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Friday, June 26, 2009
Heroes of Iran Silenced
There is no news from Mahsa Amrabadi , journalist and blogger who was arrested last days
There is no news from Shiva Nazarahari, activity human rights & blogger who was arrested last days
Mohammad Mostafaie arrested. he is lawyer & activity human right in I iran
link: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Stop That Metaphor!
They used sexual morality as a weapon and now it’s shooting them in the foot.
link: Op-Ed Columnist - The Prurient Trap - NYTimes.com
But If It Only Does It When Nobody's Looking. . .
Amnesty International has installed a new anti-domestic-abuse ad fixture in Hamburg, Germany which is equal parts clever and shocking: when you look at the photo, it's a smiling couple; when you look away, it's a dude punchin' a lady.
Iran: All Quiet but "Fire in the Ashes"
7:24 PM ET -- "Calm of the grave." Friday in Tehran. Nico Pitney writes:
In the centre of Tehran there are many fewer security forces on the streets. A stadium where Basij militia - an arm of the Revolutionary Guard - were based is now being used for sport again. But the power of the regime is not far from the surface. On the main avenues black cars with the words special police painted on them move steadily through the traffic, each one containing four or five men in camouflage uniforms.
It has been much quieter these last few days. One elderly witness said she felt it was the calm of the grave. [...] When you ask Iranians about the way this might go, a phrase keeps cropping up. They say it might seem quiet to an outsider, but there is fire below the ashes."
link: Iran Uprising Live-Blogging (Friday June 26)
There Are Of Course Naked Men Hanging Around All Over Rabun County, GA
A former mayor found sitting naked and holding a beer at a Rabun County campsite told police he wasn’t the same naked man seen walking around earlier.
Mark Musselwhite, 43, said he was hot and had been in the creek, according to a Georgia Department of Natural Resources incident report. He apparently didn’t think he was doing anything wrong.
Musselwhite, of Gainesville, was arrested last weekend after being confronted by state DNR authorities. He was charged with public indecency.
“He told me he was the ex-mayor of the city Gainesville and he was a very political person,” DNR Ranger Brandon Walls wrote in the report.
link: Naked ex-mayor arrested at campsite | ajc.com
It's Not So Much the Stabbing, It's the Peeing in the Closet. . . .
What a wake-up call.
A 24-year-old Kansas City man suffered a stab wound to his face and shoulder Wednesday when his girlfriend allegedly tried to wake him from sleepwalking.
Police said the victim was intoxicated when he came home to his apartment. The girlfriend awoke about 1:30 a.m. and saw him urinating in the closet. She thought he was sleepwalking because he had done that in the past.
She tried to wake him up, but she said he pushed her out of his way. Scared he might hit her, she said, she grabbed a knife and held it up as he approached, cutting him. His injuries are believed to be non-life threatening.
link: A tough way to wake up: Man stabbed while sleepwalking - Kansas City Star
