by Carl Howard | Oct 9, 2012 | Blog Topics, Society, Travel
“Do you believe in evolution?” This has to be one of the most annoying questions about evolution out there. To see why, have a look at this 1hr talk by Josh Roseneau about what Miss USA can teach us about evolution. For the meaty part, see below where he plays a...
by Carl Howard | Oct 2, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Travel
The kinds of things I’ll post here are probably what’s at the top of most people’s minds with respect to Iran. And certainly religion plays a very major role in Iran. There are a lot of atrocities that are reported in the international news, especially in terms of...
by Carl Howard | Sep 25, 2012 | Blog Topics, Interesting Stuff, Travel
Here are some of the interesting things I noticed about culture and modern life in Iran. This is a particularly hard topic to list stuff about so I’m sure I missed some crucial things that I saw in favour of the stuff I happened to remember. Like most of the Middle...
by Carl Howard | Sep 18, 2012 | Blog Topics, Interesting Stuff, Travel
Iran is obviously a pretty closed society. In terms of the state control of the media, one only needs to look at Press TV. Just poking around their US page, this was the top story as at 12 Aug: A military analyst [Gordon Duff] says police departments in the United...
by Carl Howard | Sep 11, 2012 | Blog Topics, Resources, Food and Environment, Travel
Iran’s GDP per capita is $6200 according to the 2011 CIA World Factbook (although it’s likely reduced now since the embargo was intensified). This puts it as the 85th richest per capita out of 191. It’s less rich than Colombia, Botswana and Romania but richer than...
