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Below are the 3 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Daily Scans" journal:

June 21st, 2009
08:46 am [jlroberson] [Link]	Big Book of Bad: The Shah Someone mentioned this in relation to my last post on Iran's history. Found it, so here it is. ( The Twerp That Sold Out Iran In The First Place ) Current Location: Seattle Current Music: Pere Ubu, "St. Arkansas" Tags: creator: floyd hughes, creator: jonathan vankin, publisher: dc comics, theme: history, theme: iran, title: the big book of (26 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 18th, 2009
09:17 pm [jlroberson] [Link]	The Real Climax of V For Vendetta In solidarity with and support for the people of Iran, a moment of melodramatic liberation from Moore & Lloyd: the climax to V For Vendetta that the makers of the film didn't think was good enough. ( Brought To Mind When I Saw Iranian Diaspora Protesters Wearing V Masks. ) Current Location: Seattle Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Ministry, "Houses of the Mole" Tags: creator: alan moore, creator: david lloyd, publisher: dc comics, theme: iran, title: v for vendetta (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:11 am [jlroberson] [Link]	Iran: Some History from Ennis & Moore I've been watching the events in Iran--what one can find out through the web, because the networks are blind--and was reminded of some work by Garth Ennis and Alan Moore that, at least in scraps, helps give a little bit of context to our historical place in this whole mess. ( Chocolate Cake and Missiles ) Current Location: Seattle Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Pere Ubu, "Song of the Bailing Man" Tags: creator: alan moore, creator: bill sienkiewicz, creator: garth ennis, creator: killian plunkett, genre: satire, theme: history, theme: iran, title: brought to light, title: unknown soldier (19 comments \| Leave a comment)