AP:
The world is expected to get its first glimpse at Osama bin Laden’s daily life as the world’s most wanted terrorist Saturday with the disclosure of home videos showing him strolling the grounds of the fortified compound that kept him safe for years
Goodnight. No sympathy.
GIMME SYMPATHY — METRIC
…and. 60,000+ of those jobs came from McDonalds.. But 1million people applied for the 60,000 jobs.. So 6% of so of those desperate to work got jobs somewhere they probably didn’t want to work at.. And that’s not putting down McDonalds workers in the least, do not think I am.. But it is a testimony to the depression-level job crisis this nation is in.. It appears to be deepening. With the real unemployment numbers at 17%+ and the youth unemployment well in the 20 percentile, it appears we are creating a permanent underclass… One without pensions, health care, or jobs paying more than minimum wage.. But we got Osama. And for a few minutes everything seemed alright…..until we all woke up the next day.
CNN reporting: 'Al Qaeda released a statement on jihadist forums confirming the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant messages'… No independent determination has yet come that this is true
If my wife and I are as emotional as we are about her FMLA ending and someone new watching during the day (and believe me he’s in good hands) I guess by his school age we’ll just be downright suicidal.. But this isn’t easy. I guess it will get so in time. Then BAM! he’s in college… That’s just how life goes: In the blink of an eye. It’s why during those fleeting moments we try to keep our eyes wide open.
The increase of emotions on everything.. Sentimentality.. Joy .. Sadness.. Laugher. Everything is elevated.. It’s amazing how one life changes everything. And if you couldn’t tell by now, yes my wife’s FMLA is over….
A strange amateur hour developing with the Fox News debate.. The only adult on the stage: Ron Paul..
Peace world.
Hero of the Day — Metallica
I most certainly hesitate speculation about end times or world ending.. But when you hear of a river flowing backwards you JUST expect locusts next..
Christiane Amanpour Knew Osama bin Laden Was in a Villa in Pakistan Back in 2008
woah.
New information revealed by Leon Panetta: There was no live video of the Osama Bin Laden raid..
So .. then what exactly was the entire Administration watching in the now famous photo?
My son Ayden appears to love THE VOICE. It’s either all the singing, which puts him at peace, or Christina Aguilera’s semi-exposed breasts, which may also give him the same comfort.. I just don’t know.
News of Osama, global warming, the universe, and Andy Dick. All in a quick wrap:
A phone call led to Bin Laden..
His skull was blown apart..
Arrests near nuke plant in the UK..
US orders more anthrax vaccine
New details of Osama raid surface..
Imam vows revenge for Osama..
Orders were to kill, not capture..
Osama wife WAS NOT killed, but shot in leg..
Osama did NOT HAVE a weapon and did NOT use wife as a shield..
Late night humorists joke..
Pakistan critical..
There is rampant speculation that the White House will reveal footage of the Osama burial or will release photos of the corpse..
Images flying around the net—and British media—purporting to be Osama bin Laden are fakes, and have been online for two years.. Ironically the fake images appear to show wounds identical to those which have been described in reports on the kill..
Average gas prices about to top $4 a gallon..
Lawsuit in Pennsylvania alleges that rental firm spies on users..
New concern over rapid ice melt on earth..
Yet again: Andy Dick arrested..
— NASA says the next-to-last space shuttle launch is off for at least another week….
New study: The universe’s stars originally were fast spinning..
Man claims UFOs know he is filming them..
New information says that pigs have evolved to love mud..
Devil talked was banned in the childhood home of Katy Perry..
We are being spied on: Thanks to Facebook..
Assange says Facebook is ‘appalling spy machine’..
Sick: Horror movie queen found dead in her home—mummified..
The mysterious death of Yvette Vickers..
DARK KNIGHT shooting scheduled revealed..
Autistic kids have larger brains..
Brain size leads to new clues..
Detailed map of the universe — back 11 billion years..
So much for a secret compound! 12-year-old boy says the bin Ladens gave him bunnies as gifts.. . More sources said that if a ball from playing children entered the compound, they wouldn’t be allowed to get it but instead given money for them..
The Root Beer Rag Billy Joel
I’m such a a proud dad tonight.. my 3-month-old son did something I did when I was a kid.. Watched the horrendously bad movie SUPERFUZZ. I watched it with him.. we shared a moment.
My wife wasn’t impressed.. but I get the sense he will be watching it again.
Like father like son?
My God, if so, God bless him.
A CH47 Chinook was damaged but not destroyed during the bin laden operations.. After, U.S. forces decided to destroy it with explosives..
According to reports, Bin Laden was buried at sea at 2 am EST. Before the shark dinner began, his body was taken via helicopter to Afghanistan to confirm it was him.. Additional reports: Saudi Arabia didn’t want the body
I’ve been really thinking on this.. I know, Muslim Law.. I know, we didn’t want to make a worship-able grave site.. But why dump Osama in the sea so fast? Really? Why without an image.. And as morbid as it may be, this is one dead man that I think the world would want to see for its own eyes… Just thinking and wondering out loud..
I’m sure there’s a logical answer to my conspiratorial ramblings at 4:40 am..
The streets in NYC are alive.. DC thrives..other big places and small towns celebrate.. Bars are probably full and Facebook is on fire… Bloggers are Tumbling like mad on Tumblr.. What an interesting night of history it is..
ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: Large crowd of people, about 200 by my estimate and growing, has gathered outside the White House gates on Pennsylvania Avenue, waving flags and dancing.
They sang, in unison, the Star Bangled Banner.
They are celebrating and chanting “USA USA USA.”
They…“A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed,” President has just said in his speech.
Osama bin Laden: Dead or alive
But in the end, it solves no problem, just closes an old book we never quite finished.. But that’s not saying it’s not a historic night
God Bless America
The Star Spangled Banner…
What an interesting night in the history of America..
No cave for the eternal Boogeyman. He was living in style.. HE WAS IN ISLAMABAD IN PAKISTAN
Obama delivering strange Sunday night special address to the nation in minutes.. Speculation booms online., Quaddafi dead? Asteroids? Zombies? Developing..
From one Pope to another: Sainthood coming.. Benedict Beatifies John Paul II as 1.5 million watch in Saint Peter’s Square..
Can I hear “Morale booster for a Church marred by sex scandals!?”
{P}raise the roof!
Did last night’s mockery put him over the edge? Can he win a nomination? … will he allow wind to move his hair?
All of these questions to be answered in time.
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From the few in Fairwater to the many in Rome.. Scranton to Frackville in Pennsylvania too..
500 cities in one week — thank you world for the passing glances.
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The rundown of the clash: The White House said that a San Fransisco CHRONICLE reporter broke the rules when he filmed a protest at a private dinner—you know, the one where the person paid thousands of bucks just to sing out a protest song
The White House said the reporter broke the rules of typical pool reporting by using film and not text..
But the San Fran CHRONICLE is upping the fight a bit more today: They said that the White House is very wrong....
This is a fascinating story to me.. I’ll be interested in seeing where it goes. It also shows that no matter the party or president, there is inevitably a war between those who want to report information and those who’d rather keep it secret.
Fogal said a charge of third-degree murder is appropriate for the girl, who was two weeks shy of her 10th birthday when her “violent acts” caused abusive head trauma to the baby and ultimately his death.
It was determined during a hearing Friday that girl will be tried in juvenile court rather than in adult criminal court. Fogal said she will be tried as a delinquent, however, meaning if convicted she could face time in a juvenile detention center.
A very bad weekend for many..
The website parapolitical with a great example in the form of an image of our modern day news media:
… we expect the press to provide transparency and accountability to the people to whom governments are ultimately accountable so people are well-informed …
- Barack Obama extols the enlightened role the press play in American civic discourse (2006)
Freedom of Press: the founding myth of financial democratic politics?
How true this all is.. One day in the life of media coverage of events.. and this occurs.
The big websites all following to the minute the updates from the Royal wedding—I got a few news alerts yesterday that the news alert writers should be ashamed of. Even more, I got an breaking news alert on my phone that the Royal palace last night ordered dozens of pizzas, delivered to the privileged few by London police.
I respect Brian Williams and NBC NIGHTLY NEWS a bit more, though.. at least he turned the jet around and they became the only news network to do on the ground and all-around good reporting on the calamity in the South..
But this CNN snippet—of a real screenshot of a day in the news—is very telling of how far our celebrity culture has been intertwined with news of the day..
Once again, tip of the coal rake to parapoliticalfor some good image for thought.
It’s a jungle out there. Welcome. You’re here.
He tweeted tonight:
I love London, but Brits drink 2 much. In 20 min I just saw 25 drunks, 3 vomiters, 5 public pee-ers, and 4 passed out people. Yuck
The Royal wedding day ends with bacon butties and fry ups at a late night party of 300.. drinks on Harry. He best hope no one has a camera for the embarrassing moments ..
But since once real news reporters are now gossiping about it, so too does this site: it’s true, David Cameron’s wife did not wear a hat.. and it looked like she didn’t care a bit.. The Queen might.
Mrs. Obama offended the Queen once too.. As I’m sure so did Lt. Frank Drebin .. Things happen. Hats sometimes don’t.
And by that I mean.. does she get her own personal Groom of the Stool? It would certainly be unfair were she to not.
Just got an AP NEWS ALERT that William and Kate exchanged a short kiss… An AP alert?! A kiss is breaking news worthy?! The news has become this shallow… As the tornadoes roll on
IT’S ROYAL WEDDING TIME!
And that, my friends, is what really matter.
Royalty marrying.. The kings and queens—with some added flavor of dictators thrown in—all watching the pomp and circumstance of the Royals. Don’t drink beer in front of the queen, though. My God, how ‘common’ do ARE YOU anyway!? Wine.. that’s the ticket. Just wine.
Wining and dining with the rich and famous—and many not famous but still mega-rich.
By the way… what exactly is Prince William’s last name? The question has surged by 1200% this week. He is in the line of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.
And just in time for the Royal wedding here is some pretty interesting reading to say the least.
Raise a glass!! Toast! But just not, I suppose, to history…?
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
