Namarrgon posted:

But people die from bricks or flower pots that fall from balconies? Those will go far slower than 100mph and are less aerodynamically shaped to kill you.

Chronojam posted:

I just thought I'd come check it out, he says. Really I've been hoping that warzone tourism will never come to exist as an industry. But, I guess some people are dumb enough to go try it themselves.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44359943/ns/world_news-christian_science_monitor/?GT1=43001

Brown Moses posted:

Note that ENI was already a major partner with Libya.

Update on the idiot UCLA student

Nenonen posted:

According to Reuters, a NTC source claimed that he had already died of his wounds.

However, knowing that this is Libya, I wouldn't put too much to it until it has been confirmed by eye witnesses. Until that time the man is both free, captured and dead all at the same time. Quantum-Gaddafi.

RobattoJesus posted:

Muammar I just killed a man oooo-oooo-eee-ooo

Young Freud posted:

I was selling some scrap gold the other day and I wondered if all this looted and liberated gold from Qaddafi's palaces and vaults is going to do to the gold market. Even if everything was gold-plated, it's a lot of gold plating.

etalian posted:

Yes I'm sure they will have nightmares about giving a leader responsible for so much pain and suffering over the course of a 42 year iron hand rule a humiliating, pathetic end.

DevilCat posted:

Cao Ni Ma posted:

The joke is that Obama is a secret Muslim.

Georgia Peach posted:

"CNN crew makes alarming discovery in Libya" makes me laugh the most.

Volkerball posted:

It's a simple question. Are you been paid for this?

Augure posted:

Bwahaha, hilarious! He was sodomized at gunpoint and then brutally murdered! Vintage SA poo poo right here! We laugh at anything!!!

shrike82 posted:

I get the feeling that when I ask you to provide an actionable set of criteria to differentiate between the 2, it's going to be like those old-school porn laws i.e. "I know it when I see it".

Magpie13 posted:

So, Are there going to be a bunch of 'copycat' videos posted for spite/revenge? Like all the Muhammad cartoons drawn after the Danish uproar.

Brown Moses posted:

And apparently Caro is in Syria, although that's second hand info as he know thinks I'm a "CIA drone" and won't talk to me.

steve1 posted:

More on this please.

I kind of hope he isn't in Aleppo or anywhere in Syria really, as weird and amazing his existence is. He's either gonna get his rear end killed or get pushed over the edge by some kind of brain-shattering horror at the very least.

Baby Huey Newton posted:

As the Arab League report clearly states, there was an initial popular protest movement (the reasons for this are complex and have to do with the changing economic makeup of Libya and Syria from nationalist-bourgeoisie and proletariat to labor aristocracy and comprador-bourgeoisie) which was initially met with resistance by the government but then withered away. It increasingly became replaced with the Free Syrian Army and various militias/contras backed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia funneled through Libya, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, and U.S. imperialist bases. As government violence decreased, militia violence increased, and the western imperialist powers ramped up propaganda and calls for intervention. As of this moment, there is no popular movement left except those remnants that want an end to all violence and are not allied to either side.

This failed because of Russia and China, and despite recent efforts to force Turkish intervention, the majority of the population supports Assad and the overwhelming majority opposes foreign intervention. We are facing a situation of civil war between the government (and the majority of the population who wants the violence to end) and foreign fighters. Perhaps at one time there was a chance for a popular movement, but because of the class character of the initial movement, the geographical importance of Syria for Zionism, and the imperialist machinations in the region, there are now only two sides to choose from and this thread is clearly on the side of foreign invasion and subsequent looting and death in Syria.

Hope this helps explain a little more the reality of where I'm coming from.

Brown Moses posted:

I'll make sure I always something like "there's SOMETHING AWFUL going on in Syria with all these children dying". They'll send me the topic of discussion beforehand, gives me chance to get my thoughts and opinions in order.