It started with Leon Panetta notifying the Administration and Security Officials that Mubarak was going to step down. Which led to this lead story (Thursday Morning).…..
WASHINGTON – CIA Director Leon Panetta says U.S. intelligence indicates that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out. (full article) (more…)
Oh shit… read this from El Baradei: “Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei reacts on Twitter to the latest developments: “Egypt will explode. Army must save the country now.”
Mubarak refuses to stand downhttp://english.aljazeera.net/
Egyptian president vows he will stay in office until September, and will not bow down to ‘foreign pressure’. (more…)
*coughbullsh!tcough* (Politico)- The White House is moving to stamp out reports that top officials — including Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — are sending conflicting signals about how best to resolve the crisis in Egypt.
(*pardonus interruptus, but this is just ridiculous. I’ve watched over two weeks of newswire reports and I can’t even figure out day-to-day which direction they’re headed* -SD) (more…)
Good morning crew of faithful TreeHouse’rs. BOLO for a rambunctious kitty (refer to yesterday thread for illicit details).
What is on your mind today?
Crew, We’ve got a problem……..
We tried desperately to keep this under wraps. But, it appears 
Ad rem has been outed at Luccianne.com …..
From what we can gather the potential for impropriety has become the topic of considerable discussion, and speculation.
Mr. Ad rem ain’t none to pleased either……
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C’mon, nothing better to do?…. (The Hill)- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) took to the House floor Tuesday night to criticize what she called a “demeaning” Pepsi ad that aired during the Super Bowl. In the ad for Pepsi Max, a black woman sitting on a park bench gets angry with her husband after an attractive, white female jogger sits down next to the couple and smiles and waves at the man. (more…)
(WaPo)- Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2012. Good riddance, he didn’t stand a chance. Watch him become a lobbyist lickety split… (full story)
Another frilliant consideration from author Ann Barnhardt (aka IamDagny) we find her thinking morsels very tasty and we like her muchly….
Bill Kristol is supposed to be one of the best and brightest conservative pundits. This is NOT AN ENCOURAGING STATEMENT. Seriously. Not that I’m shocked. He has a piece in this week’s Weekly Standard that is enough to make a person beat their head on their desk over and over and over again. Click here to read it. Ugh.
Kristol’s premise is that the U.S. should be foursquare behind any “democratic revolution”. Just, just, just . . . well just BECAUSE. My God, the stupidity and inability to THINK beyond a first order logical progression here is terrifying. And these are the people who are shaping and directing the conversation? These are the “respected minds” in the Beltway? How is this possible? (more…)
(AP) CAIRO – Vice President Omar Suleiman warned Tuesday that “we can’t put up with” continued protests in Tahrir for a long time, saying the crisis must be ended as soon as possible in a sharply worded sign of increasing regime impatience with 16 days of mass demonstrations. (more…)
BINGO !! Give that guy a fish….. The Blaze via WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Republican said Tuesday the primary goal of U.S. policy in Egypt should be to “stop the spread of radical Islam,” an objective that has been little mentioned by Obama administration officials in recent weeks. Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., also said at a news conference he hopes the street protests taking place in Cairo and elsewhere will lead to a democratic society that “stands for human rights, progress and equal opportunity.” (more…)