Need to know just how connected the uprising in various North African countries are tied to the U.S. economy? Oil prices dropped sharply today amid unconfirmed rumors that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had been shot and killed. Prices came back shortly after Saudi Arabia had assured Western markets that it could fill any Libyan supply [...]

Reaction to President Obama‘s Wednesday remarks on the situation in Libya was roundly negative, characterized by Chris Matthews and panel’s suggestion that the statement was “weak.”

Libyan leader Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi has been having a bad week, to put it mildly. He’s held office since 1969, reveling in having an enviable wardrobe and a deadly all-female entourage, and now Libyans have issued a collective cry of “step off”? How’s a dictator to deal? Drink a cup of chamomile tea while swathed in a leopard print Snuggie? Yes. And, after that, there’s always the tried and true tactic of passing the blame along… to Osama bin Laden.

Controversial Libyan leader Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qaddafi is a man with precise, if peculiar, tastes. Case in point: His notorious “Amazonian Guard,” an elite force of female bodyguards.

Choosing the members of the Amazonian guard is a little more involved than simply placing a mildly coherent Craigslist ad. For one, every member must, allegedly, be a virgin hand-picked by Qaddafi, and must then undergo extensive martial arts and firearms training at a special academy before becoming official members of the force.

Muammar el-Qaddafi/Gadhafi/Gaddafi/Qadhafi addressed the UN today, and his speech was a doozy. And at 90 minutes long perhaps best viewed from Twitter, which courtesy of some well-established media types was distilled it down to its very best parts…with one or two embellishments. It makes for a great read.

Conspiracy alert! As unlikely as it sounds, Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader whose controversial address to the UN is likely to dominate the news cycle for some time to come, inadvertently helped launch Glenn Beck‘s career as a political commentator. Here’s how: