But are they really two weeks off, Juxa? Do you actually know the meaning of the word, Mrs I-was-at-work-on-eid-day? Afternoon all.

^^ But you and him coexist happily on this site. There are thousands of 'Kunfurians' coexisting peacefully in H town too. Ka so noqo saaxib. Taa waa wado xidhan.

^^ More or less. Salma, ويحك يا امرأه. ان الاخ جعيلبارو لا يتكلم اي لهجات عاميه ولن يستطيع فهم الخرابيط (جمع خربطه يا جعيلبارو)التي كتبتيها هنا. لهذا السبب, فأنا اشجب, واحتج و انكر, واقول لكي: احكي عربي ولووو.....

^^ The way United have been playing, I really would not worry about Chelsea going there and winning again, saaxib. The way Liverpool have been playing, I also would not expect them to beat Chelsea (not at the moment anyway). However, the difference here is that Liverpool have injury excuses, United on the other hand, have no excuses for being rubbish. They're doing the usual United thing and fluking it when playing really badly.

^^ It's not about being an 'advisor', it's about appointing a PAID advisor when you could have got him for free. Still, a storm in a tea cup really.

Not sure if I should congratulate KK for her new baby or commiserate with her for personally knowing LayZie Girl. Argh! Ok, well done. Welcome to the two-babies-or-more club. May she be as good as her older sister and more.

Despite losing all those games Liverpool are only two points behind Arsenal (albeit with the gunners having a game in hand). United keep on winning but I don't mind, as long as Chelsea keep them at bay. On the other hand, this is going to be a long season and I believe that neither Arsenal nor Liverpool are out of it yet. All depends on Arsenal buying a couple of players in January and Liverpool getting Torres back.

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro: Brilliant! Bloody auditors made me forget all about Eid. I second whatever Juxa is going to type here.

Aren't Puntland trying to find oil? They should hire Thankful you know. He seems good at digging himself into holes..

^^ Tell them who told you about the place too.

Never Juxa. I'm a good boy I am.

They send them three times a year. That's if I don't include the IT auditors and the State auditors (who come once every two years). Not to mention a director at the Audit Department who phones every once in a while to ask how things are and if London is cold, raining or sunny.

No. He's gone.

^^ Everton lost by three goals to Fulham last night. They have even more injuries than Liverpool. This is why I predict this derby to be more exciting than the Arsenal V Chelsea one (plus, Arsenal are going to get rolled over anyway).

^^ And it was all free.

Make her own? That's a whole lot of work for a whole lot of nothing. She might as well eat a sack of sugar and save herself the trouble.

In the first part of 2009, Sh. Sharif was man of the moment and had all the headlines (positive and negative ones). In the middle part, it was Al Shabab and Sh. Aweys. In the late summer, president Riyaale hogged the limelight with the SL election dispute. Now it is Faroole's turn. From a purely political point of view I can not at all argue that all this recent news has been bad for Puntland. I will concede that it allowed the news portals to criticise that entity (and its president). I will also concede that it gave some Somalis the opportunity to attack Puntland. However, politically, I actually believe all this is good for Puntland. First, let me get the people out of the way. You see, the vast majority of those who do not hail from Puntland or support that entity have always had a thing or two to criticise about that state. Some did it for simple clan reasons. Others did it for political reasons. Many do/did so because they do not trust the goals of that state and feel that it wants to usurp the Somali Republic. So, you see, any bad or good news coming from that part of the world (Puntland) is not likely to make a jot of a difference to the immovable positions of the wider Somali world. Why do I think all this is good for the longer-term survival of Puntland? Well, I actually believe Faroole to be a wily old fox (is he being advised by the Yemeni exile himself, I wonder!). Some argue that he has been stumbling ever since he got the job but I beg to differ and believe all this is planned and calculated. The more he makes Puntland relevant, the more his bargaining chips. You clearly see it with the way the news is reported and how fickle Somalis get sucked in by it all. I mean take the case of the prisoners handed to Ethiopia for instance. Old Congressman Pyne issues a statement condemning Puntland for the way they allegedly treated these prisoners and how they keep on handing them to Ethiopia! Nowhere in his statement does he criticise Ethiopia (a sovereign and functioning country) or demand that it butts out of Somali affairs. What he does instead is chide Puntland and rebuke it as if it is an independent country conspiring with a neighbour on equal terms, to imprison, torture and kill dissidents! But Puntland is not an independent country (as Xiin's second gripe above confirms). It is not even a state in a federal republic (not if the little Froole-staged hissy fit with the TFG is taken into account). Yet, what all of this does is increase the profile of Puntland rather than hinder it (as most people think). Now (more than ever), people are talking about Puntland as a serious player in the Somali political scene. I can already sense that some Puntlanders reading this are about to protest and claim they were always serious players. I say, keep on protesting and groaning boys. Puntland was a serious player when AY was its president. However, when that man moved on and became the president of the TFG, PL was sidelined and lost most of its sheen. For the most part, it kept out of the way and was happy to defer to the TFG's version of events (if we discount the little oil dispute they had with Geedi at the start). However, once Faroole became president (and AY resigned his TFG post), PL knew it had to rethink its regional position and policy. In fact, Faroole began his reign by threatening to breakaway from the Somali Republic (was it a rant or a calculated ruse to make PL relevant again?). The prize, of course, is in making PL relevant to the International Community and not to the Somali people themselves. If there were any political gains from appeasing the Somali people, I would hereby wager that Faroole would have stood up to Ethiopia and refused to hand in a single prisoner (even if they were Oromos). But the appeasement of the fickle Somalis can wait for now. The goal is to strengthen the PL position in the region and ensure that they get more than their fair share of the Somali cake. It is about going toe to toe with the TFG and the international community. It is about being ready to take over the country if/when the TFG experiment fails. In addition, you have to wonder why Faroole has not done what all his predecessors in PL did and started an argument with his SL neighbours yet! I mean it is traditional to fight over LA and the 'disputed' territories. Why has this so called bumbling man not done it yet? Heck, even Cade Muse did! Again, my belief is that this too is calculated and that the man does not want to rank his entity alongside the Somalilands, Jubbalands, Makhirlands and all the other 'lands' of the former Somali Republic. His aim is to be the top dog and top dogs never fight over scraps. This is how I see it and this is why I do not believe any of the latest news about PL is bad news at all. Of course, I could be wrong and Faroole may indeed turn out to be the bumbling, blundering old fool everyone claims he is. But I truly doubt it.

Liverpool are out. Oh well, maybe next year.

I am hoping Serenity did not have to wait for me to ask. I like all free things (even though I have no idea what this thread is about).

Fiorentina are winning their game and it looks like Liverpool are going out (even though they are winning theirs too). Lets hope the French score a last minute goal like they did in their last game. Barca are beating Inter and Arsenal are looking good again against a rubbish team.

The only thing I know about this OJ is that Duke and Xiin kept repeating his name when they had their temporary misunderstanding last year. It seems that the ONLF are fighting on two fronts. Most of their fighters are concentrated on the Ethiopian front and ONE solitary fighter has been charged with the mission of bringing down Puntland. In fact, he's causing so much unrest that he became some sort of urban myth in good old Garowe. Now mothers there put their little kids to sleep with the scary warning "if you don't cover up, A&T will get you".

Which of your five hundred million cousins goes to that school, Norf?

Originally posted by chocolate & honey: Dont look at people's pictures and profiles even if they're a "long lost" relatives. Instead, send them an e-mail. And viola! you avoided Fitna. Stuff and nonsense. It's like going to a strip club but sticking to your principles and not paying for a private dance.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: Payne is a very important man in US congress. That he allegedly condemned PL does not take away that fact. Could some one share with us the source of this press release? An important man that is slowly realising why SL refused to take part in that wretched meeting. Poor man is reduced to chasing Faroole around and trying to get a straight answer out of him.

Ibti, I once had a guy pestering me about a doughnut he bought for a client. One doughnut! He filled a form and got it signed for his 36 pence (it was on discount that day and he wanted to show how honest he was). Still, you've seen the MP expenses scandel and the nonsense most of them were claiming for (the porno and moat ones still makes me laugh).