by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 28, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Destruction and carnage? According to Russel Pritchard, it’s got to be how Beirut looks like: YOUNG footballers are devastated after [the Carnforth Rangers FC] clubhouse was vandalised and left looking “like a scene from Beirut”. […] The mindless louts wrecked...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 27, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
I received an email from a reader, Brenda, about the New York Times article about the events that had unfolded in Norway. According to the article she had sent, The attacks appeared to be part of a coordinated assault on the ordinarily peaceful Scandinavian nation, as...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 25, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
An old derelict school building in Normoss in the UK has been torn down but not before being labeled “Beirut” by the head of the demolition company: Glyn Watkins, owner of JR Demolitions, said: “You can see where the kids have got into the building and pulled bricks...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 25, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Guy Ordway of the Performance Verbier Ski School has edited his recent blog post Wonderbar now looks like Beirut to Wonderbar now looks unwell. The change came as a result of @arabbrands continuous tries to post a comment on Guy’s post: Posted two comments yesterday,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 21, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Bill Wright of Westmorland Road, Blackpool in the UK has written in to his local paper with tips on how “to make both Waterloo Road and Bond Street more attractive to shoppers“: A few mature trees would be a start, but please not the ‘sticks’ that have been planted...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 18, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
According to Guy Ordway, a 33 year old ski instructor at Performance Verbier Ski School, a construction site looks like Beirut (just in case you’re reading this late at night, its Wonder BAR not Wonder BRA): Wonderbar now looks like Beirut. Yes, the home of the...