از آنجا که ما ایرانی ها در کانادا تشکیلات منسجم و فراگیر و لابی قدرتمند وسالم سیاسی نداریم و هرکسی ساز خودش را می زند و ارتباط با احزاب را ملک شخصی خود می داند . در انتخابات به این حزب یا آن حزب بطور رفاقتی رای می دهیم
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VIEW
Dealing with Iran's not-so-irrational leadership
by Kouross Esmaeli & Ramin Karimian
Western reporting on Iran's nuclear program is based on the underlying assumption that the Iranians are irrational in their policy-making, therefore Iran is a nation with whom diplomacy is a waste of time. A nuclear Iran has been framed by the Israeli hawks as an "existential threat," the framing adopted by the American media as well: Iran is a suicide-bombing nation. If allowed to build a nuclear bomb, they will strap it on and destroy Israel even if it means the destruction of their own country and its 70 million inhabitants. The logical way to deal with such irrational self-destructive characters is to preempt them by destroying them. This logic looms behind Western news about Iran and remains a possible rationale for a military attack on the country.
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HERO
The word is being used and abused without too many of us even realizing what it means
Why is McCain a hero? He enlisted to the Navy voluntarily mainly because his father and his grand father were both Navy boys. He knew joining the Navy means possible fighting in a time of war, which America, thank you very much, is almost always involved in some corner of the world. He knew going to Vietnam runs a risk of getting shot down, in fact he got shot down a few times before he got captured. He knew there is a chance to get hurt, captured, or even killed. He went to fly planes and rain bullets and bombs on everything that moved in North Vietnam thousands of miles away from his home, when his country was in no danger and no one had attacked it
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As promised here it is, I really urge everyone to read it carefully and let me know what you think. Here is a little bit of it just to give everyone a taste
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ZIP IT
آنکس که بداند و بداند که بداند
اسب خرد از گنبد گردون بجهاند
آنکس که بداند و نداند که بداند
بیدارش نمایید که بس خفته نماند
آنکس که نداند و بداند که نداند
لنگان خرک خویش به منزل برساند
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ARASH & KAMYAR
بجای تشویق و قدررانی در مبارزه با ایدز، آنان را در زندان محبوس میکنند
بیاد میاورم آرش و کامیار را زمانیکه آنان هنوز به مدرسه نرفته بودند. در حیاط خانه بازی می کردند، صدای خنده آرش و چهره پرسشگر کامیاررا هنوز بیاد دارم . آنان راپس ازسالها وقتی در لندن دیدم هنوز هم همان صفا و صمیمیت را درچهره هایشان میدیدم. انسانهایی فداکارو مسئول، دلم میخواست هر کاری از دستم بر می آید برایشان انجام دهم. عاشق شغل و کارهای تحقیقی خود بودند، برای آنیده شان برنامه های وسیع در زمینه آموزش و کنترل ایدز در ایران و کشورهای فارس زبان دیگر داشتند. آیا نهایت سنگدلی نیست به چنین انسانهایی تهمت براندازی و اقدام علیه امنیت ملی زد؟ آیا دستگیری آنان اقدامی علیه تمامی انسانهایی که مبتلا به ویروس اچ. ای. وی هستند نیست؟ آیا توهین به تمامی والدینی نیست که این چنین فرزندان انساندوست و فداکاری را تربیت می کنند؟ آیا توهین به تمامی سازمانهای بین المللی که خواستار آزادی این دو برادر شده اند نیست؟
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POETRY
On a misty day
My face feels air like the old memories…
I look back and pray, not once
But so many times, over and over
Calling your name and longing for your touch
And hoping somewhere out there … faraway,
You have closed your eyes and thinking of the one, who
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I noticed that an acquaintance on Facebook is supporting McCain/Palin! I don't know how else to say it other than that I think it is a shame for any Iranian to do so
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IEEE, like ACI, removed the name of the 'Arabian Gulf' from its website & from the Program of the Conference in UAE
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This Wall of Shame demonstration is hoping to give a 'voice to the voiceless' and address the concerns of the vast majority of Iranian people who believe in a united, secular, democratic Iran... -- Nazanin Afshin-Jam
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The question is - Is Bern Stern the end or is it the beginning. If it’s the beginning, we are going back to 1920s. Time will tell.
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