Sunday, 30 January 2011
Remember the Shah?..............from Rico
The current situation in Egypt = the Shah of Iran, only worse.
Soetoro-Obama = Jimmy Carter, only worse.
'Nuff said.
Economic haiku.........from Rico
green shoots of recovery
just stubble
potlitical manure
not grow economy
The Sunday Best..............
Egypt "Support" Rally Hijacked By The Usual Islamist Suspects & Their Enablers
The women of Charlie Sheen Rule 5
Rule 5 Saturday Night: Egyptian Women
How Egypt did (and your government could) shut down the Internet
The Way We Live Now: More Kids Can Work a Smart Phone Than Tie Their Shoes
Amazon.com Security Flaw Accepts Passwords That Are Close, But Not Exact
Why Bacon Is A Gateway To Meat For Vegetarians
Kickstarter, the brilliant site that lets you fund strangers' brilliant ideas.
The End of the Mancession
Marriott phasing out in-room adult movies from its hotels
The Enema of Your Enemy is Your Friend
Egyptian looters destroy 2,000-year-old mummies in bid to steal King Tut's treasures
30,000 British tourists stranded in Egypt as the U.S. advises all Americans to leave the country
The flowering of democracy, or the birth of another Iran?
BBC wants taxpayers' money from fund used to help starving in Africa
Moscow airport bombing: why a terrorist mastermind is sending chills down spines
Afghanistan: the Bomb Hunters
XXL Toys for the Super Rich: Yacht Building Business in Germany Booms
EU sex ruling to drive insurance costs higher
Adventurous duo fined for nude photo shoot in Bavarian church
Netherlands freezes ties with Iran
and finally.......
All-White Winter Breakfasts
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Updates on Egypt Protests - UPDATED!
The progressives are hatin' the vindication of G.W. Bush's freedom agenda. See, "Egypt's Neoconservative Moment."
I'll be posting updated links and videos throughout the day:
And to be fair, NYT's The Lede blog is doing a great job: "Latest Updates on Protests in Egypt."
Check this massive roundup at Enduring America, "Egypt (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Mubarak Still in Power?"
WoW Weekender
Thank you sir, may we have another?
Council Winners
- First place with 2 2/3 votes! – The Razor --Japan Will Not Be Saved Through Immigration
- Second place with 2 1/3 votes –BookwormRoom-Comparing apples and oranges — federal projects old and new
- Third place *t* with 2 votes – Joshuapundit – Handling the Dragon Better – A Few Words On The China Visit
- Third place *t* with 2 votes – Right Truth – If you don’t want your daughters Westernized…
- Fourth place with 1 2/3 votes – Simply Jews – Hamlet – A Lebanese Version
- Fifth place with 2/3 vote-The Glittering Eye- Theodore Vail’s America
- sixth place with 1/3 vote-VA Right- America: : A Nation of Losers, but We All Get a Trophy
- Sixth place with 1/3 vote-Rhymes With Right- About That Cohen Speech
Non-Council Winners
- First place with 3 votes! – Sultan Knish- Anglophobia or Islamophobia – What’s the Real Problem? submitted byRight Truth
- Second place with 2 votes – Rubin Reports – SCOOP: Explaining How The “Palestine Papers” Story Is A Fabrication That Teaches Us The Truth submitted by Simply Jews
- Third place with 1 2/3 votes – New Zeal – Obama’s Radical ‘Go To’ Man Moves To The DNC submitted by The Noisy Room
- Fourth place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Muth’s Truth’s – CPAC Committing Hari Kari by Allowing Conservative Menace In? submitted by Rhymes With Right
- Fourth place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Zombie/Pajamas Media – Human Rights Imperialism: Leftist Satire or Moral Collapse? submitted by Bookworm Room
- Fifth place with 1 vote – Mark Steyn – Dependence Day submitted by Joshuapundit
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Pirate’s Cove – Snap! Obama Plans To Reboot On Economic Advice submitted by Snapped Shot
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Discriminations – Obama And The Left’s Single-Issue Libertarianism submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Iowahawk – CSI: Tucson submitted by The Glittering Eye
- Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote – Michelle Malkin – The Philadelphia Horror: How Mass Murder Gets A Pass submitted by The Razor
- Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote – Spencer Ackerman @ Danger Room – U.S. Navy Chief Isn’t Sweating China’s Sea Power submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
Honorable Mentions
- Liberty’s Spirit-Obama, Islamists and a New Middle East
- The Political Commentator – State of the Union address: Send in the clowns
OBAMA = REAGAN . . . . . . . . . PUH-LEEZE
The Left-Wing Mainstream Media has over-reached itself this time . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . STORMBRINGER
News............
The Economy Strikes Back
US banks were on brink of oblivion
Which countries match the GDP and population of America's states?
Woman returned rescue dog 'because it clashed with curtains'
Army Commanders Ignored Advice on Manning
Spy, Olympian, musician? Top official exposed as fantasist
The Auschwitz Album
Obama channeling Reagan? Hardly
British scientists 'invent artificial petrol' that could cost just 90p per GALLON (and there's no carbon)
America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
Chinese 'used Top Gun footage' in broadcast on real air force exercise
Oil workers say Nimrod scrappage will endanger their lives
Black Widow attempted New Year Moscow attack but blew herself up by mistake
Champagne cellars could run dry by April, French producers warn
Six killed in Nigerian political massacre
Gold rush in the Amazon
The Aim Of Blood Libels
ACAMP TAJI, Iraq (Nov. 29, 2010) n MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft makes its way down an airfield on Camp Taji, Iraq, before a surveillance mission in the Baghdad area. The Gray Eagle is the Army's newest "eyes in the sky," and is being tested by Quick Reaction Capability 1-Reaction 1, the only unit using the aircraft in Iraq. Photo by Spc. Roland Hale
H/T Marc
Arab Turmoil & The Indespensible Nation.........by Dan Friedman
It is often said Israel lives in a “dangerous neighborhood” and the Middle East is a “volatile region.” To those characterizations you can now add another adjective “chaotic.” Even the usually self-assured Wall St. Journal seems flummoxed. In an editorial today they went through the motions and criticized the Obama administration for being blindsided, but they also threw up their hands and had to admit, “The reality may be that the future of these places is not ours to influence, much less control.”
That amounts to a retreat of sorts and reinforces my contention that the Arab/Muslim world plays a game with which the American mindset is unfamiliar. Still, I’ll go out on a limb and give you a glimpse of the future. When all the dust settles, as though it was a miracle, out of nowhere Israel will appear as an oasis of stability that the West cannot live without.
Friday, 28 January 2011
'I've Asked My Government to Step Down' — Hosni Mubarak
Well, we'll get the real-life test of my thesis: "If Mubarak is Toppled?"
Updates and videos forthcoming.
2:55pm: Mubarak hangs on. New York Times has a report, "Mubarak Orders Ministers to Resign but Backs Armed Response to Egypt Protests." And at ABC News, "Egyptians Defy Curfew, President Mubarak Announces New Government but Won't Resign: U.S. Reconsiders Aid to Egypt, Secretary Clinton Mum on Hosni Mubarak's Fate." And check for BREAKING UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
Uprising: Army on Streets of Egypt
Things are moving so fast it's difficult to know exactly what's happening.
This first clip, from Al Jazeera, shows protesters overcome by tear gas (at about 2:00 minutes):
And here's the scene from the Qasr al-Nil bridge near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Students push back riot police:
And from yesterday, dramatic footing of a man being shot during protests, and Vice President Biden's interview on PBS: "Protests Escalate in Egypt — U.S. Stands by in Realpolitik Mode."
More from Michelle Malkin, "Uprising in Egypt":
They’re calling it “Angry Friday.” Protesters in Egypt may have been cut off from the Internet, but information will always find a way to free itself. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is presiding over a violent crackdown against opponents who have joined a region-wide revolt against autocracy ...Also, at Wall Street Journal, "Egypt Deploys Military On Cairo's Streets" (via Memeorandum).
And don't miss the BREAKING COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
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