Archive - Jul 30, 2008

A proverbial obsession

...and Slangy! >>>

Iran in the Twentieth Century (2)

It was a performance to match the occasion. On 23 December 1973, while the ministers representing the Gulf members of OPEC were still in formal session, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, called a press conference.>>>

GEORGE SOROS on the Future of U.S.

George Soros, the famous financier, talks to Charlie Rose on the Commodity Bubble, the Burst Real-Estate Bubble, Credit Crunch, Dollar as a Currency... Pretty Informative :) >>>

Fascists Everywhere On Iranian.com!

TODAY I JUST DISCOVERED  THAT BOTH SIDES ON THE ISsUE OF BOMBING IRAN HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF COMMON GROUND:  THEY ARE BOTH FASCISTS ACCORDING TO EACH OTHER!>>>

Something missing

Today and about three weeks after the conference, I am sitting here going through my notes and reading some reports of the conference, thinking something is missing. I see an empty space for a critical review of this lively and interactive conference, the 19th IWSF conference; a review which doesn’t lack the essence of critical thinking: a review that not only praises the strengths of this conference but also points out the ways to improve weaknesses for the future conferences. As a member of the audience, I was not drained of my previous education, studies and personal beliefs and biases >>>

In the comfort of New York strangers

The guy was Arnold Schwarzeneger look-alike, all muscles and towering over me, obviously a red neck who wasn’t used to dealing with a Spanish detective before. “Sit down, will you?” I ordered and he obeyed, casting a half-inquisitive, half-demeaning stare at me. I pulled a chair and sat across the table in the interrogation room staring back at him until he buckled. “So what’s your question?” ”Why did you have to kill him?” I asked. He laughed and said, “what the hell was I supposed to do, invite him to dinner, Mr. burglar?” >>>