TagsTagsWatching Muammar Gaddafi's behavior over the years, one thing has been obvious: he's a very strange man. And now, as rebel forces go through his compound in Tripoli, even more evidence is turning up -- like this bizarre photo album with dozens of pictures of his 'darling' Condoleezza Rice. Related: Dictator on ...
Libya, Protests, Demonstrations, Gaddafi, Tripoli, Revolution, Condoleezza Rice
Libyan rebels broke into Muammar Gaddafi's heavily fortified compound today, but so far there's no word on the whereabouts of the Colonel himself. Meanwhile, the price of oil is climbing. Oil advanced for a second day amid signs that a recovery in Libyan crude production may take longer than expected. Output ...
Libya, Protests, Demonstrations, Gaddafi, Tripoli, Revolution
Muammar Gaddafi's son suddenly makes a dramatic entrance: The dramatic appearance Monday night of Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam at the Rixos hotel, where the Tripoli-based press corps remains trapped, contradicted the rebels’ assertion the day before that they had captured him and cast into doubt their claim of controlling 80 ...
Libya, Protests, Demonstrations, Gaddafi, Tripoli, Revolution, War Crimes, Saif Gaddafi
If Muammar Gaddafi had accepted reality and stepped down early on, he probably could have had a relatively comfortable retirement as an ex-dictator. There are countries that specialize in providing havens for problematic suddenly-deposed Maximum Leaders. (Saudi Arabia, I'm looking at you.) Instead, the Colonel went mad dog, slaughtered a lot ...
Libya, Protests, Demonstrations, Gaddafi, Tripoli, Revolution, War Crimes
The Algerian government is suddenly very concerned that their poor people get enough to eat: Algeria steps up grain imports, eyes Tunisia 'virus'. ALGIERS/PARIS (Reuters) – Algeria confirmed it bought almost a million tons of wheat on Wednesday and ordered an urgent speeding up of grain imports, a move seen ...
The corrupt old reptile whose family ran Tunisia for many years, President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has fled the country and Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi has assumed power. BBC has live updates on this page as events unfold: BBC News - Live: Tunisia turmoil.
Here we go again, with another selection of comments from wingnut site Hot Air advocating death, destruction, revolution, and eternal damnation. All of the comments you’re about to read were posted today in just one thread: Ed Morrissey’s post about Sen. Ben Nelson’s decision to support the health care reform ...
Hot Air, Ugliness, wingnuts, Hate Speech, Revolution, Comments, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Bad Craziness
Time for another episode of “Hot Air Comments of the Day,” a look into the pestilent sewer of hatred, racism, talk of violent overthrow of the government, calls for the murder of President Obama and “liberals” in general, and all-around evil-minded nastiness that is the Hot Air comments section. This isn’t ...
Hot Air, Ugliness, wingnuts, Hate Speech, Revolution, Comments, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Misogyny, Bad Craziness
Missouri’s Lafayette County Republican Central Committee has put up a billboard proudly advising citizens to prepare for the violent overthrow of the US government: Lafayette County Politics: New I-70 billboard replaces famed OBAMANATION sign. Reads: Vote Out Incumbents. Live Free or Die! UPDATE at 11/22/09 11:28:16 am: More billboard bad craziness: And an ...
Sedition, Revolution, Right Wing, Extremism, Republican Party, GOP, Bad Craziness
All I can say is, “Yikes.” It’s secession and revolution time (not necessarily in that order) in the Hot Air commentspace tonight, in a thread about Harry Reid’s push for the “public option:” Texas can opt out by seceding. […] And the rest of the sane states […] If they do, I’m so there. […] That’s ...
Hot Air, Ugliness, wingnuts, Hate Speech, Secession, Comments, Impeachment, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Revolution
For today’s selections from the thousands of extreme, hateful, racist, and/or violent comments posted at Hot Air, we’ll start with some comments posted in this thread: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Hume’s challenge to media: Do you really want the Gibbs Seal of Approval? (Again, note that some of these ...
Hot Air, Ugliness, wingnuts, Hate Speech, Racism, Comments, Impeachment, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Revolution
Religious fanatic Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told his constituents this week that the United States is on the verge of a revolution. Inhofe took the opportunity to blame Democrats for a bevy of issues. He lashed out at democrats for overtaking the government and spending billions of dollars on unpopular ...
GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Revolution, Health Care
The crazy was strong in this one: Florida man pleads guilty to threat to kill Obama. MIAMI, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A Florida man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to threatening to kill President Barack Obama in an e-mail that said “the blood of Obama will run down the streets” of ...
Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Revolution, Far Right, kooks, Threats
Jim Robinson, founder of right wing website Free Republic, has decided he’s going to toss out the results of the last election, remove Barack Obama from office, repeal the 16th and 17th amendments to the US Constitution (and Roe v. Wade, of course), abolish a host of federal agencies, and ...
Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Revolution, Far Right, kooks
LGF reader El Marco discovered this Iranian stamp commemorating the first anniversary of the Islamic revolution at a New York stamp show: I found this at a stamp show in New York. I interpret it as infidel blood, a gift from Allah healing and mending the shattered sword of Islam. This ...
Iran, Stamp, Revolution, Islam, RoP