Posts tagged politics

Posted 1 year ago
Times said officials believe Iran has produced about £5,730 of enriched uranium enough to produce roughly two weapons.
Posted 2 years ago

Laugh Out Loud: Saudis asking for aid.

During the Bangkok climate talks, Saudi Arabia has been quietly asking for aid provisions to make up for the world’s progress away from an oil-based economy.

Poor Saudis. I’d give them money myself if I hadn’t already donated all my savings towards helping Rupert Murdoch re-tile his yacht’s swimming pool with Venetian marble.

Posted 2 years ago

The Revolution Will Be Twitterized

It seems that Twitter has finally found its niche, beyond allowing people to broadcast their bowel movements: as a perfect tool of political dissent.

As we speak, the hash tag #iranelection is atweet (new word there) with proxy IP addresses used to bypass Iran’s current post-election ‘net blackout. It would seem that state censorship just isn’t as easy as it used to be.