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Petey posted:I know we were all transfixed by that trainwreck but did anyone ever find a bigger version of this pic? I found the source, but I haven't been able to find a full-resolution version of it.
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A "sacred march" is coming. I expect many more dead today. 
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Monday Averted posted:Gaddafi doing the horny parrot sway would be a hell of an avatar, actually. If someone's bored enough to make me one, it will be done. I'm thinking of using "And for the next 2 hours, Gaddafi will read to you a short haiku he just made about rats and hallucinogens"
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Feb 22, 2011 18:29
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Gaddafi missed his true calling in life. He should've been a newscaster of some sort.
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And while Gaddafi was speaking,http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/world/middleeast/23bahrain.html?_r=1&hp posted:MANAMA, Bahrain — More than 100,000 protesters poured into the central Pearl Square here on Tuesday in an unbroken stream stretching back for miles along a central highway in the biggest antigovernment demonstration yet in this tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Is Libyan State TV running old footage of a pro-Gaddafi rally? I really doubt that's live.
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I felt like trying my hand at a political drawing so I sketched this up quick. Any thoughts? I might do more on tunisia and egypt soon.
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Xandu posted:And while Gaddafi was speaking, Wow. When 1/5th of your country's entire population is angry enough to take to the streets, it's really time for you get the hell out of there.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Wow. When 1/5th of your country's entire population is angry enough to take to the streets, it's really time for you get the hell out of there. And when 1/5th of your country is willing to die to achieve that, as in Libya, then it's really time to kill yourself.
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Al-Saqr posted:I felt like trying my hand at a political drawing so I sketched this up quick. I like the artstyle, but I really don't know what's going on here.
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Pajser posted:So where are his hot amazon bodyguards and why haven't any of them castrated the fucker, yet?
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Feb 22, 2011 18:36
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Was that a horse, just now?
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Nuclear Spoon posted:I like the artstyle, but I really don't know what's going on here. Looks like the protester is doing that thing where the stabee pulls the weapon into themselves to get at the stabber? It looks nice, but I don't get what it has to do with the actual situation, though.
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Note the colours. The protester is Libya. He's stabbing Libya. Edit: Wait no the red and the green are the wrong way around.
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Slantedfloors posted:Looks like the protester is doing that thing where the stabee pulls the weapon into themselves to get at the stabber? That makes sense, I think it's symbolic of the Libyan people giving up their lives to protest against Gadaffi's tyranny.
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Xandu posted:And when 1/5th of your country is willing to die to achieve that, as in Libya, then it's really time to kill yourself. When a fifth of the country is coming after you, you're going to end up impaled Cannibal Holocaust style.
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Worth pointing out that Bahrain has half a million citizens, but the number of people in the country is roughly twice that. 100k is still almost unfathomable, though.
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Regarded the so called "African Mercenaries" thing in Libya I found an interesting analysis on it http://tomathon.com/mphp/2011/02/libyas-african-mercenary-problem/ I fear for all those migrant workers and emigrants on their way to Europe who might get lynched just because of the colour of their skin.
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Some of these """pro-Gaddafi"""-protesters seem really uninterested. Even the ones that are smiling look like they would rather be doing something else.
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It's pretty funny how on a day when Libya is attacking it's own citizens with weapons Europe provided, the UK Prime Minister is on a tour of the Middle East trying to drum up arms sales with other undemocratic countries.
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Xandu posted:And while Gaddafi was speaking, I thought that the Bahrain protests might not go anywhere, but this is such a gigantic amount of people given the tiny population of the country. Goddamn. Hopefully things don't go as bad in Bahrain as they did in Libya for the protesters and they oust their government with minimal casualties.
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Gravy Jones posted:He's actually not insane and it's all just a big distraction to keep the world's eyes on him while.... well some kind of evil James Bond villain scheme I guess. Maybe deploying a giant plane crushing fist. This is what I was thinking. Until recently, he's been a pretty good/big game player and as a recognized terrorist AND country ruler, managed to stay alive and in power while making money for a pretty long time. I'm amazed by this alone. I'm sure everyone has their breaking point where they just check out and roll down to crazy town, but I would think someone living his life, that threshold would have to be far greater than I can even imagine. I feel like it's important to not underestimate him and maybe he's putting the focus on him so we stop focusing on what we should be watching. In summation I've filed his speech into my mental file of 1.) Crazy or 2.) Wants us to think he's crazy. That fist/plane statue is so hardcore. I also think it's both hilarious and sad the entire world is watching him come completely unglued without intervening. I think the US gov't is rolling with this strategy: "Nice speech Crazypants. This should work itself out soon....I hope."
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I shouldn't have switched over to that US State Dept. briefing. "Um, we are still trying to find out exactly what's going on over there...I think some of our people tried to contact the Libyan government over the weekend..."
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lil sartre posted:Regarded the so called "African Mercenaries" thing in Libya I found an interesting analysis on it http://tomathon.com/mphp/2011/02/libyas-african-mercenary-problem/ This is interesting stuff, thanks
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Noreaus posted:I shouldn't have switched over to that US State Dept. briefing. "Um, we are still trying to find out exactly what's going on over there...I think some of our people tried to contact the Libyan government over the weekend..." This kind of stuff shouldn't surprise me any more but what the hell?
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For anyone who missed the live  Gaddafi on State TV - Part I 15 mins Part II 10 mins Part III 6 mins edit: trying to put the rest of the speech pieces together unless someone has a better link EDIT 2: other parts Part IV 8 mins Part V 12 mins whoflungpoop fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Feb 22, 2011 |
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Seems like the Egyptian cabinet reshuffle hasn't gone down well, more protests planned for Friday.
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lil sartre posted:Regarded the so called "African Mercenaries" thing in Libya I found an interesting analysis on it http://tomathon.com/mphp/2011/02/libyas-african-mercenary-problem/ What a terrible situation. There are definitely African mercenaries, but there are a lot of Libyan citizens who also happen to be black. It's awful to think they're just as fearful of reprisals from Gadaffi, as they are of wanton abuse from an angry and irrational population. I'm hoping this situation would have ended sooner, but with the country basically cut in half, things do not appear to be ending any time soon. Gadaffi needs to be ended, now.
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This speech is most mindbending series of words I have ever witnessed. Good god... I wonder what will happen next, have som bad bad feelings about the upcoming days.
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Nonsense posted:What a terrible situation. There are definitely African mercenaries, but there are a lot of Libyan citizens who also happen to be black. It's awful to think they're just as fearful of reprisals from Gadaffi, as they are of wanton abuse from an angry and irrational population. Evidently, it's become an Egypt-type rising where the different cultural groups have put aside their differences because their leader is just that much of a cockmongler. Slantedfloors fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Feb 22, 2011 |
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whoflungpoop posted:For anyone who missed the live This is far from all of it though. The whole thing was at least an hour. Does anyone know the real total time or is it still going?
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Namarrgon posted:This is far from all of it though. The whole thing was at least an hour. Does anyone know the real total time or is it still going? Then again, I'm not sure if Gaddafi knows either v  v
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Does anybody know anything about Malta, what would be their procedure for dealing with Libyan forces using their various weapon-craft to defect? Like the pilots who landed in Malta seeking asylum, I know they were detained, but what else occurs?
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Patter Song posted:Libyan naval vessel near Malta wants to defect. The politics revolving around these defections will be pretty fascinating. This seems to be a special situation in almost every way.
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zalderach posted:The defectors will probably be able to return when the revolt is successful. If the revolt is successful. I really think CQ's not going anywhere, and if he's forced out, he's going to scorch earth. I hope I'm wrong.
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zalderach posted:The defectors will probably be able to return when the revolt is successful. And celebrated as national heroes. To defy an unjust regime and seek assistance for the abhorrent treatment of the Libyan people.
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There is no way his government will survive if officers are defecting with multimillion dollar military equipment. This is not just some grunts refusing to fire on protesters, 2 fighters jets and a military vessel defecting is a huge blow to him. Plus the hilarious gently caress you from Libyan diplomats abroad.
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