Details of 3rd District الدائرة الثالثة Voting of Majlis Al-Omma

  

  

  

  

Al-Qaabas published the details of the top spots in the 2012 Majlis Al-Omma elections for the 3rd district, detailed by area. The tables show the top 1 to 12-20 spots, by candidate. Al-Qabas also published an analysis of the numbers. Click on these links [here and here] for more details

I haven’t seen details like this yet for this year’s elections. I’m also surprised that Al-Qabas started off with the 3rd district, instead of going with numerical ordering and starting with the 1st district. I belong to the 2nd, so I’m obviously interested in reading the numbers behind the winning candidates in my district. Seeing where each of them was strong, weak, won, or lost.

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Congrats to NBK Share Holders

I know I should’ve posted this a couple of days ago, when the news came out. But I gota to be honest here, I ain’t the happiest NBK investor, not even by a long shot. I bought me a few more shares, costing me some KD 1.260-280 last summer.

Ok, kool, and super awesome, that NBK are giving me back 40 fils and some 10% bonus shares. But to be honest here, I’m still down a good 10-15%, since I bought the shares this last summer…. Which is pretty damn sad, considering that NBK WAS one of the best local investment opportunities of 2011.

Anyways. Hip Hip Hurray NBK. Way to go our lovely Kuwaiti camel. Might all Kuwaiti companies follow your suit in profit distribution.

Things to do in Kuwait: Political Meeting with Mishari Al-Osaimi

If you belong to the 2nd constituency (elda2era elthania), then it’ll be beneficial to know that Mishari Al-Osaimi, one of our best candidates for the 2012 parliament, is having a public meeting today at 7.30 p.m. in Faiha area.

Your best way is to come through the 3rd ring road, it’ll be the 2nd exit (I think) into Faiha from that road.

Nokia’s Historic Lose

Nokia was hit with a €1.2 billion lose for fiscal 2011, vs. a profit of €1.8 billion last fiscal year. This is Nokia’s first lose since 1993, i.e. in almost 20 years!

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UAE Ruler Settles all Emirate Personal Debt Below One Million Dirhams

The United Emirates Ruler Sh. Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nuhayan ordered the settlement of all individual debt blow one million dirhams (approx. $300,000) belonging to Emirati citizens. This will benefit some 7,000 nationals.

There are a few conditions to accompany this relief: 25% deduction of monthly salary, and no new borrowings till the full settlement of the relieved debt. Click [here] for further details.

Wikipedia English is Closing for a Day Tomorrow

The English Wikipedia will shut down\blackout for a whole day starting tomorrow, in protest of new proposed American online piracy legislation. You can read more about it [here].

Update: Mashable has written a great article [here] on how and why the new antipiracy laws are dangerous to the whole internet, to both US and non-US sites alike. And just like wikipedia stated yesterday, The English Wiki (along with wordpress.org and many other sites) did go black, here’s a screen shot:

إلغاء ندوة الليلة النسائية لمشاري العصيمي لظرف وفاة أحد الأقارب

بحكم إنني من الدائرة الثانية، وصلتني مسج إعتذار عن إقامة الندوة النسائية للمرشح مشاري العصيمي، المفروض إقامتها اللية، و ذلك لظرف وفاة أحد أقاربه. و بالنظر إلى أن إعلانات الندوة كانت بالصفحة الأولى من جرايد اليوم، و بالتالي يمكن الناس ما سمعت بالإعتذار، قلت أحط الإعتذار عشان أكثر عدد تدري

Ali Al-Rashed Dr. Obaid Al-Wasmi Debate Tonight on Al-Watan TV مناظرة بين علي الراشد و د. عبيد الوسمي الليلة على الوطن

I personally feel that this debate could be one of the strongest in this elections campaign. Ali Al-Rashed was the official spokesman for the last Kuwaiti government, and Dr. Obaid Al-Wasmi was one of the strongest catalysts for the ousting of the same said government (check the last vid in this link).

It’s been reported that Al-Rashed had three conditions before he agreed to do the debate, and Al-Wasmi agreed to them all. Let’s see what they both have to say tonight.

The debate will be shows in”Al-6areeq Ela Al-Majlis” show on Al-Watan TV tonight [source].

Update: The debate didn’t take place after all, though I’m not sure why. Her’s what Sabr and Al-Wasmi had to say:

A Word in Defense of MP Faisal Al-Meslem

Like Faisal or don’t like him (I personally lean towards passionately not liking him), but you can’t argue with his patriotism or fight against corruption. You can’t help but feel bad about the government’s decision to ban him from running for parliament again.

He was a religious fundamentalist MP, we can’t argue about that. But that was not all he was. He was also against corruption and government bribery. He had a strong voice, stance, and presence in the opposition’s fight against widespread public corruption; and for that he got disqualified and banned from running for Parliament.

We are not arguing against the judiciary or legal verdict that was handed out a few days ago. What were are protesting is the government’s blatant disregard to said verdict, and insistence on bending it to their foul and unethical ways, and punishing honest MPs in the likes of Al-Meslim.

For one to be refused or rejected the right to run for parliament, he or she must have violated or have been convicted of certain and clear crimes.

Al-Meslim was none of the above. Yet the government chose to eliminate and remove him despite his obvious lack of violation of electoral rules.

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Al-Qabas Invites Nobel Prize Winner Laureate to Kuwait

I don’t know what Al-Qabas newspaper will gain by inviting this revolutionary Novel prize laureate to Kuwait during election time, but still, it still counts as a very positive step towards Al-Qabas’ reputation for a better Kuwait [source].