Comments on: Iran So Far Away

By: Pedonator

Pedonator — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:52:03 +0000

It’s strange to see, they actually treat politics like something that matters, over there.

By: RZ

RZ — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:01:45 +0000

Just one small battle in a long war, Bene. That case is not the end of the debate.

Hang in there. It’s gonna get better.

I know that’s not much, but when I was in L school ten years ago, all this was but a dream. So I feel fairly confident that good times are ahead.

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:58:35 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: Thank you for cute animals. This one of the puppy made my head asplode. That dog has the markings, sass and princess attitude in the face that my furbaby in the dog park in the sky had.

By: Mistress Cynica

Mistress Cynica — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:36:00 +0000

@SanFranLefty: Okay, that requires a link to insanely cute animals.

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:20:00 +0000

Compilation of cell phone videos from Tehran. The guys getting beat up by the Iranian military look so young.

By: JNOV takes a little english to doctor the spin

JNOV takes a little english to doctor the spin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:49:46 +0000

[testing effin gravatar -- move along. nothing to see here.]

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:35:00 +0000

TJ back to last night: Dan Savage has more info on the DOJ attorney who wrote the DOMA brief. Seems he got an award from Alberto Gonzales for his work defending the so-called "Partial Birth Abortion Act" - what a douche hat.

By: JNOV

JNOV — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:27:14 +0000

@SanFranLefty: Jr and I loved this!

By: nojo

nojo — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:33:24 +0000

Major shit apparently going down:

Stratfor is reporting that Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, head of the Expediency Council, has resigned. Though unconfirmed, the report is saying that Rafsanjani is resigning from his position as head of the Expediencey Council, NOT his position as the leader of the Assembly of Experts, which has oversight responsibility over the office of the Supreme Leader and would be responsible for naming Ayatollah Khamenei’s successor.

The President of the Committee of Election Monitoring: The Election is Invalid Hojjat-ol-Eslam Yali Akbar MohteshamiPour officially requested that the Guardian Council to cancel this election and schedule a new election balanced and moderated democratically with the widespread and national presence of the people. The Iranian Electoral Commission (Sianat az ara) was approved by all candidates to monitor the election results Conflicting reports, now, about Mousavi’s supposed arrest.

It's breaking news Saturday! Double-source everything!

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:33:21 +0000

@Dodgerblue: No shit. Best thing for everyone to do is to wait and watch, and exercise some patience and self-control. I could see Abjuma-ass-hat lobbing a few missiles west to Iraq or east to Afghanistan just to see if he can bait us into responding, and change the subject.