Iran comment

I like one of the quotes I heard on a podcast from the BBC. From memory "[the government] is used to making threats and having them obeyed." That statement is highly telling. People are clogging the streets. The 'Supreme Leader' is pissed about the lack of conformity.

Who is the Supreme Leader anyway? Why are we not calling him the president of the country? Why is Obama not talking to this asshole? It sounds like the Iranian president is the secretary of state and the Supreme Leader is the dictator to me. The rule is to negotiate with the one calling the shots. It starting to look like the people of Iran will call at least some of the shots for a while.

There are stories of government agents shooting at satellite dishes on buildings. Phone lines are being cut. all kinds of internet filtering is going on. Someone mentioned that the news organizations are using satellite phones to get news out. Don't those have data connections as well? Might be worth investigation. I wonder if they make burner satellite phones.