Today, we are all Egyptians! Dug my old tarboush out of storage to join the celebration. Vive la Revolución!!!
Category: Culture
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Feb 11 2011
The power of humiliation
I normally don’t – won’t – re-post anything by Mr. Friedman, but in this op-ed, in a single sentence, there is a powerful warning for every oppressor of those blighted spots on this planet where people yearn for their certain unalienable Rights: “Humiliation is the single most powerful human emotion, and overcoming it is the second …
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Feb 10 2011
Oh say (better not!) can you see?
Christina Aguilera and the Hideous Cult of Oversouling By John Eskow, February 8, 2011 11:48 AM To me, the horrific part of Christina Aguilera’s rendition of the National Anthem — and “rendition” is an apt term for it, because she kidnapped the song and shipped it out to be tortured — was not her mangling of …
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Feb 10 2011
Rumsfeldian
Hypocrisy is exposed by the wind of change By Robert Fisk, Thursday, 10 February 2011 There is nothing like an Arab revolution to show up the hypocrisy of your friends. Especially if that revolution is one of civility and humanism and powered by an overwhelming demand for the kind of democracy that we enjoy in …
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Feb 08 2011
Our man in Cairo
Suleiman: The CIA’s man in Cairo By Lisa Hajjar Last Modified: 07 Feb 2011 14:10 GMT On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s top spy chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak. By appointing Suleiman, part of a shake-up of the cabinet in an attempt to appease the masses of protesters and retain …
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Feb 08 2011
We interrupt this deification…
Ketchup Is a Vegetable & Other Republican Myths – Remember Reagan By H Scott Prosterman, Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:33:09 AM PST There they go again, trying to whitewash the legacy of Ronald Reagan. As his centennial approaches, Republicans are trying to make us remember what THEY want us to remember about Reagan. Mainstream …
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Feb 07 2011
Brian Martin
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImGfHkxfLS0[/tube] [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2gTZ-8_EzI[/tube] While keeping one foot planted firmly in the roots of American music, singer/songwriter Brian Martin is forging a distinct path into its future as well. Blending styles of old-time country blues, barrel-house boogie, and indie folk, he delivers down-home witty tales with a soulful gritty voice, resulting in music that is both unique …
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