Huffpo Headline Helps Hosni

I see the Huffington Post has another one of their over-sized screaming headlines: "'Day of Departure -- Will Massive March Force Mubarak's Hand?" Yes, that's right, Arianna -- you airhead -- Mubarak will be "forced" to kill, jail, and repress the protesters in Tahrir...

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Take the Frum Test

Former Bush speechwriter David "Axis of Evil" Frum, the neocon who today poses as a "moderate" Republican, writes: "There’s a lot of heady talk in the US media right now, from both liberals and conservatives, about the possibilities in Cairo. We all share those...

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Egypt: The Dealmakers

The New York Times and others are reporting that the Obama administration is working on a plan to get Mubarak out and usher in his Vice President, Omar Suleiman, the former head of Egypt's feared intelligence service. That Suleiman is the embodiment of the torture...

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Mossad in Egypt?

The Jerusalem Post reports: "Two Swedish reporters were held for hours on Wednesday by Egyptian soldiers accusing them of being Mossad spies, the reporters' employer, daily newspaper Aftonbladet, reported. The soldiers reportedly attacked the reporters, spitting in...

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The Mailed Fist

In Egypt we see the true nature of the State -- all States, everywhere -- revealed as the mask is dropped and Mubarak's hired thugs (paid for with your tax dollars, my friends) wreak mayhem on peaceful demonstrators. Mubarak supporters  must have been listening to...

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Rachel Maddow Supports Aid to Mubarak

So you thought it was only the wackos on the neocon right who support Mubarak? Wrong! I'm listening right now to Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's resident ultra-liberal, attack Rand Paul for being "offshore" because he calls for ending the $1.5 billion in "aid" to the Egyptian...

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Egypt: Shots Heard Near Presidential Palace

The Guardian reports: "Shots sound like they are coming from the east of the city, Peter Beaumont says. Tracer rounds from heavy calibre weapons suggest they are military. Bursts from the direction of the airport and Heliopolis – where the presidential palace is...

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Harmonic Convergence

God help me, I agree with neocon bigwig, Danielle Pletka, of the American Enterprise Institute, who said in today's Washington Post: "The president himself needs to stand up and unequivocally make clear America's position: in favor of the people over their oppressors....

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ElBaradei Arrives

Via Al Jazeera: A coalition of opposition groups has agreed on a provisional government led by former UN nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei. In fifteen minutes or so, he will arrive in Liberation Square to address the people. Developing ... "Change is coming in...

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