Ground Realities

There were two historic moments in Pakistani politics yesterday, first the coalition broke (as it was expected to break) within 7 days of the resignation of Musharraf. Which in itself just tells us one thing,  that this “grand coalition” had absolutely nothing in common democratically or politically speaking other than the ouster of the commando….

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Getting electrified

Who in this day would want to live without electricity voluntarily? Looks like there still are few people who shun the mother of all inventions, for instance this 60 years old Welsh Bachelor. Hubert Hilling, who lives in a remote country cottage in Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire, paid £5,000 to get the power installed. The 60-year-old tour…

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Video Mushism’s

A friends blog did a post on Mushism’s some days ago. White trawling the net…I came across several clips which can easily qualify for Mushism’s on film…so check it out 🙂 Atleast he made us smile a little…the new one will make us all weep.

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Video Bushisms

Now what would a weekend at deadpan be without some Bushism’s eh?? Off course the fact that 72% of our readership is in the U.S Of A makes no difference to our subject choices either! So without further ado…we present Video Bushism’s

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Wanted

Fact: Angelina Jolie cannot look any hotter than she does in “Wanted” with a gun, menacing smile tatoos and all. Fact: There is something quite arousing about secret societies who control the fate of the world by executing people at will as Assassins. Fact: With the Matrix the dodging bullet effect came into rage, Wanted…

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The Dark Bomb!

After being force fed the hype surrounding “The Dark Knight” and watching with interest how the movie studios used the death of ‘Heath Ledger” who plays the Joker in this movie to their benefit, I thought I would go see what the fuss is all about. So I went to the local video store and…

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Continuum

If I could, I would take it all away. Everything. Your everyday life, my everyday life (well, in that there are caveats) to leave us standing on a blank canvass. I would make the ground, the players, the media centre, the other journalists, all fade slowly into a brilliant white emptiness.   I would wipe…

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Disaster at wah ordinance factory

Twin suicide bombers struck the Pakistan Armies largest ordinance complex today. There are about 70 people dead and many more are injured. Two suicide bombers exploded themselves at the gates of this highly sensative complex  just as the workers were coming out to go home. Thank god they did not get inside or it would…

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What happened to Nayyar Zaidi?

WASHINGTON: A veteran Pakistani journalist, Nayyar Zaidi, has been charged with attempted child molestation in the United States. While Zaidi insists that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has framed him, press reports published in Ohio newspapers, the state where he is in prison since March 20, say that he was arrested in Jackson Township,…

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