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2005-03-15 Southeast Asia
Commander Robot dead with 16 others as Filippino jail stormed
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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-03-15 12:02:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sorry about the dupe...

"142nd fastest gun in the west..."
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-03-15 12:17:01 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-03-15 12:17:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Now this is how to handle a prison riot.
Posted by Mike  2005-03-15 6:53:27 AM||   2005-03-15 6:53:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 WTF - Commander Robot? Anyone who chooses that as his nom de guerre deserves to bite the big one.
Posted by Spot  2005-03-15 8:17:15 AM||   2005-03-15 8:17:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Now thats a fat lady! Fred on a purely historical note where did the idea for ironic pics come from. As far as I know its a peculiarly RB thing.
Posted by phil_b 2005-03-15 8:22:19 AM||   2005-03-15 8:22:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think the Fat Lady with the yellow yarn tresses was the original photo. The subject needs to be chronicled, especially the discovery of the pulp stash.
Posted by Shipman 2005-03-15 9:16:00 AM||   2005-03-15 9:16:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 "I, Robot"
"I dead"
Posted by sea cruise 2005-03-15 9:20:46 AM||   2005-03-15 9:20:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Bye-bye, General Grievous.
Posted by Steve from Relto 2005-03-15 9:21:11 AM||   2005-03-15 9:21:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Pilipino Crosspire
Posted by Jeamp Ebbereting9442 2005-03-15 9:34:48 AM||   2005-03-15 9:34:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 oops - that was me
Posted by Frank G  2005-03-15 9:36:40 AM||   2005-03-15 9:36:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Lately its almost as if Arroyo has been getting lessions on how to have the balls to fight back....
Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-15 9:43:04 AM||   2005-03-15 9:43:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 "142nd fastest gun in the west..."

That's Irving, not Fraering.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-03-15 9:56:46 AM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com]  2005-03-15 9:56:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 3 abu sayaf leaders dead - a most efficient prison riot, i must say.
Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-15 9:57:56 AM||   2005-03-15 9:57:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 The pix idea just grew naturally, first the Fat Lady, then Howard's 72 Virgins, the surprise and sympathy meters... The rest followed naturally.

The project I'm on now doesn't leave me as much time as my old one, so I can use the pix to express my opinion rather than a thousand words.

I've still got a couple hundred in the stash I haven't used yet. Heh. Though I did start with the best ones...
Posted by Fred  2005-03-15 10:01:03 AM||   2005-03-15 10:01:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 I've seen popcorn pix over at Free Republican now and again. Did *they* cop that from *us*? :)
Posted by Glater Angerelet7527 2005-03-15 10:07:24 AM||   2005-03-15 10:07:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 I wouldn't exactly call this a Crossfire (TM) per se; they appear to have actually wanted to shoot these guys.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-03-15 10:19:42 AM||   2005-03-15 10:19:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 It was a pretty good week, all right. When we get a REAL fat lady singing. Fred, the accordion lady doesn't make it. She is third string to Bruhilda. LOL!

And Jeamp Ebbereting9442, better proofread, heh. PBUY
Posted by Al-Aska Paul  2005-03-15 10:45:28 AM||   2005-03-15 10:45:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 someone ate my cookies
Posted by Frank G  2005-03-15 11:00:53 AM||   2005-03-15 11:00:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 The accordion lady's just for light entertainment until we get confirmation. Then the Fat Lady comes on stage.
Posted by Fred  2005-03-15 11:03:59 AM||   2005-03-15 11:03:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 belmont club has quite a few comments too.
Posted by 3dc 2005-03-15 12:27:22 PM||   2005-03-15 12:27:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 I'm so glad the cops understood the significance of such a target-rich environment.
Posted by Xbalanke  2005-03-15 12:32:20 PM||   2005-03-15 12:32:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 Well while this wasn't Crossfire™. It was pretty decisive action on the part of the Philipine authorities. In the past they would have screwed around (IMNSHO) and this would have been drawn out forever. Once the Criminals showed bad faith the Police issued a deadline and then acted. The Philipines need to do this more often.
Posted by Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-03-15 2:05:08 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2005-03-15 2:05:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Via Wretchard: A murderous jailbreak try that turned into a disgusting circus
Posted by Seafarious  2005-03-15 2:23:17 PM||   2005-03-15 2:23:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 The late commander probably never read comic books or he would have known that our special ops forces were prepared for this:



About all I remember about Magnus is that he lived in NorthAm and the Mad parody was entitled "Magnut: Robot-biter"
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-03-15 6:49:33 PM||   2005-03-15 6:49:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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