Rhyming Couplet Of The Day

A Jest, unduly pushed, becomes no Jest;
Remember always, too far East is West.
- Arthur Guiterman, A Poet's Proverbs

Brecht In Tehran

Would it not be easier for the Ayatollah to dissolve the people and elect another?

The Sadness Of Absolute Power

"I'm finished. I trust no one, not even myself."
- Stalin, as overheard by Khrushchev

Protest Song Of The Day

"Either we shake one another's hands in joy at the victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours."
- Ayatollah Khomeini, 11th grade textbook

Deadicated to Iran's Children of the Grave.

Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave

Revolution in their minds - the children start to march!
Against the world in which they have to live
and all the hate that's in their hearts
They're tired of being pushed around
and told just what to do
They'll fight the world until they've won
and love comes flowing through

Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today
Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way?
Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?
Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear?

So you children of the world,
listen to what I say
If you want a better place to live in
spread the words today
Show the world that love is still alive
you must be brave
Or you children of today are
children of the grave, yeah!

Protecting The Sanctity Of The Male Gaze

The hijab: a veil over the abyss.

Epitaph For Man

Here lies a miserable pile of secrets.

Song Of The Day

"Once the extreme opposites are seen as equally grounded in irrational assumptions, and once the reconciliation of such assumptions is excluded, only one alternative seems to remain: the philosopher who articulates this insight gloating in the heroism of the ability to stare back at the Gorgon's head of - absolutely nothing."
- Michael Zank, Leo Strauss: The Early Writings

The Cure - Killing an Arab

Standing on a beach
With a gun in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring down the barrel
At the Arab on the ground
See his open mouth
But hear no sound

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab

I can turn and walk away
Or I can fire the gun
Staring at the sky
Staring at the sun
Whichever I choose
It amounts to the same

Absolutely nothing

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab

Feel the steel butt jump
Smooth in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring at myself
Reflected in the eyes of
The dead man on the beach

The dead man
On the beach

I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab

Eroto-Scientific Hypothesis, To Be Tested

If you download enough pornography, you can see a naked double of every girl you've ever met.

Ten Best White Ethnicities

1. Anglo-Saxons
2. Italians
3. Ashkenazim
4. Russians
5. Frenchmen
6. Dutchmen
7. Spaniards
8. Armenians
9. Germans
10. Irishmen