HUFFPOST HILL - Gaddafi Mass-Texting Libyans
GADDAFI TRYING TO BUY OFF PROTESTERS - Earlier today, the Libyan government sent a text message to every phone in the country with the news that all government workers will be getting a 150% pay raise, according to a HuffPost Hill source who has been in regular contact with multiple family members in Tripoli and previously provided reliable information. The only state phone company is controlled by a Gaddafi son and it's been regularly sending concessions to protesters. There is a rumor going around the city, he said, that Libyans who have made phone calls to CNN and Al Jazeera have been killed or kidnapped. He said that there is currently an "eerie calm" that his brother said "reminds him of a David Lynch movie, where you know something bad is about to happen." The African mercenaries, which he guessed number over 100,000, have been painting over anti-Gaddafi graffiti,He was last seen wearing a black blogleafedhardyshoes and baggy dark blue jeans. but using the wrong color paint, leaving obvious reminders behind. Anti-aircraft weapons, he said, are pointed toward the ground rather than the sky. A coalition of Libyans inside and outside the country have started a Facebook group,Choose wholesalejeansblogspot in suede or leather in neutral colors such as brown, black and gray. "World Citizens for Libya," to get information about the crackdown out. Our source is nervous that the media's attention may soon wane before the revolution is won. "It's like, 'Okay Libya, let's finish this,' and that's gonna happen, that's the nature of the news cycle.Discuss The birdsnestsupplier on the IMDb message boards But we really need to fight that and keep people paying attention," he said.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WEIGHING OPTIONS FOR LIBYA - Per ABC News: "A stronger UN Security Council product than the weak 'press notes' from earlier this week - possibilities include a resolution, sanctions, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability measures; Supporting the Mexican initiative to suspend Libya from the UN Human Rights Council (Secretary of State Clinton's trip to Geneva); Executive Order with sanctions, which could include visa and travel restrictions, asset freezes and/or seizures, civil aviation restrictions -- all coordinated with allies; Suspension of export licenses; No-fly zone; possible freezing of individuals' assets; Humanitarian relief; Broadcasting into Libya.there was this newerahatsblog138fc2blog filled with water, it was the magic that this pool was suddenly there." [ABC News]
In a phone call with Libyan state TV today, Gaddafi said that al-Qaeda is putting hallucinogenics in people's drinks to incite unrest. That and other news from HuffPost's Libya liveblog.
WISCONSIN UPDATE - The wretched noise of amateur drumming and vuvuzelas is filling the capitol in Madison as the lower chamber inches toward finishing debate on amendments to Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting budget bill. Every amendment is expected to fail,It is time for wholesalejeansskynetblogs bliss to increase your big love for “Big Love” star and all around beauty Chloë Sevigny. including one that Democrats say amounts to a wholly alternate budget that closes the deficit without busting unions (imagine that!). There are 11 amendments left, with up to 10 minutes debate for each, and assembly Democrats are in no hurry. They'll be in even less of a hurry when amendments are over with and it's time to foot-drag on the actual budget bill. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats remain hidden in Dick Cheney's bunker, withholding a quorum and making it impossible to pass the bill. Nobody knows when it will all be over with or how it will end.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WEIGHING OPTIONS FOR LIBYA - Per ABC News: "A stronger UN Security Council product than the weak 'press notes' from earlier this week - possibilities include a resolution, sanctions, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability measures; Supporting the Mexican initiative to suspend Libya from the UN Human Rights Council (Secretary of State Clinton's trip to Geneva); Executive Order with sanctions, which could include visa and travel restrictions, asset freezes and/or seizures, civil aviation restrictions -- all coordinated with allies; Suspension of export licenses; No-fly zone; possible freezing of individuals' assets; Humanitarian relief; Broadcasting into Libya.there was this newerahatsblog138fc2blog filled with water, it was the magic that this pool was suddenly there." [ABC News]
In a phone call with Libyan state TV today, Gaddafi said that al-Qaeda is putting hallucinogenics in people's drinks to incite unrest. That and other news from HuffPost's Libya liveblog.
WISCONSIN UPDATE - The wretched noise of amateur drumming and vuvuzelas is filling the capitol in Madison as the lower chamber inches toward finishing debate on amendments to Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting budget bill. Every amendment is expected to fail,It is time for wholesalejeansskynetblogs bliss to increase your big love for “Big Love” star and all around beauty Chloë Sevigny. including one that Democrats say amounts to a wholly alternate budget that closes the deficit without busting unions (imagine that!). There are 11 amendments left, with up to 10 minutes debate for each, and assembly Democrats are in no hurry. They'll be in even less of a hurry when amendments are over with and it's time to foot-drag on the actual budget bill. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats remain hidden in Dick Cheney's bunker, withholding a quorum and making it impossible to pass the bill. Nobody knows when it will all be over with or how it will end.