And lol:

You probably won’t see this since I think I’ve been banned here for reasons unknown, but if you do you might be interested in this:

(None of my posts here are showing up for me now, so either Kinja’s screwed up or I’ve somehow been banned or something for reasons unknown.)

Heck yeah, Mashrou’ Leila. My favorite song of theirs is “Djinn”: 

That, I suspect, is a ploy for the Trump administration.

A good rundown of Sabhan’s remarks:

Oh, great, even more bad drivers—and parkers:

Speaking of the UAE’s role, their Minister of State said yesterday that they fear that the Houthis will become a حزب الله جديد , “new Hezbollah,” so they’re helping with the escalation in rhetoric.

Saudi Gulf affairs minister Thamer al-Sabhan told Al-Arabiya TV that Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s prime minister on Saturday, had been told that acts of “aggression” by Hezbollah “were considered acts of a declaration of war against Saudi Arabia by Lebanon and by the Lebanese Party of…

Well, at least Julie Andrews can buy groceries without being assaulted.

At least you’re trying to see the humor in this story. Remember: Rand Paul is broken-ribbed for your pleasure.

It always comes as a great shock to such people when they learn that Muslims LOOOOOVE Jesus.

I learned how socially difficult it is for a surprisingly large percentage of American men to make strange sounds in front of others.

This is totally unrelated but holy shit, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia! Crazy stuff going down.

Nation’s response to Vegas shooting: thoughts and prayers, let’s not politicize this tragedy, too soon to talk about gun control

A phrase one should avoid using: Allahu akbar.

It has to be said that there are a great many more Muslims who assimilate to Western cultures without taking up drinking, sex before marriage, and other things Muslims in general consider to be wrong. I don’t think we should try to defend Muslims in the West against bigots by saying that hey, some of them turn away…

It’s also uniquely American to willfully reject knowledge of other cultures.