Teflon tiger By Irfan Husain dawn.com Nawaz Sharif has a remarkable ability to retain the image of a clean, mainstream leader despite such a tarnished record. –Photo by APP Pity the poor tiger: hunted to the brink of extinction, it now has to suffer the indignity of having its image expropriated by the likes of Nawaz Sharif and his faction of the Pakistan Muslim League. With Musharraf setting up his own All Pakistan Muslim League, there are now so many clones of this tired brand that the voter can be excused for being confused. Sheikh Rashid has his own one-man … Continue reading To some its like finding your only worthwhile leader is GAY!

Walking with the Comrades By Arundhati Roy dawn.com Arundhati Roy finds a quiet moment to herself during a punishing visit to the forest where she became the first journalist/writer to break the taboo of of interviewing Maoist guerrillas in their lair. Last month, quietly, unannounced, Arundhati Roy decided to visit the forbidding and forbidden precincts of Central India’s Dandakaranya Forests, home to a melange of tribespeople many of whom have taken up arms to protect their people against state-backed marauders and exploiters. She recorded in considerable detail the first face-to-face journalistic “encounter” with armed guerillas, their families and comrades, for … Continue reading Arundhati Roy interviewing Maoist Terrorists in India

Scientists have released video of an expedition under 600 feet of ice sheet in the Arctic, previously thought unable to sustain life.  The team sent a camera beneath an ice sheet in what they suspected would be a fruitless attempt to discern how inhospitable and dead the location was, but found that life existed far beyond what they had previously expected possible. A NASA team launching a remote camera was shocked when suddenly a mysterious shrimp-like creature known as a Lyssianasid amphipod swam in front of the camera and perched itself on the device’s tow cable.  The creature was three … Continue reading NASA Scientists Discover Life that Cannot Exist on Earth!

Imagine for a moment the universe in its entirety.  Though it is impossible to truly understand how vast its scope is, the feeling it elicits as we stare into the obsidian formless blanket of light and think about how big it is, is it truly impossible to look into it and feel anything but insignificant?  The nihilistic feeling that mankind does not matter because it is so small and insignificant seems a limited understanding of worth, regardless of personal beliefs dealing only with the objective observations accepted about our world and the universe. The Earth currently has 6.5 billion people … Continue reading Look at the Stars, Are we not Significant?

Image Credit: Clinton Library An incredible revelation has just been unveiled regarding the visit Hillary Clinton took to Laurance Rockefeller’s Rance in 1995 to discuss many topics. This information comes now thanks to UFO researcher Grant Cameron who runs a website on Hillary and her relation to UFOs.  This photo also confirms that Clinton likely discussed matters of extraterrestrials with the billionaire UFO enthusiast Laurance Rockefeller. The photo in question shows Mrs. Clinton walking alongside Mr. Rockefeller, and tucked beneath her arm is a book entitled “Are We Alone” by Paul Davies.  The book is an attempt to get a … Continue reading Mrs Clinton met aliens?

An elderly Chinese woman has stunned friends and family by growing a horn on her forehead that looks strikingly similar to a goat’s horns.  The woman has shown no other mutations, but this one has some wondering if it’s a sign, either of mystical significance or of future mutations to come. One hundred and one year old Zhang Ruifang is no stranger to experience, having raised seven children to adulthood in her life and now living out her days as a grandmother.  But when a mysterious formation on the end of her head began sprouting out over the course of … Continue reading Elderly Woman Grows Horn on Head!

Will Power and Self-Discipline Sometimes, you wish to go for a walk, knowing how good it is for your health and how wonderful you feel afterwards, yet, you feel too lazy, and prefer to watch TV instead. You might be aware of the fact that you need to change your eating habits or stop smoking, yet, you don’t have the inner power and persistence to change these habits. Does this sound familiar? How many times have you said, “I wish I had will power and self discipline”? How many times have you started to do something, only to quit after … Continue reading This is YOUR TIME: Will Power and Self-Discipline

The philosophers, logicians and doctors of law were drawn up at Court to examine Mulla Nasrudin. This was a serious case, because he had admitted going from village to village saying: “The so-called wise men are ignorant, irresolute, and confused.” He was charged with undermining the security of the State. “You may speak first,” said the King. “Have paper and pens brought,” said the Mulla. Paper and pens were brought. “Give some to each of the first seven savants.” The pens were distributed. “Have them separately write an answer to this question: “What is bread?” This was done. THe papers … Continue reading Wise Men are plentiful!

A group of Muslim religious leaders once got together and, having nothing better to do that day, began to talk on trivial matters. One of them asked: “During a funeral procession, should one walk on the right side of the coffin or on the left?” Immediately, the group was divided by a difference of opinion. Half said that they would walk on the right side, while the other half maintained that they would walk on the left side. Finally, they decided to go to Mulla Nasrudin and ask for his religiouns proclamation. Mulla listened carefully and then said laughingly: “It … Continue reading As Muslims should we walk on the left or right of the coffin?

I came upon a frowning man walking along the road to town. “What’s wrong?” I asked. The man held up a tattered bag and moaned, “All that I own in this wide world barely fills this miserable, wretched sack.” “Too bad,” said I, and with that, I snatched the bag from the man’s hands and ran down the road with it. Having lost everything, the man burst into tears and, more miserable than before, continued walking. Meanwhile, I quickly ran around the bend and placed the man’s sack in the middle of the road where he would have to come … Continue reading Losing Everything – A Sufi Story