1 Next? All meet Hell and Loose

2

He's not exactly passing power to some member of the opposition.

I'm thinking: crackdown.

3 I wonder if he will leave the country?

4 NBC also reports that Francisco Franco is still dead

5 And right after that Barry will give a shout out to the Muslim Brotherhood

6 .. I know, but I'm not telling.

7 Well, the Muslim brotherhood has assured everyone that they aren't interested in running the country, so they've got that going for them.

8

Obama gets what he wanted.... Muby gone... and instead of a civilian Government, rule by a Military council...

Oh, and now what are the Saudi's going to think about this... you know, the same Saudi's who said the would support Mubarak financialy if America did not treat him with respect?

From the Arabic perspective, where Dignity is a very important thing, we Dis'd our Ally Mubarak, and treated him like a little school boy... and other Arabs see this...

This whole thing was so mismanaged its pathetic.

9 Next?

Some peeps at our embassy are taken hostage by the Brotherhood. Obama crashes a plane in Cairo but otherwise tries to wish the situation away, giving Palin a push over the electoral line in 2012.  Immediately after inauguration, Palin issues very stern statement and starts moving military assets into place.  Hostages are released with little delay

10 Will a handover to the military be enough to quell the "Arab Street"? The Military is well respected in the country, so let's hope.

But the fucking Muslim Brotherhood is smacking its lips with a taste of potential power, so let's not be too hopeful.

11 Breaking...Jon Kyl to announce retirement tonight. Darn. Unless he has bigger plans.

12 Party like it's 1979!

13 Allahu Ackbar!

14 I hope the Military cracks down, but does so primarily against the Islamists. They saw what happened to Iran. There will be much soiling of underwear in the ME.

15 All hail President Omar Suleiman.

16 Richard Engel, the jackass who told Brian Williams the Muslim Brotherhood is just a bunch of moderate muzzies in business suits? 

Engel needs to be airdropped with a goat strapped to his back onto the Afghanistan/Pokeeston border.

17 1. Protest
2. Mubarak steps down.
3. Feedom!
4. Death to Israel!

18 Come on, Kratos, say it.

19 Wonder what happens next...

...why, freedom, peace, democracy and change, you big silly!

(Which explains the unconfirmed reports of unicorns falling out of the sky onto Egyptian fishing trawlers in the waters north of Alexandria.)

20

I would think that if the rioters don't stop now, the military will have no choice. People need to go to work. Their economy is being crushed by these protests. Some 5-10% of their economy, tourism, is completely on hold. 

My issue with these protests is that I have no idea what they want and I don't think they do either.

There is not one message they are all gathering around. It seems that Mubarak leaving is their number one goal, but if he leaves, what then? Do they go home and vote for their candidates in September? Do they want elections right now? They have no central leader(or leaders) or message.

21 Kratos is busy stamping out decadence.

22 This has been so mishandled by Il Douche, Muffer Stalin-Rodham and her crew at the Vichy State Dept.  Whoever said imagine doing everything possible to fuck the country and compare what he's actually done, got it exactly right.

23

Breaking...Jon Kyl to announce retirement tonight. Darn. Unless he has bigger plans.

I'm starting to wonder if these people are stepping down because they are tired of what they do or if they know something terrible is coming and they don't want to be in office when it happens.

24 Warming up for my "street theater" performance...

25 13 Party like it's 1979!

Posted by: Jimmuh Cartuh at February 10, 2011 10:55 AM (pRKLf)

The Islamists still know a weak horse when they see one.

26 And after the Muslim Brotherhood takes over Barry can try to explain again how jihad has many different wonderful meanings and the same goes for "Death to the infidels!"

27 Hope the weather is nice enough to get a game in Sunday.  And, shut up!!

28

Former Egyptian Airforce General Hosnis Mubarak steps down and turns government over to the military in response to mobs in the street.

It's a victory for democracy I tells ya.

29

Meet the new boss.

Same as the old boss.

30

Iranian Revolution II.

Even I saw it coming.

31 What next?
Chaos.

32 Everything is falling into place according to my plan.
(rubs hands together menacingly)

33 Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Posted by: bigred NO NICKLESS, NO PEACE at February 10, 2011 11:00 AM (cX9pO) Only if we're lucky

34 What happened? Was Mubarak shirtless on Craigslist?

35 Well; Obama ∞; American people 0

< 6 months Sharia law and a theocracy.

36 We demand the resignation of Mubarak and the immediate release of Logprof. Pixy Willing.

37

>>>In addition, the armed forces supreme council has convened to begin the orderly transition of power, NBC says.

Transition of power?  To whom is this power going to transfer?

38 Is Egyptian cruisine any good? Cuz we're about to get a whole bunch of new restaurants.

39 OT, but I need to bitch. That regional food link in last night's ONT totally tubed my laptop, and I mean immediately upon clicking it. I have never had such a disastrous infection. It went completely around my anti-virus and anti-spybot stuff.

40

On drudge it says Suleman will submit to all their demands, what are their demands?

41 Otis, I clicked it, no problems so far.

42 These 21st century military coups are far less bloody than the 20th century versions.

43

In unrelated news, the Muslim Brotherhood announced the unearthing of a previously unknown Sura, which clearly shows that at once point, Mohamed (PBUH) took a siteseeing trip to Egypt, where he urinated on the Sphinx, making it a Holy Islamic site.

 

44

45 We Rule!

46

OT, but I need to bitch. That regional food link in last night's ONT totally tubed my laptop, and I mean immediately upon clicking it. I have never had such a disastrous infection. It went completely around my anti-virus and anti-spybot stuff.

Yeah, i pointed that out in the comments in hopes of preventing anyone else from clicking it, but no one seemed to notice.

Thankfully my Norton caught it and blocked it, but I think Polliwog got screwed by it too.

47 I, for one, welcome Egypt's new Islamic Overlords.

48 35 What happened? Was Mubarak shirtless on Craigslist?

Posted by: USA at February 10, 2011 11:03 AM (YZISw)

Thread Winner!

49

In unrelated news, the Muslim Brotherhood announced the unearthing of a previously unknown Sura, which clearly shows that at once point, Mohamed (PBUH) took a siteseeing trip to Egypt, where he urinated on the Sphinx, making it a Holy Islamic site.

 

It is the 37th Holiest Site in Islam.  It just barely makes it into the top 40 Holiest Muslim sites.

50 24 "I'm starting to wonder if these people are stepping down because they are tired of what they do or if they know something terrible is coming and they don't want to be in office when it happens." I think they know that the only hope that exists for the economy to turn around is that greed eventually kicks in and people start hiring again. They know that we and they are boned by Obungler and they want out before the shithammer falls.

51 Say hello to my little military dictatorship, complete with a Tiananmen Square moment. Only this time with M1A1s.

52 Barry just issued a statement thanking Allah for Mubarak's decision to step down

53 Roemo13 Thanks. Now, let me show you what a moron I am. How did you format your post? I can't figure out how to quote another post in a post. thanks.

54 Egypt has just been bought out by SaudiCo.

55 Obungler is redefining "Carteresque" as meaning "No points on the board whatsoever."  Colossal failure.  

56

I'm starting to wonder if these people are stepping down because they are tired of what they do or if they know something terrible is coming and they don't want to be in office when it happens.

Posted by: Ben at February 10, 2011 10:59 AM (wuv1c)

I figure that's as good a guess as any.  Some say that in the end there will be only chaos.  I am not so optimistic - chaos often provides opportunities to bring about a new and better order. 

I suggest that in the end there will be only ruin.  Despair has already arrived.

57 Jon Kyl - President?  On the observation that the shorter name tends to win out, he's practically a lock.

58 54 Roemo13 Thanks. Now, let me show you what a moron I am. How did you format your post? I can't figure out how to quote another post in a post. thanks.

Posted by: USA at February 10, 2011 11:12 AM (YZISw)

I highlight the text in the origional post, right click, copy...

Paste it in the new Comment box, then usually go back highlight it agains, then hit 'i' to make it italics...

59 So, the Muslim Brotherhood is claiming that they don't want to assume power in Egypt?
Very good, they're following the playbook I used in Iran!

First, wait for the masses to rise up against the current gov't (in my case, The Shah), then voice support for a change of government, but claim you have no interest in the reins of power.
Once a weak interim gov't is established, gin up more demonstrations and unrest (as violent as possible, this is key) that forces the military to repress the demonstrators and hopefully generate dozens of martyrs to the cause.
Once the street run red with blood, THEN offer a slate of fundamentalist candidates that promise a return to order, public safety and a return to "our Muslim roots".
Then, push for elections to gain power, use the mosques to push your candidates and expose the ruling junta as "heretics".
"One Man, One Vote" morphs into "One Man, One Vote, ONE TIME!"

Voila! A do-it-yourself Islamic Republic!

60 By the way, Counterterrorism Blog has an insightful article about the potential scenarios. Another good article from American Thinker about the background of the Muslim Brotherhood.
But, there's a good secular base in Egypt which does provide some hope, also, the blessings of alcohol are not lost on their entire society.

61 Otis; was it the phony Virus Scan trojan?

I picked up that once from the home page here when I was using IE-8 with all the stuff enabled.

That trojan often uses script commands associated with flash player or just plane any script commands loaded.

You have to kill that trojan almost immediately now. You can not click on anything and if you can't use task manager to kill it you have to turn off the machine and you have to do it quick.

If it loads the only way to get rid of it is reformat the drive and start over.

Since then I run fire fox with script block and no flash player. No problems since then.

62 And you know its a rough morning, when you don't even spell your OWN Nic correctly... LOL...

63 46
We Rule!
Posted by: Mob at February 10, 2011 11:08 AM (pRKLf)

You scared the crap out of me ... you had been so quiet only a moment before.

64 Jon Kyl - President?  On the observation that the shorter name tends to win out, he's practically a lock.

Posted by: ef at February 10, 2011 11:15 AM (c7Pp2)

Can anyone tell me the correct pronunciation of his last name?  Kill vs Kyle?  Cuz I really like the idea of saying "President Kill" in as many conversations as possible.  It sets the right tone.

65 Wonder what happens next...

You do?

66

Romeo, we noticed but were just being polite.

BTW, your fly is open.

67 60 54 Roemo13 Thanks. Now, let me show you what a moron I am. How did you format your post? I can't figure out how to quote another post in a post. thanks. Posted by: USA at February 10, 2011 11:12 AM (YZISw) I highlight the text in the origional post, right click, copy... Paste it in the new Comment box, then usually go back highlight it agains, then hit 'i' to make it italics... Thanks! Not sure the italics trick works on Mac, but I'll try to moron through it.

68 Remember how well Barry supported Honduras when they refused to let Zelaya become another Chavez like dictator and they fought to maintain their democracy and constitution? Oh that's right Barry supporter the wannabe dictator

69 Can anyone tell me the correct pronunciation of his last name? Kill vs Kyle? Cuz I really like the idea of saying "President Kill" in as many conversations as possible. It sets the right tone. Posted by: Reactionary at February 10, 2011 11:19 AM (xUM1Q) It would be even cooler if he changed his first name to "massive." Strike fear into the hearts of his enemies, and so on.

70 Democracy Whiskey Sexy!!!

71

OT- FOX stating John Kyl is retiring.

72 Looks like people are crossing their posting streams.

Here's a reminder: the Egypt / Mubarak thread is overrun by disorganized, sweaty mobs; the Kyl / Arizona thread is overrun by disorganized, sweaty illegal aliens. Surely it can't be that hard to figure out ...

73

So will Mubarak leave the country? Will Suleiman assume his duties? Will some General emerge as a legit leader, figurehead or strongman? Does the MB operate in the shadows or leap in front of the cameras waving Korans and calling for the destruction of Israel?

Gonna be a sticky wicket no matter what happens.

74 I had no problem with the food link. Even after I allowed scripts it didn't wake up Norton.

I think it went after Ben because he claimed NEPA foods as western Pennsylvanian. He offended the food overlords. Everybody knows the only food western PA is known for is steak salad.

Jeff Sessions is currently on my local talk radio talking up the Egypt thing as a - democracy - people yearning to be free - event. The dumbass really ought to keep his mouth shut since odds are the radical muslims are gonna hijack this deal.

75 He had plenty of time to finish looting the treasury.

76 Apparently Biden issued statement on Egypt, he hopes that Cleopatra will be restored to her throne but they should find someone young and hot to play the part because Liz Taylor is an old hag now

77 Thanks! Not sure the italics trick works on Mac, but I'll try to moron through it.

Posted by: USA at February 10, 2011 11:20 AM (YZISw)

Sorry, the "i" is on the top of the new comment box....not the "i' on your keyboard... my bad, was not clear... (and heck, I used to teach network engineering... LOL).

78 20 (Which explains the unconfirmed reports of unicorns falling out of the sky onto Egyptian fishing trawlers in the waters north of Alexandria.)
________

Story I heard was that King Abdullah of Saudia Arabia was speared by the horn of a falling unicorn after a testy phone call with The Won.

79 42 Otis, I clicked it, no problems so far.

Thanks for braving it to check. Maybe the contagion is coming from an ad on rotation. I note Ben had problems too, so I am not alone.

My problem is so bad that I'm going to have to re-install Windows.

80 57 Jon Kyl - President? On the observation that the shorter name tends to win out, he's practically a lock.
_________

He needs to buy a few vowels so he can the 2x4 mystique working for him.

81 Thank you Romeo13 and Vic. It's amazing how much you can learn from this site. We not only cover Oblabla's crap, world events, weather and global hoax, we can learn how to use computers too.

82 Thanks for braving it to check. Maybe the contagion is coming from an ad on rotation. I note Ben had problems too, so I am not alone.

My problem is so bad that I'm going to have to re-install Windows.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at February 10, 2011 11:37 AM (fjoLg)

Otis, it happened to me too. I went to accessories, system tools, restore and it quit then microsoft essentials cleaned it. I didn't use restore I just clicked it and the virus quit locking everything up so I could run essentials.

83 Beck is saying that fox news is saying that hosni will step down and pass along power to a military group and that it is "outside of their constitution":.

why are they doing something "outside of their constitution"?

84 John Scott on Fox is calling the possibility of the military taking over an "organized coup". Can't they get people who speak English on Fox? Maybe John Scott was that guy who was here posting about "ordered anarchy"?  I think he meant to say a coup that normal, civilized people would support (as everyone knows that the Egyptians are a bunch of primitive nutcases who would destroy everything around them, if given the chance).

Aha. Some dipshit being interviewed finally mentioned that this might look like Turkey -- gee, that was tough to come up with ... although he didn't explain how Turkey has gone from a adamantly secular government, with the secular military at the top, to a civilian controlled government that has put itself on the side of the islamists and broken traditional ties with the West. Good days.

85 There's a possibility that we're looking at two factions of the Egyptian government. And we both agree that Obama is a worthless tool. So, he's a uniter.

86 "President Mubarak has traveled to Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with his army chief of staff - Al Arabiya"

From twitter breaking news.

Is this where the presidential palace is?

87 why are they doing something "outside of their constitution"?

Posted by: curious at February 10, 2011 11:51 AM (p302b)

Because they have to.  The Egyptian constitution was never anything but a joke, anyway.

88 John Scott on Fox is calling the possibility of the military taking over an "organized coup".

John Scott and his red headed babe co-anchor are both liberal douches.

89 Not sure the italics trick works on Mac, but I'll try to moron through it. Posted by: USA at February 10, 2011 11:20 AM (YZISw) If you're using Safari, you have to italicize by hand with the 'em' tag. I'll try to display an example: whatever you want to italicize

90 84 why are they doing something "outside of their constitution"?
__________

This is the sort of thing that happens when a breathing constitution inhales.

91 why are they doing something "outside of their constitution"?

My take is there's no way to do this from "within the constitution" and get the protesters to settle down.

Military "organized coup" seems to be the least bad option.
At least their military was friendly to reporters, and has been quoted as saying "we love America".

Time will tell.

92 Shoot, the pre tag didn't work. Anyways, surround the text with less-than, "em", greater-than and less-than, slash, "em", greater-than.

93 "Maybe it will be a military government for five months, it will be ok. But forever?" he said. "We are waiting to take a decision. Will it be a military government? Maybe we stay and we are not going home again."

from the link of drudge's main headline: "Mubarek To Step Aside"

94 John Scott and his red headed babe co-anchor are both liberal douches.

Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2011 12:00 PM (M9Ie6)

Scott usually keeps his mouth shut and sticks to the script ... which is why I'm amazed that none of the Fox producers knows enough to tell him to stop saying "organized coup". 

Jenna Lee is certainly a liberal idiot.  Fox would do well to get rid of her, already.  But ... I guess they want a morning Shep.

95 If the people want a true democratic republic, not suleman, not the military, not the muslim bros, then they are not going to be happy with an "organized military coup".  They're going to keep protesting.

96 Just let the military run the show until political parties can be formed and responsible elections held. The MB will rule if given half a chance or by force if necessary. Military is the only option to stop them now. You have to give the moderates in the country enough time to organize or we will be eating "Egyptian food" and Dearborn will be just one of the many more Muslim enclaves within our own nation. I still don't see this ending well for us or Isreal no matter the result. Stop all sharia law in this country as many are trying to do now. No multiculturalism eva.

97 "organized military coup".

Posted by: curious at February 10, 2011 12:07 PM (p302b)

Why do you people keep repeating Jon Scott's idiocy? Pretty much all coups are organized.

This is likely to be the same thing that happens in every muslim country - the military takes over because the population, if left to themselves, would make a mess of their nation and everything around them. This is Turkey (which actually put supreme military power in their Constitution, which the EU then forced them to take out in 2003, after which Turkey has descended into the islamist abyss and turned against the West). This is Pakistan. This is how islamic countries go, if we're lucky. Otherwise, it just gets too ugly.

98 The expression that Jon Scott was searching for is "bloodless coup".

99 Just read something on twitter saying he left the country yesterday and the message is pre recorded and then this just came up on twitter breaking news:  "Contrary to reports, Mubarak is in Cairo, presidential source says to NBC"

Geez how do you know what the truth is

100 Twitter says Obama will make a statement on Egypt in about an hour.

Goody.

101 This whole thing was so mismanaged its pathetic.

But then you thought Obama was on our side, didn't you? Google CEO becomes tech czar in 2010. Muslim Brotherhood founder's grandson has ban on his visa lifted shortly thereafter. Then Google's Middle East guy creates a Facebook page for El Baradei and foments insurrection over there. Coincidence, I'm sure.

102 With the amount of clueless liberals they hire, I wonder how people on the Left can continue calling Fox News a "conservative" source. 85 percent of their web content is Associated Press, most of their newsreaders are Democrats, etc.

103 "has inaugurated several projects on the island of Nantucket that seek to sustain the unique character of the island, and to minimize the impact of seasonal visitation on the island's core community."
"I think judgment matters. If you have something that you donÂ’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldnÂ’t be doing it in the first place, but if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines including Google do retain this information for some time, and itÂ’s important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that that information could be made available to the authorities."

Ah, so this was the bud that lent BO the house for his vacations?

104 You know, people are fantasizing about Egypt changing as some harbinger for the rest of the arab world.  Need I remind people that the same exact things were said about Egypt's move with Camp David.  The rest of the arab world did not follow Egypt.  They ostracized Egypt.  The threats from the arab world didn't lessen.  In fact, they moved more firmly into the international space and spread themselves far wider in bases and in attacks and in severity.  The only arab state to "follow" Egypt was Jordan, but Jordan had been relatively at peace with Israel since their foundings (though Jordan participated in the arab-Israeli wars because it had to, and we all remember who Jordan backed in the two gulf wars).

I wish the news would include a little, tiny bit of historical perspective.  Just a smidgen.

105 "we are witnessing history unfold, it's a moment of transformation taking place cause the people want it.  Going forward, we want those young people to know we will do everything we can to support an orderly and genuine transition to democracy in Egypt."

Obama at norther michigan university

if you can figure it out, you can live stream the speech here

106 Director of national Intelligence,  James "I know nothing" Clapper just called the Muslim Brotherhood a "largely secular organization."

House intelligence committee testomony.

107 Posted by: Miss Marple at February 10, 2011 01:45 PM (Fo83G)

Beck was talking about what the times was saying people were saying about the bros.  ... it seems that even a coptic christian psychiatrist (female) admired their immense organizational abilities and was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

beck was screaming "don't do that, they'll kill you"

108 K.T. McFarlalnd and Walid Phares have been on aghast at this comment.

109 K.T. McFarlalnd and Walid Phares have been on aghast at this comment.

Posted by: Miss Marple at February 10, 2011 01:50 PM (Fo83G)

Even Megyn Kelly (who doesn't always think too straight) found it jaw-droppingly stupid.

Director of National Intelligence ... yep.  Crazy.

110 So where is the speech?  "REUTERSFLASH Mubarak will announce constitutional procedures before handing over powers - al Arabiya" via twitter breaking news

111

Abduhl: 'Hey Mohammed, I wanna start a secular club, you know real moderate and not religeousy.'

Mohammed: 'Great idea Abduhl, but what shall we call it so people will know we are definitely not into any religeous stuff?'

Abduhl:'I dunno Mo, how about MUSLIM Brotherhood!'

Mohammed: Brilliant!! Not even a hint of religion in that name!

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