Posts tagged Iran

• 30 Jun

  Blog: Barely Political

  News other than MJ this weekend?

  There is really nothing left to say after the weekend long mourning/celebration of Michael Jackson's life...whether you loved him or thought he was a freak of nature. The media's coverage would've implied that it was the Pope that had passed away instead. However inconsiderate, other news did contin

• 16 Jun

  Blog: Barely Political

  Ahmadinejad vs. Twitter

  Like all good leaders, Iran's ruling government has limited all bandwidth out of the country because of these election shenanigans.  Presumably they're doing this to keep pictures and video of protests and violence from reaching the outside media.  Except here's the problem: tweets are still going

• 15 Jul

  Blog: Barely Political

  John McCain Had a Bad Day Err Week

  So, I'd been feeling imbalanced blogging primarily about John McCain's gaffes. But then I saw this recap of McCain's week from thywyyy, set to the tune of Daniel Powter's "Bad Day." YouTube can really emphasize the humor of relentlessly negative media commentary, Phil Gramm, Viagra, birth co

• 10 Jul

  Blog: Barely Political

  John McCain Jokes about Smoking Out the Iranians

  Informed that cigarettes were the biggest American export to Iran, McCain joked with a reporter that maybe sending over cigarettes was an ingenious war tactic by the Bush administration to kill Iranians . But don't worry, this video clip from Salvatrucho213 is not offensive because John McCain speak