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Chivalry in the age of greed

Here it is. I offer you,
every single one of you,
my bent knee,
my kings and queens.
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Gambling with terrorism

If the ultimate goal of delisting the MEK is to create a political entity with military capacity that could come into play when push comes to shove with Iran, then we’re in for yet another foreign policy disaster. If anything, the whole 9/11 ordeal revealed in a spectacular way that enhancing an extremist organization and tactically allying with it in order to gain strategic advantage over a bigger foe is not necessarily the best long-term policy>>>

No Way is Iran after a Nuke

Let's face it the battle lines between Iran and the US over Iran's alleged pursuit of a nuclear weapon, are about as thin as the hair on Khamenei's Ghormeh Sabzi smelling head. But until the day when Iran announces it though, we'll never actually know. Actually now that I think about it, even then, we won't ever know. I mean even if they showed us a, iPhone or Android taken 3DHD video or even an 8 megapixel picture taken by an iPad(2) or Motorola Xoom (x pronounced z), of a tall donkey (or camel?) phallus shaped missile with a radioactive symbol painted alongside the Allah-O-Akbar on it>>>

خرطوم فیل

فصل مشترک تمامی این حوادث این است که یک طرفش ما هستیم و طرف دیگرش غرب. روسیه در اروپا شرق حساب می شود ولی به نظر من برای ما، روسها هم جزوی از غرب هستند. همه این شکستها نشان دهنده این است که ما در پانصد سال گذشته (تو بگو دویست سال) غرب را نشناختیم، هیچ، حتی سعی نکردیم شروع به این شناخت بکنیم. به قول سون تزو اسراتژیست نظامی چین باستان، اگر نه خودت را بشناسی و نه حریفت را، بعید به نظر میرسد که در نبردی پیروز بشوی. ما که خودمان را نمی شناسیم>>>

What do I tell the kids?

I don’t want to pigeon hole people, but I don’t think it’s a far stretch to say … someone that sells guns for a living is not going to be a tree hugging, peace & love touting hippie … with zero support for the anti-immigrant, anti-gun control, anti-Obama crowd. Maybe to her, we’re “firners” who should not be living in the U.S. at all, and should be “f***ed” as much as possible. I don’t know. For the life of me I don’t understand why there is so much bad will>>>

طهران

خلیفه در غارِ بتن لمیده
كلاهك خشخاش‌ را شكافته
می‌شمارد هسته هسته.
از مرحومِ انیشتن آموخته
مثلِ خداش‌ تاس‌ نریزد
فال‌ بگیرد، استخاره: >>>

Iran is not a threat

To say that Iran may get a nuclear weapon and become a potential threat to its neighbors is one thing; to say that it is a threat to the United States is another. Yet too many conservatives continue to confuse the two, or as the former head of the U.S. Central Command retired Army General John Abizaid explained in 2007: "I believe the United States, with our great military power, can contain Iran ... Let's face it: We lived with a nuclear Soviet Union, we've lived with a nuclear China, and we're living with nuclear powers as well.">>>

اعدام‌های «دهه اول انقلاب»

سالگرد فاجعه کشتار سال ۶۷ فرا رسیده است. این کشتار یکی از بزرگ‌ترین جنایات ضد بشری نیمه دوم قرن بیستم میلادی در سطح جهان بوده است. هزاران نفر در طول چند هفته به صورت مخفیانه و به دلایل عقیدتی و سیاسی در زندان‌های ایران اعدام شدند. شدت و وسعت این کشتار بی سابقه بود، ولی نفس عمل پدیده‌ای استثنایی در حیات جمهوری اسلامی نبود... راحت‌تر و مؤثرتر آن است که از «اعدام‌های دهه اول انقلاب» سخن بگوییم - دهه‌ای که از ۲۲ بهمن ۱۳۵۷ شروع شد و در پاییز ۱۳۶۷ به پایان رسید>>>

Love & Lies

"The film is a love poem to this beautiful family that starts so close. How does a family this close break up, even though they really do love each other and are full of joy? It’s not like the parents are traditional and the kids are modern. At some levels the parents are probably more modern than the kids. In fact, the son is the one bringing in this idea of tradition. In the United States you are told, don’t lie. When the teacher sends a note home…oh my God! It’s a big deal. But in Iran, especially during the war, kids were taught to lie..." >>>

تاجگذاری رضا خان

می‌گویند رضا هیچ علاقه‌ای به تاج شاهنشاهی ایران نداشته و جمهوری را به شاهنشاهی ترجیح می‌داده ولی مذهب آن را به او تحمیل کرده است. برخلاف مردی که به دنبال جاه و جلال است او در خانۀ شخصیش باقی مانده و فقط به هنگام جلسه و اموری نظیر آن به کاخ سلطنتی میرفته است. کاخ مورد نظر نمونۀ مضحکی از تضاد بین جلال و شکوه و درهم برهمی و ژولیدگی بود. اولین حیاط قصر که تخت معروف مرمر در یک طرف آن قرار داشت، از طرف دیگر به یک ردیف خانه نظیر کلبه‌ای باغبانی ختم میشد >>>

Staying Together

How do you handle sticky situations in your relationship? Of course, a lot of that depends on the situation and the dance between you and your partner, but what are your tendencies? Are you quick to get upset? Do you try to avoid confrontations? Do you tend to shut down and stop communicating? Are you quick to complain? Do you have the tendency to hold things in? And what about the times when your partner comes to you with an upset or complaint?>>>

Iran Owes Mullahs One Government

The title of this article is an exact quote from Ahmad Kasravi, mid 20th century Iranian intellectual. Some scholars have turned this famous quotation around and suggesting that it should be read, “The mullahs always demanded a government from Iran”. Having studied religion to become a mullah himself, Kasravi changed direction of his life and became an ardent critic of the faith and the off shoots of Islam in Iran. For this challenge, Kasravi was stabbed to death by Islamist extremists in 1946>>>

Lift Terror Tag

Today, the MEK has strong bipartisan support in both the U.S. House and Senate. The poisonous “terror tag” has been removed by both the United Kingdom and the European Union years ago, yet it remains in place the United States, a naive and inhumane bit of leverage against the Iranian regime, who hate the idea of an organized democratic opposition. Meanwhile, the MEK has provided accurate intelligence to the U.S. regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons program and its deadly meddling in Iraq>>>

Undeserved Attention

The extraordinary lobbying campaign on behalf of the sometime Marxist/Islamist cult/terrorist group known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq is getting waged on ever more fronts. The specific objective is to get the Obama administration to remove the MEK from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. Wherever the money to fund the campaign is coming from, some of the largest expenditures so far have been in the form of fat speaking fees to notables who are willing to accept the check and come out in favor of delisting the group>>>

تعهد زناشویی در عصر ما

یک‌سال از انتشار کتاب «ریشه‌های سکس در ماقبل تاریخ»[۱] نوشته زوج محقق کریستوفر رایان و سیسیلدا جِتا می‌گذرد. آن‌ها درباره زندگی زناشویی ادعاهای جسورانه‌ای را مطرح کرده‌اند و مدارک و مستنداتی ارائه داده‌اند که ثابت می‌کند انسان، این حیوان اجتماعی، با قابلیت‌های بسیار نسبت به سایر جانوران، موجودی نیست که تعهدات مربوط به زندگی زناشویی و پایبندی به یک شریک جنسی ریشه در طبیعت‌اش داشته باشد>>>