[click image — the timeline I was asking for — I think this was taken before his last facelift....].
I guess they've been fighting the whole time I've been in bed, but less fiercely than the night before.
WSJ — ABC News’s Christiane Amanpour, in an interview with Hosni Mubarak on Thursday, reported that the Egyptian president said he would like to leave office now, but can’t, for fear that the country would dissolve into chaos.
“I care about my country, I care about Egypt,” he said in the interview, according to the report. He added that he is troubled by the violence in Cairo of the past few days but that his government isn’t responsible for it.I think the demonstrators are winding up for another huge protest tomorrow. But I'm sure it won't kick in till one or two in the afternoon, their time, because of Friday Prayers.
Much is being made of Google's new "speak to tweet" feature they've hurried along for the benefit of the protestors in Egypt. I wonder how swift they'd've been to come out with it if this were AMERICANS uprising....
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In fact, not so much is being made of how we helped Mubarak shut it all down. I'm pretty sure they'd have no trouble being swift with this here....
And, listening to this, has just convinced me that my Genghis Ponzi Yoo label should be changed to BARACKHENATEN. Apt as GPY is, Barackhenaten covers the spectrum better, includes the narcissism and sociopathic and pharaonic angles better....
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You might want to listen to JB's take on the matter. I don't think he's right because Israel will be insisting on a known-quantity, and Suleiman and to a lesser extent ElBaradei fit that bill, but mayhap they have found someone they know for sure they can control well enough and he indeed will emerge as a hero in the next day or two. The thing JB's argument has going for it is the possibility of finding someone young enough that they don't have to go through all this again in just a few years, but they could be grooming someone to "win an election" in the future, and probably more satisfactorily instead. It's key to remember that all elections can be made to come out with completely fraudulent results with astonishing ease nowadays if the populace fails in the first place to fall for all the psyops hype that works even better than thrown elections.
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The US could threaten to cut off aid to Egypt if Mubarak won't leave, but that would negatively impact profits at Boeing et al, so it's a non-starter.
ReplyDeleteI fear it's going to be a bloody day in Cairo. Thursday's targeted attacks of journalists by Mubarak's thugs makes me think they're planning worse for Friday.
ReplyDeleteMy insides are hopping, and that is never a good sign. I'm afraid to turn AJ back on.
ReplyDeleteTrying to dwell on what a SPECTACULARLY GORGEOUS day it was here today....
Yeah, so far global warming is being good to us upper left coasters while being tough on most of the rest of the place. The Ganja Goddess smiles upon us.
ReplyDeleteWell, after setting the North Pole right on top of my house for most of December, before then dumping some monster rain action through most of January, this stretch of sunny days with fabulous misty sunsets is most welcome.
ReplyDeleteBig news around here is there was a monster elk herd on the rez this afternoon. They're never up this far north... they stay down by the parks in the south part of the county, so I don't know what's up with that, dangerous for motorists, but still a nice sight....
It's been a much sunnier and warmer winter than usual around here. I saw a poppy blooming last week.
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