Tripoli Burning

Qaddafi in trouble.

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[sbw]

"Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said Monday that he had spoken to Colonel Qaddafi and urged him to immediately halt attacks on protesters."

The Secretary General should have said, "Flee, bitch!", but, no. This is why we should start reducing our contributions to the UN, so long as it remains a chief executive protection racket, ignoring its own Declaration of Human Rights. Almost everything said in those august halls seems an abuse against language and common sense.

[Chubby]

Sorry, I posted the following in the Madison thread, it should have gone in this thread:

((The country [Libya] is the world’s 12th largest oil exporter and a critical supplier to European countries. Italy, Germany and France imported last year more than half of Libyan oil.))

h/t Mish's Global Economic outlook (one of TM's top Typepad blog competitors)

does this mean that that everyone will run to the USD as safe haven again?

[Dave (in MA)]

Acc. to Drudge, oil prices have gone up 9% in one day.

[bgates]

I can conclude only one thing from Ban Ki-Moon's statement and the rise in oil prices: Sarah Palin is irrelevant.

[MayBee]

Imagine the horror of living in a country led by a bat shit crazy dictator.

[Mustang0302]

"Domino theory," anyone?

Like narciso said earlier, BHO's too busy battling "rogue states" (AK, AZ, FL, TX, VA, WI, etc., etc.) to pay attention, much less exploit success in America's favor around the world.

Imagine we still had a leader.

[Captain Hate]

I'm surprised the UN isn't getting the protesters to gather in one place to make it easier for Zombie Jim Morrison Mu'oamm'm'm'm'mmmmar to bomb them; that worked so well in Bosnia, one of their finest moments.

[Captain Hate]

Smart diplomacy, Mustang!! Btw, I picked up Kasey Chambers's Rattlin' Bones w/Shane Nicholson (is that one of her lesser efforts 'cause it sounds kind of meh on first listen?) and Shelby Lynne's new one (short hair FTL) at the library.

[bgates]

The Secretary General should have said, "Flee, bitch!"

So long as we're in the realm of shoulda's, why not "Resign, turn yourself in to a provisional government, and face justice, bitch"?

[Mustang0302]

Cap'n, I haven't heard Rattlin' Bones, but Wayward Angel is superb. You're another step ahead of me with the new Shelby Lynne.

Once again, I'd crawl over a mile of broken glass and concertina to drink her bathwater...long-haired, short-haired, or bald.

[PaulV]

bgates
drill baby drill?

[Mustang0302]

In the realm of shoulda's...Secretary-General Bolton personally executes the fey Mummyman under "Rule .45" on pay-per-view.

[Captain Hate]

Acc. to Drudge, oil prices have gone up 9% in one day.

The left must be gleeful over this: On one hand it negatively impacts "the fuel of the past" but also can be used to gin up enough outrage to want Israel to march compliantly into the sea.

[Danube of Thought]

Time for a little blood to be exchanged for oil.

[Ignatz]

--The left must be gleeful over this: On one hand it negatively impacts "the fuel of the past" but also can be used to gin up enough outrage to want Israel to march compliantly into the sea.--

Oil shocks kill economies so if they want their benighted Barry reelected they may regret their glee.

--Once again, I'd crawl over a mile of broken glass and concertina to drink her bathwater...long-haired, short-haired, or bald.--

For some reason I find that slightly disturbing.

[Captain Hate]

Mustang, the new (well new to us because it's 2010) Shelby is "Tears, Lies and Alibis" and continues the sultry Dusty-esque approach ie. not many rockers beyond the opening cut. Nice band featuring a couple Muscle Shoals vets in David Hood and Spooner Oldham. Self produced so this is a step forward. You'd probably like it.

[Frau Oelheizung]

Perhaps "Drill, Bozo, drill."

[Captain Hate]

Oil shocks kill economies so if they want their benighted Barry reelected they may regret their glee.

He, in the form of the Pelosi Galore and the-weasel-with-a-dowager's-hump Congress and his witless executive orders, may have inflicted the maximum amount of damage possible already to equal or exceed the expectations of his handlers for any amount of terms.

But Michael Medved thinks that's just crazy talk::rolleyes::

[donald]

Medved. Ninny

[Army of Davids]

Welcome Back Kotter.

[Jack is Back!]

bgates,

Your continuing use of my snark is becoming irrelevant. What do you want me to do, patent it?

[Mustang0302]

"Tears, Lies and Alibis"...

Shelby's latest work or BHO's 2012 slogan? The title of his future Ayers-penned, post-election-loss, straight-to-the-bargain-rack, tell-all book?

Maybe Mummyman's dying declarations?

[Captain Hate]

BOzo's adventures with Larry Sinclair?

[fdcol63]

Personally, I hope Qaddafi and his sons are hanging from lamp posts before this is over.

And then on to Tehran, the mullahs, and Ahmadinejad.

But then we'll probably have to deal with the Muslim Brotherhood and other violent jihadists.

[Captain Hate]

ZOMG LUN for Allen West stealing CAIR souls

[Danube of Thought]

"Personally, I hope Qaddafi and his sons are hanging from lamp posts before this is over."

Yeah, but it's gotta be upside down, like Il Duce. And at a Shell station.

[NK]

DOT-- Roger that on Qaddafi doing an Il Duce-- nice touch on the Shell station, BP may be even more apt. BTW-- BP management sure has been riding winners in the last couple of years-- backing the Dems, then the Gulf spill, and presuring the Brits to release the Lockerbee murderer to curry favor with Q-man. Brilliant!

[clarice]

Monday night I'm hosting a victory dinner for allen at my house..Is he great or what?

[Captain Hate]

Clarice, that should be outstanding. Copious reports on the event please!

[NK]

Allen West-- a walking oxymoron, a politian who talks straight and makes sense. Can we elect more like him please.

[Jack is Back!]

Allen West's nearest congressional district other than his own is Schulz-Wasserman's. What I would love to see happen is his megaphone get an extra spike so that her constitutents will hear a real American and start to think how they are saddled with such a blinky-eyed dolt. He can spread his message loud and far in South Florida but the Dems still control Palm Beach County. I'd love it if he brings forth a stronger contender against Dear Debby next election. [She'll be riding the Giffords sympathy train, don't ya know].

[Rob Crawford]

[She'll be riding the Giffords sympathy train, don't ya know].

Why? Is she also suffering from brain damage?

[Jane]

Oh Clarice,

That is even better than a pix with Karl Rove. I am jealous!

[Rocco]

clarice

In honor of West's comment to Hamze's "don't blow sunshine up my butt," may I suggest this recipe for sunshine bread.

[Janet]

I put this on the other thread.
Have ya'll seen this? The muslim student association says their pledge of allegiance. At UCLA in Jan. 2011.

[NK]

Janet--

the Pledge is more or less the oath of the Jihadi. So if the UCLA muslim student association is to be believed all muslims are Jihadis...hmm.. that's inconsistent with the "religion of peace" business, isn't it?

[clarice]

I made Jane jealous...great. I read about him when he first ran and offered to--and did--sponsor a fund raiser in DC for him. He got little money from anyone but came damn close to winning them and I backed him again this time. He is, in fact, the real deal. How refreshing--what you see is what you get with him.

[Jack is Back!]

Rob,

She saw her eyes open, event of the year for Dems.

[Jack is Back!]

Clarice,

As a air force officers brat and the one myself, ther is no "I am sorry to offend you", in the military vocabulary. BTW, at our local Florida political website, The Shark Tank, he wins hands down for the 2012 POTUS nomination

[centralcal]

Good for you Clarice. If you get the chance, let him know he has a constituency way out west, too. California!!!

[Pofarmer]

Oil shocks kill economies so if they want their benighted Barry reelected they may regret their glee.

Didn't you get the memo? Bush's fault. Why, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan(not to mention Detroit and Green Bay) have left us so weakened we just can't effectively respond. All those spare parts we were never ever gonna need are used up. It's hopeless, despaaaiiirrrrr!

Oh, and buy Generators. Had a talk with our Rural electric coop manager. Buy Generators. 10 years to get the PERMITS for a nuclear plant, and 50 million dollars. No other new Generation on the horizon, but windmills. When I told him I was thinking about purchasing a Generator Franchise, his response was, "I like the way you think." Seriously.

[clarice]

I'll let him know he has fans all over the country who post here, cc.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

The Mad Libyan has ordered the pipelines destroyed. He has ordered the Security Forces to blow them up.

[RichatUF]

Sara-

Wow, that shouldn't go over too well.

Ignatz-
Libya also has a sovereign wealth fund that is up for grabs. So not only is an oil shock on the horizon, but a number of European banks could also have a capital shock if the assets in the fund are moved around, or more likely, looted.

[Frau Oelheizung]

"I'll let him know he has fans all over the country ..."
Clarice, what style; that sounds better than groupies.

[Frau Oelheizung]

"I will die for Allah."

Janet, I do not think our Founding Fathers wanted to die for the Bishop of Westminster or the Pope or any other religious leader.

[Frau Oelheizung]

...or the archibishop of Canterbury come to think of it.

[clarice]

Reminds me of that old song that starts, "They're rioting in Africa..."

From the WSJ:

"or a second time in a week, Iran's opposition drew tens of thousands of supporters to the streets across the nation on Sunday calling for the end to the Islamic Republic's rule.

In response, the government unleashed what witnesses said was an extraordinary number of security forces to violently battle the crowds. Witnesses said mobs of anti-riot police and plainclothes Basij militia lined the streets and on several occasions fired directly into the crowd and beat protesters with steel batons. In one neighborhood, the Basij took over a commercial building and dropped tear gas canisters from the roof onto the protesters, witnesses said.

Basij militia dressed in black shot and killed two young men in Tehran's Vanak and Vali Asr squares, according to witness accounts posted on opposition websites. The victims haven't been identified. Dozens have been injured and arrested, according to witnesses.

"This was the most violent protest we've had by far, and people were also really angry and fearless," said one witness from Tehran, adding that the public seemed resolved to stay on the street.

Opposition called for a mass demonstration on Sunday to commemorate the seventh day of mourning for two slain students, Sanah Jaleh, 26 years old, and Mohamad Mokhtari, 22, who were shot dead on Monday when security forces attacked a crowd."

[daddy]

Allen West was great Clarice in that video.

Can't wait till he does an interview with Andrea Mitchell ala Rumsfeld. Please bring it on Andrea:)

[Pofarmer]

"I will die for Allah."

Janet, I do not think our Founding Fathers wanted to die for the Bishop of Westminster or the Pope or any other religious leader.

I think it's our duty to hasten that request.

[narciso]

How does this sound, it seems a fairly provocative stand, in the LUN

[not_bubarooni]

"Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said Monday that he had spoken to Colonel Qaddafi and urged him to immediately halt attacks on protesters."

bah! how many battalions does Ban Ki-moon have?

Qaddafi sounds and is acting pretty darn determined to stay. plus he is bat-sh*t crazy.

we might get lucky and maybe he loses his nerve. maybe someone will whack him.

barring that, i'm gonna put my money on the bat-sh*t crazy guy who has the ships, the planes and the tanks.

[daddy]

Narciso.

Just saw breaking news that ">http://community.adn.com/adn/node/155852"> Dan Fagan has unexpectedly quit his Talk Show. I am very surprised. Was unusual in that in recent months, what with the Joe Miller affair, he was steadily coming back into being somewhat of a supporter of Sarah, and when in Louisiana she made time for a special private meeting with his family-members, which was a great sign of class from Sarah due to the savage attacks she took from him in years past.

An erratic character in many ways, very stubborn and very opinionated, and prone to periodically go way overboard with unwarranted animus and vitriol towards folks he disagreed with, but he had by far the most popular Talk Show in the State, and was also the guy I went through when I ran for my write-in campaign as Senator for Alaska. He only threw me off the air twice in my many calls to his show. Personally I'm sorry he's leaving, primarily because he had such good guests in the Energy Business and in local politics etc. He knew where a lot of bodies were buried.

Oh well, I've dealt with having to break in new waitresses and bartenders before so I guess I'll manage.

[Rick Ballard]

Narciso,

It's provocative but it's not grounded. She didn't identify a national security interest that would justify intervention and she may well not understand that Italy would not sanction a NATO intervention against it's largest oil supplier.

I'd like to awaken to the news that Daffy & Son have been hanged but I wouldn't be surprised in the least if it were followed immediately by a civil war between different military commands.

[narciso]

Considering these circumstances, in the LUN,
I don't really see how it would go wrong,

[Luxury Kiev apartments for rent]

I do not know if it is right for the USA and other concerned countries to react militarily in this case. I believe, though, that if were to make a concerted and dramatic effort to reduce our oil consumption, starting today, middle eastern leaders would take notice. If not an out-and-out boycott, how about just one week -- one day -- when we vow to cut our consumption in half. This is one way in which we can make something approaching a sacrifice, and it would be heard.

[PaulV]

Lifting drilling bans would be more effective. Natural gas powered cars makes more sense than electric.