WAR
شعارهای تو خالی بجز دشمن تراشی و بهانه بدست بدخواهان دادن، چه نفعی برای مردم ایران دارد؟
شعارهای تو خالی و ابلهانه و عربده کشی های مستانه حسن فیروزآبادی، در حد اقل باعث انزوای بیشتر، تحریم های شدیدتر و بالاخره ورشکستگی مزمن تر اقتصادی و سیستم پولی کشور خواهد بود و در حد بالا، جنگ و ویرانی و نا امنی و هرج و مرجی شبیه به اوضاع اسفناک امروز عراق در پی خواهد داشت. همانطور که طارق عزیز با ژستی متکبرانه اعلام کرد ما می جنگیم، برنده می شویم و هزاران هزار سرباز آمریکائی در کیسه های اجساد به آمریکا بر خواهند گشت
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WARNING
No crisis plan in case an earthquake happens
Tehran’s probability to have an earthquake is quite high due to some major fault lines going across the city based on many national geotechnical projects done in this field. The very densely populated metropolitan is the home of an estimated 13 million people and day-population of 15, is fully covered with seismically hazardous buildings. Before reinforcing the building seismic codes, buildings were built with no provisions of earthquake proof structures
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FILM
No Arabs Were Harmed During the Making of this Movie
I just saw
The Hurt Locker on DVD. Movies about the psychological travails of professional killers are not exactly my cup of tea, but I have to admit that this one richly deserved the Oscars for Film Editing, Sound Mixing and Sound Effects. Its explosions jolted even my supremely blasé Maine Coon out of her slumber and favorite perch. I don’t even begrudge Katherine Bigelow and Mark Boal their Oscars for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay
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STORY
“I’ve been having dreams about you"
I wanted Christie to feel like I needed her, but there was no way I would use Paul’s immaculate truck to actually move furniture. A tiny scratch could total our friendship and I would never see his wife again. I rented a U-Haul trailer, occasionally driving the truck around the block so that when Paul inspected it he couldn’t tell Christie the odometer hadn’t budged. Operating Paul’s pristine machine that week I had become overly sensitized to fine craftsmanship. Every time I saw Katie at work, I marveled at her breathtaking sense of self-design
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POETRY
به میرزای جنگلی و مردم غیور ایران
من از این صخرههای سخت ساحل ها
که بر پیوند موج و ساحل مقصود دیوار است بیزارم
من از هر مانعی در خشم و دلگیرم
من از ساروج این بارو
من از سیمان و از زنجیر این گودال سر بسته
من از دیوارههای این خراب آباد صاحب نام بیزارم
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TRAVELER
Coming back, I had a greater appreciation for everything in my life
When I came back from my trip to Iran in October 2009, I was not sure if I could go there for Iranian New year but late in December my dad suffered a stroke. He was in ICU for a week and I was not told until he was released. I was devastated at first because he could only repeat the same few words with heavy stuttering and I knew he was being told I was his daughter without recognizing who I really was. I decided I had to go to Iran so seeing me would help my dad since I was his favorite child
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POLITICS
آقای موسوی بیش از هر زمان دیگر به یک گفتمان دموکراتیک نزدیک شده است
آقای موسوی در اظهارات اخیر خود بیش از هر زمان دیگر به تنوع جنبش سبز صریحاً و به خصوصیت دموکراتیک آن تلویحاً اذعان کرده است. در عین حال، اشاره شد که هنوز بخشی از دموکراسیخواهان (به شمول نیروهایی در درون جنبش سبز) به سابقه «خدعه» آقای خمینی در جریان انقلاب، به کسانی که ادبیات مشابهی را به کار میگیرند و یا پیروی از او را سرمشق خود قرار دادهاند به دیده تردید و بدگمانی نگاه میکنند. آقای موسوی سعی دارد اعتماد همه فعالان جنبش سبز را کسب کند. او در این مورد گفتار خود را به تدریج تغییر داده است. ولی این مقدار در فضای سیاسی متأثر از تجربه تلخ خمینی کافی نیست
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IDEAS
Whether it's called conspiracy or something else, the facts are there
The story of new world order became a well known matter by most people since the time that former president of the United States; G.H. Bush openly spoke about it. In the first glance, the new order of the world with one superpower after break up of Soviet Union, and creation of a single world government system to run the affairs of the whole planet does not seem a bad idea. After all, different nations share the same environment on a planet with limited resources which is more like a very tiny dot in a vast universe that its realities change frequently as human's knowledge advances
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BOOK
Excerpt from second novel
by Fred Kashani
There was no missing the restaurant on Ventura Boulevard. The typical modern storefront was converted into a Persian Palace by attaching plywood cutouts of columns and pointy arches to the exterior. The gold and white painted attachments looked like they were salvaged from a high school production of Arabian Nights. The restaurant was named after the snow-capped dormant volcano that towers above the city of Tehran, Damavand. My mom grew up at the foot of that mountain in fear it would erupt and take her away in a flood of molten lava
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STORY
I fearlessly ripped the veil of shame
Neither the soothing sound of a breeze, nor the tweeting birds or the melody of rain played on the stereo system in my bedroom gave me the comfort I deserved. My mind was inescapably trapped by a grueling urge throwing my entire body into painful disarray. Once again I was captivated by an insatiable craving in the middle of the night. By hardly lifting my eyelids, I was persuaded by the heavy burden of their weight it was too early to be tomorrow; the torment was bound to linger on
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POETRY
چه دیوانه وار میتواند بلغزد
بر سر و پا و سینه ام،
پیراهنم،
طلسم حریر پاشیده بر عطر تنم.
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VIEW
In the Middle East, everything is a conspiracy theory
Palestinians were the only nation who unequivocally and actively supported the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Palestine has been a nation drowning in blood and tears for two generations, and like all the angrily desperate, grabs on any glimmer of hope for revenge on Israel and its friends. That is how; Saddam could readily use the local Palestinians in Kuwait for guarding the town and functioning as a make-shift police force. At the time of invasion, Iraq had the largest army in the region and the 4th in the world
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DEVOTION
What is there in life than to leave a good name and a great legacy?
A few years ago, while waiting at the doctor’s office, my father wrote a poem for me and gave it to me, bringing tears to my eyes. A day before a good friend had passed away. On that small piece of paper he wrote a verse from Roudaki which said, “be brave, and grieve, let not your grief take over but live with fortitude and decency." I can’t say I have listened to my father’s wise words ever sine he left me. On June 25 th 2009, my father would have been 94 years old. He passed away on April 20 th , 2009. I know this sounds ridiculous and totally illogical, but I never thought my father would die!!
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STORY
“You’re hopeless,” he groaned as he walked out, dismissing me with the khaak too saret wrist flick
At the time, however, Christie’s showing up semi-nude to my party seemed like poorly played feminine rivalry. A disappointing move for a woman of Christie’s guiles, but then again she had been caught off guard. Sitting through Paul’s daily denial sessions in my office, I gathered that his conversations with Katayoon were starting to turn personal. “She shuts me out when I ask about her dad,” Paul said. “Is it bad manners in your country to ask about family?” Paul said. “Depends on how you ask,” I said realizing too late that I should have just said “no,” and gone back to my spreadsheet
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