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Today in history: Back in 1925, Benito Mussolini announced that he was taking dictatorial powers over Italy. continue reading...
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The following doesn’t even need to be true to enrage Iranians; but if the Regime is importing Arabs to fight off protesters in Iran, then this will only ignite the movement further, from Independent.co.uk:
The Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi is under 24-hour guard by secret police and no longer able to speak freely to supporters, according to the film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. continue reading...
From The Nation:
Myth 1. It’s a dangerous world. We face an array of serious national security threats that require an experienced Commander in Chief. continue reading...
Chilling… I don’t know how any American can possibly vote for John McCain after watching this: continue reading...
Interesting analysis, as an Iranian born in 1978 who left Iran in 1983, this is pretty clever and accurate. In fact, America is becoming more and more of a theocracy just as Iranian demographic trends make Iran to be less and less of one. In 2019, at this rate, the countries might be closer alike than one might think. Written by Arash Kamangeer, found on AntiWar.com:
I grew up in Iran and immigrated to US to avoid living in a theocracy. Lately though, the trajectory of US politics is something to worry about, not only to me, but also to many others in my predicament. continue reading...
What’s interesting is that the Democrats and Republicans are running over very different stances about GWB’s legacy. Democrats say it was a disaster (it was); Republicans pretend to see it as America’s golden era, or do they believe it?
Who cares. Outsiders see it as a disaster: continue reading...
Tonight, George Bush will try to calm Americans’ who are nervous about the state of the union. Meanwhile, next week he’ll ask for $70B for 2009 spending in Iraq and Afghanistan. Where does this take us?
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Congress has approved $691 billion to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and such related activities as Iraq reconstruction, the Congressional Budget Office said last week. continue reading...
