The authoritative guide to understanding “the most insubordinate, rebellious, and mutinous nation” in Central Asia By Eugene Huskey iStockphoto/CIA.gov At a political fundraiser in the fall of 2008, a congressional candidate introduced me to Rahm Emanuel and explained that I was an expert on Kyrgyzstan. Emanuel quipped that if one of his daughters ever needed to do a book report on an exotic land, he’d give me a call. Emanuel probably had no idea that, less than two years later, he and the White House would be confronting yet another major crisis in relations with this remote Central Asian nation: … Continue reading If you want to understand Kyrgyzstan, read this

Top 5: Annoying Talents Of President Obama Ever since ESL drop-out George W. Bush left office, the American people have had the luxury of listening to speeches that don’t include embarrassing misnomers and cringe-worthy faux-pas. But it’s not enough for the erudite Obama to be a Harvard graduate, a lawyer, a senator, the first black president and now a Nobel Peace Prize winner, he’s also annoyingly awesome in many other ways. We’ve all encountered overachievers in life, and their blasé, Oh-yeah-I-climbed-Everest-in-‘96 attitude gets old quick. These are the types of people who have to be awesome even when they’re helping … Continue reading Annoying Talents Of President Obama 😦

Weird Animal Species // // This is the list of animals that are, nice, kind, nasty, odd, gross etc. Look at it and suit you self. The Weirdest and rarest animals on Planet. http://www.stellasmagazine.com/weird-animal-species/ Continue reading Cutest Animals EVER!

Top 10 Excuses People Use To Hate America It is a very easy thing to hate the United States of America right now. But why? We stormed the beaches at Normandy, saved Europe from economic ruin with the Marshall plan (thanks for paying off the loan, Norway. Anybody else? Anybody? Bueller?), invented the Internet, uprooted tyrants, and give foreign aid away like it was candy. We want to be the good guys and thought we were. Yet we just can’t seem to get any love these days. How’d we get here? Well… [JFrater: as the representative of Listverse, I would like … Continue reading Why You Should Hate America……?

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The religious beliefs and dogmatic society traditions often drive people into ideological groups, causing them to isolate from the mainstream society and become defensive of secret beliefs. They believe themselves to be a part of some sacred mission set out to change the world and spend their lives following the teachings of their leaders. These have often given rise to many societies that work under the cover but have their roots spread across the nations. They have their secret laws and activities that are often concealed from the non-members. These organizations boast an esoteric doctrine known only to their members, … Continue reading World’s 5 most Bizarre Secret Societies

Funny protesters (they did, 1936.! lol) I hope this funny protesters signs made you laugh 🙂 Funny protesters pics Continue reading Big collection of funny protesters pictures.

Christian Stealth Jihad? A favorite theme of the right-wing nutjob community in the US is to fantasize about the threat of an Islaimc Shariah takeover of the United States. They accuse every effective Muslim leader and every successful Muslim organization in one way or another of scheming to institute Islamic law (Shariah) as the official law of our government. The pictures they paint in their books, radio shows, and blogs range from Muslims conspiring for a hostile takeover (through violent Jihad) to Muslims conspiring for a peaceful takeover of the United States (through perfectly legal means).  The latter is what … Continue reading A Christian Stealth Jihad in the United States

Chicago Tribune Fail: Quotes Robert Spencer on Tariq Ramadan Posted on 06 April 2010 by Emperor Manya Brachear The Seeker, Manya Brachear’s blog about religion on the Chicago Tribune website has a post, Chicago welcomes once-banned Muslim Scholar, about the upcoming trip of Islamic scholar/reformer and Oxford professor Tariq Ramadan to the United States (hat tip: iSherif). You may remember that Tariq Ramadan had his visa revoked by the Bush administration, ostensibly because he donated money to a charity organization that it was later charged had links to Hamas. The charge was clearly fallacious as the organization was not listed … Continue reading Chicago Tribune Fail: Quotes Robert Spencer on Tariq Ramadan