StillUndefeated

On a freight train leavin' town Not knowin' where I’m bound I just wanna bankroll terror And no one could change my mind but Mama tried.

Now it makes sense why Yazdani got destroyed by Buchanan. I really thought Ehsan Amini was in his corner.

22 Bahman attendees? You mean the military, IRGC, and Basijis who show up in civilian clothes with their families? Or the government employees forced to be there? Yeah, it’s pretty clear what they want. They want to keep their jobs and not get their paychecks cut. Or maybe you mean the poor villagers who've never even seen Tehran and get bused in with 'free trip' promises and a can of tomato paste? (I mean, isn't the upgrade from Sandis to tomato paste proof enough that the U.S. has failed in the region? ). And what about the thousands of students whose schools are mandated to drag them out to these rallies? I remember when I was a student, the school would literally take us to those marches every year. You guys used to say Pahlavi couldn’t even get four people into the streets. So how did all those protesters suddenly become “Pahlavi supporters” in your narrative? To answer your question: many protesters see him as a transitional leader, not necessarily the next Shah. Some might want a monarchy, others definitely don’t. Protesters aren't a monolith.

Never understood how an attorney can try to get a 'not guilty' verdict for a client, even when they know for a fact the person did it.

ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting.

So when my dad used to tell me I was just an "accident," he actually meant I was "an inevitable occurrence due to immutable natural laws"? Damn! I always thought he meant I was just born by chance.

ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.

ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.

If the Church still ran the West, most modern science would be branded "absurd."

ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Clarke’s translation is pretty literal, so some terms can sound a bit obscure. "one colour" (yek-rang) = sincere and genuine. "self-seller" (khod-foroush) = sellout.

yes.

I do.

This is just one of the many times I’ve told you Iran funds Hamas. You’re literally stuck on a loop. And you have the nerve to claim Somalis have an IQ below 70? If they’re below 70, you’re definitely below 50.

I’ve explained this to you a dozen times, but like I said, you’re allergic to learning. I do. I’m gonna fund every extremist group on the planet just to watch you seethe. Actually, I’m gonna donate my entire paycheck to the drug cartels just to make sure they flood New York and set up shop right in your neighborhood.

You’re not only an idiot, but you also refuse to learn.

Alright, professor. All of the countries you’re hinting at are Arab and predominantly Sunni. And now you think they’re all going to retaliate over Iran? Iran isn’t Arab. It’s not Sunni. It’s not ethnically the same, not linguistically the same, not culturally the same. Arabs and Iranians don’t even speak each other’s language, and many Arabs don’t even consider Iranians Muslims. What retaliation are you talking about?

Well, that missile coming from the sky doesn’t ask me if I want to die or not. True! Your deep understanding of Middle Eastern affairs is honestly mind-blowing. But please hold Islamic studies on odd days, even days are reserved for math.

If war breaks out and I die, hold a funeral and cry for me. I want full-on bawling from you and Jimmy! Go ahead and do all those Christian rituals for my sins. Just in case there’s an afterlife: if the Muslims are right, my sister’s prayers will save me; if the Christians are right, I’m counting on yours and Jimmy’s.

Now he says "It's none of our business; we're only concerned with Iran's nuclear program".

Just a month ago he said help was on the way for Iranian protesters. Tens of thousands have been killed, and Trump did absolutely nothing.

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it has 10 to 15 days to reach a deal over its nuclear program, or “really bad things” will happen. Iran’s envoy to the United Nations said Tehran will respond “decisively” to any military aggression. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/20/trump-gives-iran-10-15-days-to-make-deal-warns-bad-things-will I think the regime actually struck a deal with Trump. Either there won’t be a war, or they’ll just stage a fake conflict. The regime’s not going anywhere.

In Persian literature, especially in Hafez’s poetry, 'total abstainers' are called Zaheds. I've shared some thoughts on Hafez earlier in this post if you want to check it out. Here are a couple of lines from one of Hafez’s famous ghazals, translated by Clarke back in the 1800s. The Zahed, outward‑worshipper! Of our state, knowledge is none; In respect of us, whatever he saith, room for abhorrence is none. To go to the Tavern‑door is the work of those of one colour: For the Self‑sellers, path into the street of the Wine‑Sellers, is none.

ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought You a total abstainer, my son." "So I am, so I am," said the scapegrace caught— "But not, sir, a bigoted one." G.J.