Katia’s Afternoon Update

Good day to everyone… Here are some stories I’m watching today. Over on the Iran front… Hot Air has an article on the latest brutal thuggery by the Iranian military and police.  Definitely, the ability to peaceably assemble and protest is in very short supply. What will be interesting to watch… 1. How Obama continues [...]

Iran Update and Obama Superhero Cartoon

I thought I’d put these two stories up.  Things in Iran may start to get ugly, very fast. Over at Hot Air, this afternoon, two links worth reading… Here’s one which indicates the brutal police tactics are definitely in full force. Here’s another one.  Seems like Mousavi has been told to be silent.  Time will [...]

Iran putting reporters in lockdown

From Hot Air.  This was predictable.  I’m not at all surprised, but they can’t seem to shut Twitter down completely.  As long as there are people able to send volumes of tweets from inside Iran, this revolution is going to continue to have legs. So, let’s see what should we be watching on this…. How [...]

Seven Point Manifesto – Iranian Resistance

Here it is. What the people in the street want.  Wonder how many of these things the government in Tehran will cave on? We know the longer the protests go on, the weaker the government gets in the eyes of the people and the world, so either this gets resolved in a bloody fashion soon, [...]

Mullahs agree to re-count votes??

This is somewhat surprising, but I caution my readers that this is most likely an attempt to grab a fig leaf to add some legitimacy to the elections.  So, ask yourself: Who sets the rules by which the votes are re-counted? If the votes truly show that Ahmadenijad lost, would he concede and allow Mousavi [...]

Katia’s News… Three Articles to Read

Top of the morning to everyone. By now, everyone knows about the goings on in Iran.  The Iranian government is backed into the proverbial corner. In short, the protests in the streets have forced them to reckon with a population that knows the franchise was stolen from them. I would keep an eye on The [...]

Washington Post article on Iran misses the point… again…

Click here to read the Washington Post article. Sadly, the writer misses some key points. Managed democracy, as she defines it is a misnomer.  Democracy, by its very definition implies that voters have a franchise. That means that votes are cast, counted and the candidate of the voter’s choosing gets elected. Hamas getting elected in [...]

Iran’s gambit… Failed…

Here’s a great article over at the Guardian. The basic premise, which is worth noting is that the election was a sham, and so no amount of legitimacy can be conferred upon Ahmadenijad. He and the mullahs may want to claim they’re a legitimate government, but the rest of the world knows different. While you’re [...]

Events in Iran – Calling Wile E Coyote?

This one almost had me laughing, but I suppose the chain of events was quite predictable. Offer peace to Muslim world, including its most thuggish dictators Make it seem as though no one would pursue vigorous military action.  Just check out how the administration re-titled the War on Terror to “Overseas Contingency Operation”.  Also how [...]

Thought pieces on Iran for your reading

Pajamas Media has great stuff to read to get behind what the media is telling you. I give you two of their writer’s articles on Iran issues. Click here to read Jennifer Rubin’s Article on whether Iranians deserve a change Click here to read Victor Davis Hanson, who is always a favorite of mine. Today, [...]