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Manila, Philippines - A strong explosion shakes the presidential palace
AFP via Babelfish translation
| February 20, 2006
Posted on 02/19/2006 8:38:13 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: Schwaeky
LOL.
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posted on
02/19/2006 9:33:06 PM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
To: dfwgator
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that (we're only twenty years out-of-date!)
42
posted on
02/19/2006 9:39:00 PM PST
by
FriendDownUnder
(If the pen is mightier than the sword, is the keyboard mightier than the AK-47?)
To: HAL9000
I'm guessing it was a York peppermint patty. Today was National Chocolate Mint Day, as we all know.
43
posted on
02/19/2006 9:48:28 PM PST
by
Graymatter
(Yes and...what are we going to do about it?)
To: FriendDownUnder
A keyboard may be mightier than a Kalishnikov, but don't try to use one as a shield, unless its a keyboard to a Trash-80, then it might work..
44
posted on
02/19/2006 10:00:31 PM PST
by
Schwaeky
("Truth is not determined by a majority vote." Pope Benedict XVI)
To: Dallas59
I like the long shots. I'll pick "Amish".
45
posted on
02/19/2006 10:01:28 PM PST
by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
To: HAL9000
"a strong explosion of unspecified origin shook Monday..."
that's some explosion if it could shake the day of Monday
46
posted on
02/19/2006 10:19:20 PM PST
by
mfnorman
To: Dallas59
It was Danish cartoonists.
47
posted on
02/19/2006 10:35:19 PM PST
by
sangrila
To: All
I live here in the Philippines and there's been some pretty strong coup rumors here in the last week or so. If I was a betting man I'd say this blast was related to this and not to the "Religion of Peace".
48
posted on
02/19/2006 10:37:22 PM PST
by
Doofer
To: hipaatwo
Witnesses said a green garbage can was shredded by the blastOh, the humanity!
To: ferri
Kermit the Frog's relationship with Miss Piggy offends Islam.
50
posted on
02/19/2006 10:38:13 PM PST
by
sangrila
To: Doofer
51
posted on
02/19/2006 10:38:59 PM PST
by
sangrila
To: HAL9000
He added that the explosion could have been caused by a mixture of cleaning chemicals. Anybody seen Madeleine Allbright lately?
52
posted on
02/19/2006 10:41:22 PM PST
by
InfraRed
To: sangrila
A coup by whom? The military.
53
posted on
02/19/2006 10:42:26 PM PST
by
Doofer
To: Darkwolf377
I was going to say... "Oh, the trashcanity!"
*cough* Maybe not..
54
posted on
02/19/2006 10:42:35 PM PST
by
FriendDownUnder
(If the pen is mightier than the sword, is the keyboard mightier than the AK-47?)
To: FriendDownUnder
LOL!
This changes EVERYTHING.
It's a whole new war when they start attacking our trash receptacles. What's next, graffitti on the front of the NYTimes building? (hint, hint)
To: Darkwolf377
graffitti on the front of the NYTimes building?
*snort* Don't tempt me. ;D
56
posted on
02/19/2006 11:01:17 PM PST
by
FriendDownUnder
(If the pen is mightier than the sword, is the keyboard mightier than the AK-47?)
To: wildcatf4f3
probably more "youths" or maybe "lads".
Disenfranchised, of course.
57
posted on
02/19/2006 11:41:36 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: syriacus
58
posted on
02/20/2006 12:29:51 AM PST
by
syriacus
(--------- Jimmy Carter is the world's only SELF-canonized saint ----------)
To: HAL9000
Manila is a PRIME candidate to slip entirely into Turd World status...
I was shocked at the level of poverty for vast numbers of people, and the manner in which they lived in the grassy areas BETWEEN the highway or along side the highways approaching Manila.
The contrast of great wealth for some and abject poverty for most was unexpected... The corruption was stunning. Anyone or anything can be bought - cheaply.
It appears that one of the greatest contributers to their GNP is the trade in and export of their young women.
Their failure to annihilate the Islamist or Communist "terrorists" in their Island nation - is telling.
The fine hotel I used in downtown Manila, had a bomb and weapon inspection station in the LOBBY, checking the parcels and baggage of ALL incoming guests and visitors.
It didn't work.....the Hotel was bombed - a couple of weeks after I checked out.
Semper Fi
59
posted on
02/20/2006 6:00:16 AM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: FairOpinion
"probably caused by chemicals in a trash bin set off by a lit cigarette"
I normally would read the entire thread to see if this point has already been made but it was a bad weekend and I'm feeling lazy.
Chemicals in a trash bin -- would that be like fertilizer and diesel in a barrel?
Set of by a lit cigarette -- or any other source of a spark?
And the head of the force investigating the explosion is named BANGIT???
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:05:30 AM PST
by
NerdDad
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