January 2011
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“Egyptian Army Chief of Staff Sami Annan was huddling Saturday with five of his...”
– CNN
An official military stance might be coming soon.
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I gotta say,
evilteabagger:
I’m really bummed with Fox’s reporting on Egypt.
Oh and by the way, Fox News.com > Fox News Channel. It’s not even a contest.
Al Jazeera English has much better coverage than all of the other Western news agencies in regards to this.
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Muslim Brotherhood Could Win in Egypt Protests,... →
The Muslim Brotherhood was the foundation of al-Qaeda and collaborated with the Nazis in WWII. It is regularly tied to violence against Coptics in Egypt and supports a single Islamic state in the Middle East ruled by Sharia law, etc.
Shouldn’t worry, yeah right.
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Bloody and bruised: the journalist caught in Egypt... →
Along with nearby protesters I fled down the street before stopping at what appeared to be a safe distance. A few ordinarily dressed young men were running in my direction. Two came towards me and threw out punches, sending me to the ground. I was hauled back up by the scruff of the neck and dragged towards the advancing police lines.
My captors were burly and wore leather jackets – up close...
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Why Americans Think Obama is too Liberal →
I think this stands as another reminder that the strategy of Senate Republicans during the past two years was politically brilliant. As you may recall, Mitch McConnell got a lot of attention last month because he frankly acknowledged that Republicans made a calculated decision to deny Obama bipartisan support for his proposals in service of a grand political objective:
“We worked very hard...
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“Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a...”
– I’m not an American, so of course I generally try not to talk about the American notion of gun control. From an economist point of view, though, this proposal seems like a really reasonable way to create the right incentives for gun ownership, since it would encourage gun owners to do reasonable...
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“If you cut military by 1/3, restructure social security, eliminate the Bush tax...”
– Fred Wilson via vruz (via alexanderpf)
Here is another take that completely ignores Medicare.
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Some educators resist giving woodshop the chop |... →
It’s been a discouraging time for teachers. Recently they got the news that 15-year-olds in the United States are lagging seriously behind their global counterparts: An international assessment found they ranked 25th among peers from 34 countries in math and just average in science and reading.
While there’s no quick fix, many woodworking teachers are convinced that getting...
Here Come the Gun Control Bills →
evilteabagger:
tootsitramp:
evilteabagger:
If Arizona had less gun laws someone would have been there to stop him.
Someone DID stop him. They were normal citizens, and they were unarmed. More guns is not the solution to preventing politically fueled violence.
Yes it is.
One of people who tackled him was armed, actually.
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minusmanhattan:
When I read the news today I just started crying; I’m still crying and I don’t know why. I’ve never even heard of this congresswoman and I don’t normally react to politics or news in this way, but this just makes me so so sad. Sad at the state of our country and this political environment and yes, angry.
Anger at the tea party, anger at Sarah Palin. Is it misplaced? Maybe. There...
sykelifeisawesome:
I’m all for alternative forms of transportation but a lot of people dont realize that the process for making batteries, let alone disposing of them, is highly environmentally devastating. We need a renaissance in the art of recycling plastics and heavy metals as well as energy production more than anything else right now.
Indeed. I’m not convinced that EVs are the...
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Tesla Wants Some Engineering Cred | Wired →
The Roadster showed Tesla Motors can design a top-notch electric drivetrain. The Model S showed it can design a gorgeous car. Building the S is another story, of course, so now the Silicon Valley upstart wants to show it knows a little something about engineering.
Elon Musk’s upstart automaker rolls into the Detroit auto show with an “alpha build” of the Model Ssedan. The term is a nod to...
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Aircraft engineers are funny people
mbisteni:
After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by...
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City Center lands upscale Mexican restaurant | The... →
A fast growing chain of upscale Mexican restaurants concentrated mostly on the East Coast is coming to Minneapolis next summer. On Dec. 16, Rosa Mexicano announced that it had signed a lease for a 10,000-square-foot space in City Center, at the corner of 6th & Hennepin. The bar and restaurant will replace the former T.G.I. Friday’s, which closed in 2005. The Minneapolis location will be...
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Radical Islamists Kill at Least 21 People in New... →
The bombing targeted Christian worshippers gathering to mark the new year at the Coptic Orthodox church in the northern city of Alexandria. At least 17 people were killed and a further 43 injured.
Egyptian officials say there are indications the blast involved “foreign elements”. The Interior Ministry said the circumstances of the incident and other recent attacks “clearly indicate that foreign...