Black America needs to get its acts together and find purpose in life. Having said that, shooting someone who is already running away should not be ignored by the community. It could have been a Somali kid walking around these government housing complexes. It could have been your own brother chilling in the neighborhood. Looters must be brought to justice. These animals have no right to pillage someone else's property.

Miyir, this was not my translation. It is SOL's translation. I speak very good Somali and my writing is good thanks to my parents. I was talking about SOL translation engine on top after I clicked the Somali flag and got that funny translation.

This is terrible. When they were interviewed, some of the sex workers said that during the day they engage in businesses like retail shops, tailoring and house-keeping, while at night they sell sex. The women also said they can earn anything from 5,000 shillings to 100,000 shillings ($US 38) per night, depending on the client and whether or not they use a condom. "Getting a client who pays 100,000 shillings is extremely rare and it is mostly Somalis who pay such huge amounts of money - insisting on no condom use," said Annet*, aged 35. "Due to poverty, I had been accepting such money but, with the increasing AIDS risk, I no longer accept it." Eighteen year old Rhoda* said that one truck driver can visit around three sex workers in a night without using a condom. "Since we share our HIV status amongst ourselves, I no longer want to risk my life, so now I protect myself," she said. Sarah,* aged 25, said she and her colleagues had been wondering why condoms tear during sex, since their clients put them on properly. After thorough investigations, they discovered these men put Vaseline on their penises before putting on the condoms, knowing well that during the act they would tear, so they could have unprotected sex. However some of the truck drivers who visit female sex workers accused them of deliberately removing the condoms during sex, so they can be paid a higher fee. Abdallah,* a Somali national who speaks with pride about visiting female sex workers, said he would never use a condom. "Where is the enjoyment if I use a condom?" he asks. "I have my money so I can pay for any charges. I am also assured of antiretroviral treatment if I get the virus." Musisi,* who works with a local manufacturing company, said that it is the sex workers who determine whether condoms should be used or not. "If the sex worker uses a female condom I will pay 5,000 shillings. Without a condom, I will pay 10,000 shillings," he explained. http://allafrica.com/stories/201408151374.html

He was a misguided youngster who was perhaps crying for help but no one picked up the signs early. Extremism is a disease and the Somali community needs to deal with it.

As soon as the news came out of Somaliland's capital that Sacadin Mall is open for business, Dr. Osman's constant faan about Puntland's development is silenced. :) I used to giggle at his "Somaliland is the enclave of 200,000 terrorists" threads. I think he is waiting for big news from Puntland before he can open his mouth again. :)

I pressed the flags on top of Somalia Online page and I found the whole experience hilarious. He is a funny translation; People who are religious have 'thicker' brains to protect against depression "Dadka diinta leeyihiin maskaxda 'ka sii dhumuc weyn' si looga hortago niyad-jabka BY: Holac " Another one Black women are ugly, says research scientist "Haweenka Black yihiin foosha xun, ayuu yidhi cilmibaadhaha cilmi" BY: Holac

<cite> @xabad said:</cite> tbh, i do occasionally suffer from depression and i agree religious people are less prone to it. Sorry to hear that. Ilaahay caafimaad wanaagsan hakusiiyo.

That is best news saxib. Time to pacify the few remaining hard-heads.

<cite> @SomaliPhilosopher said:</cite> ^^ I respectfully disagree Holac from previous thread: I respectfully agree to disagree. How long have you been working for Shulman Rogers?

Hambalyo, Professor Ali Khalif Galayr.

I was honestly looking for a guy on a wheelchair.

Nice. I wonder how much a beach house costs in Mogadishu. As the video shows, 2011, the year Al-shabaab was chased out of Mogadishu, was Mogadishu's golden year. We should commemorate 2011 as the year of "new independence". The terrorists still carry out cowardly bombings, but they've lost grip on power forever.

lool@drinking water. I don't agree with the violence but did they say there were searching for a "safe drinking water"?? That is clever.

This explains the erratic behavior of some ungodly douches I met.

They say religion is a matter of the heart – but it seems the shape of our brains could also have a role to play. Believers or those with a spiritual side have ‘thicker’ sections of brain tissue than other people, a study suggests. And in welcome news for the faithful, the researchers think that this thickening could also help to stave off depression. ‘Our beliefs and our moods are reflected in our brain and with new imaging techniques we can begin to see this,’ Dr Myrna Weissman, a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at Columbia University, told Reuters Health. ‘The brain is an extraordinary organ. It not only controls, but is controlled by our moods.’ While the new study suggests a link between brain thickness and spirituality, it cannot say that thicker brain regions cause people to be religious or spiritual, Dr Weissman and her colleagues noted in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. It might hint, however, that being religious can enhance the brain's resilience against depression in a physical way, they wrote. Previously, the researchers had found that people who said they were religious or spiritual were at lower risk of depression. They also found that people at higher risk of depression had thinning cortices, compared to those with lower depression risk. The finding suggests that being religious can change the brain in a physical way and this change could be protective against depression The finding suggests that being religious can change the brain in a physical way and this change could be protective against depression. For the new study, the researchers twice asked 103 adults between the ages of 18 and 54 how important religion or spirituality was to them and how often they attended religious services over a five year period. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2531622/People-religious-spiritual-thicker-brains-Those-believe-god-deeper-outer-layer.html

do you have to be gay to tell the obvious? ^ Xabad, saxib admit you gave DoctorKenney an open goal with your statement about testosterone not making men "attractive". Pawned.

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> loool.

Mismanagement at its best. Somaliland should have worked with the local population and got their consent before exploring oil in that area.

Not a bad idea Miskin. Why not have 18 federal Presidents. One problem I foresee if this were to ever become a reality is the clan makeup of the existing 18 regions. Some will argue that the 18 state solution is not fair and doesn't give their clan enough representation as-is.

I found out that Faisal Roble is from the clan this topic is talking about. I learned something new. He is very outspoken.

The world should not give up on Somalia. Instead, they should bolster and help this struggling government because failure of this government will have far more dangerous consequences for everyone including the West. Insh Alah things will get even better.

Somalia is a work in progress. Things are going to improve dramatically. Don't despair.

He is a corrupt cayayaan having sour grapes for having his mission to rob the country foiled by decent patriot Yusur Abrar. I would give Yusur flowers if I could see her. We need more Somalis like Yusur. Yusur didn't want money, power or fame. She wanted to help Somalia before these malicious thieves tried to stop her. She was right to blow the whistle. Too bad SR got $33 million on its hands already.

Dr Kanazawa, a lecturer at the London School of Economics, has published findings based on a survey of white, Asian, black and native American men and women who were asked to rate each other’s attractiveness based on photographs. Black women scored lowest, Asian highest. The controversial Japanese academic, an evolutionary psychologist, concluded this is because African women have higher levels of testosterone than other races and therefore have more masculine features.