From the U.S. budget to Israel, from morality to Facebook, here's why you should be following the amazing events in Cairo.

We're all smart people on Memestreams, so many of these items are obvious. However, the importance of encapsulating such a far-reaching event for mass consumption cannot be overstated. Also, some items were surprising and refreshing in their idealism (e.g. #9).

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