Pig's Ear

I'm not sure I understand the little Traffic Doctor (Head Prefect of Iran)'s reasoning for hanging criminals in his own country.
He seems to think it will piss off 'The U.S.' as though the whole of the United States spoke with one voice.
And then, it turns out, the executions are supposed to put The Fear into the hearts of some mysterious political activists, spurred on by the U.S.
Conspiracies.

Ok, so what would annoy right-minded people in the western world?
Be careful, the U.S. is the only remaining country in the West where Capital Punishment is still practised, so hanging people on its own isn't sufficient to get the collective American knickers in a twist.

In recent reports however, we have seen such outrageous shenanigans in Iran as a young woman being put to death for being raped. So, that would pretty much get us all hopping.

But no, the executed have been the actual rapists, murderers and general naughty people. Admittedly, I smell a bit of a rat over the 'indecent acts'. I can well imagine what Mad, Bad, Jihad thinks of as indecent acts, and it isn't hanging pre-teens for being raped.
But again, the U.S. doesn't speak with one voice about homosexuality, and I'm sure there are probably parts of deepest Texas where hanging a few gay guys wouldn't upset the locals. Homosexuality is a declared capital offence there in any case - no! Iran I meant.
Apostasy is too apparently, and to be fair, it's not four hundred years since Heresy was a burning, hanging or disembowelling offence in Europe.

The argument is apparently, that those who have been hanged are not the thugs and criminals Pint Size Prefect declares, but rather, the aforementioned political activists. But then if the activists are the ones who murdered a High Court judge, I'm not convinced.

The Traffic Doc is already unpopular, and not just because he's short. Oh well, alright, maybe it is because he's short, but mainly because young people in his country actually want what America has to offer. I think he's losing the plot, let's just hope he stays lost for a bit longer.

All of which pales into insignificance beside the news that Ikea has gone on strike. Not just any Ikea either, MY Ikea. And as usual, the local press is making a complete pig's ear of letting us know any details.
According to the papers, the workers, who have a union, are striking because people who have been there longer are being paid more. Hmmm...well, duh.
But I think the story should be that a couple of years ago, the union negotiated a certain entry level of hourly pay for its workers, and ones who have been taken on recently are being paid less.

Still, I am not amused.