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Yep, we’re a corrupt country

According to the 2011 Corruption Perception Index, Lebanon scored 2.5/10 and ranked 134 among 182 countries with New Zealand number 1 being the least corrupt, and Somalia at 182 being the most corrupt.

Compared to the Arab countries, we have a lot of work (or cleaning maybe?) to do since they’re all ahead of us except for Yemen, Libya, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia. What’s amazing though, is that in the most corrupt country (Somalia), electricity is actually available 24/7 for the people!

You can check the report here for the full results.

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Mounting the same license plate on two different cars

These two photos, taken by Mr. Mohamad Machnouk at the same time and in the same parking lot, show different cars with identical license plates. As the plates color shows, these two cars seem to be owned by some Lebanese judge. Talk about abuse of authority!

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On Lebanese parliament members and their purchasing power

I was on my way to work this morning when I saw this Porsche Panamera with a parliamentary plate number.

Porsche Panamera

While members of the Lebanese parliament can afford such luxury car (priced at around $150,000?) from the salary that they work “really hard” to earn at the end of each month from the taxes we pay for (especially on gas and phone bills), the average employee in Lebanon can hardly afford a Kia Pianto, and of course cries his heart out when visiting Lebanon Motor Show.

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Bullshot powder

Sniffing powder to get an energy boost? That’s the ultimate “faseid”!!

bullshot powder

Whoever thought of importing this to Lebanon is a corrupt mind. It simply makes it easy on drug addicts to practice their “tizyii7” habits publicly while pretending it’s the Bullshot powder!

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On heavy rain

What’s the real use of a drainage system if it is unable to remove water when it heavily rains? Or is it designed in Lebanon to just accommodate the water that comes out of Im Salim’s house lama toshtof bayta?

To  my bad luck I was on the road in Tarik El-Jadida when it was heavily raining in Beirut today, I’ll just leave the photos to speak about how bad the situation was there.

rain in beirut 1

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rain in beirut 5

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+961 claims victory in the 2009 USJ election

The student body election at the Saint Joseph University ended YESTERDAY, however until now I still have no idea about the real winner in this election!

Is it the Lebanese Forces? Is it March 14 coalition? Is it the Free Patriotic Movement? Is it March 8 coalition? Is it the “الزحف الشيعي على جامعة بشير الجميّل” (also known as Hizbullah)? Mickey Mouse maybe!

If you check both of the FPM & Lebanese Forces websites (Tayyar.org & Lebanese-Forces.com) you notice that both parties claim they won the election, and to my amazement none of them tell it was a close competition! They both claim they wiped their rivals!

And to amaze us ever more, the FPM people went to Michael Aoun’s place in Rabieh late last night to celebrate their victory, and the Lebanese Forces people did the same thing at Samir Geagea’s place in Maarab!!

I recall the same thing happened last year in USJ, so I think it’s becoming a ritual there. Few thousands students casting their votes, and it takes forever to come out with an accurate final result. Fuck whoever is responsible for that.

Here’s how the Tayyar.org website looked today morning:

tayyar website

… and here’s how the Lebanese Forces website looked like at the same time.

lebanese forces website

Amusing eh?

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