...are not going to be able to put Egypt back together again. Not after this: (Source) Official figures put the death toll from today's violence at roughly 280, about 235-240 of them civilian and the rest security forces 525, with thousands injured. As I was following this story throughout the day, the "official" government casualty … Continue reading All the General’s Horses, and All the General’s Men

Hi. This is Actor Kal Penn. You may remember him from such films as Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Kumar Gets a Medical Degree and Goes to Work for That Dickish Doctor With the Limp, and Kumar Takes a … Continue reading ATTENTION BLACK US AMERICANS: Famous Actor Kal Penn is very sad about your crimes

Very short this week. We had family over for dinner so I'm getting a late start. Egypt: Something is very likely to give tomorrow: Egyptian security forces are preparing to besiege supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi who are gathered in Cairo protest camps. Security sources told Al Jazeera that police would launch action against the protesters … Continue reading This Week in Oppressive Government Violence: August 11, 2013

Iraq Body Count figures for August 10: 94 killed IBC total to-date for August, 2013: 295 civilians killed At least seven more killed today in three relatively minor attacks across the country. Also, surprising nobody, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed responsibility for Saturday's wave of violence (94 dead according to IBC): "The Islamic … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: 11 August 2013

Iraq Body Count figures for August 9: 4 killed IBC total to-date for August, 2013: 199 civilians killed It was too soon to hope that maybe things were calming down in Iraq. Reuters is reporting almost 80 were killed Saturday (per the headline; the article says 57, with 150 wounded, but casualty figures usually go up … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: 10 August 2013

Iraq Body Count figures for August 8: 3 killed IBC total to-date for August, 2013: 193 civilians killed Seems like a couple of relatively quiet days in a row as Ramadan came to an end, as the only piece I could find today reported that four Iraqis were killed, after three yesterday. Obviously one violent death … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: 9 August 2013

Iraq Body Count figures for August 7: 34 killed IBC total to-date for August, 2013: 190 civilians killed A vicious double attack on the home of a police officer in Tikrit that happened late Wednesday/early Thursday killed 13 and may be the first attack that can be directly attributed to July's massive prison break operation. Gunmen … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: 8 August 2013

Sometimes I think that America, in addition to being "the single greatest, best, freest country God ever gave man," is also the breeding ground of an unusually high number of foreign policy narcissists. Not personal narcissism; there aren't a bunch of Americans living their lives convinced that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is obsessing about them personally. But … Continue reading Although your mind’s opaque, try thinking more if just for your own sake

Apparently Breitbart is still looking for theirs (via).

When we left off last time (updated a little bit from the original), the Society of Muslim Brothers had been founded in Egypt as a pious Islamic social and charitable organization by Hassan al-Banna, and had grown furiously through the 1930s and 40s to become an international force, opposed to European colonialism and to the … Continue reading (Muslim) Brothers Gonna Work It Out, Part II: Sayyid Qutb and ties to terrorism