Originally posted by Jaylaani: You cousins. Is that clear enough? Now was that so hard Jaylaani. I didn't call you any names. I asked a simple and direct question with which replied back interestly enough, " what the hell". If anything, Duqa you are one questioning my "mother Teresa" personality and suggesting that I have alterior motives. It took little while to get that out of you, but thank you for your candor. Adios.

LoooL...Take it easy Horta. Iam just phantom person with keyboard and pc. How could that annoy you Awoowe? And when somebody calls something on you. Pls don't throw hissy fist in the air, either answer or shut up about it. You have alluded to something by making this statement,"They never own anything significant in Xamar". Now is it too much to ask for you to elaborate. Who is they? the Tfg as an entity or Duke's Qabiil. BISAYL iyo QAYDHIN waxba uma dhexeeyaan. Everything is grey Duqa considering only few month you were dead set against the men who brought peace and stability to our beloved capital while today you admonish to put lightly those that have overthrown the peacemakers.

^^^^N here you are Duke wax ka sheegaaysaa.Amazing..loool Laters.

A friend of mine who is going through a nasty divorce was joking that it would cost him less to kill his wife than it would be to divorce her. The break-up is gonna potentially cost him half of his earnings through the years, not to mention the legal fees. I was also reading a story here in the beantown where parents murdered their child simply coz the child was not bringing any money from social services web page ”The questioning appears to have been directed at how much money they got for the child, and did they think that was not enough,” Darrell said. This got me thinking just how much a human life is worth? Urban...Love that car, nothing like it. Ameen......loooooooool

^^^It is simple question Duqa. Who is the "they" you are referring to?

Jay.....Who is "They"?

^^^All those are legit concerns, but I think it goes beyond that. I have seen teenagers getting breast implants. It is something that starts at younger age.

Ahmed...LooooL Wax khayr ah dad u horseed before you start throwing them overboard. Close to two decades, isdi leenay with no losers and winners, and all to no avail, but it is time we should try something diffirent.

Are woman prone to feeling ugly physically that's? Gotta give to the guy....LoooooooL Now a million thoughts running through her mind.

Saaxib, Before you wish death upon somebody. Try to think for second and reflect on the words that are coming out of your mouth. These militias have no choice, but to align themselves with whoever is going to secure their livelihood. Unlike you, they don't have 9-5 job or get goverment payments from social services. Their only security is their gun and their Qabiil.

^^^^Somali dhimaneesaa ku farxeesaa? What do you gain from the demise of these people?

Thanks for da pics MMA. Me....The fiishatiri toor's name was Saciido Koofi. And the brother of Nimco was named Khalid, a reer Waqooyi lad with ilkacas.

^^Pick a number Jim. Quantify it.

If you had to assign a monetary value, just how much would your life be worthy?

The population of 75m-plus is growing by about 2m a year How would they support this ever-growing masses. This rampant population growth and the prevalent poverty would be its downfall. But I wonder what will the fall of Ethiopia would mean for the Somali?

Another change was the way trees were regarded by law. From colonial times, all trees in Niger had been regarded as the property of the state, which gave farmers little incentive to protect them. Trees were chopped for firewood or construction without regard to the environmental costs. Government foresters were supposed to make sure the trees were properly managed, but there were not enough of them to police a country nearly twice the size of Texas. But over time, farmers began to regard the trees in their fields as their property, and in recent years the government has recognized the benefits of that outlook by allowing individuals to own trees. Farmers make money from the trees by selling branches, pods, fruit and bark. Because those sales are more lucrative over time than simply chopping down the tree for firewood, the farmers preserve them. This was the key to preserving the trees. Only a society that has a sense of ownership of the land would learn to better manage its meager resources. Sadly, the nomadic Somali hardly have a connection to the land.

When you've been in a bubble of certainty your whole life uncertainty is a biij It is not that bad once you force yourself to get out of the circle, and learn to accept life is ever evolving animal. What's more scary to me is the divinely introspection which leads you to find out you don't have much of faith in God (that's you believe in Him at all).

Feb 22nd 2007 | ADDIS ABABA Should the West go on helping a repressive Ethiopia? THE second most populous country in Africa and one of the poorest, Ethiopia is a test case for the West in its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty on the continent. But its government's undemocratic leanings have presented donor countries with a dilemma. Should they continue to funnel their taxpayers' money to a country that routinely jails and tortures its critics or should they turn off the tap and thereby hurt the blameless poor? Most donors are keeping up or even increasing their giving. Britain, with qualms, is upping its aid from $180m last year to $260m this year. Some donors have harmonised and even pooled their support. Many have signed up to schemes to promote transparency and hold the government to account. Whether the nastier bits of Ethiopia's government will co-operate fully is moot. So the donors—Western governments and charities—think that on balance they should continue to improve farming, health care, education and access to water in the rural areas where 85% of Ethiopians live. There are signs that the government's ambitious poverty-reduction strategy is working. Infant mortality is down, school attendance and literacy are up, though only 40% of Ethiopians can read and write. Farming practice may be improving. In Ethiopia's wet highlands farmers may try to diversify crops. Ethiopia hopes to export hydroelectricity to neighbouring Djibouti and Sudan. Some agronomists think that, with enough investment, Ethiopia will be able to feed itself. That may be optimistic. The population of 75m-plus is growing by about 2m a year. Food prices in Addis Ababa, the capital, rose last year by 27%. In any event, Meles Zenawi's government is finding it hard to run the show. Some 80% of the people in Addis Ababa probably back opposition parties. In response, the government has become harsher, muzzling free speech and forcing independent newspapers to close. Many journalists are in jail on trumped-up charges. Dissidents have been disappearing, along with critical websites. Telephones are often tapped. For more than a year, text messaging on the country's small number of mobile phones has been hampered by “technical difficulties”. The government keeps up a hum of fear with attacks on opposition supporters. Teachers are a favourite target. Some have been beaten so badly in detention they could not stand up in court. Even schoolchildren have faced the authorities' wrath. In Ambo, west of the capital, some 14 of them in a secondary school were detained; some were allegedly tortured. The usual charges, if brought at all, are sabotage or treason. Suspects are often “found” to have links with familiar bogeymen: neighbouring hostile Eritrea; the Oromo Liberation Front, a movement in the centre and south; or, in the heartland of the once-ruling Amhara around Addis Ababa, “terrorist groups” whose existence is fuzzy. The opposition's lot may be worsening. Dissidents say as many as 250 supporters were rounded up on terrorist charges after the African Union summit last month; some have disappeared. The opposition's main leaders have been in prison for over a year. Torture, especially against lesser-known prisoners, is common. If rural areas are taken into account, extrajudicial killings may run into thousands. But the opposition is divided, often has regional rather than national allegiances, and tends to take its cue from radicals in exile. Moreover, despite help from abroad, the economy is struggling. Exports are worth $1 billion against imports of $5 billion. Sales of coffee and flowers to the West have increased but not enough. Mr Zenawi has applied for membership in the World Trade Organisation. He has also asked China for loans—some say for $3.5 billion. But most of all he is banking on keeping up his friendship with the EU and the United States, whose administration was delighted by the Ethiopian armed forces' recent success in invading neighbouring Somalia, capturing its capital, Mogadishu, and smashing the Somali Islamists who had taken over there. Still, there are conflicting attitudes to Ethiopia in Washington. Congress has lambasted Mr Zenawi's human-rights record and demanded cuts in aid. The Pentagon, on the other hand, is dead keen to boost his armed forces. In September, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians from their vast and far-flung diaspora are expected to visit their homeland to celebrate the coming of the third Christian millennium, according to their ancient church's calendar. Some hope Mr Zenawi, in a gesture of conciliation, will free some of his opponents from jail before then. But do not bet on it. Mr Zenawi has got used to wielding an iron fist. Source: Economist, Feb 22, 2007

Rudy.......Why wish just choas on Somalia?

^^^LoooooooooL...Soomaalidana kuma sii jirto.

Seriouly people, Muslimiinta habaar iyo xanaag kasoo hara. No wonder we are getting screwed all over.

Why are the Mullahs always so angry. It is simple question Khyar.

I have the right to judge their actions.

I have seen Somali men reproducing well into their seventies with no noticable side effects to their offsprings. But it is more healthier to have kids at younger age.

There is another thread here where people are trading bunches. Why start another Jimcaale?....Nasiib daro umadeena isma dhageystaan!!!