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Egyptian Aak: Week 25. Will The Brotherhood Survive June30?

No real unity among opposition or clear alternative makes it doubtful that a new revolution will take place but relying on Egypt’s past to foretell future is a real mistake for Brotherhood – all the rules can be changed now, it depends if the young can come together for freedom. jobs, end corruption, competency and security…

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Artists and Cultural Workers Stage Massive Protests in Serbia

1968 deja vu

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On Saturday, June 22nd 2013, over 800 cultural workers and artists went out to protest in the Square of the Republic in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, as well as in Novi Sad, Niš and Vršac. Such a protest on a massive scale is almost unprecedented in the country. These protests did not come out of thin air. A lot of accumulated anger and dissatisfaction with many socio-economic and political issues in recent years culminated yesterday.

The most important structural, social and political causes for the protest are: corruption and nepotism in the field of culture and non-transparent redistribution of the resources; poverty of workers in the field of culture; the change of the government from democrats to conservatives on in the Republic of Serbia and the cutting the funds for so called “non-patriotic” art; the fact that freelance artists and cultural workers are not able to renew their health…

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US troops to be deployed to Sinai a ‘formality,’ says Egypt army – Politics – Egypt – Ahram Online

“The 400 US soldiers coming to Egypt as mentioned in the media are part of the periodical renewal routine for the US faction of the 13-state multinational force deployed in Sinai since the peace treaty. They are not armed with military operations gear,” spokesman of the Egyptian military Ahmed Ali said Saturday.

via US troops to be deployed to Sinai a 'formality,' says Egypt army – Politics – Egypt – Ahram Online.

Nothing new here – US has supplied personnel to this peacekeeping force since 1982.

Jeish Lebnen… 3askar 3a Min?

There is a time for everything, the saying goes; this is a time for your generation to stand and create a new, beautiful and democratic Lebanon through strength of will and spirit, not violence?

A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

It’s quite simple really. They flaunt their strength on the people who have no one to watch their back, no militia weapons in their arms and no wasta to clear their names. They dare to beat those people up for speaking. They dare to turn peaceful protests into matters of them flexing their muscles.

3askar 3a min? 3askar 3al d3if. 3askar 3a yalli ma fi bdahro 7ada. 3askar 3a yalli fiyon yesta2wo 3leih.

Can we excuse them? Perhaps so. After all, the level of repression of power (as to not to say castration) in the picture below is too damn high. Something’s gotta give somewhere – and some Lebanese are the ones on whom that something is given every single time.

Armed forces that only use their power against the weak are not armed forces that can protect me. They are not armed forces I respect. They are not armed…

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The Gun Report: June 20, 2013 – NYTimes.com

A 33-year-old woman is in critical condition after shooting herself in the head while behind the wheel of her car in Lander, Wyo. The woman drove away from a residence Sunday afternoon after saying she intended to harm herself following a dispute with her boyfriend. A state trooper later saw the woman’s vehicle veer off of Highway 26 and plow through a fence.

via The Gun Report: June 20, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

Farm Bill Fails in the House – NSAC

House passage of a food stamp amendment by Representative Southerland (R-FL) to allow states to add work requirements to the SNAP program, adopted just prior to the vote on the bill as a whole, helped doom any chance the bill had of gaining more than a handful of Democratic votes, though even without that amendment it appears the bill would have been defeated.

It is unclear what the path forward now is for the 2013 Farm Bill, but stay tuned for a more in-depth analysis post on this week’s House farm bill floor debate soon.

via Farm Bill Fails in the House – NSAC.

Minutemen Co-Founder Charged With Child Molestation | Fronteras Desk

One of the original creators of the Mexican border vigilante movement that set off so much debate a decade ago, was arrested on child molestation charges in Phoenix, Wednesday.

Police booked Chris Simcox, 52, into jail on two counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual conduct with a minor and one count of attempted molestation of a child.

In 2002, Simcox issued a “call to arms” for citizens to guard the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern Arizona.

via Minutemen Co-Founder Charged With Child Molestation | Fronteras Desk.

Injured Making an Arrest, Bear the Police Dog Becomes a Celebrity – NYTimes.com

“Ninety-nine percent of the time, when we come to the scene, people cooperate,” said Officer Tieniber, 36, who has been on the force for 11 years. “No one really wants to be bit by a dog.”

But instead of backing down, one woman kicked Bear in the face as she struggled with the officers. When she kicked a second time, Officer Tieniber said, Bear caught her foot in his mouth.

He “apprehended her foot, and held her” until the officers could handcuff her, Officer Tieniber added.

If the misdemeanors three of the women were charged with were not the usual stuff of New York crime headlines, the dog’s involvement captured the imagination of reporters and the police, who issued a detailed rundown of the events and Bear’s service history.

via Injured Making an Arrest, Bear the Police Dog Becomes a Celebrity – NYTimes.com.

Saving The Jesuite Garden… because It’s Christian

A save is a save, is a save – grin.

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I always thought everyone knew that Beirut had a green space problem. The city has 3 parks that are open to the public. You can count the trees on the entire city’s sidewalks. There is no concept of urban planning. And there’s certainly no functional public transport system, which is one of the main flaws with the city structure.

Yet there are people who think all is fine with the city environmentally. Don’t be shocked, yes they exist.

The fight to save the Jesuite Garden, which culminated in a protest held at the garden in question slightly less than a week ago didn’t take much to go down sectarian lines. The representative of the Beirut municipality that showed up at the protest had one line of interrogation to throw at those who didn’t want the garden removed: what’s your name? Where are you from? Who’s politically backing you?

Because, you…

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