[Israeli supporters argue that Israel is the "only democracy in the Middle East: yet... The Guardian – Excerpts: Israeli human rights groups say they are deeply concerned about a newly proposed bill that could shut down any organisation that investigates and mounts legal challenges to abuses by the military. The bill was introduced in the [...]
The Daily Californian: After deliberating in closed session last night over ASUC President Will Smelko’s March 24 veto of a bill urging the University of California to divest from companies that supplied Israel with materials used in alleged war crimes, the ASUC Senate failed to come to a consensus on whether or not to submit [...]
Dear Readers, I’m in the process of securing my weblog. If in the process google puts up a warning page, then know that the efforts are ongoing. Nevertheless, regardless of the time it takes, the blog will is a long term project so keep coming back, even if it periodically runs into some difficulties. Also, [...]
The Berkeley Daily Planet – Excerpt: “After almost nine hours of often contentious debate and discussion Wednesday, the fate of the UC Berkeley student senate Israel divestment bill remains undecided as of Thursday morning. The student senate voted at about 7 a.m. to table the bill, which had been vetoed by senate President Will Smelko [...]
Good news and bad… The good news: A third Batman film is in the works with Christopher Nolan serving as director again – the man behind ‘Batman Begins’ and the brilliant ‘The Dark Knight.’ The bad news: This will be the final chapter in this batman series. Here’s the blurb: On March 10, 2010, Nolan [...]
The Daily Californian: International attention will descend on the ASUC Senate meeting tonight as senators consider upholding the passage of a controversial bill urging the student government and the University of California to divest from two companies that have provided war supplies to the Israeli military. The bill names two companies-United Technologies and General Electric-as [...]
See the video here – Excerpt: “We’re [AIPAC] gonna make sure that pro-Israel students take over the student government and reverse the vote… this is how AIPAC operates in our nation’s capital and this is how AIPAC MUST operate on our nation’s campuses.” From what I hear, the newly elected ASUC president is connected to [...]
Excerpt: “I am writing to tell you that, despite what detractors may allege, you are doing the right thing. You are doing the moral thing. You are doing that which is incumbent on you as humans who believe that all people have dignity and rights, and that all those being denied their dignity and rights [...]
NY Times: In the 15 years since he wrote the script for “Avatar,” his epic tale of greed versus nature, Mr. Cameron said, he had become an avid environmentalist. But he said that until his trip to the Brazilian Amazon last month, his advocacy was mostly limited to the environmentally responsible way he tried to [...]
There doesn’t seem to be much in terms of storyline but considering the cast, it is most definitely an ode to the 80s action stars. Consider the line up: Sylvester Stallone Jason Statham Jet Li Dolph Lundgren Randy Couture Terry Crews Mickey Rourke Eric Roberts Steve Austin Bruce Willis Arnold Schwarzenegger Needless to say, mindless action with [...]
I don’t think the producers know what they’re getting themselves into. They are going to get flooded by hundreds of thousands of chest-shaving, eye-brow plucking, momma’s-boy Iranians who will fulfill every stereotype and then more. This is going to be hilariously embarrassing! “The producers who made Jersey Shore are now working on literally-named spin-off The [...]
This is by far one of the best Persian rap songs I’ve heard (thanx Milad). I should tell you that I am one of those who thinks that mainstream rap is dead, DEAD. Most commercial rappers today rap about nothing. Actually, they wrap about something worse than nothing – promoting all sorts of distractions that [...]
[To my Iranian brothers and sisters who think that America supports the pro-democracy movement in Iran because of its principles: Here we have Egyptian authorities beating down pro-democracy activists and the journalists covering their demonstration in Cairo. You will not hear a peep from Congress, the White House, or DC for that matter. The reasoning [...]