I wanted to blog about the uprisings in Egypt. You know the uprisings, right? That's what I wanted to write about; the internet blackout, the looting, the burning, the riots, the destruction of priceless antiquities, the military response. It is all very interesting, especially the parts about anon sending aid to Egypt by providing dial-up internet and faxing wikileak-ed documents detailing their president's corrupt and inhumane regime.
We aren't getting enough of this on the US news channels. Al Jazeera on the other hand has been publishing wikileak-ed documents about Egypt and Israel that were completely ignored by the US news agencies. By the way Al Jazeera's webtraffic has increased by 2500% in the last 24 hours; 60% of that is from the US (source). Meanwhile in The United States Snooki's book is a NYT bestseller and news agencies continue to lay employees off by the scores.
That is what I wanted to blog about but then It dawned on me that this topic completely clashes with my theme. So instead of a thoughtful examination of a revolution in progress I have instead opted to leave you with this. Good for a couple of yuks.
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