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valinasr https://www.dailykos.com/news/valinasr News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:59:34 +0000 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:59:34 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) The burning bush of progressivism https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/5/3/1206640/-The-burning-bush-of-progressivism Take your sandals from your feet, America. We've climbed the mountain, and stand on the holy ground of progressivism. Feel the heat of rigorous, enforceable gun laws. See the burning triumph of love over intolerance in the fight for marriage equality. Hear your own meek voices rising to a crescendo on immigration reform, fair wages and feeding the hungry. The call has gone out. Though rainmaker lobbyists and extreme ideologues have unleashed a hell storm of fire on sanity and common sense, our republic will not be consumed. Tell the stiff necked in Congress, more beholden to what is good for their careers than what is good for the country, to let our government go, that it may worship the reality of a functional America. rss@dailykos.com (ProseAndThorn) Bill of Rights BillofRights BostonBombing BushDoctrine Compromise Congress Consensus Constitution Mirandarights Politics ProgressiveMovement Ted Cruz TedCruz valinasr _1206640 Fri, 03 May 2013 14:45:54 +0000 The Daily Show/Colbert Report Chat thread 09.22.09 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/22/785340/-The-Daily-Show-Colbert-Report-Chat-thread-09-22-09 <table><tr><td><a target="_top" href="http://www.comedycentral.com/index.jhtml"><img width="150" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" src="http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2285/keithlesslogo.jpg" border /></a></td><td> Tonight on TDS, Vali Nasr, Author of Forces of Fortune; and on TCR,  Shai Agassi, Entrepreneur.</td></tr></table> <table><tr><td>  </td><td><img alt="sausage grinder of snark" src="http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/905/autumnzenteaparty.jpg" border /></td></tr></table> rss@dailykos.com (TiaRachel) Community Jon Stewart JonStewart SausageGrinderofSnark Series ShaiAgassi StephenColbert The Colbert Report The Daily Show TheColbertReport TheDailyShow valinasr _785340 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:52:45 +0000 And in Iraq, the winner is... https://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/31/341548/-And-in-Iraq-the-winner-is Foreign Policy Magazine's March/April issue asked the question: who has come out ahead in Iraq? For their ten answers. the magazine contacted ten scholars to write a short essay. The results were engaging and informative. <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3704">A few of the essays are available on the FP Magazine website</a>, while others are restricted to subscribers. Excerpts are reproduced below along with my own thoughts on them. rss@dailykos.com (Cecrops Tangaroa) al Qaeda alQaeda amatziabaram billemmott China DanielByman DavidFrum DexterFilkins ForeignPolicy gianniriotta Iran Iraq Israel marinaottaway Muqtadaal-Sadr Oil Rescued Samuelhuntington shanghaicooperationorganization stevetsang valinasr _341548 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:17:11 +0000 The DAILY SHOW/COLBERT REPORT/OLBERMANN RERUN Spoiler thread 04/11/07 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/11/322110/-The-DAILY-SHOW-COLBERT-REPORT-OLBERMANN-RERUN-Spoiler-thread-04-11-07 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/index.jhtml"><img alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" src="http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/957/dailycolbert0dr.jpg" border /></a></td><td> Tonight on TDS, Halle Berry, Oscar Award-winning actress  and on TCR, Vali Nasr,  author of "The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape The Future"   </td></tr></table> <table><tr><td>The Sausage Grinder of Snark has been mulling it over, and finally has some decorating advice for our newest baby <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/6/133115/6282">Kosling</a>... </td><td><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" src="http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7749/dkosbaby3jh5.jpg" border /></a></td></tr></table> rss@dailykos.com (TiaRachel) Community HalleBerry Jon Stewart JonStewart StephenColbert The Colbert Report The Daily Show TheColbertReport TheDailyShow valinasr _322110 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:45:54 +0000 Responding To Simon Rosenberg Regarding Iran https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/12/280309/-Responding-To-Simon-Rosenberg-Regarding-Iran originally posted <a href="http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20061211/responding_to_simon_rosenberg_of_ndn_regarding_iran">here</a> To Simon Rosenberg, NDN: As you know <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/13/14136/137">I just returned from Iran a few weeks ago</a> and have a decidedly different take on the general consensus concerning Iran, <a href="http://www.ndnblog.org/?q=node/530">a take that is also different from yours in many ways.</a> I think first, you (and many, many others) overestimate the 'cultural' similarities between Iranian Shi'a and Arab Shi'a. I cannot tell you how many times I heard Iranians 'dis the Arab Shi'a as uncouth and uncilized and, they say it was the Persians who brought them 'real' culture. Does the Iranian government support the Shi'a in Iraq? Yes, of course. But those ties are not nearly as strong as the media--Nasr included--leads people to believe. (I know <a href="http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/">Steve Gilliard</a>is going to say, "but they can still cut-off our supply lines if they want." And he's right, so is <a href="http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/">Col. Lang.</a> But that's a confluence of interests, not culture.) rss@dailykos.com (sean paul) Iran NDN Rescued rosenberg Shia valinasr _280309 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:34:51 +0000 The Dangers of Wagging-the-Dog, Iranian Style https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/3/253151/-The-Dangers-of-Wagging-the-Dog-Iranian-Style Invading Iran with The Bomb In light of the current GOP implosion ongoing in the House of Representatives, it's important to look a few moves ahead on the chessboard. While I'm all for keeping the pressure on every blessed Republican CongressCritter to denounce not only Foley but the House Leadership as well, we need to be mindful of what the neo-con nuts in Cheney's office might be doing now to correct the situation. What scares the bejeebus out of me is that they're probably dusting off the invasion plans for Iran. rss@dailykos.com (YatPundit) BushAdministration Iran Neocons NuclearWeapons valinasr WagtheDog _253151 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:15:51 +0000