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Same joke? Really? Like I said, one moving part.

Yup. It's amazing these guys haven't figured KKK out yet...he's only got, like, one moving part.

That link you provided shows Canada having a higher debt per capita than the US.

Well, I'm not the one claiming clairvoyance, I am? If you believe that visiting Egypt makes you smarter, you'd do well to buy a ticket as soon as you can.

Right over his head again. The more I interact with you, the dumber you seem.

More video here from the opposition leader's FB page (love the modern world!)...and comments, if you read Farsi or Arabic. Mousavi's FB page

BTW, for the record, I've known that something big was going to happen in Egypt for 20 years now. I just didn't know exactly what or when.

It wouldn't be the first time 'lesser' nations have taught us a thing or two about respect for human rights. Slavery and torture come to mind....

You're AMAZING!

Town Hall is one of the things I love most about this city. Great lectures by renowned authors, artists, adventurers and scientists...$5 at the door. Schedule

Unless you're ready to roll over for the duration, try a two step program: 1) make one thing better 2) repeat

NYT front page: Iranians throwing rocks at riot cops and torching vehicles in downtown Tehran. One of the few regimes that competes with the Bush administration for bad ideas, bluster, bullshit, and brutality.

I do tend to grow on people. I don't know about you and me, though. There's a level of stupid below which I don't have a lot of patience.

"never the obvious call"? I'd say it's fairly obvious on this one. if ET showed up (ask tvash) and saw the carnage that US foreign policy has bequeathed upon the world, there wouldn't be much room for equivocation. but before you get all wound up: other countries have fucked shit up too! amazing! no self-hate needed. but you are right about the sociopathy charge: i think psychopathy is more fitting, with a touch of psychosis. i mean, check it out: george bush all of a sudden starts believing in a guy who claimed to talk to god some 2,000 years ago. ok, so this part i'm cool with; i think i've talked to god too! but here's the hard part: this 2,000 year old god-talker named jesus said hey humanoids, love each other. blessed are the peace-makers. god says to chill out and turn the other cheek. if you do anything , at least don't hurt others. so here's this self-proclaimed born-again christian who has taken jesus the peace-monger as his personal saviour and unequivocal leader , yet somehow finds the capacity to attack a defenseless country with the largest most sophisticated army in the history of mankind, KILLING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. if the above does not fit the diagnostics of psychosis and psychopathy, then the terms are meaningless and entirely political in nature. By your argument, Lincoln, Truman and FDR are all psychopaths. You have the historical sense of a planarian.

Actually, what the Tea Baggers are focused on right now are social conservative proposals to limit abortion, discriminate against gays, and further marginalized the poor via over 500 such proposals nationwide. It's just Newt Gingrich 2.0. Not much of a serious effort to reduce military spending or end the drug war, though...ya know, while were on the subject of hyper-expensive boondoggles.

Kinda like the Iraqi insurgency being an irrational kneejerk of rabid Islamic kooks... "Sure, we fired 50,000 'Baathists' (mostly teachers, engineers, n other skilled folks who were forced to join), the entire Iraqi army, then focused on a flat tax and privatization in a destroyed society with 40% unemployment, no basic services, no security, an infrastructure ruined by US bombs and the looting we stood by and watched...holy shit, where DID THIS INSURGENCY COME FROM?!!!" Oh, sorry, it's the apologist in me. I probably just hate America. Hey, did you guys know that Egypt is mostly Muslim?!!!

Protests now brewing or happening in Palestine, Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran, Sudan, Algeria....

An interesting supplement to Raindawg's 3 decades of expertise: The making of two Arab democratic revolutions Probably a good thing that our CIA can't find its ass from a hole in the ground...the invariably attempt to dismantle movements against their cronies such as this one in the unlikely event that they actually find out about them.

The GF has a pile of good reads lying fallow.

I think this thread has already scene at least one person blow themselves up already. They never got inside the green zone, though.

A little dose of 'think locally, act locally' might come in handy here.

You're amazing in your ability to predict the outcome of a revolution that came as a surprise to the Egyptians themselves LOL. Perhaps in another 30 years you'll learn the concept of sarcasm.

i had to look that one up, hell i have to look most words up. that's a perfect name for it though Wait. That's a real word? Sheeit , I just kinda made it up...

'Somnambulus'

I think the takeaway here is that no amount of whining from innernutz takes away from the joy of good friends embarked on an excellent adventure in a beautiful place. Kinda what it's all about, no?