tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829201642099101607.post557584632686985508..comments2011-10-09T19:25:53.133-07:00Comments on The Colorless Revolution: Deck Chairs and Airline SeatsThe Bionic Arabisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03969840997189550449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829201642099101607.post-89795317289239705412011-10-09T19:25:53.133-07:002011-10-09T19:25:53.133-07:00Here comes the innovations of an aviation seats..
...Here comes the innovations of an aviation seats..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spectrasymbol.com" rel="nofollow">Distance Sensor</a>Jeff Roblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888315495341834794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829201642099101607.post-30892752416108593582011-02-01T19:02:45.793-08:002011-02-01T19:02:45.793-08:00at first the aviation minister as PM thing made no...at first the aviation minister as PM thing made no sense... then I saw that he was chief of air force prior to being aviation minister (and Mubarak was chief of air force prior to being Sadat's veep), and the air force is the strongest branch... it made sense, in a sinister "I'm appointing a more military oriented government" sort of way<br /><br />in that light, the episode with the F-16s buzzing Tafrir Square soon afterwards was chilling... rationally I knew it was unlikely to be a bombing run (if only because Al Jazeera at least had cameras rolling), but the ghoulish thought did occur to me that if the army on the streets of Cairo had been semi-co-opted by the protesters, Mubarak might have turned to his old branch to do the dirty work... instead it turned out to be wacky attempt to disperse the crowd / end up looking like both a bully and impotent at the same time?<br /><br />but yeah, so far Pharoh is 0 for 2 now on WTF/non sequitur speechesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com