OT- Osama Bin Laden is Dead
Apparently something big is happening in the world. We have NO idea what. But I suggest you get to a television.
The only thing they have said is that it is "national security related."
EDIT: Twitter is abuzz with a rumor that we got Bin Laden. Waiting for TomVH to confirm. Also, If this is too political, feel free to delete. But I thought this might generate some interest.
EDIT II: CNN confirms: the United States has the body of Osama Bin Laden. War on Terror Muppets.
EDIT III: Thread locked to prevent the inevitable political flame war from escalating. [ZL]
I'd reverted to more of a reader/lurker than poster during the football off-season, but couldn't resist marking the occasion with tonight's news.
Good bye OBL you sonfabitch. I hope you died a painful death cowering in some dark, dark place. Looking forward to learning more about your demise. Hope you enjoy your new digs in a much warmer clime.
Every time since 9/11 when I've had to take my shoes off at the airport, I've cursed your name and it has darkened my day even if for a moment. But now I see a brighter future in which I will stand, still beltless, now splay-armed in that goddamned super security air blower machine, someone behind a wall remarking on the size of my wedding tackle, and I will smile. In fact I might just cackle with glee.
anyone got bullet in your head by Rage readily available....sounds evil but im glad hes dead now my brother in arms can come home!!!
So, like, is this the really good news TomVH told us about? Or is there still more of that?
Calvin pee on?
No Americans were killed in the raid.
Which also makes it a million times even MORE satisfying!
Didn't they find Osama wearing an Ovechkin Jersey? ....Oh come on, all in good fun. Btw, I hope those Eastern Conference "gurus" that were so quick to predict how fast the Caps and the Flyers would come out of the East aren't feeling too bad about the big 0-fer put up so far...
When Osama bin Laden's death can't hold your attention for ONE THREAD.
I wonder if they tried to capture him alive so they could interrogate him?
EDIT- It appears they told him to "surrender" first.
...checking Mgoblog for a first confirmation on the news extremely satisfying. I didn't think twice about starting the app up and checking the board. FANTASTIC!
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<br>P.S. A really hot waitress just informed me of the good news. That's all I got - I'm getting married. It's cool! Catch and release baby catch and release!
To quote Brotha Lynch Hung...Rest in Piss
I'm sure the men/women on this mission will be very heavily decorated very soon. They deserve it.
Most likely decorated and congratulated very secretly. I'm not sure they will release the information on these individuals in fear that there may be retaliation for their involvement in the mission.
The last time this country had unilaterally good news like this. Moon landing?
My wife's cousin was KIA almost a year ago in Afghanistan. She hasn't stopped crying since the news broke. He was going to stand up in my wedding, and I know that he is so fucking geeked right now, THIS is what he was there for. THIS is why he spoke so highly of the people he was there to protect. He gave his life for this cause, and I guarantee that he is smiling down right now.
I think I speak for everyone when I thank your family for your sacrifice. I think this moment will help a lot of people, both living and dead, sleep more peacefully tonight.
95%* of my posts are dumb pictures or movie quotes, but I have insight every once in a while.
*ok, 98%
I hope he died screaming
AMERICAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK YEAH!!
Best damn day since I lost my virginity! This makes two awesome days in a row!!!!
BlueDragon = small kitten.
This picture may contain kitty catz, but if the action shot of the photo is taken into account, this is like Holyfield-Tyson.
I moderated that as "insightful". It's fun to label things that way.
*Kitty language for "Pet me, jgb!"
Holy Shit. I leave for a while and this newfangled system is installed. I feel like a geezer that has been cryogenically frozen, awaken, and put in front of a computer in the year 2033.
No way I was totally thinking the same thing! Voting's been down since the Malware Apocalypse. The 'Moderation' can cave posts if you get down to a score of 0, but it has no effect on MGoPoints.
Anyways, when do you move to Detroit? I'm breathing easier now that I'm not making pizza anymore and I only have 15 credits this term instead of 20.
I'm curious to see if a post can register above five points when they're back up for real.
And 35 credits? That should get your pre-med stuff out of the way completely, right? Isn't it just two courses in the three hard sciences and two courses of A&P?
Last term, it was Anatomy, Chem and Physics part 2, and Biology. This term it's Chem and Physics part 3 and Microbiology. This summer I take organic chemistry and the MCAT and I take Biochemistry in the fall.
Good for you, man. I'm getting by on transfer credits that IU creatively put into different science categories. Besides Environmental Science, which is required of all students in my college, I'm actually going to be graduating without a course requiring a lab. Then again, your career demands biology and A&P, and mine won't.
On another note, I find it funny the amount of people who went to college as pre-med, and are now in liberal arts or something that's actually math and not science, and conversely, the number of people who went in studying English and are now pre-med/pharm.
Damn. I hope WolverineHistorian has documented this tumuluous journey.
If everything goes according to plan and all the i's are crossed and t's dotted, I'll be settled into Detroit in August.
Where have you been hackney? Has the real world become more time consuming or did you lose interest after bombing all the CC posts?
The former in the most extreme sense. Went from nothing to everything in 1.4 seconds.
Losing my virginity was a very forgettable day for me. There's nothing like giving a couple of awkward pumps, and not being able to hold it in.
Look on the bright side... we just killed Osama bin Laden.
So we've got THAT going for us. Which is nice.
ROCK, FLAG and EAGLE!!
2/5 of the major broadcast stations (Columbus) have coverage of this story. Some idiots on campus are jumping into Mirror Lake, which is Buckeye for "fuck you" so I say FU as well.
CBS, NBC & ABC covering... Didn't bother looking beyond that. But local news coverage showed the gathering of people at Ground Zero. Reporter said they started arriving 20 mins before her broadcast. Call-in reports from parents, wifes of people killed in the WTC.
I bet he cried like a girl and begged for his life. If we gave him the chance !!!!!!!
I wish there was a "911 call" of him getting attacked, similar to the Dave Chappelle 911 call "Dave died cryin' like a bitch" standup