The Time Stream Is a Crime Scene

“If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”

* I had one within the hour!

* it was about an hour

* it was within the last few hours

* it was today

* it was within the last few days

* it was this week

* it was within the last few week

* it was this month

* it was within the last few moths

* it was a year or longer

* I’ve never eaten a burger

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This is a perfect time to read the brilliant and unforgettable graphic novel(s) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, about growing up in Iran during and after the Iranian Revolution, and the rise of the oppressive theocracy that persists to this day.

Both graphic novels are available free online (Persepolis vol. 1, Persepolis vol. 2)

Woman painting in the storm. Village of Burano, Italy, 1977 by Jean Gaumy.