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the situation in Egypt has devolved from "Protests" to "Riots" in the last couple of days, and the Egyptians do NOT like this at all. you have armed gangs robbing people at knife point, and stores and businesses being looted. partly its because the protesters have no clear leadership behind it, and partly its because the police is gone, but the situation in Egypt is bad. a large part of why the protests faded away yesterday, was many people going back home because they fear for their own front door. that Museum thing is seen as a VERY severe event by many Egyptians. to compare, its like people in America smashed the Liberty bell during a protest, only 10 times worse. Egypt historically, does not abide Anarchy and lawlessness, and thats what you have in many places in Cairo and other cities. the Protesters wanted democracy, free speech, better economic conditions and all the other good stuff that they are right to want. but i doubt that they wanted a situation where people are afraid to leave their homes for fear of being mugged. Quote:
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2011-01-30, 20:27 | Link #11722 |
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If Mubarak does step down, I truly wonder if it would be immediate.
As pundits have pointed out, there is no central leader of the opposition. Like it or not, he needs to stay there as a buffer at least until the next election cycle in the fall or the chaos will be much worse in the political and economic sphere. |
2011-01-30, 21:11 | Link #11723 |
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I guess Germany won't have to deal with the recent claim on the Nefertiti bust by Egypt for a while.
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2011-01-30, 22:47 | Link #11724 | |
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EGYPT: Looting as Counter-Insurgency
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Interestingly, there's also a growing number of reports that when these thugs are caught, they have police/interior ministry identification on them. If this is so, the reasons for it are: 1. It tars the insurgency as a group of criminals and thugs. 2. It provides a reason for a reluctant army to get involved and enact a curfew. 3. It forces a percentage of the movement to stay at home (to guard the neighborhood)." See: http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/...nsurgency.html It could also be a case of simple corruption. Grab while the grabbin's good, and all that....... |
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2011-01-30, 23:37 | Link #11725 | |
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Japan Dec. industrial production beats forecast
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Caution : don't dump too much capital in it. Disclaimer : Anime figurines are not affected.
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2011-01-30, 23:51 | Link #11726 |
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Are Arab states going to collapse like Eastern European dictatorships in ’89?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1888086/
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2011-01-30, 23:55 | Link #11727 |
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GOP pushing for ISPs to record user data
"The House Republicans' first major technology initiative is about to be unveiled: a
push to force Internet companies to keep track of what their users are doing. A House panel chaired by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin is scheduled to hold a hearing tomorrow morning to discuss forcing Internet providers, and perhaps Web companies as well, to store records of their users' activities for later review by police." See: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20...?tag=cnetRiver |
2011-01-31, 01:46 | Link #11728 |
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House GOP to redefine rape
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011...-rape-abortion |
2011-01-31, 02:45 | Link #11729 | |
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Of course, both notions tend to spring from the same ideological tendency. If the bill passes, well, just another victory for the reactionary scum. No surprises, move along, life goes on...just a few more victims to be forgotten in the annals of history. The ideology has inflicted plenty already, and we will likely see more to come. |
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2011-01-31, 04:25 | Link #11730 | ||
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I always knew that it would be a Jewish invention that would cause the arab world to collapse. but i always assumed it would be an alternative fuel source... Quote:
and i REALLY doubt he'd send his own people to loot, while carrying business cards that say "I work for the government". its more likely that those "reports" are being made by opposition siding media outlets. the other option you mentioned is much more likely. when the cops are away, the mice will play.
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2011-01-31, 05:02 | Link #11732 |
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Wouldn't be surprised. Ancient Egypt is a major tourist attraction and earns the locals a bit of money. Breaking their past and their livelihood would be enough for people to get on those looters. Also one imagines that stuff to be a source of national pride. It would be like swiping stuff of from the Smithsonian American History Museum. Sure it might be worth something to the right buyer...but who's going to by something like that if there is really only one of a kind, and it was stolen? (the metals and gems might find a market...but only after they get destroyed)
(On the other hand maybe they stole the secrets of the mystical past and will use that knowledge to make a future where everyone settles their differences in one way only....card games )
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2011-01-31, 06:17 | Link #11733 |
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As Myanmar parliament opens, junta's shadow looms large
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...70U0S620110131
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2011-01-31, 07:15 | Link #11734 | |
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China initiates Thorium Molten Salt Reactor program.
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2011-01-31, 07:48 | Link #11736 | |
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When Thorium mutates into U-233, it gives out beta particles and anti-neutrinos to stabilise itself. The question is - where are these anti-neutrinos going to be absorbed to? Secondly, when the U-233 splits, it gives out not just 1 neutron, but 2-3 neutrons. This means that the control rods will have to be changed more regularly than a normal reactor. With regards to cost efficiency, that isn't going to be cheap. One can say : oh the sale of the elements harvested from the splitting can be used to offset costs. But the thing is, how often does the occurrence of marketable "nuclear waste" will be produced for each reaction? Pretty skeptical about this technology being cost efficient. Still it is good to see that such technology is being developed elsewhere other than the US of A. The biggest fuckup about this is that they are trying to secure IP rights to the technology - effectively controlling the world energy in the future in a monopoly if it runs through.
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2011-01-31, 10:03 | Link #11737 | |
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Studied design for Thorium reactor simply don't have control rods: those are breeder design, which would use the excess neutrons to transmute a Th-232 blanket into U-233 fuel, control of the reaction being exerted trough isotopes feeding/extraction/transfer in both the fuel and blanket part of the reactor. For more details on experimental and theoretical concepts, designs and economics, see: Hargrave R., Moir R., Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors, American Scientist, 2010 July-August, Volume 98, 304-313. And yeah, if nobody else move, they're gonna pull again a REE strategic control crisis.
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2011-01-31, 10:35 | Link #11739 |
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A interesting reading related to what's happening now in Egypt:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/op...31douthat.html
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2011-01-31, 11:03 | Link #11740 | ||
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he misses the REASON why everything keeps blowing up in their faces. they support dictators - it backfires. they support democracy - it backfires they intervene in humanitarian crisis - it backfires they stay out of them - it backfires. they intervene for short terms - it backfires. they intervene long terms - it backfires. did it ever occur to the writer that America's problem is that it can't seem to decide what it actually wants to do as a matter of policy, and then always act according to that policy ? if you keep flip flopping around without a clear policy, of course you're going to get into problems. supporting democracy is a good idea - if you actually follow through with it all the way, and not just support "Elections" (democracy is a system, and holding regular elections is the final step in the process of creating democracy). intervening in Humanitarian crisis is a good idea - provided you're willing to actually try and stay until the problem is SOLVED. and the U.S would have a much greater effect in Afghanistan, or Iraq, or anywhere else its intervening in, if it made it clear that it won't be leaving until at least 2099 (if the bad guys know they just need to wait you out, you'll never win). decide on ONE course of action, and follow it through.
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