World events spilled onto the pitch when six members of Iran’s national team, in South Korea for a World Cup Qualifier, wore green wristbands - the color used by Mr. Mousavi in his election campaign.
“South Korea has rejected claims by North Korea that it poisoned its players (pictured above) before last week’s 2010 World Cup qualifier in Seoul, as tensions mount over the North’s long-range rocket launch on Sunday.”
Remember that guy? His name is Muntadhar al-Zeidi and he’s the guy who thought it was a good idea to throw a shoe at the President of the United States of America. Yeah well, its all fun and games until you get sentenced to three years in Iraqi prison!!! from FoxNews:
BAGHDAD — A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war.
throw back footage of Bush as Neo from the Matrix after the jump (more…)
An Assemblyman from San Francisco, Tom Ammiano, argues that it’s time to tax and regulate the state’s biggest cash crop in the same manner as alcohol. Opponents say it would create new costs for society.
from the LA Times :
An assemblyman from San Francisco announced legislation Monday to do just that: make California the first state in the nation to tax and regulate recreational marijuana in the same manner as alcohol. (more…)
A big thank you to Osama Gharizi for opening our eyes to his travels in the Middle East and the depth of politics involved in every National Team game.
“Dozens of soldiers with machine guns guarded every entrance.
As the Lebanese and Syrian footballers listened to their anthems they raised their heads high and focused their eyes on rows of empty white chairs. The only spectators at this Asia Cup qualifier were a handful of journalists and a few officials from the football federation.”
From the NY Times:
BAGHDAD — Thousands of soldiers, police officers, hospital patients and prisoners cast ballots on Wednesday as part of early voting in Iraq’s provincial elections.
At least one act of violence accompanied the voting. Two police officers guarding a polling center south of Kirkuk were killed by gunmen who fired at them from a passing car, according to an official from the Ministry of Interior who spoke on condition of anonymity. The gunmen escaped, the official said.
Overall, however, the voting appeared to go smoothly, Iraqi election officials said.
more pics and stories after the jump
You will never see this at some school in San Francisco Riverside County, CA
from the LATimes:
After a Lutheran school expelled two 16-year-old girls for having “a bond of intimacy” that was “characteristic of a lesbian relationship,” the girls sued, contending the school had violated a state anti-discrimination law.
In response to that suit, an appeals court decided this week that the private religious school was not a business and therefore did not have to comply with a state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating. A lawyer for the girls said Tuesday that he would ask the California Supreme Court to overturn the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal.
This picture calms me down … and it excites me at the same time
No holding back here…
