YUM

Angels and devils and spoonfuls, oh my!

Are you a saint or a sinner? Well, when it comes to food, it shouldn’t surprise you that I fall into the latter category

17-Nov-2008 (5 comments)
Lately I have worked on a lot of events that have involved finger food or canapés and it has made me think about different ideas and combinations that are not only simple, but taste great… especially for the coming holiday season. Canapés are incredibly common in Europe, although I think when a food item is so tiny, it really is ridiculous if the preparation involved is time consuming and tedious. All that trouble for a single morsel of food? Forget it. Normal people like you and I, not only don’t have the time, but lack the patience required to produce something that will only get greedily chomped down without even the slightest thought given to the work involved in its creation! “Boooooo!” I say! Down with laborious, painstaking, fussy finger food and instead up with simple but delectable mini mouthfuls of pure heaven!>>>

FICTION

The Newlyweds (17)

I felt like I had bit into an apple, only to feel wiggling worms inside my mouth

17-Nov-2008 (7 comments)
Dear Brother: I left you last with hope and happiness that I could go on with my life both making my wife and family happy and at the same time fulfilling the emotional emptiness that has plagued me through my friendship with Kati. Well, I have now woken up from that dream. It didn’t take much. Just some good old-fashioned jealousy. The gut-wrenching, night sweaty kind. We were out one night to some cheesy little nightclub in Richmond Hill with Nassim, her ubiquitous pal Mitra, Sam and his girlfriend Lissa, and Mitra’s date, none other than DOCTOR KEYVAN. You remember what a joke that guy is? Well, Mitra was hanging on to him like he was the most precious treasure. That girl is so desperate to get married, to someone, anyone, it is hilarious. I was getting ready for another night of boredom when to my shock, Kati showed up>>>

REFORM

اصلاحات، مصلحت، ضرورت

سيستمی که خود را جمهوری اسلامی می خواند بايد اصلاح شود تا آنچه که از مردم ايران دريغ داشته به مردم برگردانده شود

17-Nov-2008 (3 comments)
مدت هاست که چون به عالم سياست ايران می نگرم می بينم اکثريت بزرگی از نيروهای متفکر سياسی ما خود را «اصلاح طلب» می دانند ـ به اين معنی که از «انقلاب» برای ايجاد تغييرات اجتماعی در ايران می پرهيزند و در جستجوی راه حل هائی هستند که «مدنی» (هم خانواده با «تمدن») خوانده می شوند. اما دقيق تر که می نگرم می بينم که شايد در جمع کثير اصلاح طلبان ايرانی اختلاف های ناظر بر ديدگاه و هدف بيش از آنی است که بتوان بی ذکر کردن نام گروه مورد نظر خود دربارهء اصلاح طلبی آن گروه سخنی گفت. در نتيجه اين پرسش سمج رهايم نمی کند که: «چگونه می توان طيف گستردۀ اصلاح طلبان را از لحاظ ديدگاه و هدف تقسيم بندی و اجزاء حاصل از آن را نام گذاری و تعريف کرد؟» يا، براستی، «اصلاح طلبان ايرانی چند گونه "هدف" را تعقيب نموده و می خواهند سيستم حاکم بر ايران را برای رسيدن به کدام مقصدی "اصلاح" کنند؟»>>>

With "W" as president, everything is possible !

Baba

Our Home-Grown Melamine Problem

new york times (op-ed)
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17-Nov-2008
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David ET
17-Nov-2008 (one comment)
Recorded video of justice delivered on the spot by the Islamic Republic police >>>

The vanishing $500,000 act

Fred

Iran Denies Report 10 Spies Detained Near Pakistan

Reuters
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17-Nov-2008
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Party Girl
17-Nov-2008 (57 comments)

I wished loving Iran were a party all the time...

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Majid
17-Nov-2008 (43 comments)

کمتر کسی‌ هست که به ایرانیان دات کام سر زده باشه و رفیقمون  حاجی آقا رو نشناسه.

 

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No carrots and no sticks

News Goffer

Obama Advised to Forgo More Threats to Iran

Inter Press Service / Jim Lobe
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16-Nov-2008 (19 comments)
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Slavery

smhb

Who Brought The Slaves To America

//www.iamthewitness.com/books / Walter White Jr.
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16-Nov-2008 (14 comments)
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Siah
16-Nov-2008 (3 comments)
I found Ross Mirkarimi's discussion very interesting. As I had promised my girlfriend I did not try to insult any of the audience with my questions. Here is my observation of the meeting. >>>
Souri
16-Nov-2008 (8 comments)
The best movie ever  on the Rwanda's Genocide >>>

WEALTH

Money buys you lots of things

Money buys you lots of things

Photo essay: Finally got to visit Hearst Castle

by Jahanshah Javid
16-Nov-2008 (10 comments)

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Souri
16-Nov-2008 (5 comments)
from Hadi Khorsandi >>>
Arash Monzavi-Kia
16-Nov-2008 (13 comments)
Is Shia Islam? Of course, one can also question the Esmael’i, the Vahab’i and the Baha’i faiths, but as Shia is currently suffocating Iran, it warrants more scrutiny.>>>