Far left response to Iran protests. Crickets

The response of the far left parties to the Iran protests has been either silence, a noncommittal recitation of the facts, or an accusation that US machinations are or will be involved. None of them, to my knowledge, have endorsed the protests. Why is this?

Mass protests erupt throughout Iran in opposition to an [...]

Recruiting young children to be suicide bombers

Complete with cutesie songs

“Birds of Paradise” represents a new wave in Jihadist youth indoctrination. It is far more professional, better edited, and presented in a much more kid-friendly style than previous Jihadist children’s programming. The themes are easily digestible even for toddlers. Child actors portray Israeli soldiers, all wearing yarmulkes, who ruthlessly gun [...]

Iran protesters fight back, chase police down street

BBC Persia video

Via Andrew Sullivan

Let us hope this is a microcosm of the whole thing. Faced with so many with such determination, the will of the regime will crumble.

Neda

The Iran protests have their first public martyr

Twitter psyops

Last night on the twitter stream for #iranelection, there was a sudden burst of tweets about how tanks were entering Tehran. Others asked for confirmations or photos. None appeared. Then some military folks opined that tanks don’t do well in urban areas and in fact are quite vulnerable. Then others tracked the tank tweets back [...]

Mount Storm will power 66,000 homes in West Virginia

Mount Storm wind turbines. Shell.us

There are now 132 wind turbines atop the aptly named Mount Storm in West Virginia, which is certainly coal country.

Thomas Farrell II, the chairman, president and chief executive officer at Dominion said this doesn’t mean wind power will operate on its own. While it is a supplement, he [...]

Iran. From Islamic republic to military dictatorship

Steve Clemons

One of DC’s best Iran experts Barbara Slavin wrote to me through Facebook and said:

Steve, Iran ceased being an Islamic republic a week ago. now it’s just another military dictatorship.

Clemons rightly thinks Khamenei has lost his mystique and aura of power. But that doesn’t mean he won’t try to rule [...]

Iran protests. What does it mean

Sue wonders why I’m so fascinated by the Iran protests, given that Mousavi is no shining beacon of democracy and that protesters will soon be dragged out of their homes at 2am to be tortured and killed. Could part of it be – no offense to me she says – that the Irish in me [...]

Cold blooded murder by Iran police

Graphic and bloody videos. Protesters shot dead.

Student shot dead in front of camera

Woman shot, probably killed

Mousavi ready for death

From NIAC liveblog

Mousavi, speaking among the people, has just announced that he has performed the ceremonial washing (ablutions) in preparation for martyrdom.

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” Thomas Jefferson (which is certainly easier to quote [...]