I can haz pyramid?
At last! It seems the Egyptian army has finally helped Mubarak parse the meaning of the concepts “door,” “hit you,” and “ass.”
13 Responses to “I can haz pyramid?”
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Grace says:
I am pretty sure that he had enough time to hide all the billions he looted in the last 30 years in different safe heavens, not just Swiss banks. And that he was given a chance by the military dudes to “put his affairs in order” although for sure under certain conditions.
“Money talks, BS walks;” that’s always been the case with dictatorships or simply corrupted governments. And this is based on my personal experience, having grown up under authoritarian regimes. It even happens in our land of the free and home of the brave, although under the form of cleverly disguised backroom deals and with the complicity of U.S. Supreme Court right-wing judges.
What has been somewhat encouraging is seeing more Egyptian women coming out of the shadows and being interviewed by the press. Unfortunately the women’s comments haven’t included, with the exception of one article from LA Times, a feminist agenda or reference to women’s rights. Let’s see what unfolds between now and September.
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votermom says:
I love that pic. LOL.
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Lexia says:
Ozymandias.
Perfect.
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Grace says:
There was an article in the LA Times today featuring volunteers cleaning up a street near Tahrir Square in Cairo. What got my attention is that the majority of the “volunteers” were women, contrary to the fact that they definetely constituted a minority during the demonstrations. It doesn’t look good at all, doesn’t?
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Sameol says:
Lara Logan, on assignment for 60 Minutes, was gang raped by the jubilant crowd in the wake of Mubarek’s departure. CBS reports that she was “surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.”
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Yas says:
Isn’t it sickening how they can’t say gang rape but have to use the words sexual assault.
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Grace says:
After finding out about this senseless attack, I told myself that I will not pay attention to any revolution that doesn’t openly and loudly include women’s rights in its platform for change.
My take is that foreign women, especially those who are viewed as holding important positions (such as journalists), not covering their heads, having light skin and blond hair, they may probably be stereotyped as being “bad” and “asking for it,” and therefore deserving to be shamed and violated.
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Carmonn says:
Nir Rosen is making a strong case for being voted awesomest liberal dude ever by his peers, showing he knows what it’s all about on twitter (in reference to the Logan assault):
not really, its terrible, but you had millions of people on the street, its not exactly shocking
look, she was probably groped like thousands of other women, which is still wrong, but if it was worse than i’m sorry
my wife didnt dedicate her career to promoting america’s wars
jesus christ, at a moment when she is going to become a martyr and glorified we should at least remember her role as a major war monger
ah fuck it, i apologize for being insensitive, its always wrong, thats obvious, but i’m rolling my eyes at all the attention she will get
and as a result of that i hope people remember her role glorifying war and condemning rolling stone’s hastings while defending mcchrystal
i apologize and take it back. joking with friends got out of line when i didnt want to back down. forgot twitter is not exactly private
As someone who’s devoted his career to defending victims and supporting justice, I’m very ashamed for my insensitive and offensive commentsHis first tweet was allegedly, “Lara Logan had to outdo Anderson. Where was her buddy McCrystal,” followed by, “Yes yes it’s wrong what happened to her. Of course I don’t support that. But it would have been funny if it happened to Anderson too.” All that’s missing is some drooling about CIA honeypots.
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Gayle says:
I’m horrified and nauseous over what happened to her Sameol.
Egyptian men celebrated their freedom by reminding women everywhere that they are not.
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Grace says:
I was glad to hear that this guy Nir Rosen was fired from a teaching position in New York because of his comments. He sounds like a person being consumed by envy and resentment of those who he sees as having something that he doesn’t. I wonder what kind of “victims” (Carmonn,# 8) and “justice” he purports to defend. Even a 7 y/o kid would notice the obvious contradiction and incoherence of his statements. Nobody, absolutely nobody, deserves to be raped regardless of their political views. I would feel the same way if right-wingers Ann Coulter or Sharon Angle had been attacked.
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Sameol says:
Those aren’t even the worst tweets, either, he scrubbed a ton of them. I remember the Hastings incident, and fine, okay, I didn’t agree with her statement, whatever. But as always, the Matt Tabibis (he of dry p—- set fame) had to take it to such an unnecessary and gratuitous level and pile on and pile on, as if she’s the worst person in the world, the worst thing ever said, more responsible for the conduct of the war than Cheney and now, undeserving of simple human decency. It’s one big joke to them.
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Nessum says:
It looks like Julian Assange will finally have to go to Sweden to testify in the alleged-rape case.
I don’t care one bit for this self-absorbed, lying, scheming, whining guy – or his lying, scheming English solicitor – WikiLeaks or not, but I can’t even begin to imagine what kind of hell the two women, involved in the case, have lived/still live, since the news of their report to the police broke.
[T]he chief magistrate Howard Riddle systematically dismissed each of the defence’s arguments against Assange’s extradition.
Good on him!
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votermom says:
Violet, wake up!
*waves smelling salts*Your needy public is a-needing you!
