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Karl Sharro

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The Onion to Sue Lebanon for Making Its Headlines Look Reasonable

Feb 20 2013
[The Onion logo. Image from karlremarks.com]

It emerged today that the American satirical magazine The Onion is to sue Lebanon for unfair competition practices and for making its headlines look totally reasonable. The Onion is demanding millions of dollars in compensation, claiming that the small Mediterranean country has "ruined the business of writing satirical headlines." The magazine’s claim refers to a "sustained campaign of nonsensical but nevertheless real headlines" over a number of years, ...

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Lebanon’s Leaders Build an Ark

Jan 08 2013
[News footage of a part of Beirut flooding. Image is screenshot from LBC video.]

A fierce storm has been lashing Lebanon since Saturday. The storm has led to severe flooding and near-paralysis of the entire country. The country has not seen a storm like this for decades, some say millennia. Someone remembered a storm like this from a long, long time ago. A man from across the southern border had bought Lebanon’s entire store of cedar trees and used it to build a big boat. There were conspiracy theories, and some muttered that somehow the Jews seem to ...

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The Interactive Lebanese Flag

Dec 18 2012
[Flag of the Republic of Lebanon.]

The interactive Lebanese flag, it keeps everyone happy and works for special occasions:

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Bio

Karl Sharro

 

Karl Sharro blogs at Karl ReMarks.

The creative power of fun enables camp youths to give new meaning to the notion of “Palestinianness”, and a new form to their allegiance to Palestinian nationalism, one more suited to their desire to live life in Jordan.
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