Gangs in Egypt free militants as foreigners flee..
Iraqis watch with sense of irony..
Cairo standoff..
Obama and Clinton watch..
Political tsunami..
Protesters say they won’t stop until Hosni Mubarak is gone..
State Department reduces staff..
Israel watching..
Dubai shares fall the most in a year..
Will there be market chaos?
United States advising Americans to leave the nation..
Business as usual on Suez Canal..
But there are worries over the Suez, along with stock fears..
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Egypt update
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Best still. And goodnight.
Five Satins - In the Still of the Night
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
And with that it ends
A snake cut Debbie Gibson in half.
And so ends my Saturday night live blogging of mega python vs. gatoroid.. Signing off now, as my wife rolls her eyes at my actions. Until next time, watch out for pythons..and never give steroids to an alligator.
Mega-Python epic so far..
Otoh, somebody had bitch for breakfast’ .. Go Tiffany! It’s a tough world fighting Gatoroid.
If the snow put a damper on your Saturday night, I have an idea
Right now, the SyFy network is airing the premiere of ‘Mega-Python bs Gatoroid’.. Starring none other than Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. It’s a blockbuster of epic proportions.., perhaps my favorite line so far: ‘Well at least we know now what’s decimating the gator population.’
Runner up: ‘Spread the word, it is now snake hunting season.’
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Saturday night arrives again.
Have as much as Lita Ford did in 1985.
Lita Ford — Kiss me Deadly
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Instruction freely flowing: How to get around the kill switch
If you know anyone in Egypt, please pass this on to them. To bypass government blocking of websites, use numerical IP addresses: Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Fb ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”. A French ISP offers free dial up internet access ~ +33 1 72 89 01 50 Login password: toto. Please pass this on and share.
The man against the machine. One person stands up to the army, holding the Egyptian flag.
But it’s moments like this, watching chaos in the world and civil unrest in a nation that is “allied” to the United States and other democracies, that one must step back and wonder what Egypt will emerge? Will it be radical? Will it be filled with freedom? Will it know civil rights and allow people to vote freely, along with the bare necessities to stabilize the nation after these protests end?
And finally, will Hosni Mubarak listen to the people.. He’s in his 80s but it’s leading in a brand new world—one connected to the internet, one that speaks on cell phones, and one that has marched beyond the 20th century-style leadership that Mubarak has held on to for three decades..
It’s amazing to watch the developments unfold as they do, with TV networks covering live—but the internet streaming live.. It’s amazing and chilling reading tweets from people on the streets as they come out—somehow some are making it out of the ‘kill switch’ net turnoff that occurred within the nation.
And finally, it’s breathtaking to see a people rise up in solidarity against a government they have grown weary of.. But it begs the question, will real reform be fostered by the violence, and will the pro-democracy protesters be taken over by more radical elements of society within the nation?
There are no answers. While we watch the chaos in real time, we are simply left stunned, speechless, and amazed. This is happening. Right now, live. As we speak, and read, and type. And it’s even more startling to think that one man in Tunisia set himself on fire in protest, and lit a spark that may end up transforming nations before our eyes.
Some cell service returns in Egypt -- but most modern forms of communications are still under a blackout due to the forceful hand of Egyptian government
So back, in turn, are dial up modems, fax machines, and other forms of antiquated technology that took us from the 1990s into the 21st century..
The smiling soldier.. One image shows the true heart of some —and maybe many more—of the soldiers who have been ordered to stop the demonstrators
An Egyptian army soldier smiles at protesters in Cairo January 28, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak sent troops and armoured cars into Egyptian cities on Friday in an attempt to quell street fighting and mass protests demanding an end to his 30-year rule. Mubarak, facing a challenge that could send shock waves through the Middle East, declared a night-time curfew. But thousands stayed out on the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, epicentre of protests in the last four days; some thronged around mounted armoured cars, cheering and waving flags.… REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)
Get ready for a rocky road ahead for oil prices and prices on lots of other commodities as well.. fears of supply eruptions are just as bad as shutting off access to the Suez Canal.. If Egyptian forces continue to battle protesters demanding the exit of Hosni Mubarak, prices are expected to fluctuate for the near future
THE LATEST FROM EGYPT
Mohamed Atef lies on the ground after being shot in the head while demonstrating in the town of Sheikh Zoweid..
Ally? Thousands defy curfew..
Egypt’s crackdown reminding a lot of people of Iran in 2009..
Tourism rattled in Egypt as anarchy on the streets continues..
Official in Egypt claims looters destroying Egyptian mummies..
Half-hearing: Mubarak names a vice president but stays..
Dozens fly out of Egypt on emergency flight..
Republican Sen. Rand Paul favors cutting U.S. aid to Israel as part of a deficit-driven effort to slash government spending by $500 billion this year..
Spotlight on change—and the internet..
Various reports that army vehicles are being deployed in wealthy areas of Cairo to protect the rich.. Also reports that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are stepping up security around the royals..
Additionally, a Saturday flight took around 200 Israelis out of Egypt..
All developing.
Live on 20th century TV and 21st century internet, in real time.
Reuters reporting
Looters broke into museum, destroyed two Pharaonic mummies late Friday, says nation’s top archaeologist
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Goodnight all
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Friday, January 28, 2011
THE STREETS OF EGYPT TONIGHT ARE FILLED WITH YOUTHFUL RAGE AND ANGER.. THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO ESCAPE FUTURE BY HOLDING ON TO THE PAST..
THE WORLD IS WATCHING, EVEN THOUGH THEY FORCED THE INTERNET AND CELL PHONE WORLD TO DIE AWAY AS THOUGH IT NEVER EXISTED..
THE TIMES ARE A CHANGIN’ …
NO TELLIN’ WHO IT’S NAMING.
We are being shot at by live ammunition please tell the world !
A chilling tweet about 10 hours ago from Egyptian blogger Rowand Helmii.. And there are more amazing tweets that followed from her and other users, fromt the chaotic streets of change in Egypt tonight..
A new world…
A protester burns a picture of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. Police and demonstrators fought running battles on the streets of Cairo on Friday in a fourth day of unprecedented protests by tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to Mubarak’s three-decade rule. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
MSNBC reporter in Egypt: Cell phone and Blackberry services are back on in Egypt.
The rise of the fax machine continues. And I’d bet ham radios, too..
Specifics from someone who was listening more closely… : “MSNBC’s Richard Engel says his Blackberry is back on in #Egypt.” - Brooklynmutt
And now with the Egyptian mess, what prospers? The once mighty fax machine-- this time being used in relation to Wikileaks
Forbes’ Andy Greenberg reporting,
On Friday afternoon, the loose hacker group Anonymous began a campaign to fax thousands of copies of WikiLeaks’ latest missives–a series of State Department cables revealing human rights abuses under Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and tacit U.S. backing for his administration–to Egyptian numbers
And now with the Egyptian mess, what prospers? The once mighty fax machine-- this time being used in relation to Wikileaks
HORROR-- THE FAKE KIND
Wes Craven’s newest nightmare: Reports of SCREAM 4 reshoots persist..
First official trailer for SCREAM 4..
..and the second..
Did Wes Craven accidentially reveal a spoiler?
Anthony Hopkins reveals a secret atheist message placed into new horror film THE RITE..
The real priest behind THE RITE film..
Anthony Hopkins exoricsm horror flick expected to be number 1 film of the weekend..
..but bad reviews abound..
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It don’t come easy…
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
EGYPT AND YEMEN IN 2011
This is Egypt, 2011
Protesters take to the streets in Yemen to demand change..
Egypt protests continue..
Facebook says it saw a drop in traffic Thursday night from Egypt..
Net disruptions..
Technology becomes tool of change for Arab world..
How social media is changing the region..
SHUTDOWN: Every Egyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website, school, embassy, and government office that relied on the big four Egyptian ISPs for their Internet connectivity is now cut off from the rest of the world..
Egyptian youth is behind ‘people power’ movement in nation..
Mass protests expected after Friday prayers..
Cables reveal how the United States pressured Egypt..
We are seeing internet history before our eyes
Egypt, in the face of a growing backlash of the youth against the old guard, has ordered the social networking, Twittering and Facebooking of modern life to be shut down.. the net’s gears have halted within the nation.. The rest of the world is watching Egypt, even if its citizens cannot see out.. Time will tell how the protests’ spread will be stopped by the sudden collapse of fiber optics and WiFi connections.. but all are watching..
Goodbye Egypt. You can’t see the world but the rest of the world is watching you.
via James Cowie at Renesys
Egypt Leaves The Internet
Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through Egypt appear to be unaffected for now. But every Egyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website, school, embassy, and government office that relied on the big four Egyptian ISPs for their Internet connectivity is now cut off from the rest of the world. Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat Misr, and all their customers and partners are, for the moment, off the air.
The 'kill switch' already exists in Egypt
Internet shut down; no TWITTER, FACEBOOK…
Chaos is expected within hours as citizens take to the streets to protest Hosni Mubarak.. A developing story that we will all be watching.
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Some might say…. what?
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tumblr is down alot. But with the new Tumbeasts, as CNN reports, faith in the brand may actually be strengtehened..
CNN reports:
Amusing error mascots are popular with users, but they can also deliver a bottom-line payoff: Being direct about screw-ups often strengthens users’ faith in a brand.
"The spirit of transparency is the new order," says Michael Gaiss, senior vice president at branding consultancy Highland Capital Partners. “Plus, being funny probably lightens the bad press around problems.”
The most iconic of these efforts is Twitter’s “Fail Whale” — the microblogging site even refers to errors as “whales” in its system status updates. Twitter’s history of crash whimsy runs deep: Before it introduced the whale, it had the error kitten.
Giant Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) has jumped on the trend. Google Books piggybacked on Twitter’s theme, creating its own Moby Dick-esque Fail Whale for when the service “is having trouble finding that page.”
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I don’t quite know what to say about this. But it scares mew
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To me, this seems to be a pretty big deal: Facebook is going to let advertisers REPUBLISH user posts
You will be updating your Facebook, doing product placements, and won’t even know it..
From the AP story:
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook users who check in to a store or “like” a brand may soon find those actions re-transmitted on their friends’ pages as a “Sponsored Story” paid for by advertisers.
Currently there is no way for users to decline this feature
There is something really creepy about Facebook, and anyone who thinks about it knows it, even if you have a Facebook.
I have been steadily ending lots of updates on there and stopped publishing my Coal Speaker Tumblr feed on there too for fear of this very thing.. I may not matter or be a big deal to the masses of advertisers, but.. even if there’s a chance an advertiser would use me without concern is enough to make me want to quit Facebook altogether.
To me, this seems to be a pretty big deal: Facebook is going to let advertisers REPUBLISH user posts
Well tickle us pink: The famed Homeland Security color coded terror alerts are going..
No more orange.
No more red.
We never were green..
Well tickle us pink: The famed Homeland Security color coded terror alerts are going..
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
This photo provided by the office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shows Mark Kelly watching the State of the Union address with Giffords in her hospital room in Houston, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. MORE(AP Photo/Office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)
John Boehner is not a man of the 'clap'
I think I respect that
I don’t the think guy clapped much, for even things he agreed with. Maybe he will cry if he does
ROOFERS SOLAR SHINGLES AND CLEAN ENERGY OH MY
…plus never thought a President would say the words “google” and “facebook” during a State of the Union.
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