felix rex moves to Cairo

[felix rex]

Dozens, but most aren't loaded and are really old.


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Cops in Paris carry machine guns. Seemed weird.

Yes. Was so weird in the airports.

Also, here is a photo gallery of Egyptian body builders with their mothers: http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2014/staged-portraits/denis-dailleux?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


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[felix rex]

I mean, what on earth? Why does this exist?




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[ben ji]

Do they not have steroids in Egypt?

I highly doubt some of those puds even hit the gym more than twice a week.

[felix rex]

Also not related to sys series on fauna:




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[sys]

This is the first in a series of pics devoted to sys documenting the fauna in my neighborhood.

that's a dog?  is he white with a tan face?

[felix rex]

Yes. He is the pack leader of my block and has 3 buds that hang out with him all day.


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[sys]

Yes. He is the pack leader of my block and has 3 buds that hang out with him all day.

he looks and sounds like a bad ass.  i would try to make friends with him.

[Trim]

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/16/world/africa/egypt-morsy-court/index.html?eref=edition

[Emo EMAW]

The US is like one of the only places WITHOUT men w/ machine guns in airports.  We're the weird ones.

[felix rex]

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/16/world/africa/egypt-morsy-court/index.html?eref=edition

Yeah. This is amazing. And Egyptians themselves are all "why can't you be a dignified deposed leader in a box like Mubarak? You're embarrassing us."


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[Trim]

Our courtrooms here could use more penalty boxes.

[felix rex]

With mute buttons.


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[felix rex]

Some Cairo night life:

Nile party boat and shisha cafés at the khan al khalili market place. And bumper cars. And Friday prayers, of course.



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[puniraptor]

party barges are truly a universal joy


whats this about the government just quitting, is that meaningful, or is the army totally in control anyhow?

[felix rex]

The resignations caught everyone by surprise, but it's probably not a big deal. The PM and a few others were starting to catch a lot of criticism for a few key issues. This lets them be the scapegoat and gives Sisi a clean slate, I suppose. But who knows. Egypt is crazy. They also filed a lawsuit against Reuters for "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" and "threatening national security and harming the economy" after Reuters got duped by that fake Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis Twitter account and reported there was a "deadline" for tourists to leave Egypt. This is while they're accusing several Al Jazeera journalists of aiding a terrorist group (the MB) and "spreading false news".


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[felix rex]

Is anyone in the U.S. talking about how the Egyptian military has cured AIDs? Because they announced that they cured AIDs. And also Hep C. Using a modified bomb detection device that works like a divining rod and points at the person who has one of the diseases (must have been an awkward day at the office when they discovered it). They also released a video of a general waiving it at some patient and saying "now you don't have AIDs." (It's  the C-Fast method that's been discussed for a few years, I think).

That same guy (the inventor) also used an awkward metaphor when describing the delivery system for the "cure," saying it was like they were giving the AIDs patients an AIDs kofta (the Arabic-style meatloaf featured in the infamous McArabia). That led to the "#AIDS_Kofta" being the leading social media trend in Egypt for the last two days. Also, the cafeteria at the embassy had kofta today. No one ate it.

[mocat]

are you a professional photographer? good grief that is very good

[signature move]

Is anyone in the U.S. talking about how the Egyptian military has cured AIDs? Because they announced that they cured AIDs. And also Hep C. Using a modified bomb detection device that works like a divining rod and points at the person who has one of the diseases (must have been an awkward day at the office when they discovered it). They also released a video of a general waiving it at some patient and saying "now you don't have AIDs." (It's  the C-Fast method that's been discussed for a few years, I think).

That same guy (the inventor) also used an awkward metaphor when describing the delivery system for the "cure," saying it was like they were giving the AIDs patients an AIDs kofta (the Arabic-style meatloaf featured in the infamous McArabia). That led to the "#AIDS_Kofta" being the leading social media trend in Egypt for the last two days. Also, the cafeteria at the embassy had kofta today. No one ate it.

first off, holy crap, what. a. thread.

got all caught up in the last month, and it is fascinating.

anyways, i can only find 3 stories via google news search, and all from egypt: ahram online, al-arabiya, and what looks like an expat site, daily news egypt. (the last one gives some background on wild and crazy egyptian military "inventions": http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/02/24/conmans-paradise/)

[slobber]

Is anyone in the U.S. talking about how the Egyptian military has cured AIDs? Because they announced that they cured AIDs. And also Hep C. Using a modified bomb detection device that works like a divining rod and points at the person who has one of the diseases (must have been an awkward day at the office when they discovered it). They also released a video of a general waiving it at some patient and saying "now you don't have AIDs." (It's  the C-Fast method that's been discussed for a few years, I think).

That same guy (the inventor) also used an awkward metaphor when describing the delivery system for the "cure," saying it was like they were giving the AIDs patients an AIDs kofta (the Arabic-style meatloaf featured in the infamous McArabia). That led to the "#AIDS_Kofta" being the leading social media trend in Egypt for the last two days. Also, the cafeteria at the embassy had kofta today. No one ate it.

Not that I have heard. They are awesome for having cured AIDS, tho!

[felix rex]

Is anyone in the U.S. talking about how the Egyptian military has cured AIDs? Because they announced that they cured AIDs. And also Hep C. Using a modified bomb detection device that works like a divining rod and points at the person who has one of the diseases (must have been an awkward day at the office when they discovered it). They also released a video of a general waiving it at some patient and saying "now you don't have AIDs." (It's  the C-Fast method that's been discussed for a few years, I think).

That same guy (the inventor) also used an awkward metaphor when describing the delivery system for the "cure," saying it was like they were giving the AIDs patients an AIDs kofta (the Arabic-style meatloaf featured in the infamous McArabia). That led to the "#AIDS_Kofta" being the leading social media trend in Egypt for the last two days. Also, the cafeteria at the embassy had kofta today. No one ate it.

first off, holy crap, what. a. thread.

got all caught up in the last month, and it is fascinating.

anyways, i can only find 3 stories via google news search, and all from egypt: ahram online, al-arabiya, and what looks like an expat site, daily news egypt. (the last one gives some background on wild and crazy egyptian military "inventions": http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/02/24/conmans-paradise/)

DNE is a pretty good English-language outlet for Egypt news. If you're interested, Mada Masr is probably the best, though. Not as much day-to-day stuff, but lots of good analysis of key issues.


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[CNS]

Is anyone in the U.S. talking about how the Egyptian military has cured AIDs? Because they announced that they cured AIDs. And also Hep C. Using a modified bomb detection device that works like a divining rod and points at the person who has one of the diseases (must have been an awkward day at the office when they discovered it). They also released a video of a general waiving it at some patient and saying "now you don't have AIDs." (It's  the C-Fast method that's been discussed for a few years, I think).

That same guy (the inventor) also used an awkward metaphor when describing the delivery system for the "cure," saying it was like they were giving the AIDs patients an AIDs kofta (the Arabic-style meatloaf featured in the infamous McArabia). That led to the "#AIDS_Kofta" being the leading social media trend in Egypt for the last two days. Also, the cafeteria at the embassy had kofta today. No one ate it.

Saw a guy do a divining rod thingy for doing utility locates last summer.  I called bullshit and waited for the actual utility locators to get there.  The guy was dead on in locating not just water, but power, cable, and phone.  He didn't tell me which were which, but where they were and he rough ridin' nailed it. 

I mean, curing AIDS and Hep C is awesome and all, but this guy located all four lines!!!!!!

Also, there is probably a fantastic Egyptian military joke going around after this about AIDS being "the bomb" or something.  Maybe that wouldn't translate?

[slobber]

Is anyone in the U.S. talking about how the Egyptian military has cured AIDs? Because they announced that they cured AIDs. And also Hep C. Using a modified bomb detection device that works like a divining rod and points at the person who has one of the diseases (must have been an awkward day at the office when they discovered it). They also released a video of a general waiving it at some patient and saying "now you don't have AIDs." (It's  the C-Fast method that's been discussed for a few years, I think).

That same guy (the inventor) also used an awkward metaphor when describing the delivery system for the "cure," saying it was like they were giving the AIDs patients an AIDs kofta (the Arabic-style meatloaf featured in the infamous McArabia). That led to the "#AIDS_Kofta" being the leading social media trend in Egypt for the last two days. Also, the cafeteria at the embassy had kofta today. No one ate it.

Saw a guy do a divining rod thingy for doing utility locates last summer.  I called bullshit and waited for the actual utility locators to get there.  The guy was dead on in locating not just water, but power, cable, and phone.  He didn't tell me which were which, but where they were and he rough ridin' nailed it. 

I mean, curing AIDS and Hep C is awesome and all, but this guy located all four lines!!!!!!

Also, there is probably a fantastic Egyptian military joke going around after this about AIDS being "the bomb" or something.  Maybe that wouldn't translate?

I can locate a water line with two welding rods. Not joking!

I had an uncle that basically was a boss at going around with his divining rod and telling people where to dig wells for well water on local farms.

[CNS]

Dobs, this guy used two old utility flags.  All rusted and stuff and bent at the ends.  He changed his shoes to some thin soled ones and said that ones with too much tread didn't work and gave me what sounded like extremely hippy-dippy reasoning about being electromagnetically in line with the Earth and nature to be able to locate things that didn't naturally belong there.  He shuffled his feet, said he was keeping as much contact with the ground as possible, and as he shuffled over the lines, the flags went from pointing straight out to pointing straight sideways. 

 

[CNS]

CNN with the breaking news:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/africa/egypt-aids-cure-claim/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Emo EMAW]

Is anyone in the U.S. talking about how the Egyptian military has cured AIDs? Because they announced that they cured AIDs. And also Hep C. Using a modified bomb detection device that works like a divining rod and points at the person who has one of the diseases (must have been an awkward day at the office when they discovered it). They also released a video of a general waiving it at some patient and saying "now you don't have AIDs." (It's  the C-Fast method that's been discussed for a few years, I think).

That same guy (the inventor) also used an awkward metaphor when describing the delivery system for the "cure," saying it was like they were giving the AIDs patients an AIDs kofta (the Arabic-style meatloaf featured in the infamous McArabia). That led to the "#AIDS_Kofta" being the leading social media trend in Egypt for the last two days. Also, the cafeteria at the embassy had kofta today. No one ate it.

Saw a guy do a divining rod thingy for doing utility locates last summer.  I called bullshit and waited for the actual utility locators to get there.  The guy was dead on in locating not just water, but power, cable, and phone.  He didn't tell me which were which, but where they were and he rough ridin' nailed it. 

I mean, curing AIDS and Hep C is awesome and all, but this guy located all four lines!!!!!!

Also, there is probably a fantastic Egyptian military joke going around after this about AIDS being "the bomb" or something.  Maybe that wouldn't translate?

I can locate a water line with two welding rods. Not joking!

I had an uncle that basically was a boss at going around with his divining rod and telling people where to dig wells for well water on local farms.

My wife's grandfather is a well witcher.  But he thinks people think he's crazy so he won't talk about it.  You gotta really get him riled up to get him talking.  Also he says there's way more water down there than scientists know, waaaaay more water.