Monday, February 28, 2011
News Morning Newsdome: And the most dramatic protest goes to ...
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:03 AM
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>> Hilary Swank, you look like a running back in a ball gown. What's your feelings on Oman being the latest Arab nation to be swept up in political unrest as violent anti-government protests left one in six protesters dead? Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has been in power since a coup against his father in 1970, almost as long as the Oscars' telecast. (Al Jazeera English)
>> The U.N. Security Council unanimously banned Muammar Qaddafi and his family from traveling, and Qaddafi's son Saadi wasn't too pleased, saying: "I go to safari. In Libya, there is no safari, so I have got to hire a lawyer. This bothers me so much because I spent most of my life traveling." Hillary Clinton said the U.S., which imposed unilateral sanctions, has been "reaching out to many different Libyans who are attempting to organize in the east. We are ready and prepared to offer any type of assistance." But from this tragedy comes hope: An Israeli-made auto-tune video is sweeping Libya. There is hope for peace in the Middle East after all. (NY Daily News, Washington Post, NY Post, YouTube)
>> Wisconsin state police allowed protesters to stay at the capitol building on Sunday night after some off-duty cops, firefighters and former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin vowed to take part in the civil disobedience. Democrats need two more Republicans to block Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union bill after Republican Sen. Dale Schultz said he would not back it. The police just didn't want to miss Kirk Douglas' introduction. (Salon)
>> And finally: John Galliano, 50, the flamboyant designer of Christian Dior, was suspended last week after allegedly making anti-Semitic remarks at a Paris bar. No one believed it, until now. A video of an intoxicated Galliano shows the designer saying, "I love Hitler" and "People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers would all be fucking gassed." What would Christian Dior do? (the Sun)
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