Archive for the 'World News' Category
Tell me again… what was the reason I should be thinking the mexican by the freeway offramp selling oranges is draining our tax dollars?
Pentagon spending in February, the most recent month available, was $6.7 billion in Afghanistan compared with $5.5 billion in Iraq.
via Afghan war costs now outpace Iraq’s – USATODAY.com.
Read this article!
Look at Iran and give thanks that the Republican Party — the tool of America's mullahs married to the Neocon war mongers — is in decline and has been rejected by the American people. Work to keep America secular, free and democratic.
via Frank Schaeffer: The Real Lesson Of Iran — Beware America’s Republican Mullahs.
Pure insanity:
Upon learning of his son's death, the elder Mr. Alipour was told the family had to pay an equivalent of $3,000 as a “bullet fee”—a fee for the bullet used by security forces—before taking the body back, relatives said.
via Son’s Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why – WSJ.com.
The violent interventions of the Basij militia – one of Ahmadinejad's bases of electoral support – armed with bicycle chains, batons and Kalashnikovs and dressed in a mixture of civilian clothes and fatigues, is an increasingly significant factor in the crisis.
via Police force Iran protest off streets | World news | The Observer.
A woman shot and killed in the uprising on Saturday in Tehran.
Iran is right now about to prove that protest is still a means of facing truth to power. What an amazing time to be alive.