Morsi’s Clock Is Winding Down

Like sand through the hourglass…

(Reuters) – Egypt’s army commander and Islamist President Mohamed Mursi each pledged his life to defy the other as a deadline approached on Wednesday that will trigger a military takeover backed by protesters.

The military chiefs, wanting to restore order in a country racked by protests over Mursi’s Islamist policies, issued a call to battle in a statement headlined “The Final Hours”. They said they were willing to shed blood against “terrorists and fools” after Mursi refused to give up his elected office.

Mursi said, “The price … is my life.”

A report in Egypt’s state-run Al-Ahram newspaper said it expected Mursi to either step down or be removed from office and that the army would set up a three-member presidential council to be chaired by the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court.

Boy, this “Arab Spring” stuff has really turned out well under the cool wise guiding hand of Obama and Hillary, eh?

July 3rd, 1863

Pickett’s Charge fails to dislodge the Union forces entrenched on Cemetery Ridge; oh so barely, mind you, but fails none-the-less.

Lee would effectively be on the defensive for the remainder of the war.

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19 Firefighters Dead

Oh my god

YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years.

Those poor folks.

July 1st, 1863

150 years ago today the Battle of Gettysburg began.

It seems like such a long, long time ago but it really wasn’t: for many of us our great-great grandparents were alive then.