventing it from being fair and free", and with this planned new parliament extension, we are on our way to become an authoritarian regime. We haven't had elections in 8 years which means that those aged between 21 and 28 never…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 11, 2017 03:27
The Traffic Management Center announced today that they installed a live cam at the Mecanique center in Hadath that will broadcast pictures almost every 5 minutes on the following . That way, you will be able to check how bad traffic is before heading there. Additional cameras will be added to the remaining Mecanique centers. From the looks of it, now is the best time to have you car inspected.
Posted By
Najib
Apr 11, 2017 12:21
Globalfirepower published a list featuring countries ranked by their military budgets for the year 2015. The info is not 100% accurate but it pretty much gives you an estimate of where Arab countries stand in terms of global fire power. The United States obviously topped the list as its defense budget spending of around $581 billion dollars is almost as much as the next 14 countries put together. As far as Arab countries are concerned,…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 11, 2017 09:03
Yet another witty and spot-on ad by EDZ on Palm Sunday, reminding us that 24/7 electricity is a big deal and something to be proud of in a country filled with corruption and incompetence. Next year, they should give out electric candles to children :P
Health
8 years ago
Mental disorders touch 25% of the Lebanese population according to reports and everyone of us is vulnerable to these mental health issues. We’ve seen plenty of awareness campaigns this year in regards to mental illness ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The Censorship bureau apparently censored Belly Dancer Elissar’s video clip because she was wearing white angel wings at one point which is disrespectful to religions. The dancer had to edit the video and opt out ...
Fun
8 years ago
Someone just sent me a picture of a Trump poster on Sassine Square (Following the attack on the Syrian airbase) which totally looked photoshopped. I pass by Sassine every day and I’m pretty sure there ...
Automotive
8 years ago
Every now and then, we hear about new innovative solutions to Lebanon’s worsening traffic problem, especially between Nahr el Kalb and Jounieh but it keeps getting worse and the solutions proposed eventually die out. The ...
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