Iran charges dozens with helping Western plot

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court on Saturday charged a French woman, two Iranians working for the British and French embassies in Tehran and dozens of others with spying and aiding a Western plot to overthrow the system of clerical rule.

Britain said the trial of its embassy employee was an "outrage."

"We deplore these trials and the so-called confessions of prisoners who have been denied their basic human rights," a British Foreign Office spokeswoman said.

It was the second mass trial in a week aimed at uprooting the moderate opposition and ending protests that erupted after the disputed June 12 presidential election.

At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds arrested in post-election violence. Moderates say the poll was rigged for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to win, but officials say it was the "healthiest" vote since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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Believe me, some Democrats are pondering how it might be possible to get away with that kind of oppression of their enemies in America. Just 8 months ago, public dissent and open hatred for the president was called patriotism. Now, it's called violent extremism.

Step one: Marginalize their message by calling them the "fringe"

Did it get in the morning paper? (Yes - goto step two) (No- repeat step one)

Step two: Compare them to Nazis.

Did it get in the morning paper? (Yes - goto step three) (No- repeat step two)

Step three: Be sure to use more fascist jargon like "Brownshirts" when describing them

Did it get in the morning paper? (Yes - goto step four) (No- repeat step three)

Step four: Bring out the feigned outrage and faux swastika sightings.

Did it get in the morning paper? (Oh, fuck it - just goto step five)

Step five: Blame powerful foreign influences like the West, I mean GOP and Limbaugh

Repeat
 
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Believe me, some Democrats are pondering how it might be possible to get away with that kind of oppression of their enemies in America. Just 8 months ago, public dissent and open hatred for the president was called patriotism. Now, it's called violent extremism.
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:applause:

You should already know though, it's going to be at least another year before the media's love affair with the president fades enough for dissent to be ok again. Say, maybe, when it's been 4 months without an Obama on the cover of Time magazine or Newsweek, we'll be closer to impartiality and reason as a nation.

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You've always been absolutely nuts, but in the past, you were at least coherent.

What in the world are you trying to say here? This is just stream-of-consciousness rambling. I've heard better political discussion at a bar at 2:30AM.
 
[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']Glad you made it back, Crotch. Sorry I didn't see you earlier.[/QUOTE]Ain't been around much. Brain's still largely fried from my two months in the bush, and I ain't had a day off since getting home on account of my brother's wedding. Now that that's more-or-less over, I might actually get to post once or twice.

And sleep a few hours.
 
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