Out and about.

Been out and about for work over the past few days. With a flaky wireless connection at the hotel, its hard to get online and read. Plus, I'm always watching TV in my room late at night, hoping beyond hope that there is something decent on. Anyway, I decided to find someplace to eat with free internet and coffee.

Time to relax.....

Open up Pajamas Media....

They say that Khamenei is dead.

No confirmation yet, so it may or may not be true. Some things to keep an eye on though. It could take a couple days for this to actually break, or it could be wild rumor. Will there be a scramble to secure his position? Wikipedia notes that his official title is Leader of the Revolution, and considered the absolute ruler of the nation. He ostensibly serves at the pleasure of the Assembly of Experts, and is chosen by them. It will be interesting to see what is reported about this assembly and if their votes will be made public, or if official propoganda will paint the selection as a unified decision. The choice of replacement will be an important thing to watch.

Reminds me of the days when people watched the Kremlin for signals in Soviet policy by watching those who occupied positions of leadership.

Just some thoughts.