Why Does God Hate Amputees

Shi'egari

Ahmad Kasravi, the writer of this historically immense research on Shi'eism was brutally murdered by the result of his illuminations. The link of the title will get you a copy of the book in Microsoft Word format.

Supposedly the First Iranian Antem

I don't know how accurate this account historically is but to be honest with you, I kind of like it more than others currently at hand. There's something about it.

Sushi

A how to about the whole matters around and about it.

Submissive Jesus

One of my friends sent this to me. Appeals to some.

Dead Man-Go

Ingredients:
- 1 part 42 Below Honey vodka
- 1 part mango nectar
- 4 slices of ginger root, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon of agave nectar
- 2 orange wedges
- Splash of raspberry liqueur
Garnish: Pomegranate seeds

In a cocktail shaker, muddle together the ginger and orange, and add vodka, juice and nectar. Fill with ice, shake well and strain over ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a splash of raspberry liqueur and fresh pomegranate seeds.

Visibility in the Policies

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Next Time You See a Shooting Star

Golden City Chinese

On the quest to find good Chinese food in the City, Golden City Chinese is a place I'm gonna try.

Woman Bus Driver in Iran

I don't know if this is the sign of the change or means of show off for the government.

Jack O'Tini

Ingredients:
- 2 oz Stoli vodka
- 1/4 oz pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 oz orange juice

Place a large soup pot filled with water on the stove to boil. Carve the tops from the pumpkins and set aside. Scope out the interior and seeds, leaving a think shell. Discard the seeds and flesh, or use in another recipe. Place the pumpkins in the boiling water and boil for about a minute. Remove and drain. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into the pumpkin. Serve with a black straw.

Pumpkin Divine

Ingredients:
- 1 part Grey Goose La Poire flavored vodka
- 1 part pumpkin butter
- 1/2 part triple sec
- 1/2 part simple syrup
- Pinch of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and ginger
- Grated nutmeg and apple chip for garnish

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice add all ingredients. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with nutmeg and apple chip.

Islam is a Peaceful Religion

Look how open-minded and liberal our clergy are ;)

We Have All the Answers

Peace with the Unspeakables

The first reaction to these wouldn't be so appreciating. Of course I don't want to imply that she's a very philosophically heavy person but, let's see this from other angle: Why the "unspeakable parts" should be that way? When human being will start treating all of their body parts without shame and guilt induced by Judo-Christo-Muslim beliefs?

I don't mean to give much credit to her and claim that she knows what she's doing but, these acts, knowingly or unknowingly, bring the unspeakable in the radar ranges of human spectacles as "body parts".

We, the people, will start to see her "stuff" as we see her hands, for example.

It takes a shameless person to tear the shrouds of tradition and unknowingly reveal more of the horizon.

Cucumber and Wasabi Martini

Ingredients:
- 1 part Belvedere Cytrus vodka
- 1 part cucumber puree*
- seedless grapes
- simple syrup
- lemon juice
- pressed apple juice
Garnish: cucumber twist

*Blend fresh cucumbers with seedless grapes, simple syrup, lemon juice and pressed apple juice. Shake all ingredients and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cucumber twist. (Cocktail created by Claire Smith/Photo by BattmanStudios)

Bungee Sex Swing

I heard about it on episode 16 of swingercast podcast. Looks interesting. If you get one, I'd like to know about it.

How to Make Your Little Planets Using Photographs

I haven't tried it out yet.

Dinkas of Sudan

I saw a program on the discovery channel about the Dinka of the Southern Sudan. It resulted in a frenzy of web searches. I found the above page with a lot of semi-professional videos which are pretty interesting.

Incestual Tendencies in Hafez's Poetry

As a disclaimer, I'm not necessarily in agreement with all the points people make when their works are quoted here. I just find them interesting and post 'em here. For example about this one, I have to go through it one more time to make up my mind.

2007 Humanist Forums

Out of 'em, I'm going to the Oct. 28th one, which is titled "Origins of Supernatural Beliefs".

Discussion with Ms Open-minded

I go to an open-discussion group in the local Star Bucks. There's this very cute lady who's started attending from some weeks ago. She's from eastern block; very European in manners and attitude.

She projected a very open-minded and liberal image of herself in the first meetings: Talking freely of the necessity of sexual libertarianism and social liberties, even in committed relationships. She even pulled some books she's written on relationships. Impressive, right?

Few weeks passed.

It's interesting how people show their true colors when you spend "enough" time with them ;) Last night she started showing signs of discomfort about homosexuality and to justify her discomfort with any manifestation of that sort of affiliation, totally banned the idea of any sort of emotional public display, in her opinion!

Isn't that something? A few weeks earlier she talked about some "how-to" instructions for men to cheat; you read it correctly, to "cheat". And now she was showing signs of some Catholic spinster who is not comfortable with people making out on the streets and killing her kids if she finds out if they are having relationship with an older guys: very European, isn't it?

She even went so far to deny the fact that you could easily find people making out on the streets and parks in Europe.

I think she is a shameful cheater; that's why she is so hung up on secrecy on "providing yourself with your needs in a committed relationship", but is very traditional deep down there.

May gods make peace between her mind and her needs. Amen :)

True Face of Islam (2)

One of my friends sent these to me. It's just ridiculous. The thing is, they don't have the concept of woman-as-human-being: in their eyes, women are some "things" to get the "stuff" done; and in the 21st century context which you have dishwashers and vacuum cleaners and Filipino workers at home in Saudi Arabia, it mostly means "the sexual urges".

True Face of Islam

Death to Marathon

My wife ran a marathon two years ago. Her knee got injured and she quit doing any kind of exercise for a long time which resulted in her gaining a lot of weight.

I trained with her but I chickened out at the very end and ran only a half marathon. I was skeptical of doing such a drastic kind of activity; now this guy in Men's Health has started to write about the very bad effects this kind of activities could have on your body:

Death to Marathon
More Death to Marathon
Last Word on The Not-so-Great Race

Whisky Fest, San Francisco

First time. Would be fun to go. Tickets are darn high, though.

Hibiscus Margarita

Ingredients:
- 1 oz tequila don julio reposado
- 1 oz hibiscus elixir (boil hibiscus flower, add dash of pomegranate juice and fresh orange juice)
- 1/2 oz Grand Marnier
- 1 oz agave nectar
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 5 ice cubes
Garnish: lime wedge

Mix tequila, hibiscus elixir, Grand Marnier, agave nectar, fresh lime juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Rim a martini glass with mixture of chile pasilla and salt. Pour the mixture into the glass and garnish with lime wedge.

Bill Malone - Sam the Bellhop

A cool card trick my friend sent me today.

He's Not My President, Why Would I Be Offended?

I totally agree with him.

Who the hell is Ahamdinejad? Neither is he an Iranian, nor my president.

He, and all other religious who believe in governmental Islam, are more Muslims than belonging to any specific nationality. They belong to the "Ommah", which is the nation of Islam. They believe in the unity of all the people who are one. They don't believe and sometimes even disgust the concept of nationalities which would weaken the belief in necessity of forming the "Ommah".

And nor he is my or for that matter Iran's president. He is not been elected in the process of a fair and just election in which all the voices and different factions of the society would compete and the most popular would prevail. He is a puppet, a mean of functioning for the gang who are running the country as their personal enterprise.

Dickens Christmas Fair

Somebody, looking for tickets to get to this year's "Dickens' Christmas Fair", sent these pics which he'd taken from last year's event. Thought worth sharing.

Chicken and Fig Smoky Quesadilla

Ingredients:
Makes 4 main course servings or 32 appetizers
- 10-12 fresh California chicken tenders
- Olive oil, as needed
- 1/8 cup tequila
- 2 chipotle chiles, diced (canned smoked jalapeno peppers)
- 8-10 dried California Mission Figs, diced
- 1/2 cup finely chopped California Walnuts
- 2 cups shredded Real California Monterey Jack Cheese
- 8 large flour tortillas (8-10")
- Avocado, for garnish
- Chopped cilantro, for garnish
- Sour Cream, for dipping sauce
- Ranch Dressing, for dipping sauce

Heat olive oil in a 12-inch pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken tenders and saute until cooked through, about 5-6 minutes. Remove from pan and thinly slice. In medium bowl, combine sliced chicken, chiles, figs and walnuts.

To assemble and cook one quesadilla, spray non-stick spray in a medium-heat 10-inch or larger skillet. Lay flour tortilla in pan and spread on one half 1/2 cup cheese. Top with chicken mixture; fold tortilla in half. Cook until tortilla is browned on bottom. With large spatula, gently flip and brown remaining side until cheese is melted. Repeat process 7 more times with remaining tortillas and chicken mixture. To serve, cut each quesadilla into 4 pieces. Arrange on platter. Garnish with avocado slices and chopped cilantro. Serve with sour cream and ranch dressing.

Canadian Sweet Punch

Ingredients:
(makes one gallon)
- 2 cups ice tea (unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 12-oz frozen orange juice
- 1 12-oz frozen limeade
- 3 cups Canadian Mist whisky
- 7 cups water

Mix all ingredients in a punch bowl and chill in refrigerator at least for an hour before serving. If not preparing ahead of time, fill measuring container with ice first and then cover with water to get this as cold as possible.

راهنمای سواد دیجیتالی برای عصر ارتباطات

From Khorshid Khanoom.

It's Old But...

I just loved this piece:

من از مردن نمی ترسم
هراسم از نمردن زیر بار یوغ شیطان است
نه از جامانده های نسل بوسفیان
نه از بوجهل های حافظ قرآن
نه از افعی ضحاکان
من از تردیدهای کاوه می ترسم
من از ماندن به هر قیمت در این ویرانه می ترسم

Hagee:Strike Iran 'for Israel' on Moyers - part 1 of 5

Hagee:Strike Iran 'for Israel' on Moyers - part 2 of 5

Hagee:Strike Iran 'for Israel' on Moyers - part 3 of 5

Hagee:Strike Iran 'for Israel' on Moyers - part 4 of 5

Hagee:Strike Iran 'for Israel' on Moyers - part 5 of 5

Habil Eliev

A dear friends sent this to me today. The "Turkish" in me fell in love.

No Gays in Iran

Salvia

This is the new, hip drug among the youth. And grown ups too, maybe. There's tons of movies on the youtube of the kids who have a trip with this new stuff.

For those naughty, bad bad kids who want to play with anything and everything, this is a how-to that another bad bad kid sent to me ;)

Disclaimer: Doing drugs, are bad for you. Your mom believes in it and so do I. Now go back to your room, you lil' devil.

Kava

... and this one, of course. And if you want more, this is tha book for it.

100 Best Novels

Thanks to you.

Saving is sin, and spending is virtue...

Interesting article written by an Indian Economist

Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also Japan exports far more than it imports. Has an annual trade surplus of over 100 billions. Yet Japanese economy is considered weak, even collapsing.

Americans spend, save little. Also US imports more than it exports. Has an annual trade deficit of over $400 billion. Yet, the American economy is considered strong and trusted to get stronger.

But where from do Americans get money to spend?

They borrow from Japan, China and even India.
Virtually others save for the US to spend. Global savings are mostly invested in US, in dollars.

India itself keeps its foreign currency assets of over $50 billions in US securities. China has sunk over $160 billion in US securities. Japan's stakes in US securities is in trillions.

Result:

The US has taken over $5 trillion from the world. So, as the world saves for the US, Americans spend freely. Today, to keep the US consumption going, that is for the US economy to work, other countries have to remit $180 billion every quarter, which is $2 billion a day, to the US!

A Chinese economist asked a neat question. Who has invested more, US in China, or China in US? The US has invested in China less than half of what China has invested in US.

The same is the case with India. We have invested in US over $50 billion. But the US has invested less than $20 billion in India.

Why the world is after US?

The secret lies in the American spending, that they hardly save. In fact they use their credit cards to spend their future income. That the US spends is what makes it attractive to export to the US. So US imports more than what it exports year after year.

The result:

The world is dependent on US consumption for its growth. By its deepening culture of consumption, the US has habituated the world to feed on US consumption. But as the US needs money to finance its consumption, the world provides the money.

It's like a shopkeeper providing the money to a customer so that the customer keeps buying from the shop. If the customer will not buy, the shop won't have business, unless the shopkeeper funds him. The US is like the lucky customer. And the world is like the helpless shopkeeper financier.

Who is America's biggest shopkeeper financier? Japan of course. Yet it's Japan which is regarded as weak. Modern economists complain that Japanese do not spend, so they do not grow. To force the Japanese to spend, the Japanese government exerted itself, reduced the savings rates, even charged the savers.

Even then the Japanese did not spend (habits don't change, even with taxes, do they?). Their traditional postal savings alone is over $1.2 trillions, about three times the Indian GDP. Thus, savings, far from being the strength of Japan, has become its pain.

Hence, what is the lesson?

That is, a nation cannot grow unless the people spend, not save. Not just spend, but borrow and spend.

Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, the famous Indian-born economist in the US, told Manmohan Singh that Indians wastefully save. Ask them to spend, on imported cars and, seriously, even on cosmetics! This will put India on a growth curve. This is one of the reason for MNC's coming down to India, seeing the consumer spending.

'Saving is sin, and spending is virtue.'

But before you follow this neo economics, get some fools to save so that you can borrow from them and spend!!!

Sumka

This is a sad/hilarious finding I made today on web.

Iranian Nationalist Socialist Workers' Party