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Taliban – Welcome To The Magical Friendship Squad! http://michaelmurray.ca Michael Murray Writes Things Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:48:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 The Taliban Twitter Account http://michaelmurray.ca/the-taliban-twitter-account http://michaelmurray.ca/the-taliban-twitter-account#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:52:57 +0000 http://michaelmurray.ca/?p=2869 The Taliban have always had an image problem. They just don’t come across well and seem to have the hardest of times communicating to the modern sensibilities of the west. In spite of the furious language that illuminates most of their messaging, there is a sincere frustration and deeply felt need within their leadership to establish meaningful contact with the international community. They don’t want to be seen strictly through the confining, culturally defining lens of a Western media that always portrays them as homicidal, retrograde maniacs. No, they want the opportunity to broadcast their victories and shape the image of the Taliban for global consumption, and to do so in their own voice. In spite of declaring the Internet unholy and banning its use for millions of Afghan citizens, the Taliban have opened up a Twitter account (@alemarahweb) in the hopes of meeting the world where it lives.

These are a collection of Taliban Tweets:

The Taliban cannot tolerate biased media.

Too long have we been mocked and misunderstood.#Unclesamisunclean

8 puppets killed, 3 vehicles destroyed in Langham battle: bit.ly/XnJr2m

Victory! A Mujhadeed has seized a motorbike from the unholy invaders!

Invader General Petraeus should be shot by relatives from his mistress’s family or stoned to death.

Mondays always make me feel blue, and this cold is not helping. Sinuses clogged.

@Puppetobama what sort of man would kiss another?! It is unholy!

I do not like the rain. May it rain on America for an eternity!

An invading infidel walks into a market and asks for nuts and the patriot vendor says, “ We have no nuts, puppet!!”

The Taliban has enduring patience and long-term Jihadist strategies against the malicious plots of the enemy!

Mortars hit infidel invader camps. The Blood of our enemies flows: bit.lu?MoYr6h

I fear that one of my wives has fallen out of love with me. We used to laugh together so much, but now, never.

The Taliban will not abandon the struggle for freedom and will not pardon you until the withdrawal of your last soldier. #Unclesamisunclean

RT: America you are a Big Mac! Fat and greasy!

Taliban fun fact: The Pathans are notorious for family feuds, often the result of disputes over zar, zan or zamin – gold, women or land.

@anglinajolie You are a whore.

A woman is like having a flower. You water it and keep it at home for yourself to look at and smell. It is not supposed to be taken out of the house to be smelled. #truth

Landmines eliminate 2 US-nato tanks in Khan-e-Sheen district: bit.ly/SFi7oA

2 puppets of special-forces killed in bomb attack.

RT The Lakers have contacted Phil Jackson. He’s reportedly interested in the job. #WeWantPhil bit.ly/SWgLK8

@Amir Please feel free to DM me—bored at work.

Taliban shout-out to Aarif who proudly declared that he had killed seven male members of a Mahsud family for having insulted his wife, and so far only his brother had been killed in the revenge!

I wish Taylor Swift were one of my wives. I would cover her in the finest raiments and play for her the rubab.

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Twitter War Between Old Spice and Taco Bell http://michaelmurray.ca/twitter-war-between-old-spice-and-taco-bell http://michaelmurray.ca/twitter-war-between-old-spice-and-taco-bell#respond Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:18:32 +0000 http://michaelmurray.ca/?p=2431 Old Spice has a marketing campaign that targets a constituency of douches. Self-parodic, they attempt to mine the psyche of 20something dudes with one-liners and videos that are the sort of thing that might be funny if you’re stoned. It’s ironic, white-boy bluster, the common parlance of chubby young men in fantasy sports leagues who believe that their most likely avenue into the world of sex is that they’re self-aware.

To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, I present a couple of Tweets coming out of the Old Spice marketing factory:

“Why would anyone complain about it being so hot out you can cook bacon on the hood of your car? Seems like a good thing to me.”

“With Old Spice Danger Zone you’ll smell like volcano powered motorcycles and ninja punching.”

“Velociraptor training is one of those things that’s best left to the experts.”

You get the picture.

A recent Tweet by Old Spice read:

“Why is it that “fire sauce” isn’t made with any real fire? Seems like false advertizing.”

Unexpectedly, they go this response from Taco Bell that started up a great Corporate Twitter War.

Taco Bell

@OldSpice Is your deodorant made with really old spices?

 

Old Spice

@TacoBell You should be giving out Old Spice Danger Zone with each one of your manky burritos. Those things smell like some sweaty disease.

 

Taco Bell

@OldSpice Why do you collaborate with the Taliban? Doesn’t America mean anything to you?

 

Old Spice

@TacoBell If you were an Olympic Event you would be diarrhea.

 

Taco Bell

@OldSpice You’re soap on a dope.

 

Old Spice

@TacoBell Is it true you slaughter all your meat by crossbow?

 

Taco Bell

@OldSpice Aluminum Chloride, an agent commonly found in deodorants, causes breast cancer.

 

Old Spice

@TacoBell Your face causes breast cancer.

 

Taco Bell

@OldSpice Girls hate you because you smell bad, no amount of compensating will ever make up for that.

 

OldSpice

@TacoBell Only 36% of your “Taco Beef Filling” is actually beef. What makes up the other 64%? My guess is AIDS.

 

Taco Bell

@OldSpice Old, rotten, cancer-causing Spice is owned by Mormons who wear funny underwear. Also, girls hate your tiny, taco beef filling.

Old Spice

@TacoBell I think I could punch you in the face now.

 

Taco Bell

@OldSpice You mean flail about girlishly with your eyes closed, don’t you?

 

Old Spice

@TacoBell No, I mean punch you in the face with a jagged brick and then watch you bleed “Taco Beef Filling” through your hair net.

 

Taco Bell

@ OldSpice Are you getting turned on?

 

Old Spice

@TacoBell Yes.

 

Taco Bell

@OldSpice Let’s merge, let’s merge now!!

 

Old Spice

@TacoBell Turn off the web cam!! I mean, turn it on, turn it on!!

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