Egypt Revolution (live tv link)

[sunspotbaby]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Sunday that Egyptian authorities ordered the closure of its Cairo news hub overseeing coverage of the country's massive street protests, denouncing the move as an attempt to "stifle and repress" open reporting.
The Qatar-based network has given nearly round-the-clock coverage to the unprecedented uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and had faced criticism by some government supporters as a forum to inspire more unrest.


Read more:
Egypt Bans Arabic Broadcaster Al-Jazeera - FoxNews.com

 

[DuneAHH]

Food prices have risen slightly here - a couple percentage points - nothing like abroad where the government was implementing price controls because prices were doubling and tripling.

We grow a lot of our own food - and since even CHINA thinks our GMO food stuffs are unsafe and won't import them, we won't have a lot of competition for those supplies. :roll:

I just watched "The Future of Food" documentary last night. What an eye opener.

Apparently rats aren't the only thing being used in testing... how 'bout the silent testing being done on us?

 

[30ashopper]

The chaos unfolding in Egypt is laying bare a stark fact, Middle East experts say: In the Arab world, American words may not matter, because American deeds, whatever the words, have been pretty consistent. Ever since that March morning 31 years ago, when Anwar el-Sadat reached out to clasp hands with Menachem Begin on the North Lawn of the White House after signing the Camp David peace treaty with Israel, the United States government has viewed the Egyptian government, no matter how flawed or undemocratic, as America?s closest ally in the Arab world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/weekinreview/30cooper.html

A good NYT article detailing U.S. foriegn policy with Egypt. On the left, Mr. Rock, on the right, Mr. Hard Place.

 

[TNJed]

Real-time tweet map for Egypt.

Egypt ProtestsTweets Mapped