Archive - Mar 14, 2009

Weekend madness: "OORobert" (Mom's party)

WM (weekend madness) - "00Robert" (first show special) is today! sorry for telling you that it was cancelled,its not.Enjoy our first WM show! >>>

Merchant of Chaarmahal

A Jew lends someone money, the borrower can’t pay it back so the Jew demands a chunk of flesh in payment. This isn’t Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice; it is a story from Iran’s Chaahaarmahal and Bakhtiaari province. The subtleties of this anti-Semitic characterization are explored reasonably well in Shakespeare’s work, so we’ll move on to the legal adventures of the protagonist: the idiot who borrowed the money. He was simple man who at an old age resolved to improve his lot in life. The Jew was a neighbor who according to the story had amassed his wealth in “many different ways.” >>>

The winking waitress

Her accent told me she was Italian.>>>

Campaign to Save Habbibolah Latifi

A campaign has been started to collect signatures in support of Mr. Latifi. Please take a moment to read the campaign and to spread the word. >>>

Little Zizou – Humorous Surprise Comes in Little Package

A peek in the life of Parsi community in Mumbai, India. Humourous >>>

Happy Birthday Einstein!

Albert Einstein is 130 years old today, here are a few quotes: "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.">>>

Fact vs. Fiction

Conspiracy Theories Against the Baha'is: Time to Turn the Tables! >>>

مردمی كردن درآمدهای نفت

آقای احمدی‌نژاد البته در طرح شعارهای عوامفریبانه اقتصادی تجربه دارد. در دوره پیش، او قرار بود كه «نفت را به پای ‌سفره مردم» ببرد، ولی در دوره چهارساله حكومتش نه فقط از تحقق این وعده خبری‌ نشد و بلكه درآمدهای ‌سرسام‌آور نفت كشور در این دوره برای مردم نتیجه‌ای جز فقر و تورم بر جای نگذاشته است. آقای ‌كروبی نیز در دوره گذشته با شعار عوام‌پسند مشابهی یعنی پرداخت ماهی‌ پنجاه هزارتومان به هر خانواده ایرانی به صحنه آمد. این شعار گرچه ظاهرا توانسته بود آرایی را برای او كسب كند ولی به دلایلی برای موفقیت او در رأی‌گیری كافی نبود. علاوه بر این، هیچ‌گاه معلوم نشد كه او چگونه می‌خواسته یا می‌توانسته است این شعار را متحقق كند. احمدی‌نژاد و كروبی هر دو در رأی‌گیری پیشین شعارهای اقتصادی فریبنده‌ای را مطرح كردند - شعارهایی كه هیچ پایه اقتصادی و عملیاتی نداشتند از این رو چیزی جز صرفا شعارهای عوامفریبانه نبودند>>>

Culprit by Default

Working in a restaurant when I was a student in the early 1970s wasn’t officially authorized under my student visa, but it provided me with a badly needed income. Earning a salary by the hour was something unheard of for me since there was no payment system like that back home in Iran. Even though the minimum wage rate in those days was not all that high in nominal terms, it was a considerable amount of money for me since I use to live on a very small stipend. In addition to its monetary reward, the job had non-monetary benefits. I was able to take home the restaurant’s unsold leftover baked potatoes every night because I believe that health department regulations did not allow the potatoes to be saved>>>