And here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/28/egypt-protests-live-updates

The al Jazeera live feed is down.  This is spreading like Freedom Dominos., to Yemen and Jordan.  Protestors control Suez for now.   How can we not be glued to the coverage, searching history, geography, quotes from Obama, Biden, Clinton, thinking how Israel must be shitting tacks?  Reading Wiki-cables? 

Glad you put up the links, C.  This could be a turning point for the history books.  Seriously.  Mubarek was due to speak to the nation half an hour ago; the nation waits. 

Juan Cole had reports that people in the houses above the street were throwing lemons to the protestors to cut the effects of the tear gas.  Some police are refusing to shoot at the protestors; the protestors are calling for the army, seeming to believe that the army is more likely to join them.  My stars.  Jasmine Revolution.

Events have caused the White House to pivot, it seems:

"There is a White House briefing on Egypt promised shortly, but the Associated Press has this bombshell – that the Obama administration is using US aid to Egypt as leverage over the Mubarak regime:

An Obama administration official says the US will review its $1.5bn in aid to Egypt based on events unfolding in the country, where the authoritarian government is struggling to extinguish huge and growing street protests.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the situation. Egypt has been a key US ally in the volatile region. US officials are now increasing calls on President Hosni Mubarak, the target of the protesters, to respond with restraint and reverse steps taken to cut off the protesters' ability to communicate.

The decision to review assistance to Egypt is a significant step as the US seeks to balance the desire to maintain stability in the region with a recognition of the unexpected scope and uncertain outcome of the protests."

(And they've been such cooperative 'moderate' nation-states for the US)  They must think Mubarek is gone.