‘Monster(s)’
November 4, 2011Take heart everybody, the situation is actually worse than we think, so there’s no need to panic…yet. Yesterday, there were a couple of ‘monster‘ reports — one in climate science, the other in economics —…
Tag Archives: Egypt
‘Farewell Friday’ — Why Don’t The Sonofabitch Leave?
February 11, 2011As simple as one, two — bye, bye. (Illustration found here). As events in Egypt reach once again a kind of flash point Friday after Hosni Mubarak showed himself as mentally-unhinged in not only not…
Who Is This Guy?
February 9, 2011Despite the elements, the protests continue to grow and grow and grow. (Illustration found here). On Tuesday, and even after more than two weeks of protest, the crowd in Cairo’s Tahrir Square was by far…
Krugman at 4 AM — Bad News on the Doorstep, and Ringing the Chimes
February 7, 2011As events continue to dramatically unfold in Cairo’s Liberty Square, the US also persists in propping up other assholes around the world beyond Hosni Mubarak, who is clinging to power despite the last two weeks.…
‘Instability’ of Intelligence
February 5, 2011The CIA along with all the US intelligence agencies were caught with their panties down on Tunisia and Egypt: “These events should not have come upon us with the surprise that they did,†the committee‘s…
Despotic Foodstuffs
February 3, 2011As the world watches revolutionary unrest spread across a big chunk of the Middle East, one of the most vital and festering problems leading the surge is eating — or not eating. In 1996, The…
Secret (Or Not So Secret) ‘Police Apparatus’
February 2, 2011During these uprisings across northern Africa, a lot of talk has been about national security, or the nearly-mechanical catch-phrase, “police apparatus,’ which is just a soft-lotion locution for an ugly, nefarious secret cop operation. All…
Egypt’s Difficulty
January 31, 2011Egypt is a way-ancient land now exploding via extreme-modern media, but a good reason for all the unrest is as old as time — food. And a near-twist-a-flex attitude in the US, where prices are…