Archive - 2010

You asked for it

In short, with these sanctions ---- along with others ---- we are striking at the heart of the Iranian government's ability to fund and develop its nuclear program. We're showing the Iranian government that its actions have consequences. And if it persists, the pressure will continue to mount, and its isolation will continue to deepen. There should be no doubt ---- the United States and the international community are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons>>>

Islamist soccer

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Jews for War

One hoped that the neoconservatives would have disappeared after George W. Bush left office and the Iraq War they worked so hard to engineer proved to be a disaster. All those dead, nothing accomplished except the establishment of Iran as the main player in Iraq. But they are still around and still pushing for a war with Iran, which they want even more than the last one. Everywhere you look there's Elliot Abrams, Richard Perle, John Bolton, John Podhoretz, Douglas Feith, Danielle Pletka, The Washington Post editorial page, Frank Gaffney, Charles Krauthammer...>>>

A LIFE DEDICATED TO IRAN's CULTURE: Dr. Ehsan Yarshater 90th Birthday Celebrated at ISIS (May 30th, 2010)

In celebration of the 90th birthday of renowned scholar and ISIS's first president, Dr. Ehsan Yarshater, during the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS). >>>

خود گویی و خود خندی

با پیروزی انقلاب سال ۵۷ و سلطه روحانیت بر همه شئون کشور، دادگستری بیش از هر نهاد دیگری دستخوش تغییر شد و ماهیت آن دگرگون گردید. حاکمیت، امر قضا را مختص روحانیان می‌دانست و با تصفیه عمیقی که در این نهاد انجام داد قاضیان حرفه‌ای و مجرب را یک سره از کار برکنار کرد و جای آنان را به روحانیانی داد که کمترین آشنایی با نظام مدرن دادگستری نداشتند. روحانیت در واقع شکست خود در انقلاب مشروطه را جبران می‌کرد >>>

برگ چغندر

تنها یک روز بعد از نصب مجسمه، شایعات زیادی در شهر پیچید. قیمت همه زمین هائی که سمت دم اسب بود(debajo de la cola de caballo)، ناگهان سقوط کرد. بورس بازان و دلالان زمین شایع کردند که از ماتحت اسب بوهای نامطبوعی متصاعد می شود و همه منطقه زیر دم را مسموم میکند. ظرف تنها 48 ساعت بعد از نصب مجسمه واژه های زیادی وارد ادبیات زبان اسپانیائی شده و آهنگ های مستهجنی ورد زبان همه ساکنان محله بدنام شهر گردید. شهر ناگهان به دو منطقه مهم زیر دم و بالای چشم (منظور چشم اسب) تقسیم ش>>>

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Honey

My brother had a girlfriend, the first real girlfriend he had ever had. They had met at the end of his first year of college. He showed me her picture. She was pretty, and everybody was happy for him. Just having her picture in his room made our whole house seem different. I didn't know if it made us more American, but it was exciting to think about. There was a lot happening on television with boyfriends and girlfriends, and it felt like some of that had come into our house>>>