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Posted: June 19th, 2009, 4:12pm PDT by kwtia
Video:Jazeera CoverageTwitter and Iran:Twitter reschedules maintenance around Iran TwittersHow to track the Iran Protests on Twitter and Social MediaHuffpo's twitter feed roundup on Iran (updates of tweets from Iran)TechPresident's Iran Roundup: Facts and FramingAndrew Sullivan Live TweetingPersiankiwi tweetsGlobal Voices:Mapping Iran's BlogosphereIran: Protests and RepressionBlogs:Huffpo's Live
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Posted: May 8th, 2009, 12:08pm PDT by kwtia
On Leave
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Posted: April 18th, 2009, 3:15pm PDT by kwtia
I hope it's the frenzy of the dying that has made the religious right, and all the people duped and terrified by them, ratchet up the forceful increase in 'shut up and disappear' tactics. You know, the ones they use instead of trying to make a point through reason and calm argument.You tell them the earth has been around for billions of years and we are just a minuscule dot in an otherwise
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Posted: April 1st, 2009, 7:27pm PDT by kwtia
Interesting
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Posted: March 2nd, 2009, 5:41pm PST by kwtia
A friend described him as a 'national treasure'... I would have to agree.
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Donald Macintyre says we should be '..very Afraid' of the Israeli elections... One candidate plants a tree in occupied territory as an election ploy (and that isn't his worst behaviour)... Another is in the lead thanks to his racism and his ability to publicly say things like the Egyptian president can "go to hell". And Gaza knows too well what another bunch of candidates did to gain votes...Well
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This girl's photo is one I can't stop coming back to... A sense of guilt and shame, at the world community which has fiddled as Gaza burned and our impotence in the face of these crimes, makes me unable to make her invisible..===See photos of Gaza from the relief organization Care.And Photos of Gaza from Save the Children==="The front page of the Beirut daily As-Safir said it all yesterday.
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Posted: January 9th, 2009, 5:55pm PST by kwtia
A very dear friend is writing an excellent poem/song, to deal with the frustration and horror at what is happening in Gaza... and to hopefully move people to feel things they should feel at this disgusting display of human cruelty.I am afraid I can't be as articulate. The frustration cripples the mind, and the outrageous and vicious statements made everyday to justify the slaughter of civilians
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It is with no small irony, after watching a film like Taxi to the Dark Side, that this should be the first thing on a loop all over the news...The Oscar winning film unfurls all the ugliness and savagery of the war prisons, set up by the US, piece by piece till you see the whole damnable picture. It really makes you wonder "how little outrage there is" at these crimes.The film is full of footage,
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Can't get enough of this, so I thought I'd share...Greenland, the big bear of the north, is rattling in its chains.. I must visit soon.Yay! Patrick Fitzgerald is back :) .. (remember him)Here is a current film that is related to the whole 2005 drama.Here are the comedians on the 2008 scandal.And talking of things you shouldn't pick...Picking your nose can lead to this...And talking about all