MB Civic

Jimmy Carter (who might be on a flight to Cairo soon) told a church group on Sunday that “the United States wants Mubarak to stay in power, but the people have decided” – an anonymous Obama staffer told the NYT that “Clearly Mubarak’s time has run out,” and the LA Times reports “inside the Obama administration, there are signs that officials are preparing for a post-Mubarak era” – actor Omar Sharif known for his role as Arab reformer and revolutionary in classic 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia has called for Mubarek to step down .. the guy who Mubarek named as his VP, Omar Suleiman, has ties to the CIA rendition program .. a committee of 10 opposition party leaders has been formed that includes ElBaradei as well as a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood .. Democracy Now’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports ..

.. hundreds, perhaps thousands, of prisoners were released from prisons in Fayyoum and Tora. Many believe it’s all part of an organized campaign by the regime to create lawlessness in the city in a last gasp attempt to maintain its grip on power .. Mohamed ElBaradei—the Nobel Peace laureate and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency—arrived in Tahrir Square today to address the crowds. Baradei’s reputation is beyond reproach and he commands respect amongst most Egyptians but many say he has lived outside of the country for too long and criticize him for not taking part in earlier street protests. Nevertheless, some are calling on him to be included in some type of transitional government

lets see what else .. protests spread to Jordan, Yemen and Sudan, the US and the Euros are evacuating, they arrested then released some Al Jazeera folks, Kouddous tweeted that he went thru about 14 citizen checkpoints on the way home from Tahir Square last night and that “looters don’t stand a chance”, Fox News got confused about where exactly Egypt is on the map .. tick tock, tick tock, tick tock .. here’s Huff Post live blog, the Al Jazeera live video feed, and today’s Democracy Now show – mab