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Vila knows she shouldn't. The Code forbids it. Lustful acts lead us away from the Great Mother, away from the Transcendent Unity.

And yet - feeling invigorated by the warm buzz of a few cups of kala - Vila realizes that sometimes one has to see the big picture. And so, as the slender silver-haired woman puts a finger between Vila's legs, Vila understands that in the great scheme of things, perhaps this union was meant to be. And as the older woman kisses her gently but fiercely, and Vila feels her back arch, she knows that she is destined to draw this beautiful, innocent woman - what did she say her name was? - into the sacred sisterhood.

As if reading her thoughts, the other woman whispers in her ear, "Tell me about your friends, dear."

"Oh, you'd like them!" Vila begins, and then hesitates, feeling a twinge of apprehension.

"I'm sure they're very pretty," the stranger prompts. And now that it's been mentioned, Vila realizes that several of the women in the Sisterhood are quite attractive; she's thinking of Wakha, and Eristhi, and especially the leader of the local cell, Lubindi - now she's a hot one, with that little mole just above her left breast and those amazing legs. Not that Vila spends much time thinking about those sorts of things; that would be sinful.

The images of Wakha, Eristhi, and Lubindi float in Vila's mind. The stranger strokes her, teases her. Stops.

Vila gasps.

"I'd like to meet them."

Now Vila understands that she's being tested. She must not, under any circumstances, mention the meetings of the 91 members of the local sisterhood every fortnight in Room 731 of the abandoned research complex. In fact, it would be better not to think about those meetings at all. Security breaches are not taken lightly by the Sisterhood. Like that young girl not long ago; she had to be dealt with. Regrettable, but necessary.

"Tell me about the girl."

The stranger's voice is suddenly changed; it's cool and firm and deadly. Vila is just about to come, but the stranger's finger stops in mid-stroke.

Vila's face is now pure desperation. Looking into her lover's steady gaze, she knows better than to say "What girl?"

Vila can barely speak at all; she begs in a wordless whimper. Her sexual craving is unbearable; she'd reach down and pleasure herself now, if her arms weren't pinned behind her back. The stranger is calm, authoritative, and consummately in control; the kind of woman, Vila randomly thinks, who would look good in a uniform.

"P-p-please ... " Vila gasps. "Could you take these off?" The handcuffs aren't fun anymore, and they're feeling awfully tight.

"I'll take 'em off when I'm ready," the stranger says, getting out of the bed and turning her back to Vila. "Tell you what, lady, I'd start talking now if I were you." The stranger reaches into the duffel bag she's brought with her, and starts putting on a fresh set of clothes. Oddly, from the back, it does look like some kind of uniform.

Vila doesn't like the way things are going now, not at all. But she doesn't see any way out, so she just answers the question, hoping it will make something better. "Taswa," she says numbly, "the girl's name was Taswa. ... " She draws a deep breath as the stranger buttons her shirt.

"Hey," Vila says, now beginning to panic, "you're not going to leave me here, are you? What's your name, anyway?"

"Garris," the Chief says, "the name's Garris. And you're under arrest."

Obama appoints Hagel to intelligence post. Arutz Sheva: 'Jewish Republican party officials and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) are among several groups that have called on U.S. President Barack Obama to rescind his appointment of former senator Chuck Hagel as co-chairman of his Intelligence Advisory Board. Hagel made clear his attitude towards Israel when he spoke at the pro-Arab and self-proclaimed pro-Israel Jerusalem Street lobby last week. ...'

Jewish terrorist suspect Teitel arrested in Israel. Debka: 'DEBKAfile reports that at the end of a 12-year search, the police and Shin Bet finally caught up with the Yaacov Taitel, 37, from Shevut Rachel, whom they suspect of a long series of terrorist crimes. They arrested him in the Har Nof district of Jerusalem Oct. 9. Two of those crimes are the murders of an Arab taxi driver in June 1997 and an Arab shepherd in August of that year. His home was found stocked with an assortment of firearms, including a sniper's rifle, and a bomb-making facility. The police and Shin Beit report that Yaacov Taitel, who was born in Florida, USA, operated solo and was self-taught in the use of firearms and explosives. He was first arrested in 2000 after years aboard but released for lack of evidence. He then turned to Jewish targets. In November 2006, an explosive charge was found at the Eili police station with the slogan: "Sodomites get out?" The accused has campaigned extensively against the gay community and its annual parades.'

UK secular Muslims stand up to extremists. Azarmehr:

UK's secular Muslims today decided to stand up against the Islamic political extremists, the Al Muhajiroun, who call for the abolition of democracy and imposition of Sharia Law in Britain. And guess what? the Al-Muhajiroun decided not to show up!

The Iranians who showed up today to support the secular Muslims also explained the forthcoming 4th November protests in Iran. Hopefully many people from today will stand in solidarity with the Iranian people and the Green Movement on Wednesday, outside the Islamic Republic Embassy between 6-9 pm. Lets show the world that the Green Movement is alive and moving forward.

The Spirit of Man has more:

Brace yourself for more anti-regime protests in the days ahead across the country.

Mousavi has hinted at new rallies while the criminal mullahs and their IRGC killers warned of more crackdown on November 4th protests. But the most heart warming news of all was the recent pledge by brave Iranian students to go back to street protests. The Islamic regime is shaken and suffering from big internal struggles. We need to do our part here to help the brave men and women who risk their lives to go out against this deadly regime.

[Cross-posted at Dreams Into Lightning.]
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Mary Travers.

And I know you're all excited about this as I am: I just wrote a successful script to test the user's ability to add single-digit hexadecimal numbers.

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Iranian Queer Railroad:

The IRanian Queer Railroad (IRQR) is our new organization’s name since October 9, 2008. For IRQR, we are working to create a simple structure and focus upon supporting Iranian queers to be safe on their journey and to arrive in a new country to live and be free.

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and mainly to Canada with the aid of abolitionists who were sympathetic to their cause. In Canada they had their freedom. In the past few years one of our major activities was about asylum seekers who must escape Iran due to their sexual orientation and we will continue this work under IRQR. Iranian queer refugees are resettling in Canada, and also in United States and in parts of Europe. ...

Via Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi at Facebook.

the Department of Defense wants to ban smoking.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idLiTInBb_2fsvt_9yg4f3lKiK3gD99F84K00

For now, at least, troops can still smoke in war zones.

From, of all places, Al-Jazeera:

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/06/200962953642450747.html/

"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, do not fear the US but rather their own people's desire to live in a country more like the US.

In fact, in poll after poll Iranians have revealed themselves to be among the most pro-American and pro-democratic people in the Muslim majority world." - Al-Jazeera

to stilken !

I'm not as proficient in Persian as I'd like to be. But I can tell you for sure that "Marg bar Jomhuriye Eslami" does not mean "The Iranian people bless the sainted memory of Ayatollah Khomeini."

Iranians burn Basij HQ in Tehran!

I keep thinking about this dream that I posted a while back in LJ:

http://asher63.livejournal.com/184959.html

I'm in a MacDonald's in Tehran. By chance, I look up and see - either directly through the window, or reflected in the glass - a familiar figure: the scruffy beard, the cruel, arrogant smile, and the famous eponymous dinner jacket. He's surrounded by officials and bodyguards and he appears to be sitting down to a meeting in a neighboring building.

"He's here! Everybody get down!" somebody shouts in English (or else I can understand Farsi). Everyone in the restaurant dives under the tables. I steal a peek out the window in time to see a blinding flash, followed by a series of ear-splitting booms. Glass and overturned tables are everywhere, but people are cheering. Then there's the sound of sirens, but it's all over.

Best. Dream. EVER.

Anonymous Iranian woman, via The Spirit of Man:

http://thespiritofman.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-may-die.html

I'll participate in the rally tomorrow in Tehran. It might be violent. I may be one of those who will die tomorrow. I want to listen to all beautiful tunes that I have heard in my life, again. I want to listen to some cheap Los Angeles made Iranian music. I always wanted to have much narrower eyebrows too. Yeah, I'll check in with my hair-dresser tomorrow before I go to the rally. Oh, there are some excellent scenes in the famous Iranian movie Hamoon I want to see before I leave. And I gotta re-visit my own bookshelf. Iran's poets Shamloo's and Farrokhzad's poems are worth re-reading. I've to see the family photo albums once again.

I'll have to call my friends and say good-bye to them. In this big world, my possession is only two bookshelves. I've already told mom and dad whom to give these books to in case I never come back. There are only two more courses left for me to get my BA degree but to hell with the degree. I'm anxious and excited.

I wrote these scattered words for the future generations so that they know we were not sentimental or uselessly emotional. I'm writing this so they know we did every thing in our power to make this work for them and so that they realize if our forefathers surrendered to the Arab and Mongolian invaders physically, but they didn't give in to their tyranny with their spirits. They resisted it. And I wrote this for tomorrow's children...

Winston at The Spirit of Man
http://thespiritofman.blogspot.com/2009/06/hot-updates.html

Just got off the phone with a friend inside of Iran. He has mentioned several points which I am going to list here:

1- We intend to be non-violent every day. Our strategy is silent resistance.

2- People do not trust the regime.

3- The free world should give us moral support

4- The whole idea of Islamic revolution is now under question by the people

5- Every body is anxiously waiting to see what will happen tomorrow. No one knows what awaits them

6- People of Iran are very agitated and angry with the government.

jemisoutrageous !

Updates on the Iran situation below the cut.
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tahari  and snafooey !
PS - I know it's really tomorrow. I am jumping the gun here just in case I don't get to post on the "day of".

Going offline.  No more entries for the foreseeable future.  Thank you.

from the teenagers in the hall:

"Put your phone in your butt.  And then it's a booty call."

* sigh *

My post here.