The Problem With The Arab World…

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The photo shows an apartment building in Algiers, Algeria, where there occurred some violent protests in October over bad housing conditions.

[Photo from Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2010 edition]

This entry was posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 9:43 am and is filed under Arab World, Economy and Politics. You can feed this entry. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. Well, maybe they were only able to get repeats of “My Mother, the Car.”

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    Larry Wallberg - February 1, 2010 at 3:41 pm
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    • Or “My Mother, The Car 54, Where Are You?”?

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      Ric - February 1, 2010 at 3:58 pm
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  2. Reruns of Mr. Ed might lead to outright anarchy.

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    the chaplain - February 2, 2010 at 7:50 pm
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  3. Why is the one satellite reciever pointing in a completely different direction? Are they tuning into a different version of non-reality?

    And the real reason they are so pissed off? The only thing they can get is Ishtar 24-7.

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    (((Billy))) - February 3, 2010 at 9:33 am
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    • I think it’s trying to hump the dish next to it. Or maybe it’s focused on one of the al-Qaeda satellites.

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      Ric - February 3, 2010 at 9:49 am
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      • Well, it is a real dish after all.

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        (((Billy))) - February 3, 2010 at 10:03 am
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        • You know, you could be banned from this year’s Annual Pun, Humor, & Scotch Festival for that remark.

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          Ric - February 3, 2010 at 10:21 am
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          • Sorry. Wasn’t going to attend anyway. Have already been invited to the 37th annual Scotch, Bocce & Parodi Festival in Noxen.

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            (((Billy))) - February 3, 2010 at 10:29 am
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            • Damn, SB&P must have forgotten to send my invitation again. Well, maybe next year.

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              Ric - February 3, 2010 at 10:56 am

            • Keep in mind that the SB&PFiN takes a dim view of pedantic petanquistas.

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              (((Billy))) - February 3, 2010 at 1:37 pm

            • I am a proud petanquist, not a pedantic one. It’s the boccists who revel in pedantry with their boxed in playing courts and all those rules. It’s the petanquists who will show the arrogant boccists what reall ball throwing is about.

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              Ric - February 3, 2010 at 3:04 pm

            • But I thought all Petanquistas were pedantic and peeved. With your overcompensatory stainless steel balls boules (oddly, I made some sourdough boules last night (tonight I will core them and make some tomato bisque to put in said boules)) and shamesful sherry drinking shenanigans.

              If I keep this up, I may get fines for allitering.

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              (((Billy))) - February 3, 2010 at 5:04 pm

            • Yes, and it’s a capital offense, though fortunately for your case you did not use capitals.

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              Ric - February 3, 2010 at 5:52 pm

  4. I’m Not a Fundie. I don’t Randomly capitalize words. Nor do I EVER TYPE IN ALL CAPS. THAT would be a Capital offense.

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    (((Billy))) - February 3, 2010 at 11:22 pm
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    • Yeah, but you are fun. And you forgot to capitalize Words and Offense. On the other hand, I, on occasion, have failed to capitalize (((Scotch))).

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      Ric - February 4, 2010 at 8:03 am
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