{"id":62474,"date":"2021-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62474\/another-minister-strikes-with-another-story"},"modified":"2021-09-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T00:00:00","slug":"another-minister-strikes-with-another-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62474\/another-minister-strikes-with-another-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Minister Strikes With ANOTHER Story"},"content":{"rendered":"Just yesterday, the incoming Minister of Economy regaled the Lebanese people with a confusing and poorly retold tale of two frogs in a well.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giving strong &#8220;m3almit el 3arabi explaining why we failed&#8221;vibes. WTF IS HAPPENING? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ZkkbKFtQe\">https:\/\/t.co\/0ZkkbKFtQe<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1437730906270220289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  That&#8217;s right, the man responsible for setting a plan to revive our economy is partaking in a good ole fashion story time instead of discussing things like the ration cards or the fuel crisis that is threatening our food safety. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/ZziHFdI5i0eEo\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  And apparently, this was not a lone incident in the new government. Earlier today, the Minister of Labor Mustafa Beyrum took it upon himself to share another fun animal story with us, this time about a bird who puts out a forest fire. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are they joking please this feels like a prank <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/igifInv4fP\">https:\/\/t.co\/igifInv4fP<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1438089251179143170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  We wish we were joking.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*New government*<br><br>Expectations: Reforms, strategies, policies.<br>Reality: STORYTIME!<\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a 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