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Falling… 21 February 2011

Posted by marisacat in AFRICOM, Inconvenient Voice of the Voter, Pan Arab Revolt - 2011, Total fucking lunatics.
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Iron fist: Colonel Gaddafi, the Libyan leader for 41 years, is accused of ordering the slaughter of his own people [AP via Daily Mail]

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1. BooHooHooMan - 21 February 2011: Not that Ghaddafi was ostentatious or nothin…
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marisacat - 21 February 2011: A simple man… no pretension.

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BooHooHooMan - 21 February 2011: My theory,
where it all began, the whole Tito envy thing gone wrong…

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2. BooHooHooMan - 21 February 2011: And from OUR fucking Assholes..

National Institute for Civil Discourse to open at University of Arizona

Former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush will serve as honorary chairmen of a new center at the University of Arizona that will focus on civility in political debate, university officials will announce Monday.

Yeh pass the thorazine all around.
Seems to be the Zeitgeist.
I thought this was a scream, too:
The Harman’s chiseling away at TB so to speak…

At Newsweek, a Humble and Frugal Tina Brown
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Tina Brown, with Stephen Colvin, chief of the Newsweek Daily Beast Company, is keeping her magazine redesign top secret.

Since the Daily Beast Web site merged with Newsweek, the accomplished editor is eager to avoid any hype about her plan to turn the struggling newsweekly around.

Okay, I’m out for the whole Monday thing..

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marisacat - 21 February 2011: i admit……… i laughed out loud at that – both…..

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3. marisacat - 21 February 2011: Baby-faced Mr Cameron has landed in Egypt.

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4. marisacat - 21 February 2011: Cheers!

The New Arab World

How can you tell that there is a new Arab world and that it won’t be pleasant for US and Israel? Notice that the Palestinian questions has suddenly become more important for Arab tyrants and their lackeys. Sa`d Hariri–Hariri for potato’s sake–issued a scathing statement criticizing US veto. More significantly, Abu Mazen (head of PA police (non)state received a 50 minute phone call from Obama and yet he did not succumb to pressure from the US to withdraw the resolution before the UNSC.

And the defunct Egyptian foreign ministry found time to criticize the US for its veto. It is a new world in which Israel will be more unwelcome than ever–the Zionist entity will get the real political feel of Arab popular rejection for the first time since it was founded atop Palestine.

Posted by As’ad AbuKhalil at 6:00 AM

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mattes - 21 February 2011: US warships box in Iranian flotilla, delay Suez passage “-”

Debka headline. Did not click on it.

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5. Madman in the Marketplace - 21 February 2011: Docs who handed out excuse notes surprised by response

Doctors who wrote medical notes over the weekend excusing protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol from work are getting slammed with angry phone calls and profane e-mails from people telling them they deserve to be thrown in jail, one doctor said Sunday.

The physicians wore lab coats Saturday as they stood on a street corner and offered medical notes to the tens of thousands of protesters who paraded past them. The protesters were rallying against a Republican-backed state bill that would eliminate collective bargaining rights for most state workers.

One of the doctors was Lou Sanner, 59, who practices family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Sanner said he gave out hundreds of notes and that many protesters with whom he spoke seemed to be suffering from stress.

“Some people think it’s a nod-and-a-wink thing but it’s not,” he told The Associated Press on Sunday. “One of the biggest stresses in life is the threat of loss of income, loss of job, loss of health insurance. People have actually been getting ill from this, or they can’t sleep.”

Many of the protesters who chanted for lawmakers to “kill the bill” at the protests were teachers who missed classroom time during the week to attend the rallies. In some districts, teacher absences were so widespread that entire schools were shut down for as many as three days.

As faculty absences grew, districts warned that teachers who missed time without prior approval or a doctor’s note could face disciplinary action, including docked pay for the days they were out.

Sanner and several of his colleagues from the university offered to sign doctors’ notes that said, “To Whom It May Concern: This is to confirm I have seen and evaluated the above named patient. Please excuse from work/school due to a medical condition” followed by blanks for the dates and the physician’s name, signature and medical license number.

It’s not clear how well-received the notes will be.

Madison Schools Superintendent Daniel Nerad, who closed his district’s schools from Wednesday through Friday because so many teachers called in sick, said officials were aware of the doctors’ note-signing station.

“We’re reviewing how we go forward in cases where those types of notes are provided,” he said Sunday. “I don’t know yet what the conclusion will be.”

Sanner said his intent in signing notes was to perform a public service. He said that’s why he and his colleagues were stunned when they returned home Saturday night to find their e-mail inboxes filled with profane messages saying the doctors should be ashamed and should go to jail.

The doctors also got swamped by hostile phone calls and Facebook messages from across the U.S., he said.

“We’re not political activists. We were surprised at the nationwide organized vitriol that has come our way so quickly,” he said. “Apparently we hit a nerve. I’ve been a doctor for 30 years. I kind of missed when politics got this viral, this national.”

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marisacat - 21 February 2011: I read that already for many WI state workers, today is an “enforced furlough” day. Since it is a federal holiday, I assume that means they with hold pay for the holiday.

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Madman in the Marketplace - 21 February 2011: they started this under the Dem gov … unpaid day. They’re making them take several furlough days a year.

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6. Madman in the Marketplace - 21 February 2011: ‘We Stand With You as You Stood With Us’: Statement to Workers of Wisconsin by Kamal Abbas of Egypt’s Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services

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7. marisacat - 21 February 2011: Pathetic. There is no other word to use.

WHITE HOUSE WATCH. ABC’s Ann Compton hears from a senior Obama Administration official that they are “analyzing the speech of Saif al-Islam Qadhafi to see what possibilities it contains for meaningful reform. We will seek clarification from senior Libyan officials, as we continue to raise with them the need to avoid violence against peaceful protesters and respect universal rights. The President was briefed on Libya by [National Security Adviser] Tom Donilon last night and is being kept up to speed on events today, and we are considering all appropriate actions.” http://abcn.ws/gQ1SZv

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8. marisacat - 21 February 2011: http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=1445#comments

19:17 Enough Gaddafi tweets: “Mercenaries are being released in neighborhoods, Suq Jumaa, and shooting at any group of people gathered

19:17 Al Jazeera Live interview: Protesters coming from Mesrate being fired at from aircraft while on their way to Tripoli

19:05 Al Jazeera Arabic reports that Libyan ambassador to Indonesia has also resigned

18:57 AJArabic reporting protesters in Tripoli are being strafed and targeted by ground artillery shelling too

18:49 Libya’s Ambassador in Britain resigns along with the entire embassy staff, they joined the protests outside the embassy.

18:44: All all connections cut. Landlines and and all mobile phone networks cut!

18:31 Al Jazeera Arabic confirms protesters being gunned down from planes in Tripoli.
Earlier people reported planes or helicopters circling above Tripoli.

18:25 – Al Jazeera Arabic confirms that a million march is currently in process in Tripoli but is being crushed with heavy artillery by mercenaries.

18:18 – A witness has just confirmed that a fleet of 30 cars are roaming around different parts of Tripoli full of 4 mercenaries each holding AK47s.

A correspondent from Tripoli has just confirmed to us that low heavy artillery has started in Tripoli right now. We have also been told that Fashloom and Noofliyeen are witnessing heavy fighting right now!

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9. Madman in the Marketplace - 21 February 2011: Mystery behind two Libyan fighter jets landing in Malta, revealed

AP reports that two Libyan air force jets arrived in Malta today. Military officials say their pilots have asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, in which air force pilots were ordered to fire on civilian demonstrators (see previous BB post). Apparently, these pilots refused to follow those orders.

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marisacat - 21 February 2011: France 24 also said “helicopters” frm Libya landed in Malta as well.

Moving right along.

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10. Madman in the Marketplace - 21 February 2011: Anti-government protests around the world (big photo gallery)

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11. marisacat - 21 February 2011: Also Euro News showed a large street protest in Suleimaniya IRAQ

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More from Libya Feb 17

http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=1479#comments :

20:42 Al Jazeera confirms: Libyan pilots land two fighter jets in Malta after refusing to fire at protesters

20:27 Signs that the Gaddafi regime is being abandoned by key officials are growing. They include Libya’s entire delegation at the United Nations. (via Guardian Live Blog)

20:32 BREAKING: Libyan Embassy in London has put up Independence Flag of Libya! (via @ShababLibya)

20:29 Al Jazeera: Army officers report that Gaddafi said: “I was the one who created Libya, and I will be the one to destroy it”

20:25 Al Jazeera eyewitness: more than 250 people dead so far.

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marisacat - 21 February 2011: hmmm who sent in f16s is the question I guess…

BREAKING: Eye witness to Al Jazeera says F16 fighter jets sighted

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

An eyewitness on Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel has just reported that F16 fighter jets have been spotted over Tripoli, and not Libya’s own aircraft, shooting at people.

(Libya’s Air Force does not have any F16 aircraft)

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Madman in the Marketplace - 21 February 2011: Israelis have F16s, along with several other nations in the region

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marisacat - 21 February 2011: oh thank you… I noticed the fighter jets landing in malta were identified as Mirages….

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12. Madman in the Marketplace - 21 February 2011: Libya’s UN mission asks world to defend Libyans from Gadaffi

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marisacat - 21 February 2011: one by one, or delegation by delegation they are falling, joining the opposition or leaving their embassies and joining the protests in front of the various Libyan Embassies.

And you know the US is just in total freak out. No matter what!

EuroNews had some head of some longstanding opposition party speaking from Louisiana (of all places), expecting to be back in Tripoli by next week…

I also saw a report that Qaddafi has mil ships shelling the coastline.

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13. marisacat - 21 February 2011: SO appropriate. Really.
Link to Military Technologies

Tanks are in the streets of Bahrain; protests have broken out in Libya, Iran and Yemen; and Iranian warships are attempting to pass through the Suez Canal, resulting in the ratcheting up of tensions with Israel.

As unrest sweeps the Middle East, some 1,000 exhibitors and an expected 50,000 visitors are descending on Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates next week to attend the region’s largest military trade show, IDEX, the International Defense Exhibition and Conference.

Read more: http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

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14. diane - 21 February 2011: Listenin to:

JUDY
AT CARNEGIE HALL

JUDY
IN PERSON

JUDY
GARLAND
RECORDED LIVE AND COMPLETE
AT CARNEGIE HALL
SUNDAY, APRIL 23 AT 8:30 P.M.
[1961 – diane]
ORCHESTERA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MORT LINDSEY

(takin care of momma pulls one back into what made momma, momma. …….What always strikes me about Judy Garland’s voice, is that she always appeared on the edge of breaking down into full out weeping about the state of things, yet struggling to keep her footing …what strikes me about her audience, very clearly – LIVE – on the above referenced “albumn,” is that they totally relate to that wanting to weep, yet keep their footing….. Misr, …and now the rest of the ‘middle east,’ so reminded me of the day when the US was not so stupified by technology, ….whatever else our faults may have been, …… and to be sure, there were a multitude of them, …..I don’t believe believe people were so complacent and satisfied with themselves at that point in United States (how fucking quaint) history.)

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diane - 21 February 2011: ….….please, ….do …it …..again ….

:0);0):0)

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diane - 21 February 2011: our love, ….. is as great as a love can be …and we can weather,… the great unknown ……together ….

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diane - 21 February 2011: next on the “turn table,” Ella and sweety[ies] – Mack The Knife

;0)

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15. diane - 21 February 2011: Saint Al, gored, a snicker feast, ….my personal favorites:

poor Tipper:

hoping for a romantic candle-lit evening with her spouse, would open the door to see the beaming, porcine features of the rising Republican star from Georgia on the doorstep.

‘whoof:’

The relationship didn’t end when Gore reached the Senate. In fact, in 1985, he and Gingrich co-authored a bill titled the Critical Trends Assessment Act. The legislation called for the creation of a White House Office on Futurism (WHOOF) to “study the effects of government policies on critical trends and alternative futures.” In his career in Congress, Gore was rarely the principal author of a bill. This was an exception, albeit a doomed one. Although the two battled for WHOOF strenuously, it never went anywhere.

yup, from same book as ”What The Fuck” came from ..(otherwise known as win the future ….as if that were even possible …and I thought I was fuckin’blitzed’………….)

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marisacat - 21 February 2011: I’ve got a feeling that with a state TV crew and state TV running, left to their own devices, ALL of them sound like Saif al Islam Qadaffi did the other night.

(I don’t know if it is confimred, but apparently we may soon hear from Pere Qadaffi himself)

Looney and Loopy. ALL OF THEM.

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diane - 21 February 2011: yup …and yeah, thought I was fried …but that handful of ghastly mother fuckers take quite the cake …and the mother fuckers are quite welcome to that “cake”…………that shit’lll really rot your teefies …..among other things ….I mean, pretty soon, in order to be inspired, one needs to see someone helpless, wrapped up in a shit filled diaper? … ya sick mother fuckers ….I would rather be DEAD, than YOU

sigh …..:0) ….;0( ……:0)

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16. marisacat - 21 February 2011: new

LINK

………….. 😯

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