January 2011
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Egypt Protests Day Five
Protesters have started to gather in the streets of Egypt for the fifth day of protests.
The army have warned them not to form groups and to obey the curfew.
Hosni Mubarak is set to announce a new cabinet with him still in charge.
Clashes have already started with police.
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“The notion that there is a common struggle across the Arab world is something Al...”
– Al Jazeera Plays Galvanizing Role in Arab Protests - NYTimes.com (via rahmin)
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“For the last three years, the US government secretly provided aid to the leaders...”
– US secretly backed Egyptian protest leaders (via ryking)
Wow, that’s pretty big. Wonder at its accuracy…
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Wall Street Journal Reporting Mubarak's Speech was... →
evilteabagger:
Interesting.
No surprise here. I’m still sceptical about reports that he left Cairo in a private jet, but the notion of him being in hiding is certainly likely.
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Egypt Live Feed →
Follow this.
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“President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party says it is ready to open a dialogue...”
– From the AP’s report on developments in Egypt.
What is this dialogue supposed to achieve if concessions or indeed any help are already ruled out? A pointless remark.
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“I love the public library service for what it did for me as a child and as a...”
– Philip Pullman (via gemma-kristina)
Exactly.
Read the whole thing here: http://falseeconomy.org.uk/blog/save-oxfordshire-libraries-speech-philip-pullman
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Developments in physics continue to make no sense... →
This time with quantum entanglement through time!
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Lament of the Makaris
I THAT in heill was and gladness Am trublit now with great sickness And feblit with infirmitie: —
Timor Mortis conturbat me. Our plesance here is all vain glory, This fals world is but transitory, The flesh is bruckle, the Feynd is slee: —
Timor Mortis conturbat me. The state of man does change and vary, Now sound. now sick, now blyth, now sary, Now dansand mirry, now like to die:...
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Kevin Smith to distribute Red State himself →
Felling pretty hyped to see if this works out, say anything else about Smith - he loves films and I admire his enthusiasm and drive for doing things differently.
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“Baudelaire sensed the increased intimacy of a house when it is besieged by...”
– So Gaston Bachelard writes in The Poetics of Space as another three inches of snow falls on Cambridge. (via carpentrix)
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weiscuts:
The Forms feat. Matt Berninger - “Fire...
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Limit of holding terror suspects for 28-days... →
Good news, particularly considering that out of the 6 times it was used, half the suspects were released uncharged. That someone could be imprisoned for nearly a month without evidence against them has always struck me as a severe attack on freedom.
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“[T]he poet constitutes a definite disturbance to the business built up around...”
– Robert Musil, Posthumous Papers of a Living Author. Peter Wortsman translation. (via towirr)
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Amnesty International: “Baby Doc” Duvalier Must... →
Former Haitian president, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier,returned suddenly to Haiti this past weekend after living in exile for nearly 25 years in France. We are calling on Haiti to use this opportunity to bring Duvalier to justice for human rights abuses committed during his regime in the 1970s and 80s.
The widespread and systematic human rights violations committed in Haiti during...
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Preparations being made to bring charges against... →
gemma-kristina:
Whilst he is yet to be arrested The Haitian Chief Prosecutor, a Judge and Police as well as Duvalier’s attorneys have entered Duvalier’s hotel and the speculation is that charges may be raised against him regarding Human Rights abuses in his past.
He has since been taken to court but no confirmation has been made of his arrest. In addition to human rights charges it is thought...
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“A state is something more than an investment; its purpose is not merely to...”
– Aristotle from The Politics 3.9
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Standoff In Ivory Coast Threatens To Boil Over... →
I hate how true this is.
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