Reporters told him that, on Sunday, they had visited Zawiyah, 30 miles from Tripoli, and saw no evidence of Islamist forces. “They knew you were coming,” the spokesman said. “They were hiding those with an obvious Al Qaeda look.”
I'm curious as to what qualifies as an Al Qaeda look in Libya. Perhaps they wear special hats?
Astonishingly, he goes on to claim that there isn't even any unrest, that "Everything is calm. Everything is peaceful."
Foreign Policy takes a look at Qaddafi's regime as the last of the Arabic Utopian nightmares.
An Israeli joins the fray via YouTube.
And here are some laughs:
In a burned-out Benghazi government building, anti-Gaddafi activists produce one cartoon after another before pasting them up on the walls. Graffiti in Benghazi's courthouse urged Gaddafi to "have shame" and surrender himself to the "national council of hairdressers".
Meanwhile in Egypt, Mubarak won't be going anywhere. And not in a way he'd like.
In the event you might be planning a trip to an autocracy, Reuters provides a handy algorithm for predicting unrest. It could save your vacation to Azerbaijan.
The Chinese have no intention of seeing this sort of unrest, spreading to Asia. In addition to the inevitable security forces, they've also unleashed aggressive street sweepers to hit peoples feet with brooms if they stand around too long.
As long as we're talking about Asia, here's your North Korean Headline of the Day:
Greatness of Kim Jong Il Lauded Abroad. I sure wish someone abroad would laud my greatness. Must be nice.
This is interesting to me and very, very bad for the Atlantic: The Daily Dish will combine with the Daily Beast forming the mighty Daily Besh, I guess. It'll be curious to see if any of Sullivan's under-bloggers go with him. I believe Conor Friedersdorf is already over at the Beast.
Could have done a worse job I guess. At least he qualified as "jumpy, rambling but mostly coherent"
Sigh. I'm diving into the celebrity news on this one but I just find this Sheen character to be so despicable and weird. So, a helpful re-cap.
And if we're going to take a poke at Charlie Sheen, we might as well talk about prostitution.
The strange saga of the Pittsburgh collar bomb case has come to a close. I have to say, when my town does weird, we pull out all the stops.
This is interesting: The Supreme Court will be looking at several cases involving the constitutional rights of children. Clearly, children are not adults and must be treated differently by the courts. The rights of children are routinely abridged and typically for good reasons. That said, I think that when those rights must be abridged, the purpose should be to protect the child. I don't think it's appropriate to abridge their rights merely as a matter of government expediency.
Iran has registered its fury over a captcha.
Because it is. Easy answer. Took less than a second to come up with it.
The view from Lewes, DE, formerly known as Whorekill.
Because I hate Verizon. My experience as well as this leads me to conclude that they will overcharge you whenever they can.
Pirates have kidnapped two Danish children sailing in the Indian Ocean. It strikes me that they are increasingly going after individuals rather than corporate interests (oil tankers, et al.). Pretty troubling. Hopefully though, it indicates that companies are being successful with security attempts to thwart hijackers and the pirates are simply going after softer targets. Now if some of those security efforts would kindly be extended to people going on cruises...It'd be rather nice I think.
I still can't believe we're abandoning the shuttle program in favor of some Russian garbage-rockets. I know it's expensive, but getting into space is really, really important. We simply can't stay here forever.
Finally...
Yes, I'm aware that there was an awards show last night. Frankly, I like the idea of the Oscars. It seems like the one night a year, when celebrities are brought together and punished. They have to stand in line or sit still for hours on end, all while wearing formal wear. Such as...
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