Anyone listening to the MSNBC live feed?

http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/ ^ | unknown

[2Jedismom]

Boom!

Kinda funny that the car alarms keep going off.

[ThomasMore]

Big explosion right by the feed. Just Now.

[browardchad]

I'm listening with headphones on. Sounds like someone's doing a report to a TV camera in the distance...

I had it on for three or four hours yesterday. At one point, you could hear someone who sounded like Arnett doing a broadcast in the distance. He'd say one line, pause, confer with someone, then say another line. About the only thing I could make out was that he had been to the airport and had seen no evidence of coalition forces there. When he was finished, you could hear him thanking someone profusely.

At another point, a reporteress appeared in front of the camera with her makeup towel around her neck while the camera did some closeup focusing. After a while they switched to another camera, just when it was getting interesting.

[COBOL2Java]

There goes Arnett's car alarm again...

[browardchad]

Another British voice (too fast to be Arnett's) in the background, reporting that a "low-flying aircraft" was "evenutally shot down" by the Iraqis. Sounds of distant explosions.

[COBOL2Java]

Huh. Just heard the dogs of war!

[2Jedismom]

Sounded like they were fixin' to bbq one of them, the way it was yelping!

[browardchad]

Huh. Just heard the dogs of war!

Yes -- I heard them barking loudly about the same time yesterday -- a security patrol? Or did one of the reporters offend their Iraqi minder?

[Mustang]

Yes. Very, very interesting....indeed.

[2Jedismom]

What's going on now? Looks like they are re-arranging the camera?

[browardchad]

What's going on now? Looks like they are re-arranging the camera?

That's what it looked like.

[2Jedismom]

Unbelievable. I just can't believe we're watching a war from the rooftop in the big thick middle of it.

[browardchad]

Fireworks straight ahead -- hope it's the anti-aircraft guns being hammered.

[cgbg]

CNN spewing about how we were "invading and occupying" Iraq and how this was gonna cause a "shock wave" of protest in the Arab world. Now hitting the next button on the remote...

rofl

It is physically impossible to watch CNN for more than one minute.

They must hunt all over the world for the most idiotic anti-American jerks they can find.

CNN is not a source of information--it is an apologist for every third world tin horn dictator and wannabe terrorist group on the planet.

They and the New York Times editorial board have to be the only people on Earth that believe that Saddam wears winter coats when it is 100 degrees outside. Perhaps that is because their wives insist on bringing their fur coats when they visit Phoenix in July. ;-)

[ThomasMore]

Bombing starting back up.

[2Jedismom]

What is going on now??? What are they talking about?

[longtermmemmory]

bombardier?

isn't that a canadian company?

[demlosers]

Specifications

Country of Origin	Canada
Builder
Missions	Surveillance Reconnaissance Communications relay Environmental inspection Border patrol Drug enforcement operations Target acquisition / designation Battle damage assessment EW platform
Engine	1 Williams International WTS-125 turboshaft 125 shp flat rated at 100 shp
Height	6 ft 0 in 1.84 m
Rotor diameter	13 ft 1 in 4.00 m
Gross takeoff mass	770 lbs. 350 kg
Empty weight	(no payload, no fuel) 330 lbs. 150 kg
Payload carrying capacity	220 lbs. 100 kg
Maximum endurance	6.25 hours
Time on station at 100 km	4.75 hours
Maximum speed	157 km/h / 85 kts
Climb rate	7.6 m/sec / 1,500 ft/min
Ceiling	5,500 m / 18,000 ft
Sensor	Combined EO/IR Communications relay Active ESM payload Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Datalink	Primary (C-Band), Directional, Omni-directional Back-up (L-Band), Omni-directional, used for launch & recovery
Guidance and navigation	GPS and inertial Automatic flight patterns Autonomous flight Reversionary modes Waypoint navigation Automatic target tracking
Image Exploitation	Geo-location Target location error <60 m (GPS accuracy dependent) Freeze, pan, rotate images Automatic target tracking <

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Yes, a Canadian company.

[Exit148]

"What is going on now??? What are they talking about?"

Sounded like someone reading a report? Followed by straight-forward Iraqi music. Right now there is what sounds like Pop Music.

No electricity for lights but obviously electricity for this. I wonder who it is meant for.

[Textide]

There is some weird music playing now. A couple of minutes ago, there were several people doing some chant in Arabic. Very odd.

Here's the feed I'm watching:

mms://lv-msnbc.msnbc.com/msnbc2