Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) In Pictures

Boston.com's The Big Picture captures the wrath of Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) in a deck card of pictures.

Here are two samples:

See the rest here

Iran's Ongoing Election Drama in Pictures, George Friedman's Take and Social Networks

Boston.com has a fantastic deck of pictures covering the ongoing bitterly disputed post-presidential elections drama.

See first part here Iran's Presidential Election

second part here Iran's Disputed Elections

And third part here Iran's Continued Election Turmoil

Meanwhile, here is Stratfor's George Friedman take on the elections...


Finally, we learned how instrumental or pivotal social networks have been contributing to this unfolding spectacle.

This from the Reuters,

``The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians who are disputing their election.

``Confirmation that the U.S. government had contacted Twitter came as the Obama administration sought to avoid suggestions it was meddling in Iran's internal affairs as the Islamic Republic battled to control deadly street protests over the election result.

``Twitter and Facebook have been used as a tool by many young people to coordinate protests over the election's outcome." (bold highlight mine)