Gaddafi Planning to Sabotage Oil Pipelines?

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At TIME’s website, Robert Baer cites an anonymous source who makes the disturbing prediction that Gaddafi may be about to sabotage Libya’s oil pipelines.

A source close to the Gaddafi regime … told me the already terrible situation in Libya will get much worse. Among other things, Gaddafi has ordered security services to start sabotaging oil facilities. They will start by blowing up several oil pipelines, cutting off flow to Mediterranean ports. The sabotage, according to the insider, is meant to serve as a message to Libya’s rebellious tribes: It’s either me or chaos.

However, this source may not be all that reliable:

Two weeks ago this same man had told me the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt would never touch Libya. Gaddafi, he said, had a tight lock on all of the major tribes, the same ones that have kept him in power for the past 41 years. The man of course turned out to be wrong, and everything he now has to say about Gaddafi’s intentions needs to be taken in that context.

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79 comments
1 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:04:26pm

Did they go and talk to curve ball again?

//

2 Simply Sarah  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:07:42pm

Such a plan would be insane, fruitless, and an all around act of madness…so I wouldn’t rule it out.

3 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:07:50pm

I wouldn’t put it past Daffy to try and take it all down with him, but I don’t know how likely he would be to succeed if he tried.

4 treasured people  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:08:03pm

freedom comes to the Middle East

5 lawhawk  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:08:20pm

Scorched earth tactics seem in line with his public statements. Heck, he might even blow up a couple, blame them on the protesters and use that as pretext for even more violent methods to squash the opposition.

I wouldn’t put anything past him at this point - desperation drives people to do strange things and things that wouldn’t seem rational. Khadafi was never the sharpest tool in the shed, but managed to hold power for 40 years.

At this point, a good number of the tribes have already thrown their lot against Khadafi, and so too has some of the military units outside Tripoli. They know the value of those oil pipelines and refineries since that is a major source of revenue and they don’t want to see that vanish into smoke either. I expect to see comments from the opposition about them taking up positions to protect those installations against saboteurs soon.

6 elizajane  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:11:12pm

Unless he plans to go out there with a hammer and wreck pipelines personally, I wouldn’t be getting too worried about this. Fewer and fewer people are willing to do his bidding at this point, and more and more will soon be willing to stand up against anything like attempted sabotage.

7 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:12:24pm

Markets tanked on the oil threat. Someone will get quite a bonus when Muammar shuffles off the mortal coil.

8 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:13:33pm

AJ: Egyptian military will reinforce border with Libya, however they are also deploying mobile hospitals to help injured Libyans, and Egyptian individuals & NGOs are contributing help (food, blood, medical supplies, etc.) They say injuries are horrific.

Also, military is wavering now, many starting to refuse to fire on civilians. People have been burned alive by mercenaries.

I just watched Gaddafi’s speech. The man is completely batshit insane.

9 Simply Sarah  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:14:05pm

re: #6 elizajane

Unless he plans to go out there with a hammer and wreck pipelines personally, I wouldn’t be getting too worried about this. Fewer and fewer people are willing to do his bidding at this point, and more and more will soon be willing to stand up against anything like attempted sabotage.

Well, if the reports of hired mercenaries from outside the country are accurate, then he may still have enough people willing to do something like this to pull it off, since, I would assume, they wouldn’t have much concern about screwing over Libya, so long as they got paid.

10 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:15:49pm

It would be poetic justice if Daffy was done in by his own Girl Squad.

11 Interesting Times  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:16:44pm

re: #7 Decatur Deb

Markets tanked on the oil threat. Someone will get quite a bonus when Muammar shuffles off the mortal coil.

And if anyone’s tempted to make the “oh well the US doesn’t get much oil from Libya” argument, it needs to be said that oil is fungible - so a disruption in one region means the price goes up everywhere.

12 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:17:51pm

Nightmare scenario.

If Qadaffi sets the oil ablaze, some other idiots will do the same elsewhere.

13 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:18:26pm

re: #9 Simply Sarah

Well, if the reports of hired mercenaries from outside the country are accurate, then he may still have enough people willing to do something like this to pull it off, since, I would assume, they wouldn’t have much concern about screwing over Libya, so long as they got paid.

Mercenaries must do good risk management and accounting. Thus they are notoriously fickle.

14 Political Atheist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:18:33pm

re: #11 publicityStunted

How much oil and gas comes from Libya, or through those pipes? The bigger the % the bigger the problem. Unless the speculators/marketeers will be allowed to turn a small % into a big price jump again.

15 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:18:58pm

re: #6 elizajane

Unless he plans to go out there with a hammer and wreck pipelines personally, I wouldn’t be getting too worried about this. Fewer and fewer people are willing to do his bidding at this point, and more and more will soon be willing to stand up against anything like attempted sabotage.

True- but it only takes one, either out of belief or because he gets paid.

16 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:19:19pm

re: #14 Rightwingconspirator

How much oil and gas comes from Libya, or through those pipes? The bigger the % the bigger the problem. Unless the speculators/marketeers will be allowed to turn a small % into a big price jump again.

Of course they’ll let it turn into a big price jump. The speculators make money that way.

17 Kragar  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:19:30pm

re: #14 Rightwingconspirator

How much oil and gas comes from Libya, or through those pipes? The bigger the % the bigger the problem. Unless the speculators/marketeers will be allowed to turn a small % into a big price jump again.

What do you think? Of course they’ll use any excuse to drive up the prices.

18 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:20:03pm

re: #8 CuriousLurker

AJ: Egyptian military will reinforce border with Libya, however they are also deploying mobile hospitals to help injured Libyans, and Egyptian individuals & NGOs are contributing help (food, blood, medical supplies, etc.) They say injuries are horrific.

Also, military is wavering now, many starting to refuse to fire on civilians. People have been burned alive by mercenaries.

I just watched Gaddafi’s speech. The man is completely batshit insane.

Too true. Sanity is but a speck in his rear view mirror.

The question is, how much damage can he inflict?

19 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:20:07pm

AJ: Meanwhile the UN Security Council is haggling over the wording of the press statement they’re going to make. Frigging useless.

20 treasured people  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:20:27pm

It was the Hebrew nation that first brought attention to the fact that slavery is an illegitimate human enterprise. When Pharaoh’s army drowned in the Red Sea, it was a heavenly sign that the master-slave relationship was doomed to failure. People say that Moslems and Arabs are incapable of being free, that they demand to be enslaved by dictators. This is an insult to their humanity. All people want to be free.

21 Interesting Times  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:20:34pm

re: #14 Rightwingconspirator

Unless the speculators/marketeers will be allowed to turn a small % into a big price jump again.

When have they ever failed? :/

22 Simply Sarah  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:20:55pm

re: #13 Decatur Deb

Mercenaries must do good risk management and accounting. Thus they are notoriously fickle.

True, but if they’re apparently OK with executing and burning defecting military officers, I’m not sure they’d have much issue with blowing some oil pipelines.

23 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:21:20pm

re: #19 CuriousLurker

AJ: Meanwhile the UN Security Council is haggling over the wording of the press statement they’re going to make. Frigging useless.

I know you must be reeling in disbelief.
//

24 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:22:34pm

re: #9 Simply Sarah

Well, if the reports of hired mercenaries from outside the country are accurate, then he may still have enough people willing to do something like this to pull it off, since, I would assume, they wouldn’t have much concern about screwing over Libya, so long as they got paid.

I think it’s fairly safe to say that they’re accurate. There have been numerous reports about them. Pictures and now some of the western reporters who have gotten in have reported about the military capturing some of them.

How many there are is a question though.

25 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:23:24pm

re: #18 researchok

Too true. Sanity is but a speck in his rear view mirror.

The question is, how much damage can he inflict?

God only knows. I hope somebody in Libya stops him (by whatever means necessary) before he can do much more.

26 lawhawk  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:23:38pm

re: #14 Rightwingconspirator

Percentage as compared to what?

For the US, Libyan oil amounts to just about 2% of US daily needs. That’s a different story from Europe, Asia, and Africa, which rely on Libyan oil to a much greater extent.

It produces 1.8 million bbl per day.

A disruption to Libyan production would hit Italy hardest, followed by other European countries. China and US makes up 10% of the volume of Libya’s oil exports, but that’s just 2% of what the US uses.

27 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:24:33pm

Notice he also apparently did the” let the crazy prisoners out of the prisons “strategy…like Mubarak did.

28 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:24:55pm

re: #23 researchok

I know you must be reeling in disbelief.
//

Heh. Yeah, I’m shocked I tell you, shocked.

29 jamesfirecat  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:25:57pm

re: #20 treasured people

It was the Hebrew nation that first brought attention to the fact that slavery is an illegitimate human enterprise. When Pharaoh’s army drowned in the Red Sea, it was a heavenly sign that the master-slave relationship was doomed to failure. People say that Moslems and Arabs are incapable of being free, that they demand to be enslaved by dictators. This is an insult to their humanity. All people want to be free.


I agree with you that all people want to be free… but the way your phrasing your argument leaves me feeling like you’re preaching off of a very high horse, and I’m a catnip smoking liberal who is still living off of his parents…

30 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:26:13pm

re: #25 CuriousLurker

God only knows. I hope somebody in Libya stops him (by whatever means necessary) before he can do much more.

Maybe one of those jets can drop their ordinance on his palace before defecting.

I almost wish that was a joke.

31 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:26:34pm

re: #29 jamesfirecat

I agree with you that all people want to be free… but the way your phrasing your argument leaves me feeling like you’re preaching off of a very high horse, and I’m a catnip smoking liberal who is still living off of his parents…

LOLOL

32 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:29:05pm

re: #30 researchok

“Ordnance”—it’s a peeve of mine.

33 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:30:05pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb

“Ordnance”—it’s a peeve of mine.

I saw that right away.

And it isn’t as if I’m not familiar with the word…

34 Decatur Deb  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:30:45pm

re: #33 researchok

I saw that right away.

And it isn’t as if I’m not familiar with the word…

Of course, we could throw the book at him.

35 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:31:23pm

What the hell is wrong with my country? You are only planning evacuation flights now? Same thing happened in Egypt. Half our citizens had left before you even figured out the flight might be a good idea. Then they were like ‘oh not all our flights were needed and we don’t really know what all those other thousand people are up too.” They’re like slow plodding sloths on this sort of thing.

36 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:32:17pm

re: #35 Jadespring

What the hell is wrong with my country? You are only planning evacuation flights now? Same thing happened in Egypt. Half our citizens had left before you even figured out the flight might be a good idea. Then they were like ‘oh not all our flights were needed and we don’t really know what all those other thousand people are up too.” They’re like slow plodding sloths on this sort of thing.

It’s called ‘Your Tax Dollars at Work’.

37 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:32:38pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb

“Ordnance”—it’s a peeve of mine.

It’s against the law here to carry firearms in municipal buildings, that is, an ordinance against ordnance.

38 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:32:43pm

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Abdul Fattah Younis: What I know is that the Free Officers of #Libya have stopped their support of Gaddafi, his Security Battalion remain

39 Four More Tears  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:34:32pm

re: #38 CuriousLurker

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Abdul Fattah Younis: What I know is that the Free Officers of #Libya have stopped their support of Gaddafi, his Security Battalion remain

Is that the Sexy Security Battalion?

/

40 Varek Raith  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:36:00pm

Gadfly smoked some bad granola before his run on speech this morning.

41 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:38:01pm

re: #36 researchok

It’s called ‘Your Tax Dollars at Work’.

No it’s called, I’m not going to agree to spend any money unless it’s uber crazy and so utterly obvious that it’s necessary that if I don’t do it I’m going to get smucked for it.
I can totally appreciate some fiscal restraint and all but…. Anyways I’m not really sure that ‘planning’ is even right. I just heard the PM say “I’m looking into it….in close contact….will do it if necessary”

42 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:39:07pm

re: #39 JasonA

Is that the Sexy Security Battalion?

/

Heh, the Amazonian Guard. I’m not sure. There are only 40 of them who serve as personal bodyguards, so that’s not going to help much.

*gags at the idea of having to protect Gaddafi’s body*

43 researchok  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:39:37pm

re: #38 CuriousLurker

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Abdul Fattah Younis: What I know is that the Free Officers of #Libya have stopped their support of Gaddafi, his Security Battalion remain

Well, I have limited expectations. However this plays out the only thing you can count on is it will be messy.

We are talking about a region and societies that have long been underfoot. To expect miracles is a fools dream. Just because Libya has nice beaches doesn’t mean in a post Qadaffi world we will see South Beach on the Mediterranean very soon.

The same applies to every Arab country in the region. It will take a long time for them to discover what they are capable of on their own and not just what the ‘Dear Leader’ or ‘Dear Religious Leader’ tells them they are capable of.

These people are real victims in every sense of the word. It will take a while for things to change. They will need a lot of support.

44 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:40:23pm

NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
by msbc59
#Tunisians set up soup kitchen at border serving bread and meat for Libyans fleeing country. #Libya

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Reuters: The Libyan Army has intensively deployed troops at Sabratha town (65km 40 miles west of Tripoli) #Libya

45 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:41:05pm

Amazonian Guard

*headdesk*

46 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:43:30pm

re: #44 Jadespring

NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
by msbc59
#Tunisians set up soup kitchen at border serving bread and meat for Libyans fleeing country. #Libya

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Reuters: The Libyan Army has intensively deployed troops at Sabratha town (65km 40 miles west of Tripoli) #Libya

Looks like it’s turning into a West vs. East fight as AJ says the Eastern part of the country is now controlled by the anti-Gaddafi people.

47 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:47:53pm

Chalk this one up to “I had no idea” the bugger was doing this stuff…

Not a reason to not get rid of the guy but it gives some insight into other potential ramifications with his exit.

Influence in the rest of Africa. Map
[Link: www.theglobeandmail.com…]

48 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:49:28pm

re: #46 CuriousLurker

Looks like it’s turning into a West vs. East fight as AJ says the Eastern part of the country is now controlled by the anti-Gaddafi people.

People in the media keep saying he could bring it to the brink of civil war. I say is it not at the brink already? Sure looks like it to me.

49 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:51:01pm

re: #43 researchok

Well, I have limited expectations. However this plays out the only thing you can count on is it will be messy.

We are talking about a region and societies that have long been underfoot. To expect miracles is a fools dream. Just because Libya has nice beaches doesn’t mean in a post Qadaffi world we will see South Beach on the Mediterranean very soon.

I don’t think anyone expects it to be a cake walk or believe that there’s going to be some sort of miraculous overnight transformation, but a start is a start. IMO, if we really want things to change in the ME, then it beats the hell out of maintaining the miserable status quo that I’ve seen you condemn over & over on your blog.

The same applies to every Arab country in the region. It will take a long time for them to discover what they are capable of on their own and not just what the ‘Dear Leader’ or ‘Dear Religious Leader’ tells them they are capable of.

I think they’re already aware that they’re capable of more on their own, otherwise they wouldn’t have risked uprising & demanding freedom.

These people are real victims in every sense of the word. It will take a while for things to change. They will need a lot of support.

True that. I pray they get it.

50 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:54:49pm

re: #48 Jadespring

People in the media keep saying he could bring it to the brink of civil war. I say is it not at the brink already? Sure looks like it to me.

Yeah, it looks like it to me too. I hope it can be headed off.

AJ is talking to someone on the ground in Libya, reminding people that Gaddafi might be stone cold crazy, but he’s not stupid. He’s an especially dangerous viper right now and they’d like international troops sent to protect people from the mercenaries.

51 CuriousLurker  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 1:56:57pm

I have to run to the store before it gets dark.

BBL

52 Jadespring  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 2:02:15pm

tweet —-dark :(

libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt

anyone hearing anything from #tripoli right now? all my contacts are dead at the moment #libya

53 General Nimrod Bodfish  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 2:10:57pm

BBC News:

#
2159: Reuters is reporting that a hospital on the Egyptian-Libyan border has received the first of injured Egyptians from the unrest in Libya.
54 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 2:30:47pm

re: #8 CuriousLurker

AJ: Egyptian military will reinforce border with Libya, however they are also deploying mobile hospitals to help injured Libyans, and Egyptian individuals & NGOs are contributing help (food, blood, medical supplies, etc.) They say injuries are horrific.

Also, military is wavering now, many starting to refuse to fire on civilians. People have been burned alive by mercenaries.

I just watched Gaddafi’s speech. The man is completely batshit insane.

They don’t call him Mad Mo because he’s good with children.

55 General Nimrod Bodfish  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 2:31:02pm

BBC News:

2227: Emily, from Hull, writes: “Reports on Libyan TV - pro-Gaddafi supporters entered hospitals, rounded the wounded and killed them in an unspecified location. Where is their help?! Who is out there defending these people??”
56 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 2:57:23pm

re: #42 CuriousLurker

Heh, the Amazonian Guard. I’m not sure. There are only 40 of them who serve as personal bodyguards, so that’s not going to help much.

*gags at the idea of having to protect Gaddafi’s body*

They’re all supposed to be virgins. And they have to wear nail polish and full makeup while guarding the body.

//No, I don’t know either. It’s part of his whole Berber chieftain fantasy.

57 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:09:38pm

re: #20 treasured people

It was the Hebrew nation that first brought attention to the fact that slavery is an illegitimate human enterprise. When Pharaoh’s army drowned in the Red Sea, it was a heavenly sign that the master-slave relationship was doomed to failure.

There is actually no credible evidence of Hebrews having ever been in Egyptian slavery. Let’s not confuse religious text with history.

58 General Nimrod Bodfish  Tue, Feb 22, 2011 3:17:50pm

BBC News:

2313: The AFP news agency is reporting that Peru has suspended diplomatic ties with Libya.
59 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 5:12:44am

re: #57 Sergey Romanov

LOL, Sabnen, if you see any of that evidence give me a hint, OK. Meanwhile you’re just silly.

60 Sabnen  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 5:36:09am

You left out ‘systemic’ enslavement of the Hebrews. There were many different kinds of slaves in Egypt, including Jews. Exploration of the Giza Necropolis’s ‘Workers Village’, in time, will reveal who the workers were and who they worshipped. This won’t be properly dug for some time.

I didn’t like your OT shot at the end of a dead thread.

Don’t discount the history in religious texts. Religious texts are tools just like any other manuscript or archeological artifact used to answer questions about our past.

61 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 5:40:28am

re: #60 Sabnen

It was not about just any slaves, it was about a specific Biblical story which has no known historical/archeological basis.

“I didn’t like your OT shot at the end of a dead thread.”

LOL. What is an “OT” shot? We talk about various things at LGF and I was responding to another user.

62 Sabnen  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 5:52:16am

I’ve been reading LGF for awhile now and you are right, ‘we’ do talk about various things at LGF … just not usually at the end of a deadthread and off topic (OT) : )

63 Obdicut  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 5:53:29am

re: #62 Sabnen

I’ve been reading LGF for awhile now and you are right, ‘we’ do talk about various things at LGF … just not usually at the end of a deadthread and off topic (OT) : )

Um, actually, that’s generally exactly where off topic things get discussed.

64 sabnen  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 5:59:09am

Umm, actually a deadthread is where no one writes anything.

And I’ll bet you’re one of those that will always have to get in the last comment.

65 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 6:00:49am

re: #62 Sabnen

I’ve been reading LGF for awhile now and you are right, ‘we’ do talk about various things at LGF … just not usually at the end of a deadthread and off topic (OT) : )

There is no rule, official or unofficial, about offtopic comments or dead threads at LGF. Sure, it’s better not to post offtopic comments too soon, but even that is not written in stone, and the situation is the opposite here. It is true that weird/offbeat commenters often comment in dead threads. Which doesn’t mean that responding to a comment made in a recent dead thread is always or even mostly a bad thing. And, as Obdi points out, if anything, the end of a dead thread is a place for offtopic.

So I guess you just did not like me pointing out the fact there there is no known historical basis for this Biblical story.

66 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 6:02:19am

re: #64 sabnen

Umm, actually a deadthread is where no one writes anything.

And I’ll bet you’re one of those that will always have to get in the last comment.

Googling shows you having left quite a bit of comments in dead threads throughout the years.

67 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 6:18:49am

re: #60 Sabnen

And your reference to the Workers’ Village is also irrelevant - there is no undisputed evidence that these workers were slaves rather than paid free men.

68 Sabnen  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 8:42:10am

And I’ll bet you’re one of those that will always have to get in the last comment.

69 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 8:44:10am

re: #68 Sabnen

And I’ll bet you’re one of those that will always have to get in the last comment.

Not only you are repeating yourself, you are describing yourself too.

70 Sabnen  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 9:49:10am

Jeg gråter Onkel! Jeg gir opp! Du vinner! Jeg kommer aldri ned ding deg igjen! Hvis jeg visste at du var en profesjonell “Kommentator” med den luksus av tid jeg aldri ville ha gjort det.

Tilgi meg Sergy, vil jeg gå bort nå, halen mellom beina. Ha det bra.

71 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 9:52:27am

What a weirdo.

72 sabnen  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 10:05:45am

Tar selv kjenner man andre!

73 wrenchwench  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 10:09:01am

Damn, that Google Translate add-on is handy.

74 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 10:14:22am

LOL.

75 Thorzdad  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 1:02:53pm

NPR had an oil industry analyst on this morning. According to him, Libya accounts for around 7% of the world’s oil supply. He went on to say that there is plenty of capacity elsewhere to take-up the slack if Gaddafi pulls the plug. He honestly didn’t sound at all concerned about the possibility of Libya shutting-down for awhile. And yet, the futures market has bid oil up to record levels over this.

76 Sabnen  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 4:03:36pm

em>re: #73 wrenchwench

Actually I know and can write in another language. I wrote, “I cry Uncle! I give up! You win! I will never ding you down again! If I knew you were a professional ‘Commentator’, with the luxury of time, I would never have done it. Forgive me Sergy, I will go now, tail between my legs. Have it good.

77 wrenchwench  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 4:10:38pm

re: #76 Sabnen

em>re: #73 wrenchwench

Actually I know and can write in another language. I wrote, “I cry Uncle! I give up! You win! I will never ding you down again! If I knew you were a professional ‘Commentator’, with the luxury of time, I would never have done it. Forgive me Sergy, I will go now, tail between my legs. Have it good.

I know what you wrote, because Google translated it for me. I wasn’t accusing you of using it to compose your comment. I was commenting on your use of another language, though. Does it express your thoughts more acurately, or were you looking for a degree of obfuscation?

78 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 4:12:55pm

re: #76 Sabnen

Thou art forgiven, my son.

79 wrenchwench  Wed, Feb 23, 2011 4:24:02pm

re: #78 Sergey Romanov

Thou art forgiven, my son.

He logged out 2 minutes after that comment went up.

I guess we can all use a little forgiveness…


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