Cambuulo iyo bun;937889 wrote: but in international relations "..every comma has a meaning" Official documents, yes. The communique is all that matters.

Haha I read about that the other day, apparently it's a hit now that Thatcher died and the BBC doesn't know how to respond to requests to hear it

Cambuulo iyo bun;937882 wrote: the communique says "government of somaliland" not "republic of somaliland". your international protocol is no good Just let him find meaning in words typed up by an overworked secretary somewhere in Ankara who was told to update the website with the communique

Share so we can judge you for your musical taste

Wadani;937870 wrote: What's your position on Somaliland's secessionist ambitions? I don't see the point in chasing political recognition when Somaliland is already a de facto independent state. There are more pressing issues in SL that its leadership could be dealing with, but everyone seems to be falsely convinced that all problems will magically disappear with its recognition.

Safferz;937864 wrote: Where did you copy and paste that from? Because the parts you've bolded are not on the Turkish government website you linked to, and I haven't seen an official document out of these talks that uses those terms. Correction -- the website does, but not the communique/official documents.

Ace of Spadez;937861 wrote: Che-Guevara, read the bold parts. Where did you copy and paste that from? Because the parts you've bolded are not on the Turkish government website you linked to, and I haven't seen an official document out of these talks that uses those terms.

Thanks for sharing.

D.O.C;937830 wrote: I have seen more pro hijab girls employed in profesional fields than westernised wanna bees. This is the difference between selling your womenhood or beauty for exchanged of money where in contarary the hijabbed lasses selling their intellectuality and talent . As they say "do not run after this world, let the world run after you....EDUCATION IS POWER AND WILL GIVE YOU EXTRA MILE! lol and you can determine this from the presence or absence of a piece of cloth?

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;937833 wrote: Qof ayaa micnaha 'reer miyi' u gambisay. Reer Miyi, for your information, waa dad diin iyo dhaqan leh and far from being a woman who engages in xaaraan activities. Where did Reeyo say anything about haram activities? In fact, she titled the thread "halal homewreckers."

For those of you (hopefully all of you) running Google Chrome as your internet browser -- you can explore over 100,000 stars in the Milky Way through this recent Google experiment that pulls together data from NASA and the European Space Agency.

Haatu;937816 wrote: That's a beauty thanks. So much useful general knowledge. There's this guy I sit next to in class who always tells me these interesting facts. I guess I'll finally be able to tell him a few things soon Blue, that's a shame. There's nothing more interesting than the sciences and nothing more rewarding than having a eureka moment when you solve a puzzle. If I had gotten into the sciences, I think I would have studied astrophysics The universe is so fascinating (though I think those of us in the humanities just explore it in a different way...)

Haatu;937808 wrote: Science is amazing. +1 I was obsessed with this a while back -- the Scale of the Universe.

Lots of valuable documents relating to 1970s Somalia in the Kissinger Cables, released by Wikileaks.

I saw the documentary Freakonomics last night and really enjoyed it. Definitely worth watching, especially if you're not familiar with the book:

Haatu;937783 wrote: Are you sure about Silver Linings? It seems so cliched. I enjoyed it too -- thought it was well written and refreshing in the sense that it wasn't a typical romantic comedy, but I didn't like the ending.

Yes I have! It's amazing what Somalis have put on websites and on YouTube

SomaliPhilosopher;937676 wrote: don't flatter yourself dee. there was 287 before you.

I did. I posted about Dur Dur more because the story of how their music reappeared was interesting (and the songs were great too!), but this material is definitely more in line with my research... popular music (and poetry) can be a source to access what everyday people were listening to and thinking about during that period, and especially useful for Somali history since we're a predominantly oral society.

SomaliPhilosopher;937670 wrote: I noticed a pattern of your late night posts I see I have a stalker

SomaliPhilosopher;937667 wrote: Titles that contain words such as "Pearl" and "Beautiful" are probably not suited for academic study They're government issued documents, which makes them artifacts of a particular period in Somalia's history and ideal for academic study

SomaliPhilosopher;937665 wrote: Safferz, you don't sleep much, do you Not much at all.

Thanks for the response, Chimera. It's almost 4am on the east coast and I am delirious and less combative than my usual self, so I'll accept a thoughtful response for what it is More cute photos please.