EMPIRE

Going down the tube

"I fear we will lose our country” to policies implemented by a group of self-conscious imperialists

10-Jul-2008 (8 comments)
Chalmers Johnson writes: “Most Americans do not recognize-or do not want to recognize-that the United States dominates the world through its military power. Due to government secrecy, they are often ignorant of the fact that their government garrisons the globe. They do not realize that a vast network of American military bases on every continent constitutes a new form of empire... Our country deploys well over half a million soldiers, spies, technicians, teachers, … in other nations… . Whole sectors of the American economy have come to rely on the military for sales.” >>>

POETRY

Messiah
10-Jul-2008 (one comment)
A millinium has passed
and another and
another,
no Saoshyant has arrived.
Mahdi won’t arrive either.
By the Jewish account Jesus will come to save the Jews
Or
By the Christian account he will come to end the Judaism. >>>

10 ways to kill your credibility

Jahanshah Javid

McCain Issues Top Ten Funniest Ways to Kill Iranians

huffington post / Andy Borowitz
recommended by Jahanshah Javid
10-Jul-2008 (11 comments)
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Amil Imani
10-Jul-2008 (4 comments)
She is called the Angel of Iran, because she lived her short life angelically. The demonic Islamist Mullahs, true to their nature, couldn’t bear an angel in their midst. >>>

Who does he think he is, Zsa Zsa Gabor?

Niki Tehranchi

Saga of Omar Sharif and the valet he struck winds toward a conclusion

LA Times / Harriet Ryan
recommended by Niki Tehranchi
10-Jul-2008
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Maybe The Whole Thing Was Faked!

PedramMoallemian

Iran State Media Used Photoshop to Make Missile Tests Look More Impressive

NY Times via Gizmodo.com / Mike Nizza and Patrick Witty
recommended by PedramMoallemian
10-Jul-2008
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Normally We Are Better At Dividing Than Merging

PedramMoallemian

Iranian American Political Action Committee and Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans merge

Payvand News
recommended by PedramMoallemian
10-Jul-2008
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Natalia Alvarado-Alvarez
10-Jul-2008 (one comment)
I am.......... >>>

یا علی

Hajminator

Iran test-fires missiles for second day

The guardian / Haroon Siddique
recommended by Hajminator
10-Jul-2008 (2 comments)
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Photoshop missileers

Fred

In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many

AFP/ NYT
recommended by Fred
10-Jul-2008 (6 comments)
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Abarmard
10-Jul-2008 (6 comments)
It's easy to manage change and resolve Iranian issue. But thick headed dry religious mentality is in the way >>>

Iran's missile test muscle flex

trnniran

State Dept. says Iran nuclear enrichment process not perfected and "less than the sum of its boasts"

The Real News Network
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10-Jul-2008
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Salman Rushdie wins Best of Booker prize

Darius Kadivar

Novel Midnight's Children chosen a Public Favorite

bbc
recommended by Darius Kadivar
10-Jul-2008
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Mehdi-Palang

Israeli jets using Iraq's airspace

PressTV
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10-Jul-2008 (2 comments)
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