February 2011
Egyptian Actions Highlight Dangers in U.S.... →
soupsoup:
Cindy Cohn at EFF
The Egyptian regime’s shutdown of the Internet in an attempt to preserve its political power highlights the dangers of any government having unchecked power over our Internet infrastructure, and puts a fine point on the risks to democracy posed by recent Congressional proposals to give the President a broad mandate to dictate how our internet service providers...
Egypt Is The Next Tunisia. What Is the Next...
Egypt Is the Next Tunisia. What Is the Next Egypt? - Gordon G. Chang - New Asia - Forbes
“Since 2003, the year after Hu Jintao became China’s supremo, Beijing’s top leaders have done their best to make their political system more repressive, but they are nonetheless losing their ability to intimidate. As a result, Chinese bloggers, like Twokeqi, are willing to say and write some of the...
“Lately I feel like somebody made a big mess and I’ve got my mop and I’m mopping...”
– President Barack Obama
I do love a good socialist mop (via reallyfoxnews)
Dying.
(via meagsicle)
Socialist Mop is going to be the name of my new Ska band.
(via nicotinecoughdrop)
Socialist mop is the mop of the people.
(via cognitivedissonance)
A socialist mop is a haircut for young...
January 2011
112th Congress: 28 Bills to Repeal Patient... →
“I SAY the war on terror, but I MEAN the war on travelers.”
– Bill Maher
LOL
(via technipol)
Former President Carter says Mubarak 'will have to... →
vruz:
McClatchy DC
Former President Jimmy Carter called the week-long political unrest and rioting in Egypt an “earth shaking event” and said that the country’s president, Hosni Mubarak, “will have to leave.”
Carter’s remarks came at Maranatha Baptist Church, where he regularly teaches a Sunday School class to visitors from across the country and globe.
“This is the most profound ...
“Many families in Egypt are fast running out of staples such as bread, beans and...”
– Okay so this is pretty bleak. Egypt imports a whole lot of its food supply, and people living in urban areas acquire basically all their food through shopping, so there’s a whole complicated supply chain upon which everyone is relying, and that’s breaking down. This probably puts a time limit of...
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but...”
– President Abraham Lincoln (via vruz)
Israel allows Egypt troops in Sinai for first time... →
kohenari:
Israeli officials say they have agreed to allow Egypt to move several hundred troops into the Sinai Peninsula for the first time since the countries signed a peace treaty three decades ago.
Under the 1979 peace treaty, Israel returned the captured Sinai to Egypt. In return, Egypt agreed to leave the area demilitarized.
With street protests threatening the Egyptian regime, the...
Join a New Video Project in Defense of WikiLeaks |... →
“Hello World-Wide Wiki Citizens!
The following is a brief description of this project with instructions on how to participate and submit your video clips. Julian Assange’s extradition hearing date is set to occur on either Feb 7th or 8th, 2011. Our goal is to release this video is the day of his hearing. With your help it will be a very powerful message that will be heard by many ...
Awesome! Bernie Sanders' famous filibuster turned... →
leftish:
It’s been a month since Vermont senator Bernie Sanders spoke for eight straight hours about President Obama’s tax cut deal with Republicans.
Now, you have a chance to own a copy of that filibuster. The entire speech is being turned into a book.
It will be titled, “The Speech: a historic filibuster on corporate greed and the decline of our middle class.”
Read...
“Today, representatives of the of the Egyptian labor movement, made up of the...”
– The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: A new Independent labor union in Egypt (via ziatroyano)
Egypt may risk bank run as uprising against... →
jakke:
Egypt’s banks may risk a surge in customer withdrawals when they open for business, placing them among companies worst hit by the nationwide uprising against President Hosni Mubarak.
[…]
Asked about the risk of a bank run, Mohamed Barakat, chairman of state-run Banque Misr and head of the country’s banking association, said in a telephone interview that Egyptian lenders are “very...
“U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, a Reagan appointee who sits with senior status...”
– Why Everyone Will Overreact to Monday’s Ruling on Health Care Reform (via ryking)
Egypt may risk bank run as uprising against... →
jakke:
Egypt’s banks may risk a surge in customer withdrawals when they open for business, placing them among companies worst hit by the nationwide uprising against President Hosni Mubarak.
[…]
Asked about the risk of a bank run, Mohamed Barakat, chairman of state-run Banque Misr and head of the country’s banking association, said in a telephone interview that Egyptian lenders are “very...
“So our liberal Tumblr users feel self-satisfied because they are keeping up with...”
– Ohai, Pareene! (via peterfeld)
vruz: pareene, of course -being a sample of one- believes it’s accurate to extrapolate his americanness, and his very personal navel gazing to people all over the world. nevermind the right, pleasure or intellectual responsibility of people to know and learn more,...
“The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty...”
– John Berger (via rossencraft)
When the U.S. State Department is calling for a...
squashed:
Tossing out a thirty-year ally is a risky proposition at the best of times. Tossing him out if there’s a shred of a chance that he’ll hold on to power is lunacy. The U.S. Is betting against Mubarak.
“Cable companies: Add Al Jazeera English NOW! It is downright un-American to...”
– Jeff Jarvis (via azspot)
Former Egyptian Museum Director Says Looting... →
In a shocking development, the former director of the Egyptian Museum, Wafaa el-Saddik, in an interview published on German publication Zeit Online has said that the individuals responsible for the looting at the National Museum included the institution’s own guards, the fire danger at the NDP headquarters is now over after two days, and the most shocking revelation that the Memphis Museum in...
Egypt Now Blocking Al Jazeera Broadcasts to Much... →
The Egyptian government isn’t just attempting to censor Al Jazeera within Egypt itself. The news station was just kicked off one of the Middle East’s main satellite providers—which happens to be based in Egypt.
HENRY CAVILL TO PLAY SUPERMAN! →
ryking:
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! I’m “squeeing” like a fan girl right now. And I don’t care how undignified I look. This is really good fucking news.
Who Is Omar Suleiman? →
One of the “new” names being mentioned as a possible alternative to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, is actually not so new to anyone who has followed the American policy of renditions for terror suspects. After dissolving his cabinet yesterday, Mubarak appointed Suleiman vice-president, and according to many commentators he is poised to be a potential successor, and an...
Soup: Influential Egyptian blogger Issandr El... →
maced:
4.21pm: The influential Egyptian blogger Issandr El Amrani is suspicious about the absence of police.
He managed to get round Internet restrictions to post this on his Arabist blog.
Something very fishy is taking place — the Egyptian people are being manipulated and…
Barrett Garese: Closure of Al Jazeera Bureau in... →
darling80m:
From the Al Jazeera English website:
1:35 pm: For more on the closure of the bureau in Cairo, Al Jazeera’s producer in the Egyptian capital reports:
Just spoke with staffer at the Cairo bureau. While our correspondent and other staff were out, security forces (not army)…
