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Breathless (and apparently false — the only thing more useless than American MSM is Lebanese media for shit’s sake) reports of rape and other things aside – the Stevens assassination and attack on our embassies appear to be the very definition of a modern major clusterf*&k. Obama… not just bad for the country… [...] This RAF Kittyhawk P-40 was recently discovered in the Sahara Desert in Egypt 70 years after it, and its pilot Sgt. Dennis Copping, disappeared. From The Daily Mail: But 70 years later, the ghostly remains of his battered but almost perfectly preserved plane has been discovered. Like a time capsule that could provide the [...] The Muslim Brotherhood… progressive! “Safwat Higazi : We can see how the dream of the Islamic Caliphate is being realized, Allah willing, by Dr. Muhammad Mursi and his brothers, his supporters, and his political party. We can see how the great dream, shared by us all – that of the United States of the [...] Egypt is screwed up: Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives – for up to six hours after their death. The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament. It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered [...] As election results from Egypt pour in showing that Islamic extremists won over 60% of the vote (let that sink in for a moment) I am even more ardently convinced that the so-called “Democracy Project” emphasized by George W. Bush is a fool’s errand — no matter the soft-headed idealism (read naivete). One doesn’t allow [...] Back together and playing the Sands… Anticipating a strong presence in the new Egyptian parliament, ultraconservative Islamists outlined plans Friday for a strict brand of religious law, a move that could limit personal freedoms and steer a key U.S. ally toward an Islamic state. Egypt’s election commission announced only a trickle of results from the [...] Look into the face of ignorant naive fear. These American students were arrested in Cairo, Egypt in Tahrir Square for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at Egyptian security forces as Egypt continues its slide into whatever the hell it ends up being. Three Americans studying at the American University in Cairo have been arrested and [...] What’s coming around the bend in Egypt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12443678 Share on Facebook It’s been awhile since we had a little Spengler in these parts… he’s got a thing or two to say about Egypt related to Rich’s post this past week about food shortages and rioting. He thinks the food situation exacerbated other economic problems in Egypt and Tunisia and are causing those in Jordan though food [...] The Atlantic has a very informative liveblog going on from multiple news sources on the ground… here. From the latest dispatch: 5:00 p.m. EST / 12:00 a.m. Is it “chaos”? Via Robert Mackey at the NYT: Speaking on CNN minutes ago, Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian blogger and journalist appealed to the media to not fall [...] The above is a graph of Egypt’s Internet usage until the government shut off all — or most internet traffic. From Peter Suderman at Reason’s Hit and Run blog: Here’s what happens when a dictator has access to an off-switch for an entire country’s Internet: Via the Committee to Protect Journalists, a visual representation [...] Top reformist to return to Egypt, join protesters, http://fxn.ws/dElhcI – Sent via the FOX News Android App. Something’s in the water in North Africa it seems. Who knows how all this will turn out? Color me a guardedly skeptical. Share on Facebook |
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