According to ABC News, a Pakistani military training academy was about a thousand feet away from the compound....
Wesley: We're going to bring Angelus in alive. Connor: No we're not. Gunn: I thought you said capturing him wasn't an option. Wesley: Changed my mind. Connor: Change it back.
'Why We Fight'
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.
Theodosia - May 02, 2011 6:00:49 am PDT #6455 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
amyth - May 02, 2011 6:02:38 am PDT #6456 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Pakistan claims no knowledge of OBL's whereabouts.
Oh, Pakistan!
I know. Plus I'm waiting impatiently for wacky Republican reactions.
The comments on the online version of one of our local news stations are so foaming-at-the-mouth insane that I can't even. I knew it would be like that, and yet I went and looked anyway. I guess I had to make sure it would be as bad as I thought. Sometimes I never want to leave my town. It's scary out there.
Maria - May 02, 2011 6:03:39 am PDT #6457 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Tom, directly from a SEAL's mouth: sailor, not soldier.
Barb - May 02, 2011 6:06:02 am PDT #6458 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
One of our local news anchors was on a flight from Detroit to Seattle when the pilots announced that everyone should watch the TVs and they turned on the TV service for everyone. He was on the flight with a 9/11 widow who apparently burst into tears and the entire cabin was comforting her. He said it was one of the most extraordinary things he's ever seen. Also that it was beyond eerie to be hearing the announcement of Bin Laden's death while on a plane.
He said, too, that everyone shook the many servicemen/women's hands as they left the plane.
Oh, and best part? He tweeted specifically to his bosses that the 9/11 widow declined to be interviewed for tonight's news and he wouldn't press her. That from him, she'd get peace.
Jesse - May 02, 2011 6:06:45 am PDT #6459 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"I have never wished a man dead, except for people who keep attributing my goddamn quote to Mark Twain" - Clarence Darrow
That's awesome.
sumi - May 02, 2011 6:08:55 am PDT #6460 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Giant fluffy pup of the day.
Frankenbuddha - May 02, 2011 6:24:57 am PDT #6461 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I can't say I'm unhappy that Bin Laden is gone, but I am, like others here, worried about retaliation.
Tom Scola - May 02, 2011 6:39:20 am PDT #6462 of 30001
hwæt
Thanks, Maria. So Burn Notice isn't very accurate. Who would have guessed?
Vortex - May 02, 2011 6:52:00 am PDT #6463 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My understanding is that a sea burial was the only way to both honor Muslim tradition and avoid creating a martyr's tomb.
Well, that makes sense. I won't believe it until I see leaked pics from some soldier's cell phone ;)
Oh, and best part? He tweeted specifically to his bosses that the 9/11 widow declined to be interviewed for tonight's news and he wouldn't press her. That from him, she'd get peace.
Just when I'm about to totally give up on humanity, someone does something decent. I was at my wit's end this weekend when a guy decided to leave the theatre to get coffee just when the show started. The other house manager asked him several times what show he was seeing, but he ignored her, so she told the stage manager to start the show. When he tried to enter and she explained that he had to wait for the late seating break (about 6 minutes), he started yelling her and finally said "fuck you, I'm going in" and just walked into the theatre in the middle of the opening scene. I couldn't believe it.
Maria - May 02, 2011 7:04:39 am PDT #6464 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
You're welcome, Tom. Sometimes I find it disturbing that I have multiple members of various U.S. Special Forces teams in my address book.
Vortex, I'm amazed at your restraint. I would have cut the inconsiderate little prick a thousand times over with a dull knife.