Huge Explosion In Oslo, Norway
July 22nd, 2011 • Related • Filed Under
By Unstable Isotope
Reports are coming that there was a huge explosion in a government building in Oslo. It is a building used by the Prime Minister but he is o.k.
Update: It was the PM’s residence. Eight people are reported injured. The PM was slightly injured.
Comment by liberalgeek on 22 July 2011 at 11:28 am:
live video and scrolling news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14254705
Comment by delbert on 22 July 2011 at 12:02 pm:
Tim McVeigh’s ghost.
Comment by liberalgeek on 22 July 2011 at 4:06 pm:
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store tells the BBC that though the government will have to physically relocate in Oslo due to the bombings, Norway will not “sell out our core values of democracy” in the face of the attacks.
Wow! That was pretty much exactly what Bush said in 2001… or not.
Comment by Jason330 on 22 July 2011 at 4:09 pm:
Bush pretty much wrote the book on what not to do.
Comment by liberalgeek on 22 July 2011 at 4:39 pm:
Although the Norwegian could have been mistranslated. A proper translation would probably be something like “Bring it on you MFers! Now where is my copy of My Pet Goat?”
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 22 July 2011 at 6:20 pm:
The latest: Norwegian police have arrested 1 blonde Norwegian guy and say he is responsible for both the bombing in Oslo and the shootings. He was dressed as a cop.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 22 July 2011 at 6:21 pm:
There are 7 dead in Oslo and perhaps 10 dead at the youth camp.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 22 July 2011 at 10:01 pm:
Horrible news – latest update says 80 killed at Utoeya youth camp. The suspect has ties to right wing extremists, including Pamela Geller.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 23 July 2011 at 6:53 am:
Latest death toll is 91. Reading about the suspect, he sounds like pure evil. He started an agricultural business 2 years ago so he could stockpile fertilizer.
Comment by Geezer on 23 July 2011 at 10:23 pm:
Are we allowed to blame this on the insanity spouted by right-wingers yet? Or to wonder how long it would have taken him to stab 91 people to death?
Comment by socialistic ben on 23 July 2011 at 11:00 pm:
or if he would have killed so many people if more people in Norway carried guns.
Comment by jason330 on 23 July 2011 at 11:09 pm:
Obamacare did it.
Comment by cassandra_m on 23 July 2011 at 11:52 pm:
Oh yes, right-wing fanaticism is right up there for blame.
A suspected right-wing fanatic accused of killing at least 92 people deemed his acts “atrocious” yet “necessary” as Norway mourned victims of the nation’s worst attacks since World War Two.
Sounds very familiar indeed.
Comment by jason330 on 23 July 2011 at 11:53 pm:
And we used to be known for exporting social justice and human rights.
Comment by puck on 24 July 2011 at 12:03 am:
“wanted a “crusade” against the spread of Islam…”
Ironically, some US states are considering anti-Islamic resolutions on the grounds of “preventing homegrown terrorism.”
Comment by Geezer on 24 July 2011 at 7:55 am:
If we thought like right-wingers, we could use this horror as an excuse to round up all the right-wingers and put them in cages in Gitmo without explanation or charges. Because, y’know, they’re all potential terrorists.
Comment by jason330 on 24 July 2011 at 8:40 am:
When you are a right-winger everything confirms and reinforces your fears and prejudices. Some Republicans are already saying that this shooting in Norway, the country that gave us the Nobel Peace Prize – is wrongheaded to think that “peace” is worthy pursuit.
“How’s That Peace Prize Thing Working Out For You Norway?”
Comment by Joe Cass on 24 July 2011 at 8:54 am:
The creep is also a plagiarist.