tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62353322669149465832024-03-12T18:59:19.781-07:00The Good, The Bad, The ElazulThe Pink Elephant on the Screen:
The unspeakable thoughts of the BlueElazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-14507021368287823882016-11-11T01:12:00.002-08:002019-10-02T15:47:07.502-07:00What the flying Trump?!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Preface: I had sworn to myself to avoid politics (and social media) completely. But here we are. I couldn't resist writing this because I'm pissed. You've probably read something similar elsewhere by now. This is not meant to be an insightful viewpoint that's never been thought of before. This is a quasi-rant. </b><br />
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<b>If you're one of my friends or followers or readers, I expect you may be pissed off by this post. You've been warned. Additionally, I am <u>NOT</u> a supporter of Trump or Hillary. In my eyes humanity deserves better than both. </b><b>I can also give two shits about the GOP or the DNC. </b><br />
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<b>Disclaimer: In case you're a new reader, Frankly I'm the exact shade of brown that should be afraid right now, and I am.</b><br />
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<i>What the flying fu*k?</i></div>
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So unless you've been living in a cave, All hail president <strike>Zod </strike>Trump. Before you sell your property and move as far away as possible in a futile attempt to avoid the end of the human race, just remember that in the current global market environment, no <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7572627/china-reaction-donald-trump-election">place </a>is far <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-09/us-election-markets-clinton-trump/8009004">enough</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/11/asias-emerging-currencies-plunge-amid-fears-of-trump-trade-barriers">away to not</a> be <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-victory-fears-sink-global-markets-as-experts-predict-it-may-have-a-bigger-effect-than-a7406356.html">affected </a>by <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/11/09/trump-wins-election-markets-live-blog">anything </a>he does or doesn't do.<br />
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So how did a racist, sexist, bigot become president? I'll tell you how; Hubris. No, not hubris on his behalf (although he's a narcissistic and arrogant to a fault), but the hubris of his opponents. Yes, including a large number of you.<br />
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<b>Additional Disclaimer: I'm not immune. I'm guilty of lots of this myself. However I HAVE lived in both Red and Blue states and counties. I've experienced my fair share of bigotry and racism, so no, I'm not "blind" to the realities. </b><br />
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Judging by reactions on social media, reddit ...etc, Most of his average Joe/Jane opponents believe that all his supporters are racist, sexist, bigoted...etc. Well, that's simply not true. A large portion of them, maybe even the majority? <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/the-kkks-official-newspaper-has-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president/">Undeniably</a>. All of them? Nope. He couldn't have won based on his bigoted, racist, sexist supporters alone. It's just not possible. The USA would be an entirely different country otherwise.<br />
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It's human nature to be <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evolution-explains-why-politics-tribal/">tribal</a>, to default to an "us vs them" zero sum game, to assume your opponents have no valid points, concerns or fears, and that <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evolution-explains-why-politics-tribal/">they're basically spurred on by all that is wrong with the world</a>. In some cases, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/07/top-nazi-leader-trump-will-be-a-real-opportunity-for-white-nationalists/">you're absolutely right</a>. But most of the time, you're completely wrong.<br />
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"<i>You want me to stoop to their level? You want me to try to understand and empathize with someone that supports a monster like that? Are you out of your mind?</i>"<br />
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Perhaps I am, So let's go with your hypothesis that your enemies aren't human beings, but rabid monsters. To quote;<br />
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<i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1771.Sun_Tzu" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sun Tzu</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><span id="quote_book_link_10534" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3200649" style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Art of War</a></span></i></i><br />
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You're so obsessed with your enemy being evil, that you've shot yourself in the foot by not trying to understand your enemy.<br />
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You've ridiculed, belittled, insulted, and more, and you're surprised when the reaction from these people is a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/election-night-2016/stop-shaming-trump-supporters">giant middle finger</a>.<br />
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I tweeted an article a few weeks, Sourly noting that a <a href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about/">comedy site writer</a> was able to identify the keys to Trump's popularity in a manner that political analysts weren't able to <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/how-trump-won/507053/?utm_source=twb">until weeks later</a>. What was the key to the writer's insight? He didn't look down at them, didn't disparage them, he just tried to understand. Sure, he finds some or all of their beliefs despicable, but he tried to understand.<br />
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While the entire world was slammed in the global economic crisis of the 2000's, Rural areas <a href="http://modernfarmer.com/2013/12/economic-recovery-leaving-rural-america-behind/">have not recovered</a> anywhere near as well as <a href="https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4053830">urban areas have</a>.<br />
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<i><b>"Yup, the whole thing rang true, but especially because of the changes we saw in small-town America during our cross-country motorcycle rides between when we did our first one in the early 2000's vs the last one we did in 2012. We rode off the freeways as much as we could on all our trips and couldn't believe how moderately thriving small towns had turned into near-ghost towns over that 10 years. Cafes/diners, motels, gift shops, clothing stores, convenience stores, and even gas stations boarded up and closed -- to the point that we got worried about being able to find gas for the bikes and a place to sleep in some areas in the latter years. Small towns out in the middle of nowhere with giant murals on the side of buildings and even billboards against meth. Tumbleweeds or the equivalent in the streets. And in both countries, and everywhere else, as if fascism will solve this..."</b></i><br />
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But no, no. It's totally <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/elite-got-it-wrong-trump-s-supporters-want-you-know-n681121">because they're all racist, sexist and bigots</a>.<br />
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Hell, some of you will blame 3rd party voters, people who abstained from voting, the third vertebra on the neck of a purple giraffe, my left toe, and potato salad, but won't consider the possibility that maybe, just maybe, you approached the entire situation the wrong way.<br />
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There's another reason, that may very well get me lynched...<br />
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<b><u>Political correctness.</u></b><br />
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Before you start gathering the pitchforks and hunting me down to destroy me, hear me out;<br />
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While they definitely have noble and admirable intentions, The leftist PC movement over the past period has to quite a few people, taken it too far. South Park ridiculed the hell out of the movement for an entire season.<br />
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It's gotten to the point where people are <a href="https://reason.com/blog/2016/11/09/trump-won-because-leftist-political-corr">afraid of accidentally saying the wrong thing</a>, in fear of having their life destroyed. Let me repeat that; In the USA, supposedly the land of freedom and liberty, people are actually <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/a-dialogue-with-a-22-year-old-donald-trump-supporter/484232/"><b>AFRAID </b>to <i><b>accidentally</b></i> say the wrong thing</a>, in fear of having their lives destroyed. <b><i>REGARDLESS </i></b>of intent or context. Let that sink in for a second. Hell, In writing this entire article, <b>THIS </b>is the only section I'm legitimately worried about writing.<br />
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Frankly, it's gotten absurd. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/thats-not-funny/399335/">Stand-up comedians</a> have <a href="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/20761/">refused to perform</a> at universities because of it. Even fairly "tame" comedians like<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/jerry-seinfeld-college-politically-correct-racism-sexism_n_7534978.html"> Jerry Seinfeld</a> have avoided performing at campuses because of it.<br />
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Even more absurd, you <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-specter-of-the-safe-space-is-haunting-college-campuses/2016/10/19/c4bb7828-9548-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html">can't voice an unpopular opinion</a> at most colleges now because of "safe spaces" (The term itself has definitely been warped out of context). If you don't learn to listen to and argue against opinions you don't find appealing or don't agree with in college, when the hell are you going to learn? Hell, If someone's opinion really is wrong, what better place to convince the individual otherwise than a college campus?! Instead they're silenced out of fear.<br />
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As one of my friends who escaped for his life from the Middle east told me;<br />
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Think about that for a moment. He was as afraid from a tyrannical government as he is of regular people in a free country.<br />
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And no, it's not <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/living/feat-public-shaming-ronson/">fear-mongering</a>. It's actually happened. Several times. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/nov/17/comet-scientist-matt-taylor-shirt-awful-what-should-wear-instead-rosetta">Regardless of intent or <span id="goog_2095447070"></span>contex</a>t<span id="goog_2095447071"></span>. Hell, <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/22/sexist_scientist_tim_hunt_the_real_story_127491.html">some </a>of them <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/13/tim-hunt-hung-out-to-dry-interview-mary-collins">weren't even from the same country</a>!<br />
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Hell, There's a co-opt'ed <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/09/04/gamergate-a-closer-look-at-the-controversy-sweeping-video-games/#5b594e645448">battle raging</a> to this day over <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate">video games</a> that has managed to destroy people's lives. FUCKING VIDEO GAMES! Which frankly managed to make some fairly despicable people into "heroes".<br />
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Is it any wonder that there would be a backlash against this trend? A backlash against being told what you can and cannot say? Any wonder that people that are being referred to as "Racist country-bumpkins", by many of the same people that are trying to enforce this language control, would fight back? "Live free or die" is the most popular state motto in the USA for a reason.<br />
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<i>"Are you seriously defending this bigotry?! You're defending sexism and racism and all this crap?"</i><br />
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No, No I'm really not. But I am from the school of thought that people should be given chances to fuck up and learn. Make mistakes and grow. That convincing is better than bullying. Uncomfortable truths are better than lies. I believe intent and context matters.<br />
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I'd be the first to verbally destroy someone who is legitimately insists on being a racist or a sexist or a bigot, but I'm not going to go after someone that innocently makes a bad joke, I'm not going to go after someone that doesn't know better and never had a chance to learn.<br />
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And if you still think your enemies are monsters, there's another problem to forcefully shutting them up; You lose the ability to tell what they're thinking.<br />
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Enough about the people, what about...<br />
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<b><u>The Establishment</u></b><br />
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Before you roll your eyes, again I ask you to hear me out.<br />
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Contrary to popular belief, most elections fall back and are decided on one central theme. Sure people care about the issues, but there's always one key issue that's the real crux of the outcome of any election. In this election it was <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/election-2016-pits-insurgents-vs-the-establishment-1453824535">frustration with the establishment</a>, and yet the people that led the current (or former) establishment were the most blind to it.<br />
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Did you know that Congress approval rate in the <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx">US hasn't gone above 25%</a> in the last five years? Approval rating hasn't gone above 50% since 2003.<br />
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Not to mention the recent study that found that the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/21/americas-oligarchy-not-democracy-or-republic-unive/">USA is no longer a democracy but an oligarchy</a>, has resonated with a large (and growing) number of people's beliefs.<br />
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So it makes perfect sense to go with an anti-establishment candidate right? <a href="http://usuncut.com/news/bernie-sanders-just-blasted-democratic-party-trumps-victory/">Someone either not directly associated with the government, or who's always been a troublemake</a>r....etc, right?<br />
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But no, <a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/bankole-thompson/2016/11/10/trump-wins-sanders-vindicated/93570482/">Even though</a> it was <a href="http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/these-scholars-predicted-globilization-would-lead-to-trump.html">EXTREMELY clear</a>, the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wikileaks-emails-show-dnc-favored-hillary-clinton-over_us_57930be0e4b0e002a3134b05">DNC leadership</a>, riding and banking on their <a href="http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm">perceived successes</a>, insisted on <a href="http://observer.com/2016/07/wikileaks-proves-primary-was-rigged-dnc-undermined-democracy/">rigging the system</a> so that Hillary, someone who is perceived as establishment born and raised, would be the candidate instead.<br />
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They fell for their <a href="https://medium.com/@trentlapinski/dear-democrats-read-this-if-you-do-not-understand-why-trump-won-5a0cdb13c597#.8gx76s5w0">own echo chambers</a>, they fell victim to their own hubris, and we're probably all going to suffer for it.<br />
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If you're in doubt, realize that <a href="http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-would-have-crushed-trump/">Bernie won in most of the battle ground states</a> and counties that Hillary lost to Trump.<br />
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Then there's the media. I'm not going to talk much about the fourth estate. But thanks to technological advancements it was already weakened. Trump <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/2016-donald-trump-media-journalism-interview-tv-213922">may have dealt it a crippling blow</a>. But it's the media itself that shot itself in the foot, <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/09/14/melania_trump_vindicated_with_immigration_story.html">stretching too far</a> and <a href="http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/why-did-the-polls-miss-a-trump-victory.html">vindicating Trump</a> and all his supporters (and otherwise) that believe it's crooked. Making outlandish claims is one thing, making outlandish claims and being proven right? That <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/11/dont-blame-the-media-trumpland-is-a-place-where-truth-doesnt-matter?CMP=twt_gu">can have consequences</a>. Once again, Trump's supporters decided to raise a giant middle finger.<br />
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<b><u>We're fucked aren't we?</u></b><br />
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<i>"Fine fine, you've told us why you think we're all to blame. But what do we do now? We're fucked aren't we?</i></div>
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Well frankly, I haven't <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2012/05/dont-panic-and-carry-bashkeer-on.html">had the best success rate when optimistic</a>, and tend to h<a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/03/square-one-conspiracy-theory.html">ave a higher success rate when pessimistic</a>, So I'm not sure how much what I say here will matter. So let's go at this both ways ok?</div>
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<b><u>The Scary;</u></b></div>
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/leahmcelrath/status/796870335874404353">last few administrations and governments have been setting up a recipe for disaster</a> (Read the entire thread), that Trump will thrive in. It reminds me to the machinations of Anwar ElSadat in modifying the Egyptian constitution to solidify power, only to get whacked and have Mubarak reap all the benefits. In fact, the amount of parallels to Egypt in this election is frankly alarming. </div>
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To make matters worse, Trump as president, Republican majority in Congress and Senate, and <a href="http://time.com/4220760/supreme-court-tie-antonin-scalia/">a potentially tie-breaking vacancy on the supreme court</a> that will be filled by Trump's nomination, does mean Trump will enjoy quite a bit of power. </div>
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Furthermore, it's not <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/11/its-not-just-trump-authoritarian-populism-is-rising-across-the-west-heres-why/">just the USA</a> that's concerning; when Populist/Nationalist movements spread globally, they <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nvD2rZSVau4C&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false">tend to foreshadow really</a> really bad things. </div>
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And they are spreading. The USA is just the latest country to head in that direction. The middle east, Philippines, Europe, large parts of Asia, Russia, and the list goes on. I know it has a shitload of shortcomings, but <a href="http://voxeu.org/article/globalisation-promotes-peace">Globalism actually does tend to reduce head on conflict</a>, Although the <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/62848/does_globalization_bring_war_or_peace">situation with China <b>MIGHT </b>be an exception to the rule</a>. </div>
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Even with their big gains, Republicans actually lost two seats in the Senate, and Democrats gained two, with two independents. Yes Republicans are a majority, but not a super majority.</div>
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What about the House? Well, Again Republicans lost 6 seats and the Democrats gained 5. </div>
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<i>"But they're still the majority! They control everything! What does it matter?!"</i></div>
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It matters, because yes, it does mean that Republicans can force through more laws than they previously, but remember two things; One, there are multiple factions within each party, and Libertarian minded republicans are more likely to side with the Dems on some issues than they are to side with their own party. Two, well.. Trump's own party <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/where-republicans-stand-on-donald-trump-a-cheat-sheet/481449/">doesn't really seem to like him much</a>. Although in realpolitik, who gives a shit what you like. </div>
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Of course, Democrats if motivated enough, could <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/138646/can-senate-democrats-stop-donald-trump">probably play spoiler</a>, Much like Republicans before them.</div>
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Hell, It looks like the DNC <b><i>MAY</i> </b>have finally gotten the kick in the butt it needs to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/10/liberal-democrats-lash-out-at-dnc-say-overhaul-needed-to-woo-back-working-class-voters/">shake things up</a>. We might see some of the more "<a href="http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-trump">relate-able</a>" f<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-idUSKBN1352G5">actions of the DNC gain power</a>.<br />
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At risk of sounding cheesy, There's only one bulwark against fascism, and that's you. Stay vigilant and be willing to fight, and it will never take hold.<br />
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Falter, and focus on fucking bullshit like Kim Kardashian instead of the <a href="http://dailysignal.com/2015/12/01/policy-riders-what-they-are-how-congress-uses-them-and-why-they-matter-to-you/">laws that regularly</a> get <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/omnibus-budget-deal-2014-5-worst-things_b_6307852.html">slipped through</a> on bills, Gerrymandering, and all the other bullshit that happens (You know, the shit that's been happening for decades now) and we're all well and truly fucked. The entire globe mind you.</div>
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<b>Preface: I had sworn to myself to avoid politics (and social media) completely. But here we are. I couldn't resist writing this because I'm pissed. You've probably read something similar elsewhere by now. This is not meant to be an insightful viewpoint that's never been thought of before. This is a quasi-rant. </b><br />
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<b>If you're one of my friends or followers or readers, I expect you may be pissed off by this post. You've been warned. Additionally, I am <u>NOT</u> a supporter of Trump or Hillary. In my eyes humanity deserves better than both. </b><b>I can also give two shits about the GOP or the DNC. </b><br />
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<b>Disclaimer: In case you're a new reader, Frankly I'm the exact shade of brown that should be afraid right now, and I am.</b><br />
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<i>What the flying fu*k?</i></div>
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So unless you've been living in a cave, All hail president <strike>Zod </strike>Trump. Before you sell your property and move as far away as possible in a futile attempt to avoid the end of the human race, just remember that in the current global market environment, no <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7572627/china-reaction-donald-trump-election">place </a>is far <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-09/us-election-markets-clinton-trump/8009004">enough</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/11/asias-emerging-currencies-plunge-amid-fears-of-trump-trade-barriers">away to not</a> be <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-victory-fears-sink-global-markets-as-experts-predict-it-may-have-a-bigger-effect-than-a7406356.html">affected </a>by <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/11/09/trump-wins-election-markets-live-blog">anything </a>he does or doesn't do.<br />
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So how did a racist, sexist, bigot become president? I'll tell you how; Hubris. No, not hubris on his behalf (although he's a narcissistic and arrogant to a fault), but the hubris of his opponents. Yes, including a large number of you.<br />
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<b>Additional Disclaimer: I'm not immune. I'm guilty of lots of this myself. However I HAVE lived in both Red and Blue states and counties. I've experienced my fair share of bigotry and racism, so no, I'm not "blind" to the realities. </b><br />
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Judging by reactions on social media, reddit ...etc, Most of his average Joe/Jane opponents believe that all his supporters are racist, sexist, bigoted...etc. Well, that's simply not true. A large portion of them, maybe even the majority? <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/the-kkks-official-newspaper-has-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president/">Undeniably</a>. All of them? Nope. He couldn't have won based on his bigoted, racist, sexist supporters alone. It's just not possible. The USA would be an entirely different country otherwise.<br />
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It's human nature to be <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evolution-explains-why-politics-tribal/">tribal</a>, to default to an "us vs them" zero sum game, to assume your opponents have no valid points, concerns or fears, and that <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evolution-explains-why-politics-tribal/">they're basically spurred on by all that is wrong with the world</a>. In some cases, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/07/top-nazi-leader-trump-will-be-a-real-opportunity-for-white-nationalists/">you're absolutely right</a>. But most of the time, you're completely wrong.<br />
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"<i>You want me to stoop to their level? You want me to try to understand and empathize with someone that supports a monster like that? Are you out of your mind?</i>"<br />
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Perhaps I am, So let's go with your hypothesis that your enemies aren't human beings, but rabid monsters. To quote;<br />
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<i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1771.Sun_Tzu" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sun Tzu</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><span id="quote_book_link_10534" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3200649" style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Art of War</a></span></i></i><br />
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You're so obsessed with your enemy being evil, that you've shot yourself in the foot by not trying to understand your enemy.<br />
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You've ridiculed, belittled, insulted, and more, and you're surprised when the reaction from these people is a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/election-night-2016/stop-shaming-trump-supporters">giant middle finger</a>.<br />
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I tweeted an article a few weeks, Sourly noting that a <a href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about/">comedy site writer</a> was able to identify the keys to Trump's popularity in a manner that political analysts weren't able to <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/how-trump-won/507053/?utm_source=twb">until weeks later</a>. What was the key to the writer's insight? He didn't look down at them, didn't disparage them, he just tried to understand. Sure, he finds some or all of their beliefs despicable, but he tried to understand.<br />
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While the entire world was slammed in the global economic crisis of the 2000's, Rural areas <a href="http://modernfarmer.com/2013/12/economic-recovery-leaving-rural-america-behind/">have not recovered</a> anywhere near as well as <a href="https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4053830">urban areas have</a>.<br />
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<i><b>"Yup, the whole thing rang true, but especially because of the changes we saw in small-town America during our cross-country motorcycle rides between when we did our first one in the early 2000's vs the last one we did in 2012. We rode off the freeways as much as we could on all our trips and couldn't believe how moderately thriving small towns had turned into near-ghost towns over that 10 years. Cafes/diners, motels, gift shops, clothing stores, convenience stores, and even gas stations boarded up and closed -- to the point that we got worried about being able to find gas for the bikes and a place to sleep in some areas in the latter years. Small towns out in the middle of nowhere with giant murals on the side of buildings and even billboards against meth. Tumbleweeds or the equivalent in the streets. And in both countries, and everywhere else, as if fascism will solve this..."</b></i><br />
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But no, no. It's totally <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/elite-got-it-wrong-trump-s-supporters-want-you-know-n681121">because they're all racist, sexist and bigots</a>.<br />
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Hell, some of you will blame 3rd party voters, people who abstained from voting, the third vertebra on the neck of a purple giraffe, my left toe, and potato salad, but won't consider the possibility that maybe, just maybe, you approached the entire situation the wrong way.<br />
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There's another reason, that may very well get me lynched...<br />
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<b><u>Political correctness.</u></b><br />
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Before you start gathering the pitchforks and hunting me down to destroy me, hear me out;<br />
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While they definitely have noble and admirable intentions, The leftist PC movement over the past period has to quite a few people, taken it too far. South Park ridiculed the hell out of the movement for an entire season.<br />
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It's gotten to the point where people are <a href="https://reason.com/blog/2016/11/09/trump-won-because-leftist-political-corr">afraid of accidentally saying the wrong thing</a>, in fear of having their life destroyed. Let me repeat that; In the USA, supposedly the land of freedom and liberty, people are actually <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/a-dialogue-with-a-22-year-old-donald-trump-supporter/484232/"><b>AFRAID </b>to <i><b>accidentally</b></i> say the wrong thing</a>, in fear of having their lives destroyed. <b><i>REGARDLESS </i></b>of intent or context. Let that sink in for a second. Hell, In writing this entire article, <b>THIS </b>is the only section I'm legitimately worried about writing.<br />
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Frankly, it's gotten absurd. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/thats-not-funny/399335/">Stand-up comedians</a> have <a href="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/20761/">refused to perform</a> at universities because of it. Even fairly "tame" comedians like<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/jerry-seinfeld-college-politically-correct-racism-sexism_n_7534978.html"> Jerry Seinfeld</a> have avoided performing at campuses because of it.<br />
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Even more absurd, you <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-specter-of-the-safe-space-is-haunting-college-campuses/2016/10/19/c4bb7828-9548-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html">can't voice an unpopular opinion</a> at most colleges now because of "safe spaces" (The term itself has definitely been warped out of context). If you don't learn to listen to and argue against opinions you don't find appealing or don't agree with in college, when the hell are you going to learn? Hell, If someone's opinion really is wrong, what better place to convince the individual otherwise than a college campus?! Instead they're silenced out of fear.<br />
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Think about that for a moment. He was as afraid from a tyrannical government as he is of regular people in a free country.<br />
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And no, it's not <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/living/feat-public-shaming-ronson/">fear-mongering</a>. It's actually happened. Several times. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/nov/17/comet-scientist-matt-taylor-shirt-awful-what-should-wear-instead-rosetta">Regardless of intent or <span id="goog_2095447070"></span>contex</a>t<span id="goog_2095447071"></span>. Hell, <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/22/sexist_scientist_tim_hunt_the_real_story_127491.html">some </a>of them <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/13/tim-hunt-hung-out-to-dry-interview-mary-collins">weren't even from the same country</a>!<br />
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Hell, There's a co-opt'ed <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/09/04/gamergate-a-closer-look-at-the-controversy-sweeping-video-games/#5b594e645448">battle raging</a> to this day over <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate">video games</a> that has managed to destroy people's lives. FUCKING VIDEO GAMES! Which frankly managed to make some fairly <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/01/Lying-Greedy-Promiscuous-Feminist-Bullies-are-Tearing-the-Video-Game-Industry-Apart">despicable</a> people into "heroes".<br />
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Is it any wonder that there would be a backlash against this trend? A backlash against being told what you can and cannot say? Any wonder that people that are being referred to as "Racist country-bumpkins", by many of the same people that are trying to enforce this language control, would fight back? "Live free or die" is the most popular state motto in the USA for a reason.<br />
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<i>"Are you seriously defending this bigotry?! You're defending sexism and racism and all this crap?"</i><br />
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No, No I'm really not. But I am from the school of thought that people should be given chances to fuck up and learn. Make mistakes and grow. That convincing is better than bullying. Uncomfortable truths are better than lies. I believe intent and context matters.<br />
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I'd be the first to verbally destroy someone who is legitimately insists on being a racist or a sexist or a bigot, but I'm not going to go after someone that innocently makes a bad joke, I'm not going to go after someone that doesn't know better and never had a chance to learn.<br />
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And if you still think your enemies are monsters, there's another problem to forcefully shutting them up; You lose the ability to tell what they're thinking.<br />
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Enough about the people, what about...<br />
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Before you roll your eyes, again I ask you to hear me out.<br />
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Contrary to popular belief, most elections fall back and are decided on one central theme. Sure people care about the issues, but there's always one key issue that's the real crux of the outcome of any election. In this election it was <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/election-2016-pits-insurgents-vs-the-establishment-1453824535">frustration with the establishment</a>, and yet the people that led the current (or former) establishment were the most blind to it.<br />
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Did you know that Congress approval rate in the <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx">US hasn't gone above 25%</a> in the last five years? Approval rating hasn't gone above 50% since 2003.<br />
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Not to mention the recent study that found that the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/21/americas-oligarchy-not-democracy-or-republic-unive/">USA is no longer a democracy but an oligarchy</a>, has resonated with a large (and growing) number of people's beliefs.<br />
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So it makes perfect sense to go with an anti-establishment candidate right? <a href="http://usuncut.com/news/bernie-sanders-just-blasted-democratic-party-trumps-victory/">Someone either not directly associated with the government, or who's always been a troublemake</a>r....etc, right?<br />
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But no, <a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/bankole-thompson/2016/11/10/trump-wins-sanders-vindicated/93570482/">Even though</a> it was <a href="http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/these-scholars-predicted-globilization-would-lead-to-trump.html">EXTREMELY clear</a>, the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wikileaks-emails-show-dnc-favored-hillary-clinton-over_us_57930be0e4b0e002a3134b05">DNC leadership</a>, riding and banking on their <a href="http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm">perceived successes</a>, insisted on <a href="http://observer.com/2016/07/wikileaks-proves-primary-was-rigged-dnc-undermined-democracy/">rigging the system</a> so that Hillary, someone who is perceived as establishment born and raised, would be the candidate instead.<br />
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They fell for their <a href="https://medium.com/@trentlapinski/dear-democrats-read-this-if-you-do-not-understand-why-trump-won-5a0cdb13c597#.8gx76s5w0">own echo chambers</a>, they fell victim to their own hubris, and we're probably all going to suffer for it.<br />
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If you're in doubt, realize that <a href="http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-sanders-would-have-crushed-trump/">Bernie won in most of the battle ground states</a> and counties that Hillary lost to Trump.<br />
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Then there's the media. I'm not going to talk much about the fourth estate. But thanks to technological advancements it was already weakened. Trump <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/2016-donald-trump-media-journalism-interview-tv-213922">may have dealt it a crippling blow</a>. But it's the media itself that shot itself in the foot, <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/09/14/melania_trump_vindicated_with_immigration_story.html">stretching too far</a> and <a href="http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/why-did-the-polls-miss-a-trump-victory.html">vindicating Trump</a> and all his supporters (and otherwise) that believe it's crooked. Making outlandish claims is one thing, making outlandish claims and being proven right? That <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/11/dont-blame-the-media-trumpland-is-a-place-where-truth-doesnt-matter?CMP=twt_gu">can have consequences</a>. Once again, Trump's supporters decided to raise a giant middle finger.<br />
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<i>"Fine fine, you've told us why you think we're all to blame. But what do we do now? We're fucked aren't we?</i></div>
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Well frankly, I haven't <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2012/05/dont-panic-and-carry-bashkeer-on.html">had the best success rate when optimistic</a>, and tend to h<a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/03/square-one-conspiracy-theory.html">ave a higher success rate when pessimistic</a>, So I'm not sure how much what I say here will matter. So let's go at this both ways ok?</div>
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/leahmcelrath/status/796870335874404353">last few administrations and governments have been setting up a recipe for disaster</a> (Read the entire thread), that Trump will thrive in. It reminds me to the machinations of Anwar ElSadat in modifying the Egyptian constitution to solidify power, only to get whacked and have Mubarak reap all the benefits. In fact, the amount of parallels to Egypt in this election is frankly alarming. </div>
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To make matters worse, Trump as president, Republican majority in Congress and Senate, and <a href="http://time.com/4220760/supreme-court-tie-antonin-scalia/">a potentially tie-breaking vacancy on the supreme court</a> that will be filled by Trump's nomination, does mean Trump will enjoy quite a bit of power. </div>
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Furthermore, it's not <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/11/its-not-just-trump-authoritarian-populism-is-rising-across-the-west-heres-why/">just the USA</a> that's concerning; when Populist/Nationalist movements spread globally, they <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nvD2rZSVau4C&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false">tend to foreshadow really</a> really bad things. </div>
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And they are spreading. The USA is just the latest country to head in that direction. The middle east, Philippines, Europe, large parts of Asia, Russia, and the list goes on. I know it has a shitload of shortcomings, but <a href="http://voxeu.org/article/globalisation-promotes-peace">Globalism actually does tend to reduce head on conflict</a>, Although the <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/62848/does_globalization_bring_war_or_peace">situation with China <b>MIGHT </b>be an exception to the rule</a>. </div>
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What about the House? Well, Again Republicans lost 6 seats and the Democrats gained 5. </div>
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<i>"But they're still the majority! They control everything! What does it matter?!"</i></div>
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It matters, because yes, it does mean that Republicans can force through more laws than they previously, but remember two things; One, there are multiple factions within each party, and Libertarian minded republicans are more likely to side with the Dems on some issues than they are to side with their own party. Two, well.. Trump's own party <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/where-republicans-stand-on-donald-trump-a-cheat-sheet/481449/">doesn't really seem to like him much</a>. Although in realpolitik, who gives a shit what you like. </div>
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At risk of sounding cheesy, There's only one bulwark against fascism, and that's you. Stay vigilant and be willing to fight, and it will never take hold.<br />
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Falter, and focus on fucking bullshit like Kim Kardashian instead of the <a href="http://dailysignal.com/2015/12/01/policy-riders-what-they-are-how-congress-uses-them-and-why-they-matter-to-you/">laws that regularly</a> get <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/omnibus-budget-deal-2014-5-worst-things_b_6307852.html">slipped through</a> on bills, Gerrymandering, and all the other bullshit that happens (You know, the shit that's been happening for decades now) and we're all well and truly fucked. The entire globe mind you.</div>
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-73133221022536228202014-02-24T12:36:00.001-08:002014-02-24T12:44:07.206-08:00Egypt: C-FAST (Think slow)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In case anyone is interested, here's the text for the international <a href="http://www.sumobrain.com/patents/wipo/Fast-series-field-advanced-screening/WO2011116782A1.pdf">patient application</a> for this 'Wonder" device, Note that the application was filed in March 2010.<br />
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The ATSC "detector" cost thousands of people their lives. How many lives will C-Fast claim?<br />
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-71402537391987017872013-11-28T02:20:00.001-08:002013-11-28T04:43:57.552-08:00Egypt in a Nutshell.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><u><b>Egypt in a nutshell:</b></u></span><br />
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A Quick and Simple guide to Egypt.<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Army allies with MB to overthrow the king.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Army Betrays the MB, takes power for itself.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">MB attempts to betray the Army, Allies with the British.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Army Imprisons and persecutes MB for decades, Allies with Leftists.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">After he takes power, Sadat allies with Islamists to defeat leftists.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Islamists betray Sadat and assassinate him.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Army allies with NDP (Although one could say the NDP was the offspring, but whatever) for decades.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Revolution breaks out in January 2011; Revolutionaries ally with MB to overthrow regime, Salafis ally with Regime, Army Betrays NDP and tosses them to the "wolves", Army then Allies with MB.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">MB and Salafis ally to win Parliament. Non-Islamists pretty much be</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">tray one another (not to mention infighting)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">MB allies with Revolutionaries and Salafis to gain power during presidential elections, betrays Army (somewhat) and removes top two army brass.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Morsi gains power, MB betray Revolutionaries , ally with Army and Former NDP in addition to Salafis.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Morsi overextends his power, Army betrays the MB, Army Allies with revolutionaries, former NDP and Kanaba Party to overthrow MB. Salafis betray the MB and ally with the anti-Morsi block.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">MB start begging (and insulting, and threatening) their former allies the revolutionaries to join them, the same allies they've already betrayed at least twice, to join them and fight the Military and Former NDP. Revolutionaries for the most part, ignore them, Which a lot of MB consider a betrayal (The hypocrisy from the MB is staggering)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Army Betrays Salafis in constitution writing process.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Army keeps alliance with Former NDP, betrays Revolutionaries in both the constitution writing process AND on the streets. </span></li>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />Remember when I said our revolution has similarities to the Lebanese civil war, in which "<i>During the course of the fighting, alliances shifted rapidly and unpredictably: by the end of the war, nearly every party had allied with and subsequently betrayed every other party at least once</i>" , and people called me an idiot?<br /><br />Well you can Kindly go fuck yourselves.<br /><br /><b>Note:</b> By Salafis in this context i mean "Political Salafis" i.e the Nour party and the offshoots like ElGama'a. I'm not talking about non-political salafis that have joined Rabaa, or stayed away from politics altogether. Unlike the MB , Political Salafis and Salafis can be (and sometimes are) two different groups.<br /><br />............ Fucking shitstorm getting me back into politics after i swore it off.... gah.<br /><br /><br /><b>Disclaimer</b>: Yes I do recognize that there's a HUGE difference between the Lebanese Civil War and Egypt post-Jan25. But there <b><u>IS</u> </b>a similarity in the betrayals.<br /><br /><b>Edit</b>: Someone Commented that this is oversimplified. Well No shit Sherlock, it's "Egypt in a Nutshell" not "Egypt in a dissertation", You wanna write something more complex and in depth, perhaps correcting my mistakes (if any), then by all means go do so. </span></div>
Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-88613777796669756682013-07-27T20:58:00.002-07:002013-07-30T11:29:47.681-07:00MB & Islamists: We support Brutality Until it's used against us.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A lot of people (especially non-Egyptians) are wondering : Why are people who stood against the Military and the Police forces, and decried their brutality previously, not doing the same now that the Pro-Morsi protesters are facing off against them? The main reason? Because while they were in power, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists <b><i>Condoned </i>AND <i>Supported</i></b> <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/11/nov-19-nov-21-compilation-of-brutality.html">brutality by the army & police</a> against those same people.<br />
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Perhaps these videos/articles/screen shots can shine some light, and keep in mind this is just a sample.<br />
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(<b>Note:</b> <i>I'm not going to translate every one of these, Nor am I going to caption them all, I will also add more videos/images/articles as I find them. Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/hany2m">@Hany2m</a>, The Human Google, for helping me find a lot of these.</i>)<br />
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<b><u>Disclaimer before you read further:</u></b> I am not condoning violence against them. Unlike them, I will not support brutality by state security forces. The point of this post is <b><i><u>NOT</u> </i></b>to gloat. The entire point of this post is to point out one of the reasons why a lot of people are not sympathetic with their current plight, and why the MB hypocrisy in invoking events like Mohammed Mahmoud, Maspero, Abasseyia...etc to prove army brutality, is in fact infuriating to revolutionaries, as those are the same events in which the MB & Islamists condoned brutality by security forces, with no support to (and condemnation of) revolutionaries on their end.<br />
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Safwat Hegazy walking out of show in protest of Egyptian television post-revolution banning Hazem Abou Ismail from appearing on Screen. Safwat Hegazy said absolutely nothing when the MB minister that took over the Ministry of Information did the same exact thing with those opposing the MB<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=620224401330660">صفوت حجازي يتوعد بذببح المصريين المعارضين لمرسى ٨-١٢-٢٠١٢ </a></div>
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<a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/23139/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-political-parties-slammed-for-signing-agree.aspx">Egypt's political parties slammed for signing agreement with military rulers (The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, head of the Freedom and Justice Party, described the meeting with SCAF as “successful.”)</a><br />
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A twitter user asks Morsi why he doesn't reform the ministry of interior that is making him look bad. His response was give it your trust and you will see good things god willingly.</div>
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-8620066727764793012013-07-05T20:36:00.003-07:002013-07-05T20:38:18.928-07:00Who the hell is Adly Mansour? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b> Disclaimer: This is intended as Humor.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adly Mansour, The Interim president of Egypt</td></tr>
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When it was announced that Adly Mansour was to become our new interim president, The question on everyone's mind was "Who the flying f**k is Adly Mansour?", mainly because well.... no one knew who the hell he was. Well luckily, Wikipedia came to the rescue... <br />
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Here are some of the earlier iterations of Adly Mansour's wikipedia page:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Original Stub</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Absolute Boss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He wasn't even sworn in when this was posted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently he's a homosexual absolute boss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Homosexual Healer Paladin of Egypt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Healer Paladin of Egypt... Without the Homosexual part</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We now know who Batman really is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's also Ironman... Talk about multi-tasking. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Snake of the Nile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Snake of the Nile is A Brony (A Brony is a Bro that likes "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony">My Little Pony</a>")</td></tr>
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-28049020324311480622013-03-08T17:56:00.000-08:002013-03-08T17:58:58.954-08:00Egypt: When Logic Fails<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For the average spectator on affairs in Egypt, making sense of events and situations tends to be an exercise in futility; as since the majority of average spectators are not "in the loop", the events tend to make little sense.<br />
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As a result, people tend to react in one of two ways; emotionally (and that's a topic for another time) or logically. But ah, there's the rub; What about when logic fails?<br />
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I argued long ago in a personal post that there is no real logic, and in this case it's even more applicable; for there is no definite uniform "logic" nor exact "guidelines" to achieve a standard definition of logic, as such Logic differs from one person to the next. But for the sake of this post, let us assume that logic is absolute, after all, the very basis of logic and deduction is <b>If A= B, and B = C, then A = C.</b><br />
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But again, I'm not here to discuss philosophy, so let's return to my original question... What about when logic fails?<br />
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In regards to Egypt, the "logical" observer attempting to make sense of things, has no choice but to resort to logical deduction, to do so, the observer gathers what information they can , and proceeds to come to a conclusion based on the information provided. But as I stated above, unless the observer is "in the loop" they don't have access to all the information, and as thus they can never really reach the proper deduction unless by absolute chance. Therefore, logic in this case, has failed.<br />
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So what's the solution? To deduce as best you can with the info you are able to obtain, and live with your conclusion, right or wrong? To forgo logic altogether and rely purely on emotion? Do you reach the best conclusion you can, and constantly revise it when you obtain new information? Or do you close your brain off, and just rely on whatever you're told? Or do you do something else entirely?<br />
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If anyone has an answer to this question, I'd like to know it, but above all think about this before you're too judgmental towards others.<br />
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-43818584688411404422013-03-05T11:23:00.001-08:002013-03-05T11:59:43.415-08:00Egypt: Tourism in numbers 1995-2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A quick breakdown of Egyptian tourism figures between 1995-2012 with some minor notes.<br />
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<tr height="76" style="height: 57pt;"><td class="xl68" height="76" style="background-color: #e8eef4; border: 1pt solid black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700; height: 57pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">Year</td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #e8eef4; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 1pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">Value</td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #e8eef4; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 1pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">Numerical Difference to pervious year</td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #e8eef4; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 1pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 56pt;" width="74">% difference to previous Year</td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #e8eef4; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 1pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192">Notes</td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td><td style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">1995</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">2,871,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">0</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">0.00%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">1996</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">3,528,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">657,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">22.88%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">1997</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">3,656,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">128,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">3.63%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="341" style="height: 255.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="341" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 255.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">1998</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">3,213,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">-443,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">-12.12%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192">Decline thought to be caused mainly by The Luxor Massacre that took place on 17 November 1997, at Deir el-Bahri, an archaeological site located across the River Nile from Luxor in Egypt. In the mid-morning attack, Islamic terrorists from Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya ("The Islamic Group") and Talaa'al al-Fateh (Vanguards of Conquest), massacred 62 tourists at the attraction, their modus operandi included beheadings and disembowellings.</td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">1999</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">4,490,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">1,277,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">39.74%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">5,116,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">626,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">13.94%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="201" style="height: 150.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="201" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 150.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2001</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">4,357,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">-759,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">-14.84%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192">Decline believed to be the result of two major events; The start of second Palestinian Intifada (also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada) and the resulting support protests in Egypt, as well as the Terrorist attacks in the USA on September 11th 2001 </td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2002</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">4,906,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">549,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">12.60%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2003</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">5,746,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">840,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">17.12%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2004</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">7,795,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">2,049,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">35.66%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2005</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">8,244,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">449,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">5.76%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2006</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">8,646,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">402,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">4.88%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2007</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">10,610,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">1,964,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">22.72%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2008</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">12,296,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">1,686,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">15.89%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="547" style="height: 409.6pt;"><td class="xl69" height="547" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 409.6pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2009</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">11,914,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">-382,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">-3.11%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192">Decline believe to be the result of three main factors:<br />
<br />
The Sudan kidnapping In September 2008, in which a group of eleven European tourists and eight Egyptians were kidnapped during an adventure safari to one of the remotest sites in Egypt deep in the Sahara desert and taken to Sudan. They were subsequently released unharmed.<br />
<br />
The 2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing: In February 2009, the Khan el-Khalili bombing killed a French schoolgirl on a class trip.<br />
<br />
The 2009 Hezbollah plot: In April 2009, Egypt said it had uncovered a Hezbollah plot to attack tourist sites in the Sinai, causing tension with the Shia group from Lebanon.</td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="21" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 15.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2010</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 62pt;" width="83">14,051,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">2,137,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">17.94%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192"></td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
<tr height="61" style="height: 45.75pt;"><td class="xl69" height="61" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; height: 45.75pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 33pt;" width="44">2011</td><td class="xl75" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">9,845,000</td><td class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 64pt;" width="85">-4,206,000</td><td class="xl71" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;">-29.93%</td><td class="xl72" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 144pt;" width="192">Decline caused primarily by the January 25th revolution of 2011.</td><td colspan="2" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td><td class="xl65" style="border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"></td></tr>
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It is worthy to note that while tourism figures have increased in 2012 as opposed to 2010, they are still significantly lower (17.93% less) than 2010. </div>
Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-25592679681005624602012-12-07T16:31:00.001-08:002012-12-07T16:44:34.656-08:00To "Legitimacy" Pro-Morsy Supporters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Simple Argument to those saying you’re backing Morsy for "Legitimacy" (الشرعية ) , and claiming that the opposition don't respect "Democracy";<br />
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What has more legitimacy? The referendum in March 2011 with 77% approval with majority of eligible voters voting, or Morsy's election win of 52% with a smaller percentage of eligible voters voting? (Not even going to mention his round one percentage of 24.86%)<br />
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Obviously the Referendum on the Constitutional declaration of March 2011, right?<br />
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Ok, now when people voted for the constitutional declaration, they didn't just vote for a timeline of when things will happen, but for the legality of it as well right? I mean after all what is a constitutional declaration but a legally binding transitional constitution with all that it entails including judicial review of constitutionality of laws issued and the legality of bodies formed by those issued laws?<br />
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Obviously they voted for it to be their temporary legally Binding transitional constitution.<br />
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Now, When the people voted for their president (in this case Morsy), they voted for him based on his status in the Constitutional declaration, that obviously the majority of the population voted for, right?<br />
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Of course they did.<br />
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Still with me? Good. Now when a president is elected, swears to respect the constitution and/or ratifies that constitutional declaration, it means he agrees with the legality of the constitutional declaration right? He also agrees and does not deny that it's a legally binding document, and the will of the majority of the people right?<br />
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Obviously so. Otherwise he would have neither sworn to respect it and follow it, nor ratified it.<br />
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So when the "Elected" president turns dictator (or if you don't like that term, issues a unilateral decree), and stops the courts from issuing verdicts on the legality of the constitutional assembly, or the Shura council, And also submits himself above judicial authority, That basically means he's ignoring the will of the majority of the people that voted to allow the Constitutional Declaration of March 2011 to be their legally binding transitional constitution, with all that it entails including but not limited to Judicial review of legality right?<br />
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Of course he is ignoring the will of the majority.<br />
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<b>So remind me again, how is it Morsy's actions have any form of "Legitimacy" with the majority? How is it a factor of "Legitimacy" again? How are Morsy's actions "Respecting Democracy"?</b><br />
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But I hear you say "The Judges are corrupt! They want to bring Morsy down!" Well...<br />
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<li>Those Judges declared that Morsy won the elections.</li>
<li>Those Judges supervised every election in which the MB won a majority.</li>
<li>Morsy does not have a super majority (75% + of votes) in order to legally (or Illegally) claim his unilateral decree of dictatorship to be a popular mandate. </li>
<li>Most importantly, Judges cannot judge without the law and facts presented. In other words if a Judge gives an illegal verdict, it can be easily proven with the facts publicly available on the case. In fact, they STATE clearly which Constitutional Articles/laws and such they based their decision upon. So why are you afraid of them again?</li>
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<b>Again I ask, how is it Morsy's actions have any form of "Legitimacy" with the majority? How is it a factor of "Legitimacy" again?</b><b> How are Morsy's actions "Respecting Democracy"?</b><br />
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<b><br /></b><b><br />Kindly use your brains before they atrophy. </b></div>
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-80246521040737094672012-11-25T01:48:00.001-08:002012-11-25T01:49:01.493-08:00مصر؛ لقد أتت حرب أهلية <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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دكتاتورية خارقة، القرار الذي أدى اللي توحيد جميع القوة الغير متأسلمة ضده</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">ونتيجة لهذا ولعوامل أخرى كثيرة، يخشى أن مصر سوف تنزلق
الى حرب أهلية ولكن الواقع هو إن حرب أهلية من "الاحتجاجات" أو
"حرب الأرقام" قد بدأت بالفعل، لا يوجد أدنى شك في إن الإخوان المسلمين
هم الذين بدأوا ذلك.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"> مربط الفرس هو
دمنهور وأسيوط</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">جزء من حجة الإخوان هي أن مصر ليست القاهرة، ويعلنون إن
إلغالبية التي تدعمهم خارج القاهرة، و لكن حدوث الاحتجاجات في وقت واحد في جميع
أنحاء مصر يدحض هذا الادعاء الكاذب</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">ألحقيقة هي إن الإخوان المسلمين غير قادرين على حشد
أعداد كافية لمواجهة الأعداد التي يمكن
لخصومهم حشدها داخل القاهرة بدون الاحتياج إلي جلب مؤيديهم من المحافظات الأخرى</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">على وجه الخصوص، تتركز قاعدة قوة الإخوان بشكل رئيسي في
المناطق الريفية، في حين غالبا تتركز قواعد قوة
معارضتهم في المناطق المدنيه ،و الواقع إن محافظة القاهرة هي أكثر محافظة مصرية تمدنا</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">على هذا النحو، تمثل المظاهرات المتفرقة في المحافظات
معارك مستقلة في الحرب الشاملة. وتفتقد جماعةالإخوان المسلمين القدرة على حشد
أعداد كافية للمحاربة في القاهرة و باقي
المحافظات في نفس الوقت</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">ونتيجة لهذا فقد دعت جماعة الإخوان المسلمين مؤيديهم إلى
التظاهر في المحافظات في اليومين المقبلين، بحيث يمكن الفوز في معارك المحافظات
قبل مظاهرة معارضي مرسى الكبرى في القاهرة
يوم الثلاثاء، حتى يتمكنوا من الاستعانة وتجييش قواتهم من المحافظات في معركة
القاهرة "الكبرى</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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حاليا تدمير المعارضة في دمنهور وأسيوط، التي تعد تقليديا قواعد لقوة الإخوان</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">إذا نجحت خطة الإخوان المسلمين للفوز في معارك المحافظات
قبل يوم الثلاثاء ستصبح نتيجة المعركة الرئيسية في القاهرة محسومة، لأنهم سوف
يكونون قادرين على الاستعانة بمؤيديهم من المحافظات و"إظهار" أن لديهم
ما يكفي من الدعم في القاهرة لتقترب من اذا لم تتمكن من ان تساوي او تعادل اعداد
معارضة مرسى في القاهرة، مثلما حاولوا يوم الجمعة الماضي</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">انها استراتيجية حربيه جذريه؛ إلى جانب استراتيجية فرق
تسد في هذه الحالة، فإنهم يحاولون تقليل قوة وعدد معارضتهم من خلال الاستفادة من
من يطلق عليهم تعبير "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot">البلهاء المفيدين</a>" لخلق اشتباكات داخل المعارضة
وتقسيمها إلى مخيمات "فلول" و "ثوار</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: AR-EG;">"نعم، إنها لم تصل بعد إلي ان تكون حرب دموية فعلية، لكن
لا يوجد شك إنها "حرب أهلية</span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">النسخة الإنجليزية موجودة <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2012/11/egypt-civil-war-is-here.html">هنا </a></span></span></div>
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-4359309130643201152012-11-24T21:47:00.001-08:002012-11-25T01:50:26.739-08:00Egypt: A "Civil War" is here.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As you all know Morsy has decided to bestow upon himself dictatorial (super) powers, that have united all non-islamist powers against him.<br />
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Due to this and many other factors, it is feared that Egypt will descend into Civil war, but the reality is a Civil war of "protests" or "Numbers" has already started, have no doubt the MB (Muslim Brotherhood) are the ones who started it. The keys to this are Damanhur and Assiut.<br />
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Part of the MB's Argument is that Egypt is not Cairo, and they proclaim the majority support them outside of Cairo, However simultaneous protests all over Egypt would disprove this false claim.<br />
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The fact is the MB are unable to rally enough numbers to counter the numbers their opponents can rally inside Cairo without busing in their supporters from the other Governorates.<br />
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In particular, The MB's power base is mainly in rural areas, while their opposition is usually concentrated in urban areas. As a fact, Cairo is the most urbanized governorate of any Egyptian governorate.<br />
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As such, protests in each governorate are independent battles in the general war. The MB lacks the ability to rally enough numbers to fight in both the governorates and Cairo simultaneously.<br />
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Due to this The MB have called for protests in the governorates in the next two days, so that they can win the battles of the governorates before the major anti-Morsy protest in Cairo on Tuesday, so they can in turn utilize their strength from the governorates in the "Major" Cairo battle.<br />
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The previous points clearly explain why the MB are currently attempting to destroy opposition in Damanhur and Assiut, which are traditionally MB strong holds.<br />
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If the MB plan to win the battles in the governorates before Tuesday is successful, then by default the outcome of the major battle of Cairo is moot, because they will then be able to successfully rally their governorate supporters and "Show" that they have enough support in Cairo to come close to if not match the Anti-Morsy opposition in Cairo, much like they did on Friday.<br />
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It's a basic war strategy. Combined with the divide and conquer strategy; in this instance, they are attempting to decrease the strength and numbers of their opposition by utilizing “<i>Useful Idiots</i>” to create clashes within the opposition dividing them into "<i>Feloul</i>" and "<i>Revolutionary</i>" camps.<br />
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Yes, it may not have come down to an actual bloody war yet have no doubt; this is a "Civil War"<br />
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Arabic Version available <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2012/11/blog-post.html">here </a><br />
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Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-44494735346242618092012-10-11T18:21:00.002-07:002012-10-11T18:21:37.037-07:00Coining terms For Current day Egypt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In an effort to ease communication in the wild world of Egyptian politics today, I've decided to coin a few terms:<br />
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<b><u>Nouveau-Feloul</u></b> <i>Noun</i><br />
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<b><i>Pronunciation</i></b><i>: </i><span class="boldface" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;">noo</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-voh Fe-lool</span><br />
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<b><i>Definition</i></b>: Someone who upon seeing the state of post-revolution Egypt decided that the Mubarak regime was much better, blames the revolution for all the ills of society, while having no previous or current personal gain (Financial or otherwise) from the Mubarak/SCAF Regime.<br />
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<b><i>Notes</i></b>: A Nouveau-Feloul is usually someone was was formerly of the "Kanaba Party", Disappointed Secular minded individuals (Regardless of opinion on the revolution) , Islamophobes , or Contrarians. Their conversion into Nouveau-Feloul is usually due to feeling threatened (Legitimately or otherwise) by Islamists being in power.<br />
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<b><u>Faux-nadel</u></b> <i>Noun</i><br />
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<b><i>Pronunciation</i></b><i>: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>foh-na-dell</i></span><br />
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<li>Someone who pretends to be a Revolutionary or Activist, usually on social media, for personal gain or fame while doing no actual work.</li>
<li>Someone who pretends to be a Revolutionary or Activist, usually on social media, while being completely or partially against the cause they claim to fight for. </li>
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<b><i>Notes</i></b>: A Faux-nadel can be someone cashing in on the revolution in hopes of gaining some kind of financial or material gain, but is usually someone who is playing the role of a double agent intending to discredit or destroy the cause they claim to represent.<br />
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<b><u>Quasi-wan</u></b> <i>Noun</i><br />
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<b><i>Pronunciation</i></b><i>: kwah-see-wan</i><br />
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<li>Someone who pretends to have been pro-Muslim Brotherhood for years for the sole reason that they are now in power, usually claim to have been forced to hide his/her former allegiance out of fear.</li>
<li>Someone that supports the Muslim Brotherhood due to ignorance and/or fear of Secularism & Liberalism. </li>
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<b><i>Notes</i></b>: A Quasi-wan is usually someone that will side with whoever is in power, but can also be someone that fears Secularism & Liberalism and sees the Muslim Brotherhood as the only force that can prevent both from spreading in Egypt.<br />
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This is an epilogue about the last period in Egypt. Not the
last two years. But perhaps the last ten or maybe even the last thousand. I
while writing this am embarking on a journey with my mind in which I’m not
quite sure where I’m headed, somewhat akin to the wandering drifter that has a
vague idea of what the destination may be, but no idea what the path leading
there will look like, and only a basic storybook like vision of what the
destination may be. In case you may have not noticed, I am about to wax poetic, and while it is based on facts, this is not a factual straightforward post like my usual posts are.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A while ago while sitting with one of my best friends, he
asked me to think of one word to describe the situation in Egypt. The word came
instantly to my mind with no resistance: <b>Hubris</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For indeed if one was to look at the recent history of Egypt
alone (not to mention the trends and mindsets of a sizeable portion of
Egyptians that may or may not refuse to admit when they don’t know the answer
to something, even if it’s mundane and archaic)
the one word that springs to mind is hubris.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And it is hubris on all levels and shapes, starting from
Mubarak, who had he listened to the initial demands at the start of the January
25<sup>th</sup> uprising in Egypt, Instead of maintaining the arrogance to
assume he could and would withstand and survive the uprising where Bin Ali of Tunisia
failed, would still be our president or even former president, instead of languishing
in a (admittedly 5 star) prison hospital with the title of the “deposed
president”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To the hubris of the former ruling class and party, the NDP (and
for the record, the MB as well), who along with Mubarak saw no reason to
reform, seeing themselves as the educated civilized class, ruling arrogantly over
the uneducated barbaric masses, ignoring the fact that they themselves were to
blame for the population becoming uneducated, hungry and aggressive, but never
uncivilized and barbaric, at least not yet. Where in the eyes of Mubarak and
the NDP, the( admittedly ) somewhat successful initial few years of their reign,
were enough to make up for any wrong doing they may have done, that is, if they ever
even understood how wrong and guilty they were. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To the hubris of some of the revolutionaries, that fell prey
to the lights shined in their faces, that believed in the deceitful (but not
without merit) glory heaped upon them by the foreign media, by think tanks, by
even their own people, forgetting that glory and fame are fleeting, and that today’s
hero may go down in the history books as yesterday’s villain. Arrogant enough the entire time to ignore the
needs and wants of a population at large, believing on some level that if they
rose up, the population would rise with them no matter what, that they were the
new leaders, that they had what it takes to be a leader, dismissing the hunger,
fear, and basic human requirements of the population the entire time. Failing on multiple levels to win over the
hearts and minds of the very people they assumed to lead, failing to realize they needed their
unconditional support to take on an enemy that was much older, much more
experienced, and much more devious and powerful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To the hubris of the population itself, specifically a sizeable
section of middle aged and elderly, who still insist that they know better than
their children, never learning the lessons of their forefathers. Refusing to
admit that their children suffer today for their past and present mistakes. Refusing
to throw their lot in with that of the revolutionaries who they believed were
wrong, and instead demanding that the youth of the revolution should throw
their lot in with them instead, never even thinking that they may be wrong, and
as such, asking the youth of the revolution to do the same thing they
themselves refuse to do. Never willing
to accept that the mistakes of the youth are part of the learning process,
whitewashing their own mistakes all the while. For they had the chance to make
their own mistakes (which they did and which led us to where we are today), but
in their hubris they refuse to allow the youth their chance to make their own
mistakes, to solve the problems they themselves are responsible for and have
long since given up on really finding answers to, for they recognize the illness,
but do not have the cure, even while pretending even to their own psyches that
they do. They refused to leave their comfort zone. They refused to step aside.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To the hubris of the emerging secular political parties,
that believed that with their sharpened sticks, and stitched armor, they could
hold ground or even overcome a behemoth entirely on their own. Arguing and dividing over minor issues, while
the leviathan picked them off one by one, and spit out their bones as a warning.
Losing parliamentary seats and positions because they refused to listen to the
well prepared and well defined plans and council of a youth (among many) of
their own ranks. Dwindling in power
because they refused to see the battlefield as it is. Refused to understand
that to win a war, one must replenish the ranks of the fallen with new strong
blood, instead of attempting to reanimate and polish the corpses of the fallen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To the hubris of the Islamic forces, that believe that
they are the true source of religion,
and as such that they know better than anyone else, that they in a way have the
true word of God, while all else have a deviant facsimile of the word, if they
even have the word at all. Believing that their struggles are the only true legitimate
struggles, brushing off all others. Relishing in the bask of their (deceitful)
new found power, playing down the legitimate fears of a large section of the
population, believing them to be falsified and manufactured, refusing to see
the truth in that fear. Refusing to
truly look into a mirror and seeing what their fellow countrymen see and fear.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To the hubris of the SCAF, hubris derived from their power, hubris
that led them to believe since the 1950’s that they are in a manner the only
true path. That what is good for them is good for the country, seeing the
population as infants that must be raised in the manner they desire, or they
will be lost, that they are the fathers of this strong willed rebellious infantile
and adolescent population, that they can and must guide, punish and manipulate
the child into following and revering the will and instructions of the father, conveniently
ignoring that if said belief were to ring true, that the children almost always
pay for the sins of the father. Never once behaving like a true selfless father
does, but instead behaving like a selfish father that begets children as labor,
to profit off their sweat and vitality, while providing his children with just
enough sustenance to survive, but not enough to thrive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hubris is everywhere in Egypt, permeating all manner of
thought and life. It is hubris that causes us to stumble over debris and
obstacles that we either fail to notice or arrogantly ignore; believing that
our ill shielded legs can plow through them like an elephant among wild grass.
It is hubris that causes all of us to suffer, be it our own hubris, or the
hubris of others around us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I must admit the title of this piece is misleading, for it
is in a sense an epilogue for all that has passed, but in another it is a
prologue for all that is yet to come. For it is not an ending. There are no
true endings. But it is not a beginning either, for how can there be a
beginning when there is no true end? Epilogue or prologue, at the end of the
day, it all comes back to one word: Hubris.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-42753942808036004942012-05-26T03:38:00.001-07:002012-05-26T05:02:56.533-07:00Don't panic and carry a Bashkeer : The results of the Presidential Elections<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN">Egyptian authorities released the preliminary final results of the 1st real
presidential election in the history of Egypt on May 25th (compiled and
detailed <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnDjICbGuDIEdDA4V3VIQ0tLcUN2ZG9pQ09OYzhQZGc#gid=0">here</a> by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi">Iyad Elbaghdadi</a>). Ironically May 25th is also the worldwide
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day#">Towel Day</a>", a day coined and celebrated by fans of Douglas Adam's
classic series "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy</a>". The concept of
towel day comes from the caption on the guide in the books that reads "Don't
panic, and carry a towel". While I can't really vouch for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day#Origin">benefits of carrying a towel</a>, I can tell you why you shouldn't panic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">I admit, I personally expected the run off to be between Former Prime
minister and military man Ahmed Shafiq, and the Muslim brotherhood candidate
Mohammed Morsy (It was very naive to assume that the regime, that has been
trying to frame the situation internally and internationally as "It's us
or the Islamists" for as long as can be remembered would allow two other
candidates to reach the run offs, at least not without a real fight), but what I
did not expect, and what came as a surprise, was the poor performance of Amr
Moussa, and the amazing performance of Hamdeen Sabbahi. This is important for a
reason, so take note.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">While I have previously stated bluntly that the referendum in March 2011
and the parliamentary elections were fraudulent (And I’ve been repeatedly
attacked for saying this, apparently facts be damned), it is unlikely due to
the large amount of votes for so few candidates, that the presidential
elections will be as fraudulent. Election violations? Sure. Propaganda?
Definitely. Outright fraud? Doubtful. This again, is an important point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Fraud aside, the fact that everyone seems keen to overlook is that one of
the main reasons for the success of Islamists in parliamentary elections (Fraud
and campaign violations aside), is not primarily due to a love of Islamists;
rather, the rise occurred because people wanted to vote Mubarak's political
party, the NDP out, and found the Salafis and Muslim brotherhood to be their
best most organized chance to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Another aspect everyone seems to overlook; who turned a blind eye to
illegal religious campaigning? Who turned a blind eye to vote buying through
charity networks or otherwise? Who sat down and conducted agreements with the
Islamists from day one? It is entirely naive to assume that the regime did not
want an Islamist candidate, after all, who would you rather fight; someone you
can defeat easily, or someone that is a real challenge? Again, I'm not saying
the results are Fraudulent (Yet), I'm saying this was engineered. Big
difference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">By all means, this was an election of opposites; it was Moussa VS Fetouh
(For "Liberals"). Shafiq VS Morsy (For conservatives), with Sabbahi being in the
middle. The trend apparently was you vote for one because you oppose or fear
the other, not exactly because you're convinced of one or the other. Luckily
ElShater and Soliman took each other out early on. I am convinced a majority of
those that voted for Shafiq, did not do so out of love for the man, rather they
did so out of a belief that he is the only man capable of standing against the
Muslim brotherhood, and bringing back stability. Shafiq would not have that
amount of voter support if Morsy did not exist. Rudimentary polling of Shafiq
voters backs my hypothesis on this matter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">What is most impressive about Sabbahi's strong standing is that according
to election monitoring groups, Sabbahi's campaign conducted the least election
violations of all the candidates (With Morsy and Shafiq's campaigns conducting
the most); this is yet another crucial point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">1- Those who were monitoring the public vibe, expected the run off to be
between Morsy and Shafiq. That was a given considering the MB charity machine,
and the use of state media to polish up Shafiq.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">2- A candidate's campaign that conducted the least amount of campaign
violations (Sabbahi) came in 3rd with a relatively small gap between him and
the 2nd (Shafiq) whose campaign is one of the highest violators. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">3- A Candidate (Sabbahi) that does not have the power of a charity
(Bribery) network, or state media (Propaganda Machine) behind him, came in 3rd.
Candidates with more or less the same criteria came in 4th and 5th. Do not underestimate the
intelligence of the population.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">4- Even with all the propaganda, fear mongering & failures of the
liberal movements and revolutionaries, Over 50% of the population combined did not vote for an MB
candidate (Morsy) nor the Regime candidate (Shafiq), yes I realize the election
turnout was relatively low, and that this isn't the entire population, but it's
like you're conducting a poll with a sample size of over 18 million. So yes, I
can safely assume over 50% of the population. In other words, over 50% of the
population is on the side of freedom and dignity, not the side of bribes or
fear. Compare that to percentage of the population that took part in the 18
days, and you'll see that matters are not as bleak as they seem, in fact this
in particular makes me the most optimistic. And yes, like it or not, Moussa
counts. If anything Moussa is the chosen of non-Islamist reformists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">5- Egyptian politics are <a href="http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/15/mapping_egypts_electorate">not clear cut</a>; the reason for the vast difference
in trends between the referendum, parliamentary elections, and presidential
elections are due to the complex network of ideologies, loyalties, and thought
processes that overlap and diverge on different points.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">6- If each candidate represents their ideology, then the MB has a 26.38%
approval rating, The Military and former regime have a 23.00% approval rating
(four times lower than what various polls have been stating for over a year,
then again, almost every poll conducted in Egypt so far has been completely
wrong, so why wouldn't this one be?), and the ideals of the revolution have a
combined approval rating of 50.62%. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">With all that said, I cannot understand how with so many positive
indications, some people are so pessimistic. Did those people really believe
the idea that the "majority of the population is against the revolution" was true? Did they not see that the majority of the
population is not against the ideals of the revolution, rather that they had
grown tired, weary, and had reached their limit with the lack of security and
the deterioration of the economy? Did those same people naively think we would
achieve the goals of a revolution (against 60 years of rule) in less than 18
months?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">What is even more mind boggling and frustrating, is how many people are now
falling for the regime line of "It's us or the Islamists". I'm sure our
memory spans are not so short that we've forgotten that they've been using the
same line for the last 60 years, while suppressing any real secular opposition.
Yes the Islamists are a threat, but so is the regime. Have you already forgotten the <a href="http://bikyamasr.com/60573/the-mubarak-doctrine/">Mubarak doctrine</a>? These people are now
arguing with one another and their families on who is worse, Shafiq or Morsy,
stating the pros and cons of each, but in this situation, there are no pros and
cons, they're both horrid. Those people have resigned themselves to the idea
that our rape is inevitable and instead of finding solutions (i.e. a way to
prevent the rape), or at the very least noticing the positive indicators, they're
arguing which of our potential rapists has a smaller penis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">So no, the situation is not bleak, in fact, it's quite the opposite, if
anything, we've reached our strongest point yet; there are so many
(non-protest) ways we can make sure neither Shafiq nor Morsy rape us. In fact, I
believe that even if the so called "Elite" fail to stop their panic,
the populace by large, will <b>NOT </b>sit around and allow whoever the president is
to rape us. Rather, they may rape the president if he tries any funny business.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">After all, Politics is a game of shifting agreements, incentives and loyalties; If Shafiq
wins, the MB will be forced to side with the majority if Shafiq acts up or they risk
isolating and killing themselves. If Morsy wins, the Army will be forced to
side with the majority if Morsy acts up or they risk losing their alleged popularity among the people. Yes. The opposition may end up in control. That is of course, if the regime and the MB don't unite together that is. Like they did in the referendum. Like they <a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/36/122/42920/Presidential-elections-/Presidential-elections-news/Shafiq-ready-to-have-PM-from-Freedom-and-Justice-P.aspx">may do now</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">So yes, call me a dreamer if you want, but I’m still betting on the
Egyptian people, the same way I did during the 18 days, and after the results
of the presidential election, I’ve been pleasantly surprised. All this, and
it's still possible some unexpected surprise could happen, like if this alleged
voter donation loop hole turns out to be true, or if the non-MB, non-regime
candidates decide to form some kind of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergroup_(music)">super band</a> opposition movement, mobilizing
all their followers. Or so many other admittedly farfetched scenarios, then
again, January 25th was pretty farfetched, wasn't it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">So don’t panic, Enjoy the ride, and if you want... Carry a bashkeer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-75788539366076381692012-05-14T17:16:00.000-07:002012-05-14T18:42:59.663-07:00Predictions if Ahmed Shafiq wins.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yes you can consider it a conspiracy theory. My<a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/03/square-one-conspiracy-theory.html"> last one</a> was pretty damn accurate.<br />
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I honestly now think there's a high chance the run off (if we reach it) will be between Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq. It will not be due to merit by any of them, (In fact they may very well be our two worst choices) but it will be because of the sinister tactics both campaign camps are following. One needs only to look at how Egyptian Media is polishing Shafiq up, or to realize how the wide scale MB charity network is working overtime to make Morsi out as a savior, to realize what I mean.<br />
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<b><u>However if Ahmed Shafiq wins I predict the following will occur:</u></b></h3>
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<b><u>1- He will dissolve the Parliament & Shura council...</u></b><br />
...Of course he won't do so directly, but the court case on the constitutional legality of parliament & Shura will reach a verdict, and will decide it needs to be dissolved and as the executive power he will "Have no choice but to" dissolve it.<br />
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<b><u>2- Mass protests will occur...</u></b><br />
...mainly by Islamists against the Parliament and Shura being dissolved. The leftists, secularists, and liberals will have little reason to side with the Islamists because of their actions during the presidential election season at least, if not due to their actions throughout the last year and a half.<br />
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<b><u>3- Massive crack down on said protests will occur...</u></b><br />
.... Which will lead to the imprisonment of a large amount of people, mainly anyone who calls/called for the protests, under the anti-protest law that the parliament has approved (shooting themselves in the foot). Even if no one actually calls for the protests, it'll be used as an excuse to round up the Islamist leaders and a large amount of their followers. This will be done with the support of the majority of the populace that will see the election of a new president as the end of the transitional period, and hence the end of the need for any protests.<br />
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<b><u>4- A Terrorist attack will occur...</u></b><br />
....Similar to the Saints church bombing in January 2010. It will be on a much larger scale and affect a larger amount of people. Will prompt massive crackdown on any dissident, especially of the Islamist variety. As a result public opinion of Islamists will plummet. Whatever remaining Islamists will be locked away, with the blessing of the (Now terrified) populace.<br />
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<b><u>5- Some kind of external threat will occur...</u></b><br />
... Be it some kind of "disagreement" with Israel or Libya, problems with armed groups in Sinai, or some kind of violence flowing over the Sudan boarder. Cue an increase of nationalism, patriotism and army support. <b><u>Note:</u></b> We already are having problems on our boarders with Libya and in Sinai.<br />
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<b><u>6- The reactivation of the Emergency Law...</u></b><br />
....The emergency law was not removed. Rather it was "deactivated", After the events listed in points 3 to 5, it will be reactivated once again.<br />
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<b><u>7- The real end of the revolution...</u></b><br />
.... At this point, people are going to wonder, What revolution? Sure the press will be a bit more "free" , Judicial matters will appear to be more transparent and fair, but for all intents and purposes we'll be back at square one. It'll all be superficial change.<br />
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I hope to God I'm wrong.<br />
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I'll probably write one for each candidate when I can. Note that this possible scenario MAY occur regardless of which candidate wins with some obvious differences. Even with Shafiq there may be some slight differences.<br />
<br /></div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-39800911494943972852012-02-09T12:04:00.000-08:002012-02-09T12:36:53.175-08:00Feb 11th 2012: Just to make a few things clear.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<i>(I copied this from something I wrote on Facebook, I'll add links later when I have time, although most of the data can be found through google)</i><br />
<br />
In regards to the Strike being called for on the 11th, just a few things for you to get straight.<br />
<br />
1- A general strike is not going to destroy Egypt's economy. Protests and strikes are not going to destroy Egypt's economy. Go Ask France if their country crippling strikes a few years ago destroyed their economy.<br />
<br />
What's been destroying Egypt's Economy at a time where exports, remittances and Suez canal revenue has <b>GROWN</b>, isn't even the drop in tourism (although it has an effect, down by 30%, but hey, who has been running a slander campaign against non-egyptians again?? ), but it's the drop in Foreign direct investments (down 115%) that has caused the most trouble, which is down mainly because of three factors;<br />
<br />
A) The Security situation. If a factory can't send millions of EGP worth of products out, without them getting stolen regularly, the factory can't make a profit and will shut down. (They have to resend out stolen merchandise, they have to pay breach of contract fees....etc)<br />
<br />
B) <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_cost_of_egypts_internet_blackout_110_million.php">The Internet Blackout</a> which caused lots of companies in Egypt to be in breach of contract because they could not provide the services agreed to during the blackout, which pulled contracts, caused companies to pay penalties for breach of contract...etc, and most importantly<br />
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C) the extension of the transitional period (the longer it lasts, the worse it'll be) because generally in global economics, companies don't invest in a country going through political upheaval , because the government is what assures terms in contracts are going to be met (ElDamen). If there is an upheaval it means laws will generally change. Ergo, It makes very little logic to invest during a transitional period. Don't believe me? Ask the <a href="http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/economy/us-companies-launch-investment-plans-in-new-egypt-dp2.html">150+ multinationals</a> that expressed interest in investing in Egypt <b>AFTER </b>the transitional period ends. If you still don't believe me, Go ask your friendly neighborhood economist. (<i><b>NOTE</b>: not all companies in Links</i>)<br />
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2- Everyone saying "Oh well the strike is going to fail because the Strike has no widespread support because so and so and so said they wouldn't join."<br />
On Jan 24th 2011;<br />
<br />
- The Muslim brotherhood said it wasn't going to join.<br />
- The Salafis said they weren't going to join.<br />
- The Azhar spoke out against it<br />
- Pope Shenouda Spoke out against it<br />
- The Mufti spoke out against it<br />
- Political experts (like the oh so beloved Amr Hamzawy) said "We're not like Tunisia, it won't happen here"<br />
- We (Yes even myself) said nothing was going to happen because we didn't believe there was going to be widespread support.<br />
- We said "Just a few thousand are going to protest, and they'll get arrested and it'll be over"<br />
- We said the uneducated and the poor aren't going to join because they can't afford to, or are afraid to...etc<br />
- We said the people will hate the protesters.<br />
- The list goes on and on.<br />
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Then Jan 25th 2011 came along.<br />
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3- If it worked for other countries, there's no real reason it can't work for us if done right. This entire concept of "What works in X doesn't work in Egypt" is just our ego talking. We're not better than other countries. We're not worse than other countries. We're a country like all other countries.<br />
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<br />
But I digress;<br />
I could be wrong. You could be totally right. I just refuse to let pessimism and apathy rule me.</div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-69446224763802508392011-12-16T13:20:00.000-08:002011-12-20T03:01:24.027-08:00List of numbers for Egyptian Channels & their streams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want to try to counter the stream of constant diarrhea of pro-regime propaganda by callers to Egyptian TV channels, use these numbers. It's a small thing, but trust me, it has a large effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have any links to a stream or numbers that i'm missing, please post them in the comments or send them to me at twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Elazul">@Elazul</a></span><br />
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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Special thanks to @TheMiinz @Ahmedomar79 @marmina_live @DaliaElf & @TAFATEFO for providing some of these numbers.</span><br />
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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Edit 20th of Dec 2011: I've added more numbers obtained from this page <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/egytvnradio/">https://sites.google.com/site/egytvnradio/</a> maintained by Hatem Nawar</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Egyptian Channel 1</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">02/ 25757163</span> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">AlMehwar</span></u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dream 2</span></u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Bernameg ElHakeeka : </span>02/ 38552300</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Al3ashera Masa2an : 02/ 38552300 || 02/ 38552309</span><br />
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</span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">25TV</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">+20227736151</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">+20227736152</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">+20227736153</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">(note the numbers are for "Video Cairo", the channel broadcasts from there, they transfer people to 25TV)</span><br />
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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stream: <a href="http://25online.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=9&lang=ar">http://25online.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=9&lang=ar</a></span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></u></b><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ontv</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">0020238555206</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">0020238555231</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stream: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ONtveg#p/l/rB_mgFuLSdk">http://www.youtube.com/user/ONtveg#p/l/rB_mgFuLSdk</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">CBC</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mobile: 2323</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">SMS: 92237</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Land lines: 09000122</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">International callers: 008821622774573</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stream: www.youtube.com/user/CBCEgypt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nile News</span></u></b><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Phone: 25779144</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stream: http://live.sis.gov.eg/ch1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">AlNahar</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stream: <a href="http://www.tasaali.com/2011/07/blog-post_5574.html">http://www.tasaali.com/2011/07/blog-post_5574.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dream TV</span></u></b><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stream:<b style="text-decoration: underline;"> </b><a href="http://www.tasaali.com/2010/02/blog-post_1456.html">http://www.tasaali.com/2010/02/blog-post_1456.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Aljazeera Mubasher</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">0237490655</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stream: <a href="http://mubasher-misr.aljazeera.net/">http://mubasher-misr.aljazeera.net/</a> </span><br />
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</span><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">AlTahrir </span></u></b><br />
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">02/ 34422988</span> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">AlNas</span></u></b></span><br />
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</span></span><br />
General numbers: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">02/ 38555279 || </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">02/ 38555280</span><br />
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</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Masr elgedida show at 8 pm : </span>0169835555 - 0164291000-0140880880<br />
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</div></div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-78993550056245626312011-12-04T11:51:00.000-08:002011-12-04T12:17:55.686-08:00Egypt: The Other battlefields.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MpLVl7An9vUtR07yKW9wxf87xNT1DITrjT5FWpFLb_o2YkTGLo0I3sHYdDMZyt1jJt7ue-HtYSI0-MMUJ-GEUGsYIwXnXJSja_R3-iK1d74kWw39JbxtiAJOC6cSHXpBIqmoizVPMes/s1600/Cyberwar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MpLVl7An9vUtR07yKW9wxf87xNT1DITrjT5FWpFLb_o2YkTGLo0I3sHYdDMZyt1jJt7ue-HtYSI0-MMUJ-GEUGsYIwXnXJSja_R3-iK1d74kWw39JbxtiAJOC6cSHXpBIqmoizVPMes/s320/Cyberwar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">With media focus on Tahrir, violence and so many other media friendly events it’s very easy to overlook the other battle grounds in the clash between anti-SCAF groups, and SCAF or pro-SCAF groups. But before I get to those battlefields and what SCAF is doing to win them, let’s see a few facts (if you're only interested in knowing what the other battlegrounds are, Jump to the second part) ;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s no secret that SCAF is waging a full blown <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/531346">conventional media war against protesters, especially those calling for a National salvation government</a>, using state controlled media. They’ve been doing the same since after Mubarak stepped down.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The state owned and <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/27/egypt-curbs-free-press-assembly-poll">SCAF controlled media has even been demonizing & attacking privately owned </a>networks that are critical of its actions, be it through raiding their offices, slandering their presenters, stopping shows from airing, or even just interrupting their broadcast occasionally.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Some of the methods they’ve been using are primarily associated with the Economy (The often laughed at term “Wheel of production” often used), and security. In both cases they tend to blame the protesters for deficiency in both. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>The Economy:<o:p></o:p></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><br />
</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Considering the Economy for example, they often broadcast widely how much the stock market has lost due to protests or strikes….etc. while mostly failing to even mention when the <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201111281023.html">stock market recovers whether completely or partially</a>. Newsflash: Stock markets go up and down. Especially in turbulent times. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They make up random figures about how much the protests cost Egypt per day, but fail to mention the cost of the tons of tear gas they used to gas the protesters (in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1861212945">2009 <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">33,770</span> units were </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">valued</span></span></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><a href="http://bikyamasr.com/49928/us-says-no-evidence-of-tear-gas-misuse-in-egypt-as-shipments-continue/"> at $458,090</a>, how many units do you think they used in November, and how much has the cost per unit risen since 2009?). </span></span>Keeping in mind, that some of the gas used <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britishmade-tear-gas-was-used-on-egypts-protesters-6272117.html">was British made</a>, meaning the purchase of said items does not fall under the US-Egypt Military Aid agreement. Also bearing in mind, that according to <a href="http://bikyamasr.com/49928/us-says-no-evidence-of-tear-gas-misuse-in-egypt-as-shipments-continue/">US state department spokesperson Mike Toner</a>, the gas was paid for by Egyptian funds, not by US Aid money, since the shipments were for the Ministry of Interior, not the Egyptian Army. Of course this is all not keeping in consideration that the <a href="http://bikyamasr.com/49799/egypt-import-tear-gas-from-us/">negative health effects of the CS gas used can last for up to a year</a>, a fact that led <a href="http://bikyamasr.com/49799/egypt-import-tear-gas-from-us/">five Port workers to try to block part of the 21 tons</a> of tear gas that were being shipped into Egypt for fear that it would be used against protesters.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They always fail to mention that the Internet black out during the January 25<sup>th</sup> protests, cost Egypt around an estimated <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/egypt-internet-clampdown-_n_818059.html">90 $ million not counting</a> that<a href="http://inventorspot.com/articles/egypts_social_media_internet_cost_pharaohs_ransom"> international companies continue to pull out investments from Egypt in the absence of guarantees that this scenario (the Internet black out)</a> will not be repeated. To put it in the words of a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/egypt-internet-clampdown-_n_818059.html">Paris Based think tank Organization for EconomicCooperation and Developmen</a>t: "(it is) <i>much more difficult in the future to attract foreign companies and assure them that the networks will remain reliable.</i>"<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They fail to mention the effect of tormenting Egyptian expats on their right to vote (playing a game of cat and mouse until finally allowing expats to vote) on remittances, which according to the <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/232082">World Bank reached 9.75Billion Dollars in 2010.</a> Keeping in mind that according to <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/511590">Abu Bakr al-Guindy,director of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)</a> “n<i>et remittances from January to June 2011 reached about US$6.31 billion, a 2.3 percent increase over the US$6.17 billion earned during the same period in 2010.</i>”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They fail to mention that <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/511590">Suez Canal revenue has actually increased during the first 6 months of 2011</a> brining in 2.55 Billion us Dollars as opposed to 2.26 billion in the same period in 2010 <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They fail to mention that<i> "<a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/511590">exports have increased since February 2011</a>. August exports were up 4.7 percent over the same month last year. "</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They blame protesters for the drop of Tourism, which the Egyptian economy is highly dependent on, even though they constantly run <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904480904576498333697580942.html">xenophobic campaigns </a>against anyone that looks “Foreign”, asking for “Honest citizens” to help capture those “Foreign looking” people and turn them in to the authorities where the authorities proceed to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/24/journalist-mona-eltahawy-sex-assault-cairo">brutally abuse them physically and sexually</a>, or at the very least, hold them in detention <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDcQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnational%2Fmother-says-3-us-students-arrested-during-protest-in-cairo-to-catch-flight-out-of-egypt%2F2011%2F11%2F25%2FgIQAZfMVwN_story.html&ei=rLTbTvaFKqbb0QHxg93LDQ&usg=AFQjCNF34MlQW6f_EE-gJVM5KgK0Kh68pQ">on fabricated charges</a>. Not only that, but the officials themselves are basically telling <a href="http://bikyamasr.com/50010/egypt-telling-travelers-to-stay-away-or-go-home/">“telling travelers to stay away or go home”</a> by making it hard for them to come or even stay in Egypt. Even<a href="http://bikyamasr.com/43477/minister-of-tourism-blames-media-for-tourism-losses/"> Egypt's tourism minister</a> has blamed the media for the situation. Amusingly enough, the tourism industry has lost a <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/511590">grand total of 1.94$ Million (34.8%)</a> in the first 6 months of 2011, in comparison to the same period in 2010.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They will cry out against the closure of the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-21/egypt-s-deadly-clashes-threaten-to-drive-away-investors-as-elections-near.html">Egyptian nitrogen plant in Damietta</a> after residents got it shut down through protesting, saying it costs Egypt millions, even scaring the residents into accepting it,<a href="http://www.gulfoilandgas.com/webpro1/MAIN/Mainnews.asp?id=17161"> but conveniently ignore that the pollution the plant causes due to lack of enforcement of environmental protection measures costs the area millions to billions in long term damage to the environment</a>, be it agriculture, animal life, fishing and marine life, or otherwise.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">No one questioned the cost of the “celebrations” by the military during several occasions. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">No one questions the fact that Maspero, as well as other government owned media institutions, Cost Egyptians millions upon millions. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Could SCAF also be <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper?dt=2011-12-02&bk=A&pg=1">spending more than Mubarak on Surveillance technology</a>?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Amusingly enough, <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/511590">the Government itself (Finance Minister Hazem El-Beblawy ) says that while Egypt is going through a rough time, it is not going to go bankrupt</a>… even while the media constantly scares people into thinking we’re going to go broke.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They claim they don’t have the funds to increase government worker salaries or impose a minimum wage, while at the same time increasing police force wages by up to 200% costing millions, or running an ad campaign to improve the image of the police costing millions if not billions, even though the police have not done their jobs since January 24<sup>th</sup> (or if we’re being picky, they haven’t really done their jobs in years)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They fail to address the cost of lack of security on Egypt’s economy, leading me to…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Security:</u></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><br />
</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">They love to blame the lack of security on protests and strikes. But ask yourself this; if the protests really do cause a lack of security, how many days in the last 10 months have there been protests? Why is there a lack of security on days that don’t have protests?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It is entirely silly to believe that a police force of over 1.5 million is unable to maintain security. It’s interesting to note that while there are incidents, the security situation in general is a largely manufactured fear, be it by the police refusal to do their job (or at least do it properly), or by a recent Gallup poll that states that the crime rate has gone down to around<a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/150467/egyptians-safety-fears-mount-revolution.aspx"> 3-4% and yet up to around 50% of Egyptian people feel unsafe.</a> Perhaps suggesting that the crime rate hasn't actually gone up. Instead it's spread to areas that weren't known for high rates of crime (There are areas in Egypt that have been known to have rampant crime for almost a decade, with little to no police presence whatsoever.)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Why is it Activists are cracked down on, even though they previously said they wouldn’t crackdown on activists, while thugs are still supposedly running rampant according to their media?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">On a side-note. A personal friend of mine that owns a factory in Egypt, had an entire truck full of merchandise worth 3 million Egyptian pounds get stolen on a well populated road that the Ministry of Interior have claimed to have secured. He has had to stomach the loss of the merchandise and the truck, send out another truck with merchandise of the same value, as well as pay a 500,000 L.E contractual fine because the merchandise was delivered late. Yes, of course it's all the protesters fault. If they were protesting on that road, we might have seen more police there than ever necessary. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>I'm already aware of all this, What are the battlefields you spoke of?</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">While the Regime (i.e SCAF), have always had the stronger bases of power, including actually being in power & controlling the media, Anti-Regime activists have only had three basis of power; The streets, the protests, and the internet.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The power of anti-regime activists in Streets & or in protesting have either been lost or severely diminished, mainly due to the violent media campaigns against protesters and their demands.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What about the Internet?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Well, SCAF is currently trying to shatter that power base as well, First of all through the <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/466111">"Internet filter law" </a>that they're trying to impose, Scaring activists by threatening to arrest or<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Ssirgany/statuses/111492728780623872"> fine them for tweets</a>, Imprisoning activists for their <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtontimes.com%2Fnews%2F2011%2Fapr%2F14%2Ffree-maikel-nabil%2F&ei=IMTbTuryMcLh0QGlxpXQDQ&usg=AFQjCNFep4ZPEW4B3DLQ1X-laTYWfTJjhA">blog posts</a>, and various other methods.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The newest method?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A Cyber Army.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">SCAF called for "Volunteers" for their cyber army on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Egyptian.Armed.Forces.Admins/posts/317744014905542">facebook page</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5P79HDHz-9bxtXDaBL3iQkY2p76JnutrC9hlJT1ZB_dC3HIsoGY5Q_wpmKKA9LwN7L76vb99cnm40tzmc9lmlPLUgE_49VM7CehXe7zqOewl1a-1TGBHtNknlHrEk8NUf4TBEsqD118/s1600/cyber+army.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5P79HDHz-9bxtXDaBL3iQkY2p76JnutrC9hlJT1ZB_dC3HIsoGY5Q_wpmKKA9LwN7L76vb99cnm40tzmc9lmlPLUgE_49VM7CehXe7zqOewl1a-1TGBHtNknlHrEk8NUf4TBEsqD118/s1600/cyber+army.png" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">What is a cyber army?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">There are two types of Cyber Armies; The kind that does hacking, infiltration...etc , and the Type that goes out of it's way to spread government propaganda.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In this case, the Cyber army is probably the propagandist type; The type that goes out of it's way to change public opinion online, be it through social networks like twitter, you tube or facebook, or other sites like wikipedia, to spread the pro-regime bias to readers at home or abroad. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">How effective are cyber armies? Israel's <a href="http://prospect.org/article/mideast-editing-wars">CAMERA itself had created a cyber army</a> with the intent to edit all wikipedia articles with an anti-Israel bias. S<a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/09/25/140746510/pro-assad-army-wages-cyberwar-in-syria">yria's Assad has a cyber army dedicated to spreading pro-Assad propaganda</a> all over the <a href="http://www.infowar-monitor.net/2011/05/7349/">internet with varying</a> effectiveness. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In any case, a Cyber army can be largely ineffective, or largely effective. It depends on several factors, but in no case should it be ignored or overlooked, especially when supported by a power base like SCAF.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">besides with the <a href="http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/531186">SCAF priding themselves on Elections</a> (that occurred with a suspicious absence of violence nationwide), and Egyptians that went out to vote seeing the Army & police being all helpful and polite, who will believe activists, protesters and images like this;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>When they have images like these all over Social networks ?<br />
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Perhaps SCAF's new Cyber Army won't need to look too hard for Ammunition.<br />
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There are lots of questions & comments as well as accusations on people's minds (or tongues ) on why the people are protesting in Egypt once again. I'll try to the best of my ability to respond to some of these.<br />
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So let's begin shall we?<br />
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<b>ملحوظة ؛ لقد تم ترجمة هذا المقال إلى العربي <a href="http://justanegyptian.com/2011/11/27/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%89/">هنا </a></b><br />
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<b><u>Why are they going to Tahrir (And other squares) now? </u></b><br />
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This question has been answered multiple times, but I'll summarize simply with a friend's facebook status that I translated :<br />
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<i>Because something is wrong:</i><br />
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<i>When there is no security after 9 months .... despite billions being spent on the police, something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When they say the chaos will continue until a president is elected in 2013, Something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When until today, not a single pound of the money stolen by the regime has been returned, Something is wrong</i><br />
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<i>When Spain takes 32.5 Million Euros from Hassan Salem, and buildings worth 10 Billion Euros, and we have yet to get a single piaster back from what he stole from us, then something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When they say that there isn't enough money in the state treasury to conceed to the demands of the citizens, and yet thousands of "Employees" in Egypt get over a million Egyptian pounds a month, and their assistants get hundreds of thousands a month, AND businessmen owe over 100 billion pounds in taxes, then something is wrong</i><br />
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<i>When you tell me that one of the Former NDP members, threatened to isolate upper Egypt, and cut electricity from Egypt, if the NDP members are barred from parliament, and no one even responded to him, then something is wrong</i><br />
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<i>When by default, everyone who is in opposition is accused of being a traitor, or a hired agent, without a single court case, or investigation being done, then Something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When they say that there are internal and external plots to hurt the country, and you toss accusations left and right, without exposing any plots, or the people you're accusing, and you have a national security agency, Intelligence, AND an Army, then something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When protesters are put under military trial, and Mubarak is in a 7-star hospital , and the Vice Chairman of the Military police salutes Habib AlAdly in court, then something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When Tunisia has elected a founding committee to create a new constitution, and founded a transitional government , and Egypt is still in the process of creating a parliament, that will vote for a founding committee to create the constitution a year later, and won't be able to assign a government, then something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When the Field Marshal claims he does not want power, and yet you find a campaign for his nomination for Presidency, then something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>When the Military Junta, creates a supra-constitutional document, making the Army above accountability, and above the people and the government, making it a super state within a state, then something is wrong.</i><br />
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<i>and that's just part of it. There are so many other reasons.</i><br />
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<u><b>Well, then what are their demands?</b></u><br />
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It's the same demand as in January 25 : The people demand the fall of the regime.<br />
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A swift look at egypt's recent history in the past 59 years, shows that that the regime has never been just about Mubarak and a few political figures: The regime since 1952 has been a Military regime. The people want a civilian government with civilian leaders. They want to have a transitional government that isn't led and crippled by the former regime. They want a civilian presidential council to oversee the transition.<br />
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Their initial demand was that it be transferred to Civilian rule in April 2012, but as violence escalated and lives were lost, the demand became a transfer to civilian rule now. There was never a real call to postpone the elections until the violence started.<br />
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The entire scenario started when the Army forcefully broke up a sit-in consisting of less than 200 people. Those people were the parents of the martyrs, as well as those injured or crippled by the events of Jan25 and are lost their jobs due to their injuries, and were never given compensation as they were promised. After they witnessed that aggressive brutality towards harmless protesters, the revolutionaries decided enough was enough.<br />
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<b><u>Why do they want a Civilian presidential council?</u></b><br />
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Because simply it makes the most sense when considering we're trying to transition from the Military led regime to a Civilian democratic government.<br />
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<b><u>But a Civilian council won't be representative of the people as they're unelected</u></b><br />
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Entirely not true: There are basically five groups of people in Egypt, Seculars (Liberal, leftist and otherwise), There are the Muslim Brotherhood, The Salafis, The army and those that don't care who leads them<br />
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The council that has been proposed multiple times, is recommended to consist of Elbaradei (Secular), Abou el Fetouh (Muslim Brotherhood supported), Hazem Abou Ismail (Salafi supported) , And Samy Anan (SCAF member) . That would basically cover all the major groups.<br />
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Besides, a transitional government is never entirely representative, voted in or otherwise.<br />
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Not to mention, having a council of Un-Elected military generals isn't really representative either.<br />
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<b><u>But the majority support the SCAF as proven by the referendum held in March, right?</u></b><br />
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Wrong. The referendum was never about the SCAF being supported or not, it was never about the SCAF's legitimacy as they claimed, it was about the constitutional amendments, and more importantly it was affected by so many external factors, including people voting for yes because they were made afraid by Islamists that a no vote would remove the Islamic identity of the state. Of course this, along with all the fraud , has already been documented by many people,<a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/03/referendum-fraud.html"> including</a> myself <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/03/constitutional-referendum-fraud-in.html">Here</a>.<br />
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If the majority of people truly supported the SCAF , you wouldn't have such numbers protesting not just in Tahrir, but all over Egypt as documented <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/11/nov-21-its-not-just-tahrir.html">Here</a>.<br />
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<b><u>But if SCAF says they're leaving after the transitional period ends, why don't we just wait?</u></b><br />
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Because we cannot trust them anymore: They initially said that the transitional phase would end at the end of September 2011 , and as you can see, we're no where near ready to transition, now they're saying presidential elections will be held in mid 2013 (maximum) as explained <a href="http://hfghaleb.blogspot.com/2011/11/blog-post_22.html">here (Arabic)</a> and in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNR6MCiYHls">this video</a> of the SCAF themselves saying so.<br />
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<u><b>Why don't we have a referendum like Tantawi suggested in his last speech on if SCAF should stay or not?</b></u><br />
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Because a referendum held by someone in power, on if he should or shouldn't be in power is a horrible idea. Common logic dictates against it.<br />
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Not to mention that the SCAF controls all the media in the country, and all forms of outlets, it even controls what can and can't be preached in mosques, it wouldn't be that hard for them to influence the result of the referendum in their favor. That's assuming of course, that the <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/03/referendum-fraud.html">referendum isn't</a> just full of<a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/03/constitutional-referendum-fraud-in.html"> fraud anyway</a>.<br />
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An example of one of the factors that could effect the results of the referendum, are the idea put in place by the SCAF that "It's either us, or Chaos". An idea in which they've fostered in a recent<a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/150467/egyptians-safety-fears-mount-revolution.aspx"> gallup poll that shows that crime has gone down to 3-4% but up to 50% of the population feels unsafe</a>, in other words, it's Manufactured fear. And if that's not enough for you, the front page of the biggest newspaper today in Egypt has a headline reading "Last chance: Stability or Chaos", which I don't need to remind you, is the same argument Mubarak used.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Ahram Newspaper: Headline reads "Last chance: Stability or Chaos" via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/deena_adel">@Deena_adel</a></i></b></td></tr>
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And if you still don't believe that referendums held by a tyrant are a bad idea, and you've forgotten that Mubarak used referendums all the time to enforce his own tyranny, maybe these articles can convince you.<br />
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<a href="http://democrati.net/2011/11/23/why-a-referendum-devalues-the-rule-of-law/">Why a referendum devalues the rule of law</a><br />
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<a href="http://liberalconspiracy.org/2010/12/13/why-local-and-national-referendums-are-a-really-bad-idea/">Why local and national referendums are a really bad idea</a><br />
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And most importantly <a href="http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/Article/Dictators-and-Referenda--Historical-Lessons-For-Kenya-To-Learn-From/194432">Dictators and Referenda: Historical Lessons For Kenya To Learn From</a> (It applies to Egypt as well)<br />
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<b><u>But wouldn't elections solve that problem & move us towards a civilian government?</u></b><br />
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They would: If they were free and fair. Which they're not.<br />
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The election laws are complicated , confusing, and give a benefit to the NDP parties.<br />
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The media is controlled by the SCAF<br />
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The Mosques and Churches are controlled by the SCAF<br />
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Activists that are anti-SCAF are imprisoned on a regular basis under fabricated charges.<br />
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The Emergency law hasn't been lifted before the elections, like the SCAF themselves claimed they would do.<br />
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They've done almost nothing to reform the police, beyond giving them a new uniform, and renaming the state security branch of the Ministry of Interior into "National security"<br />
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The people do not feel safe.<br />
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Even the way they've dealt with the right of Egyptians overseas to vote is just a giant media game for them not to vote; The deadline for voting is almost impossible to meet, and they opened the polls only one hour before they told the Ministry of Foreign affairs! The ballots required weren't even made available until a very short time before the deadline!<br />
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Even the minister of Interior has claimed that he cannot safeguard the elections at this time.<br />
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The list goes on. You cannot have free and fair elections under those conditions.<br />
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<u><b>So the revolutionaries aren't against the elections?</b></u><br />
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Not in the slightest. They all want transparent, fair & free elections. Which as stated above, cannot be obtained under these conditions. So they want the elections, just not under those unreasonable conditions. Believing that elections would be fair, free, and transparent under those conditions, is like believing that fire isn't hot. Besides, the simplest solution in this case would be to allow international monitors of the votes, However the SCAF refused under claims that "It would effect national sovereignty " , although so many of their own actions effect National sovereignty anyway. Not to mention having international monitors on elections actually has no effect on National Sovereignty whatsoever. If you have nothing to hide, what's the problem with showing people?<br />
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Besides, the results of any elections held under conditions like these (violence and otherwise), will not be accepted as legitimate.<br />
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<b><u>But even the political parties aren't against the elections:</u></b><br />
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Some aren't, most notably the MB because they stand to gain the most out of them, and some others aren't because they feel like the elections are going to happen now no matter what (Something the SCAF has imposed) , but lots of others have either suspended their campaigns or pulled out completely , like presidential <a href="http://shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=22112011&id=6d80a311-258c-438e-9063-d76f8481ca2e">Candidate Bastawisi</a> , or the <a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/27550/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-Social-Democratic-Party-pulls-out-of-elec.aspx">Social democrats party</a> , as well as many individual candidates, due to ongoing violence, and their belief that the Elections can't be held legitimately<br />
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<b><u>But I still think that no matter what path we take, we'll have a civilian government in control</u></b><br />
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A Civilian government? Maybe. One that's in control? no.<br />
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The SCAF have done almost everything to maintain their power in all but appearance as shown in the supra-constitutional principles that was mentioned in the first point, which instead of acting as a bill of rights, became something else entirely, among with so many of their other actions.<br />
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Besides, the first rule of politics is that an incumbent never willingly gives up power. It's naive to assume that they will. And they sure as hell haven't shown any indication that they're planning to. Besides claiming that they don't want power. Kinda like how Mubarak claimed he wasn't planning on running for re-election before he was overthrown.<br />
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<u><b>But what's wrong with having a transitional government under the SCAF?</b></u><br />
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The SCAF have Judicial, Executive, and Legislative control . Meaning any government under their control is nothing more than "Yes men". Not to mention you have a prime minister that cannot do anything about the Defense minister, because the defense minister is a SCAF member. That just doesn't make sense.<br />
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<b><u>But why don't you trust the SCAF?</u></b><br />
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Because they haven't earned our trust in the slightest , if the answer to the first question isn't enough, let's elaborate:<br />
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For example: They've arrested anti-SCAF activists accused them of fabricated charges, and imprisoned them. For example <a href="http://www.twitter.com/alaa">Alaa Abdelfatah</a> has been accused of charges of stealing weapons from soldiers and shooting the military with them during the Maspero incident when a military general himself claimed that the Military was unarmed, just because he's critical of the military, and refused to answer the questions of a military prosecutor because he's a civilian that should be tried in a civilian court. Maikel Nabil was imprisoned for a blog post in which he was very critical of the military, his words however, have proven to be true.<br />
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They've refused or been extremely slow on removing old regime members from positions of power.<br />
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The police force is still extremely brutal and inhumane as shown & documented <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/11/nov-19-nov-21-compilation-of-brutality.html">here </a>and elsewhere.<br />
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The Emergency law wasn't removed, instead it's been expanded upon.<br />
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They've outright lied about their actions and events, an example being their Communique in which they claimed they never used tear gas on protesters, when hours before, one of the SCAF members was on tv and said "The tear gas we used on protesters is not toxic".<br />
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They're repeatedly artificially reduced the number of deaths in clashes the last example being this <a href="http://bikyamasr.com/49286/egyptian-ministry-of-health-lowers-death-toll-manipulates-death-certificates/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">week </a><br />
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And the list goes on.<br />
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This video (In arabic) shows Tantawi's speech during the recent events with the reality, in which his words do not coincide in the slightest.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t5l9P3-_Ff4" width="560"></iframe><br />
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and if that isn't enough, here's an article titled <a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/26220/Egypt/Politics-/SCAF-A-brief-history-of-injustice.aspx">SCAF: A brief history of injustice</a> that lists some of the crimes committed by the SCAF.<br />
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<b><u>But the protesters don't represent the majority of Egypt, shouldn't they back down?</u></b><br />
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Of course they don't right now, and it's silly to assume otherwise. No revolutionary events at their inception (and our revolution for all intents and purposes is barely past the infancy stage) have popular support.<br />
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They can't back down. Would Christianity have spread if Jesus backed down because he didn't have popular support at inception? Would Islam have spread if the Prophet Mohammed backed down because he was against the will of the majority? Would the civil rights movement in the USA have succeeded if they backed down because they didn't have popular support?<br />
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Of course not. Revolutions don't work like that. They always start with a minority that ends up eventually influencing the majority.<br />
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Not to mention that when revolting against those in power, you have to realize that those in power have all the ability to sway popular opinion : They control the media, they control the government, they control food distribution, they control everything that can be used to influence people. The only thing revolutionaries have to influence people is their will power, their message, and their actions. They cannot back down.<br />
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Their cause spreads with word of mouth and debates with those cynical of them, not by backing down.<br />
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<u><b>But Tahrir doesn't represent the majority of people, there are pro-regime protests!</b></u><br />
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Pro-Regime protests don't represent the majority either, you cannot assume that the silent majority supports the regime, just because they're silent. A large chunk of those probably support the revolutionaries but don't speak up for various reasons.<br />
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For emphasis look at this image that compares the size of the Tahrir (Anti-SCAF) protest, and the Abassyia protest (Pro-SCAF) today :<br />
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There are <a href="http://www.elazul.me/2011/11/nov-21-its-not-just-tahrir.html">Anti-SCAF protests all over the country</a>; there's only one pro-SCAF protest.<br />
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<u><b>But the revolution isn't Democratic! They're tyrants!</b></u><br />
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Revolutions are never really democratic. Democracy is the result of a revolution, but little if any revolutions actually occur because of democracy. Also a Tyrant is a person that maintains his/her own power, and cares little about others; The revolutionaries are fighting so that Egypt is a better country for everyone, including the people that accuse them of so many types of ill intent. With the brutal crack downs on protesters demanding their rights, including imprisonment and murder, and the silence of the anti-revolutionaries on those crimes against humanity, it can be easily argued that the Anti-revolutionaries are in fact the tyrants, as they only care about their own interests.<br />
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<u><b>Aren't the revolutionaries funded by foreign governments?</b></u><br />
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Not at all, It is insane to assume that someone would regularly fund over 100,000 people a day nationwide. And if you're referring to particular groups, the government's own <a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/26901/Egypt/Politics-/Report-shows-that-Salafists,-Mubaraks,-not-April--.aspx">Ministry of Justice investigation</a> determined that Salafists (who did not take part in the initial part of the revolution) and Mubaraks, not the prominent April 6 Youth Movement (Believed to be the driving force behind the revolution), receive millions in foreign funding.<br />
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</div><div>besides, how much money do you think they'd need to pay protesters to risk their lives all the time? Especially the wealthy or well off ones?</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>Well assuming the protesters are right, then we'd need a constitution, and writing a constitution takes time:</u></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>Yes we would need a transitional constitution, and a new constitution before or after parliamentary elections, but those do not need to take time: There have already been transitional constitutions circulated by several prominent legal experts like presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi , not to mention others written by entire legal faculties at Cairo university law for example, that can be put into effect. As for a permanent constitution, the 1954 constitution, that was never put into effect thanks to Former president Gamal abd el Nasser's tyranny, is perfect for the new Egypt, as long as it has a few amendments: That does not take much time to do. It's worked for other countries, it's not rocket science.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>But the Anti-SCAF opposition don't have any real plans, do they?</u></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>Of course they have plans: They have detailed plans since even before Mubarak stepped down, you just don't hear about them. If you criticize them for not running a media campaign for the plans, then you need to blame the current State media that stifles any positive conversation about those plans.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>But they're not detailed plans are they?</u></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>They're as detailed as SCAF's plans if not more; They set a time line, they set exact procedures, they set everything that is possible. Isn't that more detailed than the SCAF's vague plans that they constantly change their minds on? For one thing, the fact that the transitional deadline the SCAF set, has not been met, is more than enough proof that their own plans aren't really accurate or detailed. Once one of these plans are set, the tiny details will be apparent; That is not the case with the SCAF where the details are never really known until the last minute.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The opposition has plans for transitional government, transitional economy, recommended people for positions, a plan to reform the police forces and ministry of interior, time lines, the works.</div><div><br />
</div><div>All those plans have been ignored by the SCAF.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Why? Because they take away their power.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Again, it's not rocket science; if those plans worked for other countries in similar situations, there is no reason why they shouldn't work for Egypt.</div><div><br />
</div><div><u><b>But Protests destroy stability and the economy, don't they?</b></u></div><div><br />
</div><div>No they don't. Countries in Europe have major protests and strikes, that can bring entire cities to a halt, not just a square, that don't effect the stability of the country, nor the economy. This is just another trick by the SCAF to scare Egyptians into submission;</div><div><br />
</div><div>What does effect Stability and the Economy?</div><div><br />
</div><div>On going rampant violence used by the Police and Army against protesters promotes the image of instability and discourages investors in Egypt.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In a country like Egypt where a large part of the economy is dependent on Tourism. The xenophobic campaign run by the Media under guidance of the SCAF does nothing but drive away tourism . </div><div><br />
</div><div>When you have the media encouraging citizens to attack and arrest "Foreigners " or "Foreign looking" People by accusing the unrest on "Foreign elements" and by claiming there are Foreign spies in Egypt trying to unsettle the country, Not to mention multiple attacks on journalists , That scares prospective tourists from coming to Egypt, screwing up the economy.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Also when Mubarak cut off the internet during the Jan 25 revolution, many companies had their contracts broken because they could not fulfill their end of the contract.</div><div></div><div>Those are elements that effect the economy and the "Stability" , not the protests. </div><div><br />
</div><div>And if protests are bad for stability, why does the SCAF never break up a pro-SCAF or pro-Regime protest?</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>Well, Why are the protesters attacking the police in Mohamed Mahmoud street? Why do they want to invade the Ministry of Interior?</u></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>The protesters there, are not trying to invade the ministry of interior, regardless of what a few people claim; the majority of those that were fighting with the police claim they were trying to hold the police back so that they wouldn't tear gas the square, made more believable by the fact that the protesters there never pushed the police back beyond a certain point, they'd reach that point and stop. The protesters in Mohamed Mahmoud were primarily the Ultras : The same group that stopped the attack on the Day of the camel battle. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Besides, the Ministry of Interior is at least 700 meters away from the deepest point of the clashes, AND on a different street. If the protesters really wanted to invade the MOI, they would've done so from Sheikh Rehan street, not from Mohammed Mahmoud.</div><div><br />
</div><div>This picture pretty much shows the location of the MOI in comparison to the location of the clashes</div><div><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxXytKN22xsluvNV-Zv23RvREAif7i3Hm3O2eea5nF85RjWyvL8qPYVlUWV5ryT7goUSV1ZqkRrt5dLZv850_YZfpnrE1WXA5bh57WQ82AmitU_33-2RmxlnGuGYNJdnsmUPQkBnJb4o/s1600/mohamed+mahmoud+MOI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxXytKN22xsluvNV-Zv23RvREAif7i3Hm3O2eea5nF85RjWyvL8qPYVlUWV5ryT7goUSV1ZqkRrt5dLZv850_YZfpnrE1WXA5bh57WQ82AmitU_33-2RmxlnGuGYNJdnsmUPQkBnJb4o/s1600/mohamed+mahmoud+MOI.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Red circle is the MOI, the Green Circle is where the clashes were.</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>The entire "Trying to invade the MOI" story was a lie fabricated by the Egyptian media, and for some reason supported by the western media, to turn people away from the protesters.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>But isn't the media honest?</u></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>If you still don't realize that the media was making up the "Invasion of the MOI" story, <a href="http://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2011/10/16/1268">or that the state media incites violence against protesters</a>, </div><div><br />
</div><div>The only thing I need to do to prove that the media isn't honest is show you this picture:</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The image on the left is the true image, the cropped version was used by Al-Ahram to portray the protesters as vandals</b></i></td></tr>
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</div><div><u><b>So what now?</b></u></div><div><br />
</div><div>I've given you all the information I could think of off the top of my mind, but there's so much more information it's staggering. It's time now for you to decide : Are you with those doing everything to maintain their power, or those willing to sacrifice their lives for a better tomorrow? </div><div><br />
</div><div>The choice is yours.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Ahmed: “I’d rather to live blind with dignity than living sighted but in humiliation”</i></b></td></tr>
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Ahmed Harara, young Egyptian dentist Who has lost his right eye on the 28th of January Demos, which you will find written on his eye patch.<br />
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Harara lost his other eye on the clashes of the 19th of November days ago.<br />
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I dedicate this (horrible poem) to him:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"My eyes are blind but I can see</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Clearer than the fiends that blinded me</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>For in their sadistic </b></i><i><b>wicked </b></i><i><b> glee</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>They realize not ; our word is not a plea</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>One day soon, we will all be free</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>And it will be the demons turn to flee.</b></i><i><b>"</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Stay strong Harara. Stay strong Egypt.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
</b></div></div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-4049673982757875452011-11-23T07:08:00.000-08:002011-11-23T07:31:41.645-08:00Mohamed Mahmoud Clashes In Media<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">War Booty: The Mohamed Mahmoud Sign via<a href="http://yfrog.com/user/HaniShukrallah/profile"> @HaniShukrallah</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Once more I'll update it more when I can and when I get more material.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Will update post when I can. No commentary for now. Please link all videos and pictures in Comments or tweet me at www.twitter.com/elazul</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Keep in mind clashes are still ongoing.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AQ6dXU2G0yo" width="420"></iframe></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>The walk up to the Mohamed Mahmoud St. Front Lines Via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RamyYaacoub">@RamyYaacoub </a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Attempt to create a ceasefire between protesters and CSF on Wednesday</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Mohammed Mahmoud St. after fighting calmed down on Wednesday</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Truce Established between Protesters and CSF in Mohamed Mahmoud st on Wednesday</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Video of Clashes in Mohammed Mahmoud st.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Some of the Injured from Mohamed Mahmoud</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>More videos of injured from Mohamed Mahmoud</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Clash in Mohamed Mahmoud</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Media of protests from all over Egypt. It's not just Tahrir. With all eyes on Tahrir, these brave heroes need coverage as well.<br />
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Will update post when I can. No commentary for now. Please link all videos and pictures in Comments or tweet me at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/elazul">www.twitter.com/elazul</a><br />
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(Note: The Majority of these videos were found and tweeted by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Ysalah">@Ysalah</a> )<br />
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<b><i>Protest in Ismailia </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Qena</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Assuit (The Gas they're using on us smells like the pesticides we use to kill worms)</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in AlMenia in front of the Security Directorate</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in AlMenia on the 20th of Nov 2011 part 1</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Mansoura</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Mansoura in front of the Security Directorate</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Clash in Mansoura with CSF</i></b><br />
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<b><i>March in Mansoura on the 20th</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Mansoura University protests on the 20th via AlmasryAlyoum</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Thugs attack Mansoura University protests on the 18th, in response they chant "Peaceful"</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Attempt to infiltrate the Security Directorate in Port Said after the protesters were fired upon</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Events in Side Streets of Suez on the 20th</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Tanta</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest In Tanta</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Zagazig </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Zagazig </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Zagazig </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Zagazig </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Damanhour </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Damanhour </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Domyat (Damietta)</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Domyat (Damietta)</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Domyat (Damietta)</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Domyat (Damietta)</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Aswan</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Mahalla</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Sohag : "Whisper in your ear, We are the ones that beat the (Ministry of) Interior" </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Sohag in front of the Security Directorate</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Beni Suef University students Protest</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protests in the Streets of Beni Suef</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Beni Suef University students Protest</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Suez</i></b><br />
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<i><b>Protest in Suez (Ignore the caption) </b></i><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Suez</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Suez</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Suez</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Suez</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Protest in Areesh</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Alexandria University protest</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Clashes in Alexandria in front of the Security Directorate</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Scene after Clashes in Alexandria in front of the Security Directorate</i></b><br />
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<i><b>Protest in Sharm El Sheikh via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TarekElTabey">@TarekElTabey</a></b></i><br />
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<i><b>Protest in AlDahar Square in Hurghada via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/manoly252011">@manoly252011</a></b></i><br />
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Another Video of clashes from Ismailia https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=186902671398316</div></div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-59893051011559917572011-11-21T04:01:00.000-08:002011-11-21T08:55:13.239-08:00Nov 19 - Nov 21 : Compilation of Brutality<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Images and videos of Police brutality in Egypt against protesters in Tahrir and Elsewhere.<br />
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Will update post when I can. No commentary for now. Please link all videos and pictures in Comments or tweet me at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/elazul">www.twitter.com/elazul</a><br />
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<b><i>Video made in response to Government claims that the police were restrained and did not use firearms. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Murder of Bahaa Senousi, co-founder of the "Revolutionary Youth Coalition" and the "Egyptian Current Party"</i></b><br />
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<i><b>Several scenes of brutality against protesters in Tahrir via AlmasryAlyoum</b></i><br />
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<i><b>More scenes of brutality via Aljazeer Mubasher (Including clip of Dead/Injured man being dragged to trash)</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Video shot from Side of Police: Shows officers firing, calls to fire the Gas "In front"</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Tahrir: After the Attack. (Cop Drags away body of Dead/Injured? Protester to the trash. </b></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>A doctor in tears after he failed to save one of the injured yfrog.com/h3lmiuhj via<a href="http://www.twitter.com/arwaGaballa">@ArwaGaballa</a></b></i></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70185101@N03/6376042859/in/photostream/">Mohamed Abdel Fattah died of gunshot wounds in #tahrir massacre #nov20 Zeinhom Morgue</a> via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Fazerofzanight">@Fazerofzanight</a><br />
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</div>Elazulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02041089190991146632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235332266914946583.post-28763484147679862992011-11-16T01:20:00.000-08:002011-11-16T12:26:39.431-08:00EGYPTIAN CANADIANS FOR DEMOCRACY PROTESTS ON NOVEMBER 19 AT DUNDAS SQUARE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e3nAxdnp4ab9aAuY-uQ7Uas04lHTxTtGQAJxbJeSEdjgWtd4VgtPQVL9jKtgyofo9qc4rFHvuGq6Va25s-5aLr9IdfsPnHBWXlwfSkmPUEtHALDLLwfluZOxvBahRMPa8asWvaSQkSo/s1600/image001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e3nAxdnp4ab9aAuY-uQ7Uas04lHTxTtGQAJxbJeSEdjgWtd4VgtPQVL9jKtgyofo9qc4rFHvuGq6Va25s-5aLr9IdfsPnHBWXlwfSkmPUEtHALDLLwfluZOxvBahRMPa8asWvaSQkSo/s320/image001.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Original Source <a href="http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=10c85fc99b08aaf542dcf79c1&id=7aca4a6393">Here </a>(Mirrored with permission from <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/MohamedKamaljr">Mohamed Kamal Jr. </a>)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><u><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">EGYPTIAN CANADIANS FOR DEMOCRACY PROTESTS ON NOVEMBER 19 AT DUNDAS SQUARE</span></u></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">A part of the growing worldwide protests against military tribunals for civilians in Egypt</span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/transparent.gif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: black;">Toronto ON (November 19, 2011)- The Egyptian Canadians for Democracy (ECD), an aspiring, not-for-profit organization, will be organizing a protest against Military Tribunals for Civilians in Egypt. The protest will take place this Saturday, November 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dundas Square, Toronto.<br />
The event is a part of the worldwide movement “No Military Trials”, and the protest is one of a series of worldwide protests, which have already taken place in London, Budapest, New York, Düsseldorf, Paris, Frankfurt, and Montreal.<br />
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Military tribunals for civilians are serious transgressions of human rights, and violate international law. According to the United Nations, “…article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which affirms that everyone has the right to be tried by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal”. Military courts differ from civil courts in the sense that one is led by judges and the other is run by military personnel; civil courts allow the right to appeals, while military courts don’t. Meanwhile, if one was to appeal to the court of Cassation, another form of appeal enjoyed in civil courts, in military courts, it is made up of officers. In military courts, one does not have the right to defense, or the court itself may appoint a lawyer or an officer on one’s behalf, without one’s permission. One does not enjoy the right to demand witnesses or one’s own lawyer. Military courts may try an individual without having to refer to official medical records, in contrast with civil court, which is required by law to refer to official or professional medical records and witnesses. Meanwhile, the trials themselves, the investigations, and the prisons in which civilians serve after being tried are suspects of crimes against humanity and human rights (including torture, sexual harassment, deprivation, etc.).<br />
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<strong>Our statement:</strong><br />
“We are appalled by the actions of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) of Egypt following their acquisition of power. The Egyptian people have come out, giving up their economic stability and individual security, risking everything they had for freedom, human rights and social justice. Yet nine months later, more than 12,000 civilians are being tried in military courts, and imprisoned in military prisons for practicing their right to speak out against the system, and for criticizing the actions of a corrupt government. The SCAF had acquired their current position on the basis that they will carry the revolution, protecting it, its goals and its people. They are at this stage failing to maintain the revolution, solemnly destroying it, failing to protect the nation, and committing illegal and unjust acts of aggression against the people of Egypt.<br />
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<strong>Therefore, the Egyptian Canadians for Democracy demand the following:</strong><br />
1) Immediate halt of military tribunals for all civilians, including bloggers and activists and the release of over 12,000 civilian prisoners from military prisons<br />
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2) Abolition of emergency laws and granting the rights for peaceful demonstrations and general strikes<br />
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3) Independent investigation into repeated attacks on the Christian community, allegations of virginity tests carried out on female protesters, and the gruesome events of Maspero<br />
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4) Declaration of a clear road map for the transitional period, and specific dates for the transition of power to a fairly/truthfully elected president and parliament<br />
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5) Reforming the Police Forces and taking responsibility of restoring order and security in Egyptian cities and towns.<br />
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6) Refrain from media censorship or prevention of certain figures' access to media sources, and allowing freedom of speech without targeting a certain sect of the society or promoting hate speech.”<br />
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<u><strong>About Egyptian Canadians for Democracy</strong></u><br />
An online political group -soon will be registered- as a Non-profit Organization, concerned with reaching out to the Egyptian community in Canada and democracy loving Canadians to form an undisputed force of change to positively influence the transition to democracy in Egypt. It is also a starting point for an active front that serves the Egyptian community in Canada and bridges the gaps between Egypt and Canada, both people and governments.<br />
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The idea of the group came as a repercussion of recent events taking place in Egypt since the January 25th revolution. It has a political dimension, as well as cultural and social. Yet for the mean time it is more focused on the political dimension and the need to bring to life the role of Egyptians living in Canada in shaping the future of the state that is being born in Egypt following the fall of Hosni Mubarak regime. The group is created by volunteers who are advocates for democracy and human rights. The group is inspired by the positive values of democracy and tolerance that are enjoyed and practiced here in Canada and aspires for all the Egyptians living in Egypt to enjoy it as well. It is meant to include the full spectra of the Egyptian community in Canada, regardless of their faith or political affiliations.<br />
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<div><hr size="2" /></div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Release Date: </strong><br />
November 19, 2011<br />
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<strong>Contact Information: </strong><br />
Moe Kamal Jr. <br />
Egyptian Canadians for Democracy<br />
Toronto, ON <br />
Phone: 1(647) 922 6621<br />
ecc15jan@gmail.com </span></span></div><br />
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