Whatever happened to the August 24th Egyptian counter-revolution?

Egypt's counter-revolution unveiled as our wise Egyptian chronicle predicts the riot and gives us the low-down on the morning-after protest; Syrian state TV leaks! Location of FSA fighters disclosed on Twitter; Humoring the legitimate rape debate between states-men; Microsoft's makeover.

Egypt's revolution: the return of the counter-revolution?

Egyptian Chronicles [2]

#August24 Protest: And it was predicted by many

A wise blogger's predictions of a riot: "Many people in Egypt predicted that the #August24 Protest will be huge failure for following reasons. Logically people do not go to protest against new democratically elected president after 50 days of his rule. Many of those calling for the protests like Abu Hamed and Okasha are false leader with no real popularity what so ever in the street when it comes to revolution or revolutionaries."

Brown Moses Blog [3]

Syrian Activists Claim Al Mayadeen News Tweets FSA Positions To The Syrian Air Force

"The Syrian opposition activist THE_47th, who has reliably predicted major defections and other key events spotted a very unusual Tweet on the Al Mayadeen News Twitter account."

Real Clear Politics [4]

Sabers Over Syria

For months, President Barack Obama has batted away questions about possible U.S. military intervention in Syria, where government forces have slaughtered citizens by the thousands. Obama's tone intensified Monday when the president threatened direct military action if Damascus attempts to use chemical or biological weapons — or slips them to allied militant groups such as al-Qaida:

Salon [5]

A guide to “legitimate” rape

"Did Todd Akin's comments leave you wondering what a real rape is? Wondering how reproduction works? We can help."

Real Clear World [6]

Syria's Chemical Weapons Pose Huge Risk

"The dangers associated with Syria’s chemical weapons (CW) are a dire example of why non-proliferation of unconventional weapons must be a top international priority."

The Arabist [7]

When Assad falls, Kurds in Syria say they’ll take back lands given to Arabs

What fantastic legacies these regimes are leaving behind. Of course, in this case, it may be more a question of recovering the property of large landowners that was redistributed by progressive policies than doing anything for the sake of "Kurds" — unless he intends to distribute that land to all and any Kurds.

Gradly [8]

Microsoft New Logo Inspired by Apple’s Typeface

"After 25 years, Microsoft has unveiled a new look and feel to its corporate logo."