some crazy shit going on in Egypt[views:12040][posts:89]______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:32pm - Yeti ""] http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/28/clash...camera-confiscated/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:33pm - the_reverend ""] Yeti said:http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/28/clash...camera-confiscated/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:35pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Those Whom the Government Detest |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:35pm - goatcatalyst ""] I heard they outlawed shrimp scampi, turned off the internet and encouraged hot air balloon leisures. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:36pm - the_reverend ""] I'd be rioting too if someone was trying to make me build pyramids 24/7. Honestly, the Egypt is handling this very well. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:37pm - AndrewBastard ""] they better not destroy the pyramids before I get to see them |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:37pm - LPCustom ""] It blows my mind that places have curfews though in all seriousness. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:40pm - goatcatalyst ""] I've listened to "Stargazer" enough... I know the deal. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:41pm - Slag NLI ""] I hope yet another US picked government is overthrown. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:42pm - Anwar Sadat ""] Wait, what? |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:43pm - goatcatalyst ""] I hope they burn that faggot libarary at Alexandria once and for all. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:43pm - Hosni Mubarak ""] EVERYTHING ██IS█████ ████ ████FINE ███ █ ████ LOVE. ████ █████ THE ███ EGYPT ███ ████ GOVERNMENT ██ |
| __________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:45pm - brian_dc ""] well played |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:46pm - King Tutankhamen ""] Fuck this shit I'm coming back. Praise Satan! |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:47pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] this is the start of a global revolution. just wait til internet in america is shut down. then shits gonna get REAL. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:47pm - demondave ""] bennyhillifier |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:48pm - Slag NLI ""] I cannot wait to take up arms with the rest of you sheeple. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:54pm - the_reverend ""] Slag%20NLI said:I cannot wait to buy a new iPhone with the rest of you sheeple. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:56pm - goatcatalyst ""] I'm looking forward to holocausting rangoons with Rich and Mike |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:00pm - Slag NLI ""] IPAD FAGGOT |
| ________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:00pm - xmikex ""] Somebody please summarize this for me. CNN's coverage is all over the place. WHY did Egypt order cellphone services to be stopped?? |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:02pm - Slag NLI ""] from reddit: "The Catalyst: Tunisia a country in Northern Africa was ruled by a repressive and dictatorial regime led by President Ben Ali. At the end of 2010, a series of riots broke out throughout Tunisia, collectively termed the "Jasmine Revolution." The root causes are considered to be mass unemployment, widespread corruption, appalling living conditions and the governments propensity to squash free speech. This resulted in President Ben Ali dissolving the government, a victory for the revolutionaries. Regional results: In the region, the success of the Tunisian revolution led to widespread instability. It had previously been considered axiomatic that regional dictatorships were too stable to fall. The Tunisian revolution proved otherwise and soon protests began all over the region, most strongly in Algeria, Yemen and Egypt. Egypt: The Egyptian youth were mobilized by the example set by the Tunisian revolution. Many suggested that the upcoming 25th of January 'National Police Day' be instead used as a massive nation wide protest against corruption. Other causes for the unrest have been the widespread brutality of the Egyptian police and military (Egypt is basically a dictatorship because the country is under 'Emergency law' and has been since 1967), the crippling poverty in the country and President Mubarak himself. The Egyptian Response: The Egyptian police and military have been very heavy handed in responding to the protests. A huge number of protestors have been beaten by police and plain clothes secret police officers. Three have been confirmed killed at the time of this writing. In an effort to stop the protestors utilizing Facebook and Twitter to organize and get their message out, Egypt shut down access to those two sites and now, basically unplugged the country from the internet entirely. Friday: This Friday will see a pivotal moment in the Egyptian revolution as a mass protest has been called after traditional Friday prayers. The Egyptians have called for a "Million Man March" but the chaos in the country and the unpredictability of what's going on makes it difficult to even guess at what will actually transpire. Predictions: Analysts are split as to what will happen in Egypt. There seems to be a concensus that unlike Tunisia, whose military was underpaid, had terrible morale and had little stake in the Police State, the Egyptian army is far more likely to support the Mubarak regime. If the support of the armed forces wavers (as the police support already has, on occasion) then a very real revolution is on the cards. The U.S in the Region: If you're American and wondering, the U.S has a lot of skin in the game. Mubarak has received a huge amount of aid from the United States. Egypt is one of the only Middle Eastern countries to have something approaching a lasting peace treaty with Israel, and Mubarak is generally considered to be a 'friend of the West' by the standards of his fellow leaders in the region. Many of the protesters see the U.S as propping up Mubarak's regime. If the revolution succeeds, any popular democracy in Egypt is almost certainly going produce leaders with anti-American platforms. Further, one of the largest opposition groups in Egypt is the Muslim Brotherhood, which is considered a terrorist organization and a supporter of terrorism by the Russian Federation and is typically anti-west in its rhetoric." |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:04pm - RamsesII ""] You prissy faggots are lucky I am not around. Only I am real. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:06pm - dertoxia ""] Im curious what this is going to mean for all the goods that move through the Suez canal. If they close the canal I would think Europe and northern Africa would feel some pressure pretty quick. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:06pm - arktouros ""] best live coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo=bar |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:08pm - arktouros ""] USG is saying Egyptian govt should respect the "fundamental rights" of it's people and whispering "but maintain your treaty with Israel" |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:10pm - BSV ""] LOVE IT! |
| ________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:10pm - xmikex ""] So like everything else in the middle east it's a choice between a corrupt dictatorship bent on reviving the dark ages, and a corrupt dictatorship bent on reviving the dark ages and scapegoating America? |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:15pm - Karl Sanders ""] I'll get at least a double-album out of this! |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:16pm - dreadkill ""] arktouros said:best live coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo=bar foo=bar? FUBAR? |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:19pm - BSV ""] the price of gas is going up again? fucking joy!!!!!! |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:20pm - arktouros ""] the government arrested a potential new leader - http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/28/f-profile-mohamed-elbaradei.html |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:21pm - BSV ""] FUCK YOU KARL SANDERS! PLAY FUCKING 'WROUGHT'. BRING BACK CHIEF!!!! |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:21pm - arktouros ""] As head of the International Atomic Energy Agency for 12 years — the UN group that promotes and monitors the peaceful use of nuclear energy — Mohamed ElBaradei gained considerable credibility and media exposure in the West. In so doing, he also proved to be a thorn in the side of the George W. Bush administration ElBaradei was one of the first, and one of the most prominent, public officials to question the invasion of Iraq and the motivation behind it. sounds good to me. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:24pm - the_reverend ""] the_reverend said:I'd be rioting too if someone was trying to make me build pyramids 24/7. Honestly, the Egypt is handling this very well.oh, until that guy was shot. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:24pm - goatcatalyst ""] I wish the government would shut off our cell phones and internet. Let's get uncomfortable. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:28pm - Cairopractor ""] I am the unsung hero. Giver of backbone, corrector of crooked governments. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:32pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] haha that would make for an awesome band name |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:19pm - largefreakatzero ""] Unrest in the middle east, how shocking. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:48pm - nekronautnli ""] goatcatalyst said:I'm looking forward to holocausting rangoons with Rich and Mike [img] |
| _________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:48pm - reimroc ""] crab rangoons are the best thing to come out of immigration |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:59pm - sacreligion ""] [img] |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 4:36pm - Headbanging Man ""] Karl%20Sanders said:I'll get at least a double-album out of this! Haha!! I dunno if Mubarak himself will last but I can't imagine Israel and the US standing by idly while a democratic movement takes hold of Gaza's western neighbor... If for some reason a friendly ruler can't be propped up, I wouldn't be surprised to see a full-scale conflagration in the region. Israel seems ready to take on Lebanon again and are due, based on past experience, for another disproportionate offensive/ethnic cleansing operation on Gaza fairly soon. They've shown they're willing to fight a multi-front war, so if I were Lebanese, Persian, or stuck in Gaza, I would duck and cover before Mossad can manufacture a pretext for some good old-fashioned Israeli "self-defense".... |
| _________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 4:40pm - reimroc ""] Isreal will be plunged into another war. We will give them help. It will all converge with the US invading Iran. That domino effect. Shit will be going down. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 4:48pm - largefreakatzero ""] I should build a bomb shelter on my property. That would be a dandy spring project. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 5:25pm - demondave ""] president mubarak live now |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 5:30pm - demondave ""] he's dismissing the govt, but he's staying put |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 5:36pm - Slag ""] Fuck Mubarak. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 8:07pm - arilliusbm ""] This stinks of a CIA Covert OP. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 10:06pm - reimroc ""] I just love how every politician here got on tv and was like "HURR DURR WE SUPPORT CITIZEN RIGHTS" are they seriously that fucking blind to see that all these camel jockeys are revolting because they're sick and tired of a pro-peace with Isreal and pro-democratic government? God these moonbats are seriously more retarded then that kid with downsyndrome that used to take shits in the urinals when we were all in middle school. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 11:35pm - arktouros ""] well the protesters are pro-democratic, but yeah |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 11:41pm - goatcatalyst ""] My sources tell me that Myatt himself posted in this thread. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 30,2011 12:19pm - ShadowSD ""] reimroc said:Isreal will be plunged into another war. We will give them help. It will all converge with the US invading Iran. That domino effect. Shit will be going down. No, this would not happen under the current admin, which is really an incredible stroke of good luck and timing, because I think if either McCain or HRC or most anyone else likely to be President had gotten the job (Republican or Democrat), we'd be in exactly in the shitstorm you describe as a result of this crisis. It pays to have someone in the job who is anti-neocon to the bone from a childhood of seeing first-hand how external power oppresses third world countries; Obama won't invade anywhere because he knows it's self-defeating, thankfully. Iran is a huge country with several times the population of Iraq, and so invading it would be a disaster for all involved, the US included. I used to worry all the time about this happening, and I probably will again from 2017 on, but it's not happening under this President, and I'd bet money on it. The news even noted this morning about how what he said on Friday (demanding protesters be allowed Internet and cell phone access by Mubarak) was completely different than all previous US responses to threats against allied dictators, which were considerably more supportive and never involved voicing demands on behalf on the people. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 30,2011 12:23pm - ShadowSD ""] arilliusbm said:This stinks of a CIA Covert OP. No, this isn't like Mossadegh in 1953, this is an organic revolution that was a long-time coming in Egypt, spurred by youth and technological access to communication. After all, the CIA got rid of the rising pro-democracy leader Mossadegh in Iran in order to prop up their allied dictator (the Shah); why would they plan a mission to overthrow their allied dictator (Mubarak)? |
| ______________________________ [Jan 30,2011 3:07pm - BSV ""] I think Julio's sells beer from Egypt. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 30,2011 3:13pm - Boozegood ""] This is that place with those big triangles, right? |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 30,2011 4:54pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] No, that's Paris: [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 30,2011 6:59pm - arilliusbm ""] ShadowSD said: arilliusbm said:This stinks of a CIA Covert OP. No, this isn't like Mossadegh in 1953, this is an organic revolution that was a long-time coming in Egypt, spurred by youth and technological access to communication. After all, the CIA got rid of the rising pro-democracy leader Mossadegh in Iran in order to prop up their allied dictator (the Shah); why would they plan a mission to overthrow their allied dictator (Mubarak)? I was being facetious in some regard; however, I would not be surprised if it was a mixture of "organic revolution" and some sort of secret operation. Lest we forget, one of American's tactics is to undermine governments for strategic purposes down the road. The fact of the matter is that we really don't know what forces -if any- are at work here. Yes, Egypt is one of our closest allies in the Middle East, so it's somewhat of a sticky situation. We've had a good relationship with Egypt for the last 30 years, albeit their government is not democratic in the current state. Perhaps the greatest factor in this is how the younger generation wants freedoms... freedoms that they don't currently have. Given the proximity to Israel, however, I'd assume that we would welcome this with open-arms, as our longtime goal is to "spread democracy" throughout the world, which is simple jargon for westernizing the world as we squabble over the last bit of resources left. Then again, it was a long time coming. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 30,2011 8:11pm - grandmotherweb ""] dreadkill said: arktouros said:best live coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo=bar foo=bar? FUBAR? foo, bar, baz, etc. are programmer slang for variables that you're too lazy (or paranoid) to name something more descriptive. also, here's some pretty graphs http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 2,2011 2:52am - TheRidersofDoom ""] Mubarak says he aint running again which means he will serve the rest of his term, pass all sorts of legislation that alters the country to keep his ilk in power, and hand groom a successor. but word is the people are still saying fuck that and want him out of the country immediately. I hear in Jordan and Yemen similar shit is happening. If this spreads to one more country you can bet we will intervene out of protection of Israel. How interesting would it be to have a potentially hostile party controlling the Suez canal which is far more important than both Oil and Israel combined? One can only hope these people get their freedom if that is what we stand for as a country, I am hoping this spreads to Saudi Arabia soon as they are one of the most subjugated people in the region. More than likely we will prop up muburak by sending money so they can subsidize food prices and create jobs there to quiet the protests. You can bet your money there is no way we will allow a party hostile to the west to control the Suez canal. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 2,2011 5:48am - SkinSandwich ""] I saw on the news that looters ripped the heads off two mummies. Look it up as I am too lazy and it is 5:48 in the morning. Mummies are wicked pissed. |
| __________________________________ [Feb 2,2011 10:42am - dertoxia ""] Yeah they also stole 2 statues of king tut. Not only stole, but snapped the fuckers off their base. I can't imagine how that was allowed to happen. First order of business when the protests started getting serious should have been "secure the museum" not "turn off the facebookz". |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 2,2011 7:00pm - TheRidersofDoom ""] Unfortunately a lot of muslims in Egypt hate the pre-Arab history as they see it blinding the world to their existence and history in the region. The few people who protect the antiquities I applaud, the government only cares because of the tourist dollars it brings. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 3,2011 6:05am - SkinSandwich ""] I laughed my ass off this morning when I saw video on the news of a dude with a baseball bat riding a Camel running through the huge crowd. Fucking hilarious! |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 9:45am - arkquimanthorn ""] http://blogs.colgate.edu/khanegyptprimer.pdf good primer pamphlet on the land under the aegean sea |
| ________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 11:00am - Spydre ""] 20+ People getting crushed by a diplomat's car. bennyhillifier And another of a police van crushing people. bennyhillifier |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 12:37pm - SkinSandwich ""] Spydre said:20+ People getting crushed by a diplomat's car. bennyhillifier And another of a police van crushing people. bennyhillifier LULZ!!! That was awesome! This is why you do not give primitive people modern things. |
| ______________________________ [Feb 4,2011 12:45pm - Yeti ""] whoa, that first video is nuts. that van must have been going 50. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 12:48pm - arilliusbm ""] SkinSandwich said: This is why you do not give primitive people modern things. So you're saying the Giza and the Pyramids aren't a feat of mankind, but that of a primitive people? |
| _____________________________ [Feb 4,2011 1:11pm - ark ""] Pills are modern things, dogma and ideology is ancient |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 1:26pm - WhiffItGood ""] Israel is gonna attack the shit out of them and move in on that prime real estate. Thats why. Piss them off until Israel "has no choice!" |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 2:18pm - TheRidersofDoom ""] arilliusbm said: SkinSandwich said: This is why you do not give primitive people modern things. So you're saying the Giza and the Pyramids aren't a feat of mankind, but that of a primitive people? The Arabs pretty much killed off the vast majority of blood that lived in Egypt prior to the Arab invasion. Ancient Egypt was racially diverse as fuck and even had several black pharaohs. the more you know |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 2:19pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Hey Egypt - You were spawned.. by niggers. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 2:28pm - goatcatalyst ""] I hear Obama secretly flew to Egypt to console Mubarak. He admitted that he is a foreign-born Muslim and then they kissed an Israeli flag to show their allegiance and to assure that everything would be ok. |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 2:32pm - arilliusbm ""] TheRidersofDoom said: arilliusbm said: SkinSandwich said: This is why you do not give primitive people modern things. So you're saying the Giza and the Pyramids aren't a feat of mankind, but that of a primitive people? The Arabs pretty much killed off the vast majority of blood that lived in Egypt prior to the Arab invasion. Ancient Egypt was racially diverse as fuck and even had several black pharaohs. the more you know Honestly, I was setting you up for a post. Mission success. |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 2:59pm - Alx_Casket ""] bennyhillifier |
| _____________________________ [Feb 4,2011 3:18pm - Yeti ""] hahahaha i love the Onion. |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 3:23pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Joe Lieberman Approves of this thread [img] |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 5:15pm - Alx_Casket ""] [img] |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 5:24pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] HAHA |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 4,2011 5:51pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] hory shet ror |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 6,2011 5:50pm - the_reverend ""] [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 2:59pm - arkquimanthorn ""] holy shit, mubarak is actually stepping down. shit won't settle for years though. the country is backward in more than regime. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/20112101653445426.html |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 3:11pm - arilliusbm ""] arkquimanthorn said:holy shit, mubarak is actually stepping down. shit won't settle for years though. the country is backward in more than regime. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/20112101653445426.html QUICK, PUT A US-BACKED SECRET CIA AGENT IN AS PRESIDENT TO FIX THE COUNTRY!!!!11234123TG RENR C SRA\' |
| ______________________________ [Feb 10,2011 3:16pm - Slag ""] Lets hope not.... but we all know what is really happening. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 4:13pm - goatcatalyst ""] How bout that? Mubarak: "Eat shit, buttdarts." |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 4:40pm - Headbanging Man ""] I am pretty fucking worried about the prospect of a new false flag attack pinned on the Muslim Brotherhood to allow for broader US/NATO/UN intervention for "stability" in N. Africa. That is if the Muslim Brotherhood doesn't provide such a pretext themselves... Based on our intervention in Yemen for the past 2 years or so though, it certainly need not take place outside of Egypt. The magic words ("national security") have lost a bit of cache, but they still continue to ensure a blank check for radical diplomatic/intelligence/military control over foreign lands, so I won't be surprised if (9/11 co-conspirator?) Robert Gates sends in a few thousand Special Forces overnight while Washington sleeps, in the next few weeks. Looks like he didn't step down after all.... Whoops. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 11,2011 1:50am - Alx_Casket ""] [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 11,2011 9:59am - arkquimanthorn ""] Uninstalling dictator ... 99% complete ███████████████████████████░ -ERROR- |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 11,2011 10:36am - arkquimanthorn ""] this is TODAY in cairo. [img] |