There was also another Fox affiliate where the broadcaster actually said "President Obama has confirmed that President Obama is, in fact, dea- oh, sorry."
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Barb - May 02, 2011 5:22:13 am PDT #6440 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
sumi - May 02, 2011 5:22:26 am PDT #6441 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
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DavidS - May 02, 2011 5:30:20 am PDT #6442 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DavidS, or anyone else who knows: In the TV movie "Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe", Bruce Campbell played a Navy SEAL, and he is repeatedly called "soldier", even by his fellow officers. Is that accurate?
Huh, I'd think "sailor" but I'm not sure.
le nubian - May 02, 2011 5:30:43 am PDT #6443 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Barb,
yeah that was the Fox affiliate in DC. His co-anchor looked at him like he lost his mind.
Jessica - May 02, 2011 5:35:29 am PDT #6444 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aaaaaaaaaand Twitter comes through for me:
"I have never wished a man dead, except for people who keep attributing my goddamn quote to Mark Twain" - Clarence Darrow
DavidS - May 02, 2011 5:44:54 am PDT #6445 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So it looks like Pakistan did not in fact give him up, but rather obstructed U.S. efforts to get him. The U.S. did not even tell Pakistani officials about the raid beforehand.
Jessica - May 02, 2011 5:47:26 am PDT #6446 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So it looks like Pakistan did not in fact give him up, but rather obstructed U.S. efforts to get him. The U.S. did not even tell Pakistani officials about the raid beforehand.
I can't say I'm terribly surprised, but I cringe to think what this is going to mean for our relationship with that government.
tommyrot - May 02, 2011 5:48:32 am PDT #6447 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So it looks like Pakistan did not in fact give him up, but rather obstructed U.S. efforts to get him. The U.S. did not even tell Pakistani officials about the raid beforehand.
Not surprising. Bin Laden was living in a fortified mansion in the middle of a bunch of Pakistani security.
eta: Not surprising x-post....
Amy - May 02, 2011 5:48:46 am PDT #6448 of 30001
Because books.
Tom, my ex-Navy dad says never to calling a Navy man "soldier." Actually, what he said was, "Sure, if he wants to get hit."
tommyrot - May 02, 2011 5:50:56 am PDT #6449 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Artist's depiction of what the raid looked like: [link]