Tweets From Egypt

                           Al Jazeera Live

    I bring you some of the latest Tweets from journalist and citizens living in Egypt.

nolanjazeera Volleys of gunfire ringing out over #Cairo right now. Sounds like area near Interior Ministry? Another sleepless night for #Egypt 24 minutes ago ·

AymanM #egypt number of protesters dwindling down at Tahrir Square but atmosphere of defiance not waning #jan25 31 minutes ago · reply

RT @astroehlein: If the #Egypt revolution doesn't convince US cable companies to carry AJE, nothing ever will. #ratings !! 15 minutes ago via TweetDeck

RT @sharifkouddous: Tents in the middle of Tahrir Square.Some people lying down on grass.Many will sleep here.They refuse to leave. #egypt 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck

RT @AymanM: #ElBaradei has arrived at Tahrir Square, huge crowd gathers around him #egypt #jan25 (via phone) about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

RT @BorowitzReport: #Egypt wants #Mubarak out today, but he has requested "a two-week embezzlement period." #Jan25 about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck

RT @sharifkouddous: The energy is indescribable. Huge part of crowd clapping in unison, chanting together. #Egypt about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck

   and just for the humor…

RT @ianvisits: Fox News (who else?) regional map puts Egypt in the wrong place - in Iraq as it happens. http://j.mp/e5Gg81 about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck

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Politics: Cartoon Style

   my pick of the past weeks best political cartoons.

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Cagle Cartoons

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Egypt: Live Coverage Links

    Watch Al Jazeera Live to stay up to date in events in Egypt.

Democracy Now

Cairo, Egypt—In the second day of defiance of a military curfew, more than 150,000 protesters packed into Tahrir Square Sunday to call on President Hosni Mubarak to step down. The mood was celebratory and victorious. For most, it was not a question of if, but when, Mubarak would leave.

Military tanks have been stationed at entrance points around the square with soldiers forming barricades across streets and alleyways. In another departure from ordinary Cairo life, people quickly formed orderly queues to get through the army checkpoints. Soldiers frisked people and checked their identification cards. One soldier said they were making sure no one with police or state security credentials could enter.

"Omar Suleiman is not an option. The people are chanting against him today," said Nazly Hussein, a 30 year-old protester in Tahrir. "People want to bring down the system...I don’t think anyone is going home until the president and everyone around him leaves."

   I guess that the dictator in Egypt is having a hard time making travel arrangements as it has been rumored that at least countries have turned him down thus far.

    Does the Middle East have a Salvation Army unit?

LINKS:

Al Jazeera Live

Haaretz

The Arabist

Democracy Now

BBC Live

Nile News Live

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Social Security Thievery

    Brought to you by Mitch McConnell and his pals in government.

Hillbilly Report

Yup it's true. $2.5 or $2.6, depending on who's counting, Trillion of our Social Security money is gone. Senator Mitch McConnell and his pals have spent it. All $2.5/$2.6 Trillion of it and gave us a IOU. That worked OK as long as there was more money coming into Social Security than going out. But now when there's less coming into Social Security than going out and the IOU's are due Senator Mitch McConnell and his pals worried about the solvency of Social Security. Really? It's sock it to Grandma time.     Read More...

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