Iraq claims Islamic State group has captured 2,500 chemical rockets

http://twitter.com/#!/LizSly/status/486645700264878080

The Associated Press Tuesday night is reporting a claim by Iraq that “the Islamic State extremist group has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where remnants of 2,500 degraded chemical rockets filled decades ago with the deadly nerve agent sarin are stored.”

The U.S. government, for its part, has “played down the threat from the takeover, saying there are no intact chemical weapons and it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to use the material for military purposes.”

http://twitter.com/#!/CustosDivini/status/486651042030170112 http://twitter.com/#!/CustosDivini/status/486651480338739201

So, are these WMDs, former WMDs or just an example of ISIS propaganda?

http://twitter.com/#!/Ron_GriffithsJr/status/486662551623974912

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/07/08/iraq-claims-to-un-that-islamic-state-extremist-group-has-captured-2500-chemical-rockets/

Afternoon Roundup of Celebrity Tweets (March 8th, 2012)

http://twitter.com/#!/ShannaMoakler/status/177839588373569536

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang….. was a joke, an attempt to underline the banality of…. Oh, never mind.

— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) March 8, 2012

Today is a very special day for me, 8 years ago I made the decision to get my life on track and have been clean and sober ever since.

— Chaz Bono (@ChazBono) March 8, 2012

I can't believe I said leggo. I hate when people say that! LOL

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) March 8, 2012

https://twitter.com/#!/SteveCarell/status/177830384539672576

No matter what we've done or where we've been, every single one of us can change.

— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) March 8, 2012

Hope everyone is having a beautiful day! Wanted to ask everyone to follow @St0pKony2k12 it's really important!

— Hilary Duff (@HilaryDuff) March 8, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/08/afternoon-roundup-of-celebrity-tweets-march-8th-2012/

When You Hug An Animal — Big Or Small — They Know You Mean Well

January 21 was National Hugging Day — and before you say, ‘Wait…there’s a day for that?’ let me reassure you that of course there is, and it’s incredibly important. So it may not be equal to Independence Day, but some might argue it’s a close second.

Here to show you just how important — oh yeah, and adorable — it is are the incredible folks over at Edgar’s Mission in Australia.

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Would someone possibly, maybe, perhaps give me a hug? After that, I’m dying for one!

If you’d like to learn more about the incredible work that Edgar’s Mission does at their animal sanctuary, you can do so here.

Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/hugging-day/

Washington commuters struggling with their own ‘red line hell’

http://twitter.com/#!/ndowd/status/376090199367122944

With all of the talk lately about who drew that red line in the sand in Syria, we know who’s responsible for drawing the red line through Washington, D.C. That would be the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and its red line today is causing its own set headaches in the nation’s capital.

https://twitter.com/ABC7News/status/375913145010626560

But Metro guaranteed there would be no service disruptions! Photos and tweets of the D.C. gridlock suggest otherwise.

https://twitter.com/aadragna/status/376098994138923009

https://twitter.com/emilyrnlds/status/376103658653757440

https://twitter.com/aneebsharif/status/376091033735798784

https://twitter.com/MBohlin247/status/376095972927217664

https://twitter.com/classy_american/status/376097662376112129

https://twitter.com/kla2222/status/376101622822473729

https://twitter.com/Dr_C2006/status/376100302375886848

Solid policy advice for everyone in Washington: stay away from red lines.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/09/06/washington-commuters-struggling-with-their-own-red-line-hell/

Was he wearing leggings? Ashley Judd seems confused about which United ‘scandal’ to rage about

Umm Ashley, this leggings thing is like two or three weeks old? We get it, this argument is in your wheelhouse but yeah, maybe read something other than Mother Jones?

Psh, leggings outrage is SO March, 2017.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2017/04/11/was-he-wearing-leggings-ashley-judd-seems-confused-about-which-united-scandal-to-rage-about/

More than 20 faint at Obama speech; explanations offered

http://twitter.com/#!/AHMalcolm/status/223949957189730304

Paramedics (not paralegals!)  from the Roanoke, Va. fire department treated 21 people at President Obama’s speech today and took one to the hospital. The fire marshal blamed the heat, but Twitter knows better.

Must have been biz owners hearing his tax plan. RT @DRUDGE_REPORT: More than 20 People Faint During Obama Speech… http://t.co/7iDsQ89N

— Capehog (@capehog) July 14, 2012

But paralegals were on hand to help. RT @benhowe: RT @dcexaminer: ‘More than 20 people’ faint during Obama speech http://t.co/mYl3pEDA

— Suzi Basterd (@suzibasterd) July 14, 2012

Sign out front padding attendence: "FREE BATH SALTS." RT @dcexaminer: ‘More than 20 people’ faint during Obama speech http://t.co/DOTUP2zR

— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) July 14, 2012

How many threw up? RT @PatDollard: More than 20 People Faint During Obama Speech http://t.co/ukb8G9FI #tcot

— CA PATRIOT (@Cutiepi2u) July 14, 2012

#Obama blows so much hot air during speech 20 people faint – http://t.co/GPXuOnzY #wow #teaparty #tlot #tcot #ocra #news #politics

— johnny Doggs (@Johnny_Doggs) July 14, 2012

Does anyone remember where the key to the storage locker is?

https://twitter.com/IfKeep/status/223964550607806466

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/07/13/more-than-20-faint-at-obama-speech-explanations-offered/

BuzzFeed copywriter Josh Fjelstad to GOProud: ‘SUCK MY D*CK’

http://twitter.com/#!/ChrisRBarron/status/292291612766269443

BuzzFeed senior copywriter Josh Fjelstad went silent on Twitter today after deleting the super classy evidence of his oh-so-enlightened tolerance directed at gay conservative group GOProud.

“WOW GOPROUD FINALLY CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE. SO PROGRESSIVE. SO PROUD OF YOU. SUCK MY DICK,” he tweeted, along with a link to a BuzzFeed post about GOProud’s adoption of a pro-gay marriage resolution. The resolution supports the right of each state to define marriage and calls for decisions to be made via referenda or legislation rather than judicial activism.

@jtlol @joshfjelstad @buzzfeed grabbed a screen shot, the tweet isn’t gone everywhere twitter.com/ChrisRBarron/s…

— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 18, 2013

The tweet was also archived by the automated Twitter aggregation service Topsy.

Great argument, Josh! Changing hearts and minds, one “suck my d*ck” at a time.

@adamsbaldwin indeed, the tolerant left tolerates everything and everyone except those that disagree @gaypatriot

— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 18, 2013

He followed up with another since-deleted tweet: “It appears my last tweet’s point was somehow unclear: I’m saying that it’s offensive how long it took GOProud to support GAY marriage.”

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As for Chris Barron, he’ll pass:

@maryclimer @joshfjelstad @jimmylasalvia he was too busy asking us to suck his dick… which i will pass on…

— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 18, 2013

If a senior copywriter at FOX News had told a pro-gay group to “suck his dick” the left would demand he was fired twitter.com/joshfjelstad/s…

— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 18, 2013

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And a good question from GayPatriot:

Did @joshfjelstad want @barackobama to suck his dick last year after he “evolved”?@buzzfeed @maryclimer @chrisrbarron

— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) January 18, 2013

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GOProud’s Executive Director Jimmy LaSalvia told Ali Akbar, “It is not an appropriate tweet from someone who is a senior copy writer at BuzzFeed. I was under the impression that BuzzFeed was a news outlet.”

Let’s admit it… BuzzFeed is just a liberal bloggggg. They’ve been avoiding the Talking Points Memo label, but it’s coming.

— Ali A. Akbar (@ali) January 18, 2013

So true:

BuzzFeed breathlessly covers Ole Miss ‘riot’ over Obama win; Students, local media debunk

BuzzFeed called out on false ‘Ryan walks out on interview’ headline, Obama campaign spins

BuzzFeed ‘reporter’: Romney helping a dying boy sure is icky and morbid; The decent set him straight

Lapdog at BuzzFeed ‘reports’: ‘Romney just passed a confederate flag’; Ace of Spades pounds

BuzzFeed highlights attacks on Sandra Fluke with tweet targeting … Dana Loesch

BuzzFeed lets bias show again; ‘Stop running ads linking us to death of woman, you installer of death panelers’

BuzzFeed: Conservative media totally stoking ‘race war’; ‘Just bloggers’ mock, debunk

Buzzfeed reporter omits important chunk of Rupert Murdoch tweet; Update: Reporter failed to tell full story about himself

Buzzfeed uses liberals’ tweets to portray conservatives as stupid

Hat tip: Viral Read

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/01/18/buzzfeed-copywriter-josh-fjelstad-to-goproud-suck-my-dck/