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biggest demos yet in alexandria; massive demo in cairo...
i dont think the day of departure is more than an expression of momentum--building; i dont see it as working as an ultimatum. what's clear from this week is that mubarak is on the defensive and has been forced---i think---to back away from the historical pattern of his regime faced with opposition---suppression, lie, etc.----which everyone was treated to wednesday & thursday.
i think people are hunkered down for a long fight if need be.
what i expect might be more deflating would be the proposal that's floating around in the rumorsphere of mubarak hanging around as a "figurehead"
it's an interesting moment....
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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