memeorandum: Qaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen (New York Times)

10:40 PM ET, February 20, 2011

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Ian Black / Guardian:

Libya on brink as protests hit Tripoli — Muammar Gaddafi's son warns of civil war in state television address as regime tries to halt uprising — Muammar Gaddafi's son went on Libyan TV to defend his father's 41-year rule of Libya as protests spread to the capital Tripoli.

Discussion: Harry's Place, The Hill, Pajamas Media, The Gateway Pundit and New York Magazine

BBC:

Libya unrest: Scores killed in Benghazi ‘massacre’ — Details have emerged of huge casualty figures in the Libyan city of Benghazi, where troops have launched a brutal crackdown on protesters. — More than 200 people are known to have died, doctors say, with 900 injured.

Discussion: The Reaction, The Daily Dish, Guardian, The Jawa Report, Outside the Beltway, Libya February 17th and Truthdig

New York Times:

Qaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen — CAIRO — The son of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, warned in a nationally televised address early on Monday that continued anti-government protests could lead to a civil war. — The son, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi …

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Aljazeera:
Libya clashes spread to Tripoli

Discussion: Firedoglake and The Daily Dish

Nick Meo / Telegraph:
Libya protests: 140 ‘massacred’ as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, Maggie's Notebook, The Moderate Voice and JOSHUAPUNDIT

News: News blog:
Arab and Middle East protests - as they happened

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CNN:
Libyan leader's son proposes major reforms — unless unrest continues

Discussion: BBC, New York Magazine and The Jawa Report

Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again

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Reuters:
Libyan forces fight Benghazi protesters, 100 dead

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Fox News:

12K State Workers Could Be Fired Without Budget Deal, Wisconsin Governor Warns — Saturday: Protesters gather down State Street in Madison, Wis., after a rally outside the Wisconsin State Capitol. A few dozen police officers stood between supporters of GOP Gov. Scott Walker on the muddy east lawn …

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Washington Examiner:

Battle of Wisconsin threatens unions' political might — Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker - elected last November along with GOP majorities in both chambers of the state's legislature — wants his state's public employees to contribute half the cost of their pensions …

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Meredith Shiner / Reuters:
Protesters, impasse remain in Madison

Discussion: Pundit & Pundette

Robert Costa / National Review: Walker: ‘We are willing to take this as long as it takes’

Pejman Yousefzadeh / A Chequer-Board of Nights …:
Everyone Should Have Seen This Coming

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Irish_Grinder / New York Post:

Topics — Salsumba: so who from Columbia was going to walk into Bagdada and “just arrest” Sadaam? Maybe you? You sir/ma'am are an illiformed nitwit. — SSGT Maschek< you are outstanding! These Columbia BD's are so smart they are stupid.......

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Dana Pico / Common Sense Political Thought:

The students at Columbia University have an absolute right to express their opinions . . . . . . and so do I: some of them are worth less than the remnants of dinner I flushed down the toilet this morning. From the … More at the link. — Columbia University is a private school …

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

The Yuppie Revolution In Egypt Is Over, The Islamist Revolution Has Begun — When it came to overthrowing Hosni Mubarek, the western media thrust itself into the situation and portrayed the uprising as a western-style demand for freedom. — The television screens were filled with stories …

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E.S. Browning / Wall Street Journal:

Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Fall Short — The 401(k) generation is beginning to retire, and it isn't a pretty sight. — The retirement savings plans that many baby boomers thought would see them through old age are falling short in many cases. — The median household headed …

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Angella Johnson / Daily Mail:

I was a mob sex attack victim in Tahrir Square... just like Lara Logan — I was especially horrified to read of CBS journalist Lara Logan's sex ordeal as she reported on Egyptians celebrating the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak - because I too was a victim.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications and JOSHUAPUNDIT

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Stars and Sewers — Rarely have we seen such epic clashes between …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather

Anchorage Daily News:

Former aide rips Palin in leaked book manuscript — UNPUBLISHED: Former governor broke election law, Bailey alleges. — A leaked manuscript by one of Sarah Palin's closest aides from her time as governor charges that Palin broke state election law in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign …

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Mark Williams / Mark Williams News & Commentary:

FIGHT THE SEIU WITH TACTIC THEY USE AGAINST US - THIS WEEK! — Late Update: Follow the civil discussion by Obamites in the “comments” section below — . — http://action.seiu.org/page/s/ solidarityaction — . — That link will take you to an SEIU page where you can sign up as an …

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New York Post:

Topics — Romney's main problem won't be his successful business career. It will be that he brought Obamacare to Massachusetts, years before this cyclone struck the rest of the country. Needless to say, medical costs have been going nowhere but up, up, up in the Bay State, and they have Romney to thank for that.

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Shushannah Walshe / The Daily Beast: Ann Romney's Survival Instinct

Campbell Robertson / New York Times:

Marking Davis's Confederate Inauguration — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — One hundred and fifty years and one day later, the South did it again. — Before a cheering crowd of several hundred men and women, some in period costume and others in crisp suits, an amateur actor playing Jefferson Davis …

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thenorthwestern.com:

Video: Watch State Rep. Gordon Hintz's speech on Assembly floor Friday night — Whether there had been one camera, a dozen or had he been in a room with just his fellow lawmakers, Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, believes his reaction would have been the same.

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