Twitter Digest: February 2, 2011

1. Twitter Digest: January 31, 2011 http://j.mp/gj8VdI..... via @AddToAny #

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2. 9/11/01: Eyewitness - As The Bombs Were Going....I Sat And Watched A Few Of Them Explode http://ff.im/xb5Gl..... #

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3. Birgitta Jónsdóttir: Icelandic Foreign Affairs Minister responds to protests in Egypt http://t.co/kq1LD6a..... #

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4. Ken O'Keefe's Global Revolution Tribute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....i_DtIG404s My comment: There is zero proof... http://ff.im/xepzJ..... #

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5. ...notice. By the way, I am an outspoken 9/11 Truther and anti-Zionist. re: http://ff.im/xepzJ..... #

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6. UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Michel Jarraud: "The 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998." #

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7. Without Big Oil, Coal, and Gas and without deforestation and huge cattle herds, 2010 wouldn't have ranked as the warmest year. #

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8. RT @maxblumenthal Is the Palestinian Authority cracking down on Egypt solidarity demonstrations? http://bit.ly/fbDpGJ..... #

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9. Maan News Agency: Palestinian Police ban Egypt solidarity rally in Ramallah, Palestine http://j.mp/e1N09u..... via @AddToAny #

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10. Maan News Agency: Palestinian media mum on Egypt protests. [They've been beaten down more than their critics.] http://j.mp/fv3nse..... #

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11. Jordan's king sacks cabinet - Middle East - Al Jazeera English. "Same old, same old." http://t.co/raImhc6..... via @AddThis #

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12. Mike Huckabee, those fascist, land-thieving Pharisees you're supporting kept yelling for the Romans to crucify your Lord until it happened. #

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13. Zionists: Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Bob Casey (D-PA) #

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14. Senators whine only for Israel. What about the poorest nations? Heartless jerks, try our close neighbor Haiti (for one). http://t.co/MWkK3GQ..... #

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15. Haiti agrees to issue Jean-Bertrand Aristide a diplomatic passport. It's about time., and that's President Aristide to you, Bub: George W. #

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16. Obama said, "it is not the role of any other country to determine Egypt's leaders." Now, Iraq's, Afghanistan's, Iran's, North Korea's, H... #

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17. Hosni Mubarak is extremely self-centered & egotistical. He presided over a torture/death machine, even serving CIA extraordinary renditions. #

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18. Asking the Egyptian people to suffer one more day of Hosni Mubarak's rule (which he's lost) is the sign of a very weak-minded US president. #

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19. Hosni Mubarak needs to move right now to London or Paris if they'll have him. I think they'll let him spend Egypt's money there, don't you? #

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20. Arizona's presidential citizenship bill worries AZ Secretary of State Ken Bennett http://t.co/isNgTlK..... #

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21. If Arizona wants Obama to produce his Birth Certificate & proof of citizenship or not be on the ballot, they need to word their bill better. #

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22. http://twitter.com/#.....!/speak2tweet needs voice/language to text/translation recognition. @speak2tweet #

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23. The world can tweet by leaving voicemail http://googleblog.blogspot.com.....fully.html #

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24. The world can tweet by leaving voicemail http://googleblog.blogspot.com.....fully.html #egypt #

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25. RT @hughashton: "@TomUsher Haiti doesn't buy Senators. Israel does." So, if the Senators have sold their souls, what's Israel? #

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26. "Egypt - Evidence of torture and repression by Mubarak´s Police," by María Luisa Rivera, Wikileaks, 28 January 2011. . #

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27. ElBaradei, the Egyptian Revolution is a class struggle with workers on general strike. http://bit.ly/gjgDHO..... #egypt #

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28. What are international unions doing for the striking people of Egypt? Are they in solidarity with them? Will they help control the elites? #

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29. To think Tony Blair once showed promise. #

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30. Egyptians vow to oust Mubarak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....BIV0dbR1Rs http://ff.im/xfkmF..... #

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31. There're Spies: Be Against Al Jazeera/Freedom of Speech, For Mubarak in Egypt? http://j.mp/faQncm..... via @AddToAny #

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32. "The crisis was neither the beginning of a depression nor the end of capitalism." — Martin Wolf, FT. Martin, we are still in a depression. #

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33. The Bambi Syndrome: Facebook's Credibility Score is Very Bad for Activism http://j.mp/hv9BgT..... via @AddToAny #

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34. US Sees Writing on the Wall for Mubarak as Egyptians Begin Massive March | AlterNet http://bit.ly/eQWAjN..... [I agree with AlterNet on this.] #

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35. Taiji Why? — Follow the Money... http://ff.im/xhBeR..... #

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36. Washington State Joins Movement For Public Banking by Ellen Brown http://t.co/YuHRfyQ..... via @AddThis #

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37. Watch Ellen Brown interview on Vimeo! http://vimeo.com/19111135..... United States Notes too! Then, on to moneyless. #

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38. Plymouth Plantation members couldn't give of themselves enough, so communism is bad? Tell it to the Hutterites, who were never as selfish. #

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39. Doing away with the porno part of scanning doesn't get rid of the radiation or the unconstitutionality. #

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40. "I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family" — Hillary Clinton. Friends don't let friends dictate. #

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41. WikiLeaks: A Litmus Test That All Too Many Fail . #

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42. Wickard v. Filburn: under a too-broad interpretation of the Commerce Clause, the US can stop you from growing your food on your property. #

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43. Suppose you create huge economic growth & reduce unemployment but cause even the richest & the employed all to become sick due to pollution. #

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44. Suppose we create economic growth & eliminate unemployment without causing diseases via pollution. Is that too smart for "libertarians"? #

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45. Robert Reich, "The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room" http://j.mp/ftoJji..... via @AddToAny #

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46. If there is massive revolutionary violence in Egypt, I will hold Barack Obama personally responsible. He's backing Mubarak, the dictator. #

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47. AlArabiya is reporting, "Pro Mubarak supporters control Tahrir square." #egypt #

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48. "'Suddenly, rocks started falling out of the sky,' said Ismail...." #egypt http://bit.ly/guhEOi..... [This is Obama's fault for not standing up.] #

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49. The Egyptian military isn't protecting protesters from Mubarak thugs because Obama/Clinton sent the clear signal that Mubarak could stay on. #

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50. Voices of the Egyptian Revolution: Democracy Now!'s Sharif Abdel Kouddous Speaks with Demonstrators in Tahrir Square http://j.mp/eQE7uB..... #

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51. Digital Darkness: U.S., U.K. Companies Help Egyptian Regime Shut Down Telecommunications and Identify Dissident Voices http://t.co/kALVlkS..... #

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52. 1 in 6 residents of Philadelphia have undergone unconstitutional "Stop, Question, and Frisk" — no probable cause, no reasonable suspicion. #

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53. Buy a ticket without agreeing to be searched. When was a bus blown up in the US? Never! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....EiMvu6svgw #

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54. US Federal Government's "Visible Intermodal Protection and Response" (VIPER): The serpent, the Old Dragon (aka the Devil) #

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55. Without reasonable suspicion and probable cause, such measures are unethical & unconstitutional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....wqooBmYfQ4 #

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56. US student bypasses Egypt's web blackout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....yFbdZXH5gs http://ff.im/xj80e..... #

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57. Fwd: RT @HalaGorani: Rapid bursts of automatic gunfire crackling, coming from Tahrir Sq. Our producer reports many... http://ff.im/xj8nU..... #

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