With the holiday season commencing ....a look at a different, almost lighter, side:


         Kissing cousins: (is Arabian oil thicker than West Texas blue blood?)                    
     But is the kiss as sweet as Napa Merlot, or Texas tea?

                                                                                                        

                                             As time goes by...
 You broke my heart, Fredo..                      When "a kiss is not a kiss, a sigh....."



 The wise old man and the young thugs....
Two is company...



 The strongest, smartest two people at Anapolis were women- non-Arabs of course, awash in a sea of hapless not-so-potent potentates.
But who said the prettiest girls at the party have more fun? For Tzipi Livni, Annapolis was strictly platonic. No kisses, except passionless ones from Condi. Not even a quaking princely handshake- that was declared, quiveringly, quakingly, strictly no no ahead of time. And I bet she didn't know she was supposed to toss her cellphone number in their lap, in the Arab fashion of the New Middle East.
Oh well, even blind dates are better, at least there is some mystery, some anticipation there...


                                       
 A hairy Gulf of faith......                                  
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on the case of the 'Qateef Girl': "I can't get involved in specific court cases in Saudi Arabia dealing with its own citizens (unless it is Cuba?). But most people here would be quite surprised to learn of the circumstances and then the punishment meted out," he said.
Cheers
Mohammed

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