Did he really just say that the opposition leader was arrested for traffic violations?

Yeah...

OK, sure, we believe you.

The HuffPo has a much more appropriately sensational webpage for all of this Link (new window)

FTA: Opposition supporters claimed ballot fraud.

Moussavi has also claimed victory.

Effectively saying "I was elected and the election results are a sham" doesn't make a whole lotta sense.

FTFA: Some reports indicated that he (Mousavi) had been detained. Others said he was at home, conducting meetings, but was free to come and go as long as he informed authorities.

Half a dozen of one, six of another.

Apparently Iran is trying to jam the BBC's signal.

/props to PartTimeBuddha in the old thread for pointing this out.

So what happened while I was sleeping, praying and eating breakfast?

News Round-up

Yee haw

Italian TV crew attacked by police in Tehran

Dreams of reform go up in smoke

WITNESS: Dreams turn to ashes on Tehran boulevard after vote

Crackdown crunches Iran reformers

Tatsuma: So what happened while I was sleeping, praying and eating breakfast?

apparently nothing has happened, it was all a hoax. There was no violence, Iran is not having a civil war, the election was not rigged, nobody has died. There has been no disruption of cell phone coverage.

The really really weird part to all this is the jarring difference in coverage. what people on the street are saying is VASTLY different than what's being reported by CNN, MSNBC, FOX, et al. If you only watched the major news outlets you would get the impression that a kegger got outta hand and that's it. But if you watched the twitter feeds, really bad shiat is going down right now.

Weaver95: than what's being reported by CNN, MSNBC, FOX, et al. If you only watched the major news outlets you would get the impression that a kegger got outta hand and that's it. But if you watched the twitter feeds, really bad shiat is going down right now.

Expect more inconsistencies with the breaks in communication. Hard to get a wide scope of whats going on.

Weaver95: Iran is not having a civil war

Is it that bad?

Weaver95: The really really weird part to all this is the jarring difference in coverage. what people on the street are saying is VASTLY different than what's being reported by CNN, MSNBC, FOX, et al. If you only watched the major news outlets you would get the impression that a kegger got outta hand and that's it. But if you watched the twitter feeds, really bad shiat is going down right now.

Well it's not like anyone who wants to get real News should watch the TV or read newspapers anymore.

And news channels are back to having their talking heads rehash crap from last week...

I knew they were weak, but yeesh.

Top 3 on CNN are about Iran.

# Ahmadinejad won't guarantee rival's safety 12 min
# Ticker: Biden has 'doubts' about Iran election
# Poll: Half of Israelis open to bombing Iran 29 min


Its the front page on MSNBC

Front page on Fox, too.

Link (new window)Party Boy: Weaver95: than what's being reported by CNN, MSNBC, FOX, et al. If you only watched the major news outlets you would get the impression that a kegger got outta hand and that's it. But if you watched the twitter feeds, really bad shiat is going down right now.

Expect more inconsistencies with the breaks in communication. Hard to get a wide scope of whats going on.

I don't have a lot of time to update my blog this morning, since I have to go get ready for work. But I posted a quick and dirty entry, along with some links I blatantly stole from you.

Bah. I failed to properly edit my previous fark comment.

Weaver95: along with some links I blatantly stole from you.

Im ok with that. Sometimes I even spot my typos in links elsewhere on the web. makes me lol.

Party Boy: Weaver95: along with some links I blatantly stole from you.

Im ok with that. Sometimes I even spot my typos in links elsewhere on the web. makes me lol.

I got some...interesting...ping backs from my 'limbaugh watch' section on the blog. I do believe that feature is going to be among my most popular site categories....

Wow. Armored Dinner Jacket says he can't guarantee Moussavi's safety. That's an incredibly thinly veiled threat if I've ever seen one. Mobster would be more careful with their language.

Wow, now he's claiming to be a direct descendant of Mohammad?

I know his name means of the bloodline of Mohammad, but I was under the impression that it was changed by his family to that years ago and they had no such claim in actuality. Can anyone better informed than I comment on this?

MBarry: Wow. Armored Dinner Jacket says he can't guarantee Moussavi's safety. That's an incredibly thinly veiled threat if I've ever seen one. Mobster would be more careful with their language.

Oh that guy is toast. No doubt in my mind about it.

Oh that guy is toast. No doubt in my mind about it.

Just ask the supporters of Bhutto how they think this will go down.

Weaver95: .interesting.

Know the feeling.

Anaxphone: I know his name means of the bloodline of Mohammad, but I was under the impression that it was changed by his family to that years ago and they had no such claim in actuality. Can anyone better informed than I comment on this?

Actually, there are rumours that he's from a forcibly converted Jewish family and changed his name to hide his background.

Weaver95: Oh that guy is toast. No doubt in my mind about it.

Yeah, Moussavi is going to repeatedly fall down stairs accidently until he dies.

Weaver95: MBarry: Wow. Armored Dinner Jacket says he can't guarantee Moussavi's safety. That's an incredibly thinly veiled threat if I've ever seen one. Mobster would be more careful with their language.

Oh that guy is toast. No doubt in my mind about it.

He really doesn't get it does he? Killing Moussavi would only galvanize the population. Probably turn this into a full blown civil war.

Any more news on where this coup originated last night? When I went to bed last night there was speculation that even the mullahs were unaware that this was going to happen, but now they're along for the ride. Was the IRG involved?

Tatsuma: Actually, there are rumours that he's from a forcibly converted Jewish family and changed his name to hide his background.

Admittedly, that would explain a lot of his behaviour.

Anaxphone: Admittedly, that would explain a lot of his behaviour.

Indeed.

I'd be pissed and would lash out too if I was robbed from my share in the world's global banking system.

MBarry:
He really doesn't get it does he? Killing Moussavi would only galvanize the population. Probably turn this into a full blown civil war.

Shhh. You might give people ideas.

I don't really think he's going to er.. *dispatch* his opponent. But since it looks as if he's still going to be in charge for a while, I'm not surprised our media is doing everything possible to remind us that he is a bad guy hellbent on starting Armageddon.

On a side note, I love the picture of Ahmadinejad that CNN decided to run.

It seems they always go out of their way to sort through his most dumbfounded 'duhhh' expressions possible, and finally select the one where he looks like he's trying to remember whether he turned off the coffee pot.

Quick updates:

- From Qom: Reformist grand ayatolah Saneyi is in house arrest and his office phones lines answered by ministry of Intel #iranelection

- Ahmadynezad now calls himself "seyed" (bloodline of prophet mohammad) & wearing a green shawl on state TV! unbelievable! #IranElection

- Karoubi does NOT recognize Ahmadinejad as President, and declares the election VOID & urges people to stand #iranelection

From what I get in other sources (some of it everyone knows):

- Tehran is under martial law. Phone lines are dead, so is internet communication, people with satellite dishes need to hide them as police are cracking down on them too

- The Revolutionary Guards are attacking University dorms all across Iran. University teachers are resigning en masse.

- Protesters have taken over at least two police stations in north of Tehran. Rioting has spread to all major cities.

- Many ministry buildings have been set on fire.

- Most commentators seem to believe that Iran is on the verge of civil war and that Moussavi's supporters are actually looking toward removing the Supreme Leader from power.

- All foreign press has been told to leave the country

- Things like this are happening all over: News: Pregnant woman beaten yesterday at Fatemeh Sq. and motocycle ran over her #iranelection

Is it time for a good reactor bombing yet?

Tatsuma:
- Ahmadynezad now calls himself "seyed" (bloodline of prophet mohammad) & wearing a green shawl on state TV! unbelievable! #IranElection

Wow. If this is true, than the regime has gone off the deep end crazy. He has too have the mullah's permission to say something that outlandish, right?

MBarry:

Wow. If this is true, than the regime has gone off the deep end crazy. He has too to have the mullah's permission to say something that outlandish, right?

FTFM

MBarry: Tatsuma:
- Ahmadynezad now calls himself "seyed" (bloodline of prophet mohammad) & wearing a green shawl on state TV! unbelievable! #IranElection

Wow. If this is true, than the regime has gone off the deep end crazy. He has too have the mullah's permission to say something that outlandish, right?

Everyone with any power has got the fark out of dodge city for now I would imagine, and the "President" might very well be mad with power right now.

Oh and the CNN top article is an internet meme, what the fark. "Safety not guaranteed".

MBarry: Wow. If this is true, than the regime has gone off the deep end crazy. He has too have the mullah's permission to say something that outlandish, right?

I doubt he's allowed to go to the bathroom without asking them first.Party Boy: Mahmoud Ahmadi-nejad (incumbent): 5,698,417

It's impossible, he has a much larger base than this. These numbers are bullshiat with no credibility.

Iran sounds like a cool place where everybody goes to soccer games all the time.

Is this the new thread for the goings-on?

Can't wait to find out how this ends. *Grabs popcorn*

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Can't wait to find out how this ends. *Grabs popcorn*

"People dying in the middle of a coup, I'm entertained!"

DamnYankees: Is this the new thread for the goings-on?

Looks like.

Party's got a set of links up, I've still be updating a compilation from last night, and Persepolis made contact with their family a little while ago - that was in the other thread.

Tatsuma: People dying in the middle of a coup, I'm entertained!

Well, what else is on?

BBC headline is about a pro-Ahmedinejad rally.

Cleaning up the chaff: Twitter's carrying a video of a girl being shot in Iran. This is NOT current footage - it's from last year. Disregard.

Well, no, let me rephrase - it sucks hard, but it's not linked to this.

Party Boy: Grand Ayatollah Sanei in Iran has declared Ahmadinejad's presidency illegitimate and cooperating with his government against Islam. There are strong rumors that his house and office are surrounded by the police and his website is filtered. He had previously issued a fatwa, against rigging of the elections in any form or shape, calling it a mortal sin.

He is under house arrest right now and when people call him, Ministry of Intel answers the phone, apologizes for racist ad.

Link (new window)

This is cute. Mahmoud does not guarantee his rival's safety. CNN vid.