Archive for February, 2006

Good Ridance

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Florentino Pérez has announced his resignition late yesterday from his position as Real Madrid Football Club President. Finally! Now the club can find someone new that would focus on the the quality of the team and their ability to play effectively and consistantly, rather than their ability to bring in the big bucks by using [...]

495 Criminals Are Free, How nice

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Kuwait releases 495 prisoners to commemorate national holidays KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait released 495 inmates from its Central Prison on Saturday to commemorate the country’s National and Liberation Day holidays, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported. The inmates were set free under a decree issued by Amir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, said a [...]

Look Ma!

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

The Kuwait National Assembly amended article 35 by changing voter eligibility for the next elections! This means that if you are under 21 now, but will be 21 by summer of 2007 you CAN register. This is fantastic news! More people would be registered to vote, including me. Here is the full story from Arab [...]

Jake Wins His BAFTA

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

My boy, Jake Gyllenhaal, won his deserved Best Supporting Actor Award for his work in the movie Brokeback Mountain last night at the BAFTA Awards. Hopefully, this is a little hint to who might win the Academy Award in that same category on March 5th. Click here to watch Jake’s acceptance speech. And here to [...]

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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Happy Birthday, Drew! May you live to be a hundred and one years young!

Loose Change

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

Watch this. A conspiracy theory claiming that 9-11 was self-inflicted. The facts are highly convincing and pretty shocking; it makes sense. Watch the whole video. It’s over an hour long but so worth it.

Official WC2006 Mascot

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Meet GOLEO VI. The official FIFA World Cup 2006 mascot. All I can say is: what were they thinking? Oh yeah, and let’s not forget Pille the talking football. This mascot is so LAME! I thought it was supposed to be a reflection on Germany and its culture and society, etc. Do they have lions [...]