dagblog - Comments for "[AFRICA news] Special Forces Colonel Says He Has ‘Seized’ Guinea’s President" http://dagblog.com/link/special-forces-colonel-says-he-has-seized-guinea-s-president-34580 Comments for "[AFRICA news] Special Forces Colonel Says He Has ‘Seized’ Guinea’s President" en A reminder Taliban did this http://dagblog.com/comment/309964#comment-309964 <a id="comment-309964"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/309957#comment-309957">PP posted a news item</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A reminder Taliban did this too as 1 tactic - so if Biden had delayed leaving, it was lights out in the city</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:41:19 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 309964 at http://dagblog.com PP posted a news item http://dagblog.com/comment/309957#comment-309957 <a id="comment-309957"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/special-forces-colonel-says-he-has-seized-guinea-s-president-34580">[AFRICA news] Special Forces Colonel Says He Has ‘Seized’ Guinea’s President</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>PP posted a news item yesterday about strange "terrorism" related "lynching" and other things going on in rural Nigeria, <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/309950#comment-309950">here on the Covid thread</a>, here's another similarly strange one, like from another planet, you can't really make much sense of it</p> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>Borno Blackout Worsens As Terrorists Bomb More High Tension Lines <a href="https://twitter.com/LeadershipNGA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@leadershipNGA</a>: <a href="https://t.co/9fVjLlMcV5">https://t.co/9fVjLlMcV5</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nigeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nigeria</a> <a href="https://t.co/b1HqpLCFVk">pic.twitter.com/b1HqpLCFVk</a></p> — allAfrica.com (@allafrica) <a href="https://twitter.com/allafrica/status/1440020499988369416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>Really does put our own urban elite vs. rural people supposed troubles into context. Comparatively, we have nothing to complain about, really, all is well and most people get along and get by, no need to abandon homes and get the hell out of a twilight zone...</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:38:09 +0000 artappraiser comment 309957 at http://dagblog.com way to go, Equitorial Guinea! http://dagblog.com/comment/309941#comment-309941 <a id="comment-309941"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/309940#comment-309940">Nigerian Politician Indicted</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>way to go, Equitorial Guinea!</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Assets Seized From Equatorial Guinea Vice President to Pay for Vaccine, Medicine: <a href="https://t.co/H42K9Aj5xr">https://t.co/H42K9Aj5xr</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EquatorialGuinea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EquatorialGuinea</a> <a href="https://t.co/7KJtWAFPlb">pic.twitter.com/7KJtWAFPlb</a></p> — allAfrica.com (@allafrica) <a href="https://twitter.com/allafrica/status/1440192094799233033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 06:12:49 +0000 artappraiser comment 309941 at http://dagblog.com Nigerian Politician Indicted http://dagblog.com/comment/309940#comment-309940 <a id="comment-309940"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/special-forces-colonel-says-he-has-seized-guinea-s-president-34580">[AFRICA news] Special Forces Colonel Says He Has ‘Seized’ Guinea’s President</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Nigerian Politician Indicted in U.S, U.K, May Become Governor <a href="https://twitter.com/PremiumTimesng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PremiumTimesng</a>: <a href="https://t.co/RRsQvzgSiB">https://t.co/RRsQvzgSiB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nigeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nigeria</a> <a href="https://t.co/mzifCr0Obo">pic.twitter.com/mzifCr0Obo</a></p> — allAfrica.com (@allafrica) <a href="https://twitter.com/allafrica/status/1440194303578370056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p>Sounds like a gangsta, the real thing.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 06:09:49 +0000 artappraiser comment 309940 at http://dagblog.com Was in UI 2016. Staff-club http://dagblog.com/comment/309822#comment-309822 <a id="comment-309822"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/special-forces-colonel-says-he-has-seized-guinea-s-president-34580">[AFRICA news] Special Forces Colonel Says He Has ‘Seized’ Guinea’s President</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Was in UI 2016. Staff-club waiters earned 400 naira a day, 12k a month if they worked everyday.<br /><br /> Problem with Nigerian debate is those who do the talking are the 5% who are not poor.<br /><br /> And they downplay Nigerian poverty kuz they hate to think of themselves as from a poor society. <a href="https://t.co/vttCTGxVB1">https://t.co/vttCTGxVB1</a></p> — Dr Remi Adekoya (@RemiAdekoya1) <a href="https://twitter.com/RemiAdekoya1/status/1438379024842121217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:46:18 +0000 artappraiser comment 309822 at http://dagblog.com What? pic.twitter.com http://dagblog.com/comment/309818#comment-309818 <a id="comment-309818"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/309772#comment-309772">During a Met Gala with a</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">What? <a href="https://t.co/acnOm8E36w">pic.twitter.com/acnOm8E36w</a></p> — Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1438328835863420929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The servants carrying her dress. Pitch perfect. <a href="https://t.co/gecZqlSBa6">https://t.co/gecZqlSBa6</a></p> — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1438157214921879554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="und" xml:lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/sd9wxfPofI">https://t.co/sd9wxfPofI</a> <a href="https://t.co/CV4ALmPAUq">pic.twitter.com/CV4ALmPAUq</a></p> — Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1438109830187732995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 05:23:50 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 309818 at http://dagblog.com And then there's Grimes http://dagblog.com/comment/309787#comment-309787 <a id="comment-309787"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/309772#comment-309772">During a Met Gala with a</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>And then there's Grimes</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/i/events/1437562961103663106?s=20">https://twitter.com/i/events/1437562961103663106?s=20</a></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:07:32 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 309787 at http://dagblog.com That's *Drama* Denim. And http://dagblog.com/comment/309782#comment-309782 <a id="comment-309782"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/309772#comment-309772">During a Met Gala with a</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>That's *Drama* Denim. And "fierce". Simply fierce. In a multi-dimensional way.</p> <blockquote> <p>The makeup artist used ten different shades of blue—shadows pulled from two separate Lancôme Hypnôse 5-Color Eyeshadow Palettes, Bleu Hypnotique and the soon-to-release Drama Denim—with bright accents here and there for even more dimension.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 06:11:32 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 309782 at http://dagblog.com During a Met Gala with a http://dagblog.com/comment/309772#comment-309772 <a id="comment-309772"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/special-forces-colonel-says-he-has-seized-guinea-s-president-34580">[AFRICA news] Special Forces Colonel Says He Has ‘Seized’ Guinea’s President</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>During a Met Gala with a theme of ("In America, a lexicon of fashion")</p> <p>this absolutely frigging stunning new "Hollywood star" who could equal (if not best) any in the past, just happens to be Kenyan</p> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>Lupita Nyong'o simply always understands the assignment. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a> <a href="https://t.co/vaX97iQM2B">https://t.co/vaX97iQM2B</a> <a href="https://t.co/tsaJXJdobq">pic.twitter.com/tsaJXJdobq</a></p> — Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1437573370116075525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>while this popular American music personage is doing a mix of Elvis Presley #Ghetto skank and 1980's drag ball:</p> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>Megan Thee Stallion <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a> <a href="https://t.co/tnztyN1Qdy">pic.twitter.com/tnztyN1Qdy</a></p> — met gala 21 (@21metgala) <a href="https://twitter.com/21metgala/status/1437555919580172291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> <p>We are so screwed unless we get some more African immigrants fast! They<em> get </em>American culture.</p> <p>P.S. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRightMelissa/status/1437581836897734656?s=20">AOC was there, participating.</a> I can't see it as a smart thing for her to do in any way, shape or form. Really a bonehead decision all around, no matter what she was trying to do, it ended up like flipping a finger to nearly every demographic group.</p> <p>edit to add: <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/lupita-nyongo-met-gala-2021-beauty-look-denim-blue-eyeshadow">Lupita's dress was inspired by denim fabric so it fit the theme perfectly.</a> On second thought, Megan Thee was maybe trying to commemorate how referring to women as "hos" has become ubiquitous in this country?</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 04:04:11 +0000 artappraiser comment 309772 at http://dagblog.com The biggest problem is http://dagblog.com/comment/309755#comment-309755 <a id="comment-309755"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/309754#comment-309754">Wrote this for @CNN on why</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The biggest problem is tripping population by 2100. Good luck with that. (And yes, it's our problem as well)</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:24:33 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 309755 at http://dagblog.com