>>>Breaking News<<<

On another front a report has been released at about 10:05 EDT, that Osama Bin Laden was killed just outside of Islamabad, Pakistan.

Additional details indicate that the incident is said to have occurred about a week ago with release delayed until positive DNA confirmation could be made.

The President is expected to address the nation in a short time on the situation.

KK, just a warning, this heavily leads to Politics...

That said, I got my drink ready. I remember the bastards dancing in the streets during 9/11. I'm damned well going to be celebrating this guy's comeuppance!

...just the messenger.

Though I do have a shot of fine Potato Wodka in front of me.

Already drinking my apple cider!

What? No shedim?

Rum and coke and sober thoughts. I can't really think of this as a celebration in my mind...

I remember far too much the bastards dancing in the streets as the towers fell. I will not become the thing I hate.

I guess he was an important symbol, for both sides. For us, only because we went to so much trouble to make him one. And it only took a decade! Woohoo.

Better a clean kill than a bunch of civilian casualties.

Don't forget how hard it can be to kill a man. Sir Salman Rushdie proved that.

That's true, we've got plenty of civilian casualties everywhere else. I'm not saying, 'don't count this as a win'. Just that it doesn't seem very significant, especially after so many years. If they'd nailed him in 2002, very impressive.

Fair enough. Going to be a hard time ahead, no matter which direction things go...

...after hearing some of the real details of the mission, all of which went down over the weekend, I have to say...



One helluva slammin' Shadowrun there Mr President.




...I wonder if he ever played in college?

Maybe if they hadn't dicked around in certain other countries... But I digress. While I'm not particularly exuberant, it is nice to know that 11 years and many billions of dollars haven't been completely wasted.

He graduated about 8 years prior to the 1st edition even being available. Barring time-traveling shadowrun fans, I doubt it.

LARP par excellence!

And, just because he wasn't able to play in College doesn't mean he wasn't able to play.

I want to mail him a jumpsuit and a banner that says "Mission Accomplished."

Was that too political?

Maybe, maybe not. I enjoyed a good chuckle though.

Close, but the mission isn't done yet. I'd hold off on the banner.

Coles Notes version of the speech.

I feel a need to re-iterate. First part is relevant.

Funny thing is when NBC cut away to cover this breaking news, it cut into the Apprentice's show time.

Engineering a news event to cut into a rival's popular TV show? That sounds like a job for some runners.

Or good politics. And, after the roasting that Donald got at the press dinner not so long ago...

I'm thinking there's some depth to the current US President that has yet to be seen...

Or unseen. Maybe he's just like that.

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20 post and still no connection to Shadowrun? This one's closed, before it gets ugly.