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Cyber Attack on USA Expected Tuesday?

February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

It was almost 9 p.m. in Tehran as I published this post, and people around the world are still trying to decide what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threatened “punch” against the West is going to be.  Some influential Americans appear to think it might come as a cyber attack.

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Lets UN Have It

September 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly this morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech yesterday “a systematic assault on the truth.”  Oh, how he must have fought the temptation to mention President Barack Obama’s speech in the same breath.
For more coverage of Netanyahu’s address, read this The Wall Street Journal [...]

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Ahmadinejad Flees to Russia Amidst Protests

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

News reports revealed the fact that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (a.k.a., “PIRANHA“) fled to Russia as hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens protested as fraudulent the results of the Middle East nation’s latest presidential election.  I think David Donar’s cartoon @ Political Graffiti captures this tidbit of news as well as any news source [...]

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Iranian Election Results Spark Street Riots

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments

The video above shows that everything is peaceful (not!) and happy (not!) in Tehran following elections that saw hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (a.k.a., “PIRANHA“) retain his role as president amidst accusations that the Iranian election process was rife with fraud.
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Coach-Picking Guide Applied to Presidential Race

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

With fall just around the corner, the International Coaching Federation issued guidelines today for schools and other organizations to follow when hiring a coach. I thought it would be interesting to adapt the group’s guidelines — they call them “the Five Cs” — to the political process in advance of the 2008 presidential election.
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