JJ and I must be on the same wavelength today, cause we both ended up blogging about drugs, he about the
legalization of Marijuana and me about prescription drugs.
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POLITICS
Empowering Himself Through Helping the Greens
Empowering Himself Through Helping the GreensAs the Persian
Nowruz New Year fast approaches and Iran's post-election crisis enters its ninth month, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani remains as mercurial a figure as ever in Iranian politics. True to his nickname of
Kooseh, or "The Shark," Rafsanjani has been paying lip-service to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei while simultaneously signaling (if only tacitly) solidarity with Iran's Green opposition movement. With his reputation as an incredibly calculating figure, it is hard to believe that this contradiction is coincidental
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Rather than passing a Nowruz resolution, do our community a real favor. Work together and put egos aside
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What is Arab Nationalism and when do we know we have it?
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Here, I dedicate the 2010 (Norooz 1389) edition to my fellow Iranians
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I am an American environmental engineer on a short-term technical assistance assignment in Afghanistan
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DEFIANCE
چهارشنبهسوری، خط گسل بین رژیم و مردم ایران
میلیونها ایرانی از زن و مرد و کوچک و بزرگ در سراسر کشور که در این شب در مراسم چهارشنبه-سوری شرکت کردهاند - در خانه یا خیابان، در شهر و روستا - با حضور خود به خامنهای که گفته بود از این کار اجتناب کنید «نه» گفتهاند. آنان عملا گفتهاند که ولایت او را نمیپذیرند. آنان بدون نیاز به شعار و پرچم و تظاهرات حرف خود را زدهاند. آنان خط بطلان بر ولی فقیه و اعتبار و اقتدار او کشیدهاند. قاطبه آنان نیاز نداشتهاند که به خیابان بیایند و نارضایی خود از حاکمیت را داد بزنند
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