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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Does Pervez Musharraf have AIDS?
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been sick. Someone suggested that the nature of the disease cannot be disclosed. Since then the social media is buzzing with the rumor that Pervez Musharraf has Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). People are even circulating photos showing Pervez Musharraf with young busty women--the insinuation being that with so many different sex partners the ex-General was bound to get AIDS.
No, General (retired) Pervez Musharraf does not have AIDS.
He is suffering from Amyloidosis, a rare disease that progressively gets worse.
According to the Mayo Clinic
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/amyloidosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20353178
"Amyloidosis (am-uh-loi-DO-sis) is a rare disease that occurs when a substance called amyloid builds up in your organs. Amyloid is an abnormal protein that is produced in your bone marrow and can be deposited in any tissue or organ.
Amyloidosis can affect different organs in different people, and there are different types of amyloid. Amyloidosis frequently affects the heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, nervous system and digestive tract. Severe amyloidosis can lead to life-threatening organ failure.
There's no cure for amyloidosis. But treatments can help you manage your symptoms and limit the production of amyloid protein."
[ Photo, courtesy of Pervez Musharraf twitter account.]
Saturday, October 13, 2018
How to solve Mo Dewji's kidnapping case?
How to solve Tanzanian billionaire Mohammad Dewji's kidnapping case?
Tanzania's youngest dollar billionaire--since one US dollar gets you around 2300 Tanzanian shillings, it is important to distinguish between a dollar billionaire and a Shilling billionaire--Mohammad (Mo) Dewji regularly used the gym at Colosseum Hotel & Fitness Club in Dar. That was a problem.
If you are a high net worth individual, you should not keep a routine that involves appearance in public--and especially so in a third world country. On top of that Mo Dewji's Range Rover had a personalized license plate
with his name on it. Huge problem! In short, Mo Dewji seemed to be asking for trouble and he got it the morning of Thursday, October 11 when armed men waiting in a car outside Colosseum Hotel & Fitness Club quickly whisked him away as soon as he came out of the gym after his morning workout.
No demand for ransom has come yet, but it should be on its way.
Tanzanian police has rounded up over 30 people including the security guards at Colosseum Hotel & Fitness Club.
How to solve this case?
Hotel surveillance camera footage is not very clear since the kidnapping took place outside the
hotel. Now police should be looking at cameras installed at other locations around Colosseum Hotel and especially towards Masaki.
The Uber driver who saw the kidnapping taking place should be inquired about the make, model, and color of car and databases should be checked to narrow down on the car that took away Mo.
What phone did Mo use? Can its location be tracked?
And as soon as a family member gets the call for ransom, the source of the call needs to be identified.
Photos, courtesy of Expedia.com
Tanzania's youngest dollar billionaire--since one US dollar gets you around 2300 Tanzanian shillings, it is important to distinguish between a dollar billionaire and a Shilling billionaire--Mohammad (Mo) Dewji regularly used the gym at Colosseum Hotel & Fitness Club in Dar. That was a problem.
If you are a high net worth individual, you should not keep a routine that involves appearance in public--and especially so in a third world country. On top of that Mo Dewji's Range Rover had a personalized license plate
with his name on it. Huge problem! In short, Mo Dewji seemed to be asking for trouble and he got it the morning of Thursday, October 11 when armed men waiting in a car outside Colosseum Hotel & Fitness Club quickly whisked him away as soon as he came out of the gym after his morning workout.
No demand for ransom has come yet, but it should be on its way.
Tanzanian police has rounded up over 30 people including the security guards at Colosseum Hotel & Fitness Club.
How to solve this case?
Hotel surveillance camera footage is not very clear since the kidnapping took place outside the
hotel. Now police should be looking at cameras installed at other locations around Colosseum Hotel and especially towards Masaki.
The Uber driver who saw the kidnapping taking place should be inquired about the make, model, and color of car and databases should be checked to narrow down on the car that took away Mo.
What phone did Mo use? Can its location be tracked?
And as soon as a family member gets the call for ransom, the source of the call needs to be identified.
Photos, courtesy of Expedia.com
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Did Barkha Dutt plagiarize a comparison?
Back in 2012, I Khan visited the Bay Area and held a fundraiser for his political party. Yours truly wrote a blog post on that event.
https://cemendtaur.blogspot.com/2012_10_28_archive.html
One sentence of the write-up being: “The Mick Jagger look alike Pakistani politician dyes his hair regularly and does daily workout to maintain his fashion-model appearance.”
More recently this article appeared in the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/07/14/barkha-dutt-as-pakistans-nawaz-sharif-is-sent-to-jail-his-rival-imran-khan-should-not-celebrate/?utm_term=.ce7483bb4863
The author writes: “Khan is a glamorous, Mick Jagger-lookalike cricketer turned politician, who opponents say has the blessings of the shadowy deep state that controls the country.”
What do you say about the comparison? Plagiarism or mere coincidence?
https://cemendtaur.blogspot.com/2012_10_28_archive.html
One sentence of the write-up being: “The Mick Jagger look alike Pakistani politician dyes his hair regularly and does daily workout to maintain his fashion-model appearance.”
More recently this article appeared in the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/07/14/barkha-dutt-as-pakistans-nawaz-sharif-is-sent-to-jail-his-rival-imran-khan-should-not-celebrate/?utm_term=.ce7483bb4863
The author writes: “Khan is a glamorous, Mick Jagger-lookalike cricketer turned politician, who opponents say has the blessings of the shadowy deep state that controls the country.”
What do you say about the comparison? Plagiarism or mere coincidence?
Monday, July 16, 2018
What is Civilization?
After traveling through a few places in the world I have come to believe that the following are all related to each other:
1. Discipline in masses
2. Respect for women—at par with men
3. Potable water in tap
4. Consideration for the needs of the blind, the deaf, and others who are physically challenged
5. Waste disposal (of all kinds)
For example, when you go to a new country, just take a look at the traffic. With what you find there—an indicator of one aspect of #1 above—you can draw conclusions about what to expect in the other four categories described above.
1. Discipline in masses
2. Respect for women—at par with men
3. Potable water in tap
4. Consideration for the needs of the blind, the deaf, and others who are physically challenged
5. Waste disposal (of all kinds)
For example, when you go to a new country, just take a look at the traffic. With what you find there—an indicator of one aspect of #1 above—you can draw conclusions about what to expect in the other four categories described above.
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