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IRAN’S FUTURE - 9 days ago
Has the protest movement in Iran, as is suggested for example by Kim Sngupta in The Indpendent, run out of stream?Will it now dissipate into an acquience to the reality of a repressive and violent state, or will the dream of the 1979 Islamic Revolution... Topics: CENTRAL ASIA

FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG:WALKING AND WATCHING - 10 days ago
Sasha and Dexter don’t just go for a walk. They get a chance to stop and look around. Sometimes they have their own ideas about what is interesting. Their enthusiasm can sometimes get the better of me. Most of the time is easy to be ignoring what...

ZEITGEIST - 14 days ago
According to this video, Zeitgeist (Addendum), the money system based debt and interest is the fundamental problem of humanity.Money creates power for the few while it inhibits human growth while causing wars and environmental destruction. We live in a... Topics: Humankind/Planet Earth

FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – RED SKY - 16 days ago
The weather is a source of continual interest. Now we can read the weather forecast but in earlier times people looked to the nature’s signs. There is an old saying that sticks in memory:Red sky at night, shepherds delight.Red sky in the morning,...

WHAT NOW FOR IRAN? - 17 days ago
Given the experience of the rule of the Shah, elections are probably necessary in Iran, and on basis it better have them for the office of President than for real holders of power.They cannot be blamed too much for incompetence in rigging the results, as.


