Category: Politics

  • On TV Science Fiction

    Charles Stross just kicked up an e-fuss about scifi televison. I agree that most tech in sci-fi is just geek window dressing for the drama and action. Some cases you could replace the space with sea, planets with islands, transcendent technology with magic, and you would have an Odyssey or Sinbad knockoff. http://www.spike.com/efp CineMassacre: Top […]

  • Polished Hills

    The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Tea Partiers Advise G20 Protesters www.thedailyshow.com http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:250818 Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview This week was good week for riØt prØn. Here are potential titles for releases: Long-RAD. Black Asphalts Big Black Blocs F#king Pigs! US Pullout of the Middle […]

  • Captured Journalist follow up

    Videobloggers Laura Ling and Euna Lee will be back home soon thanks to Bill Clinton. Great Job Bill!!! I can almost forgive you for NAFTA, the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, and Operation Infinite Reach if you get Ibrahim Jassam out of jail too.

  • Raise the Steaks

    It has come to my attention that a great number of visitors to my blog are following the sustainability tag. I regret to inform interested viewers that I am currently in basement-dwelling bohemian mode, which I assume is far from sustainable. Living this lifestyle cuts me off from information regarding sustainability from this locality. Texas […]

  • Parag Khanna –“You are Not an Indian”

    via The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV | In Media Res. In this video titled, “You are not an Indian,” a young male addresses viewers who like him are neither just American nor Indian but desi. Wearing a t-shirt with the word “desi” written prominently in Hindi across it, the young man points out […]

  • Silk Road Strife

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnV7ajebXwM&hl=en&fs=1&] I am more exhausted than indignant about street violence that is going on in Xinjiang this week. The Uighurs have been on my radar for a long time, and I feel that I should have more to say about the situation than I do. I was first exposed to the Uighur issue by […]

  • Independence Cha Cha, Tozui Ye

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfJuJrqFhXM&w=425&h=344] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x39Jp-z61M&w=425&h=344] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-wNiyaWvY&w=425&h=344] This is a beautiful country. — Last words of John Brown, abolitionist. Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the […]

  • The end is nigh (Again)!!!

    In this period of drastic media events, I tend become convinced that the end of the world is near. The last time this happened to me was 1997 . A number of high-profile people died that year; Biggie Smalls, Gianni Versace, Mother Teresa, Fela Kuti, Princess Diana, Chris Farley and Jeanne Calment –the oldest person […]

  • What Would Ali Shariati Do?

    Because my name is Persian, I am continually fascinated by everything Persian. I once listened to a young Iranian woman complain to high hell about something. The fact that it was in Farsi made it sound pleasing and elegant. I also find myself researching what is going on in Iran right now after the contested election […]

  • Captured East Asian Woman Journalist Syndrome

    Is the media broken? I’m rarely inspired by what I see in the media. Television is supposed to be the most powerful medium—but TV news seems to be anything but powerful. Vanguard is trying to change that. We’re trying to provide knowledge and context about what’s happening in our world as opposed to just covering […]