Iranian Bloggers Arrested 28
XeRXeS-TCN writes "Reuters is reporting that Iranian authorities have arrested at least six Internet journalists and webloggers in recent days, who face charges of 'propagating against the regime, acting against national security, disturbing the public mind and also insulting religious sanctities.'"
My fav part.. (Score:2, Funny)
talk about no free speach- oh yeah it's IRAN
Re:My fav part.. (Score:1)
Re:My fav part.. (Score:1)
Of course. Here in the US the public mind is already disturbed.
Re:My fav part.. (Score:2)
Bush's plan:
1) Invade Iraq
2) After Iraq is free, Syria and Iran will be completely surrounded.
3) Syria and Iran will succumb to Finlandization, because they are surrounded by a free Iraq. Except they won't fight like the Finns did, because they want freedom, except when they hate us for being free. But they won't hate us because we are the sourc
In Islamofacist Iran... (Score:1, Funny)
woohoo! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:woohoo! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:woohoo! (Score:3, Interesting)
Oh no, they've shut down JOS (Score:1)
Also down:
Joel On Insurgency (relates more to Iraq)
and his forums:
The Business Of Killing
Religious Interface Design (properly modest interfaces
keep 90% of the screen occluded at all times).
Well, I guess we yanked Cat Stevens off of a plane because he was on a no-fly list... having noticed AFTER the plane was in the air... so maybe we oughtn't be vigorously throwing rocks at this one.
Don't expect leadership from the U.S. government. (Score:2)
The same story, direct from Reuters: Crackdown on Internet Journalists [reuters.com]. More detail: New arrest of a journalist contributing to reformist websites [rsf.org]. More about Iranian "religious" extremism: Iran cancels music concerts under hard-line pressure [reuters.co.uk]. There is political turmoil inside Iran: Iranian vice president quits [dailytimes.com.pk]. More about the social breakdown in Iran: Rights Group: Human Rights Violations on the Rise in Iran [voanews.com].
Don't expect leadership from the U.S. government. Members of the Bush administration can't even
Re:Don't expect leadership from the U.S. governmen (Score:1)
Re:Don't expect leadership from the U.S. governmen (Score:1)
You probably don't say "Internets". (Score:2)
Here's my answer: You probably don't say "Internets." [slashdot.org]
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Government data shows Democrat and Republican spending patterns. [hevanet.com]
Re:Don't expect leadership from the U.S. governmen (Score:2)
You probably don't say "Internets". (Score:2)
Here's my answer: You probably don't say "Internets." [slashdot.org]
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Government data shows Democrat and Republican spending patterns. [hevanet.com]
You probably don't say "Internets". (Score:4, Informative)
When you are truly interested in a subject, you quickly learn to talk about it in such a way that you know how to pronounce the words and use them in an appropriate way, in a way that other people use them. For example, since you are commenting on Slashdot, you probably don't say "Internets".
During the vice-presidential debate, Cheney said viewers should go to http://factcheck.com/ [factcheck.com]. He was wrong about two things: 1) First, the web site he meant was http://factcheck.org/ [factcheck.org], of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenburg Public Policy Center. 2) Second, he was wrong about thinking he would get support from Factcheck.org: Cheney Plugs FactCheck [factcheck.org]. Instead, the web site truthfully points out the legal troubles of the company.
The problem is not that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have accents. The problem with Cheney saying "Internets" and "go to Factcheck.com" is that he is out of touch and uncaring.
Factcheck.org is NOT an honest web site. Instead, it is very slickly dishonest. If you didn't know how to check Factcheck.org's facts, you would not realize that Cheney's involvement with Halliburton is far more corrupt than the first layer of facts cited by Factcheck.org show. Cheney, while he was Secretary of Defense, arranged to change the rules of the Department of Defense so that no-bid contracts would be allowed. Then he arranged that only Halliburton would be allowed to get those contracts.
Re:Don't expect leadership from the U.S. governmen (Score:1)
Well, in Wash'tun we need some FOLLEY-BAN to get rid of the bs over there...
This pronounciation biz...
Reminds me of a book author and former higher-up in the (I think) bush version 1 administration:
"...awl-khodda..." He kept damn saying "awl-khodda". That shit kept stalling my heart beat and I suffered thru some 35 minutes of the interview Terry Gross had on him.
So, there's:
-Ayul Kay-duh ('mer'kun?)
-Al-Kuh-ay-duh ('mer'kun?)
-ohl-kyda (B
Re:Don't expect leadership from the U.S. governmen (Score:1)
Anyway, in two of the songs in "Team America" my mind kept hearing ethic drawls or country twangs in, respectively:
"Uh-hmer-i-kuh... FHUCKK-Yeh!"
and
"FHREE-DUM eeyu-zunt fhreeh, da-yur
"Propagating against the regime"?! (Score:2)
If there are any Iranians reading this... (Score:2)
The Onion Invades Slashdot? (Score:4, Funny)
Hmmm, go figure. I would think they'd be tortured or dismembered or the like, but simply arrested?
Those Iatoldyas need to get their act together: They're not going to put the fear of their god into the populace by simply arresting a few wordy wankers.
And they need me to tell them this? Sheesh.
The only surprise... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:The only surprise... (Score:2)
Oh My God! You Bastards! (Score:2)
Homeland Security finally did it! They jailed Matt and Trey!