I remember one summer I was hanging out by the railings of the motorshed. There was this girl China who went with a real hit biker who was a metalhead. She would always look me up and down, talking dirty eyes. A bit later I ran into her while other guys broke heads in the Sugar Shack. She offered me a drink but I told her not to give me a drink as I didn't wanna get too stoned. She laughed and commented that we were gonna see who was gonna take who home. She suggested that maybe we take a ride going south where her mother writes. We left it all so far away but one thing was sure and that was that China got the runaround.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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