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[ by Charles Cameron — before the Pat Robertsons get a word in.. ]
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DoubleTweeting Indian responses to the quake:

Makes perfect sense. God takes out anger on beef-eating Rahul Gandhi by randomly attacking Nepal h/t @IMSahilBhalla pic.twitter.com/LfmToP5P2m

— RushdieExplainsIndia (@RushdieExplains) April 27, 2015

and:

A Temple And A Mosque Both Fell In Lucknow. Clearly, God Has No Favourites #Earthquake http://t.co/jqE6eSbX8E

— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) April 27, 2015

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Note: Rushdie Explains is a parody account, but the newspaper is genuine.

[ by Charles Cameron — an image and its likeness ]
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I know, it’s a day or two old, but Netanyahu / Obama is a ping-pong match with quite a bit of top spin to it, in which:

Netanyahu's claims Iran is building nuclear bomb contradicted by leaked Mossad document http://t.co/xawWUJ2tB1 pic.twitter.com/akbrTy9TaS

— The Independent (@Independent) February 24, 2015

becomes this:

Worth sharing: Here's how the #IranDeal would shut down Iran's pathway to a nuclear weapon ? http://t.co/BWuabs0TNz pic.twitter.com/8aYQi2KEgq

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 8, 2015

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And the bomb? It’s a cartoon bomb of the kind you’d see in one of MAD magazine’s old Spy vs Spy pages — or in the headgear of a certain religious figure disrespectfully portrayed by Jyllands-Posten.

[ by Charles Cameron — a missile wrapped in a paradox inside a sandstorm — Syria ]
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So. tell me, which? This?

And it works every time. EVERY. TIME. http://t.co/kHlplPR5cI pic.twitter.com/VwVWRnXVAS

— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) February 24, 2015

or this?

Non-US-backed rebels use American TOW missile captured from #ISIS, which captured it from US-backed rebels!! #Syria pic.twitter.com/u1Y16Z1vfc

— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) February 24, 2015

Or can you have it both ways?

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Six minutes separates those two tweets.

the title of this post is very likely confused. As am I.

[ by Charles Cameron — a little quiet, serious fun here ]
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Ken aka @chumulu suggested a DoubleTweet to me, and I’m delighted to post it here, Turkey, penguins and all:

Translated Tweet: "If you see penguins on CNN, check Twitter for what's going on." Common feeling, seems, in Turkey. pic.twitter.com/0LvWGMBJ3K

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) February 22, 2015

and:

As Turkish army enters Syria and parliament weighs bill giving police extra powers, CNNTurk rises to the challenge pic.twitter.com/ibWl8cuQhW

— Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) February 22, 2015

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Plus I’m a big admirer of Zeynep.

[ by Charles Cameron — because mention of the Riyadh meeting caught me by surprise ]
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I have seen far more media attention, mass and social, paid to the White House Countering Violent Extremism confab than I have to the coalition meeting in Riyadh:

Anti-IS coalition chalks out strategy in Riyadh http://t.co/oHPGAoYIgn pic.twitter.com/JTbXrs9fm5

— hipbonegamer (@hipbonegamer) February 19, 2015

In fact, I had to tweet that myself to get a suitable DoubleTweet to go with this one:

Full List of Arab & ME countries at #CVESummit in Washington. #Lebanon not present. #Qatar sent Ambassador. pic.twitter.com/LkTNhF8neN

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 19, 2015

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Is that because one is about Countering Violent Extremism and the other about Violently Countering Extremism?

Or is Riyadh just so very far away?

Which will history view as the more significant of the two?