... in his latest satire on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy last night, he - while presumably defending the policy - said: "...when you're in combat, the number 1 thought in your head as the bullets are whizzing overhead is : I hope the guy who just saved my a** wasn't saving it for later..." ! I love this guy.
another favorite thing ruined: Last.fm now charges you if you're outside the UK, Germany, or the US! Oh Canada, why should you always be on the lame side?!
Read the rest...There will be a rally against Gaza's bombing. It's in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. I'll try to make it, maybe some of you would have time to attend as well.
Read the rest...Here's a link about him being arrested in Tehran. Freedom of speech for everyone, right?
related: http://freehoder.blogspot.com/
Since I have nothing too exciting to post here, I thought I'd let you know about two of my friends' blogs.
Golrokh and Niyaz have both studied Cinema in Iran and are now continuing their studies abroad. they post some of their artwork (including sketches, animations, and paintings) on blogger and i personally like their stuff very much. I'm sure you'll find their work interesting as well. (I would write more about this, but art is so subjective and I'm afraid my take on what they do is completely different from what they have in mind, so I think it's better to let their work speak for itself.)
correction: I have no idea how I made this mistake, but Golrokh had actually studied graphic design in Iran!
Good for you America! and hopefully some good will come out of it at the end.
Read the rest...life is good again, and although I probably won't watch more than 4 or 5 movies, I can't help feeling excited about it.
view schedule here
من دیگه کم آوردم
لطفا گیج زدن های خانم طاهره رحیمی را بخونید و حال کنید! آخه آدم چی میتونه بگه به زنی که همجنسای خودش رو اینقدر دست کم می گیره و ازدواج نکردنشون رو باعث ایجاد شرایط اضطراری می دونه؟
"...حتی اگر تمام عالم را به زن بدهند باز هم زن نمی تواند بپذیرد که شوهرش همسر دیگری اختیار کند چرا که این خلاف فطرت زن است. من معتقدم رضایت زن چه باشد و چه نباشد نه عقلی است و نه شرعی. ماده 23 که شرط رضایت زن را برداشته قانون بهتری است چرا که اگر قرار بر اجرای ازدواج مجدد باشد با مشت و لگد و زور هم که شده زن را مجبور به دادن رضایت می کنند پس رضایت زن معنا و مفهوم ندارد. ..." !!!!!!!!
گلرخ نفیسی این تصویر را به طاهره رحیمی تقدیم کرده: "...که بعد از خوندن مصاحبه ش تصویرش برای همیشه توی ذهنم ثبت شد تصویر آدمیزاد بیچاره ای که زنده بودن را هرگز تجربه نکرده.."
so this post is about a month late, and you might have already known about this, but I just found out, thanks to pooya. Apparently, radio Zamaneh had this online festival for international women's day: "the forbidden voice of woman" (my translation, of course!)... it's got some good and some not-very-good music from Iranian women working as musicians worldwide. Take a look if you haven't already.
Read the rest...I found this really funny blog yesterday: stuff white people like. I have read a number of their posts and some of them are hilarious! The writers (Christian Lander, and Myles Valentin) criticize - in a satirical way - the interests of what they call "white people", which mostly are just the ones that think too highly of themselves or consider themselves educated and above-average (including myself! while reading the posts I realized half the stuff they mention is true about me, and I don't think I'm considered white!). Some of the interests for example include: Asian girls (my favorite!), San Francisco, non-profit organizations, Recycling, ... .
This blog is actually very popular. I think they are pretty new (since their archive doesn't go before January 2008) but have already had over 20 million hits!!! and Target has in fact recently bought them to use their blog for promotional purposes! anyway, thought you might enjoy their posts as well! :)
One of my favorite websites, tv-links.co.uk, has been brought down by Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)and the owner has been arrested and is being held in jail for now. I think it's absolutely retarded! There is a petition going on, if you were a regular like me.
Read the rest...I came across this article through sibil tala's blog and thought it had some great points in it about the famous homosexual-related comments of Iran's president in Columbia University.
"...At the risk of being accused of defending him, I want to point out that Ahmadinejad did not say that queers do not exist in Iran at all. He said “we do not have ‘hamjensbaaz’ the way that you have it in this country.”
...It is no news to anyone that he represents one of the most socially conservative officials in Iran. But he is correct to say that homosexuals do not exist THE SAME WAY that they exist in the US."
I think it is the realization of the term "tof e sar bala" when I have to defend a man that represents almost everything that I hate about the way my country is run today, but well, can't just stand there and nod while people make jokes about Iran.
This is my cousin's weblog... she's a very strong and committed journalist that acts on her beliefs and never compromises what she thinks is right. She's been recently banned from all events related to the department of justice in Iran! But I know this won't stop her from doing what she loves. Good luck Sanaz.
Read the rest...حمایت از خانواده چی می گه؟
خوب اینم از لایحه جدید برای حمایت از خانواده! پررویی هم حدی داره دیگه! بابا این که اسمشو هر چی میشه گذاشت غیر از "حمایت از خانواده"...
گزارش محبوبه حسین زاده رو توی سایت تغییر برای برابری بخونید:
" ... مساله مهم دیگر تجویز ازدواج مجدد است که در حال حاضر این ازدواج باید با اجازه همسر اول باشد و در قانون، مجازات کیفری هم برای از دواج مجدد بدون اجازه همسر در نظر گرفته شده بود اما در این لایحه ازدواج مجدد مردان با اجازه دادگاه و منوط به تمکن مالی مرد و تشخیص دادگاه در برقراری عدالت توسط مرد صورت می گیرد. کدام مردی در دنیا پیدا می شود که ازدواج دوم انجام دهد و ادعا کند که همسر اول را به اندازه همسر دوم دوست دارد..."
"... درصد زنان شاغل در كشورما فوق العاده پايين است و بقيه كار نمي كنند و آناني كه كار مي كنند درآمدشان كفاف زندگي در حد استاندارد را نمي دهد بنابراين زنان مجبور مي شوند شوهر پيدا كنند. حتي بسياري از زنان مشكلات را تحمل مي كنند به خاطر اين كه اگر طلاق بگيرند و فرزند هم داشته باشند، مشكلات مالي شان بيشتر مي شود. در اين شرايط دولت، دو متغیر برهم زننده خانواده؛ یعنی ازدواج موقت و ازدواج مجدد، را مطرح می کند باعث می شود که در واقع عنصر خیانت را در خانواده به صورت شرعی وارد می کند و می گوید شما می توانید به همسران تان خیانت کنید و من اين را هيچ جاي دنيا نديدم. از این شرایط قدرتمندان جامعه یعنی مردان نفع می برند و اما برنده دیگر دولت است چون یک وظیفه دولت طبق قانون اساسي این است که به وضعیت آحاد مردم رسیدگی کند. دولت ما به جاي اين كه در مورد زنان مطلقه، بيوه و ...فكري كند مساله مردان را بر دوش زنان مي اندازد و به جاي اين كه كاري براي زنان فراهم كند آنان را سوق مي دهد به سمت ازدواج موقت و ازدواج مجدد. و در اين حال مردان را با يك سري امتيازهاي ظاهری وادار مي كند كه خرج زنان را بدهند..."
