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Egypt’s Bastille Day
Meanwhile things have been far from quiet in Egypt, if you’ve been paying attention. Last night, protesters stormed Mahabis Namn El Dawla, the headquarters of Egyptian’s secret police. @carwinb and @exiledsurfer have all the goods here: 2011-03-05 BASTILLEDAY in #Egypt, … Continue reading
#egypt ian deaf want freedom
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You know, in the U.S. the revolution would be fucking overlooked: Poll: Barely Half Of Americans Know Health Care Law Hasn’t Been Repealed. The crazy on unions just keeps piling up: GOP-union debate escalates in Indiana Oklahoma panel votes to … Continue reading
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#egypt celebrating
Is Mubarak Still President? Congratulations, Egypt: 11/02/2011 @MonaEltahawy on CNN (I’m hoping a transcript becomes available, but she’s basically saying “I’m ECSTATIC!!” 🙂 ) [Audio: English] And in memoriam: Egypt Remembers. Like 0
viva free #egypt!
Wow… 18 days of peaceful (on the part of the protesters) demonstrations, and Egypt has dislodged its 30 years long dictator. It’s absolutely amazing to watch… I can’t do any of it justice. You owe it to yourselves to witness … Continue reading
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State of the Web (Oatmeal) From JMG: Iowa Rep. Dwayne Alons: Normal People Live Longer Because They’re Not Gay. The supply of stupid, OTOH, is infinite. What the right won’t admit about Reagan. What I love about this is that … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, comics, corporatocracy, egypt, equal rights, gay marriage, glenn greenwald, google, marryland, net neutrality, oatmeal, patriot act, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, tea party
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the mote in the rightwingnut’s eye…
There’s a lot of handwringing in right (and some left, for that matter) wing circles in the U.S. that Egypt will wind up some kind of Islamic state due to the Muslim Brotherhood — despite the fact that they are … Continue reading
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Tagged #jan25, egypt, muslim brotherhood, tahrir square
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Wael Ghonim, the man who broke the Egyptian regime in one interview
[Audio: Arabic; Captions: none; Transcript: see below] I was on twitter when he was interviewed, so the tweets provided live coverage and translation for me. The interview is absolutely heartbreaking, and is translated/transcribed here: Wael @Ghonim (thanks to @exiledsurfer who … Continue reading
if you read only one article on #egypt today…
Look at this one: Mubarak’s phantom presidency. It goes a long, LONG way toward illuminating the at times bizarrely contradictory actions of the military, just for starters. Also, in listing the different groups of “police” who are very distinct, with … Continue reading
egypt: poetry in revolution
In following various tweets and retweets on twitter, I stumbled across this post (below), which I wish I had found when I put up my post yesterday about the girl who led chants in Cairo several days ago. I know … Continue reading
egypt: no chaos until now
[Audio: unknown; Captions: none; Subtitles: limited description] According to the YouTube upload, Female anti-government protester telling Al Jazeera that they cannot leave the square even if she wanted to – she is crying on air and sounds very scared and … Continue reading
“Bravest Girl In Egypt”
And tonight’s video clip, in honor of the women in Egypt. The video was posted on Jan. 30 to YouTube, but I’m not sure exactly when it was originally recorded. (I’m unsure if there’s actually any audio with it, but … Continue reading