February 2011
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Egypt Army: We will not use violence against... →
hakimabdi: The army said on Monday it would not use force against Egyptians staging protests demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down, a statement said.   It said “freedom of expression” was guaranteed to all citizens using peaceful means.   It was the first such explicit confirmation by the army that it would not fire at demonstrators who have taken to the streets of Egypt since last...
Feb 1st
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Why Egypt’s popular rebellion is the greatest... →
givemesomethingtoread: I’m writing this on January 28th, 2011, at 11:53 AM Cairo time, although I’m an ocean away from Cairo. But, as someone wrote the other day on Twitter, yesterday, we were all Tunisian; today, we are all Egyptian, and tomorrow, we will all be free. So today I am writing this on Cairo time. (Thanks, Inky) Click through to read the whole article. It’s really good. 
Feb 1st
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January 2011
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Open Letter to President Barack Obama →
sargel: Dear President Obama: As political scientists, historians, and researchers in related fields who have studied the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, we the undersigned believe you have a chance to move beyond rhetoric to support the democratic movement sweeping over Egypt. As citizens, we expect our president to uphold those values. For thirty years, our government has spent...
Jan 31st
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“There is a great sense of pride that this is a leaderless movement organized by...”
– Sharif Abdel Kouddous- a senior producer for the radio/TV show Democracy Now. (via progressive-insanities)
Jan 31st
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sneaky cum jokes
Abed: "Do you think bees eat their own honey?"
Troy: "I'm sure they've at least tasted it."
Jan 31st
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foodnography
My mum didn’t know what to make for supper tonight, so I suggested we have taco salad, but we didn’t have any taco seasoning. “That’s not a problem”, I said and went about gathering and grinding spices to make this recipe. Then when I went to post it, I decided I needed a new food blog and new layout, so I created this blog, and imported all my old recipes (including...
Jan 31st
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“School let out early that day, so Akram met with his cousin and walked to the...”
– How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America, Moustafa Bayoumi (via claerwen)
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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new blog theme
Not sure if I like it, but I was totally bored by the old one.  This one has been a real headache to set up how I want it though. I really need to learn how to do html. Pluses are the background graphic and the fact that I can use my favourite font Futura.
Jan 30th
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It’s the U.S. vs. the Egyptian People (Mubarak’s... →
androphilia: By: fairleft Friday January 28, 2011 One protester pointed to the fact that the tear gas canisters being used by the police are made in the U.S. This is not about Mubarak. The U.S., us, we’re the real boss in Egypt. The people in the Egyptian streets want democracy. The U.S. certainly does NOT want to give them that, because it rejects who the Egyptians would vote for. If...
Jan 29th
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musings
Video-chatting with a certain cute boy always makes my day 147 times better.
Jan 29th
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musings
Listening to the Robyn Body Talk album for the 14th time and I’m still not tired of it. 
Jan 29th
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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)
Jan 29th
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Egypt is burning and most westerners have no idea... →
androphilia: By Parvez Sharma January 28, 2011 Cairo is burning. So is Egypt. Twitter is exploding. Everyone seems to have an opinion—many who do have never even been to Egypt but feel a strong sense of solidarity with the most remarkable revolution in a generation, perhaps. A revolution which importantly is not really caused by Twitter or by Facebook—as much as the self congratulatory...
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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My Tumblr (And Other Things Nobody Cares About):... →
spacebaw: Unconfirmed Al Jazeera reports claim that Egyptian military forces, being welcomed and cheered by protesters, are possibly battling the police (tightly controlled by President Mubarak). Live fire is claimed to be coming from a police station in downtown Cairo, being aimed towards protesters and…
Jan 28th
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“Predictions that a Tunisia-like uprising will soon topple Egyptian President...”
–  Shadi Hamid suspects that, in the event of a Tunisia-inspired revolt in Egypt, the U.S. may be on the wrong side of history. Read the full article here. (via abudaii) And in yet another country, America has blood on its hands.
Jan 28th
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think on this.: Biden: Mubarak Should Not Step... →
nwbtcw: newsflick: Vice President Biden, issuing the Obama administration’s most definitive statement to date on the turmoil in Egypt, said President Hosni Mubarak should not step down and downplayed the protests spreading across the Mideast as generally unconnected.  He described the unrest as an expression of “middle-class folks” looking for “a little more access and a little more...
Jan 28th
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Profiles of the Targeted: FBI Raided My Home,... →
redguard: Anh Pham and her husband were still in bed when the FBI came to their home on September 24th. Pham’s husband went to the door and returned to tell Pham that FBI agents were at the door and wanted to speak to her. Pham asked him if they had a warrant. Pham’s husband didn’t know. Pham left the bedroom with her husband to go see if the FBI had a warrant, but by that time it was “almost...
Jan 28th
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CIA Drones Killed Over 2,000, Mostly Civilians in... →
A new report from the Conflict Monitoring Centre (CMC) has reported that 2,043 Pakistanis have been slain in CIA drone strikes in the past 5 years, with the vast majority of them innocent civilians. The report notes that the attacks target Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas where “people usually carry guns and ammunition as a tradition. US drones will identify anyone carrying a gun...
Jan 28th
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the Loathsome Joʏ: I HATE WHEN PEOPLE SAY... →
thunkapotamus: jcfitzner: thunkapotamus: OMG, this! All day long, THIS!!! BITCH, AMERICA IS A CONTINENT! NOT USA. No. That’s like complaining when people say the word “coke” when they really mean carbonated beverage (aka pop). You can’t control how words are used, especially by others. In almost every… There’s a pretty big difference between asking people to be thoughtful about what...
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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musings
I’m feeling extra Un-American today. 
Jan 28th
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I HATE WHEN PEOPLE SAY "AMERICA" BUT THEY REFER TO...
thunkapotamus: OMG, this! All day long, THIS!!! BITCH, AMERICA IS A CONTINENT! NOT USA. No. That’s like complaining when people say the word “coke” when they really mean carbonated beverage (aka pop). You can’t control how words are used, especially by others. In almost every usage, the word “America” means the USA because it’s short for The...
Jan 27th
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“Together, (Carlos) Slim, (Bill) Gates, (Warren) Buffett, and (Mukesh) Ambani...”
– Terrifying Fact of the Day. The four richest men share a combined wealth bigger than that of the 57 poorest countries together. Just to give an idea of the magnitude, I checked the Wikipedia page for the index of poorest countries. To measure this wealth, I used the gross domestic product (GDP) at...
Jan 27th
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homotronic asked: But, if Mother Theresa died unmarried to mormon man (and therefore not sealed in the temple), she still wouldn't go to heaven even if she was posthumously baptized mormon, correct?

Oh, religion. It's like Harry Potter, only it causes genocide and bad folk music.
Jan 27th
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Report: 97% of scientists say man-made climate... →
mohandasgandhi: This data comes from a new survey out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study found that 97 percent of scientific experts agree that climate change is “very likely” caused mainly by human activity. The report is based on questions posed to 1,372 scientists. Nearly all the experts agreed that it is “very likely that anthropogenic...
Jan 27th
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Leslie: "Let me ask you one question, would you be cool doing things a prostitute does?"
Ann: "Uh...."
Leslie: "Minus the money?"
Ann: "Definitely yes then."
Jan 27th
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under gay, politics,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #gay, #politics, #atheism
Jan 26th