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'Like Someone in Love' - The New Movie from Abbas Kiarostami

The movie is filled with examples of and references to methods of communication: Books, faxes, cell phone messages, answering machines, intercoms, misunderstood jokes, traffic signals, the honking of car horns. A copy of a famous 1900 Japanese painting titled "Training a Parrot" by Chiyo Yazaki hangs on the professor's wall; the woman in the painti ... Continue reading »

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Freight Train | TomDispatch

Has a weapon ever been invented, no matter how terrible, and not used?  The crossbow, the dreadnought, poison gas, the tank, the landmine, chemical weapons, napalm, the B-29, the drone: all had their day and for some that day remains now.  Even the most terrible weapon of all, the atomic bomb, that city-buster, that potential civilization-destroyer ... Continue reading »

Iraq, Iran : the lesson of sanctions | Sciences Po/ CERI

In 1990, Saddam Hussein did not understand that the world had changed with the fall of the Wall. He thought that the USSR would protect him from America after the invasion of Kuwait, and paid dearly his mistake. Abandoned by the Soviets, Iraq had to bear the cost, first of a war lost, and second of international sanctions, on a scale and harshness ... Continue reading »

Rainn Wilson's Baha'i Background and Iran's Prisoners of Conscience - Heard on the Hill

Hollywood actor Rainn Wilson, best known for bringing life to the aggravating geekery of Dwight Schrute in the NBC sitcom “The Office,” is using his celebvocat status to advocate for the release of seven religious leaders currently imprisoned in the Islamic Republic of Iran.     In an interview with HOH, she said the situation has gotten worse over ... Continue reading »

Iranian economy feeling effects of Western sanctions - UPI.com

A new round of sanctions, aimed at forcing Iran to abandon its purported quest for nuclear weapons, took effect in April. They're aimed at tightening the chokehold on Iran's vital oil exports, the backbone of its economy, by preventing Tehran from repatriating oil revenues from its major Asian customers like India, Japan and South Korea.   The elec ... Continue reading »

Thatcher was a Ruthless Bully

How you do things is important. Terminations are always hard, but you don’t have to polarize the situation and pour abuse into the firing process. It’s important to be respectful and compassionate and understand that behind the firing there is a family, a table to put bread on and a set of lives depending on the outcome. This is a concept, That ... Continue reading »

Iran Stuck Between World Powers

I have just spent almost 10 days traveling in the far east. And I am still on the road. I have visted 4 Chinese cities, 2 Japanese cities, visited Bangladesh and more.   I can tell anyone that is interested that there really are no signs of a major chinese recession, or a property bust ...there is growth - GREAT GROWTH - everywhere in China. China ... Continue reading »

The Art of Deception

    Life is nothing but a big soap opera, with an intricate plot and endless conflicts, played by animals on a stage called earth.     Many wise men have tried to discover the theme of this drama in vain. When animal actors, excluding man, are watched, their existence seems a bit logical and straightforward, but this does not apply to its main c ... Continue reading »

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