Comments on: Tunisia: Amid massive protests, prime minister takes power while president flees http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-995129 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-995129 the <a href="https://tunileaks.appspot.com/">leaks</a> (plural!) have obviously helped the u.s. governments decision to speak out. it's good to see ben ali leaving office, that is something i never thought could possibly happen. it's not at all clear how the situation will develop and to what degree it can improve. please continue the coverage. .~. the leaks (plural!) have obviously helped the u.s. governments decision to speak out.

it’s good to see ben ali leaving office, that is something i never thought could possibly happen. it’s not at all clear how the situation will develop and to what degree it can improve.

please continue the coverage.

.~.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-995386 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-995386 So, Tunisian Teabaggers. That cagey Sarah Palin, she's everywhere. So, Tunisian Teabaggers. That cagey Sarah Palin, she’s everywhere.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994928 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994928 Finally I can watch all these Youtube videos that are posted to BoingBoing!! =D Finally I can watch all these Youtube videos that are posted to BoingBoing!! =D

]]> By: noah http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994931 noah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994931 NPR has had pretty good coverage. They talked live to a correspondent--Elanor Beardsley, their usual correspondent in France--on Morning Edition earlier today. She was in Tunis; she even got tear gassed! NPR has had pretty good coverage. They talked live to a correspondent–Elanor Beardsley, their usual correspondent in France–on Morning Edition earlier today. She was in Tunis; she even got tear gassed!

]]> By: andigopow http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994937 andigopow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994937 FOX News: Teens Seeking Plastic Surgery to Combat Bullying CNN: "Hold the Fries," a report on overhauling school cafeterias. MSNBC: Ricky Gervais Unleashed FOX News: Teens Seeking Plastic Surgery to Combat Bullying

CNN: “Hold the Fries,” a report on overhauling school cafeterias.

MSNBC: Ricky Gervais Unleashed

]]> By: arborman http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994948 arborman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994948 I wouldn't underestimate the impact of the Wikileaked cable either, if only as a catalyst. The assasination of that Archduke didn't singlehandedly start WWI, but it was a catalyst. All the other stuff had to be in place or it would have been a page 10 story. Ditto Tunisia - poverty, unemployment and the rest were in place already, but the cable may well have been a catalyst. I wouldn’t underestimate the impact of the Wikileaked cable either, if only as a catalyst.

The assasination of that Archduke didn’t singlehandedly start WWI, but it was a catalyst. All the other stuff had to be in place or it would have been a page 10 story. Ditto Tunisia – poverty, unemployment and the rest were in place already, but the cable may well have been a catalyst.

]]> By: poolaka http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994962 poolaka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994962 I heard that Lucas is planning another Star Wars movie. I can understand why they'd be upset. I heard that Lucas is planning another Star Wars movie. I can understand why they’d be upset.

]]> By: mindysan33 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994964 mindysan33 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994964 Honestly, I think those headlines, right there, sums up all that is wrong with modern American media today. This seems to be an incredibly important event unfolding right now in Tunisia, and it's being generally ignored by all the major commercial "news" outlets. More and more, I think that Greenwald is right about the American media being the lapdogs of power. we are being hideously underserved by the 4th estate. NPR isn't perfect , but 9 times out of 10, they get closer to what matters more so than these commercial entities. Al Jazeera English often gets it right, too. It's a shame that only one cable company, in like New Hampshire, or something, carries it in the US. Glad I can watch/read it online... Honestly, I think those headlines, right there, sums up all that is wrong with modern American media today. This seems to be an incredibly important event unfolding right now in Tunisia, and it’s being generally ignored by all the major commercial “news” outlets. More and more, I think that Greenwald is right about the American media being the lapdogs of power. we are being hideously underserved by the 4th estate.

NPR isn’t perfect , but 9 times out of 10, they get closer to what matters more so than these commercial entities. Al Jazeera English often gets it right, too. It’s a shame that only one cable company, in like New Hampshire, or something, carries it in the US. Glad I can watch/read it online…

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994966 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994966 Occasionally holding free fair and open elections would go a long way to seeing off these kinds of tumults before they ever have a chance to start. This kind of disorder is what usually happens when a population will no longer suffer a particular person holding authority over them. Occasionally holding free fair and open elections would go a long way to seeing off these kinds of tumults before they ever have a chance to start.

This kind of disorder is what usually happens when a population will no longer suffer a particular person holding authority over them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994972 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994972 Finally! This story has been completely absent from US coverage. I've spent time in Tunisia and have been in contact with my friends there, and they are ecstatic about Ben Ali leaving. I wish them all the best. Finally! This story has been completely absent from US coverage. I’ve spent time in Tunisia and have been in contact with my friends there, and they are ecstatic about Ben Ali leaving. I wish them all the best.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994973 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994973 "The assasination of that Archduke didn't singlehandedly start WWI, but it was a catalyst." Indeed: a catalyst which engaged the provisions of SECRET treaties, which dragged Nation after Nation into a slaughter which none of them had wanted; and which slaughter might have been avoided, had the provisions of those SECRET treaties been known more widely than they had been. Having just now read that cable, after you pointed it out above, I can only add to what is found therein, that if that cable's release has had an influence in removing a regime which apparently and in fact no longer enjoyed the support of its people, then so much the better! “The assasination of that Archduke didn’t singlehandedly start WWI, but it was a catalyst.”

Indeed: a catalyst which engaged the provisions of SECRET treaties, which dragged Nation after Nation into a slaughter which none of them had wanted; and which slaughter might have been avoided, had the provisions of those SECRET treaties been known more widely than they had been.

Having just now read that cable, after you pointed it out above, I can only add to what is found therein, that if that cable’s release has had an influence in removing a regime which apparently and in fact no longer enjoyed the support of its people, then so much the better!

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994980 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994980 I just hope everyone at the Skywalker homestead are ok. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_THR3SZhbQ_E/R8WE-_rcKRI/AAAAAAAAAik/5HVtfK9_UIw/s400/01+Luke.jpg OH - you bastards! I just hope everyone at the Skywalker homestead are ok.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_THR3SZhbQ_E/R8WE-_rcKRI/AAAAAAAAAik/5HVtfK9_UIw/s400/01+Luke.jpg

OH – you bastards!

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994982 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994982 How long before this happens here in America....? I'm not saying I want bloodshed or violence...but the ills of government don't seem to be fixing themselves. Or listening to the people either. Left/right/liberal/conservative...even an 8 year old can tell you that it's a good idea to not spend more money than you have. How long before this happens here in America….?

I’m not saying I want bloodshed or violence…but the ills of government don’t seem to be fixing themselves. Or listening to the people either.

Left/right/liberal/conservative…even an 8 year old can tell you that it’s a good idea to not spend more money than you have.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-994987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994987 Odd, I see Tunisia articles at the top headline on all three sites, and can't find any of the aforementioned articles even on the front 'page'. Maybe personalization settings are contributing to the difference? Odd, I see Tunisia articles at the top headline on all three sites, and can’t find any of the aforementioned articles even on the front ‘page’. Maybe personalization settings are contributing to the difference?

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/01/14/tunisia-amid-massive.html#comment-995013 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-995013 In the case of WWI, the various provisional plans of the region's armies went into motion "in anticipation" of others' armies executing their plans. Once they were all in motion, there was no stopping it. In the case of WWI, the various provisional plans of the region’s armies went into motion “in anticipation” of others’ armies executing their plans. Once they were all in motion, there was no stopping it.

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