What Can We Learn From The Egyptian Arab Spring?

First, never never trust a radical party when they say they won’t run candidates for the legislature and then do, and say they won’t run a candidate for president and then do, and then run a campaign of moderation and win…and then they implement their radical agenda ignoring the majority…

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Possible Military Coup in Egypt

From the free section of Stratfor: The deadline attached to the Egyptian military’s ultimatum expired July 3, and it appears the military is removing President Mohammed Morsi from office to begin the plan that it leaked to the press on July 2. Morsi gave a defiant speech last night, saying…

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There’s always a bright side…

For as completely discouraging and disappointing as this is, it’s important to keep things in perspective – it could always be worse.

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Topic of the Week: Egyptian protests

This is what’s going on in Egypt right now:

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Journalists under attack in Egypt, today is “Day of Leaving”

Though I haven’t been reporting on the pro-democracy protests in Egypt, there are two stories that I wanted to mention. Today is the “Day of Leaving” in Egypt, with pro-democracy protesters taking to the streets of Cairo to demand Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek step down immediately, instead of waiting until…

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Feingold statement on Egypt

Former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold issued a statement on the recent conflict in Egypt, where protesters have been demonstrating, demanded Egyptian President/dictator Hosni Mubarek step down immediately. “If there is anything to be learned from recent events in Egypt, it is that the United States must pursue a long term…

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This is just too funny not to share

H/T accordion guy. Some things write themselves: Exhibit A Fox News: Exhibit B – The Real World Where The Rest Of Us Live:

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