Techlog

So I started reading Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol on the Kindle 2 and I really enjoy the book so far (chapter 38). The only disappointment is the publisher disabled the text to speech function, so I am unable to listen to the book.
The text-to-speech function is not like an audio book, it’s a [...]

Iran’s confused Paradigm:

Iran has been on a roll since the start of the revolution.
In many respects they are like a juvenile delinquent.

The New Iran is very young,
And inexperienced as a nation regime.
They are still feeling their way, and have been
very successful so far.

Over threw the Sha.

They took US embassy hostage for 444 [...]

Opinion Journal:
…
When the pain in Christina Woodkey’s legs became so severe that she could no longer hike or cross-country ski, she went to her local health clinic. The Calgary, Canada, resident was told she’d need to see a hip specialist. Because the problem was not life-threatening, however, she’d have to wait about a year.
So wait [...]

Washington Post:
U.S. and international intelligence officials say that improved recruitment of spies inside the al-Qaeda network, along with increased use of targeted airstrikes and enhanced assistance from cooperative governments, has significantly reduced the terrorist organization’s effectiveness.
A U.S. counterterrorism official said that the combined advances have led to the deaths of more than a [...]

Independent:
Amid the maze of trenches and dug in positions, mortar barrels poke forth circled by sleeping bags encased in mosquito nets and camouflage ponchos offering shade from the searing heat of the day.
Nearby a few industrious troops have fashioned small huts out of wire, sacking [...]

Michael Ramirez puts the celebration of Chinese Communism in context. It is too bad the Empire State Building ignored that context.

Washington Post:
Despite a 50 percent drop over the past two years in the number of people caught illegally entering the United States from Mexico, the number of those who died while trying to cross the border increased this year and is the highest since 2006, according to new U.S. data and a study by [...]

NY Times:
After a half-day of animated debate, the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected efforts by liberal Democrats to add a government-run health insurance plan to major health care legislation, dealing the first official setback to an idea that many Democrats, including President Obama, say they support.
All of the other versions of the health care [...]

Times:
A young Afghan girl suffered fatal injuries after a box of public information leaflets, dropped from an RAF transport aircraft over Helmand province, landed on top of her.
The accident, which the Ministry of Defence said yesterday was “highly regrettable”, is being investigated.
The incident has taken [...]

Telegraph:
Rukhsana Kausar, 21, was with her parents and brother in Jammu and Kashmir when three gunmen, believed to be Pakistani militants, forced their way in and demanded food and beds for the night.
Their house in Shahdra Sharief, Rajouri district, is about 20 miles from the [...]