Air conditioners—the solution to climate change and the key to world peace. Is there anything they can't do?
Anyone who thinks the Gulf states need MORE air conditioning has never been anywhere near them.
(Though I guess a giant Dubai climatedome would make a pretty good money sink.)
How many bombings in Abu Dhabi this week?
Wondering about Qatar and the (men's) World Cup in 2022. I know people are talking about reopening the bidding process because of corruption, human rights violations, etc, etc, but, assuming it stays Qatar 2022, it's still going to be hot, right? Even in November-December, the planned dates...
Yeah, there's been serious concern about the health of the players.
I don't have a good metric, but it seems like on a world-history timescale the middle east might be one of the more overall peaceful regions. You had civilization early, which helped, then a succession of more or less peace-bringing empires, except at the borders, then the 20th-21st century when you got small warring nations and religious nutjobbery. In the gulf itself either empire-protected kingdoms, little trading enclaves, or nobody.
Also, the Crusades happened, but that was a long time ago and barely anyone remembers.
The Crusades themselves didn't actually get very far or take much territory; it was the Mongols smashing everything up that really caught people's attention.
3 I keep my flat a constant cool 65 degrees. And November - December is perfect weather here. Mid to low 80s in the day and mid 60s at night. Soon it's going to be in the mid to low 70s in the day. Perfect.
And I'm not sure it's the players they're worried about as much as the spectators. I've seen them air condition a stadium that was open to the sky and drop the temperature by a good 10-15 degrees. It was an amazing feat. And an amazing waste of their plentiful resources.
In other Gulf related news, earlier tonight I was manhandled by the security goons of a certain President whose air force has been pissing off the Bear. Dude was a few feet from me but he came into the section I'm responsible for. The goons cared not. They put their hands all over me and pushed me right out of my area. Alas, I missed my chance to cause a diplomatic incident. I should have shouted something in Kurdish.
Or Latin. "Sic semper tyrannis!" always seems to freak out political leaders.
If anyone here interacts with the/any president on a regular basis I think it would be a good idea for them to start using the phrase constantly, whenever giving them something. "Could you pass the salt?" "Oh no problem - SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!"
It might be good to clear it with whatever security detail is nearby, but I think it would funnier if they didn't.
Dude was a few feet from me but he came into the section I'm responsible for. The goons cared not. They put their hands all over me and pushed me right out of my area.
I heard from them that you crossed over into their section. Perhaps you should have identified yourself earlier.
How/when is said dude going to stop being president anyway? It's getting a little scary at this point how long it's been.
Yeah, and he just won the new election after the old election he'd lost. It's sad.