Could be used to describe the venue in Washington, D.C. for the past two years. Aha Jokes.
Too many freaks not enough circuses.
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Reports say Egypt Web shutdown is coordinated, extensive. Edition CNN. The internet is buzzing with activity, steadily climbing. It suddenly goes amiss, just when anti-government protests are going into full swing.
Egypt loses internet access. This chart shows the amount of internet traffic to and from Egypt as monitored by Arbor Networks, Inc. The dramatic drop coincides with reports of widespread outages throughout the country, the causes of which are unknown.”
Cellular telephone operators were told by authorities to suspend services in parts of Egypt, according to a statement from Vodafone, a global cell carrier that operates there.
Rebellion in the Land of the Pharaohs. WSJ.
Mr. Mubarak put the word out that he would serve two six-year terms and be gone. But the appetite grew with the eating. The humble officer would undergo a transformation. A presidency-for-life announced itself. And in an astounding change… Mr. Mubarak grew imperious and dismissive.
Revolts of this kind are always a gamble on the unknown. At bottom, they are an attempt at self-purification, a society wishes to be done with the stain of submission to a dictator’s transgressions. Amid the tumult, what is so clear today is the hatred felt for the ruler and his immediate family. Reigns like Mr. Mubarak’s devour the green and the dry, as a favored Arab expression has it. The sycophants come to the fore and steal what they can. Those with heart and character and pride are hauled off to prison, or banished to the outer margins of public life.
The Egyptian’s patience has thinned, and they are ready to get rid of the 30-year president and his government. Looting Engulfs Cairo, Other Egyptian Cities. Fox.
The protesters are unified in one overarching demand — Mubarak and his family must go. The movement is a culmination of years of simmering frustration over a government they see as corrupt, heavy-handed and neglectful of grinding poverty.
“Egyptian pharaoh. If your government shuts down the internet, shut down your government.”
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“Philosoraptor on the current situation in Egypt Part 1. Egyptians without internet. Gyptians?”
Image courtesy of http://imgur.com/gallery/nsyTj.
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Patient scrubs down dirty hospital ward. UPI. July 2009. A rather interesting illustration of socialized medicine meeting up will an ill human taken aback by the surrounding filth.
A housecleaner was so shocked by the dirt in the English hospital ward where she was a patient, she said, she got out of bed and began dusting and mopping.
It was not too much of a problem for the staff. They willlingly let her clean. She was treated and released after a few days, leaving a tidier hospital ward behind for the government.
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On her friend Barack Obama, who went on to become POTUS.
Valerie Jarrett sometimes pointed out that not only had he never managed an operation, he’d never really had a nine-to-five job in his life.
Yes. The rest of America can clearly see that now.
“Slo-mo bubble breaking.”
Image courtesy of http://www.gifbin.com/982650.
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Why did the pigeon cross the street?
To test the traffic in Turkey.
November 30, 2010
There is a reason to use safety belts while in the back seat. Don’t get the physical lecture by a loved one about the importance.
December 2, 2007
In case you missed it. Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner play Whack A Mole.
January 5, 2011
Looks like some state senators in Ohio have colleague love, and a little too much free time on a retreat. Why else would adults go on a foray in someone’s yard, and handily redecorate another’s mailbox, yard, and car with toilet paper?
Ohio lawmakers toilet-paper colleague’s Newark home. Columbus Dispatch.
Half the glee comes from the conquest completed. The other half comes from watching the aftermath.
He said the weather is making cleanup rather difficult.
Plotting 101 from high school. With a hearty laugh, in jest of course.
“I’m going to figure out who all the culprits were and let the air out of their tires”
Not so fast. The pranksters might just go to the toilet paper factory, grab a giant roll like at 19 – 23 seconds, and finalize the original deed.
January 01, 2010
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Survey: US Doctors Fear Healthcare Reform. CNBC.
Best assessment.
“The message they’ve taken from healthcare reform appears to be ‘Do more with less.’
Read between the lines. We as patients will have to do more with less.
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Yummy. Milk and cereal. A tall glass of ice cold milk. Milk does a body good.
Except when it gets delivered on the weekends.
“Does Your Milk Taste Funny, Too? Carter and Son’s Septic Tank Service. 994-4408. We haul milk on the weekends.”
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