# Egypt. **URL:** \ **Category:** PolitiSUCK\ **Created:** [January 25, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538 "2011-01-25T11:22:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/1 "2011-01-25T11:22:43Z")
Well that was quick. Copy-cat demonstrations are happening in Egypt after Tunisia got rid of their dictator. > Thousands of demonstrators attended the anti-government protests. Some in downtown Cairo hurled rocks and climbed atop an armoured police truck. > In a statement issued Tuesday night, the Egyptian interior ministry blamed the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s technically banned but largest opposition group, for fomenting the protests. > **[Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/)** > > News, analysis from the Middle East & worldwide, multimedia & interactives, opinions, documentaries, podcasts, long reads and broadcast schedule. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/2 "2011-01-25T11:30:09Z")
I love how your source is aljazeera. admit it, they’re your 1# place to go for news, lol. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/3 "2011-01-25T11:39:33Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > I love how your source it aljazeera. admit it, they’re your 1# place to go for news, lol. Beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/4 "2011-01-25T12:17:47Z")
lol actually al jazeera comes up on google news pretty frequently. The sad thing is most of the articles I’ve read from them are more objective than most of our news networks. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/5 "2011-01-25T12:23:45Z")
No self immolation no care. Call cnn when you’re serious and setting yourselves on fire Egypt. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/6 "2011-01-25T12:39:05Z")
So I’m kind of bored at my job right now…can I get like a leave of absence to go run one of these countries for awhile? Besides my whole lack of speaking the language I think I could do a bang up job without being tied down with all of the red tape like the US gov’t. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/7 "2011-01-25T13:44:43Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > No self immolation no care. Call cnn when you’re serious and setting yourselves on fire Egypt. same. self-immolation is such a great way of politically stating: nigga set his shit on FIAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/8 "2011-01-28T06:09:11Z")
Shit’s getting serious. The government shut down the internet and cell networks. > We heard of a social network ban nation wide earlier this week, as sites like Twitter, Facebook and even Gmail were blocked from the country’s network to some effect, though third-party apps and platforms still allowed users access to their feeds. That changed early this morning as reports of a complete web outage surfaced around 12:30 a.m. local time. ---------- Post added at 09:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:02 AM ---------- > **[WikiLeaks Exposes New Egypt Docs Amid Protests. Will Anyone There See Them?](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/01/28/wikileaks-drops-new-egypt-revelations-amid-protests-will-anyone-there-see-them/)** > > As the secret spilling group reveals abuses in Egypt, the country has instituted an Internet blackout. Wikileaks has been fanning the flames. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/9 "2011-01-28T06:10:17Z")
Egypt… Does not have the wifi’s. 🙂 ![http://www.daily-top-10.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Xtranormal-iPhone-vs-htc-evo-e1292562233778.jpg](http://www.daily-top-10.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Xtranormal-iPhone-vs-htc-evo-e1292562233778.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/10 "2011-01-28T06:15:01Z")
[http://bgpmon.net/blog/?pE0](http://bgpmon.net/blog/?pE0) This is exactly why the “internet kill switch” obama and others want is a terrible idea however it would be much harder to pull this off in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/11 "2011-01-28T06:34:09Z")
They accidentally the whole internets. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/12 "2011-01-28T06:36:59Z")
They didn’t just kill the internet, they shut down communications too. No cell phones work there right now. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/13 "2011-01-28T06:58:55Z")
Killing cell phones is easy all their ISPs probably do back haul for the cell towers lol ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/14 "2011-01-28T07:01:21Z")
time to bust out the 56k’s ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/15 "2011-01-28T12:07:33Z")
Shit is getting real over there right now: > **['Cairo Is a War Zone'](http://video.foxnews.com/v/4515107/cairo-is-a-war-zone)** > > Protesters set fire to ruling party headquarters :tup: to setting your opposition on fire instead of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/16 "2011-01-28T12:23:23Z")
this shits all precursors to the 2012 global war/rapture/end of the world. reboot the entire sytem and start the adam and eve story again. earth is a DVD/Farm planet for a higher power. :tinfoilhat: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/17 "2011-01-28T12:29:22Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > :tup: to setting your opposition on fire instead of yourself. :lol: agreed ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/18 "2011-01-28T13:16:57Z")
I’ve been seeing & reading a lot of parallels to the '79 revolution in Iran. If the Muslim bortherhood takes over we’re going to have some problems. Their control of the Suez Canal and a border with Israel is going to directly effect all of us. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/19 "2011-01-28T13:30:04Z")
BBC has a great article on why egypt matters. > **[Analysis: Why Egypt matters](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12311889)** > > Middle East analyst Roger Hardy examines why the success or failure of demonstrations against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is so important. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538/20 "2011-01-28T13:34:13Z")
The last thing we need in that region is another Muslim ruling coalition. Whether it’s the current guy or someone new coming to power, we’d better hope it’s a secular regime. One thing that struck me was with 90% of their internet access cut off, their financial markets stayed open. Still looking for a way to short them. Down 10% today. [http://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX:DJEG20](http://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX:DJEG20) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/egypt/208538.md?page=2)