Bin Laden Dead?

Can we call them "death-eaters?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jox5vMFASLA&feature=player_embedded

The local cable-news station did person-on-the-street interviews w/ "Do you feel safer now?" and the general response was "Ehhh, not really"

It's kind of a feeling you get when you have an ex-stalker who doesn't really stalk you anymore, but they move to another city so you feel a little relief anyway.

I mean, or so the people I've stalked have told me.

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!!

A Texas high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave following an incident where he allegedly told a 9th grade Muslim girl in his algebra class "I bet that you're grieving" on Monday following the death of Osama bin Laden.

According to one parent at Clear Brook High School in Houston who spoke about the incident to a local ABC affiliate, the teacher also said, "I heard about your uncle's death."

The parent said the student "understood that he was referring about Osama bin Laden being killed and was racially profiling her."

The name of the alleged victim of the comment has not been released. She is being described as an "American-born girl of Muslim faith."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/tx-teacher-suspended-after-telling-muslim-student-i-bet-youre-grieving.php?ref=tn

ffs

does anyone mind if we kill him?

That's a whole different sort of American exceptionalism. That teacher's an exceptional asshole.

jesus christ

The parent said the student "understood that he was referring about Osama bin Laden being killed and was racially profiling her."

i am sorry, but, lol at this phrase sort of leaving its intended context.

Yeah, its off-use is making me think of something Ronnie Dobbs or Kenny Powers would yell at the cameras as he was being led away in handcuffs

high school teachers are the lowest of the low. they're the ones we should be going after.

(of course i don't mean anyone here who is a high school teacher or anyone who knows a high school teacher that they like. just everyone else.)

I wouldn't even say that to a friend as a joke

well actually I might say that to jjj but he is almost 40 and could likely kick my ass

is that "thesis" thing real? obv the "sustained population center" part is a great idea but not sure if genocide would be the preferred way to get there

have we really gotten to the point where blatantly obvious satire that shamelessly rips off several sources needs to be interrogated for its veracity

haha obv it's not :(

A tracking of writing interventions by advisor to student compared to writers without interventions and their percentage of turnover.
A tracking of interventions of radio personnel by advisor to student compared to students who are underadvised and unpromoted.

Criteria for Success: Students that obtain one-on-one writing coaching will progress to become staff writers at a rate of 40% higher than those that do not receive coaching.
Student that obtain advice and coaching will become promoted to full-time deejays and directors at a rate of 30% higher than those who do not get advised.

― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, May 4, 2011 1:42 PM (59 minutes ago)

^^this, far and away

Ugh I have to keep translating these things into English. I had to explain to someone why "encourage" is a better word than "incentivize."

because you can't forget that 'z' isn't really a letter that should be used if you use 'encourage'

People really think that using buzzwords or more "complex" words excessively makes them sound professional, although I have no idea why.

If you're in the corporate world, everything becomes a verb, eventually!

This is academia.

u mean every word corporates, surely

this is for mh

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/tomason.jpg

i barely know 'er

Given her subsequent career path, I guess she didn't stick around for his talk.

I was reading the original 'utility data' post, and giggling like crazy when they were using to caption Star Wars stills...I'm at the library at my college, so I'm p sure I turned into 'that guy' for a few minutes...

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/03/113643/bin-ladens-daughter-saw-us-troops.html

that article is hilarious

"'goaty'-style"

"We have no independent confirmation of Osama bin Laden being there or dying there except what we got from the daughter," said the official, a member of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

The official said that based on interviews with the daughter and others in the house Pakistani authorities now believe that bin Laden had been living in the Abbottabad compound for "some months.

like, come on yall

airs next week:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/fighting-for-bin-laden/

i must say i hadn't thought of this argument

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/05/public-records-should-bepublic

really? that was my first reaction tbh (my second was "no fucking way I want to see it tho)

folks

"Given her subsequent career path, I guess she didn't stick around for his talk."

i think he kinda drives people to mercenary work.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2011/05/02/story-of-the-mexican-anchor-baby-navy-seals-that-captured-osama-bin-laden/

dunno how verified that is

Chomsky? you mean, like Chumbawamba?

xxp

"captured"

in Arizona, "captured" and "shot" mean the same thing

i bet more american college kids know who chomsky is than chumbawamba at this point

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svivar9087
May 2nd, 2011 on 8:04 pm

As a Latina all I can say is….in your face player haters.

Rubén Mejía

I'm hearing ppl say "captured" all the time this week; I always thought you had to have a heartbeat when they put their hands on you.

btw one of my MSNBC-loving F'book friends suggested that Obama "do the same" to Palin. I'd have told him to cool it but he's the one driving me to the Nixon Library in July.

Well if thats the same wide brush you use to paint all us "Bam lovers", then I think we have identified a large part of the problem here.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-seals-mexican-immigrant/

Some have questioned the authenticity of El Universal's reporting. As of now, the outlet has not posted an update to its story. We have contacted Notimex/El Universal for comment.

When contacted by Think Progress, a representative from the radio station that Martín Mejía reportedly called into -- 97.9 La Raza -- confirmed that a person identifying himself as the father of a Navy SEAL who was involved in the attack against Osama Bin Laden appeared on the radio station. The representative stated that his radio station checked the veracity of Mr. Mejía's story and "everything was okay." They are no longer releasing a recording of the interview at this point.

"Chomsky? you mean, like Chumbawamba?"

yeah, i think he depresses people so much when he talks about the futility of the world situation so people go fuggit i'm gonna go to africa and fuck shit up and make some money we're all doomed anyway.

I GET KNOCKED DOWN

As incredibly valuable and mind-bogglingly informative as his talks/interviews/books are, he usually ends with some defeatist line about how things are only gonna get worse. It's kind of infuriating, actually, and an insult to the activists who get inspiration from him.

Also I'll think, "What the hell? Then why waste all that time researching and lecturing? Just go to a strip club or something."