Annals of Paranoia: Plastic surgery and hamburgers edition

I have long believed that instead of invading, bombing, and otherwise hounding the world's dictators out of office, they should all be simply offered their own talk shows on TV. Alternatively, I would suggest putting a bunch of them in a beach house in Malibu and filming a few seasons of "I'm a dictator, get me out of here!"

I mean, seriously:

Gadhafi wanted an immediate operation, but Ribeiro needed a surgical team and the procedure was scheduled for January 1995. It began at 2 a.m. in Gadhafi’s bunker, which “had two fully equipped and very modern operating rooms, a gym and a swimming pool,” Ribeiro said.

 

“He insisted on local anesthesia saying he wanted to remain alert,” the doctor added. “He was a very calm patient.”
Sao Paulo-based plastic surgeon Dr. Fabio Naccache confirmed to the AP that he was part of the team and performed a hair transplant on the Libyan leader. About halfway through, Gadhafi said he was hungry.

 

“Hamburgers were brought in for all and surgery was interrupted for several minutes while we ate,” the surgeon said.