A picture's worth a thousand words. This one says that many and more.

I would last 2 weeks in a theocracy.

I love the USA

WOW...amazing hi-def pictures...thanks Charles.

Persian chicks rule! I'm really amazed at their bravery over the past few days. They surpass the men.

#12 is especially chilling to me, thugs beating a woman.

re: #2 Ojoe

I would last 2 weeks in a theocracy.

I love the USA

ditto that...nobody fucks with albusteve, I'd be gone in a heartbeat...MAR-TAR!

I like 17. A bunch of militia thugs beating a man and women run to stop them.

Wow, lots of graphic images. I know it's been pointed out before, but the image of all AN's supporters appeared to contain nothing but males. Curious.

re: #4 Killgore Trout

Persian chicks rule! I'm really amazed at their bravery over the past few days. They surpass the men.

a Persian girl to cook my Beef-O-Roni, play the Stones and coo about NM sunsets...poifect

Are we sure this isn't because the Lakers won?/

persian women are gorgeous, too bad their Unibrow Cohorts like to cover them up

Anybody notice that Dinnerjacket's supporters are dramatically less "cool" than the opposition? Or is it just me?

Sorry L.A., had to do it.

re: #8 BlueCanuck

Wow, lots of graphic images. I know it's been pointed out before, but the image of all AN's supporters appeared to contain nothing but males. Curious.

For the most part, the type of women who support Imafreakingmoron aren't allowed to protest unless allowed/ordered by their husbands or fathers.

re: #8 BlueCanuck

Wow, lots of graphic images. I know it's been pointed out before, but the image of all AN's supporters appeared to contain nothing but males. Curious.

Here is a video of a young girl shooting victim in Tehran.

Actually, someone once said that to find the winning side in an election, find the pretty girls.

Something about the old white haired guy with the towering scolding look at the young woman, but she's not necessarily scared by the look on her face. This could be the picture.

Reposts for those who might have missed them previously...
Persian Chick Kicks Ass

Iranian babe beaten to the ground, pops up fighting...

So which winner gets to tell ali khameni cato the elder what to do

fixed for grandiose delusions

re: #7 Wendya

I like 17. A bunch of militia thugs beating a man and women run to stop them.

#17 and #29 are good pics.

whats the big deal? hero says he inspired this "debate" ///

re: #11 pegcity

persian women are gorgeous, too bad their Unibrow Cohorts like to cover them up

Yes they are. Here are a few dancing.

Amazing photos. I think my single favorite is the guy coming back at the pro-regime riot cop thug, raising a baton, walking right into a cloud of pepper spray. That's the spirit! May the pro-freedom forces prevail.

re: #9 albusteve

a Persian girl to cook my Beef-O-Roni, play the Stones and coo about NM sunsets...poifect

How about Sarah Shahi. She's Iranian-Spanish and born in Texas.

=)

In America, that man would no longer need to hold his cane. It would also be impractical for him to use it

re: #23 Occasional Reader

Amazing photos. I think my single favorite is the guy coming back at the pro-regime riot cop thug, raising a baton, walking right into a cloud of pepper spray. That's the spirit! May the pro-freedom forces prevail.

I saw that...'bout wept

re: #24 Gus 802

She can butter my toast.

Excellent photos. I was somewhat taken aback at the assisstance offered a policeman by pro-Mousavi supporters. #29. That may go a long ways toward changing the minds of a few police.
I'll know the situation will reach a critical point when the demonstrations turn from pro-Mousavi to anti-mullah.

Why we need the second amendment.

These photos remind me of the photographs taken during "Prague Spring"

re: #24 Gus 802

How about Sarah Shahi. She's Iranian-Spanish and born in Texas.

=)

oh man...huba huba

I was just looking at these a little while ago- just amazing pictures. The bravery and daring of these people is inspiring. Perhaps that's why the protests seem to be gaining in strength instead of waning- they are inspiring each other, and thank God for it.

re: #27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

She can butter my toast.

You'd have to ask her. ;)

THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY!

Could we please not call Persian women "babes" or "chicks". I think they deserve a little more respect for their bravery. Just sayin..

Quick! Somebody squabble before we make it to fifty on topic comments.

iranian girls are kinda hot

re: #27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

She can butter my toast.

She can seize my embassy.

check # 27. some of the rioters are grabbing police weapons and using it on the police

I can think of several things to do with that bastard's cane. And it wouldn't be pleasant for him.

re: #35 Bobblehead

Could we please not call Persian women "babes" or "chicks". I think they deserve a little more respect for their bravery. Just sayin..

Liberated chicks dig me.

If I remember correctly, in Iraq when Saddam Hussain won an election he got 99% of the vote! Woe to that 1%...brave soul.

re: #38 Occasional Reader

She can seize my embassy.

horizontal mambo...
dood!

The Mullahs are gonna be pissed when they realize all of this unrest is going to affect their cash flow. They are kleptocrats first and foremost.

re: #35 Bobblehead

Could we please not call Persian women "babes" or "chicks". I think they deserve a little more respect for their bravery. Just sayin..

Would handsome women be OK?

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Liberated chicks dig me.

"Pack up your rape culture and take a hike. Cock-man oppressor!"

/lefty feminazi

re: #3 jorline

WOW...amazing hi-def pictures...thanks Charles.

Hey joline, been missing for quit some time. How are you. Read that you had TB or something like. I hope you are doing well.

re: #45 Mich-again

The Mullahs are gonna be pissed when they realize all of this unrest is going to affect their cash flow. They are kleptocrats first and foremost.

Cato the Elder will advise

tell the mullahs not to worry

re: #5 FurryOldGuyJeans

#12 is especially chilling to me, thugs beating a woman.

Where have you been for the past 30 years?

re: #45 Mich-again

The Mullahs are gonna be pissed when they realize all of this unrest is going to affect their cash flow. They are kleptocrats first and foremost.

I think at this point cash flow is low on their priorities, They're worried about their lives.

re: #39 Jewels (AKA Julian)

check # 27. some of the rioters are grabbing police weapons and using it on the police

And notice 28 and 29; the Mousavi supporters actually rescue an injured riot cop, who presumably had been sent to keep THEM down.

The big picture?

Push the fascists and tribalists back behind the Zagros and take the gas...

re: #47 ArchangelMichael

Hopefully Palin won't take away my livelihood.

re: #47 ArchangelMichael

"Pack up your rape culture and take a hike. Cock-man oppressor!"

P.C.U.?

Sarah Shahi is stunningly beautiful. Persian women are very pretty... and they got some pepper in them too.

Charles' pick of the thread topping pick is the best picture I've seen, it says so much...

re: #46 Spare O'Lake

Would handsome women be OK?

Does that mean Iran has pretty men?

re: #56 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

P.C.U.?

Affirmative.

re: #52 Occasional Reader

that's really going to do more damage to the Mullahs over the long run than anything else

I've been saving pictures all day, these are by far the highest quality.

re: #53 experiencedtraveller

The big picture?

Push the fascists and tribalists back behind the Zagros and take the gas...

excellent idea

re: #36 Killgore Trout

Quick! Somebody squabble before we make it to fifty on topic comments.

Ummm... Your clothes are mismatched and silly looking. Or something.

/never mind, too late

From the comment thread at The Big Picture:

823. I'm from Iran.I'd like to thank everybody.we got your love messages.we want you to hear our democracy and freedom scream.we're not enemy of any country.we love all people and countries.we're really under presure here but we still stand and fight.be sure we'll never give up.don't forget to pray for your friends in Iran.thanks again.
Posted by rosha

re: #51 Killgore Trout

I think at this point cash flow is low on their priorities, They're worried about their lives.

The only thing protecting them now is the cash flow that pays off their thugs. If the cash flow stops, the hyenas will turn on Uncle Scar.

re: #54 Iron Fist
I use that on the truthers. ( who are almost always lefties);

"Bush planned 9-11"

"I know. That's why we can trust the government to take our guns."

Blank stare.

Why do the Iranian riot police have "POLICE" written on them in English?

re: #64 jaunte

From the comment thread at The Big Picture:

823. I'm from Iran.I'd like to thank everybody.we got your love messages.we want you to hear our democracy and freedom scream.we're not enemy of any country.we love all people and countries.we're really under presure here but we still stand and fight.be sure we'll never give up.don't forget to pray for your friends in Iran.thanks again.
Posted by rosha

Beautiful.

re: #68 MadJadBad

Why do the Iranian riot police have "POLICE" written on them in English?

i was wondering the same thing yesterday

Isn't the Boston Globe having severe labor problems? I hope Mr. Taylor keeps up the good work. Their photo essay's are world class.

re: #68 MadJadBad

Why do the Iranian riot police have "POLICE" written on them in English?

intimidation

re: #67 Iron Fist

I am not comfortable with you staring at my ass, IF. Keep it up, and I'm gonna tell your gal that your into dudes.
/

The bigger picture.

re: #68 MadJadBad

Why do the Iranian riot police have "POLICE" written on them in English?

Who do you think they buy their gear from? Unless they are getting gear for free, which I don't want to think about.

re: #68 MadJadBad

Why do the Iranian riot police have "POLICE" written on them in English?

Because they don't manufacture their own gear and probably couldn't find distributor who printed in Farsi.

The Big Picture archives can be found on the lower right of this page... [Link: www.boston.com...]

re: #68 MadJadBad

Why do the Iranian riot police have "POLICE" written on them in English?

My guess is that they are made in China.

re: #78 Wendya

Because they don't manufacture their own gear and probably couldn't find distributor who printed in Farsi.

The 13 year old chained to a sewing machine in Nanking only knows how to spell POLICE in English.

re: #69 Sharmuta

I would hope this was reason enough to make everyone on earth pray.

re: #81 Desert Dog

JINX!

re: #78 Wendya

Because they don't manufacture their own gear and probably couldn't find distributor who printed in Farsi.

They could buy their gear from China and stencil "Police" on it in Farsi. I'm thinking this gear comes down the smuggling pike.

re: #80 Mich-again

My guess is that they are made in China.

So the jackets could be dangerous, too, but only if you ate the painted on words?

re: #81 Desert Dog

The 13 year old chained to a sewing machine in Nanking only knows how to spell POLICE in English.

Wouldn't it say PORICE.

/

re: #86 Alouette

Wouldn't it say PORICE.

/

You engrish speak is good. ;)

re: #86 Alouette

Wouldn't it say PORICE.

/

SMACK!

I hope these protest get bigger and bigger. I hope the days of the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN are numbered and we can finally put an end to this 30 year old nightmare. The Iranian people deserve better. They have been repressed, controlled and stunted for too long.

re: #89 Desert Dog

I hope these protest get bigger and bigger. I hope the days of the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN are numbered and we can finally put an end to this 30 year old nightmare. The Iranian people deserve better. They have been repressed, controlled and stunted for too long.

Here, here.

re: #87 BlueCanuck

You engrish speak is good. ;)

Engrish.com

The tell all picture was the protester protecting the injured policeman...most of the other pics were of goons in black ganging up and beating students.

re: #69 Sharmuta

Poster 'Syed' has a contrary pov:

681. Mousavi wouldn't be any different than Ahmedinijad. May be a little bit more relaxed on certain issues, but if you notice it's only in the cities where people are pissed. Ahmedinijad was considered a man of the people, as in the lower class people. They are the ones that elected him. A lot of the more monied people are the ones that were backing Mousavi.

Personally, I think it's just another conspiracy theory put on with CIA backing. They are paying people to cause riots, and they are paying people to beat/hurt the rioters. All to fuel the fire. This happened before in Iran, foreign intervention causing problems, and it has never ended well for us.
Posted by Syed

re: #82 latingent

I would hope this was reason enough to make everyone on earth pray.

Sadly- there are people who could give two sh*ts because these people are muslims. But if they're so hateful that can't see how an overthrow of the mullahs would help the region and our own interests, then to hell with them.

Well, work is done and it's time to go. See you all in about an hour or so.

re: #93 jaunte

Misformatted: all of that statement was Syed's.

re: #84 Alouette

They could buy their gear from China and stencil "Police" on it in Farsi. I'm thinking this gear comes down the smuggling pike.

There are plenty of European countries who are not afraid to trade with Iran, just as they weren't the least bit concerned about violating Iraqi sanctions. They could have come from anywhere.

re: #91 FurryOldGuyJeans

Engrish.com

That would be the Japanese and Korean phonemes. Chinese has several accents, and none confuse R with L.

It was a major mistake for the mullahs to send the goon squads into the University. Who do they think put them into power in 1979? Get the students mad at you and you are screwed!

re: #93 jaunte

Of course it's a CIA operation! I'm shocked he didn't include the Mossad.

re: #100 Sharmuta

They are the cleverest of the CIA!

re: #92 jorline

I think that one was the best picture of the bunch. Amazing really.

Already the political hacks are out exclaiming that this is all due to Obama's Cairo speech (CNN's David Gergen's take)...

/as I roll my eyes...

re: #103 J.S.

David Rodham Gergen

re: #93 jaunte

Poster 'Syed' has a contrary pov:

681. Mousavi wouldn't be any different than Ahmedinijad. May be a little bit more relaxed on certain issues, but if you notice it's only in the cities where people are pissed. Ahmedinijad was considered a man of the people, as in the lower class people. They are the ones that elected him. A lot of the more monied people are the ones that were backing Mousavi.

Personally, I think it's just another conspiracy theory put on with CIA backing. They are paying people to cause riots, and they are paying people to beat/hurt the rioters. All to fuel the fire. This happened before in Iran, foreign intervention causing problems, and it has never ended well for us.
Posted by Syed

Syed sounds like a moonbat. Can we offer him a registration here? I'd like the opportunity to tune him up with my aluminum cluebat.

re: #100 Sharmuta

Of course it's a CIA operation! I'm shocked he didn't include the Mossad.

Wrong, wrong and wrong! It was the Illuminati and the Jewish Bankers! Get your shadowy power brokers right when you are spreading conspiracy theories.

/

KosKidz also have a nice round up of mostly non-male bravery by non-sex objects whose attractiveness in no way diminishes their worth to society...
-- Tehran Street Photos -- - (Massive Sea of Green) - (#2 Female Freedom Fighters)

And I thought OUR freepers were bad...wow.

re: #105 Dark_Falcon

Syed sounds like a moonbat. Can we offer him a registration here? I'd like the opportunity to tune him up with my aluminum cluebat.

The one with spikes?

J.S.

Already the political hacks are out exclaiming that this is all due to Obama's Cairo speech (CNN's David Gergen's take)...

Yeah and Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter were just as responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union as Ronald Reagan...

(rolls eyes)

re: jaunte

They are the cleverest of the CIA!

From (get this) ONE Youtube comment:

Do not get fooled again - it's the CIA, Neocons, Zionists, Military Industrial Complex, Oil Corporations, Bankers, War Industry & CFR trying to make another color revolution in Iran and install another American puppet like USA/UK installed the Shah of Iran by overthrowing Democracy and the Democratically Elected Dr. Mossadegh of Iran- just as USA/UK did in post-USSR countries like Ukraine Georgia Uzbekistan etc

re: #106 Desert Dog

Wrong, wrong and wrong! It was the Illuminati and the Jewish Bankers! Get your shadowy power brokers right when you are spreading conspiracy theories.

/

Haliburton wants to start a revolution so they can get the infrastructure rebuilding projects.

//

A'nejad going to Russia after all:

[Link: en.rian.ru...]

re: #109 Desert Dog

The one with spikes?

Nope, the one with a razor wire coil.

re: #105 Dark_Falcon

I'll bet there are a few agents of the current powers in Iran making an attempt at intensifying the usual 'night and fog' of internet comment threads.

re: #113 Gearhead

A'nejad going to Russia after all:

Escape?

re: #101 jaunte

They are the cleverest of the CIA!

Yes- when they're not assassinating US Senators and planting birth announcements in Hawaiian newspapers. :p

re: #113 Gearhead

A'nejad going to Russia after all:

God help us all.

re: #111 Sparkizzy

re: #118 Sharmuta

Timetraveling Neocons!

re: #107 Killgore Trout

KosKidz also have a nice round up of mostly non-male bravery by non-sex objects whose attractiveness in no way diminishes their worth to society...
-- Tehran Street Photos -- - (Massive Sea of Green) - (#2 Female Freedom Fighters)

What sort of world is this? The Kos, Indymedia, and HuffPo have all stepped up on this issue. Did we enter Bizzaro World in the past few days?

re: #117 Killgore Trout

Escape?

The thought crossed my mind. The thought also crossed my mind that perhaps he feels he has to put on a front of confidence, appear to be secure in the knowledge that his power base will still be there when he gets back and that he is not afraid to leave "his" country in revolt behind him.

Or he could just be THAT big of an idiot. I'm hoping for that one.

re: #107 Killgore Trout

KosKidz also have a nice round up of mostly non-male bravery by non-sex objects whose attractiveness in no way diminishes their worth to society...
-- Tehran Street Photos -- - (Massive Sea of Green) - (#2 Female Freedom Fighters)

simply beautiful...seeing a people throw off the shackles of tyranny. That is something I will never get tired of seeing. I hope they can take it all the way...This might be the spark that begins the end of those turbaned SOBs!

re: #117 Killgore Trout

Escape?

Escape is not his plan. I shall face him alone!

/vader

re: #99 Desert Dog

It was a major mistake for the mullahs to send the goon squads into the University. Who do they think put them into power in 1979? Get the students mad at you and you are screwed!

I wish the students had met them with a bunch of 2X4's studded with nails and Molotov cocktails using gasoline and detergent or motor oil. Make the "militia" think twice about running in to deliver a beat down.

re: #107 Killgore Trout

KosKidz also have a nice round up of mostly non-male bravery by non-sex objects whose attractiveness in no way diminishes their worth to society...
-- Tehran Street Photos -- - (Massive Sea of Green) - (#2 Female Freedom Fighters)

Great pictures. I'm trying to decide if the guy in the 8th picture down looks like Henry Winkler or Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer.

re: Sparkizzy

re: Dark_Falcon

What sort of world is this? The Kos, Indymedia, and HuffPo have all stepped up on this issue. Did we enter Bizzaro World in the past few days?

"These brave women -- these patriots -- these FREEDOM FIGHTERS -- these are the ONES Cheney, McCain, and Rumsfeld wanted to bomb back to the stone age."

Back to square one there eh?

re: #84 Alouette

They could buy their gear from China and stencil "Police" on it in Farsi.

Exactly, a stencil in Farsi and spraypaint. Maybe they ordered the equipment off the internet and had next day shipping so they didn't have time to do it.

re: #121 Dark_Falcon

What sort of world is this? The Kos, Indymedia, and HuffPo have all stepped up on this issue. Did we enter Bizzaro World in the past few days?

Of course, it wouldn't be a Kos thread without an anti-Bush comment:

These brave women -- these patriots -- these FREEDOM FIGHTERS -- these are the ONES Cheney, McCain, and Rumsfeld wanted to bomb back to the stone age.

re: #105 Dark_Falcon

I'd like the opportunity to tune him up with my aluminum cluebat.

My sister took an amazing picture of my son hitting a baseball with an aluminum bat at his game this past Saturday. The ball is right on the bat and you can see how much the bat bends from the impact. I would have never imagined an aluminum bat could bend that much without breaking.

re: #126 Bloodnok

The Fonz, pre-shark, definitely.

God bless the women of Iran- inspirations.

Thank you Charles for posting this. The world needs to know what is going on in Iran. I would be the first to point out that the Iranian people did not have a full choice. But when they were offered even a limited choice, such as Mousavi, they chose him as the best option available. This election means something! It shows that the Iranian people want to have their voices heard. They don't want Dinner Jacket! The Iranian people want what just about every other people want, representative government, national interests represented, and a semblance of morality with modern technology. It's contradictory, but it's just like us. We should stand behind them as a people, just like them. Our prez, on the other hand, should be cautious. Anything he says is automatically ammo for Western/American/Great Satan Interference! Small power is much more powerful right now. Keep twittering!

god bless the iranian people
i can only imagine how terrifying and exhilarating their lives are right now.
people hunger and thirst for freedom everywhere.
it is part of the human spirit.
someone should hammer that into o's dull mind.

[Link: www.h3x.no...]

re: #107 Killgore Trout

KosKidz also have a nice round up of mostly non-male bravery by non-sex objects whose attractiveness in no way diminishes their worth to society...

A quote from Al Rodgers: "These brave women -- these patriots -- these FREEDOM FIGHTERS -- these are the ONES Cheney, McCain, and Rumsfeld wanted to bomb back to the stone age."

Kos Kids still can't help themselves . . .

Man...this is amazing.

re: #129 lobo91

Of course, it wouldn't be a Kos thread without an anti-Bush comment:

These brave women -- these patriots -- these FREEDOM FIGHTERS -- these are the ONES Cheney, McCain, and Rumsfeld wanted to bomb back to the stone age.

Maybe there was a reason they didn't do that after all?

re: #118 Sharmuta

Yes- when they're not assassinating US Senators and planting birth announcements in Hawaiian newspapers. :p

That kind of paranoia does bolster the argument that maybe we should stay out of the picture for now.

Gun Shooting in tehran streets

I think #31 is a great photograph. Really captures the moment.

re: #127 Sparkizzy

re: Dark_Falcon

"These brave women -- these patriots -- these FREEDOM FIGHTERS -- these are the ONES Cheney, McCain, and Rumsfeld wanted to bomb back to the stone age."

Back to square one there eh?

re: #129 lobo91

The stupid is strong with that one.

/Darth Vader again

Protesters chant that they will support religiously oppressed religious minorities:

Wow. Just... wow.

re: #117 Killgore Trout

Escape?

2 possibilities:

1) Going to conference to grandstand and blame the west for its 'hidden interference, or

2) House shopping

(Okay, 3 - the protestors smashed his supply of Stolis)

re: #129 lobo91

BARF...If Obama would start encouraging them right now...as hard as he can, THAT would be a help. What does he have to lose by doing that? The current leadership does not respond to anything he has done except for perhaps laughing their asses off because the USA is so pathetic now. Obama has done nothing but kiss the mullah's asses since he's been in. He wants to meet with them, without preconditions and justify and legitimize their unholy government. The Evil Bush and Cheney are the ones that put the heat on them all these years.

re: #107 Killgore Trout

KosKidz also have a nice round up of mostly non-male bravery by non-sex objects whose attractiveness in no way diminishes their worth to society...
-- Tehran Street Photos -- - (Massive Sea of Green) - (#2 Female Freedom Fighters)

Picture 15 - They have treesitters!

Pathetic. I've seen more coverage on this from the Lizards and Charles in the last couple of hours than I've seen on the damn toob from the MSM since this whole thing started.

Great work Lizards. Great work Charles. Fuck you MSM.

re: #139 Rancher

We should offer words of encouragement and then drop a JDAM spear in the core of the Bushehr nuclear plant.

Big Brother missed his appointment in 1984, but two decades later hundreds of millions of Little Brothers showed up in his place. There's no place for the tyrants to hide any more... or the rest of us for that matter. Technology is a double-edged sword, but it's doing a glorious job today!

re: #107 Killgore Trout

KosKidz also have a nice round up of mostly non-male bravery by non-sex objects whose attractiveness in no way diminishes their worth to society...
-- Tehran Street Photos -- - (Massive Sea of Green) - (#2 Female Freedom Fighters)

I'm having a little trouble looking at anything Kos since someone recently posted an anti Little Green Footballs blog 2 days ago at Daily Kos regarding comments in another thread. They even copied and pasted comments like the stalker blogs.

re: #147 Slumbering Behemoth

Pathetic. I've seen more coverage on this from the Lizards and Charles in the last couple of hours than I've seen on the damn toob from the MSM since this whole thing started.

Great work Lizards. Great work Charles. Fuck you MSM.

QFT.

You should watch the live Twitter stuff. It's amazing to watch such a huge movement play out right before your eyes.

re: Desert Dog

BARF...If Obama would start encouraging them right now...as hard as he can, THAT would be a help. What does he have to lose by doing that? The current leadership does not respond to anything he has done except for perhaps laughing their asses off because the USA is so pathetic now. Obama has done nothing but kiss the mullah's asses since he's been in. He wants to meet with them, without preconditions and justify and legitimize their unholy government. The Evil Bush and Cheney are the ones that put the heat on them all these years.

What's Obama gonna do with the hugz he has stored for Iran?

re: #147 Slumbering Behemoth

Pathetic. I've seen more coverage on this from the Lizards and Charles in the last couple of hours than I've seen on the damn toob from the MSM since this whole thing started.

Great work Lizards. Great work Charles. Fuck you MSM.

Once again- the new media is putting the msm to shame.

I wouuld hope that in a theoocracy Cato the elder would have nop say against any of you

methinks it would be ugly

thamks for the rule of law instead of the rule of hissy fit

re: #152 Sparkizzy

What's Obama gonna do with the hugz he has stored for Iran?

Take them to Pakistan and hug the Taliban?

I just wanna see some Ceausescau action on Mahmoud.

Holy SHIT @ pictures #40 and #41.

re: #153 Sharmuta

Once again- the new media is putting the msm to shame.

I hate the MSN with a passion...
been awhile

Here is a great example why we have the second amendment. If they had one the story would be different. But all will be well Zero will talk to them and Lions will lie down with lambs. Right? Buy ammo my friends if you can find it.

re: #154 Shug

Umm... you ok?

re: #151 Equable

QFT.

You should watch the live Twitter stuff. It's amazing to watch such a huge movement play out right before your eyes.

This is what life as a Borg was like before things took a dark turn...

re: #157 TheMatrix31

Holy SHIT @ pictures #40 and #41.

Look at the 4th one down on the Kos Link...niiice looking Persian babe!

re: #147 Slumbering Behemoth

Pathetic. I've seen more coverage on this from the Lizards and Charles in the last couple of hours than I've seen on the damn toob from the MSM since this whole thing started.

Wait until they can frame it as a victory for Obama. Then it will be all up in your face 24/7.

re: #159 oldschool

Here is a great example why we have the second amendment. If they had one the story would be different. But all will be well Zero will talk to them and Lions will lie down with lambs. Right? Buy ammo my friends if you can find it.

I can't in 12g...I have over three hundred rounds tho, but that stuff is not to be found in ABQ

re: Desert Dog

Look at the 4th one down on the Kos Link...niiice looking Persian babe!

Arabic women have some kind of "thing". Can't explain it.

re: #123 Desert Dog

simply beautiful...seeing a people throw off the shackles of tyranny. That is something I will never get tired of seeing. I hope they can take it all the way...This might be the spark that begins the end of those turbaned SOBs!

Sexist!
/

re: #165 Sparkizzy

Psst...Iranians aren't arabs.

re: #165 Sparkizzy

Arabic women have some kind of "thing". Can't explain it.

They're Persian, not Arab.

re: #165 Sparkizzy

Arabic women have some kind of "thing". Can't explain it.

Persians are a different lot. Not Asian, not European, not Arab...Persian.

re: #165 Sparkizzy

Iranians are not arabic.

re: pingjockey

re: Wendya

Semantics :p

re: #153 Sharmuta

Once again- the new media is putting the msm to shame.

Obviously, the MSM isn't needed for its picture-taking services. Unfortunately, it's still needed to tell us what we're seeing isn't real.

//

re: #163 Mich-again

Wait until they can frame it as a victory for Obama. Then it will be all up in your face 24/7.

Already doing it - the Egypt speech.

Has anyone seen any protestors holding Obama posters?

maybe he was helping her up, maybe

re: #174 Gearhead

Already doing it - the Egypt speech.

Has anyone seen any protestors holding Obama posters?

That's what photoshop is for. There will be many to see if it suits our beloved Dear Leader.

re: #173 solomonpanting

Obviously, the MSM isn't needed for its picture-taking services. Unfortunately, it's still needed to tell us what we're seeing isn't real.

//

If only Cognito was here- he'd point out that this is an msm link.

re: #136 Zimriel

I swear for the life of me I don't see any words whenever I link to that thread. I guess it's a guy thing.

re: #153 Sharmuta

Once again- the new media is putting the msm to shame.

Not hard to do. The MSM (and yeah, I include FNC in that category of pathetic asshats) set the bar for honest reporting pretty gawt-damned low.

re: #174 Gearhead
Not bloody likely...holding up obambi posters that is.

re: #175 Sergeant Major

maybe he was helping her up, maybe

Hard to figure out what's going on in that photo. Kind of looks like he might be making a gesture to "grab the cane."

re: #177 Sharmuta

If only Cognito was here- he'd point out that this is an msm link.

ha!..I love it!

re: #177 Sharmuta

If only Cognito was here- he'd point out that this is an msm link.

Were it not for the MSM, where would cellphone camera shooters send their images? Oh, wait.

re: #171 Sharmuta

Iranians are not arabic.

Some of them are. Persians make up only about half of the Iranians. There are also Ahwazi Arabs, Azeri Turks, Kurds, Balochis, and who knows what else.

re: #162 Desert Dog

Look at the 4th one down on the Kos Link...niiice looking Persian babe!

Where's the Kos link?

re: #172 Sparkizzy

re: Wendya

Semantics :p

No.

re: #111 Sparkizzy

But does he have a newsletter?

re: #186 TheMatrix31

Where's the Kos link?

Here

re: Zimriel

But does he have a newsletter?

Should I care?

re: #183 buzzsawmonkey

You ain't right brother. Good laugh before I turn in.

maybe that was a poor attempt at sarcasm :(

re: Slumbering Behemoth

No.

Apologies then

re: #186 TheMatrix31

Here's the Kos link:
[Link: www.dailykos.com...]
(but it's the 12th one down).

re: #184 jaunte

Were it not for the MSM, where would cellphone camera shooters send their images? Oh, wait.

Heh

re: #185 Mich-again

Some of them are. Persians make up only about half of the Iranians. There are also Ahwazi Arabs, Azeri Turks, Kurds, Balochis, and who knows what else.

Hah, gnxp at science blogs was just crunching some of those numbers. Azeris are dialectical Turks and have 25% of Iran's population.

Turns out that, although Persians are more educated than Azeris, the two have the same attitude toward culture and religion...

re: #189 Killgore Trout

Here

Thanks...

...meh, she's alright. Growing up in the location of LA that I live in...I come across a ton of Persian girls (Middle Eastern girls overall, actually). Some of them are just DROP DEAD gorgeous.

Thank you Charles. The world needs to see this. The Iranian people look like they are stepping up to the plate now.

Something is different this time.

What's the Freedom Tower?

re: #194 jaunte

Here's the Kos link:
[Link: www.dailykos.com...]
(but it's the 12th one down).

12 is nice too! :-)

re: #175 Sergeant Major

maybe he was helping her up, maybe

Only to knock her back down. BTW, I've had baton training, those things ain't no joke believe me. (Although that isn't really a baton.)

re: #194 jaunte

Here's the Kos link:
[Link: www.dailykos.com...]
(but it's the 12th one down).

That girls is better than the other girl higher up...for sure

re: #193 Sparkizzy

Not necessary, really. It's not like you were being a jerk about it. Just a bit of correction in that Persians are not Arabs, and Arabs are not Persians. No big.

re: #199 Sparkizzy

What's the Freedom Tower?

Azadi Tower

re: #196 Zimriel

I have read in several sources that the Mullahs are Azeri Turks, not Persians as most would assume. I'm not 100% sure of that though.

re: #169 buzzsawmonkey

This is what the tired old Code Pinkies and the Papier Mache Puppet Brigade imagine they are doing when they go "Hey, hey, Ho, ho"-ing through the streets of major American cities.

Their actions bear as much relationship to the real thing as the pyramids at the Luxor hotel in Vegas do to the ones at Gizeh.

code pink went to iran and met w/ dinnerjacket. those fcking hags supported himin NYC at the hyatt last fall when the shit slinging monkey himself was in town tooting his horn.
they are a ridiculous bunch of hags who are just out for some attention and to feel like they are, you know, making a difference.
pathetic.

re: #180 pingjockey

Not bloody likely...holding up obambi posters that is.

Exactly.

re: #202 TheMatrix31

Even in the midst of momentous revolution, men still notice attractive women. / It's the wiring, we just can't help it.

HuffPo had the same reaction I did...
Bye bye Ahmadi? Apparently he's leaving for Russia after all.
This next week is going to be crucial. If I were him (or one of the ruling mullahs) I'd be looking for an excuse to leave the country too.

Good night folks. Best of luck to Iran tomorrow.

On the positive side of the ledger today, I was listening to NPR (!?) about Pakistan, and their battle against the Taliban. Story goes like this. Army roles into the area, sets up an artillery base and starts shelling the Taliban training center 10 miles away. As the report gently put it, "artillery is not a precision weapon" especially at that distance, and the next day they visit the town, and the target is destroyed, and a large part of the town.

In the next village over, the people formed a militia and chased out the Taliban on their own. Didn't want their town destroyed by the army.

Nuff said.

I count this as positive on several points. First, that the organized and westernized Pakistani government is holding on and winning. Second, that they are doing so in such a way as to motivate (harumph) the people to act in their own enlightened self interest.

This is good news.

(And I don't doubt that the Pakistani army is getting major assistance from the US)

Time to turn in Lizards, hope things turn out well

re: #206 nyc redneck

My all time favorite picture of a Code Pinko. Worth at least 1,000 words.

re: #177 Sharmuta

If only Cognito was here- he'd point out that this is an msm link.

He's gone and won't be back. Sorry I supported him. I thought he would change. I was wrong.

re: #205 Mich-again

I have read in several sources that the Mullahs are Azeri Turks, not Persians as most would assume. I'm not 100% sure of that though.

They're a mix. Khamanei and Mousavi happen to be Azeris. But then you go to Iraq and Sistani is a, well, Sistani (Persian subgroup).

re: #12 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Anybody notice that Dinnerjacket's supporters are dramatically less "cool" than the opposition? Or is it just me?

Hitchens quotes an Iranian friend:

I went to the last major Ahmadinejad rally and got the whiff of what I imagine fascism to have been all about. Lots of splotchy boys who can't get a date are given guns and told they're special.

re: #206 nyc redneck

code pink went to iran and met w/ dinnerjacket. those fcking hags supported himin NYC at the hyatt last fall when the shit slinging monkey himself was in town tooting his horn.
they are a ridiculous bunch of hags who are just out for some attention and to feel like they are, you know, making a difference.
pathetic.

Considering the current leaders of Iran despise everything Code Pink and their ilk stand for, the hypocrisy is amazing. The one they demonize, GWB, is closer to their goals than anything one of those old fart mullahs or Dinnerjacket would ever give them. The BDS was/is so strong in their little pea brains that they stand there with people that hate their guts because it might make Bush look bad. If the mullahs had their way, they would toss them in a burkha and tell them to STFU.

I've been looking at crowd pictures and something kept seeming weird. Then I realized and went back to double check.

Not used to seeing ethnic purity...

Yes, I know there are different tribes & factions, but in the crowds only a few appear to be Caucasians, some that look German, some that look Russian, so far I've seen no Africans nor Asians.

Just an observation. I guess I should expect Persians in Persia, but used to the multi facets of most country's culture.

re: #213 Mich-again

My all time favorite picture of a Code Pinko. Worth at least 1,000 words.

It's the furry pits that seal the deal, right?

re: #217 Desert Dog

If the mullahs had their way, they would toss them in a burkha and tell them to STFU.

So true. They'd send their thugs to beat the Code Pinkos with truncheons.

re: #219 Desert Dog

See my #47

re: #211 itellu3times

This is good news.

AND the Pakistani gov't announced they are going after Mehsud.

Austin Heap: How to setup a proxy for Iran citizens (for Windows!)

If you’re using Windows, it’s pretty straight forward to setup a proxy and help give access to those in Iran who are being censored. If you’re running Redhat/CentOS, please use the linux instructions.

[Link: blog.austinheap.com...]

re: #208 jaunte

Even in the midst of momentous revolution, men still notice attractive women. / It's the wiring, we just can't help it.

We appreciate beauty in whatever and whoever it is evident!

My own little OT, and then to bed.

My boy got his first home run tonight. First batter for our side. In the park.

Needless to say, I was beaming.

Goodnight.

re: #47 ArchangelMichael

"Pack up your rape culture and take a hike. Cock-man oppressor!"

/lefty feminazi

And she wonders why she's alone on Friday nights, eh? lol

re: #218 slokat

Alexander the Great tromped through there and messed up the gene pool. All kinds of skin and hair color. I'm not sure if it makes any difference to them.

Mir Houssein Mousavi

Um, are we allowed to mention his middle name?

re: #141 Sharmuta

Nah, #31 is Generic "Violence!"

#29 shows the Downtrodden helping a human-from-among-our-Oppressors...

re: #205 Mich-again

I have read in several sources that the Mullahs are Azeri Turks, not Persians as most would assume. I'm not 100% sure of that though.

Now that is new news. Why I love this place.

Found a photo caption.

A man with a cane gestures towards a woman on the ground during protests in central Tehran June 14, 2009.

REUTERS/Stringer

re: #225 formercorpsman

My own little OT, and then to bed.

My boy got his first home run tonight. First batter for our side. In the park.

Needless to say, I was beaming.

Goodnight.

Bad ass. Good night, man!

re: #225 formercorpsman

Cheers!

re: #219 Desert Dog

Either that or the Mr. Potato Head "Angry Eyes" she's sporting.

re: #223 jaunte

Austin Heap: How to setup a proxy for Iran citizens (for Windows!)

[Link: blog.austinheap.com...]

I'l do my part.

I am the eye in the sky, looking at you...

re: #218 slokat

I've been looking at crowd pictures and something kept seeming weird. Then I realized and went back to double check.

Not used to seeing ethnic purity...

Yes, I know there are different tribes & factions, but in the crowds only a few appear to be Caucasians, some that look German, some that look Russian, so far I've seen no Africans nor Asians.

Just an observation. I guess I should expect Persians in Persia, but used to the multi facets of most country's culture.

You get multiculturalism in countries to which people wish to emigrate.

Like this one.

Not one in which you are beaten for wearing what you wish and having opinions.

re: #227 Killgore Trout

Alexander the Great tromped through there and messed up the gene pool. All kinds of skin and hair color. I'm not sure if it makes any difference to them.

Wasn't just him. They also had invaders from the northeast. There were white people there too.

re: #130 Mich-again

All substances are elastic.

— Ojoe, who took many engineering courses.

Interesting that some of the Iranian police have POLICE on the back of their uniforms

Moonrise Over Turkey

re: #231 Gus 802

Gus, the captions and the photos STINK of FEAR !

The oppressors FEAR the Coming of Truth, freedom, personal accountability, courtesy, the equality of men & women, the oneness of humanity before the One True Creator...

FEAR!

That is what motivates AK-47 shooters, padded baton-wielders, cane-shaking old men... FEAR!

And fear is NOT on the faces of the women running to the aid of a downed friend!

re: #237 Zimriel

Wasn't just him. They also had invaders from the northeast. There were white people there too.

They found a near fossilized Kiwanis Club sign and some brightly colored plaid Bermuda shorts near the bodies as well.

These west China mummies weren't Celts, despite the article's comments - their language was a pre-IndoEuropean (but post Hittite) tongue we've been calling "Tocharian"

re: #237 Zimriel

Wasn't just him. They also had invaders from the northeast. There were white people there too.

I was in Western China a few years ago. They have a euphemism for Europeans that goes back to ancient times. They call us something like "Big Nosed People".

Dennis Ross, Out As Special Envoy To Iran; Was He Ousted Because He's A Jew Or A Bit Hawkish On Nukes?

The news that Dennis Ross, long time State Department strategist and peace processor, is being bounced as special envoy to Iran comes from an article by Barak Ravid in the reliable (at least on these matters) Ha'aretz. The story seems to assume that Ross was declared persona non grata by Tehran either because he was a Jew or because he believes that Iran should not be permitted to acquire nuclear weapons. If the Obama administration so readily capitulated to Dr. Ahmadinejad's masters or minions, there's another reason to be worried about its seriousness in this very serious encounter between antagonists. No, we are actually enemies.

To have crumbled precisely while the regime of the ayatollahs is facing a real crisis of confidence at home and something of a challenge to its legitimacy abroad is, well, just that: crumbling. It certainly does not testify to American resilience, even diplomatically. My instinct here is that the president and Mrs. Clinton are so eager to engage--engage even for its own sake--that they'll do anything to please the other. This does not come as a result of analysis. It is, I am sorry to say, a predicated formula. ...

Rest here:
[Link: blogs.tnr.com...]

re: #208 jaunte

Even in the midst of momentous revolution, men still notice attractive women. / It's the wiring, we just can't help it.

Beauty + courage = stunning

re: #242 Desert Dog

They found a near fossilized Kiwanis Club sign and some brightly colored plaid Bermuda shorts near the bodies as well.

The funny thing is, they were caught wearing golfing outfits - well, tartan pattern clothing at any rate.

re: #241 Karridine

OK

re: #185 Mich-again

Some of them are. Persians make up only about half of the Iranians. There are also Ahwazi Arabs, Azeri Turks, Kurds, Balochis, and who knows what else.

I was surprised to learn that Iran hosts the largest Jewish population (11,000) of any Muslim-majority country. After Israel, it is home to the second-largest Jewish population in the Middle East.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #227 Killgore Trout

Alexander the Great tromped through there and messed up the gene pool. All kinds of skin and hair color. I'm not sure if it makes any difference to them.

Are you looking at the same photos that I'm looking at?

Please, other than the obvious dye jobs, "all kinds of hair color"? Let alone skin color...

Or, maybe the other people are all staying home?

re: #245 MJ

Dennis Ross, Out As Special Envoy To Iran; Was He Ousted Because He's A Jew Or A Bit Hawkish On Nukes?

Rest here:
[Link: blogs.tnr.com...]

That is always a good negociating tool...fire your best guy because the other side does not like him. If Obama had any balls, he would have told the Iranians if they don't like Ross, they can have her instead

re: Sheepdogess

I was surprised to learn that Iran hosts the largest Jewish population (11,000) of any Muslim-majority country. After Israel, it is home to the second-largest Jewish population in the Middle East.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Up through 1977 it was probably ten times that, or more.

re: #251 Desert Dog

That is always a good negociating tool...fire your best guy because the other side does not like him. If Obama had any balls, he would have told the Iranians if they don't like Ross, they can have her instead

I don't suppose she uses deodorant in those?

re: #251 Desert Dog

Super ugly!

re: #241 Karridine

Gus, the captions and the photos STINK of FEAR !

The oppressors FEAR the Coming of Truth, freedom, personal accountability, courtesy, the equality of men & women, the oneness of humanity before the One True Creator...

FEAR!

That is what motivates AK-47 shooters, padded baton-wielders, cane-shaking old men... FEAR!

And fear is NOT on the faces of the women running to the aid of a downed friend!

Agreed. BTW, I seem to recall Ba'Hai having been founded in Iran. That must lend a special import to these events for you.

re: #245 MJ

Dennis Ross, Out As Special Envoy To Iran; Was He Ousted Because He's A Jew Or A Bit Hawkish On Nukes?

Rest here:
[Link: blogs.tnr.com...]

How else is he supposed to make room for a major campaign contributor?

re: #250 slokat

Are you looking at the same photos that I'm looking at?

Please, other than the obvious dye jobs, "all kinds of hair color"? Let alone skin color...

Or, maybe the other people are all staying home?

The blond haired blue eyed Iranians stayed home? So did the African-Iranians? :-)re: #254 Ojoe

Super ugly!

hat tip to Mich-Again's #213

re: #257 Desert Dog

hat tip to Mich-Again's #213

My (half Swedish, half-English) cousin married an Iranian Ba'hai. Their children all have blue eyes.

re: #253 EmmmieG

I don't suppose she uses deodorant in those?

Are you kidding? That would take away from her au naturale womyn smell!

re: #257 Desert Dog

So did the African-Iranians?

There might be some of those in Arabistan - which is also called "Ahwaz". "Ahwaz" means something like Sugarland in Arabic. The Arabs imported a lot of Africans to work the cane fields.

re: #253 EmmmieG

I don't suppose she uses deodorant in those?

I doubt it. The good news about someone like that is that you can smell 'em coming. Take a bath, Hippie!

re: #258 EmmmieG

My (half Swedish, half-English) cousin married an Iranian Ba'hai. Their children all have blue eyes.

I married a filipina, all of our kids have dark eyes and dark hair, in spite of my green eyes and reddish/blond (now mostly gray) hair. Her genes kicked my genes butt. They do not look as "asian" as her, but they do not look Norwegian/German/Irish/Dutch/Scottish either

re: #261 Zimriel

There might be some of those in Arabistan - which is also called "Ahwaz". "Ahwaz" means something like Sugarland in Arabic. The Arabs imported a lot of Africans to work the cane fields.

Wow, I did not know that. I learn something new here everyday.