Workers went on strike as unrest continued to spread across Egypt today, and Mubarak’s chosen successor, Vice President Omar Suleiman, is threatening a police crackdown.
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Feb 9, 2011 9:51:06am |
Even though I hope it turns out well, I somehow expected it to get ugly first...
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Stanghazi Wed, Feb 9, 2011 9:52:58am |
Check out this tweet pic
acarvin Andy Carvin
MT @waelkhairy88: Many Egyptians are calling this pic the Egyptian equiv of the iconic "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" pic [Link: j.mp...]
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 9, 2011 9:53:44am |
Egypt protesters storm government building
Protesters stormed a government building in the canal city of Port Said on Wednesday and set fire to office furniture and the governor's car, witnesses told Agence France-Presse.
About 3 000 protesters broke doors and windows and forced their way into the Port Said province headquarters, throwing out furniture and setting it on fire, the witnesses said.
They also carried the governor's car out of the building's garage and set fire to it, they said. No one was in the building at the time.
The witnesses added the protesters came from the nearby Zirzara slum, where they had lived in makeshift huts for 15 years and seen their requests for proper housing regularly turned down.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 9:56:58am |
I can see no possible way attempting a police crackdown at this point could backfire.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Feb 9, 2011 9:57:04am |
And what does the army have to say?
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ProMayaLiberal Wed, Feb 9, 2011 9:57:07am |
I think the government should have been paying more attention to the poor. I still don't think the Egyptian government is going to win this one.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 9:59:48am |
re: #6 EmmmieG
And what does the army have to say?
I think they'll let shit start before they step in so they can play the "good guy".
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:00:15am |
Army will let the police crack down and then step in to protect the people, come off as their protector and assume power.
The West will be satisfied enough to continue aid payments. That is all that matters to the army. A few busted heads along the way is the price for keeping the gravy train rolling.
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Alexzander Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:00:41am |
I'm surprised that Egypt didn't follow in Iran's footsteps with respect to crushing the opposition. I wonder if they are actively targeting the most organized online anti-state individuals.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:02:24am |
re: #10 Alexzander
I'm surprised that Egypt didn't follow in Iran's footsteps with respect to crushing the opposition. I wonder if they are actively targeting the most organized online anti-state individuals.
I think it all has to do with who really holds the power.
The Egyptian army doesn't want the demonstrators killed (too much). The Revolutionary Guard did.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:02:41am |
re: #8 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I think they'll let shit start before they step in so they can play the "good guy".
Or start shit with plainclothes officers, then come in heavy because "things were out of hand".
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:03:05am |
One can cite parallels with Iran, but the key difference is that Egypt has little elverage outside threatening to close the SUez canal or reneging on its treaties with Israel.
Either option will cost them billions in foreign aid and foreign tourism, which they cannot afford. That makes them a lot more amenable to a moderate solution.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:05:02am |
re: #13 ralphieboy
One can cite parallels with Iran, but the key difference is that Egypt has little elverage outside threatening to close the SUez canal or reneging on its treaties with Israel.
Either option will cost them billions in foreign aid and foreign tourism, which they cannot afford. That makes them a lot more amenable to a moderate solution.
Because, you know, pyramids and mummies and hieroglyphics are cool.
(I'd love to see the pyramids. There's nothing in Iran I want to see so badly I'd be willing to travel there.)
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mr.fusion Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:05:48am |
re: #11 EmmmieG
I think it all has to do with who really holds the power.
The Egyptian army doesn't want the demonstrators killed (too much). The Revolutionary Guard did.
That's it right there.....we'll see what side the army takes when the order comes down to start cracking skulls. Either way, we have reached a tipping point. This will come to a resolution by this weekend, either with the protesters backing down or Mubarak fleeing in the middle of the night. I guess option C would be the protesters and army marching to the palace and dragging Mubarak out and through the streets.
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if any of those happened
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:07:24am |
re: #15 mr.fusion
That's it right there...we'll see what side the army takes when the order comes down to start cracking skulls. Either way, we have reached a tipping point. This will come to a resolution by this weekend, either with the protesters backing down or Mubarak fleeing in the middle of the night. I guess option C would be the protesters and army marching to the palace and dragging Mubarak out and through the streets.
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if any of those happened
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the protestors broke into song.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:08:04am |
re: #14 EmmmieG
Because, you know, pyramids and mummies and hieroglyphics are cool.
(I'd love to see the pyramids. There's nothing in Iran I want to see so badly I'd be willing to travel there.)
Not even the Bandian Fire Temple?
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:09:05am |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:09:26am |
re: #17 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Not even the Bandian Fire Temple?
It's in Iran. Put it in a slightly more sane country, and we'll talk.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:10:38am |
re: #15 mr.fusion
That's it right there...we'll see what side the army takes when the order comes down to start cracking skulls. Either way, we have reached a tipping point. This will come to a resolution by this weekend, either with the protesters backing down or Mubarak fleeing in the middle of the night. I guess option C would be the protesters and army marching to the palace and dragging Mubarak out and through the streets.
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if any of those happened
The army is already taking over and hedging for power and to keep power. It's really been the army that has held the balance over the years, Mubarak (who was military guy himself) or not. Can't remember where I read it but someone pointed out what is going on just by looking at who they've been throwing out of positions in the gov't whether by force or 'resignation." The majority are all considered to be from the civilian side of life. The military guys are staying. I think they said that in one group with the firing it's now something like 80% vs 20% military to civilian.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:11:51am |
CNN crawl: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from shooting, regains ability to speak -- asks for toast, aide says.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:14:00am |
re: #16 EmmmieG
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the protestors broke into song.
I have two simultaneous images there. One involves "Can You Hear The People Sing" from Les Miserables, and the other involves a sort of Bollywood song and dance routine.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:14:18am |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
CNN crawl: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from shooting, regains ability to speak -- asks for toast, aide says.
Best news we're likely to hear all day!
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Gus Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:14:18am |
“We don’t want to deal with Egyptian society with police tools.” -- Omar Suleiman
So now the authoritarian rulers are warning, threatening, the Egyptian populace of an impending police crackdown? They are the definition of a dictatorship at this point. And regardless of the "known unknowns" of Egypt's future the Mubarak regime will go down.
It's too bad because I had a tiny inkling of hope with Omar Suleiman. Instead he's already proven that he is no different than Mubarak.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:14:59am |
re: #19 EmmmieG
It's in Iran. Put it in a slightly more sane country, and we'll talk.
I've always thought that Muslim countries could make an absolute fortune off the Jewish History Tour Circuit, if only the political and personal situation were a little less--problematic.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:16:19am |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
CNN crawl: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from shooting, regains ability to speak -- asks for toast, aide says.
This woman is made of steel or something...bullets only slow her down.
I'm amazed, and grateful that she's pulling through.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:16:46am |
re: #22 SanFranciscoZionist
I have two simultaneous images there. One involves "Can You Hear The People Sing" from Les Miserables, and the other involves a sort of Bollywood song and dance routine.
I'm thinking Flight of the Conchords
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mr.fusion Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:16:53am |
re: #24 Gus 802
“We don’t want to deal with Egyptian society with police tools.” -- Omar Suleiman
So now the authoritarian rulers are warning, threatening, the Egyptian populace of an impending police crackdown? They are the definition of a dictatorship at this point. And regardless of the "known unknowns" of Egypt's future the Mubarak regime will go down.
It's too bad because I had a tiny inkling of hope with Omar Suleiman. Instead he's already proven that he is no different than Mubarak.
And it felt like the protesters would have accepted Suleiman if Mubarak would have stepped down/fled the country.
Well, no point in making predictions at this point. I feel almost perverse in saying how fascinating this has been to watch from a distance when people are over there actually dying and fighting for their freedom.....but it has been an amazing couple of weeks.
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:17:01am |
re: #25 SanFranciscoZionist
I've always thought that Muslim countries could make an absolute fortune off the Jewish History Tour Circuit, if only the political and personal situation were a little less--problematic.
They would rather wallow in their Joo-hate.
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lawhawk Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:17:11am |
re: #23 jamesfirecat
Though small, the request first reported by Politico marks a milestone for the congresswoman, who was shot in the head in a Jan. 8 shooting spree in Tucson that killed six and injured 13.
In a Facebook update on Tuesday, her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, said that Giffords is eating three meals a day and enjoying it, "even though it's hospital food."
Doctors at Giffords' Houston rehabilitation center, one of the top five sites in the country, on Tuesday said that she's recovering well and that they hope she can make enough progress to attend her husband's space shuttle launch in April.
Kelly is scheduled to command the space shuttle Endeavor on April 19, when it leaves for a two-week mission to the International Space Station. It remains unclear whether Giffords will be well enough to travel to the launch site in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Varek Raith Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:17:23am |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
CNN crawl: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from shooting, regains ability to speak -- asks for toast, aide says.
Neat.
If it were me, I'd ask for a lotto ticket. Being lucky and all.
:)
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Gus Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:18:01am |
re: #28 mr.fusion
And it felt like the protesters would have accepted Suleiman if Mubarak would have stepped down/fled the country.
Well, no point in making predictions at this point. I feel almost perverse in saying how fascinating this has been to watch from a distance when people are over there actually dying and fighting for their freedom...but it has been an amazing couple of weeks.
Exactly. That possibility, of Suleiman being the interim leader, just went out the window.
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:19:08am |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
CNN crawl: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from shooting, regains ability to speak -- asks for toast, aide says.
That's good! But I just read this:
On the one-month point since U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by a gunman at a northwest-side grocery store, astronaut Mark Kelly posted an online update saying he's seeing "encouraging signs" about his wife's progress.[...]
Meanwhile, Giffords' doctor said it's too early to tell if she will be able to attend her husband's mid-April space launch, since physicians will have to determine whether she can fly, how much noise she can tolerate and how much assistance she'll need.
"I think it's a good goal for us to work towards," said Dr. Gerard Francisco, the head of Giffords' rehabilitation team at TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston.
The hospital said it is not providing detailed updates on Giffords' progress at the family's request, including whether she is able to speak or if she's been told about the shooting.
Gabbyleaks?
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Stanghazi Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:19:14am |
monasosh monasosh
Tahrir square, crowded as usual :) #Jan25 [Link: yfrog.com...]
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Alexzander Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:19:21am |
re: #24 Gus 802
“We don’t want to deal with Egyptian society with police tools.” -- Omar Suleiman
So now the authoritarian rulers are warning, threatening, the Egyptian populace of an impending police crackdown? They are the definition of a dictatorship at this point.
Well, I don't think its that clear. If there were massive protests in America, and people were burning down buildings, throwing rocks, smashing windows, disrupting business, and threatening to hang the president you can be sure there would be a massive clamp down. The protests are directly challenging the state, and by extension a variety of laws, and probably 99 percent of governments around the world, democratic or not, would attempt to crush such as resistance.
That being said, I totally support the Egyptian uprising.
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ProMayaLiberal Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:19:48am |
re: #25 SanFranciscoZionist
Give it a century or so to cool off. The outstanding political issues, combined with leaders using Israel as a way to divert attention away is causing things to be inflamed. Things will cool down, eventually.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:20:31am |
Meanwhile, Rush is making fun of the protestors for setting up their own showers and toilets in the square.
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Tumulus11 Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:21:34am |
'More than 2,000 textile workers and others in Suez demonstrated as well, Al Ahram reported, while in Luxor thousands hurt by the collapse of the tourist industry marched to demand government benefits.'
[ ... ]
'The turmoil at [Al Ahram] has already changed editorial content, with the English-language online edition openly criticizing what it called “the warped and falsified coverage by state media” of the protests in Tahrir Square and elsewhere.The paper described how 'more than 500 media figures' issued a statement declaring 'their rejection of official media coverage of the January 25 uprising and demanded that Minister of Information Anas El-Fikki step down.'
. The 11 billion dollar tourism industry has collapsed and Mr. Mubarak is losing control of the organs of propaganda. With the uprising gaining momentum, it may be time for the army to send a delegation to the presidential palace.
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:21:45am |
re: #36 ProLifeLiberal
Give it a century or so to cool off. The outstanding political issues, combined with leaders using Israel as a way to divert attention away is causing things to be inflamed. Things will cool down, eventually.
Things can only cool down when heat ceases to be applied. A proactive approach to make that happen is required, I think.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:22:17am |
re: #37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Meanwhile, Rush is making fun of the protestors for setting up their own showers and toilets in the square.
Rush is rather familiar with giant mountains of shit, as he is one.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:23:08am |
EGYPT: Blogger who recently revealed his identity reflects on future political hopes [Video]
Recent video footage from the anti-government demonstrators' headquarters in Tahrir Square shows Egyptian blogger and activist Sandmonkey (who recently revealed his identity after an alleged police beating) reflecting on the revolution and his future political hopes.
Asked whether he thinks President Hosni Mubarak will resign anytime soon he stresses that, above all, Egyptians want to elect their own president and leaders. He expresses careful skepticism about the Egypt-related political twists and turns that are currently unfolding in the country and in the State Department.
"I have no idea...there is a big difference between whether Mubarak's days are counted and whether the regime's days are counted. Because the Americans have called for a peaceful transition of power which is very specific language. It doesn't entail democracy, democratic elections anywhere in that sentence."
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Stanghazi Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:23:33am |
re: #37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Meanwhile, Rush is making fun of the protestors for setting up their own showers and toilets in the square.
He is such the ultimate dick. So the dittoheads are against the Egypt democratic uprising I guess?
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:24:08am |
re: #14 EmmmieG
Because, you know, pyramids and mummies and hieroglyphics are cool.
(I'd love to see the pyramids. There's nothing in Iran I want to see so badly I'd be willing to travel there.)
Yunno, Iran is supposed to be a very interesting place to visit, it's just that nobody has ever had the idea of going there as a tourist for over 50 years.
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Varek Raith Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:26:21am |
re: #37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Meanwhile, Rush is making fun of the protestors for setting up their own showers and toilets in the square.
Hey, Rush?
Go fornicate yourself.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:26:33am |
re: #35 Alexzander
Well, I don't think its that clear. If there were massive protests in America, and people were burning down buildings, throwing rocks, smashing windows, disrupting business, and threatening to hang the president you can be sure there would be a massive clamp down. The protests are directly challenging the state, and by extension a variety of laws, and probably 99 percent of governments around the world, democratic or not, would attempt to crush such as resistance.
That being said, I totally support the Egyptian uprising.
The question is by what means do they clamp down. In America, the police are supposed to be limited to specific actions, and barred from other actions.
Beating the crap out of protestors once they have them away from cameras, for example, is strictly prohibited in America.
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Big Steve Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:27:08am |
re: #22 SanFranciscoZionist
I have two simultaneous images there. One involves "Can You Hear The People Sing" from Les Miserables, and the other involves a sort of Bollywood song and dance routine.
So long as it is NOT "Tiny Dancer"
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Gus Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:27:30am |
re: #42 Stanley Sea
He is such the ultimate dick. So the dittoheads are against the Egypt democratic uprising I guess?
At this point I would imagine that most of the dittoheads have been brainwashed to think that ALL of the protesters are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamists, ACORN, and uber-liberals.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:28:00am |
re: #36 ProLifeLiberal
Give it a century or so to cool off. The outstanding political issues, combined with leaders using Israel as a way to divert attention away is causing things to be inflamed. Things will cool down, eventually.
From your mouth to God's ear. We can only hope.
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Stanghazi Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:28:44am |
re: #46 Big Steve
So long as it is NOT "Tiny Dancer"
acarvin Andy Carvin
"Tahrir Square Dance." And it's a good song, too. RT @TAQWACORE: Muslim PUNK Egyptian Revolution Anthem #JAN25 [Link: bit.ly...]
Here you go!
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:28:46am |
re: #42 Stanley Sea
He is such the ultimate dick. So the dittoheads are against the Egypt democratic uprising I guess?
Youth "rioting" in the streets HAVE to be lefties. And they're only enabling the Muslim Brotherhood, because that's what lefties do.
/inside Rush's brain. Hey, it's dark in here!
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:30:04am |
re: #43 ralphieboy
Yunno, Iran is supposed to be a very interesting place to visit, it's just that nobody has ever had the idea of going there as a tourist for over 50 years.
I hear they have great skiing.
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Alexzander Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:30:13am |
re: #45 EmmmieG
The question is by what means do they clamp down. In America, the police are supposed to be limited to specific actions, and barred from other actions.
Beating the crap out of protestors once they have them away from cameras, for example, is strictly prohibited in America.
Prohibited maybe, but it happens all the time; I've seen it first-hand. Furthermore, there is rarely ever prosecution if a police officer does commit an assault. Blue line and all that.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:32:37am |
Hey all,
I'm home from the vet sans dog.
I feel like hell.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:33:14am |
re: #42 Stanley Sea
He is such the ultimate dick. So the dittoheads are against the Egypt democratic uprising I guess?
Why does Obama hate our allies? He must love the MB. Blah blah blah.
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Varek Raith Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:33:26am |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:33:30am |
re: #3 Stanley Sea
Check out this tweet pic
acarvin Andy Carvin
MT @waelkhairy88: Many Egyptians are calling this pic the Egyptian equiv of the iconic "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" pic [Link: j.mp...]
That's beautiful.
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Summer Seale Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:34:29am |
Hi, Sarah Palin here...
Just wanted to quickly jump in before I have to go and drop off my little red outfit at the dry cleaners....
I've heard all sorts of things about Egyptia the last few days and, you know, I just think it's wonderful that people are still standing up against lower taxes and no death panels because it's all about how you stand up to big government when it wants to take your right away, right?
You betcha!
But I am a little concerned about how the Islamic Fraternity thing is getting involved and I have been watching Glenn Beck on TV and he's been explaining how it's not a normal fraternity like we're used to, but one that doesn't drink at all and doesn't like Christians. And I'm not quite sure what they look like because they didn't have any pictures in all the publications that I do read, but I'm pretty sure they blend in really well with all the other people on the ground who are just regular good people who are trying to start businesses and get lower taxes and you know just express themselves about how they want a better way of life because, and this is really important, that's what it's all about right? When you take big government like that and make it into a dictatorship and tell people how to teach their children and how old the earth is in the classroom and you don't let them create things because of our dependency on oil which isn't anything to do with regular folks, they're going to be really upset and could possibly go nuclear. Right?
And we as Americans want to take no chances with that sort of thing because those Islamics don't really know what it's like to be us and they don't really want to be free in the same way that we're free in Alass-ka to worship Jesus and be so happy about how he made everything perfect and beautiful and snowy-white, even though I hear they don't really have snow down there because it's too hot. I have to ask you: how can they live like that? No wonder they're all upset and praying for the wrong things.
I've been really interested in those wonderful pictures coming from that round square in the middle of that big city....Cayroh? It's just great to see so many people taking things into their own hands and telling everyone the way it should be and asking questions about the redistribution of wealth that Obama's relative is going on about. I'm not really sure we should totally judge anything yet, but I figured I'd just bring these reasonable questions to you all so that you can judge the same way that I'm judging based on all the information I've read everywhere I can.
Thank you so much for listening and I hope you all have a wonderful night,
Sarah Palin.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:35:40am |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
CNN crawl: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from shooting, regains ability to speak -- asks for toast, aide says.
Oh, I needed to hear that!!!!!!!
WONDERFUL!
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ProMayaLiberal Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:35:56am |
re: #57 Gus 802
This makes me sad. I can't think of anything to say to help here.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:35:58am |
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:36:03am |
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:36:17am |
I heard a really good segment on CNN with the google guy at the heart of the Egypt uprising. He could be our hope in that country. He seems like a legit patriot with a western orientation. Did anyone else see that piece on CNN?
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:36:35am |
re: #58 Summer
I'm suddenly craving croutons...
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:37:53am |
re: #65 _RememberTonyC
I heard a really good segment on CNN with the google guy at the heart of the Egypt uprising. He could be our hope in that country. He seems like a legit patriot with a western orientation. Did anyone else see that piece on CNN?
No, but I started to watch the videos here. I started with the last one. Recommended!
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:38:54am |
re: #65 _RememberTonyC
I heard a really good segment on CNN with the google guy at the heart of the Egypt uprising. He could be our hope in that country. He seems like a legit patriot with a western orientation. Did anyone else see that piece on CNN?
And I like how he's becoming known as "the google guy". I imagine some don't.
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Varek Raith Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:40:22am |
re: #69 wrenchwench
And I like how he's becoming known as "the google guy". I imagine some don't.
Like google.
XD
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Stanghazi Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:40:59am |
Google Guy President
SandMonkey Vice
Married couple, anything they want. (Although the groom is a physician)
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sagehen Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:42:40am |
re: #50 wrenchwench
Youth "rioting" in the streets HAVE to be lefties. And they're only enabling the Muslim Brotherhood, because that's what lefties do.
/inside Rush's brain. Hey, it's dark in here!
Of course, the conspiracy goes deeper than Beck has yet revealed; I'm hoping that, in coming days, if the Freemasons, working in concert with Hezbollah and the Washington Redskins, don't succeed in suppressing the truth, that Beck will reveal the identities of the most pernicious players in this grotesque campaign to subvert our way of life. I can't reveal too much here, but I think it's fair to say that Beck will be paying a lot of attention in the coming weeks to the dastardly, pro-caliphate work of Joy Behar; the makers of Little Debbie snack cakes; the 1980s hair band Def Leppard; Omar Sharif; and the Automobile Association of America. And remember, you read it here first.
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:44:00am |
re: #69 wrenchwench
And I like how he's becoming known as "the google guy". I imagine some don't.
Too bad if they don't .... They don't get to decide. Is there another "google guy" available for the tehran office?
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Stanghazi Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:44:06am |
mosaaberizing Mosa'ab Elshamy
Photo: Rahma (Her name means "Mercy") #Martyrs #Tahrir [Link: yfrog.com...]
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:45:38am |
re: #72 sagehen
Of course, the conspiracy goes deeper than Beck has yet revealed; I'm hoping that, in coming days, if the Freemasons, working in concert with Hezbollah and the Washington Redskins, don't succeed in suppressing the truth, that Beck will reveal the identities of the most pernicious players in this grotesque campaign to subvert our way of life. I can't reveal too much here, but I think it's fair to say that Beck will be paying a lot of attention in the coming weeks to the dastardly, pro-caliphate work of Joy Behar; the makers of Little Debbie snack cakes; the 1980s hair band Def Leppard; Omar Sharif; and the Automobile Association of America. And remember, you read it here first.
You mean I was actually in Jeffrey Goldberg's brain? It's so hard to tell in the dark...
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Decatur Deb Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:47:22am |
re: #24 Gus 802
“We don’t want to deal with Egyptian society with police tools.” -- Omar Suleiman
So now the authoritarian rulers are warning, threatening, the Egyptian populace of an impending police crackdown? They are the definition of a dictatorship at this point. And regardless of the "known unknowns" of Egypt's future the Mubarak regime will go down.
It's too bad because I had a tiny inkling of hope with Omar Suleiman. Instead he's already proven that he is no different than Mubarak.
He was Minister of the Interior. Their Ministry of the Interior is not like our Department of the Interior. One runs mountain goats, the other runs secret police.
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Varek Raith Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:47:23am |
re: #72 sagehen
Of course, the conspiracy goes deeper than Beck has yet revealed; I'm hoping that, in coming days, if the Freemasons, working in concert with Hezbollah and the Washington Redskins, don't succeed in suppressing the truth, that Beck will reveal the identities of the most pernicious players in this grotesque campaign to subvert our way of life. I can't reveal too much here, but I think it's fair to say that Beck will be paying a lot of attention in the coming weeks to the dastardly, pro-caliphate work of Joy Behar; the makers of Little Debbie snack cakes; the 1980s hair band Def Leppard; Omar Sharif; and the Automobile Association of America. And remember, you read it here first.
The Redskins?
Lol.
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ProMayaLiberal Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:47:38am |
em>re: #58 Summer
I could imagine Palin making that speech.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:48:15am |
thanks, everyone, for your kind words.
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Stanghazi Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:48:32am |
re: #76 Decatur Deb
He was Minister of the Interior. Their Ministry of the Interior is not like our Department of the Interior. One runs mountain goats, the other runs secret police.
All the tweets do not like this guy. He apparently assisted the US in renditions etc.
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Obdicut Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:49:03am |
re: #79 ggt
thanks, everyone, for your kind words.
I've never gotten another dog, since my childhood died. Won't be able to until I have kids of my own.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:49:32am |
re: #76 Decatur Deb
He was Minister of the Interior. Their Ministry of the Interior is not like our Department of the Interior. One runs mountain goats, the other runs secret police.
"It's not the same. We reject Satan. They reject buttons."
//FBI Agent Booth, on the difference between Catholics and Amish.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:50:04am |
re: #77 Varek Raith
The Redskins?
Lol.
That's right. Haynesworth is part of the plan. As was Spurrier - why do you think he ended up in South Carolina?
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:50:12am |
re: #79 ggt
thanks, everyone, for your kind words.
I know how it hurts. Everyone here is hugging across the cybervoid.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:51:30am |
re: #83 ProLifeLiberal
What is that line from?
TV show called "Bones", about a forensic anthropologist who solves crimes for the FBI, and an FBI agent who works with her.
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wrenchwench Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:52:45am |
re: #76 Decatur Deb
He was Minister of the Interior. Their Ministry of the Interior is not like our Department of the Interior. One runs mountain goats, the other runs secret police.
Here's a peak into that second world.
CAIRO — We had been detained by Egyptian authorities, handed over to the country’s dreaded Mukhabarat, the secret police, and interrogated. They left us all night in a cold room, on hard orange plastic stools, under fluorescent lights.But our discomfort paled in comparison to the dull whacks and the screams of pain by Egyptian people that broke the stillness of the night. In one instance, between the cries of suffering, an officer said in Arabic, “You are talking to journalists? You are talking badly about your country?”
A voice, also in Arabic, answered: “You are committing a sin. You are committing a sin.”
[...]
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:55:54am |
re: #82 SanFranciscoZionist
"It's not the same. We reject Satan. They reject buttons."
//FBI Agent Booth, on the difference between Catholics and Amish.
They also enjoy skiing.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Wed, Feb 9, 2011 10:55:57am |
re: #81 Obdicut
I've never gotten another dog, since my childhood died. Won't be able to until I have kids of my own.
The only problem with dogs is that G-d calls them to him toooo soon. Which is the only way I can think of it.
There is a bible quote, that addresses the death of a young person that goes something like: "A good man tho he die young. . . "
All dogs are good "men".
This is the part of religion I find so comforting. . . even tho I don't believe much of it --it helps me deal with shit.
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Kragar Wed, Feb 9, 2011 11:00:52am |
Know what you don't see everyday? An Amish guy spinning donuts in the ice.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Wed, Feb 9, 2011 11:03:32am |
re: #90 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Know what you don't see everyday? An Amish guy spinning donuts in the ice.
[Video]
boyz!
Horse looks like he is enjoying it as well.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Feb 9, 2011 11:06:57am |
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