The Abbottabad raid
The Associated Press reports on the highly secretive Osama bin Laden operation:
The Black Hawks were to drop the SEALs and depart in less than two minutes, in hopes locals would assume they were Pakistani aircraft visiting the nearby military academy.
One Black Hawk was to hover above the compound, with SEALs sliding down ropes into the open courtyard.
The second was to hover above the roof to drop SEALs there, then land more SEALs outside — plus an interpreter and the dog, who would track anyone who tried to escape and to alert SEALs to any approaching Pakistani security forces.
If troops appeared, the plan was to hunker down in the compound, avoiding armed confrontation with the Pakistanis while officials in Washington negotiated their passage out.
The two SEAL teams inside would work toward each other, in a simultaneous attack from above and below, their weapons silenced, guaranteeing surprise, one of the officials said. They would have stormed the building in a matter of minutes, as they’d done time and again in two training models of the compound.
Due to the exceptionally secretive nature of the mission, detailed accounts of the raid weren’t fully revealed until recently. I suspect there are still more details forthcoming, but this is already an intriguing tale.
George W. Bush’s 2003 “Mission Accomplished” speech
In light of tonight’s news, it’s interesting to note today also happens to be the eighth anniversary of former president Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
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Gate Rape
noun – The TSA airport screening procedure.
My sister got gate raped at LAX.
See also: freedom fondle
An Open Letter to All the Politicians Talking About Whether or Not Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Is a Lesbian
And frankly, President Obama, I’m looking at you, too. I’m hoping that you’re a brilliant strategist, and that nominating a liberal lesbian to the Supreme Court is part of your master plan to get gays equal rights in the long run. Just like I’m trusting that Damon Lindelof and Cartlon Cuse will answer all eleven trillion unanswered question in the LOST finale. But if you don’t do anything, Mr. President—if you don’t repeal DADT or DOMA while in office—I swear to god, I am never going to have an explicit sex dream about you and your wife again. Because I can only be so patient.
The kind of rant that can only be found on a tumblelog. So good.
(via jacob bijani » themadeshop)
“Republicans turned off by size of Obama’s package” (via Newsweek)
This can’t be a real headline… can it?
@sween (via David Chartier)
I laughed.
