Culture Buzz Moving, tragic, awe-inspiring photos and the tales of how they came to be. Reuters released a year-end round up of their best photographs and had the photographers provide a sort of director's commentary. Compelling stuff.
Culture Buzz Tasteless? Yes. Funny? Also yes. This is for worldwide chicken chain Nando's.
Culture Buzz Who wants to desecrate a corpse? Show of hands? This animated GIF by blogger Ryan Broderick stands as a clear statement about how the Internet, news-media, and public demand for proof all may contribute to the desensitization of large numbers of people.
Culture Buzz Here are screen shots of MSNBC, CNN and Fox from roughly the same time this afternoon. If an Obama foreign policy success falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it help his reelection chances?
Politics Buzz Here is Hilary Clinton's reaction to the unconfirmed capture of Gaddafi. She seems fairly unfazed, but this was before there were reports of his death. (via newsweek.tumblr.com)
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This does not look good. Evidence has emerged that a former assistant Secretary of State (David Welch) and a current Congressman (Dennis Kucinich) were secretly advising the Gaddafi administration on how to beat the rebellion. (via blogs.aljazeera.net)
Artist Tim O'Brien and Time Magazine make a winning combination. (via laughingsquid.com)
Politics Buzz When a polarizing political figure as monumental as (former) Libyan President Muammar Muhammad Gaddafi comes along, a seemingly endless stream of artistic interpretations follows. Whether satirical, political, humiliating, immortalizing, or tragic, there hasn't been one defined way to portray Gaddafi in drawings.
Tripoli has fallen, and that can mean only one thing. It's time for the Taiwanese animation news network to give us a rundown on the fall of Gaddafi's dictatorship. (via b3ta.com)
Shouted by revelers in Green Square as Tripoli falls to the rebels, this is apparently a popular nickname among the Libyan people for the soon to be ousted dictator. Ya got burnt, Moammar!
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Culture Buzz Al Jazeera is reporting that the dynasty and regime of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has fallen as rebels swiftly overtake the capitol of Tripoli, Gadhafi's last stronghold. Two of Gadhafi's sons have been captured by the freedom fighters, but the whereabouts of Gadhafi himself remain unknown. Regardless, his more than 40 years of autocratic rule in Libya appears to have come to an end. More as it develops.
Culture Buzz The latest news on the uprising in Libya and the international intervention against Muammar Gaddafi.
Culture Buzz He was into rising up against Gadaffi before it was sanctioned by the U.N. The Arab Spring look was all the rage at South By.
The United States, in concert with European air strikes, launched missiles into Libya today in an effort to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone and protect civilians from the regime of Muammar Gadaffi. Here is President Obama's statement on the strikes, codenamed Operation Odyssey Dawn.
Politics Buzz Keep in mind these have been translated from Arabic. Quotes found and translated by Out Of Retrospect.
Whether you spell it Gaddafi, Qathafi, or Khadafi, it's got a nice ring to it. Seriously though, that guy is a jerk. Like, a really big jerk.
Culture Buzz Muammar Gadaffi uses a staff of hot female bodyguards called the 'Amazonian Guard' for protection. Gadaffi is basically a real-life James Bond villain.