2012 April 17 – Gino's Blog

The Weekly Leaks: Grand Cinemas ABC Dbayeh This May

April 17, 2012 By Gino 2 Comments

I’ve been providing you leaks about ABC Dbayeh for a year now, from exclusive shots of their new section, to the race in Dbayeh with the upcoming Le Mall.

Now, I’ve obtained confirmation that the planned Grand Cinemas multiplex in ABC Dbayeh will be welcoming moviegoers next month! I know, I wasn’t expecting it to open this soon, but it looks like they’re gonna be up-and-running in the next few weeks.

They’re being quite hush-hush about it though, so I couldn’t learn whether or not there’s gonna be some new concept of movie-watching. Perhaps sofas? Maybe even food?

So, Cinemacity, I’ll be missing you =P

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Poll of the Week: How Many of Us Are Voters Come 2013? +80% Prefer Mad

April 17, 2012 By Gino 3 Comments

Things need to change. We need to change them. But, to change, we need to be able to vote. That’s why I’d like to gauge how many people who read this blog are actually eligible to vote (21 and above, and no criminal record, and of course Lebanese). Don’t get me wrong, if someone’s below 21, their campaigning will be just as integral, but its nice to have some numbers about ballots we can be sure about!

Also, if you’re gonna boycott, do vote “yes” as in technically eligible to vote =P

Last Week’s Poll

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FASHAL – Pitza Hiba

April 17, 2012 By Gino Leave a Comment

Taken by Joanna Deeb

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RYV Brings Down 16 Lebanese Governmental Websites

April 17, 2012 By Gino 11 Comments

To our dear “beloved” Lebanese Government,

We are RYV, short for Raise Your Voice, and we are simply a group of people who could not bare sitting in silence, watching all the crimes and injustice going on in Lebanon. We will not be silenced and brainwashed by your media. We will not stop until the Lebanese people mobilize, demand their rights, and earn them. We will not stop until the standards of living are raised to where they should be in Lebanon. We will not stop until this government’s self-made problems are solved, like the power shortage, water shortage, rise in gas prices and rise in food product prices. We are RYV, expect us to break the silence, whether in the streets or on the Internet.Silence is a crime.

Beautiful. The websites brought down include:

An impressive one is the Ministry of Electricity and Water, which is a dark, blacked-out website with an interactive bright circle similar to a flashlight’s illuminating the parts of the declaration via your cursors.

This isn’t the first time this has happened, and with gas prices at a solid 39,700 LBP, we Lebanese should be doing more than defacing the government’s websites! Perhaps with brilliant hacktivists like RYV, the government will think twice about trying to regulate the Internet. After all, we have someone now who can stop their websites if they dare stop ours. It’s times like these I wish I had learned some computer science =P. I for one support this movement and really hope it manifests into something on the ground. The 2013 elections are coming up, and I for one am planning to make it worthwhile…

You can follow RYV’s Twitter account and Facebook page too.