Battle of the Bilge

Sorry for the Delay

The East coast blizzards have kept MOAA headquarters closed down for this past week. I apologize for the lack of posts and will get back to email evaluations soon. Here’s yesterday’s view from this blogger’s front porch:

Following Up

On the first of February, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told his cabinet that the upcoming 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution would “deliver a harsh blow to the “global arrogance”".

While speculation was that there may be some type of military action, the anniversary was marked by government sponsored demonstrations, a harsh crackdown on protesters, a warning for the West and an announcement of a nuclear breakthrough.

Additionally, the government of Iran continues on its quest to keep its citizens from reaching the outside world with an effort to shut down google and gmail products within the country. As Fox News reports:

A war is brewing between Iran and Google, culminating in the complete shutdown of the Internet behemoth’s Gmail service — and the country’s announcement of plans to create a first-of-its-kind national e-mail service, a local journalist says.

The Gmail shutdown — and a clampdown on Internet access overall — comes amid widespread demonstrations against the Iranian government surrounding Thursday’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Iran blocked access to the Internet in December ahead of protests on National Students Day, as well.

Obviously not a harsh blow, just more empty rhetoric from a repressive regime that can’t make the ongoing protests go away.

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