Sadly

A Libyan psychologist claimed to have distributed seventy thousand questionnaires in rebel-controlled areas, out of which sixty thousand were returned. Some 259 women volunteered that they had been raped; the psychologist said she had interviewed 140 of them. That such precise statistics could have been collected in the anarchy of eastern Libya was implausible, but her story was uncritically repeated, doing much to turn Gaddafi into a pariah. Largely ignored were reports a few weeks later from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and a UN commission saying that there was no evidence for the story, which appears to have been nothing more than a highly successful propaganda ploy. On another occasion, the rebels showed off the bodies of eight government soldiers: they claimed the men had been executed by their own side for trying to defect to the opposition. Later, Amnesty International unearthed a video showing the eight men alive after being captured by the rebels; clearly, they had been killed soon afterwards and their deaths blamed on pro-Gaddafi forces.

Early on in the occupation of Iraq, I went to al-Dohra power station in Baghdad after one American soldier was shot dead there and another wounded. This was a minor incident in an incipient guerrilla war, but the approval of local people as they stood around the pool of dried blood on the pavement was significant. “We are very poor but we will celebrate by cooking a chicken,” one man said. “God willing, there will be more actions like this.”

A correspondent in southeast Turkey recently visited a Syrian refugee camp where he found ten-year-old children watching a YouTube clip of two men being executed with a chainsaw. The commentary claimed that the victims were Syrian Sunnis and the killers were Alawites; in fact the film was from Mexico and the murders had been carried out by a drug lord to intimidate his rivals.

There may be less state violence than before 2003, but only because the state is weaker. The Maliki government’s methods are equally brutal: Iraqi prisons are full of people who have made false confessions under torture or the threat of it. Sunni villages near Fallujah are full of families with sons on death row. An Iraqi intellectual who had planned to open a museum in Abu Ghraib prison so that Iraqis would never forget the barbarities of Saddam’s regime found that there was no space available because the cells were full of new inmates. Iraq is still an extraordinarily dangerous place. “I never imagined that ten years after the fall of Saddam you would still be able to get a man killed in Baghdad by paying $100,” an Iraqi who’d been involved in the abortive museum project told me.

sadly, in the context of a poem, this may have been a metaphorical shit

― Aimless, Monday, February 16, 2015 11:20 PM (1 minute ago)

new board description

Tony Hart, children's TV presenter and artist
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jan/19/tony-hart

― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 16 February 2015 07:36 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

apparently you're not the only one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/11415068/Twitter-gets-very-confused-over-death-of-artist-Tony-Hart.html

― ʎɐpunsunɾɐɔ (cajunsunday), Monday, 16 February 2015 10:13 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah - apparently some 1 Direction fans went off yesterday as well, being outraged at #ripharryyouwillbemissed trending, when it's actually a kid who died of cancer.

This would be pretty bad, except they (in fairness probably a different they) did the same thing when the kid actually died four years ago.

― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 16 February 2015 11:46 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Mr. el-Ghandour, 24, returned to Egypt for reasons he would not disclose and has since come under police surveillance. He follows Mr. Yaken’s updates on his Twitter account, which recently featured as its cover photo a picture of the Jordanian pilot whom Islamic State militants set ablaze last month.

“Islam found what he was looking for,” Mr. el-Ghandour said wistfully. “A life free of the sins he renounced, a greater cause, an Islamic state.”

http://www.puppyheaven.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/700x700/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/i/fire_ball_-_teacup_pomernian_puppy_in_los_angeles_26_.jpg

The Needle Drop
Bách khoa toàn thư mở Wikipedia
The Needle Drop
Địa chỉ website theneedledrop.com
youtube.com/theneedledrop
Loại website Phê bình đánh giá âm nhạc
Tạo bởi Anthony Fantano
Bắt đầu hoạt động 2007

The Needle Drop là một blog/vlog được sáng tạo bởi Anthony Fantano (sinh ngày 28 tháng 10, 1985), người tự mô tả mình là "con mọt âm nhạc bận rộn nhất Internet" ("the Internet's Busiest Music Nerd")[1], Fantano phê bình đánh giá nhiều thể loại nhạc dưới hình thức video và audio. The Needle Drop bắt đầu vào mùa thu 2007, và phê bình đánh giá âm nhạc bắt đầu từ 2009. Blog phê bình album, bài hát và đôi khi "câu hỏi của tuần" hay danh sách.

Tao boi Anthony Fantano

Butch / Rapper / G / Boi / "Weingar Lesbian" / Style for the discriminating masc-presenting Vlogger

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I am not American, but I know about the massive coverage his labor reforms, and subsequent protests and recall have generated, not to mention his speculation as a potential 2016 candidate. The singer? No clue who that is. Therefore the disambiguation page should redirect to the Wisconsin governor. 128.164.27.98 (talk) 20:52, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Style and content[edit]

Use of the word "hardcore": All garage bands, even if they are not "hardcore", seem to love to describe themselves as such.
Use of nicknames: In hardcore or death metal bands, all or some of the band members may have nicknames (John "Bones" Smith, Tim "Crypsy" Carnoy, etc.), and in some cases, only the nicknames will be given ("and on bass, the Deth-Hölder").
Mention of music equipment: There may be detailed mentions of music equipment models and numbers, as an attempt to suggest that they are paid endorsers, or under the mistaken belief that you are dying to figure out just how they created that screeching sound on the hidden track at the end of their unreleased CD.[1]
No albums are released: The article indicates that no albums have been released, or that they are forthcoming, or that the band has released only mixtapes.
No neutral point of view: The article is filled with weasel words, peacock terms, and POV praise.
Mention of fake company or label: The article might maintain a mandatory use of fake recording company, production company, or record label.
Trying (and failing) to dramatize and/or praise the band or its members: Many garage band pages will include a poorly formatted list of the band's members, along with a puffery-filled list of their "accomplishments". There will also be desperate attempts to puff up any dubious, non-incidental contact with celebrities, notable bands, or record industry luminaries. In an article about an actual, notable band, an encyclopedic tone will be used and it will be free of golden praise and drama.
Mention of upcoming local gigs: Yeah, because, you know My-Wikipedia-Space is a free advertising service.
Certain phrases:
"... had a dream ..."
"... is an up-and-coming ..."
"... take ... by storm ..."

i really wish i hadn't read that louis post

― long time listener, first time balla (history mayne), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 16:19 (4 years ago)

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/fd-how-the-u-s-and-its-allies-got-stuck-with-the-worlds-worst-new-warplane-5c95d45f86a5

there's a classic war nerd on the topic:
http://pando.com/2014/12/18/the-war-nerd-more-proof-the-us-defense-industry-has-nothing-to-do-with-defending-america/

think I just contributed to a Sadly,

ya?

Broad City thread

that will not have been a thread that will have been read

does the title refer to broad in the dames v broads sense

i think it's a pun - they're broads, and it's a big city

i do believe so

don't really have you down as a sitcom fan although i've now seen two episodes of recent c4 effort 'catastrophe' and it's probably as close to a nakho-friendly sitcom as can have been imagined

nakba-friendly u mean

february 3 2010: the date when it all began

displaced landfill posters howling across twitter

eretz afl

link pls lj

If Girls is novelistic I despair for literature

― vacuum head tree disease (imago), Thursday, March 5, 2015 7:55 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol I'd say Stephanie Meyer and E.L. James were reason enough to shoot ourselves long ago

― drash, Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:03 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Whatever your laws say about destruction of property. Hope I helped.

fair cop

^ good attitude, one to watch

The man, who is in his 60s, has been found guilty of more than 90 crimes, mostly different types of fraud. The regional Helsingborgs Dagblad (HD) newspaper reported on Friday that the man was also convicted of molesting his neighbour's then five-year-old daughter in 2004, and was also suspected of raping a young teenage girl.

The man will now be able to adopt, after a review by the municipality's social affairs committee (socialnämnd) found that his risk of relapse was considered low, with all but one of ten members of the committee voting yes to the man's application to adopt.

He eventually lost the position of principal Clinton pet in 1997 when the Clintons acquired Buddy, a Labrador Retriever.

Socks found Buddy's intrusion intolerable: according to Hillary Clinton, Socks "despised Buddy from first sight, instantly and forever." Bill Clinton said, "I did better with ... the Palestinians and the Israelis than I've done with Socks and Buddy."[5] When the Clintons left the White House in 2001 they took Buddy to their new home, but left Socks under the care of Bill Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie. Buddy would die within a year, being hit by a car in 2002.[6]

In December 2002, Socks was part of the Little Rock Christmas parade.

In October 2004, Socks made a then-rare public appearance when Currie was guest speaker at an Officers' Spouses Club luncheon at Andrews Air Force Base. Socks accompanied her and took part in a photo op.

In June 2008, Socks was still living with Currie and her husband in Hollywood, Maryland, about 60 miles from Washington, but had a thyroid condition, hair loss, weight loss, and kidney problems.[7]

In December 2008, Socks was reported to be in failing health, apparently suffering from cancer.[8]

Socks was euthanized on February 20, 2009, in Hollywood, Maryland,[9] after suffering cancer of the jaw.[10] It was also estimated that Socks would have turned 20 in the spring of 2009, placing his birthdate in the spring of 1989 rather than 1990.[11]

GIS results for "yapatista" did not contain even 1 (one) picture of a dog

lol

the title to the new grimes track reads somewhat problematically
http://www.diclib.com/cgi-bin/d1.cgi?l=en&base=coed&page=showid&id=2262#.VQDOpy62W9U

I explained "Joey" and "Corky" to a young person about a week ago

are we going to exercise clemency on this, the final day of a literary legernd

Sadly the dude who wanted to die died

...while the car dude was still alive

Oh is that what you were on about, I knew there had to be something but I haven't clicked thread cause I wasn't a fan

It is genuinely sad obv, Alzheimer's is horrible. Hope they find a cure!

Daniel Giles, 40, of Enfield Close, Uxbridge, was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment with five months suspended, for assisting an offender, and was ordered to pay a £100 surcharge.

But because he had already spent five months in custody, he walked free.

The 40-year-old has a tattoo of an iron cross and German eagle on his back, an image with connotations of the Nazi movement, but he denied he held any racist views.

are we going to exercise clemency on this, the final day of a literary legernd

― vacuum head tree disease (imago), Thursday, 12 March 2015 16:24 (5 days ago)

did u like his books

like maybe 2 or 3 of them when i was very young, don't remember anything about them now though

v much enjoyed a london bubble theatre production of lords and ladies in greenwich (?) park once, although i suspect your opinions on promenade theatre are terse

first his books were read by lj, then a production of his was seen by lj, then he died of early onset alzeheimers disease

If you are super-rich, you probably have an ex-leader working for you, like an overpaid tennis coach. Blair, for instance, has shilled for JPMorgan Chase, Qatar and Kazakhstan’s cuddly regime. Then there’s the modern ex-leader’s staple: giving paid speeches to rich people. Blair’s Queen Anne mansion outside London differs from the “museum of corruption” recently vacated by Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovich chiefly in degree, taste and the period when the money was made. Both men got rich through running countries. It’s just that Blair’s version was legal.

No previous European ex-leaders made this kind of dough. Just 20 years ago the British ex-prime minister Harold Wilson was showing up at the House of Lords stricken with Alzheimer’s, led by his nurse, because he needed the daily attendance fee.

http://jfjfp.com/?p=69359

The village takes its name from Mercurey, the
Roman god and winged messenger, who was also
the god of commerce. There used to be a Gallo-
Roman temple in the climat of Clos Voyens, we
are told. Now there is a windmill on the site.