February 2011
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“If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope....”
– Noam Chomsky (via mohandasgandhi)
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“FLASH: Google says has launched service for people in Egypt to send Twitter...”
– @Reuters (via brooklynmutt)
A+, Google.
(via mohandasgandhi)
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NY TIMES: Al Jazeera English finding an audience... →
mohandasgandhi:
White House officials have turned to Al Jazeera English among other television channels to monitor the mounting protests in Egypt. But most Americans lack the same ability to tune in to the broadcaster, which is based in Qatar, because cable and satellite companies in the United States have largely refused its requests to be carried.
With the network’s coverage of the...
January 2011
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“Typically what happens in countries like Tunisia or Iran or China is people...”
– Jim Cowie, Renesys Chief Technology Officer in How Was Egypt’s Internet Access Shut Off?
The rest is pretty interesting too. The internet, man. It’s a crazy place.
(via notthatkindagay)
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“According to the known historical record, it was not until 1978 that any...”
– Steven Barkan, Law and Society
Tell me we don’t live in a society with institutionalized inequality and sexism.
(via mohandasgandhi)
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The More Americans That Go On Food Stamps The More... →
JP Morgan is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the United States. JP Morgan has contracted to provide food stamp debit cards in 26 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. JP Morgan is paid for each case that it handles, so that means that the more Americans that go on food stamps, the more profits JP Morgan makes. Yes, you read that correctly. When the number of Americans on food...
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Anger turning to anarchy in Cairo →
While President Mubarak maintains a desperate bid to hold on to power, the situation in Egypt has become so unstable that his sons, Gamal and Alaa, his grandchildren, his two daughters-in-law and his wife have fled the country for Britain where the family owns several properties.
They were not the only ones fleeing the capital. According to Associated Press, an official at Cairo airport said 19...
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When the politically fueled murder of a 9-year-old... →
jonathan-cunningham:
idonteverwanna:
Wow.
“As her mother tells it, 9-year-old Brisenia Flores had begged the border vigilantes who had just broken into her house, “Please don’t shoot me.”
But they did — in the face at point-blank range, prosecutors allege, as Brisenia’s father sat dead on the couch and her mother lay on the floor, pretending that she too had been killed in the gunfire.”
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“Many families in Egypt are fast running out of staples such as bread, beans and...”
– Okay so this is pretty bleak. Egypt imports a whole lot of its food supply, and people living in urban areas acquire basically all their food through shopping, so there’s a whole complicated supply chain upon which everyone is relying, and that’s breaking down. This probably puts a time limit of...
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crookedindifference:
The Flaming Lips - Knives...
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Massey continues to lie about the explosion that... →
jonathan-cunningham:
Previously: A mine in West Virginia owned by Massey exploded, killing several workers. Investigation by NPR determined that Massey had the methane sensors that are required by law (because they help prevent explosions) were disabled. While Don Blankenship ran Massey it was common practice to disabled methane sensors. Don Blankenship stepped down from his position last...
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America's History of Intolerance →
“Live and let live” would appear to be a simple, sensible guide to social life, but obviously many Americans reject this creed with a vengeance.
They find toleration so unpleasant that they support the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of individuals whose personal behavior they regard as offensive.
Why do so many Americans favor the use of coercive sanctions to enforce repression? Perhaps...
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Volunteering in your boxers
thephilanthropyfactory:
It’s online volunteering, for busy people…(Click HERE)
I’m very much intrigued by this.
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“Why are Americans such wusses? Threaten the Greeks with job losses and benefit...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich (via azspot)
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Not For Sale Campaign →
Get involved, make a difference.
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Egypt Now Blocking Al Jazeera Broadcasts to Much... →
The Egyptian government isn’t just attempting to censor Al Jazeera within Egypt itself. The news station was just kicked off one of the Middle East’s main satellite providers—which happens to be based in Egypt.
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I don’t know what to really title this post, and this might be a little all over the place, but I think it’s an important thing to talk about.
I read all these books and am taking all of these classes dealing with poverty, inequality, and terrible violence on both the macro and micro levels. It is almost always rooted in poverty and/or greed (and power dynamics), and it is everywhere....
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Egypt Lies I Read on Twitter: Debunking Rumors and... →
dominickbrady:
Yeah. I’ve learned pretty quickly on Tumblr that misinformation can be passed off as truth. That Fox news map with Egypt as Iraq is a great example. Unless I find a link to a major news service or scholar and can then compare that information with other sources I’m not buying it. For my Egypt and Middle East updates I’ll be relying on 3quarks and Juan Cole. Juan Cole is a...
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Is the Game Really Over? →
According to a report published by Reuters on July 13, 2009, 77 million of the 80 million Egyptians live on less than $1 a day. Around 30% of the workforce is unemployed, 7% of children miss schools because of poverty. There are over 100,000 homeless youth. Egypt’s official foreign debt is around 12 billion dollars, yet several of Mubarak’s corrupt ruling elites have stolen almost half this...
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The Green State: I'm starting to get really wary... →
tiaramerchgirl:
…mainly because it seems a little too easy.
Instead of engaging with points of view that are challenging to yours (or just even working from a very different perspective), instead of looking within yourself to see how you’re perpetuating and practicing discrimination and…
This is a great read, and something I’ve been worried about a lot, and honestly, that I also...
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Al Jazeera In Cairo Being Shut Down, Press... →
thenoobyorker:
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taniada:
“Egyptian state TV reported Sunday morning that the Al Jazeera office in Cairo is being shut down and Al Jazeera reporters are losing their press credentials in Egypt.
Al Jazeera correspondent Dan Nolan tweeted the news at about 11 a.m. local time, adding that Al Jazeera’s licenses were revoked, per state media.
Nolan quickly added, “Don’t worry we’ll...
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What is foreign aid for? →
Foreign aid is once again under fire. Every so often a few politicians — usually Republicans — get up in arms about our government’s gift of large amounts of money to other countries. Equally often, media stories appear detailing how ineffective aid supposedly is. The picture emerges that foreign aid is unnecessary, ineffective, and wasteful.
For example, the Republican Study Committee (RSC)...
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Egypt is repressing free speech with the help of... →
jonathan-cunningham:
This is war profiteering in the information age and should be prosecuted as such.
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“We don’t expect anything from Obama, whom we regard as a great hypocrite. But we...”
– Egyptian blogger and activist Hossam el-Hamalawy talks to U.C. Irvine history professor Mark LeVine at Al Jazeera.
(“We Don’t Expect Any Help From America, Just To Leave Us Alone.” | The Awl)
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Latest updates on Egypt from BBC News →
caraobrien:
2130: The BBC’s Jon Leyne in Cairo says Mr Mubarak must be seriously considering if, and how, he can continue his 30-year grip on power.
2128: Medical sources tell Reuters that 13 people have been killed and 75 wounded in Suez.
2127: US Senator John McCain releases a statement saying Mr Mubarak has been an important and valued friend of the US, but describes the response of the...
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“Assad Sawey, a BBC journalist, was beaten by Egyptian police and then went on...”
– NY Observer on treatment of journalists covering Egypt’s ongoing protests (via matthew)
I know I’m spamming but what’s going on here couldn’t possibly be any more important.
I cannot stress enough how much things in the middle east would change without Mubarak.
All of this continues to go on, but...
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Governor Rick Perry Urges Republican Voters to... →
jonathan-cunningham:
damekatharsis:
My rage-o-meter reading is officially on imminent meltdown:
Well, there is a lot of fat to cut from our public schools, especially those in our biggest urban areas like Houston and Dallas. I am concerned that some the highly diverse Magnet public schools in this city are becoming hotbeds for liberalism. Do we really need free school bus service, Black...
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Did CNN really just say
thenoobyorker:
saharfakhri:
That Egypt will become an “Islamist state that will build ties with Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.” Did I hear her wrong?
I shouldn’t be surprised.
this just happened
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“You’ve heard all about Christina Green, but do you know about Brisenia Flores?...”
– When the politically fueled murder of a 9-year-old girl in Arizona is NOT national news | Media Matters for America
The trial details are frightening and disgusting.
(via shorterexcerpts)
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Imagine if the invasion had never happened and...
publicradiointernational:
Makes you think.
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Taking a stance against scavengers →
baconqurlyq:
On Tuesday night the Newport Beach City Council made it a serious offense to scavenge through trash. The Costa Mesa Sanitary District is considering locking some of its residents’ trash cans.
The actions come during a down economy, when more and more people are scrounging through garbage for their income — and more residents are complaining about it.
“It’s a way to hopefully...
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“(T)he sooner the U.S. government realizes its secrecy paradigm has irrevocably...”
– Schneier on Security: U.S. Strategy to Prevent Leaks is Leaked (via statichead)