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Commented May 23, 2011 on Back in the Saddle at Foreign Dispatches
Back in the Saddle
A year ago, I decided to take a lengthy hiatus from blogging. Several reasons lay behind this decision - e.g. the drudgery of dealing with spammers, the decline in meaningful feedback caused by implementing countermeasures against trolls, etc. - but the primary motivation for taking a break from...
You no sabi writing no more, abi wetin dey happen with this last article of yours dated on May 16? Abeg na, baba make you write something soon o...I miss reading your takes on current affairs. I may not comment often, but I read them...I read them all.
Commented Jul 27, 2010 on Why I Don't Drink (Often) at Foreign Dispatches
Why I Don't Drink (Often)
As anyone who knows me personally will attest, I've never been much of a drinker, not for religious or cultural reasons, but simply because I don't enjoy it. My problem with alcohol isn't the all-too-common ones of belligerence or loss of impulse control under the influence, but simply that drink...
They didn't get rid of everything. Try typing "Muhammad is"
Commented Jan 8, 2010 on Even Google is Afraid of Islam at Foreign Dispatches
Even Google is Afraid of Islam
If Google's "auto suggest" feature is any indication, even the folks at Mountain View have a "respectful"* [sic] view of the Religion of Peace. Think I'm kidding? Take a look at this picture and see for yourself. Better yet, why not go ahead and try typing "X is" for any number of religions "X" ...
In just 100 years, there'll be 644 grandmother deaths/ 100 student!? That's insane!! We should abandon all institutes of higher education immediately!! This is a matter of survival! :P
From a less jocular perspective, does that exponential graph (assuming the guy really did compile that data for 20 yrs) mean each generation is getting lazier at an exponential rate!?!? I think not. It just means some excuses are becoming more **fashionable** than others. You'd agree, yea?
Commented Aug 15, 2009 on Exams Kill Grandmothers! at Foreign Dispatches
Exams Kill Grandmothers!
Here's some hard proof if you don't believe me. Also, dogs are disproportionately likely to eat the homework of struggling students ...
This is just downright depressing. They ought to have Ayaan Hirsi Ali give them a few lessons about courage.
Commented Aug 13, 2009 on Who's Afraid of Mohammed? at Foreign Dispatches
Who's Afraid of Mohammed?
Yale University Press, that's who. It’s not all that surprising that Yale University Press would be wary of reprinting notoriously controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a forthcoming book. After all, when the 12 caricatures were first published by a Danish newspaper a few years ago ...
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