OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

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Postby psynapz » Mon May 02, 2011 10:30 am

Forensic analysis was pre-empted as the body was sold as scrap flesh and shipped immediately to China, in accordance with Cryptocratic tradition.
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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby Luther Blissett » Mon May 02, 2011 10:35 am

Dr Volin made a very astute prediction early in this thread.

Did this Walpurgisnacht ritual satanic sacrifice take place anywhere close to where that middle-aged good ol' boy with a samurai sword was hunting?

Are we now to presume that Obama is now expected to preside over an American nuclear tragedy, if we're taking cues from the breadcrumbs dropped in this thread? The thought is so morbid that I didn't even like typing it.

Who is Sohaib Athar? I suppose the world will never know. Below is the full text of his "inadvertent live tweeting" of the operation:

Sohaib Athar wrote:Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).
18 hours ago
Go away helicopter - before I take out my giant swatter :-/
18 hours ago
A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S
18 hours ago
@m0hcin all silent after the blast, but a friend heard it 6 km away too... the helicopter is gone too.
17 hours ago
@m0hcin http://bit.ly/ljB6p6 seems like my giant swatter worked !
17 hours ago
@m0hcin the few people online at this time of the night are saying one of the copters was not Pakistani...
17 hours ago
Hania Ahmed (retweeted by ReallyVirtual)
OMG :S Bomb Blasts in Abbottabad.. I hope everyone is fine :(
17 hours ago
@raihak I try, man, I try
17 hours ago
@raihak Funny, moving to Abbottabad was part of the 'being safe' strategy
17 hours ago
Since taliban (probably) don't have helicpoters, and since they're saying it was not "ours", so must be a complicated situation #abbottabad
17 hours ago
@raihak yep, the mad power cuts have reached abbottabad - 14 hours daily - luckily I have a generator AND a UPS at the coffee shop
17 hours ago
@tahirakram yea. *hides his giant swatter*
17 hours ago
@kashaziz technically, it is unidentified until identified, and it is a flying object, so year, why the hell not, we have seen weirder stuff
17 hours ago
@tahirakram they're not saying anything
17 hours ago
The abbottabad helicopter/UFO was shot down near the Bilal Town area, and there's report of a flash. People saying it could be a drone.
17 hours ago
@wqs figures, if they have the right to shoot planes flying over the president house, the must have the same instructions for PMA
17 hours ago
@smedica people are saying it was not a technical fault and it was shot down. I heard it CIRCLE 3-4 times above, sounded purposeful.
17 hours ago
@tahirakram very likely - but it was too noisy to be a spy craft, or, a very poor spy craft it was.
17 hours ago
@smedica It must have been more, I started noticing the helicpoter when the noise got irritating - which part of Abbottabd are you in?
17 hours ago
@smedica I live near Jalal Baba Auditorium
17 hours ago
@smedica 'safer' is a relative term that has lost its meaning in Pakistan
17 hours ago
Here's the location of the Abbottabad crash according to some people >>> http://on.fb.me/khjf34
16 hours ago
Two helicpoters, one down, could actually be the training accident scenario they're saying it was >> http://bit.ly/ioGE6O
16 hours ago
Terminal X (retweeted by by ReallyVirtual)
A Major of the #Pakistan #Army's 19 FF, Platoon CO says incident at #Abbottabad where #helicopter crashed is accidental and not an "attack"
16 hours ago
Terminal X (retweeted by by ReallyVirtual)
The Major also says no "missiles" were fired and all such exaggerated reports are nothing but rumours #Pakistan
16 hours ago
and now I feel I must apologize to the pilot about the swatter tweets :-/
16 hours ago
And now, a plane flying over Abbottabad...
15 hours ago
@raihak The day there is uninterrupted electricity in Lahore for a whole month, I will start packing my bags, until then, Abbottabad is home
15 hours ago
Ibrar Ali (retweeted by by ReallyVirtual)
1 dead and 1 injured in Abbottabad for heli crashed
15 hours ago
Interesting rumors in the otherwise uneventful Abbottabad air today
11 hours ago
Munzir Naqvi (retweeted by by ReallyVirtual)
I think the helicopter crash in Abbottabad, Pakistan and the President Obama breaking news address are connected.
11 hours ago
Report from a taxi driver: The army has cordoned off the crash area and is conducting door-to-door search in the surrounding
11 hours ago
@kursed What really happened doesn't matter if there is an official story behind it that 99.999% of the world would believe
11 hours ago
@kursed Another rumor: two copters that followed the crashed one were foreign Cobras - and got away
11 hours ago
@ahmedbilal @kursed Sadly. We should start learning how to spread believable stories and recreate a reality that suits us.
11 hours ago
@kursed True, but stranger things have happened. I just hope they don't find my giant helicopter swatter. Must hide it :-/
11 hours ago
Report from a sweeper: A family also died in the crash, and one of the helicopter riders got away and is now being searched for.
11 hours ago
@kursed Well, there were at least two copters last night, I heard one but a friend heard two, for 15-20 minutes.
11 hours ago
@kursed I think I should take out my big blower to blow the fog of war away and see the clearer picture.
11 hours ago
I guess Abbottabad is going to get as crowded as the Lahore that I left behind for some peace and quiet. *sigh*
11 hours ago
RT @ISuckBigTime: Osama Bin Laden killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.: ISI has confirmed it << Uh oh, there goes the neighborhood :-/
11 hours ago
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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby justdrew » Mon May 02, 2011 10:39 am

psynapz wrote:Forensic analysis was pre-empted as the body was sold as scrap flesh and shipped immediately to China, in accordance with Cryptocratic tradition.


maybe gunter's chinese cronies are going to plasticize him for display in the Secret White House.
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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby Bruce Dazzling » Mon May 02, 2011 10:54 am

I work right next to the place that I refuse to refer to as "ground zero" and at the moment, it's an American Gladiator Goebbelsian clusterfuck carnival of chest-thumping idiocracy. All sponsored by Nike™, of course.

Sigh.
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Postby Canadian_watcher » Mon May 02, 2011 10:55 am

justdrew wrote:"blues is the roots, and the rest is the fruits" Willie Dixon

not two minutes before reading that post, I had just read the same line in an excerpt in Harpers

what are the odds :eeyaa


I love it when that sort of thing happens!!!!
way cool, and, I'd say it is a good omen. :D
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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby Feilan » Mon May 02, 2011 11:31 am

Bruce Dazzling wrote:I work right next to the place that I refuse to refer to as "ground zero" and at the moment, it's an American Gladiator Goebbelsian clusterfuck carnival of chest-thumping idiocracy. All sponsored by Nike™, of course.

Sigh.


It's so often the games THEY play with language - semantic mutilating lords of distortion that THEY are - that earworm me in the worst way. The repeating of them, unquestioningly, like mantras for conjuring demons, has also struck me and caused me to strive for more perspicacious usage. Failing that I lean towards blunt. In addition to the obscene misnomer of "ground zero" I've always found the transmogrification of the date 9/11 into some kind of magic sound button something to actively resist. When referring to the events of that particular day, phrases like "when planes crashed into buildings" are much preferred to the far too spellbinding "on 9/11" ...

... by the way, your avatar is superfantastic. Are you an expat. canuck, a really cool amerikano or otherwise affiliated? p.s.(it goes without saying that these are, in and of themselves, 2 dimensional associations - i just want that shallow but giddy sensation Canadians get when they meet amerikans who like something 'we' did. :bigsmile )
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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby kenoma » Mon May 02, 2011 11:35 am

Quite obviously, Pakistan is being set up as a patsy again.
This is from last Wednesday, 27 April:

Karzai Told to Dump U.S.
Pakistan Urges Afghanistan to Ally With Islamabad, Beijing
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Pakistan is lobbying Afghanistan's president against building a long-term strategic partnership with the U.S., urging him instead to look to Pakistan—and its Chinese ally—for help in striking a peace deal with the Taliban and rebuilding the economy, Afghan officials say.

The pitch was made at an April 16 meeting in Kabul by Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who bluntly told Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the Americans had failed them both, according to Afghans familiar with the meeting. Mr. Karzai should forget about allowing a long-term U.S. military presence in his country, Mr. Gilani said, according to the Afghans. Pakistan's bid to cut the U.S. out of Afghanistan's future is the clearest sign to date that, as the nearly 10-year war's endgame begins, tensions between Washington and Islamabad threaten to scuttle America's prospects of ending the conflict on its own terms.

Is Pakistan trying to push the U.S. out of Afghanistan?

With the bulk of U.S.-led coalition troops slated to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the country's neighbors, including Pakistan, Iran, India and Russia, are beginning to jockey for influence, positioning themselves for Afghanistan's post-American era.

Pakistani officials say they no longer have an incentive to follow the American lead in their own backyard. "Pakistan is sole guarantor of its own interest," said a senior Pakistani official. "We're not looking for anyone else to protect us, especially the U.S. If they're leaving, they're leaving and they should go."

Mr. Karzai is wavering on Pakistan's overtures, according to Afghans familiar with his thinking, with pro- and anti-American factions at the presidential palace trying to sway him to their sides.
...


And:

Is Pakistan trying to push the U.S. out of Afghanistan?
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Postby Avalon » Mon May 02, 2011 11:40 am

Does he always tilt his head to the left (his right) when reading speeches? I don't watch him much, but with the strong compositional background it was driving me nuts to see the tilt.

This was a bit creepy to hear, with its jumbled, gory mix of both literal and figurative: "We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood." How long will it take for Osama's severed foot to wash ashore on the West Coast?

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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby charlie meadows » Mon May 02, 2011 11:44 am

kenoma wrote:Quite obviously, Pakistan is being set up as a patsy again.
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Postby 2012 Countdown » Mon May 02, 2011 11:51 am

Well, this sure has the 'left' waving the bloody shirt, and chanting USA!

Looks like its working.
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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby Bruce Dazzling » Mon May 02, 2011 12:01 pm

Feilan wrote:
Bruce Dazzling wrote:I work right next to the place that I refuse to refer to as "ground zero" and at the moment, it's an American Gladiator Goebbelsian clusterfuck carnival of chest-thumping idiocracy. All sponsored by Nike™, of course.

Sigh.


It's so often the games THEY play with language - semantic mutilating lords of distortion that THEY are - that earworm me in the worst way. The repeating of them, unquestioningly, like mantras for conjuring demons, has also struck me and caused me to strive for more perspicacious usage. Failing that I lean towards blunt. In addition to the obscene misnomer of "ground zero" I've always found the transmogrification of the date 9/11 into some kind of magic sound button something to actively resist. When referring to the events of that particular day, phrases like "when planes crashed into buildings" are much preferred to the far too spellbinding "on 9/11" ...

... by the way, your avatar is superfantastic. Are you an expat. canuck, a really cool amerikano or otherwise affiliated? p.s.(it goes without saying that these are, in and of themselves, 2 dimensional associations - i just want that shallow but giddy sensation Canadians get when they meet amerikans who like something 'we' did. :bigsmile )


Nope, not an ex-pat, but with a bit of luck, I soon will be.

Costa Rica, here I come!

As for the avatar, I've always been a fan of absurdist comedy, and Bruce and the TKITH are sort of the kings of that sub-sub-sub genre.

And just as soon as the world government arrives, I plan to vote for Cabbage-head Bruce early and often for World Dictator.
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Postby DoYouEverWonder » Mon May 02, 2011 12:03 pm

Avalon wrote:Does he always tilt his head to the left (his right) when reading speeches? I don't watch him much, but with the strong compositional background it was driving me nuts to see the tilt.

This was a bit creepy to hear, with its jumbled, gory mix of both literal and figurative: "We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood." How long will it take for Osama's severed foot to wash ashore on the West Coast?

MODS: page 11 needs tweaking, there's a line too long somewhere that is making the page too wide. Thx.

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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby justdrew » Mon May 02, 2011 12:15 pm

Bruce Dazzling wrote:
Feilan wrote:
Bruce Dazzling wrote:I work right next to the place that I refuse to refer to as "ground zero" and at the moment, it's an American Gladiator Goebbelsian clusterfuck carnival of chest-thumping idiocracy. All sponsored by Nike™, of course.

Sigh.


It's so often the games THEY play with language - semantic mutilating lords of distortion that THEY are - that earworm me in the worst way. The repeating of them, unquestioningly, like mantras for conjuring demons, has also struck me and caused me to strive for more perspicacious usage. Failing that I lean towards blunt. In addition to the obscene misnomer of "ground zero" I've always found the transmogrification of the date 9/11 into some kind of magic sound button something to actively resist. When referring to the events of that particular day, phrases like "when planes crashed into buildings" are much preferred to the far too spellbinding "on 9/11" ...

... by the way, your avatar is superfantastic. Are you an expat. canuck, a really cool amerikano or otherwise affiliated? p.s.(it goes without saying that these are, in and of themselves, 2 dimensional associations - i just want that shallow but giddy sensation Canadians get when they meet amerikans who like something 'we' did. :bigsmile )


Nope, not an ex-pat, but with a bit of luck, I soon will be.

Costa Rica, here I come!

As for the avatar, I've always been a fan of absurdist comedy, and Bruce and the TKITH are sort of the kings of that sub-sub-sub genre.

And just as soon as the world government arrives, I plan to vote for Cabbage-head Bruce early and often for World Dictator.


well, I'll be your token American appreciator then :partyhat even got to see them when they toured recently. trailerpark boys fan, and... I've even seen "caution: may contain nuts"
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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby 82_28 » Mon May 02, 2011 12:21 pm

Again neither here nor there or anything. But Obama was just covered live about some kind of a Hawaiian Korean war ceremony and instead of "anthem" he pronounced it "ansem" and did not correct himself.

Ansem, Seeker of Darkness

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Ansem, Seeker of Darkness serves as the main antagonist of Kingdom Hearts and the "Reverse/Rebirth" story in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. He is the Heartless of Xehanort, retaining the dark "guardian" which belonged to his original self. Ansem appears to have characteristics of both Emblem and Pureblood Heartless, and it is unclear exactly which category he falls under.


Just pointing out the immediate search of the phonetic meaning of the word "Ansem". :jumping:

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Re: OSAMA BIN LADEN ANNOUNCED DEAD BY OBAMA (renamed thread)

Postby whipstitch » Mon May 02, 2011 12:24 pm



Once again we see another type of extrajudicial assassination going on, which of course is an international war crime, but in this case it's okay because it's the bogeyman everyone loves to hate.
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