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  1. 06-15-2009, 10:48 PM #1001
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    Quote Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
    I guess Time was right in their last issue to declare Twitter a game changer.

    That this Iran situation was largely revealed through tweets is fascinating.
    Yeah, absolutely. The key is in how stripped down Twitter is. Most of them are on 27kb dial-up over there and connecting through proxy servers. They can't do anything fast besides Twitter.

    Reminds me of the student in Baghdad a few years ago blogging about the initial weeks of the US invasion, but faster, more direct, more up to date, and far more interactive. People on Twitter are helping each other like I've never seen social media do before. It's inspiring and fascinating at the same time.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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  2. 06-16-2009, 01:10 AM #1002
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    No fucking way. 5000 Lebanese mercenaries brought in to hunt protesters? Good fucking god.
    Quote Quoting Donald Glover
    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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  3. 06-16-2009, 03:00 AM #1003
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    Hey guys, you can watch this English language Iranian news channel online, in Quicktime or Windows media Player:

    mms://wms.edgecastcdn.net/200216/ipresstv
    Quote Quoting Donald Glover
    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
    No fucking way. 5000 Lebanese mercenaries brought in to hunt protesters? Good fucking god.
    It's like Bosnia all over again. The worst atrocities were committed by outsiders who were brought in to do the dirty work on all sides.
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    Quote Quoting Antoine (view post)
    The United States shouldn't get involved in an internal conflict in Iran.
    Exactly. A war with Iran and the invasion that would follow would dwarf Iraq in terms of death total and chaos.
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    Quote Quoting MadMan (view post)
    Exactly. A war with Iran and the invasion that would follow would dwarf Iraq in terms of death total and chaos.
    I would prefer the Iranians take control of their own country, by their own hands.
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    These seems trivial in relation to the serious news articles in here, but I'm a sucker for a really strange story.

    In this case, a woman obsessed with rabbits.
    ...and the milk's in me.
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    Quote Quoting Mara (view post)
    These seems trivial in relation to the serious news articles in here, but I'm a sucker for a really strange story.

    In this case, a woman obsessed with rabbits.
    Sad. That woman needs some help; hoarding is a disease. There was a case near us a year and a half ago with a woman who was hoarding dogs and cats. My brother adopted a dog that was rescued from that situation. It was awful, and Gibson (a wonderfully, droopy bloodhound) still has a lot of issues from it.


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    Quote Quoting Skitch (view post)
    I would prefer the Iranians take control of their own country, by their own hands.
    Same here. And while I know that the West (mainly, the USA) does sometimes interfere when they have no business doing so. But so far, it seems that the Obama administration is taking a wise hands off policy concerning the entire situation.
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    Quote Quoting MadMan (view post)
    so far, it seems that the Obama administration is taking a wise hands off policy concerning the entire situation.
    Except for asking Twitter to postpone maintenance downtime to when it's night in Iran. That was awesome.
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    Quote Quoting [ETM] (view post)
    Except for asking Twitter to postpone maintenance downtime to when it's night in Iran. That was awesome.
    Yeah, and I was all sure that it was because of my requests, too.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
    Yeah, and I was all sure that it was because of my requests, too.
    Not unless you wore green while twittering.
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    Anonymous and Pirate Bay are joining forces to officially support the demonstrators. I don't think even the Iranian government can take on 4chan.
    Quote Quoting Donald Glover
    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    It's all going down in Iran... the protest today was met with extreme force, the police and paramilitary troops are shooting people, throwing tear gas, beating everyone in sight. The situation is getting more desperate by the minute...
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    I don't know how much more of it I can take. Just saw a YouTube video of a young woman getting shot and killed. I damn near threw up on my keyboard.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
    I don't know how much more of it I can take. Just saw a YouTube video of a young woman getting shot and killed. I damn near threw up on my keyboard.
    I can't get the look in her eyes out of my head.

    At least 68 dead today, hundreds wounded, and many missing. It's still going on, and will not stop.
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    Translated political cartoon from Iran news site:

    Quote Quoting Donald Glover
    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Translated political cartoon from Iran news site:
    Since I don't remember the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, nor the Kosovo protests in the mid-90s, this is the first "revolution" that I can remember being actively engaged by and checking dozens of times every day. That said, I'm still not sure if we belong there, either.:sad:
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    Translated political cartoon from Iran news site:
    :cry::sad: but i have a feeling america distancing themselves might be better in a long run.
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