Saturday, 19 September 2009
پایین کشیدن بیلبورد حزب الله لبنان توسط مردم
Protesters remove an official Hezbollah banner in Iran yesterday. Many in Iran blame Hezbbollah mercenaries for carrying out some of the worst violence against peaceful protesters since the election.
Kids kill Panama 'Montauk monster' by lake
PHOTOS have emerged of a mutant creature which “sparked fear and confusion” by climbing out of a cave and approaching a group of children in Panama. The photos appear to show the creature as a slimy, hairless humanoid. Already dubbed “Gollum” by the UK tabloids, the 150cm tall creature emerged from a cave behind a waterfall on the shores of a lake near the small town of Cerro Azul and is drawing comparisons to the so-called "Montauk monster" found on the shores of a New York beach last year. The children claim it started climbing over rocks to get to them. They defended themselves by throwing rocks and killing it.The children told their parents they had thrown the body back in the lake. When the parents went to investigate, it had been washed up on the shore.
One of the children told The Sun: "I have only seen that creature once before - and it was in the Tolkien film."
Meet the man who inspired Glenn Beck
Cleon Skousen was a right-wing crank whom even conservatives despised. Then Beck discovered him.On Saturday, I spent the afternoon with America's new breed of angry conservative. Up to 75,000 protesters had gathered in Washington on Sept. 12, the day after the eighth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, sporting the now familiar tea-bagger accoutrements of "Don't Tread on Me" T-shirts, Revolutionary War outfits and Obama-the-Joker placards. The male-skewing, nearly all-white throng had come to denounce the president and what they believe is his communist-fascist agenda.
Even if the turnout wasn't the 2 million that some conservatives tried, briefly, to claim, it was still enough to fill the streets near the Capitol. It was also ample testament to the strength of a certain strain of right-wing populist rage and the talking head who has harnessed it. The masses were summoned by Glenn Beck, Fox News host and organizer of the 912 Project, the civic initiative he pulled together six months ago to restore America to the sense of purpose and unity it had felt the day after the towers fell.
In reality, however, the so-called 912ers were summoned to D.C. by the man who changed Beck's life, and that helps explain why the movement is not the nonpartisan lovefest that Beck first sold on air with his trademark tears. Beck has created a massive meet-up for the disaffected, paranoid Palin-ite "death panel" wing of the GOP, those ideologues most susceptible to conspiracy theories and prone to latch on to eccentric distortions of fact in the name of opposing "socialism." In that, they are true disciples of the late W. Cleon Skousen, Beck's favorite writer and the author of the bible of the 9/12 movement, "The 5,000 Year Leap." A once-famous anti-communist "historian," Skousen was too extreme even for the conservative activists of the Goldwater era, but Glenn Beck has now rescued him from the remainder pile of history, and introduced him to a receptive new audience
@ 'Salon'
'Exile' making sure the big boys give you the correct news
(Click to enlarge)Nice to see that the 'NY Times Lede blog' will admit when it is wrong!
Though speaking as one one of those anonactivist bloggers...
Tehran today...continued
Iran_TranslatorPeople were savagely beaten on Fatimi Avenue and many were arrested. Greens hid under cars to escape secforces #iranelection
Friday, 18 September 2009
Iran continued... (keep refreshing page)
Still can't confirm any clashes or protest in Qom. Word's out everywhere, but no concrete proof. #iranelection
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page)
و این گونه روز قدس سبز شد
Ahmadinejad was giving a live interview on IRIB's Channel Two from the
scene of Quds Day. As he spoke, viewers could clearly hear the chants of "Ahmadi, Ahmadi, resign, resign" - this all over live TV.
Apparently Ahmadinejad was aware of the chants and their effect on the interview. He is said to have become flustered and quickly wrapped up the interview.
@ 'The Guardian'
scene of Quds Day. As he spoke, viewers could clearly hear the chants of "Ahmadi, Ahmadi, resign, resign" - this all over live TV.
Apparently Ahmadinejad was aware of the chants and their effect on the interview. He is said to have become flustered and quickly wrapped up the interview.
@ 'The Guardian'
Today's chants in Iran
Margh bar Roosiyeh
Death to Russia
Roosiyeh Haya Kon, Keshvaremoon ro raha kon
Russia, leave our country alone!
Na Ghazeh, na Lobnan, janam fadayeh Iran
My life belongs to neither Gaza or Lebanon - but Iran
Che Ghazeh, che Iran, margh bar zaleman
Whether in Gaza or in Iran, death to tyrants
Karoubi dastghir beshe, Iran ghiyamat mishe
If Karoubi is arrested, great chaos [armageddon] will ensue in Iran
Dorooqghoo, dorooqghoo, shast o se darsadet koo?
Liar, liar, where’s your 63%?
Basijiyeh vagheyi, Hemmat bood o Bakeri
The real Basijis were Hemmat and Bakeri
Neshoon dadim dobareh, ma hameh ba ham hastim
We showed once more, that we are together
Dorood bar Montazeri, salaam bar Sanei
Our respect and greetings to Montazeri and Sanei
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page)
Iran_TranslatorIn Rasht's Mikaeel Sqr, plainclothes men attacked protesters, injuring many inclu a woman and arresting 5. #iranelection
Iran_TranslatorIn Rasht people also came out in support of Mousavi and chanted "no Gaza no lebanon..." #iranelection
شعار سلام بر منتظری، درود بر صانعی در روز قدس
Here we go (again!)
0935 GMT: Catching Our Breath for Questions. The news that Mohammad Khatami was “attacked” and forced away from the rally seems solid (0809 GMT). But did Mehdi Karroubi appear and speak to the marchers (0633 GMT).
And where is Mir Hossein Mousavi?
0930 GMT: Mowj-e-Sabz is now reporting clashes and “violent situation” in Isfahan and clashes and arrests in Tabriz.
0915 GMT: Classic (and Accurate) Quote of Day. It’s from Josh Shahryar, “Get yer cokes and pizzas folks. It’s gonna be a long day.”
0910 GMT:More on Rallies. Al Jazeera is already bumping the President aside for the marches, as their footage indicates there may be more than the “several thousand” we just projected. CNN’s Reza Sayah on Twitter claims, “3-4 kilometre stretch between Vali Asr Square & Laleh Park packed with tens of thousands of opposition supporters”.
0845 GMT: How Big Are the Rallies? Images on Al Jazeera television show masses of people on the move, and Agence France Presse is claiming “tens of thousands” from witnesses.
A source inside Iranian media has told EA that the internal broadcast feed is showing 3000-3500 demonstrators. Based on the reports, we now feel comfortable saying “several thousand” Green Wave supporters are marching, wearing green wristbands, with the largest confirmed rally at the Vali-e Asr intersection, near Tehran University on Enghelab Street.
(We think that the AFP report of “tens of thousands” may include not only Green Wave supporters but also onlookers and some Ahmadinejad supporters who are also present or are on way to Tehran University.)
0833 GMT: Ahmadinejad ends his speech. We’ve got a snap analysis and, from yesterday, Ahmadinejad’s interview with NBC television.
0830 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “We want [Palestinian] refugees to come back and decide their own future. [But the Israelis] have built several scenarios to reduce the dimension of the Iranian people. They are rallying some people in New York. The Iranian nation shall not crush a single grain for these machinations. The Iranian people have declared that they are ready and stands by the values of its Leader. They struggle against tyrants and hold high the flag of freedom and justice and will never set it down.”
0827 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “Messages to nations friendly to this [Israeli, not Iranian, I presume] regime. This regime is nearing its end. Occupation and rape are nearing their end.”
“You shoot a million-dollar missile towards a smaller value building in Gaza. The million-dollar part cannot emerge victorious! This regime has no future. They are building walls along themselves. We advise you: relinquish support for the Zionists. This regime is doomed, do not attach yourself to it. Even if 1000 years would pass, the nations of the region will not acknowledge this regime or recognise it.”
0826 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “The influence of Zionism is permeating everywhere. When they influence, they will never leave. A US professor would tell me that one of them requested to be employed after no appointments were made in the past 5-6 years. He came back to that university a few years later. The faculty was infested with Zionists.”
0824 GMT: EA Correspondent – “Chants inside Tehran Uni exclusively in line with regime. There seems to be no Green presence inside.”
0822 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “Iranian people are the flagbearer of everything good in the world: justice, pureness, peace and friendship. Resistance towards this [Israeli] regime is a national and global duty. The people of Iran will never put this flag down. The only route for salvation is resisting the corrupt Zionist channel in the world. You should know that, due to God’s will, the final victory of the revolutionary people of the world front against Zionism is in our hands.”
0818 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “Some US, European politicians have told us, ‘You can shout against us, don’t shout slogans against these Zionists.’ They will put us under pressure. Big companies in Europe, US cannot do business unless they have Zionist stakeholders.” [Ahmadinejad's get-out clause for Iran's economic difficulties?]
“World shoudl know that Zionism is the best example of racism. They are people that have no respect for anything but their own. Even the US president — should they manage it — they will assassinate him.”
0814 GMT: EA Correspondent – “Ahmadinejad still going on in same terms about Israel.”
0809 GMT: Parleman News claims confirmation of reports, which we have been followed, that former President Mohammad Khatami was “attacked” and forced to leave the Qods Day rally. The newspaper claims this was done at the behest of the son of the editor of Kayhan newspaper, Hossein Shariatmadari.
0807 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “All the bits and pieces of Israel’s regime are against humanity. All of the components of Israel’s government and regime have no faith against faiths of the world.”
0802 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “We should have 72 countries in Europe. Even Russia has to be dismembered if every nation is to go independent.” [Hmm....Can't see Moscow being too pleased about this.]
0800 GMT: Ahmadinejad – “The Europeans are supporting the crimes of the Zionists and are creating anti-Jewish sentiment to further the Israeli crowds. All are for domination on the world.
“We have to give rights to Indian redskins [Native Americans]. They had culture and heritage. You have encroached on them and killed millions.” [Nice touch. Ahmadinejad stands alongside the first victims of "American imperialism".]
0755 GMT: Running summary of Ahmadinejad speech: “Holocaust once again. He is asking on why research on the Holocaust has been impeded. Palestine most important problem of the world. Iraq. Afghanistan, Sudan being trampled, all due to Zionists. All imperialism due to Zionists.
Why don’t you allow the main reason of the Palestinian plight to be analysed?”
0745 GMT: President Ahmadinejad starting his speech introducing Friday Prayers.
0740 GMT: Excuse of Day (So Far). Iranian state TV says, “Unfortunately we can’t covered Qods Days rallies with helicopter because security forces have prevented us.”
0730 GMT: Reports coming in of preparation for Friday Prayers in Tehran. Government figures such as Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in crowd, President Ahmadinejad arriving.
0715 GMT: EA correspondent confirms following Twitter claim, “Iranian State TV broadcasting the protests without sound and saying people are chanting for Palestine”. He adds, “Footage is very sanitised.”
0710 GMT: Counter-claim. Well-placed source in Iranian media tells EA correspondent that “few hundred” have gathered in Tehran squares. No mention of Karroubi or Khatami amongst protestors. Source says this is from “internal (and thus unseen) broadcast feeds”, not what is actually being aired on State TV.
0705 GMT: Reported chanting of “Long Live Montazeri!! Viva Sane’i” (praising two Grand Ayatollahs who have criticised the Government) at Karim-Khan Bridge.
0700 GMT: Reports that tear gas has been used in 7 Tir Square to disperse crowds.
0633 GMT: And The Plan Rolls Out. Mehdi Karroubi is speaking in 7 Tir Square, shouting “Death to Oppression!”. Mohammad Khatami is also reported to be present.
0630 GMT: Reports of clashes in Isfahan’s Enghelab Square.
If the plan laid out by Mehdi Karroubi’s office yesterday is being followed, he should be marching to and possibly arriving in 7 Tir Square now.
0615 GMT: An Important Caution. We are being very careful about reports of numbers and intensity of protests. While those passing information are well-intentioned, the claims are always prone to exaggeration or distortion as they are passed along.
That said, there are signs that these will be the largest gatherings since June. One report from a source in Tehran: “There’s too many people [at 7 Tir Square]. The [security] forces are just watching in awe.”
0610 GMT: Unconfirmed reports that marchers gathering in Qom.
CNN, after days ignoring Iran, has now decided this is a Very Important Story, previewing Ahmadinejad’s speech with “Tense in Tehran” and “High Alert”.
0555 GMT: Reports from numerous sources of chanting from protestors, including “God is Great”, “Yah Hossein! Mir Hossein!”, and “Death to the Dictator”. Also people are gathering under Karim Khan Bridge chanting “No Gaza, No Lebanon — My Life for Iran”.
0535 GMT: Mowj-e-Sabz, the website of the Green movement, is filled with reports of Revolutionary Guard warnings. Thursday’s statements are reported as “IRGC Preparing for Bloodbath“, and then there is this claim: “According to an informed source, the security forces, based on prior plans, intend to arrest Mir-Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi following the Quds Day Marches.”"
0515 GMT: It is now 9:45 a.m. in Tehran. There are reported gatherings in Tehran at 7 Tir, Vanak, and Mirdamak Squares. Uniformed security forces are gathering in Enghelab Square near Tehran University. Claims also of gatherings in Tabriz, Isfahan, and Shiraz.
From ePersian Radio via Twitter source: “Big crowd [latest report of 1000+] in 7 Tir square, most are wearing green, lots of basijis/soldiers.” Another source claims, from ePersian Radio, that Grand Ayatollahs Montazeri and Sane’i have said they will join the rally.
That is what has happened so far today...
@ 'Enduring America'
That is what has happened so far today...
@ 'Enduring America'
'Screwed' by Peter Kuper
(Click to enlarge)This was supposed to run in 'Arthur' in June 2003 but got vetoed by the then publisher!
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones in the studio working on the song Sympathy For The Devil. From the film "Sympathy For The Devil/One Plus One", directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1968.
Performance
Directed by Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell (1968).
with James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michele Breton.
with James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michele Breton.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Richard Hell on 'Tonight Live' (Australia) 1993
I was at that reading at The Lounge here in Melbourne and my copy of 'Artifact' has Betadine spilt all over it! (Don't ask?)
PS: Jennifer Keyte is bad enough, but thank god Vizard was not presenting the show that night.
PS: Jennifer Keyte is bad enough, but thank god Vizard was not presenting the show that night.
Pot and New York
...The kicker in this is the apparently almost unknown fact that possession of 25 grams, or seven-eighths of an ounce—much more than the few joints that are getting people arrested—is not a crime in New York State and has not been since the passage of the Marijuana Reform Act of 1977, or 32 years ago. (Right here add sound of potheads slapping their foreheads, like, how come they didn’t know that?) There are exceptions, however. If the pot is “burning or open to public view,” then the 25-gram deal is off. It is this provision that has been the basis for the arrest outbreak, many civil libertarians contend. The scenario of what happens on the street, as told to me by several arrestees, is remarkably similar. It goes like this: You’re black, or Spanish, or some white-boy fellow traveler with a cockeyed Bulls cap and falling-down pants. The cops come up to you, usually while you’re in a car, and ask you if you’re doing anything you shouldn’t. You say, “No, officer,” and they say, “You don’t have anything in your pocket you’re not supposed to have, do you, because if you do and I find it, it’ll be a lot worse for you.” It is at that point, because you are young, nervous, possibly simple, and ignorant of the law, you might comply and take the joint you’d been saving out of your pocket. Then, zam: Suddenly, your protection under the Marijuana Reform Act vanishes because the weed is now in “public view.” The handcuffs, the paddy wagon, and the aforementioned court date soon follow.
@ 'New York Magazine'
@ 'New York Magazine'
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