Egypt Rises

You —

Today was a day of protest in Egypt (and other places most notably Lebanon) - something sparked off by the success of the protests in Tunisia.

From the pictures and videos I have seen they seem pretty crappy, but they are still the largest disturbance against the regime in like a generation. Some things start small I guess - let's see where this goes.

Back in the day people used to use words like "may you live in interesting times" as a curse but its good to see despotic dictators and leaders in the arab world quake in their boots.

You — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 - 18:05

There were probably far more people in the protests than has been given credit for.

Hotter than a pile of Curry suggests that this is Egypts equivalent to China's Tiannaman square. No idea how much of that is hyperbole, but you can see some of the images uploaded to twitpic here. (Twitter and Facebook got banned during the day, so not all the posters would have been able t get out their stories and images)

You — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 - 17:59

For the water to flow downwards, the Nile has to mostly be above sea level.

You — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 - 18:32

That smiley froze is a specific place there for a bit where it was doing that starey thing.