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Thursday, December 10, 2015
A Golf Story
Email from JKS Weerasekera
Subject: Fwd: A Golf Story. Happy
ending one.
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STAN who lived in the north of England, decided to go golfing in Scotland with his buddy, Shawn. So they loaded up John's minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night. ‘I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed,' she explained, 'and I'm afraid the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house.' 'Don't worry,' John said. 'We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light.' The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of golf. But about nine months later, John got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the golf weekend. He dropped in on his friend Shawn and asked, "Shawn, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our golf holiday in Scotland about 9 months ago?' ‘Yes, I do,' said Shawn 'Did you, er, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?' 'Well, um, yes!,' Shawn said, a little embarrassed about being found out, 'I have to admit that I did.' 'And did you happen to give her my name instead of telling her your name?' Shawn's face turned beet red and he said, 'Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?' ‘She just died and left me everything.' (And you thought the ending would be different, didn't you?...) |
I will not apologize!
Excellent statement must read
Nov 22, 2015
Khaled Almaeena
The Paris attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds of others are still capturing headlines.
They also occupy the top spot in social media the world over.
The attack came days after suicide bombers blew up about 40 people in a Beirut suburb and before that a Russian plane was blown up over Sinai killing more than 200 people. Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) took responsibility for all of these murderous acts.
I received several phone calls from Western journalists asking for the Saudi point of view on these murderous attacks to which my reply was that all of us condemn these inhumane and ugly acts which do not serve any purpose, but on the contrary malign our society and our religion.
One caller asked if we will apologize. I almost screamed at him. Apologize for what?! Are we responsible for the actions of mysterious groups that destroy and kill?
Are we responsible for all the evil acts being committed and falsely attributed to Islam?! I am not going to apologize, I said.
Let an international investigation be conducted and the findings made public. I am not a believer in conspiracy theories, but since the 9/11 attack until now many questions remain unanswered.
How is it that after every major incident a passport is found intact?
As if people walk the streets with their passports in their pockets and the passports are made of nonflammable material that is resistant to fires and bomb attacks.
In New York, it was a Saudi passport; in Paris it was a Syrian passport which later was found to be a fake and there were 11 passports with the same name and number!
We have had enough of preachers of hate and ignorant politicians inciting animosity against Muslims and ranting anti-Islamic rhetoric that is racist and full of hate.
Enough of ignorant people going on the rampage uttering jingoistic chants forgetting the complicity of their own governments in creating Al-Qaeda and Daesh-like organizations and propping up dictatorships in the region, dismantling armies and social order and creating vacuum that led to strife.
I stand with the entire world in condemning the wanton, ruthless and mindless destruction of innocent human lives, but please do not ask me to apologize for something for which I am not responsible.
#
Have the Jews apologized for Netanyahu’s daily massacre of Palestinians?
#
Has the Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi apologized for the brutal holocaust inflicted on the Muslims of Myanmar?
#
Has Indian Prime Minister Modi apologized for the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat or the lynching of people alleged to have eaten beef?
#
Have Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz and Bremer apologized for the death of a million Iraqis?
While the world rises up in arms against the cowardly murders of the innocent in Paris, no one protested when over a 100 Turks were blown to bits by Daesh in Ankara.
This selective grief is not palatable to me and to many around the world.
These acts are carried out by people
who are supposedly Muslims, but are mostly managed by shadowy groups operating under the umbrella of Western agencies.
They do not represent us.
I am not guilty, and therefore,
I will not apologize!
The writer is Editor-at-Large.
He can be reached at kalmaeena@saudigazette.com.sa
We would like to initiate a huge worldly campaign or rather anti -campaign to rename ISIS to NISIS , meaning : " the Non -Islamic State in Iraq & Syria " . This anti - campaign should be promoted & shared by moderate / normal Muslims & their friends all over the world to show our rejection / denial & refusal of the extremist methodology of those radically sick people hiding behind Islam , & equally in solidarity with all the victims of their criminal attacks anywhere throughout the globe . SO , to all respected Media : " please STOP referring to them as ISIS , from today lets all call them : NISIS " . Please read it and forward it to atleast your 1 contact
Kindly Do Not break the chain . This the least you can
Nov 22, 2015
Khaled Almaeena
The Paris attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds of others are still capturing headlines.
They also occupy the top spot in social media the world over.
The attack came days after suicide bombers blew up about 40 people in a Beirut suburb and before that a Russian plane was blown up over Sinai killing more than 200 people. Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) took responsibility for all of these murderous acts.
I received several phone calls from Western journalists asking for the Saudi point of view on these murderous attacks to which my reply was that all of us condemn these inhumane and ugly acts which do not serve any purpose, but on the contrary malign our society and our religion.
One caller asked if we will apologize. I almost screamed at him. Apologize for what?! Are we responsible for the actions of mysterious groups that destroy and kill?
Are we responsible for all the evil acts being committed and falsely attributed to Islam?! I am not going to apologize, I said.
Let an international investigation be conducted and the findings made public. I am not a believer in conspiracy theories, but since the 9/11 attack until now many questions remain unanswered.
How is it that after every major incident a passport is found intact?
As if people walk the streets with their passports in their pockets and the passports are made of nonflammable material that is resistant to fires and bomb attacks.
In New York, it was a Saudi passport; in Paris it was a Syrian passport which later was found to be a fake and there were 11 passports with the same name and number!
We have had enough of preachers of hate and ignorant politicians inciting animosity against Muslims and ranting anti-Islamic rhetoric that is racist and full of hate.
Enough of ignorant people going on the rampage uttering jingoistic chants forgetting the complicity of their own governments in creating Al-Qaeda and Daesh-like organizations and propping up dictatorships in the region, dismantling armies and social order and creating vacuum that led to strife.
I stand with the entire world in condemning the wanton, ruthless and mindless destruction of innocent human lives, but please do not ask me to apologize for something for which I am not responsible.
#
Have the Jews apologized for Netanyahu’s daily massacre of Palestinians?
#
Has the Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi apologized for the brutal holocaust inflicted on the Muslims of Myanmar?
#
Has Indian Prime Minister Modi apologized for the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat or the lynching of people alleged to have eaten beef?
#
Have Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz and Bremer apologized for the death of a million Iraqis?
While the world rises up in arms against the cowardly murders of the innocent in Paris, no one protested when over a 100 Turks were blown to bits by Daesh in Ankara.
This selective grief is not palatable to me and to many around the world.
These acts are carried out by people
who are supposedly Muslims, but are mostly managed by shadowy groups operating under the umbrella of Western agencies.
They do not represent us.
I am not guilty, and therefore,
I will not apologize!
The writer is Editor-at-Large.
He can be reached at kalmaeena@saudigazette.com.sa
We would like to initiate a huge worldly campaign or rather anti -campaign to rename ISIS to NISIS , meaning : " the Non -Islamic State in Iraq & Syria " . This anti - campaign should be promoted & shared by moderate / normal Muslims & their friends all over the world to show our rejection / denial & refusal of the extremist methodology of those radically sick people hiding behind Islam , & equally in solidarity with all the victims of their criminal attacks anywhere throughout the globe . SO , to all respected Media : " please STOP referring to them as ISIS , from today lets all call them : NISIS " . Please read it and forward it to atleast your 1 contact
Kindly Do Not break the chain . This the least you can
Happy Christmas!
Really
uplifting!
jksw
Thought I’d get in early..hope you don’t mind. An early start to Christmas.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
'Sangaraaparanam' - Telugu movie, Songs.
Sankarabharanam
Full Video Songs Jukebox | SP Balasubramaniam, S Janaki | KV Mahadevan
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