Ugh: Starving Egyptians presented with offer to sell souls

problem Many people in Egypt aren’t working, aren’t making money, are starving because they can’t work, and don’t have access to money in banks because they’ve been closed due to the protests.
solution? Some have been approached with an offer of food and money to turn on the protesters. “I’m hungry, but I won’t sell my soul to eat,” said one angry Egyptian. But others have taken the money. source

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It has great meaning not to hurt each other, hurt our reputation. Do they want what happened in Tunisia to happen here?
Newly-appointed Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq • Talking about yesterday’s “catastrophe” in Cairo on Egyptian television. To answer your question, Ahmed: Yeah, we’re pretty sure that’s the idea. source

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» A long fall in a few days: With just a few days, Gamal Mubarak went from Egypt’s leader-in-waiting to reportedly leaving to the United Kingdom with 100 pieces of luggage to a $14.3 million mansion. We’re pretty sure that it’s the longest fall from grace involving a mansion, ever.

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Have to say… we just checked out The Daily. Honestly didn’t expect to be as impressed with it as we were. Visually, it’s stunning … some rough edges, but it makes the Wired app look like last year’s model. The modular masthead on the front page is creative. And the sheer density of the content is just insane. There is enough here to keep you reading for an hour. The editorial sensibility is very New York Post, though with a much softer and more beautiful edge. The Post snarkiness shows up in the briefs and the gossip page more than the main stories. It’s definitely a Murdoch pub. One feature of note: There’s a “By The Numbers” page that kinda reminds us of this site a little. The daily furniture is beautiful. There are share functions so it’s not closed off to the web. But more than anything, you get the overwhelming feeling of disbelief that you get all this stuff for 99 cents a week – and that’s a feeling that’s been missing from a lot of journalism lately. Will be interesting to see how others respond. source

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03 Feb 2011 10:58