Iran may have gotten its missles onto the cover of the LA Times and plenty of other papers, but the New York Times does some debunking: the photo (as evidenced above) was photoshopped.

This Week: Don’t go outside
Tues | JUNE 24 A Long Beach man calls the cops to serve as witnesses to a local gas pump claiming to have dispensed seven gallons of gas—at a total of more than $30—to fill up his five-gallon gas can, shorting him by about $10. An investigation by the county Department [...]

Hey, that thing called “diplomacy” actually works!
Choosing his words with customary care, Bush recently mentioned Iran and WW III in the same sentence. Neocons have decided that a third front (Iran) will ensure victory on the first two (Afghanistan and Iraq), and have appalled the world by recommending immediate bombing of Iranian nuclear sites. [...]

State of Downtown: The Downtown Long Beach Associate’s Fourth Annual “State of Downtown” presentation feat CSULB President F. King Alexander, Mayor Bob Foster and more. 11:30am-1:30pm.
HYATT LONG BEACH 200 S Pine Ave, Long Beach 90802. 562.485.3136; downtownlongbeach.org.
Howard Tate: The best Philly soul back now after a 30-year hiatus.  Call for info.
SAFARI SAM’S 5214 W Sunset [...]

In the not-so-secret lead up to a potential war with Iran, the FBI traced a peculiar path to find terrorists: falafel sales.
Congressional Quarterly reports that in 2005 and 2006, FBI agents sifted through consumer data from San Francisco-area grocery stores hoping that sales records of falafel and other typical Middle Eastern foods would somehow [...]

Letting loose with nukes
When Dick Cheney assured the pubic in 2002 that it was “a bit over the top” to suggest that the Bush administration was considering “preemptive nuclear strikes” as part of its overall defense strategy, it seemed a safe bet that he was being “a bit less than honest”. It was, and he [...]

Pharoahe Monch: Sean Healy strings together another great show at the Rhythm Lounge, this time bringing in Pharoahe Monch for bits of witty lyricism and hits from one of the top hip-hop albums of the year. 8pm.
RHYTHM LOUNGE 245 Pine Ave, Long Beach 90802. 562.435.4288; rhythm-lounge.com.
Iran Perspectives: As part of its annual UN Day, Cal [...]

The key points: (1) Bush did not create the War on Terror, no matter what the haters say, (2) global warming has been trumped up to distract people from the growing threat of Islamic terrorists, and (3) the hegemony of the left must end before we all die.
Speakers are scheduled to appear at Pepperdine, [...]

So we aren’t that effective when it comes to nation-building. But who is? And “keeping peace” around the globe didn’t turn out to be such a great idea. But don’t forget about American Ingenuity, the efficient, barrier-blasting power that emerges–as dependably as any force in physics–when you pair unfettered minds with a [...]

President Bush has been trying to whip up hysteria about Iran all week, saying astoundingly off-the-wall things like, “If you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing” the Iranians from gaining the means to make nuclear weapons. That would be weird — considering everything else [...]