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  1. Too much unconfirmed news... RT @SultanAlQassemi:Al Arabiya: Unconfirmed reports that Gaddafi has left Libya for an unknown country. 10 minutes ago via TweetDeck
    • Um let's confirm that RT @abdu: Libyan diplomat - Saif Al Islam Gaddafi won't speak tonight bc shot by brother Mutasam fighting for control 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck
      • Been amazed how AJ Arabic has been able to cover Libya with such limited access on ground. - and by what callers willing to say on air


      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 05:38:19 PM EST
      Saif Al Islam Gaddafi now speaking on TV

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:01:56 PM EST
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      Apparently psychotic delusion runs in the family.

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere
      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:06:42 PM EST
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      Hard to tell what his message is...

      Events in the east? "Mistakes were made on both sides..."

      It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

      by eurogreen on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:08:30 PM EST
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      Wow it's all down to drug addicts influenced by facebook!

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:09:07 PM EST
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      Didn't your mother warn you not to watch too much FaceBook or you'll turn into a revolutionary drug addict?

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere
      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:12:01 PM EST
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      Yellow hats? what the fuck????

      Im sure its one of the warnings that blew past me in a chemical haze.

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:15:25 PM EST
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      Saif Al Islam:

      The army said that some protesters were drunk, others were on hallucinogens or drugs

      Mass media is exaggerating the death toll in the country

      Civilians were attacking army posts and the army is not trained to control riots, so they shoot.

      Says protesters stole weapons and killed soldiers. "Armed, organized groups with a military program.

      Bastard is going to try and take power.

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere

      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:10:53 PM EST
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      It's like an evil clown show.
      by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:17:37 PM EST
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      Drunken, hallucinating, Facebook fifth-columnists vs drunken, hallucinating, psychotic, Caligula-wannabe.

      Is he on Twitter?

      by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:31:38 PM EST
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      No, I think it is more likely he is on LSD.

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere
      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:34:29 PM EST
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      pourmecoffee (pourmecoffee) on Twitter
      Glenn Beck's gonna need a bigger blackboard.


      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:37:54 PM EST
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      You know who's behind all this: George Soros!!!!!11111oneoneone

      Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
      by Starvid on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 07:49:04 PM EST
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      He IS going to try to take power.

      Tomorrow we will have a big change otherwise you people prepare yourself for civil war

      Lessee, on the revolutionary side are all the major cities, all the major tribes, and most of the Army.  And - ooops - the Air Force isn't obeying your orders.

      On your side is ... uh ... who?  (Exactly)

      And, BTW, there's roughly 250,000 armed Walafah tribesmen about 3 hours from where you are sitting.  Remember those 50 Army officers Dad shot back in 1995?

      So do they.

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere

      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:33:20 PM EST
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      Now he's threatening a crack-down by the capable army, which was badly trained a little while ago. This would be great comedy, if a couple of thousand more people weren't likely to die shortly.
      by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:36:27 PM EST
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      I think this beats Mubarak's speech by a length.

      Keynesianism is intellectually hard, as evidenced by the inability of many trained economists to get it - Paul Krugman
      by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 07:04:12 PM EST
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      There are also people who want to create a gov in Benghazi and others want an Islamic emirate in Bayda.

      While others want to erect a Disneyland in Tobruk.

      This is total gonzo weird.

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere

      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:13:54 PM EST
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      Ive seen weird political speeches,  but this just about is the winner

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:16:44 PM EST
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      He's trying to threaten the West at the same time, I think.

      High on painkillers after being shot earlier?

      by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:19:08 PM EST
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      What was that supposed to accomplish?

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere
      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:23:09 PM EST
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      Well it takes the prize for "Worst televised speech" from Mubarak, and I didn't think that one would happen.

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:26:32 PM EST
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      A rambling mish-mash of threats, conspiracies and pleas for unity and disunity more or less simultaneously.

      Does anyone know if his body language is insane by Libyans standards, because it's mad by mine.

      by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:27:39 PM EST
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      IMPERIALISM! LOOK OUT FOR THE IMPERIALISM!
      by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:28:48 PM EST
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      THE IMPERIALIST DRUG CELLS! FROM CANADA!
      by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:31:04 PM EST
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      AND MANCHESTER!!!!

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:32:09 PM EST
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      And that was Yet Another thrilling episode of Crazy, Insane, Arab Dictators.  Stay tuned to this State TV for the for more two more shows, filmed live and on-location in Libya.

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere
      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:56:42 PM EST
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      "Libya is not Tunisia or Egypt."

      Gosh.  Ya think?

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere

      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:17:20 PM EST
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      ... is oil money. And who's going to pay for schools for your kids?

      This guy must have shot all his speechwriters for sedition, just before the show... he's obliged to ad lib, and he's lost the plot.

      It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

      by eurogreen on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:20:41 PM EST
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      Perhaps Mark Thomas has managed to get his PR company running again



      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:23:13 PM EST
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      The translator sounds about ready to give up in disgust.
      by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:23:50 PM EST
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      Wow effectively admitting that they've lost control of the east of the country.

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:28:03 PM EST
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      Correct me if I'm wrong but ...

      Isn't that where most of the oil is?  Over along the Egyptian border?

      Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere

      by ATinNM on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:37:16 PM EST
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      im not certain how much is where, but from the map up the page it looks like the mass is on the east

      Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
      by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Feb 20th, 2011 at 06:40:11 PM EST
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