Egyptian soldiers show Solidarity with Protesters

Everybody remembers the lone protester facing down a tank during the Tiananmen Square massacre.

In Egypt the Army has sent tanks to the streets of Cairo where thousands are demanding the resignation of Hosni Mubarak.

Presently as the local police beat the protesters and open prisons to create chaos in the streets, the Army at least is a stabling force.

Egyptian soldiers show solidarity with protesters, activist ElBaradei joins demonstrations

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CAIRO - Under the protective gaze of Egyptian soldiers, thousands of demonstrators converged on this capital city's central plaza Sunday and vowed to occupy the site until President Hosni Mubarak steps down.

But even as the gathering gained strength, fears rose across Cairo of mass looting after sundown by armed thugs who were widely believed by Egyptians, as well as by soldiers, to be operating at the behest of the nation's much-maligned Interior Ministry.

In Tahrir Square, the central plaza that has been the focus of anti-Mubarak sentiment, protesters and soldiers worked together to beat back two Interior Ministry vehicles that attempted to enter the site. A tank commander then scaled his vehicle and announced to the crowd that the Interior Ministry, which operates the nation's police force, had deployed thousands of armed men who were bent on sowing chaos in Egypt.

The army, he said, "would stand with the people."

The commander, dressed in battle fatigues, was cheered by the crowd and kissed on the
cheek by demonstrators who chanted, "the army and the people are one."

Egyptian anti-government protesters pray in front of an Egyptian army tankduring a protest in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet but refused to step down.




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Internet Television

This is great stuff changing how television entertainment is expanding right before our eyes.

I love the free service by Hulu and enjoy the television and movie programs available with our subscription to NETFLIX.


We been watching DVD movies we want for a flat monthly fee, plus have a selection of movies and television shows on demand via the internet.


Presently I must watch this on the computer but Mrs.Dog is checking out how to set up a home wifi so it can be watched on our television. I have also read where NETFLIX is going to stop mailing DVDs and everything will be available on demand via internet.


I have watched other favorite shows on the internet supplied by the major producers.

Hulu Reworks Its Script as Digital Change Hits TV


By SAM SCHECHNER And JESSICA E. VASCELLARO

Just as the digital wave transforms the television industry, Hulu, a pioneer of Internet TV, is in internal discussions to dramatically transform itself.

The free online television service has become one of the most-watched online video properties in the U.S. and a top earner of web-video ad dollars since its 2008 launch.



But its owners—industry powerhouses NBC Universal, News Corp. and Walt Disney Co.—are increasingly at odds over Hulu's business model. Worried that free Web versions of their biggest TV shows are eating into their traditional business, the owners disagree among themselves, and with Hulu management, on how much of their content should be free.



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never the Twain shall meet

Almost like clockwork the issue of the dreaded N, , word in Mark Twain's classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" becomes an issue.

It is a story really directed for an adult, or more correctly a mature audience.

It is a cute story properly sanitized in movies which as a child I enjoyed. Movies directed to children are different than the book which only can retain its message unmolested.

While sorting through the perennial lip-pursing tempest about a certain word in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - the "N-word," as we now say it - I turned for inspiration to the master himself.

"The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is . . . the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning," Twain wrote.

The Washington Post

A clever commentary worth reading.