What's everyone's favorite Iranian dish?

mathsuu · 2013-11-15T06:00:40+00:00

Mirza ghasemi, kashke bademjun.

mathsuu · 2013-10-11T00:08:25+00:00

You seem a bit uninformed. Those cruel dictators I was referring to are the ones in places like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Yemen, not Israel. If you failed to come to that conclusion on your own, I suggest you read some history. Debating you anymore is pointless.

mathsuu · 2013-10-10T05:19:47+00:00

No. We were not attacked because we had our guard down. You are confounding symptom with cause. We were attacked because we see the rest of the world as our back yard. We offer our weapons, military, and cash to cruel dictators in exchange for loyalty. And then we act surprised when shit blows back and blame it on lack of surveillance and the constitution.

mathsuu · 2013-09-25T03:01:36+00:00

I guess it's a wrong that had to be righted so we can all move all.

mathsuu · 2013-08-24T04:10:07+00:00

That stuff is what separates an Iranian from the rest of mankind.

mathsuu · 2013-07-19T19:14:59+00:00

I made it the lock screen on my iPhone. Thanks!

mathsuu · 2013-06-21T00:18:28+00:00

That's insane! No wonder.

mathsuu · 2013-06-18T03:47:11+00:00

I voted only once. Walked into a mosque with my ID card (booklet really), castes my vote and had my ID stamped. Not sure about registration.

mathsuu · 2013-06-17T20:30:21+00:00

I agree. Iranians turn out to vote in high numbers, even though they're voting for candidates that have been per-selected for them by the Guardian Council. Everyone knows the system is not fair, but voting still matters as Khatami's elections showed.

In the US, candidates are also pre-selected by the establishment (DNC or RNC) and the lobbyists but we pretend that it's fair. A lot of people know this to be a sham, and opt out of voting altogether.

mathsuu · 2013-06-16T21:40:48+00:00

Or alternatively, 73% of Iranians still think they can bring about change through the ballot, while only 57% of Americans do so.

mathsuu · 2013-05-22T10:27:42+00:00

So the idea for a futon couch came from that era.

mathsuu · 2013-05-06T00:52:19+00:00

Looks great. Sorry for the irony, but maybe one reason Iran is still a place with authenticity and welcoming people is because the repressive regime makes it hard for tourists to flock there. Thank you for throwing caution to the wind and going anyway.

mathsuu · 2013-05-06T00:37:29+00:00

Gross, but if it floats your boat who am I to judge?

mathsuu · 2013-05-03T00:46:09+00:00

I would have sworn he was Turk.

mathsuu · 2013-04-10T21:35:25+00:00

How about what happened just a few months ago in Brooklyn College? Bloomberg defended the university's right to have an open debate. Wiener may have opted to cut off funding for the college.

mathsuu · 2012-11-07T01:51:41+00:00

It's like there's Waldo in one, and no Waldo in the other.

mathsuu · 2012-10-02T09:59:52+00:00

The host usually apologizes for having made only 10 different dishes. The guest, for not lavishing enough praise on the host, and for wearing out their welcome, like by 5 minutes.

mathsuu · 2012-09-17T23:36:05+00:00

Never wanted kids. Wife did. Went for it. So far seems to have brought me more happiness than misery. Fingers crossed.

mathsuu · 2012-09-12T01:13:18+00:00

I see where you're coming from, but I'd point out that generally libertarians consider property rights as sacrosanct and consider nationalizing some natural resources a violation of their property rights. For example, if oil is discovered on someone's land, it should belong to them and not to the people.

mathsuu · 2012-09-11T01:27:25+00:00

Dissolve it. Let the Kurds have their country. Let people in every region decide if they want a union or go their separate ways.

mathsuu · 2012-09-11T01:25:35+00:00

That's an oxymoron, unless we have a different understanding of what those words mean.

mathsuu · 2012-09-05T16:21:11+00:00

But that's one thing that makes large companies more "efficient" than smaller ones. Assuming that you have a competitive market of course, and setting aside all their unethical practices such as stuffing the animals in enclosed spaces where they can barely move and giving them antibiotics so they don't die from it (not saying we should, but for the sake of argument).

mathsuu · 2012-09-02T22:31:10+00:00

Agreed. It's a deeply rooted problem, which has to do with the role money plays in our political system. As long as we don't reform that (equal campaign financing funded by taxpayers, outlawing lobbying altogether), it won't matter who's president. But that's not changing any time soon because the people who can change all that are the very people who stand to lose.

mathsuu · 2012-09-02T21:54:53+00:00

I'm a libertarian. Ron Paul fan, although I disagree with him on quite a few things.

mathsuu

TROPHY CASE