ZIONIST LISA SIMPSON

It's quite unfortunate that the London Olympics 2012 logo so resembles Lisa Simpson giving the city a blowjob. I guess once they realised it was a bit of a boob, they still had to continue because of the cost. Perhaps they hoped no one would notice.

Well, the logo has now upset the Iranians who are threatening to pull out of the games if the "offensive" logo is not changed. But not for reason you'd think

WEAK LEADER BULLIED TO QUIT

So Barak Obama has given into his wife's henpecking and decided to quit smoking. I don't know about anyone else but I think the world is in danger from a man who has shown himself to be thoroughly gutless and weak.

If he can't stand up to his own wife, and if he abandons his pleasures because of being bullied, then it begs the question who the hell is in charge of the US at present?

I'll bet Iran is tittering now it has evidence that this world leader is a pathetic coward incapable of making his own decisions. He's proved himself to be an easy target in a cissy country that's terrified of a wisp of smoke.

Americans should be very afraid. Obama can't stand up for himself so what hope that he can make the right decisions for his nation. Perhaps he has to ask his wife first if she approves.

Encouragement of bullying as a tool to beat smokers is featured here in the Independent

The sound of scolding and tut-tutting from the ranks of the concerned has become tedious. We know that smoking is bad for the health, but it is also true that people make choices in their lives involving the balance between risk and pleasure. It is not obligatory to put safety and longevity before all other considerations in daily life. These people are not lesser citizens, only different from the majority.

I agree. Lesser citizens are those too terrified to stand on their own two feet, make their own decisions, or are easily nagged into submission.

I fear for the state and safety of the world.

SAKINEH UPDATE

I've been unable to shake from my mind the thought of the Iranian woman due to be stoned on the day she was due to die an inhumane death for her alleged adultery and murder.

The Iranian Govt has changed it's mind about which barbaric means it uses to take her life and has plumped for hanging instead but according to earlier reports her impending execution has not been carried out yet.

It seems the world is sitting by and grumbling disapproval at this case. The foreign office had strong words for a Tehran diplomat :

"I took the opportunity to remind him the UK Government would regard the execution of Ms Ashtiani as utterly unacceptable."

Someone pointed out to me today that we can't impose our Western morals on the Middle East. We may hate it and despise them for it, but they have to deal with things in their own way. It is their country and we have no right to tell them what to do any more than they have a right to tell us.

Does it matter to the world that the evidence gained to convict her is alleged to have been gained by torture? Obviously the world is jumpy about Iran's alleged nuclear technology and doesn't want to do anything to make Aminehjad blow. The life of one woman doesn't seem to matter in the wider scheme of things. I hate politics.

They keep telling us we live in a "progressive" world. I think in all sorts of ways, including our placid acceptance of this woman's fate, we are going backwards. I wonder how long it will be before we're living in caves.

END THIS BARBARISM NOW!

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

Images taken from here

As charities, politicians and community leaders over here spend wasted time, effort and money on telling us how to live our social lives healthily, over in Iran a woman is staring death in the face in the most barbaric way imaginable.

If this army of busy-body do-gooders put their energies into this case and our leaders - instead of being concerned whether we have one pint or two, smoke 10 or 20 fags a day - actually used their power and influence on a cause of so much greater importance then they would actually earn my respect.

Meanwhile, the campaign to end stoning and to save the life of a women in Iran is left to the little people - us.

Perhaps you can also do your bit and help Maryam Namazie of Iran Solidarity who has sent out this appeal:

WE WILL BE GATHERING AT THE EMBASSY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IN PARIS AT 2PM (4 Avenue d'Iéna 75116 Paris) AND MARCHING TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN BRUSSELS. JOIN US. WE MUST SAVE SAKINEH’S LIFE AND SECURE HER FREEDOM AND THAT OF HER SON, LAWYER AND THE TWO GERMAN JOURNALISTS. AND WE MUST END STONING NOW!

According to news received by the International Committee against Stoning and International Committee against Execution on 1 November 2010, the authorities in Tehran have given the go ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It has been reported that she is to be executed this Wednesday 3 November.

We had previously reported that the casefile regarding the murder case of Ms Ashtiani’s husband had been seized from her lawyer’s office, Houtan Kian, and found missing from the prosecutor’s Oskoo branch office so as to stitch Ms Ashtiani up with trumped up murder charges. [Another man has already served a prison sentence and is now free for her husband’s murder.] Ms Ashtiani’s son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and her lawyer, Houtan Kian, have warned of the regime’s plan to do so on many occasions. With the arrest of Ms Ashtiani’s son and lawyer on 10 October and her not having had any visitation rights since 11 August and after fabricating a new case against her, the “Human Rights Commission” of the regime has announced that: ‘according to the existing evidence, her guilt has been confirmed.’ In fact, the regime has created a new scenario in order to expedite her execution.

In other news, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian have been severely tortured in order to obtain confessions against Sakineh and themselves since their arrests on 10 October along with two German journalists. The initial interrogations by the Ministry of Intelligence have now been completed and the casefile sent to the National Prosecutor General and Judiciary Spokesperson, Mohsen-Ejehi, in Tehran rather than being handled in Tabriz. Their families are concerned for their wellbeing. When attempting to secure lawyers for the two, authorities have said that the two men did not need legal representation.

Sajjad and Houtan Kian’s only ‘crime’ has been to defend Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and proclaim her innocence with facts and evidence. That their contact with Mina Ahadi is considered a crime is absurd given that Ahadi has been contacted by death row prisoners and their families and lawyers for many years now, including directly from prison. This is because of her many years of work against stoning and executions.

The International Committees against Stoning and Execution call on international bodies and the people of the world to come out in full force against the state-sponsored murder of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Ms Ashtiani, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, Houtan Kian and the two German journalists must be immediately and unconditionally released.

ACT NOW!

1. Contact government officials, MPs, MEPs, and the UN asking them to intervene urgently. Governments must immediately summon the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ambassadors and demand that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s execution be stopped and that she along with her son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, and lawyer, Houtan Kian, and the two German journalists be immediately released.

2. Send letters of condemnation to the Islamic regime of Iran right away:

Head of the Judiciary
Sadeqh Larijani
Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh (Office of the Head of the Judiciary)
Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri
Tehran 1316814737, Iran
Email: info@dadiran.ir or via website: http://www.dadiran.ir/tabid/75/Default.aspx
First starred box: your given name; second starred box: your family name; third: your email address

Head of the Judiciary in East Azerbaijan Province
Malek-Ashtar Sharifi
Office of the Head of the Judiciary in Tabriz
East Azerbaijan, Iran

Ali Khamenei
The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street - Shahid Keshvar Doust Street
Tehran, Iran
Email: via website: http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=letter (English)
http://www.leader.ir/langs/fa/index.php?p=letter (Persian)

Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights
Mohammad Javad Larijani
Howzeh Riassat-e Ghoveh Ghazaiyeh
Pasteur St, Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhuri
Tehran 1316814737, Iran
Fax: +98 21 3390 4986
Email: bia.judi@yahoo.com

3. Please urgently donate to the Save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani campaign by making your cheque payable to ‘Count Me In – Iran’ and sending it to BM Box 6754, London WC1N 3XX, UK. You can also pay via Paypal (http://countmein-iran.com/donate.html).

For more information, contact:

Mina Ahadi, International Committee against Execution and International Committee against Stoning: minaahadi@aol.com; Tel: +49 (0) 1775692413, http://stopstonningnow.com, http://notonemoreexecution.org

Maryam Namazie, Iran Solidarity, iransolidaritynow@gmail.com, +44 7719166731, www.iransolidarity.org.uk, iransolidarity.blogspot.com