Brett Passmore Rants and Raves on Politics, Technology, Religion, and Life.

The mullahs have basically total control of the infrastructure in Iran, from power, to communications, to water, to public services. The rest of the public and privately held resources are also subject to the current government’s whims.

That being said, it does not seem absurd that the mullahs and their proxy government should have the ability to really block most ISPs/ Cellular networks pretty darn quickly. Now that this uprising has been going on for a few days, for sure they should have shut down the pipes that are airing the “dirty laundry”.

This seems like a pretty basic and easy way to kill the communications from the common man.

So, why haven’t they done this? Do they want this aired in this fashion while feigning righteous indignation for some other cause/ propaganda? what is the up side? Do they NOT have this type of control (over the ISPs and Cellular networks?) Am I totally off my rocker here?

I have been watching Fox News today and they sure are using this event for an advertising bonanza. Most programming has been cancelled and Shepard Smith is getting real annoying at this time.

Your thoughts?

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Just FYI!

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Here are some pics from this morning

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Apparently he likes my Lexus

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Had an issue where our gas lamps were getting blown out by the wind, even while inside the glass case. We stopped by the Fire Box in Humble and picked up some Hurricane Covers to see if this will solve the problem. (I think we paid too much, but what can you do? this is the only store in town that had them, so $69 dollars later (for 2 glass covers and a 2 pieces of brass) here they are). After I installed them, we discovered another problem - the valves seem to be leaking gas at the handle. Any ideas on this? is this normal?  I don’t think so.

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UPDATE:

The sale did NOT go through, and boy am I glad about that. Lots has happened since this post was written - She is now a 100% trail rig - more pics to come. Thank God this buyer I had lined up got cold feet.  (He bought a girly ride LX470 instead????)  Anyways - look for more pics in the next few days. I Also got a new daily driver - a 2008 Avalanche LTZ 4×4. It is beautiful. Rides like a luxury car. Most of the time.

More updates coming soon.

Ladies and gentlemen, It has been a fun ride, but it has come time to say goodbye to the Lexus. I love this truck, and if I have my druthers, I would keep it longer, but I plan on doing some thing else very soon and it makes sense to sell this thing now, and possibly buy another one at some later date.

Here are the pics of the LX as she sits.

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Here are a few pics I grabbed from the ‘net.  enjoy!

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