Arab Fall becomes anti-US blowback as “turmoil” spreads to Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia

Arab Fall becomes anti-US blowback as “turmoil” spreads to Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia. “…the anti-American revulsion, which started on September 11 in Egypt and has since taken Libya and Yemen by storm, is spreading like wildfire.” (Note: add Lebanon.) Hey, if a country explodes in the Middle East and no joun0lists hear it, is it still Romney’s fault?

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  • Catch Barry Soetero, Jake Gyllenhal and the ghost of Heath Ledger in, "Blowback Mountin'" rated R (for "Ridiculous!")

  • Now the Germans are getting it too, in Khartoum.
    May I digress with a limerick? Just one so rarely has the justification to recite one within this proper context.

    There was an old queer from Khartoum
    Who invited a friend to his room.
    They argued all night
    As to who had the right
    To do what, and with which, and to whom.

    /Yes sir, I'll go stand in the corner . . .

  • http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2012/09/14/ut_campus_under_evacuation_ord.html

    "UPDATE, 10 a.m.: UT officials said in a statement:
    At 8:35 a.m. the university received a call from a male with a middle eastern accent claiming to have placed bombs all over campus. He said he was with Al Qaeda and these bombs would go off in 90 minutes. President Powers was notified and it was decided to evacuate all of the buildings out of an abundance of caution."

    Primary DNC talking point: bin Laden isn't better off then he was four years ago.

    Hope this doesn't come out wrong but I'm glad this stuff is happening before the
    election.

    • "Hope this doesn’t come out wrong." S' ok we know what you mean.

      Oh, wait -- wait . . . I'm getting a Word of Inspiration. . . . This is all happening now because alQ and the terrorists are SO AFRAID of Dear Leader that they've saved all this up just to discredit him and scuttle his re-election chances.

      /Wonder if I could sell that to PMSNBC for a hundred bucks or so?

    • It's pretty annoying that they got the threat, and didn't notify us until 15 minutes before the detonation time. Not that it was probably anything more than some idiot who wanted to get out of a test.

      Oh, yeah, and it's raining in Austin today. So thanks anonymous asshole, for making me have to walk an extra mile in the stuff.

  • 3:00 AM (Washington DC amid the usual occasional gunfire)
    Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring
    BO: "Uh er ah ah ah oh yeah, hullo"
    Voice "Mr President, the entire middle east is in chaos."
    BO: "Present"
    Voice: "Yessir, but the media wants to know how you want them to spin this."
    BO: "Well the usual, it's Bush's fault."
    Voice: "I tried that but they want something else. They say even the biggest idiots aren't buying that anymore."
    BO: "Uh er ah blame it on the f*cking Jews. That always works"
    Voice: "I tried that to but they are afraid that might hurt you with the Jewish vote."
    "BO: "Ah oh yeah. Gee we always kick them in the nuts and they still support me, but okay. Blame it on Romney then."
    Voice: "Yessir. They'll like that."
    BO "By the way, what time is my tee time tomorrow."
    Voice "9 AM Sir"
    BO: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzz"