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sandensea

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17. Same here.

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 03:57 PM

Jul 2018

Like many people, I discovered him in high school. Blew my mind.

As you can imagine, the successive dictatorships in Nigeria threw everything at him and the kitchen sink.

They jailed, beat and tortured him, took his money and posessions, burned down his house, raped his wives, and killed his mother.

Eager to please the oil-rich dictatorship, Thatcher denied him and his band asylum in Britain. One of the dictators that harassed him the most, Muhammad Buhari, was recently elected president of Nigeria on a "law-and-order" platform.

One can only look and laugh.

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Why So Many Republicans Are Retiring: NRA Quiet On Their Role As Russian Conduit In Butina Charges [View all] ancianita Jul 2018 OP

Half the GOP and NRA 'deposited its trust' in Butina, no doubt (know what I mean?). sandensea Jul 2018 #1

Funny, NOW, how these "righteous" got taken by a tool of deputy head of Russia's central bank. ancianita Jul 2018 #2

ANYTHING to win. sandensea Jul 2018 #3

Probably deposited something - and now they are "spending more time with their families" lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #4

I bet! sandensea Jul 2018 #5

first time I've heard that one.... ancianita Jul 2018 #7

Glad you liked it. sandensea Jul 2018 #10

Thanks. Wouldn't be surprised if cons' "interview couch" is counterpart to the "casting couch." ancianita Jul 2018 #11

Excellent point. Foreign leaders (even dictators) that back profitization are lionized sandensea Jul 2018 #12

Privatization takes longer because we're much bigger. But the narrative arcs are weakening, the ancianita Jul 2018 #14

And, dammit, all we can do, as Nigeria's Fela Kuti used to say, is look and laugh. sandensea Jul 2018 #15

I dig Fela Kuti. I like what you did... ancianita Jul 2018 #16

Same here. sandensea Jul 2018 #17

Damn, he's tough. All this resource control dictatorship $ must've drawn Manafort + his buds. Whew. ancianita Jul 2018 #18

Globalization beta tests - dry runs, if you will. Great point! sandensea Jul 2018 #20

All the parameters you lay out are exactly why the Chicago Boyz at U of C did it. It's only painful ancianita Jul 2018 #22

I've never been religious; but at times like these I can't help but believe in this much at least: sandensea Jul 2018 #25

Here's the guy, Carlos Menem. It's unfortunate that Chile is noted appalachiablue Jul 2018 #19

As bad as Menem was though, Argentina's current president, Macri, is even worse. sandensea Jul 2018 #21

The corporate-capitalist-military junta is the globalist governing framework. Our 5th column awaits. ancianita Jul 2018 #23

And there's no denying it - as much as some prefer to. sandensea Jul 2018 #24

Macri is bad news and fast wrecking the country I know.. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #26

The don't call him the Argentine Trump for nothin' sandensea Jul 2018 #27

As for Trump's tariff damage to the farm/business sector, he's just throwing paper towels. ancianita Jul 2018 #28

To think that they gave him tons of support, money, and votes - thinking he'd be a Midas touch. sandensea Jul 2018 #29

Know who eats that? Hyenas. ancianita Jul 2018 #30

Great metaphor. sandensea Jul 2018 #31

You're killin' it. ancianita Jul 2018 #32

Why, thank you. sandensea Jul 2018 #33

Probably the best vibe we can have. ancianita Jul 2018 #35

Reagan: "... and I told them the tax cuts would trickle down" nt NCjack Jul 2018 #36

I bet that one never gets old to them. sandensea Jul 2018 #37

So much Trump worship and global Strongman love as we discussed. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #34

First time NRA quiet about something cp Jul 2018 #6

On the day her arrest was first announced, too. ancianita Jul 2018 #8

Their silence is telling. dalton99a Jul 2018 #13

If this plays out like one's worst fears bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #9