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Wonkette : A Children's Treasury Of Wonkette's War With Philadelphia

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:24:41 +0000

don't take this the wrong way, but why is it always bearded men who want moar of me? All I wanted in life was to touch some boobies......... sigh.

Wonkette : Why, Don't Forget Your Atlanta And Charlotte Drinky Things And Meets-Up, You Sweet Ol' Thing!

Sat, 1 Sep 2012 19:11:55 +0000

Charlotte will have finger-banging. And that's a promise.

Wonkette : Andrew Breitbart Drops Dead

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:55:43 +0000

touche.

Wonkette : Andrew Breitbart Drops Dead

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:27:13 +0000

happy hour doesn't exist here, silly. Beer is ALWAYS $1.00-$2.00. And it is tasty.

Wonkette : Andrew Breitbart Drops Dead

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:16:44 +0000

not dead!

Wonkette : Andrew Breitbart Drops Dead

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:12:24 +0000

Maybe in Capitalistic America. Here in commie Eastern-ish Europe, vowels are not required... PROOF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brno

Wonkette : Andrew Breitbart Drops Dead

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:01:35 +0000

Dear Andrew, You were sort of a jerk, but at least you had a sense of humor. And in a world full of jerks, that counts for something. The next pilsner is in your honor -- Your former boy toy, Riley Brno, Czech Republic

Wonkette : What Can Vaclav Havel Do For You?

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:33:12 +0000

Another keeper: “The worst thing is that we live in a contaminated moral environment. We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought. We learned not to believe in anything, to ignore one another, to care only about ourselves. [...] The previous regime — armed with its arrogant and intolerant ideology — reduced man to a force of production, and nature to a tool of production. [...] It reduced gifted and autonomous people, skillfully working in their own country, to the nuts and bolts of some monstrously huge, noisy and stinking machine, whose real meaning was not clear to anyone. [...] We had all become used to the totalitarian system and accepted it as an unchangeable fact and thus helped to perpetuate it.” — Václav Havel, New Year’s Address to the Nation, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1990. Just missed him....I'm moving to the Czech Republic in two weeks!

Wonkette : Annnd ... Shepard Fairey Remixes His Obama-Hope Poster For #OWS

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:44:16 +0000

Hope is not a Predator drone. Never has been, never will be. Sorry Bams!

Wonkette : Panicky Billionaire Mayor Orders Eviction of Zuccotti Park (VIDEO)

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:04:03 +0000

you can't evict an idea

Wonkette : NYC Protesting and Palling Around With Anti-Terror Militarized Police

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:08:17 +0000

I will be there!!!!

Wonkette : Condi Rice Photos Are Moammar Gaddafi's Dictator Porn of Choice

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:36:56 +0000

I'm about to head out for the night (hot date tonite...with Breitbarf?) but I would like to address one point, specifically. I'll think over the rest...ant any rate, this: "The question of whether NATO illegally intervened here is far from settled. NATO was responding to multiple UN resolutions, including one that calls for the establishment of a no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians, and the establishment of a no-fly zone always involves bombing to take out a military's command-and-control structure. Robert Gates publicly warned months ago that that would happen. In any case, I'm fairly sure that international law allows countries and alliances to enforce UN resolutions even in sovereign territory (whether NATO went beyond the resolution’s mandate is an entirely separate question.)" The U.N. resolution was to protect civilians. Fine. In theory, I have nothing wrong with that. But wouldn't you agree that it's pretty damn clear by now that NATO is not acting as a peacekeeping force or "humanitarian interventionists" -- they are active participants in a civil war. note the following: "Al-Jazeera footage captures 'western troops on the ground' in Libya" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/30/weste... "SAS troopers help co-ordinate rebel attacks in Libya" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/23/sas-t... and also this: "As the battle in Libya appeared at stalemate, it was an open secret that foreign military advisers were working covertly inside the country providing guidance to rebels and giving tactical intelligence to NATO aircraft bombing government forces. Diplomats say members of the alliance and partners in the Middle East were engaged in an undercover campaign on the ground in Libya. The operation was kept separate from the NATO command structure to avoid compromising its mandate from the United Nations - to protect civilians." http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LIBYA_H... If the U.N. resolution was strictly followed -- fine. Obviously -- and I really mean "obviously" -- this is not the case. If NATO is allowed to do whatever it wants, and that's not considered "illegal," then why even bother with U.N. resolutions? So I would say that this issue is definitely "settled." Re: the African Union. Regardless of their lack of impartiality, or whatever, they clearly have far more moral authority over Libya/Africa than NATO does. Their decisions and resolutions should be respected -- it's their continent, after all. I brought up the Gaddafi/apartheid example because -- and i stick by this -- the media has dumbed down this war to such an incredible level. Their is no historical context and no real understanding for Libya in relation to the rest of Africa. Americans view conflicts in vacuums. I doubt most Americans know that we funded Saddam up the ying-yang to fight Iran, etc. If the media was willing to show both sides of these things -- you know, Gaddafi has severe human rights issues, but that is NOT the complete story -- maybe we wouldn't rush off to war so quickly? Maybe we would listen to the AU more? Who knows! point is, some more learnin' before bombin' would benefit everyone. (And Did Gaddafi support Mandella for his own selfish reasons? As an American, I have no right to even ask such a question. As if American foreign policy was based on selflessness! Falsch!) and i know that the protest-link i provided was from before the conflict started. That's the point, though: It's not like Gaddafi was mowing down opposition every time it popped up. anyway, have a good thursday!

Wonkette : Condi Rice Photos Are Moammar Gaddafi's Dictator Porn of Choice

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:27:10 +0000

sorry, message part II: Instead of siding with the ICC (West), here's what the AU is up to: South Africa’s Deputy President, suggested that Nato should be investigated by the International Criminal Court for its role in the conflict. President Zuma was heavily criticised by his regional neighbours for voting in favour of UN Resolution 1973 which authorised Nato to protect civilian lives by policing a no-fly zone in Libya following the uprising in February. Appointed the AU’s chief mediator, he visited Col Gaddafi twice during the crisis and later complained that the UN resolution was being abused “for regime change, political assassinations and foreign military occupation”. On Tuesday, he said that Nato’s use of force had undermined Africa’s peace efforts, and had the African Union been given time to pursue its “road map” for Libya, the level of bloodshed might have been avoided. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaa... Do I think gaddafi is the shizzle? Nope. But yes, this is an illegal regime change, oil companies ARE drooling, and the arguments for NATO-bombing the dickens out of Libya are ridiculous when you consider that we are butt buddies with countries like Yemen and Bahrain. I'm sorry, but this is not a feel-good, yay war. And it's far from over -- which is too bad for the Libyans, and also too bad for Americans, since recent polling shows only 20% want to continue military operations http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/po... Also: that diplomatic cable was sent last year (i.e. Gaddafi was an Obama ally).

Wonkette : Condi Rice Photos Are Moammar Gaddafi's Dictator Porn of Choice

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:26:53 +0000

re: "going house to house killing civilians" ..... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/am... Here is a big ol' blurb: Nato intervention started on 19 March with air attacks to protect people in Benghazi from massacre by advancing pro-Gaddafi troops. There is no doubt that civilians did expect to be killed after threats of vengeance from Gaddafi. During the first days of the uprising in eastern Libya, security forces shot and killed demonstrators and people attending their funerals, but there is no proof of mass killing of civilians on the scale of Syria or Yemen. Most of the fighting during the first days of the uprising was in Benghazi, where 100 to 110 people were killed, and the city of Baida to the east, where 59 to 64 were killed, says Amnesty. Most of these were probably protesters, though some may have obtained weapons. Amateur videos show some captured Gaddafi supporters being shot dead and eight badly charred bodies were found in the remains of the military headquarters in Benghazi, which may be those of local boys who disappeared at that time. There is no evidence that aircraft or heavy anti-aircraft machine guns were used against crowds. Spent cartridges picked up after protesters were shot at came from Kalashnikovs or similar calibre weapons. The Amnesty findings confirm a recent report by the authoritative International Crisis Group, which found that while the Gaddafi regime had a history of brutally repressing opponents, there was no question of "genocide". The report adds that "much Western media coverage has from the outset presented a very one-sided view of the logic of events, portraying the protest movement as entirely peaceful and repeatedly suggesting that the regime's security forces were unaccountably massacring unarmed demonstrators who presented no security challenge". ------------------------- Let's look at an example of "Gaddafi brutality" from January, 2011: Witnesses said that hundreds of policemen were observing the protests but did not intervene, even when hundreds of people broke in to some buildings under construction. Information and videos posted on Twitter and YouTube show hundreds of Libyans protesting in the east of the country in the cities of Bidaa, Darna and Sabhaa late Saturday. Qourina, an independent news website, reported several lootings during the protests in Darana city. Qourina also reported that two of its reporters were beaten by protesters on Saturday. There are no reports of injuries or clashes with the police. Al Jazeera TV network reported that police have been instructed by the government to avoid any clashes with protesters and to only protect government buildings and contain the protesters' anger http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/4032.aspx -------------- And our infallible teevee media make it seem as if Gaddafi is some sort of satan-worshiper; the coverage of this conflict -- a civil war in which the U.S./NATO illegally intervened -- has been completely one-sided. You know, nobody wants to mention that Gaddafi provided the South African resistance movement with ongoing support during the apartheid era. And here is a quote from Mandella about Gaddafi: "This man helped us at a time when we were all alone, when those who say we should not come here were helping the enemy" http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/mandela.html Furthermore, in July the African Union passed a resolution that "disregard the arrest warrant issued for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi." A quote-thing: AU executive Jean Ping also told reporters the ICC is “discriminatory” and only goes after crimes committed in Africa, while ignoring those he says were committed by Western powers in places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/af...

Wonkette : Condi Rice Photos Are Moammar Gaddafi's Dictator Porn of Choice

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:30:01 +0000

sorry to be "that guy/rent boy," but our relationship with gaddafi was way more than just him spanking his man-meat to Condi's tumblr account or whatever. Peep this leaked diplomatic cable: http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/08/09TRIPOLI648.h... "Libya has acted as a critical ally in U.S. counterterrorism efforts, and Libya is considered one of our primary partners in combating the flow of foreign fighters. Our strategic partnership in this field has been highly productive and beneficial to both nations. We have begun some successful training programs to assist Libya in improving its security capabilities, under the rubrics of anti-terrorism assistance and border security." Gaddafi might be a total weirdo, but the idea that he is some hopeless monster who eats baby-blood-and-cucumber sandwiches for afternoon tea or whatever is far-fetched at best. In 2010, Libya ranked 53rd on the Human Development Index (out of 170 U.N. member states), making it a “high human development” country. The U.N. Development Programme said Libya had “high human development” in every major index category, including gender inequality, empowerment, perceptions of individual well-being and happiness, civic and community well-being, enabling environment: economy and infrastructure, access to information and communication technology, and education. source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/Lets-Talk-HD-HDI_201... Obama's favorite ally-forever, Yemen, was ranked at 133. Furthermore, independent investigations by Amnesty International and Doctors without Borders have found zero credible evidence to support the rebel accusations that gaddafi was using "rape as a weapon"; they also found zero evidence of gaddafi using helicopters/jets to slaughter civilians. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/am... Sorry that this was not funny at all. I will go away now....

Wonkette : Wise CEO Suggests Heavier Taxes On Poor People To Help Weary Rich People

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:18:07 +0000

Today we are all French lady statues giving Mr. Monopoly a nasty "nobjob" :(

Wonkette : FBI Now Investigating Major U.S. Enemy: Domestic Peace Activists

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:05:05 +0000

I need to get out of this Terror Swamp immediately. :(

Wonkette : Joe Biden Stuck At White House Returning Calls For Obama

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:59:11 +0000

Thank you for reading -- even though you might not agree with all the weirdo stuff I type! That's a good thing, by the way -- It's never healthy to always agree. (I think, but maybe you should disagree!) xoxo riley

Wonkette : Joe Biden Stuck At White House Returning Calls For Obama

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:22:44 +0000

But would you go to war to protect your fart box, from people who don't want to tongue-punch it? These are questions that keep me up at night! gah!

Wonkette : Joe Biden Stuck At White House Returning Calls For Obama

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:04:24 +0000

did you get my email? :)