Comedistan

[Arpa]

Iran:

We've 'Sent a Monkey into Space'

http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/iran-says-it-launched-monkey-into-space-130128.htm

Which monkey?

This?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_2009.jpg

Or this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C.JPG

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[Yervant1]

It is a joke, no it's not! Yes it is!!!!!!!!!

AZERBAIJAN SERIOUS ABOUT AIR SPACE DEFENSE

 

http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/36466.html

30 January 2013 - 7:00pm

 

The recent statements concerning Azerbaijani air space are not jokes,

the country's defense ministry underlines. That is the body's official

response to the CSTO chief's statement.

 

Nikolay Bordyuzha, the secretary general of the Collective Security

Treaty Organization, said yesterday the statement saying that

Azerbaijan will down planes flying over Karabakh without its official

permission was probably a joke or was misinterpreted.

 

Azerbaijan is serious about defending its air space, the defense

ministry's spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu says.

 

"It is not a joke. We will take all the necessary measures in case

of unauthorized flights over our territory," he said.

 

 

[Arpa]

Amish Beard?

Do Amish women grow beards? Don't tell us where!

http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-amish-beard-cutting-ringleader-gets-15-years-183805098.html

CLEVELAND (AP) — The ringleader in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years.

"The victims were terrorized and traumatized," U.S. District Court Judge Dan Aaron Polster said in sentencing leader Sam Mullet Sr., 67, who sat without emotion during the sentencing.

The judge said the defendants had violated the constitutional rights protecting religious practice that had benefited them as Amish — such as an exemption from jury service and allowing Amish children to leave school at age 14.

"Each of you has received the benefits of that First Amendment," Polster said.

The judge said the defendants have two weeks to file an appeal of their sentence or conviction. Defense attorneys have indicated such appeals are likely.

Before his sentencing, Mullet told the judge that he had been blamed for running a cult and was ready to take the punishment. Mullet, his ankles in chains and a white beard down to mid-chest, said if his community is seen as a cult, "Then I'm going to take the punishment for everybody."

With relatives of victims and his family sitting on opposite sides of the public gallery, Mullet said he has lived his life trying to help others.

"That's been my goal all my life," Mullet said to a hushed courtroom, with his fellow defendants and their attorneys sitting at four defense tables and filling the jury box.

"I'm not going to be here much longer," said Mullet, who didn't elaborate on any health issues.

Mullet and his family deny his community is a cult. The government asked for a life sentence for Mullet. The defense asked for two years or less.

The 10 men and six women were convicted last year in five attacks in Amish communities in 2011. The government said the attacks were retaliation against Amish who had defied or denounced Mullet's authoritarian style

Amish believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards once they marry. Cutting it would be offensive to Amish.

Other defendants, some in tears, also offered to take the brunt of the blame and punishment on behalf of Mullet or spouses. Addressing the judge one-by-one, the defendants said there would be no more beard-cutting attacks.

Freeman Burkholder, 32, husband of a Mullet niece and father of eight children, apologized to the judge.

"I won't do it again," he said.

Anna Miller, 33, married to a Mullet nephew and mother of six, also apologized, turning to relatives of victims as she said, "I'm sorry, it won't happen again." Like most of the women, she was sentenced to one year.

A federal prosecutor, Bridget Brennan, urged the judge to punish Mullet adequately.

"He is a danger to this community," she said. "He is capable of controlling 15 defendants."

Brennan repeated key testimony against Mullet and said he has remained the leader of his eastern Ohio community despite being locked up since his arrest in late 2011.

The defendants were charged with a hate crime because prosecutors believe religious differences brought about the attacks.

Nine of 10 men who were convicted have been locked up awaiting sentencing. The six women, who all have children, have been free on bond.

In a rare interview last week in Bergholz at the sprawling Mullet farm amid rolling hills in eastern Ohio, Mullet's unmarried 19-year-old grandson, Edward Mast, discussed the family's attitude. He said they are steadfast in the belief that the attacks didn't rise to the level of a hate crime.

"The beard, what it stands for me, what I know about it, once you're married, you just grow a beard. That's just the way the Amish is," Mast said.

As for the victims, he added, "They got their beard back again, so what's the big deal about it?"

Arlene Miller, whose husband, an Amish bishop, was among the victims, thinks Mullet deserves a tough sentence and the others should get less time if they get cult deprogramming counseling.

"It's a cult," said Miller, 48, of Carrollton. "Their minds were programmed in the wrong way by Sam Mullet, so we feel like these people are very deceived and they are actually victims of Sam Mullet."

She said there were no winners in the ordeal.

"There's no happy ending to this," she said.

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Amish beard;

http://25.media.tumb...alacuo1_400.jpg

Are these Amish?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QUSvbxrADx4/SqSG7WySXpI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/kwF9glnvn68/s200/37024583waitingforthebrooklynferry.jpg

Or is it this- Mutafian?

http://www.armenews.com/IMG/arton73030-300x216.jpg

　

　

Edited February 8, 2013 by Arpa

[Arpa]

Eshoo mis, Donkey meat.

 

We had seen stories abour norse meat all the way from Spain to Sweden (Ikea meatballs). This one takes the Donkey Prize.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/donkey-buffalo-found-south-african-meat-products-141401122.html

 

 

 

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Donkey, water buffalo and other unconventional ingredients have been found in almost two thirds of hamburgers and sausages tested in South Africa, a study released on Tuesday showed.

The tests by the University of Stellenbosch were planned before a scandal broke out in Europe over horsemeat labelled as beef that raised concerns worldwide over the risks to human health from a complex and nebulous meat supply chain.

"Our study confirms that the mislabeling of processed meats is commonplace in South Africa and not only violates food labeling regulations, but also poses economic, religious, ethical and health impacts," co-author Louw Hoffman of the university's Department of Animal Sciences, said in a statement.

Soya, donkey, goat, water buffalo and plant material were found in up to 68 percent of the 139 minced meats, burger patties, delicatessen meats, sausages and dried meats tested by the university. The items were not listed as ingredients.

Pork and chicken were the most common fillers found in products that were not supposed to contain them, according to the study that used DNA testing techniques and was published in the journal Food Control.

No similar discoveries had been made over the past two years, when DNA testing became more widely used in South Africa.

Stricter food labelling laws came into effect in the continent's largest economy in March last year, with mandatory information required on content, country of origin and allergens.

But there is no mandatory government testing of food sold in South Africa.

"It is a wake-up call for the industry to abide with the new labelling regulations," Hoffman, a noted game meat researcher, told Reuters.

He said extensive tests over two weeks of more than 100 samples had found no trace of horse meat.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Donkey_from_Shrek.jpg/200px-Donkey_from_Shrek.jpg

Edited February 26, 2013 by Arpa

[Yervant1]

Azerbaijani hysteria on Artsakh's participation in international tourism exhibition in Milan gave no results

http://armenpress.am/static/news/b/2013/03/710184.jpg12:07, 2 March, 2013

 

YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARMENPRESS. An international tourism exhibition was held in Milan, Italy on February 14-17. This year the Nagorno Karabakh Republic participated apart from Armenia for the first time – exciting books, videos, wine, brandy and other stuff. The Nagorno Karabakh delegation consisted of 4 members headed by Sergey Shahverdyan – Head of the Historical Environment Protection and Tourism Department of the Government Sergey Shahverdyan.

"Pyunik" information center in Milan told "Armenpress" that the Azerbaijani pavilion was near to the pavilion of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. This time, too, the Azerbaijanis yielded to self-deception in order to "justify" their own loss being unable to ignore the fact that Nagorno Karabakh has its own pavilion and introduces itself to the world as an independent unit. Few hours after the exhibition opened one of the representatives of Azerbaijan approached the Nagorno Karabakh pavilion and arrogantly declared that Nagorno Karabakh having a separate pavilion is a violation of international legal norms. He demanded on leaving the pavilion and stopping distribution of leaflets about Artsakh. They also intruded the pavilion during the night and stole booklets and a big poster with inscription "Nagorno Karabakh".

The Chief Security Official called Kochukyan and Shahverdyan to his office, where four Azerbaijanis were waiting for them. They introduced a number of absurd statements and when the Chief Security Official realizing the absurdity of the Azerbaijanis' claims and their behavior, said that they had chosen a wrong place for holding such discussions. Moreover, continuation of this kind of behavior may become a reason to deprive Azerbaijan of a chance to introduce a pavilion in the next exhibition.

- See more at: http://armenpress.am/eng/news/710184/azerbaijani-hysteria-on-artsakhs-participation-in-international-tourism-exhibition-in-milan-gave-no.html#sthash.5CSlaXUz.dpuf

[Yervant1]

This idiot should get the retard of the century award!!!!

Women should be beaten slightly

 

NEWS.AM

March 09, 2013 | 13:04

 

 

In the case when violence against women is condemned even more on the

International Women's Day - which is celebrated every year on March 8 - ,

Mehmet Demirer, the head of the Kirikkale Provincial Office of

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), unpleasantly

surprised everyone with his `greetings' to women.

 

In his Facebook account, the Turkish party official congratulated

women in connection with the women's day, but gave an astonishing

advice to men, Hürriyet daily of Turkey reports.

 

`You have received women as a gift from God. You have rights toward

women, and they, toward you. If they do something without your

permission, you may scare them by beating them lightly,' Demirer

wrote.

 

 

[Yervant1]

As usual they are inventing stories to fit their agendas.

Iranian media: Iran supported Armenian militants during Karabakh war - UPDATED

 

 

http://apa.az/photos/Qarabag%20ishgal%20altinda%20250912.jpg

[ 11 March 2013 10:11 ]

Baku. Konul Jafarli – APA. Iran supported Armenian militants during Karabakh war, says an article published by Irdiplomacy, one of the famous Iranian websites, APA reports.

 

 

The article says Nagorno Karabakh declared its independence in 1992 and Armenia seized power there: “Azerbaijan waged the war as it wanted to get back Karabakh. Iran supported Armenian militants in Karabakh. It caused Azerbaijan’s rapprochement with Israel against Iran.”

[Armenak]

My favorite new Facebook group... they are reconnecting with their roots by learning the "enemy's tongue"!

 

https://az-az.facebook.com/ermenidili?ref=stream

 

Ermənicə Öyrənək - Düşməni Tanıyaq

 

[Yervant1]

17:04 18/03/2013 » Society

Azerbaijani customs detained oppositionists, accusing them of smoking Armenian cigarettes

 

 

Several members of the Azerbaijani opposition party "Musavat" were detained while crossing the Georgian-Azerbaijani border, the Azeri information portal "Haqqin.az" reports referring to "Azadlig" newspaper.

 

They stopped Akif Mamedli, the Chairman of organization of "Musavat" party in Balakan district, and party activists Ahmed Osman and Azizov Garzalieva, with no apparent reason and started asking questions, and later started to insult,” said the senior Customs Lieutenant Elchin Rahmanly.

 

After that, according to the source, Musavat members were searched. Not finding anything they caviled at a pack of cigarettes “VIP” that were purchased in Georgia, which were allegedly made in Armenia. "Bickering and insults to Musavat members, accompanied by insulting words, continued up to the prosecution of Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP) members and Musavat members which as if cooperate with the Armenian side,” reports the portal.

 

Ahmed Garzaliev said that recently the negative attitude of the population to the current government of Azerbaijan has increased; people prefer to be with the opposition.

 

"For this reason, the district administration gave curtain directions to some structures to watch us and to blackmail us. Black PR is carried out against local activists openly. And for any unpleasant incidents that may occur, the district administration will carry the responsibility," said a member of the party.

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

Stealing other people's culture is one of their human values!!!!

AZERI PRESIDENT SETS OFF NATIONAL VALUES AGAINST UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES

 

NEWS.AM

March 20, 2013 | 22:40

 

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev publically claims there is an

essential difference between universal human values and Azerbaijani

national values.

 

During his speech at the Muslim Novruz Bayram festival, Aliyev

stressed that Azerbaijani government is committed to the national

values and not to European universal values, haqqin.az informs.

 

"Of course, we share common human values and have respect for European

values. However, our national values, Azerbaijani values, are above

all for us. Modern independent Azerbaijani state is built on a solid

foundation. Today Azerbaijan is developing rapidly and successfully in

all directions," Aliyev said.

 

What exactly is the essence of "national Azerbaijani values"?

 

The president did not explain, however, if one draws conclusions based

on the actions of Azerbaijani authorities, it can be argued that among

the "values" is a brutal assassination of a sleeping person. Yes, that

is true. The accused murderer of the Armenian officer Gurgen

Margaryan, Azerbaijani military officer, in accordance with European

and universal values, was sentenced in Hungary to life imprisonment,

however, when he was returned home to continue his imprisonment in

Azeri prison, according to the Azerbaijani national values, he became

a national hero.

 

Furthermore, in addition to honoring murderers of sleeping people,

another Azerbaijani value is annihilation of the Armenian nation and

the Armenian cultural heritage: recall the destruction of the Armenian

cross-stones on present Azerbaijani territory of Julfa.

 

 

[Yervant1]

AZERBAIJAN SILENCED AS IT QUESTIONS "ILLEGITIMATE" ELECTION IN NEIGHBOURING ARMENIA

 

Sacramento Bee, CA

March 21 2013

 

 

Azerbaijan was silenced at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council

of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday after one of its delegates was heckled

and then barred from speaking while addressing the committee on the

recent election in neighbouring Armenia.

 

Azerbaijani delegate, Elkhan Suleymanov, was speaking on the election

that returned to power Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, a former

military commander linked to the massacre of civilians in the town

of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, on 26th February of 1992.

 

Azerbaijan has branded his re-election "illegitimate" given his

role in the massacre and due to Armenia's continued occupation of

Nagorno-Karabakh that has displaced one million Azerbaijanis. Despite

numerous resolutions by the UN, PACE, the Organisation for Security

and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Parliament, Armenia

continues to occupy 20 percent of its neighbour's territory.

 

Just two minutes into his speech, Suleymanov was interrupted by

Armenian delegates and was then stunned to see the Chairman of the

PACE Monitoring Committee, Andres Herkel, effectively side with the

hecklers by cutting short Suleymanov's speech.

 

"I was angered and amazed," Suleymanov said afterwards, adding that

he was "only going to speak for three minutes on a day when other

debates occupied more than three hours."

 

More than the interruptions by the Armenian delegates, Azerbaijan is

disappointed with the actions of Herkel, which it says brings into

question his independence as Chairman.

 

"It seems like Mr. Herkel is openly giving support to Armenia,"

Suleymanov said.

 

He added that he wants to clarify this incident "in the interest of

the credibility of our organisation and the firm application of a

good democratic practice" because his nation takes very seriously

institutions such as PACE as a forum for working through issues

affecting regional peace and stability.

 

Azerbaijan believes the election of President Sargsyan in Armenia will

do nothing to promote the peace process. He was returned to power in

a poll that involved one candidate embarking on a hunger strike to

protest campaign violations and another being shot and wounded in an

attempted assassination.

 

SOURCE Azerbaijan Monitor

 

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/21/5281080/azerbaijan-silenced-as-it-questions.html

[Zartonk]

"Of course, we share common human values and have respect for European

values. However, our national values, Azerbaijani values, are above

all for us. Modern independent Azerbaijani state is built on a solid

foundation. Today Azerbaijan is developing rapidly and successfully in

all directions," Aliyev said.

 

 

"We value your values, but our values which contradict your values are more valuable."

 

Dumbass.

Edited March 22, 2013 by Zartonk

[Yervant1]

DIPLOMAT FROM AZERBAIJANI EMBASSY TO U. S. FAILED TO INTERRUPT REPORT OF ARMENIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST

 

14:18, 22 March, 2013

 

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. On March 20th, Vilen Khlgatyan,

Vice-Chair of the Political Developments Research Center spoke at

the Institute of World Politics (IWP) in Washington, D.C. on the

"Petro-politics of Azerbaijan". The event was attended by diplomats,

political analysts and representatives of academic community.

 

The Public Relations Department of the Political Developments Research

Centre informed "Armenpress" that during the course of the discussion

Mr. Khlgatyan presented the oil and natural gas projects in Azerbaijan,

the internal politics of the country, and its foreign policy. The

Azerbaijani economy is heavily dependent on the energy sector. "All

indicators show that the regime in Baku has made no serious efforts to

change and diversify the economy, which means that Azerbaijan is likely

to experience the effects of 'Dutch Disease' and a failing economy

should shale gas become more readily available on the global market".

 

The Azerbaijani strategy of using its energy resources as a foreign

policy tool started under Haydar Aliyev, when he realized that

inviting Western energy firms would serve the duel goals of keeping

Russia at bay, and birthing an incentive for the West, chiefly the

US, and UK to take an interest in Azerbaijan. His son, the current

dictator of Azerbaijan, followed suit and added another layer to the

policy of "caviar diplomacy" by pouring money into the State Oil

Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ), and using those funds to carrying out

an aggressive public diplomacy and information war campaign, mainly

targeted at Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora. Examples mentioned by

Mr. Khlgatyan included the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, the Haydar

Aliyev statue in Mexico City, and the alleged bribe paid to the

Hungarian government to extradite axe-murderer, Ramil Safarov.

 

Mr. Khlgatyan also spoke about the authoritarian nature of Azerbaijani

politics, and the de fact one party rule under the New Azerbaijan

Party. Every election Azerbaijan has held in the last decade has been

widely criticized as undemocratic, corrupt, and illegitimate. This

has not stopped Ilham Aliyev from making further efforts to increase

his power, such as the 2009 referendum to abolish presidential term

limits. Moreover, allegations surfaced in recent years that Aliyev's

son owns mansions in the United Arab Emirates, and the younger of

his two daughters owns millions in shares of the main mobile phone

operator in Azerbaijan. Aliyev has established a kleptocracy which

consistently ranks among the most corrupt states in the world according

to Transparency International.

 

Azerbaijan's foreign policy in regards to its neighbors was discussed

as well, specifically its tense ties with Iran, hostility toward

Armenia, and strategic relations with Turkey. The main aim of

Azerbaijan has been to isolate Armenia from all regional energy

projects, and use its energy to keep Russia at bay and attract Western

political support and economic investment.

 

During the Question and Answer sessions, following Mr. Khlgatyan's

remarks that under Aliyev's rule freedom of expression and thought

have been curtailed. Fakhraddin Ismayilov, a diplomat from the

Azerbaijani embassy, went on a tirade and criticized the Institute

of World Politics and forum moderator Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

for allowing an ethnic Armenian to speak on Azerbaijan. He further

alleged that the presentation was lacking in facts and that because

no Azerbaijani had been contacted to provide information, that the

presentation was biased. Yet, he offered no examples of how the

presentation was unfactual. The Azerbaijani embassy representative's

diatribe against IWP for allowing an Armenian-American to speak on

Azerbaijan highlight this fact better than anything Mr. Khlgatyan

could have said. Ad hominem attacks against Mr. Khlgatyan would have

continued had Dr. Chodakiewicz not put an end to the ranting of Mr.

 

Ismayilov, which caused the Azerbaijani diplomat to sit sourly in

his chair for the remainder of the Question and Answer session.

[Yervant1]

Ilham Aliyev couldn't have written any better!

AZERBAIJAN'S EXAMPLE OF HOW TO BREED SUCCESS

 

The Washington Times

March 19, 2013 Tuesday

 

U.S. must signal Russia and Iran to keep hands' off

 

By S. Rob Sobhani SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

 

As the world focuses on the passing of Hugo Chavez and the impact of

his socialist policies on oil-rich Venezuela, halfway around the globe

a different kind of leader has been quietly transforming his country

into a prosperous and reliable partner of the West. Since assuming the

presidency in 2003, Ilham Aliyev, the 52-year old Azerbaijani head

of state, has used his country's vast energy resources to make the

transition from a centrally planned economy to a free and prosperous

one. While socialism has ruined Venezuela's enormous potential, Mr.

 

Aliyev's adoption of market capitalism has transformed his country

into the Kuwait of the former Soviet Union with an average annual gross

domestic product growth rate of 24 percent over the past 10 years.

 

Chavez's governing style was to put demagoguery before country. In Mr.

 

Aliyev, Azerbaijanis have a leader who has put his country before

ideology. For example, unlike Chavez, who drove away American energy

companies, Mr. Aliyev has welcomed cooperation with the likes of

Exxon and Chevron. The results are phenomenal: Azerbaijan's 1 million

barrels per day of oil is exported via pipeline to consumers around

the world without any glitch, and its oil fund now stands at more

than $35 billion. Unlike Chavez, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Iran's

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mr. Aliyev does not use his country's oil as

a weapon. Instead, he shares Washington's vision of an uninterrupted

flow of oil and gas from the landlocked Caspian Sea to international

markets.

 

Unlike Chavez, who spent his time with thugs and anti-Semites such

as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mr. Aliyev has steered this

Shia Muslim nation of 8 million clear of religious fundamentalism.

 

When one meets with this forward-looking leader, the first topic of

conversation is the importance of religious tolerance. Mr. Aliyev

and a majority of Azerbaijanis pride themselves on having created a

society whose foundation rests on cultural and religious coexistence.

 

While operatives of the Iranian regime kill Israeli tourists around

the world, Mr. Aliyev takes pride in inaugurating synagogues and

churches in downtown Baku.

 

On foreign policy, while Chavez became the ringleader of the

anti-American club, Mr. Aliyev has promoted friendly ties with the

United States. Immediately after the attacks on our country on Sept.

 

11, 2001, Azerbaijan extended its hand of cooperation in the war

against terrorism. Today, troops from Azerbaijan serve in Afghanistan

carrying out dangerous missions alongside American soldiers. In fact,

according to Sen. John McCain, Azerbaijan's special forces have

performed critical operations with courage and skill.

 

Mr. Aliyev also understands that we live in the 21st century and is

investing his country's wealth in the future. The recent launch of

Azerspace I is a clear example of his forward-thinking approach. The

satellite was manufactured by Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp.,

supporting 1,500 American jobs. He understands that growing the

nascent satellite industry will boost his country's intellectual

capacity and knowledge stream through constant research and education.

 

It is not surprising that 2013 was declared the year of information and

communications technologies by the president. The launch of Azerspace

marks another milestone in the partnership between Washington and Baku.

 

Although Azerbaijan is making steady progress in its transition to

a free-market economy and an elevated standard of living for its

citizens, challenges remain. The legacy of human rights violations

and corruption inherited from Soviet times has presented some bumps on

the road to smoother bilateral relations between the United States and

Azerbaijan. Nonetheless, under the leadership of Mr. Aliyev, Azerbaijan

is making the arduous transition to a democracy. Washington must work

with Baku in order to address these issues, but also remember that

America's transition to a free and fair country took many years.

 

In recognition of Azerbaijan's role as a reliable and responsible ally

in the broader Middle East and its strategic location (situated between

a belligerent Russia and theocratic Iran), Washington should take two

immediate steps to further broaden and strengthen this relationship:

First, the United States must make a more robust effort at the

resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and

Armenia. President Obama's second term affords no domestic political

land mines. Since the new secretary of state, John F. Kerry, is known

to be a friend of Armenia and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is a good

friend of Azerbaijan, it is in U.S. national security interest to end

this "frozen" conflict. Second, Mr. Obama should invite Mr. Aliyev

to the White House to show America's appreciation to a friend and

ally. Beyond showing our appreciation, we must send a signal to Moscow

and Tehran that we will not tolerate any adventurism or pushing around

of smaller countries in the region.

 

As the world contemplates the effects of Chavez's rule of Venezuela, it

is a useful moment to consider how a very different kind of leadership

in a strategically important, energy-rich country has led not to

confrontation, but to partnership. Azerbaijan still has some work

to do in building its democratic institutions, but in the meantime,

it has been laying the foundations of economic prosperity for its

people. For an example of how Venezuela could have turned out better,

one need only look at Azerbaijan.

 

S. Rob Sobhani is CEO of Caspian Group Holdings.

 

[Armenak]

Ilham Aliyev couldn't have written any better!

The author is an American (of Iranian Azeri descent) who has had close ties to Azerbaijani leaders, going back to the Soviet days.

[Yervant1]

Is this guy a scientist or a moron ?

19:00 28/03/2013 » Society

Azerbaijani scientists confessed that they wanted to cause artificial earthquake in Metsamor NPP

 

 

Director of the Institute of Radiation Problems of the National Academy of Sciences Adil Garibov has proposed to check Metsamor NPP in Armenia for resistance in extreme conditions. To do this, the Azerbaijani scientist suggests to cause an artificial earthquake.

 

As the site “Publika.az” reports, Garibov stated that Metsamor NPP is still working normally and has not been tested for resistance at 9 magnitude earthquake.

 

"If an earthquake or other extreme situation occurs there, how will the reactor act? It needs to be checked out in extreme conditions, but no one does it. It is possible to cause such an artificial earthquake, let's check whether Metsamor NPP will withstand or not. Naturally, the reactor will not stand it. We believe in the tests of international structures and do not put them into question. But let at least one international expert answer, whether the reactor will resist the earthquake of 9 balls and whether Armenia will be able to supply its operation? This is our demand," said the director of the ANAS Institute of Radiation Issues.

 

He also expressed his outrage for the fact that the neighboring countries do not support the initiative of Azerbaijan.

 

Earlier, the director of the Azerbaijan Center for Political Innovations and Technologies Mubariz Ahmedoglu stated that the bombing of Metsamor NPP by Azerbaijan is rather real act during the Karabakh war, and even more efficient for the "liberation" of territories. "As soon as the rocket will fall at the plant or storage of nuclear waste, the whole Armenian army would start to save the Armenian civilians and will leave the occupied territory," the analyst said.

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

AZERBAIJAN GENERATES "BRILLIANT IDEAS": LET'S MAKE AN EARTHQUAKE

 

NEWS.AM

March 28, 2013 | 13:36

 

Azerbaijani side made a "brilliant" offer to test operation of

Armenia-based nuclear power plant not in normal but in extreme

conditions, that is by making an earthquake.

 

This "bright" idea was voiced by Director of the Institute of

radiation problems of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences

Adil Garibov. In an interview with APA agency he said "9-magnitude

earthquake resistance of the Metsamor NPP has not been verified."

 

"Metsamor NPP is located in 9 magnitude earthquake zone. What will be

the results for the reactor in powerful earthquakes and extreme cases?

 

Therefore the reactor should be tested in extreme conditions. We trust

the tests carried out by foreign specialists at Metsamor NPP and can

not doubt it. Let any foreign specialist answer 'Will this reactor be

able to sustain or Armenia to ensure its sustainability, if 9-magnitude

earthquake occurs?' These are our demands," APA quotes Garibov.

 

The scientist, however, avoids speaking about consequences of possible

attack of Azerbaijan, since his country is permanently voicing threats

to unleash war.

 

Representatives of the Armenian NPP do not take such assertions

seriously.

 

"IAEA experts visited Metsamor NPP last fall. They gave positive

assessments. We have no problems. NPP's safety is ensured fully,"

they said.

 

Azerbaijan is constantly raising the issue of Armenian nuclear

power plan in attempt to exert pressure on the Armenian side and

gain political and economic dividends for the settlement of Karabakh

conflict in their interests.

[Nané]

Թուրք ծրագրավորողն ու հայկական ուտեստները

 

 

Թուրք ծրագրավորողը հայկական ուտեստները ներկայացրել է քողարկված մանիպուլյացիայով: Ոլորտի մասնագետների խորհուրդը մեկն է` գումար չծախսել ու անպետք հավելվածը չբեռնել:

[Arpa]

Thank you Nane for the laughter.

Off topic maybe? I know this is Comedistan, but I don't think this a laughing matter.

If only that comedian Sedrak would mind his pots and pans, rather than falling in the frying pan, make a fool of himself and us. Can we stop speaking furkish and start speaking Armenian, trying to tell the world that that TURKISH WORD DOLMA is from the Armeno-Urartian TOLI**. Instead of telling us the ARMENIAN WORDS for them.Please someone, show us a picture of the Urartuan recipe of TOLI.

Do we speak Armenian Here? Or is this is the DOLMA BASTURMA FORUM?

** Yeah, yeah we know that Urartuan Ararat/Aghori/Akori is now known as agri dagh.

 

PS. A million heavenly angels will not convince me that the furkish WORD DOLMA is of Armenian origin.

Please google DOLMA and see what is said.

[Armenak]

Azerbaijani MP from ruling party suggests severing ties with all foreign institutions and Western embassies because "they regularly interfere into Azerbaijan's internal affairs."

 

http://blog.novruzov.az/2013/04/mp-from-ruling-party-proposes-to-shut.html

[Yervant1]

TURKISH WRITER: ISRAEL'S APOLOGY PREPARED GROUNDS FOR TURKEY TO APOLOGIZE TO ARMENIA

 

18:25 02/04/2013 " IN THE WORLD

 

Turkish writer Ismet Ozel wrote on article on Israel's recent apology

to Turkey over the raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed

eight Turks and a Turkish- American in 2010, Ermenihaber.am news

website reported. Ozel believes that Israel's apology can prepare

grounds for Turkey to apologize to Armenia.

 

Israel's apology was part of a CIA operation and the plan for 2015,

Ozel says. Israel would never apologize to an authoritative country.

 

With this move, it paves the way for Turkey to apologize to Armenia

in 2015.

 

"The U.S. reminds Israel of the formula "give one, take five." It

will be in the interests of both Tel Aviv and Athens if Turkey pays

compensation to Armenia. One should just be an AKP member [Turkey's

ruling Justice and Development Party] to fail to understand it,"

Ozel says.

 

Source: Panorama.am

[Armenak]

From a recent subtly anti-Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh conference at Johns Hopkins: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2OIlcvqSHCaalVReHVPOFlQOGM/edit?pli=1

 

Some of their wonderful suggestions include Armenia "renouncing claims on Turkey" and for Azerbaijanis abroad to "continue to lobby and raise awareness about crimes committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis to create a more balanced public opinion in relation to the NK conflict." Oh, I also liked the part about peacekeepers being from neutral countries like Finland and the Czech Republic.

[Yervant1]

18:35 19/04/2013 » Society

Aznews.az: Azerbaijani tales promoting zoophilia, incest and homosexuality

 

 

In January 2004, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on mass publications of literary works in Azerbaijani language using the new Latin alphabet. In accordance with the decree signed in 2005, the publishing house "East-West" reissued five-volume book called "Azerbaijani Tales" that was published by the Academy of Sciences in 1963.

 

As the aznews.az reports, the fairy tales, that were published in the final - the fifth - volume of the collection carry out propaganda of immorality of the Azerbaijani people. Thus, in the fairy tale, "Shah the fire-worshiper" tells about a ruler, who tried to possess his daughter-in-law and his blood daughter. Shah wanted to kill his son to take possession of the latter’s wife, but he did not succeed, and he decided to marry his daughter. "Why should I give you to someone else? I would better keep you for myself," says the hero of the Azerbaijani tale to his daughter.

 

Another tale, entitled "Unwanted groom" tells about zoophilia and incest: it is about the sexual intercourse between two brothers, and their father’s with cows. Besides that it becomes clear from the fairy tale that all the men of the family enter into a sexual relationship with their mother.

 

Scenes of perversions and immorality can be found in many fairy tales published in this book. They are written in an open and obscene form. Besides that there is an Armenian carpet on the cover of the book, with Christian symbolisms and ornaments which, however is presented as Azerbaijani.

Source: Panorama.am

[Arpa]

INULIN INSULIN?

 

A Comedy of Errors? **

When I first saw this piece of news it was spelled as INULIN (without the S). My first instinct was that it was misspelled, and that they meant InSulin. I said to myself. Oh no, not another armenicum!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenicum

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=45324#entry297663

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=39154#entry288722

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=39781#entry289571

 

http://news.am/eng/news/153786.html

Armenia to have insulin-producing venture

May 16, 2013 | 15:46

YEREVAN. – Within the framework of the “Project to Establish an Armenian-Chinese Venture on Insulin Production,” it is planned to found a modern-technology-based insulin production in Armenia.

The main raw material for this venture will be the Jerusalem artichoke**, which the local farms will grow with special technical requirements.

An annual amount of 3,000-3,500 tons of insulin, 1,000 tons of fructose, 1,200 tons of cellulose, and 12,000 tons of biofertilizers are planned to be produced by this venture.

To assist in this project, the Government of Armenia on Thursday decided to allocate close to 3 million drams (approx. $7,200) to the Ministry of Economy, to set up a contest to attract foreign capital.

Along the lines of this project, an annual amount of 30,000 tons of Jerusalem artichoke must be grown from 3,000 hectares.

===

**See Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors

Inulin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inulin

**Jerusalem Artichoke;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke

 

PS. See the Armenian version of the above News-Am URL where it is spelled without the S

Edited May 26, 2013 by Arpa

[MosJan]

In Azerbaijan, Cooking up a Stew with Political Ramifications

 

 

The increasingly indispensable Roads & Kingdoms blog has a wonderful new piece that takes a look at the Azeri tradition of cooking up khash, a hearty though labor-intensive stew made using a sheep's head, hooves and stomach that have gone through various processes in order to render the final product. What I found particularly interesting about the piece, written by Mark Hay, was its suggestion that for Azeris, cooking khash was as much a political act as a culinary one. From the article:

Staking out a claim on khash, naming it as something uniquely Azerbaijani, is a far weightier thing to do in the Caucasus than it is for Florida or Massachusetts to claim key lime or Boston cream pies, respectively, as their own though. Naming a food here is a political act, filled with fire and vigorm, as the contest over foods has been imbued with the long-simmering tensions of regional border disputes.

During the Soviet era, the Caucasus was a site of mass expulsions of ethinc groups. Afterwards, it was wracked by violence over ethnic-historical land claims and slippery borders. The last decade has been, in contrast, calm. Yet the accusations still fly, especially between Azerbaijan and neighboring Armenia (who technically remain at war):

the other side is a destroyer of culture, usurper of history and identity.

While total war stays on the table, both nations now assert their claims through an all-pervading cultural war. This includes Armenia’s boycott of the Eurovision song contest in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. Or the implicit Azerbaijani threats to shoot down commercial planes that try to land at airports in Nagorno-Karabakh. Or the protests at the start of the year against former Azerbaijani politician and current novelist Ekrem Eylisli for sympathizing with Armenian claims in his novella “Stone Dreams.” But spend any time eating khash in Mardakan and it will become clear: in Azerbaijan today, food is the real front line.

Of course, as chronicled on this blog, khash is not the only dish that has led to food fights in the Caucasus, with the origins of keshkek, dolma and wine all being contested regionally. We can now, it seems, add khash to the list of dishes who pack as much political power as flavor