Majid
04-Dec-2008 (6 comments)
Use the same logic that most employers use.... >>>

MONARCHY

Let’s Have a Referendum.  Not!

Why are we still debating the return of Pahlavi?

04-Dec-2008 (143 comments)
Our motherland has said no to the Pahlavi dynasty, has rejected the dark ages of mullahs, has dismissed the advances of Mojahedin-e Khalq to tryout another flavor of Islam, and still awaits the revelation of a new, coherent proposal from the radical left. As a child of the revolution, I have earned the right to say on behalf of my motherland, “What part of no don’t you understand, gentlemen?” And as an Iranian woman who is anything but a “silenced, mute, and answerless mother,” I submit to you the fruit of my labor: Generations of patriots and freedom fighters raised by Persian mothers since the dawn of our civilization. Unite them to change our future! A referendum in the current environment of Iran is a joke at its best and a fraud at its worst. Upon whom will we bestow our trust to conduct and monitor such a referendum? >>>

STORY

Pebble Beach – Half a Sandwich

I feel that I am reduced to a drag on that cigarette

04-Dec-2008 (13 comments)
I call his room from the hotel lobby. It wakes him up. A brief silence. He asks me whether I want to go up. Hesitation. I respond that I will wait for him in the lobby. I am not in the least bit offended; surprised a little; flattered somewhat, but interested, I am not. I grab a cup of coffee and the local paper, and settle into one of the plush chairs in the foyer. I pore over the Carmel news with gusto. A local resident has come across a $20 counterfeit bill at Dolores and Ocean which he dutifully turns in to the local authorities. A squirrel has munched his way through the front seat of a car parked at Mission and 7th. A resident on San Antonio finds the tires of her car missing. The culprit turns out to be an ex-boyfriend who has disabled her mode of transportation in exchange for the money she owes him>>>

CENSORSHIP

 ستیز با سانسور

به مناسبت 13 آذر روز مبارزه با سانسور

04-Dec-2008
گفته می شود واژه سانسور (ممیزی) یاحذف کلام و سخن, از زمان ناصرالدین شاه و توسط اعتماد السلطنه به زبان فارسی راه یافت و مورد استفاده قرار گرفت. پیش از آن که این واژه در میان واژگان فارسی جا باز کند, حذف کلام تحت عنوان ممیزی به بهانه ی حفظ حرمت " اخلاق و شریعت " در قانون اساسی حکومت مشروطه جا داده شد : "تمامه مطبوعات , غیر از کتب ضلال و مواد مضره به دین مبین , آزاد و ممیزی در آن ها ممنوع است و هر گاه چیزی مخالف قانون مطبوعات در آن ها مشاهده شود نشر دهنده یا نویسنده بر طبق قانون مطبوعات مجازات می شود. اگر نویسنده معروف و مقیم ایران باشد ناشر و طابع و موزع از تعرض مصون هستند." و کتب ضلال هم شامل " آثاری که با دین مباینت دارند" و مواد مضره به دین مبین هم "آثاری که در انتقاد از دین و مراسم و سنن دینی باشد" تعریف شدن>>>

POETRY

دونده ها
04-Dec-2008 (2 comments)
این مرد هر صبح زودتر از من
شروع می کند روزدوی اش را
زودتر من که کورمال کورمال
راهم را به سمت "ماشین دو"
پیدا می کنم و دکمه ی شروع را می زنم.
توی گرگ و میش بیرون
او خم می شود با ضرباهنگی منظم
به سمت سطل آشغال >>>
Saead Soltanpour
04-Dec-2008
Wile GG granted a suspension of Parliament to Harper,it looks that Liberal are not serious on their agenda>>>
bahram9821
04-Dec-2008 (one comment)
A reminder of what will happen if you get your wife or girlfriend the wrong gift. >>>
n.zanincanadai
04-Dec-2008 (3 comments)

2 Poems

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khodetoono beh oon raah nazaneen

Jahanshah Javid

US officials doubt congressional Iran outreach

AFP
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04-Dec-2008 (one comment)
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bah bah

Jahanshah Javid

Court rules EU illegally froze Iran group's funds

AP
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04-Dec-2008 (13 comments)
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faryarm
04-Dec-2008
A Creative way to express in human terms ,what one will never know on this earth, about Life after Death...>>>

TRY SENDING AHMADINEJAD & KHAMENEI ;0)

Darius Kadivar

Iran to Send Animals into Space

Fars News Agency via payvand
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04-Dec-2008 (2 comments)
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yasmine
04-Dec-2008

Hands Off The People of Iran Conference

Saturday December 13, 10.00-18.00
Caxton House, 129 St John’s Way, London N19 (Archway tube)

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jimzbund
04-Dec-2008 (2 comments)
location: top secret >>>

Erfan Sabeti

Darius Kadivar

Bahais denied university entrance in Iran

payvand / By Deena Guzder
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04-Dec-2008
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