Haatu;918927 wrote: I know what Alpha's new nickname is. We'll call him !door look at this child. !door is not uniquely and specifically used by all Somalis. its used by mark-a-bulls only. Oba's kind use a different name for us:q@ldan......!door folks are rageedi walahi. they never use derogatory terms for other people. quite civilised, i reckon.

Haatu;918930 wrote: Oba and Alpha have never posted their pic. waar, i've posted my picture at least 5 times walahi. i'm not as old as people think i am though! LOOOOOOL

oba hiloowlow;918921 wrote: Show nimaan wax ogeyn allow ha cadaabin. You lot don't know that Haatu has kids in Gaarisa oo qaangaar ah the poor old man is just having midlife crisis. haatu is between 18-45.

oba hiloowlow;918911 wrote: im learning af maay man awesome dialect. why don't you try learning Amharic? your new xabashi gf will be impressed. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL i love the sound of af maay. that advert on Universal TV of Amal eggs-is-press was awesome. ''waa ku uruutaay'' LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Haatu;918900 wrote: Who cares sxb. I don't like half the songs on my playlist but for reasons unbeknownst they are simply there. But it's better than that rubbish "conscious music" filth you indulge in by the way, i've been indulging in pure consciousness tonight. itunes player, VLC and youtube are providing awesome sounds in this african night . what's on your playlist? throw some new sounds this way baal? i'm very much moorish for new music these days. i think i've listened to almost every song ever made. favourite artists/groups of all time nitin sawhney jamiroquai incognito Dwele Slum Village Radiohead Dezaire **** - LOOOOL SOL has gone too far in its political correctness - S@de LOOOOOOL Riddims esp Don Corleone stuff.

this is NOT an actual PhD! which i probably doubt anyone on SOL posses LOL. although, a Somali with a real PhD would probably not hesitate to put others down dee! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL you guys are so slow, ma istidhi? Put him/her Down

Haatu;918887 wrote: Haaheey. Heesaha cadaanka waan ka helaa sxb. Faa'ido weyna leeyihiin oo gabdhaha ayaa lagu soo jiitaa (taasi waa haddaad heesi kartid ). Adba soo ma dhageysatid heesahooda? Heestee ugu jeceshahey? Aniga iminka tan baan la dhacsanyahey (Shanta Gaduudan ): maroon 5 are post-racial. their music has changed from what it was to the mainstream chunk sweeping the music industry, these days. LOL have you seen that adam guy, their lead singer. he looks like Wiz Khalifa with all those tattoos. madness, pure madness.

Haatu;918878 wrote: That's the thing. Daddy's a big time qabiilist like most Somalis his age and i pressume daddy doesnt make excuses for over his alleged involvement in the genocide/massacre against the i-people? you heard what happened to Ali Samatar....LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL:D. one by one, the f@Q@@$h remnants of old, are being hunted! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! don't be surprised if Simon Wiesenthal comes knocking at your door one of these days and takes daddy away to a horrible place called the ICC. LOOOOOOOOL

Haatu;918874 wrote: Who's heard the song Betty's a Bombshell by grouplove? I just came across it today. Nice song. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatuoow, ileen waxaad Dhagaysataa heesaha hobalada cadaanka...LOL!

Haatu;918875 wrote: lol I thought you lot find the i-word offensive. My dad uses it all the time nah bro. what's offensive about it? i use it as a term of empowerment, actually.....i call my friends the i-word all the time....they call me a sell-out and doubt my claim to the man. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. now, had your dad used that word against a real i-word person, it's a different matter all together. its becomes derogatory all of a sudden. tell daddy to NOT to use it! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

islaantani waa a little old but she's alright

Coofle;918866 wrote: Do you know that 99% of jin cases in Hargeisa are not actually jin ... I have found out that our people consider panic attacks,seizures and any brief loss of consciousness as possession of jin.. its normal for teenage girls to have panic attacks, hypoglycemia or forgetting take breakfast at morning can cause brief loss of consciousness...remember that many somalis are sickle cell trait, which means they are prone to attacks of syncope when entrapped very crowded environment (classroom, kitchen, etc) --places where jin happens to attack most.. also woman in child-bearing age are susceptible to anemia(25%) due to heavy menstrual bleeding, Anemia can present as dizziness and loss of consciousness.. The reasons go on and on......the point is , next time you see people around someone in jin attack, make sure its medical condition first. LOL@Coofle, i'm surprised you haven't submitted this potential mashruuc in the making. i'm quite sure there are plenty of donors willing to fund projects for such conditions.....LOOOOOOOL. sadly, laakin, its becoming more and more prevalent as you've already said. in a society, still informed by superstitious practices, i'm not shocked, to say the least, of how most medical conditions, are thought to be jinn attacks.

Haatu;918720 wrote: Alpha, word of advice, the maids are there for household chores and nothing else. Keep the relationship 100% professional Whilst I'm on this subject, have you heard about this Kenyan pandemic where the husband and wife both leave for work in the morning (kids chauffeur driven to school by driver) but the man returns after a while for a "session" with the housemaid Many husbands have been caught by their wives doing such i'm not familiar with the philandering's of kenyans. but as you say, it must be pandemic . kenyans are uskuug creatures. their immorality knows no bounds. their attempts to emulate the social ills of the west has been noted. LOL! lol@pathetic little clan. I wish I knew more about duriyadda to fully appreciate the joke...... i take it you're not familiar with the famous gabay !idor sal fududaa wuxuu sugayo muu dhawro?...... in the case of reer mohamud, they might as well wait for the bigger clan efforts. i think they're just pacemakers in our clan's efforts.

Alpha Blondy;918847 wrote: OMG! WTF! someone just collapsed outside my house. i heard a loud knocking and there before my very eyes was a tent-cladded young lady with a pretty face, no doubt, illuminated by the bright security lights. on the outsider pavement, lay an older woman. the young girl said it was her cousin. i rushed inside the house to fetch some water. but i came to post this update first. will update you'll very quickly. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL luckily it was another jinn possessed case. i asked them to move the possessed out of my sight and off my property. i took my water in the jug back too and immediately raised security levels to ORANGE. this is how reer hargeisa steal into people's house. i'm glad i didn't help because they could have rinsed me dry again.

OMG! WTF! someone just collapsed outside my house. i heard a loud knocking and there before my very eyes was a tent-cladded young lady with a pretty face, no doubt, illuminated by the bright security lights. on the outsider pavement, lay an older woman. the young girl said it was her cousin. i rushed inside the house to fetch some water. but i came to post this update first. will update you'll very quickly. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Somaliyeey Kaca Saxalkii Ka Tala Baxa Sumadii Midnimada iyo Soo Celiya Nabadii Saboolkii Hanoo Baxo Sisintii Ma Beernaa Isku Socodka Beelaha Sidii Bari Ma Noqonaa wa ereyo ka mida heesta cusub e Nimco Dareen

i can you can we can all can reach where we want to go if we only just work together. DEEP words from Luciano. BIG BIG UP for this great song! Peace and Love to all my bros and sistas!

g'day guys, check this excellent pic.

Mikoroshini, Makangira, and Oyster Bay, Tanzania Hanna Nassif and Upanga, Tanzania --- Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City San Miguel Teotongo, Iztapalapa, Mexico City ---- Urban trees reveal income inequality Wealthy cities seem to have it all. Expansive, well-manicured parks. Fine dining. Renowned orchestras and theaters. More trees. Wait, trees? I’m afraid so. Research published a few years ago shows a tight relationship between per capita income and forest cover. The study’s authors tallied total forest cover for 210 cities over 100,000 people in the contiguous United States using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s natural resource inventory and satellite imagery. They also gathered economic data, including income, land prices, and disposable income. They found that for every 1 percent increase in per capita income, demand for forest cover increased by 1.76 percent. But when income dropped by the same amount, demand decreased by 1.26 percent. That’s a pretty tight correlation. The researchers reason that wealthier cities can afford more trees, both on private and public property. The well-to-do can afford larger lots, which in turn can support more trees. On the public side, cities with larger tax bases can afford to plant and maintain more trees. Given the recent problems New York City has had with its aging trees dropping limbs on unsuspecting passers-by—and the lawsuits that result—it’s no surprise that poorer cities would keep lean tree inventories. But what disturbs me is that the study’s authors say the demand curve they see for tree cover is more typical of demand for luxury goods than necessities. That’s too bad. It’s easy to see trees as a luxury when a city can barely keep its roads and sewers in working order, but that glosses over the many benefits urban trees provide. They shade houses in the summer, reducing cooling bills. They scrub the air of pollution, especially of the particulate variety, which in many poor neighborhoods is responsible for increased asthma rates and other health problems. They also reduce stress, which has its own health benefits. Large, established trees can even fight crime. Fortunately, many cities understand the value trees bring to their cities. New York City is aiming to double the number of trees it has to 1 million. Chicago has planted over 600,000 in the last twenty years.¹ And London has been working to get 20,000 new trees in the ground before it hosts the Olympics. But those cities are relatively wealthy. It’s the poorer ones that probably need trees the most but are the least able to plant and maintain them. The Arbor Day Foundation is a great resource in those cases, but like many non-profits, it is stretched too thin. Compounding the inequality is the fact that most tree planting programs are local. Urban forestry has sailed largely under the federal government’s radar. The U.S. Forest Service does have a urban and community forestry program, but is woefully underfunded, having only $900,000 to disperse in grants. Bolstering that program could help struggling cities plant the trees they need. After all, trees and the benefits they provide are more than just a luxury. Wealthy cities seem to have it all. Expansive, well-manicured parks. Fine dining. Renowned orchestras and theaters. More trees. Wait, trees? I’m afraid so. Research published a few years ago shows a tight relationship between per capita income and forest cover. The study’s authors tallied total forest cover for 210 cities over 100,000 people in the contiguous United States using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s natural resource inventory and satellite imagery. They also gathered economic data, including income, land prices, and disposable income. They found that for every 1 percent increase in per capita income, demand for forest cover increased by 1.76 percent. But when income dropped by the same amount, demand decreased by 1.26 percent. That’s a pretty tight correlation. The researchers reason that wealthier cities can afford more trees, both on private and public property. The well-to-do can afford larger lots, which in turn can support more trees. On the public side, cities with larger tax bases can afford to plant and maintain more trees. Given the recent problems New York City has had with its aging trees dropping limbs on unsuspecting passers-by—and the lawsuits that result—it’s no surprise that poorer cities would keep lean tree inventories. But what disturbs me is that the study’s authors say the demand curve they see for tree cover is more typical of demand for luxury goods than necessities. That’s too bad. It’s easy to see trees as a luxury when a city can barely keep its roads and sewers in working order, but that glosses over the many benefits urban trees provide. They shade houses in the summer, reducing cooling bills. They scrub the air of pollution, especially of the particulate variety, which in many poor neighborhoods is responsible for increased asthma rates and other health problems. They also reduce stress, which has its own health benefits. Large, established trees can even fight crime. Fortunately, many cities understand the value trees bring to their cities. New York City is aiming to double the number of trees it has to 1 million. Chicago has planted over 600,000 in the last twenty years.¹ And London has been working to get 20,000 new trees in the ground before it hosts the Olympics. But those cities are relatively wealthy. It’s the poorer ones that probably need trees the most but are the least able to plant and maintain them. The Arbor Day Foundation is a great resource in those cases, but like many non-profits, it is stretched too thin. Compounding the inequality is the fact that most tree planting programs are local. Urban forestry has sailed largely under the federal government’s radar. The U.S. Forest Service does have a urban and community forestry program, but is woefully underfunded, having only $900,000 to disperse in grants. Bolstering that program could help struggling cities plant the trees they need. After all, trees and the benefits they provide are more than just a luxury. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204607002174 ----- interesting study.

just finished watching her speech. couple of points to make. 1. she's made several major generalisations. chief among these, is that she's, on more than one occasion, subsumed all somalis as being war-torn areas and living in conditions of squalor. she is wrong about this. somalis have taken different trajectories in their attempts to establish peace and prosperity and as such careful considerations must all times be made to differentiate the realities on the ground. this idea of all Somalis and the Former Somalia being equated with South-Central Somalia as it once was, is again wrong. it seems like she has no idea of the factual situation. i'm not surprised by this laakin, as yet another academic makes empty statements of the populist kind, in the name of mashruuc'ising and indeed denigrating the collective will of all Somalis. also, why is she not acknowledging all the progress being made? what is the need to remain pessimistic? 2. she's right about the different interests of the West and other powers for the Former Somalia. for far too long, too many have meddled in our internal affairs. 3. she's also right about the solutions to these varying issues being resolved by Somalis and Somalis alone.