mamoru: Did anyone else catch this bit of craziness from the 1 July Green Brief (^)?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly said today that there was as much truth to electoral fraud in Iran as there was for the Holocaust. (Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier.)

Oh yeah, Senor Facepalm was present at the moment (picture a facepalm with a mexican mustache).

CygnusDarius: It seems the Allahu Akbar shouts in the buildings remain, however.

It's a... trap?

BigBaum: Gyrfalcon:

Earthlink had a headline I couldn't bring myself to read, which said something like "Experts calling Neda's death suspicious."

That's when I knew the Apocalypse was at hand.

The death of Crispus Attucks was also a bit suspicious. This did not make him any less of a symbol. I hope the "experts" can grasp this.

/now dismounting my History High Horsetm

Wasn't so much the symbolism. Just the idea that someone felt the need to weigh in with the obvious. It depressed me more than it should have.

Green Brief #16 (new window)

microfiber pocketwatch: Green Brief #16 (new window)

Thanks

Somaticasual:
isn't lying a sin in islam too?

Not if you lie to infidels or to make Islam look good, it isn't. Islam even has a word for it: taquiya.

/the more you know

tuffsnake: UnspokenVoice: redconfetti: EsteeFlwrPot: Who the fark is Neda? Out of all the people that were shot in protests why is she the one everyone's crying over?

Because she was an innocent woman not even protesting and still someone shot her in the heart, killing her. Everyone suspects it was a member of the Basij which sniped her. The Basij are the ones with the guns, I don't think I saw any citizens protesting on the streets with guns.

Aren't they *all* citizens?

I don't have tat's running post but I'm pretty sure in it he mentions that the Basij are not from Iran so no they aren't Iranian citizens. Boom, roasted.

It appears that they reside in the country and are citizens.