A lot of news coverage of the events in Egypt has – quite understandably – focused on the speculation and analysis that’s taking place in Washington, London and elsewhere. For a more visually immediate perspective, here’s some footage shot four days ago on the streets of Cairo by Sky News’ Duncan Sharp.
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Guy McLean
Global Inflation
WSJ has the hot spots.
Free Lars Hedegaard!
“As my ancient forefathers, the vikings, would have said: It is always good to fight. It is better to win.“
And Let Me Inform You…
Y2Kyoto: The Sundance Skid
Bolton On Egypt
David Warren, too.
Climategate: The Next Generation
Via Bishop Hill;
When the two men examined the original data from which this claim was derived – compiled by the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit and the Met Office’s Hadley Centre – it clearly showed 2010 as having been cooler than 2005 (and 1998) and equal to 2003. It emerged that, for the purposes of the press release, the data had been significantly adjusted.
Comparing the actual data for each year, from 2001 to 2010, with that given in the press release shows that for four years the original figure has been adjusted downwards. Only for 2010 was the data revised upwards, by the largest adjustment of all, allowing the Met Office to claim that 2010 was the hottest year of the decade.
And they still lost the argument to “our own lyin’ eyes”.
h/t
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In tonight’s tippity amusement The King buys himself a front-row seat to watch Little Egypt.
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The Placebo Effect
… saves another life.
(h/t EBD)
Toto, I Have A Feeling We’re Not Yet In Philadelphia
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
GayEgypt.com – Egypt’s gay and lesbian community has had enough of years of police brutality and torture and GayEgypt.com calls on all lesbians and gays to join their brothers and sisters on the street to peacefully express their demand for immediate change.
El Haaretz – The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group, is in talks with other anti-government figures to form a national unity government …
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
I Can See The PETA Head Explosions From My House
If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, “Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take one for the team.”
More Pavilions At Folkfest
“Allahu Akbar” – it’s the new audience applause.
That’s What Friends Are For
CTV News covers up an Ignatieff gaffe.
Egypt
So, it’s a good thing Obama withdrew combat troops from Iraq, yes?
Allahu Amish
Model predicts ‘religiosity gene’ will dominate society.
“Provided the fertility of religious people remains on average higher than that of secular people, the genes that predispose people towards religion will spread,” Rowthorn told PhysOrg.com. “The bigger the fertility differential between religious and secular people, the faster this genetic transformation will occur.
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Rowthorn acknowledges that he can only speculate on how a genetic predisposition toward religion may manifest itself in a secular context. Previous research has suggested that a genetic predisposition toward religion is tied to a variety of characteristics such as conservatism, obedience to authority, and the inclination to follow rituals. In this instance of evolution, it’s possible that these characteristics may become widespread not for their own fitness but by hitching a ride with a high-fitness cultural practice.
Chris Matthews
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Tonight, a young woman named Joni Craigie gives us an insider’s look at the life and the people of North Ronaldsay, the northernmost of the Orkney Islands.
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Y2Kyoto: An Inconvenient Refinery
Al Gore, call your office!
h/t Mike