MSNBC has Ed on instead of Lockup! 10 PM Eastern n/t

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[femmocrat]

1. It is their extended special coverage of the crisis in Egypt.

I don't think it is a permanent schedule slot.

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3. I know - and I had turned away from MSNBC when Rachel went off

But I came back into the other room and there was Ed. It just surprised me that they are willing to skip such important programming as Lockup to cover breaking news of global importance. :sarcasm:

[gateley]

2. He just said Egypt has tremendous oil reserves -- I never knew that! nt

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4. I didn't think they had all that much oil, but apparently they have discovered

New fields:

Over the last 15 years, more than 180 petroleum exploration agreements have been signed and multinational oil companies spent more than $27 billion in exploration companions. These activities led to the findings of about 18 crude oil fields and 16 natural gas fields in FY 2001. The total number of findings rose to 49 in FY 2005. As a result of these findings, crude oil reserves as of 2009 are estimated at 3.7 billion barrels (590,000,000 m3), and proven natural gas reserves are 1.656 trillion cubic meters with a likely additional discoveries with more exploration campaigns. In August 2007, it was announced that signs of oil reserves in Kom Ombo basin, about 28 miles (45 km) north of Aswan, was found and a concession agreement was signed with Centorion Energy International for drilling. The main natural gas producer in Egypt is the International Egyptian Oilfield Company (IEOC), a branch of Italian Eni. Other companies like BP, BG, Texas-based Apache Corp. and Shell carry out activities of exploration and production by means of concessions granted for a period of generally ample time (often 20 years) and in different geographic zones of oil and gas deposits in the country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Egypt#Mineral_and_energy_resources

No wonder our government is walking a tight rope with Egypt right now.

[gateley]

5. Thanks! This does add another facet to it. nt