Read this before you switch on the telly, read a paper or go on facebook
  • teamonkeyteamonkey
    Because there's only going to be one story you'll hear all fucking day today.


    So right now, take a breath. Enjoy the morning! Have a lovely cup of tea. Enjoy a few moments without wall-to-wall news coverage. You'll thank me.
  • MayhemMayhem
    So Friday all over again then? :p
  • xADxAD
    I don't watch telly, read the papers, or go on facebook...so am I missing anything important?
  • KoworldKoworld
    Nice of him to give Kate and Wills the weekend, I thought. Very sporting, especially given his stated aim of destroying the very basis of Western Civilisation. Good lad.
  • stysty
    bit of a shock to hear this as we're having afternoon tea.

    cross fingers for a quite news week/month from now on.
  • reloadedreloaded
    Stay out of the Great Things thread too.
  • JoeTeachJoeTeach
    I'd already been on Facebook. Good of you to put the warning up.
  • DeggyDeggy
    Gah! There's me thinking Twisted had finally completed Call of Duty 4 on Veteran.

    I feel cheated.
    Post edited by Deggy at 2011-05-02 03:49:46
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    Ah right, now some other wannabe will seize their chance.
  • KoworldKoworld
    Are we talking leading a terrorist organisation or completing COD?
  • MamemeisterMamemeister
    Reckon Mayhem is perfectly placed for a tribute act for the departed fella!!

    ;-)
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    Some confusion about Pakistani and ISI involvement in the raid:

    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/bin.laden.raid/index.html?hpt=T1
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    Ah well, reckon that's got Obama another 4 years then.
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    Also - How come he was living in an affluent area of Pakistan with a military compound just around the corner?

    Hm.
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    Apparently they've buried him at sea already.
  • DeggyDeggy
    In all fairness, he was a disgrace to snooker.
    Post edited by Deggy at 2011-05-02 04:23:40
  • budgiebudgie
    A hahaha ha ha.
  • KoworldKoworld
    Did he spill somebody's pint?
  • RexxFiendRexxFiend
    Media blackout for me today I reckon. Triumphalist jingoism isn't for me.
  • KoworldKoworld
    I agree Rexx, this comment from the BBC stream sums up my feelings well:
    reminded of the words of Col Tim Collins to his troops: "If you are ferocious in battle remember to be magnanimous in victory": "The ugly, boastful scenes outside the White House cannot in any way be seen as magnaminous and is unpleasently remindful of flag-burning rallies and hate parades more commonly witnessed in those countries we suspect of being orchestras of terror."

    However, its wrong to focus only on the sick-inducing chants of USA! USA! From outside the White House because what has also happened is a key moment in the correcting of the lurch towards Islamic fundamentalism: it shows that all in Al Q are vulnerable and that the resolve of the west is strong.
  • RockwaldoRockwaldo
    RexxFiend said:

    Media blackout for me today I reckon. Triumphalist jingoism isn't for me.



    Racist
    Post edited by Rockwaldo at 2011-05-02 04:41:33
  • RockwaldoRockwaldo
    Osama Bin Laden really shouldn't have used his real address on PSN. [gaming] 1206 points


    From Reddit: genius..:)
  • KoworldKoworld
    This is in a warning about possible reactions
    Or just the amateur jihadi placing a bomb in a supermarket."

    Advising us all to be on the look out for such things is sensible but the expression 'amateur jihadi' makes the person instantly likable. I imagine them in their sheds, pluckily plodding away at their hobby. These amateurs don't get the breaks the pros get.
  • mattmatt
    Thought this was great:

    twitter said:

    See what America can do when PSN is down?!?!


    http://twitter.com/#!/Maxplatypus/status/64960574139809792
  • KoworldKoworld
    Apparently Donald Trump is demanding to see the death certificate.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    Did they take his body away in a Bin bag?
  • KoworldKoworld
    Doubt it, there's no bin collection on a Bank Holiday.
  • Mr_KentishMr_Kentish
    Seriously though - why bury him at sea? Introduces an element of doubt. What was to be gained from that?
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    Mr_Kentish said:

    Seriously though - why bury him at sea? Introduces an element of doubt. What was to be gained from that?



    So there can't be a Graceland-style shrine.
  • KoworldKoworld
    Mr_Kentish said:

    Seriously though - why bury him at sea? Introduces an element of doubt. What was to be gained from that?


    About the only option if they want to avoid a shrine emerging.

    Edit: What Lans said.
    Post edited by Koworld at 2011-05-02 05:07:07
  • Mr_KentishMr_Kentish
    Bin Laden never managed that difficult second album anyway...still seems odd. There would have been no need to bury him publicly.
    Post edited by Mr_Kentish at 2011-05-02 05:08:43
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    I know, on the face of it it's completely idiotic. Would love to understand the rationale behind chucking him in the sea so quickly.
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    abstractposter said:

    I know, on the face of it it's completely idiotic. Would love to understand the rationale behind chucking him in the sea so quickly.



    It's in accordance with Islamic belief - to bury the body within 24 hours.
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    It's also important for them to be buried in a grave with the head facing mecca.

    Hope confounding that wasn't a motivation
  • Chad_SexingtonChad_Sexington
    He was a CIA patsy, they needed him out of the way quickly.
  • KoworldKoworld
    I fancy a pasty.
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    Uh Oh!

    http://alamongordo.com/general/wikileaks-nuclear-threat-europe/
  • KoworldKoworld
    Cor you love a link, son.
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    Don't you like this sort of stuff being discussed?

    I honestly thought that was interesting as it only came into public knowledge a few days before Bin Laden's death
  • KoworldKoworld
    We tend to prefer the lighter approach to big subjects, yeah.
  • Chad_SexingtonChad_Sexington
    Also, just posting a link isn't really going to start a discussion as most of us won't be arsed to click on it.
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    Okay.

    Uh Oh! [swanny whistle noise]

    http://alamongordo.com/general/wikileaks-nuclear-threat-europe/
    Post edited by abstractposter at 2011-05-02 05:47:41
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    That's more like it.
  • KoworldKoworld
    @abstractposter how did you find this forum? It's great to have new members but equally our overall style can be sometimes hard to get a proper handle on straightway. Knowing your route here will help us to nudge you in the direction we flow in.
  • RiKRiK
    Can't help thinking it's terribly convenient timing for them..
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    Cuz that's how we LOL
  • KoworldKoworld
    RiK said:

    Can't help thinking it's terribly convenient timing for them..


    I dunno, Obama was up way past his bedtime to make the announcement. He'll be proper grumpy this morning.

  • Chad_SexingtonChad_Sexington
    RiK said:

    Can't help thinking it's terribly convenient timing for them..


    Are you suggesting that abstractposter isn't who he says he is? Osama isn't dead and now frequents the WotR forum?
  • Sir_LANsalotSir_LANsalot
    Koworld said:

    RiK said:

    Can't help thinking it's terribly convenient timing for them..


    I dunno, Obama was up way past his bedtime to make the announcement. He'll be proper grumpy this morning.



    A Grumposaurus Rex!
  • RexxFiendRexxFiend
    Am not.


    Edit - ok, maybe just a little bit.
    Post edited by RexxFiend at 2011-05-02 05:59:29
  • abstractposterabstractposter
    I was looking at some stuff about miniature arcade cabinets made of paper and there was a link there
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