excavations continue at Jiroft while war drums beat

Yep... as Jiroft further emerges as one of the more important centers of early civilization, the march continues for America to start a war with Iran. (Here's some photos of the Konar-Sandal site.) Bush would probably direct tactical nukes on the site, just because he's a clueless asshole. Kermān Province seems to be economically important.

On the bright side, i ran across this post this morning dissecting how disingenuously misleading that Zogby poll is that declares that 52% of Americans support an airstrike on Iran to prevent it acquiring nuclear capabilities. No, "disingenuously misleading" is not quite right... it's more like an outright lie. Read that post. Zogby is a shill for the strange hawkish forces that continue to mire the U.S. in losing wars, destroying our military and needlessly creating new enemies.