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November 25, 2016
Groper Don the Con the king of poop
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-dog-poop_us_583622a4e4b01ba68ac4212b
November 25, 2016
So then is Groper Don the Con going to hire
Farage?
http://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-planning-to-move-to-us-ambassador/
November 25, 2016
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Leonard Cohens recent death meant a lot to him. His first experience of Cohens music was someone giving him a copy of his track Last Years Men, at a time when Zephaniah rarely listened to music by white people.
"The same thing happened with Bob Dylan, with his song about a black boxer ['Hurricane']. And I thought my gosh, this white Jewish guy is writing about a black guy who was wrongfully imprisoned'. And it might sound naive but at the time I was like, white people care about us!'."
One of the most poignant things Zephaniah remembers about Cohen was an interview where he spoke about splitting rhymes, and noted that the people who were doing that best at the time were rappers and hip hop artists.
"And I thought that was very great of him just because he noticed theres a kind of intellectual type that complains and says people arent engaging in poetry like they used to.
Zephaniah has been put off mainstream politics of late - and what that political system delivers to the public - after recent events in Britain and in the US.
"Youve got a lot of people who dont understand politics themselves... so when someone similar comes along and starts blaming the blacks, the Mexicans, the lesbians youre gonna vote for them."
"I think the bottom line is Trump does not know much about politics," he adds, becoming more specific. "He can shout slogans and have ideas like the man in the pub - someone who doesn't think about politics unless its over a pint at the weekend. But he doesn't really know what hes doing.
"Sometimes people say to me, why dont you get involved in politics properly? And I say absolutely not - Im an artist, and when you go into political office, the reality is that you have staff and its different from campaigning.
Since the EU referendum, Zephaniah says that he has experienced the kind of racism that he hadnt since the 80s - an incident where, days after Britain voted to leave the EU, a man driving past shouted: "The Europeans are going and youre next n****r."
And its troubling to watch the documentary that he made 11 months ago, where he speaks about Enoch Powell and the National Front. Because you realise that the rhetoric they used sounds awfully similar to certain politicians today.
Read this from start to finish - it's that good
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/benjamin-zephaniah-brexit-donald-trump-racism-christmas-interview-a7437171.html<snip>
Leonard Cohens recent death meant a lot to him. His first experience of Cohens music was someone giving him a copy of his track Last Years Men, at a time when Zephaniah rarely listened to music by white people.
"The same thing happened with Bob Dylan, with his song about a black boxer ['Hurricane']. And I thought my gosh, this white Jewish guy is writing about a black guy who was wrongfully imprisoned'. And it might sound naive but at the time I was like, white people care about us!'."
One of the most poignant things Zephaniah remembers about Cohen was an interview where he spoke about splitting rhymes, and noted that the people who were doing that best at the time were rappers and hip hop artists.
"And I thought that was very great of him just because he noticed theres a kind of intellectual type that complains and says people arent engaging in poetry like they used to.
Zephaniah has been put off mainstream politics of late - and what that political system delivers to the public - after recent events in Britain and in the US.
"Youve got a lot of people who dont understand politics themselves... so when someone similar comes along and starts blaming the blacks, the Mexicans, the lesbians youre gonna vote for them."
"I think the bottom line is Trump does not know much about politics," he adds, becoming more specific. "He can shout slogans and have ideas like the man in the pub - someone who doesn't think about politics unless its over a pint at the weekend. But he doesn't really know what hes doing.
"Sometimes people say to me, why dont you get involved in politics properly? And I say absolutely not - Im an artist, and when you go into political office, the reality is that you have staff and its different from campaigning.
Since the EU referendum, Zephaniah says that he has experienced the kind of racism that he hadnt since the 80s - an incident where, days after Britain voted to leave the EU, a man driving past shouted: "The Europeans are going and youre next n****r."
And its troubling to watch the documentary that he made 11 months ago, where he speaks about Enoch Powell and the National Front. Because you realise that the rhetoric they used sounds awfully similar to certain politicians today.
November 24, 2016
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A MASSIVE earthquake has hit off El Salvador and a tsunami alert covering 300km of Central American coastline has been issued.
The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which hit at 12.43pm local time (5.43am AEST) was centred 149km southwest of Puerto El Triunfo, at a depth of 33km.
Puerto El Triunfo is located about 80km southeast of the capital San Salvador.
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The tsunami threat has passed
Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes off El Salvador
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/magnitude-7-earthquake-strikes-off-el-salvador/news-story/b7fe731307b4d560a66f877fd1844823<snip>
A MASSIVE earthquake has hit off El Salvador and a tsunami alert covering 300km of Central American coastline has been issued.
The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which hit at 12.43pm local time (5.43am AEST) was centred 149km southwest of Puerto El Triunfo, at a depth of 33km.
Puerto El Triunfo is located about 80km southeast of the capital San Salvador.
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The tsunami threat has passed
November 24, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving!
ROFL - Usain Bolt drops the mic on James Corden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=eQGgtVN0ZcI&app=desktopHappy Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2016
This latest in the season of all recorded hurricanes is moving very slowly so expect flooding and landslides
Cat 2 Hurricane Otto - spare a thought for the folks in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
This latest in the season of all recorded hurricanes is moving very slowly so expect flooding and landslides
November 24, 2016
Do DUers understand the meaning of 2million more votes?
This has never happened in history - something serious went on here
November 23, 2016
Hey Groper Don the Con
GO Cheney yourself with that Thanksgiving message - it doesn't work that way.
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