According to an official in Libya it does. Abdel Majid Mlegta of the Libyan National Transitional Council says Muammar Gaddafi was shot in the legs and head. Read more »
Maybe a military cargo plane mid-emergency evacuation from Libya to Ukraine is not the best place to get drunk, “difficult,” “aggressive” and holler about being “Gaddafi’s woman,” but the loony leader’s former nurse Galina Kolotnitskaya didn’t get the memo. Hilarity hysteria ensued. Read more »
A few years ago it was much cooler to perform for brutal dictators, but with Libya undergoing the whole revolution thing and the regime mercilessly killing its people, some pop stars are rethinking the large sums of money they were given by the Gaddafi family to perform at various private parties. Singer Nelly Furtado stepped up and on Twitter announced she’s donating the million dollars she was paid for a 45 minute performance in 2007 to charity. So who’s next, Beyonce, Mariah Carey or Usher?
The most puzzling thing about the flurry of criticism Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman have levied on President Obama over Libya is their recent history with the country and the regime. Sunday, in a taped interview on CNN, they both said that military action should be considered and that Obama isn’t being forceful enough or something. Does that mean he should snarl more? Read more »
According to one soon to be deposed leader, yes! Discounting 42 years of absolute rule, Muammar Gaddafi’s voice went on state TV to explain the real reasons for the unrest: Osama bin Laden and drugs. It’s all part of al Qaeda’s plan to get the people of Libya high. “They give them pills at night, they put hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee, their Nescafe,” said Gaddafi.
A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said he has no plans on relinquishing any power in a rambling speech earlier today and then channeled Ronald Reagan in his dismissal of protesters as “rats” and “drug taking radicals.” Libya is sooo retro.
Libya, a country bordered by the newly revolutionized nations of Tunisia and Egypt, is itself experiencing a bit of a rebellion as anti-government demonstrations continue to spread. Protesters have taken to the streets, seized military bases, and clashed with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli. The infamous dictator reportedly left the country, but one of his kids that the U.S. didn’t kill during a bomb raid in the 80s appeared on TV and vowed that his father will “fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet.”
How did you spend your New Year’s Eve? Did you spend it getting paid $2-million to perform five songs for the spoiled brat son of one of the world’s most notorious deranged dictators/terrorists on a boat in St. Barts? No?! Well, Beyonce did! Read more »
On Monday 200 Italian women showed up to a Villa in Rome after answering an ad that read, “Seeking 500 attractive girls between 18 and 35 years old, at least 1.70 meters (5 foot, 7 inches) tall, well-dressed but not in mini-skirts or low cut dresses.” In return for showing up, the women were promised money and “Libyan gifts.” Read more »
Parting Shot: Splish Splash
A student hurls paint at police, protesting the visit of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to the University La Sapienza in Rome today. |Photo Journal|
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