Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Mursi has been officially declared the president of Egypt. But under the terms of the military constitutional guidelines issued last Sunday night, he comes into office in the framework of a military government headed by Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi. That is, all the doomsaying about Egypt turning into Iran is to […]
Green Sunday: Good News on Clean Energy
1. Morocco has ambitious plans to be the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy. Its new agreement with the European Union removes tariff barriers, and it is importing huge amounts of German equipment for wind and solar generation. Morocco subsidizes the green projects, and plans to export electricity to Europe. ( Desertec is constructing a major […]
Rights to Property or Property in Rights? (James Madison Poster)
Tens of Thousands at Tahrir Demand end of Military Rule
An enormous crowd of tens of thousands, the biggest this week, gathered in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Friday, especially as the torrid sun set. These protesters are mostly fundamentalist Muslims, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, though some left and liberal youth groups joined them. They favor candidate Muhammad Mursi in the presidential race, […]
Drone Questions for Americans (Jamiol Cartoon)
Courtesy Paul Jamiol & check out his book, Jamiol’s World
How far to respect Public Opinion (Bertrand Russell Poster)
Error message Fahrenheit 451 for Censorship?
The Guardian reports that a new internet error message may be created to indicate that a site has been censored. It has been suggested that it be called ‘451’ in honor of the late Ray Bradbury’s novel about book-burning, Fahrenheit 451. So I thought what it might look like:
Solar Plane flies from Spain to Morocco, then into Morocco’s rugged Interior
The solar-powered Solar Impulse airplane built by a Swiss concern, having flown successfully from Madrid to Rabat, has just completed a flight over the Moroccan countryside that included having to get above the Atlas mountains: This video on the earlier Europe-to-Africa passage shows the plane in flight: I like flying, but am aware that the […]
Brotherhood, Salafis, Camp out at Tahrir amid Thosands
On Thursday, protesters heeded the call of the Muslim Brotherhood to fill Tahrir Square with tens of thousands of protesters, as they continued to reject the martial law amendments to the constitution issued by the military last weekend. In a new development, major leaders of the Muslim Right are setting up tents in the square […]
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