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Ethiopian Embassy in #SouthAfrica issued statement asking Ethiopians to be cautious as violence targeting foreigners in #Soweto province & environs enters 2nd day. The emb. said shops & businesses owned by Ethiopians were targeted. Embassy emergency NOs: 0123462110 & 0123462947 
#SouthAfrica violence targets Soweto's foreign-owned shops bbc.com/news/world-afr… "Three people have been killed in South Africa during violence on Wednesday targeting foreign-owned businesses in Soweto, police say."
Update: #Ethiopia's MoFA said one Ethiopian was killed in #Soweto & one was injured & is recovering in hospital. It said the embassy was working with the gov of #SouthAfrica to protect Ethiopians from the violence, & cautioned Ethiopians to take extra care to protect themselves
1/ Let me tell you about #SouthAfrica friends since it's topical and I've lived here for 30 years.
2/ The biggest divides between black and white are cultural and almost invisible but very very important.
Black people -> group culture.
White people -> individual culture.
#SouthAfrica
Black people -> group culture.
White people -> individual culture.
#SouthAfrica
3/ In group cultures, people are loyal to the group in exchange for protection. Your identity is found in the group to which you belong. No person is 100% one or the other of course - we're all a mixture of both. However, by and large, black people are group culture, whites not.
Interesting on its own, this story about how Russian trolls pushed vaccine debates in the US includes several other key points that are worth examining. THREAD
www-m.cnn.com/2018/08/23/hea…
www-m.cnn.com/2018/08/23/hea…
First of all, it's fascinating to me just from the standpoint of how even the most absurd propositions can draw wide audiences, when thinking people should be able to dismiss them out of hand. 2/
Second, the fact that we will argue ad inifinitum about subjects that don't deserve a second look is a serious indictment of something - either our inherently American contrariness or the ground-leveling effect social media has. 2/
I’m not surprised that an inclusive, race conscious (not colorblind) Black Conservative, like #TimScott could see right through what his “colorblind” Senate colleagues couldn’t! The judge’s writings sound eerily familiar, so familiar to alt right talking points on gender & race.
And if you look at the publication that the Judge wrote for “The Stanford Review”, whose founder is Peter Theil, it gets even weirder. Why? Because it’s been alleged that Peter Theil (a gay billionaire) has always had major problems with diversity — he even wrote a book on it.
Peter Theil wasn’t born in America; he was born In Germany, and then he later lived in South Africa 🇿🇦. In college one of Thiel’s African American doormats said “One day I heard a rumor that Peter defended #apartheid (which was then still the law of the land in #SouthAfrica)
President Obasanjo once called maintaining Nigeria Airways (NAL) irresponsible. Six years later, one of his successors, despite a petition from former NAL employees appealing for ₦45 billion in severance pay, is shopping the world for an investor for a proposed national carrier.
Between a ferocious fight over revenue sharing, and ignoring the obvious on Boko Haram, bad ideas seem to die slowly, such that it has almost obscured the recognition Nigeria’s music industry got from the world’s largest music label.
The latest #BokoHaram attacks don't suggest a resurgence of the group so much as they demonstrate its resilience, capacity for strategic hibernation and stealth.
They also indicate that the financing with which it procures weapons and its recruitment remain largely uninhibited.
They also indicate that the financing with which it procures weapons and its recruitment remain largely uninhibited.
. @BarackObama gave an historic speech in #SouthAfrica. Highlights:
Globalization sired, "an explosion in economic inequality. It’s meant that a few dozen individs control the same amt of wealth as the poorest 1/2 of humanity. That’s not an exaggeratn; that’s a statistic."
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Globalization sired, "an explosion in economic inequality. It’s meant that a few dozen individs control the same amt of wealth as the poorest 1/2 of humanity. That’s not an exaggeratn; that’s a statistic."
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[2] #Obama
"In many middle-income & devel'ing countries, new wealth has just tracked the old bad deal that people got, bcuz it reinforced or even compounded existing patterns of inequality; the only diff is it created even greater opps for corruption on an epic scale."
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"In many middle-income & devel'ing countries, new wealth has just tracked the old bad deal that people got, bcuz it reinforced or even compounded existing patterns of inequality; the only diff is it created even greater opps for corruption on an epic scale."
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[3] #Obama
"And for once solidly middle-class families in advanced economies like the US, these trends have meant >er economic insecurity, especially for those who don’t have specialized skills, people who were in manufacturing, working in factories, working on farms."
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"And for once solidly middle-class families in advanced economies like the US, these trends have meant >er economic insecurity, especially for those who don’t have specialized skills, people who were in manufacturing, working in factories, working on farms."
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1/3 This week I attended the opening of the #Mandela centenary exhibition.
In a short speech, Lord Hain thanked one of the sponsors, Moti Group, twice.
According to @mailandguardian Lord Hain is
employed by them "in part to improve their poor reputation" mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
In a short speech, Lord Hain thanked one of the sponsors, Moti Group, twice.
According to @mailandguardian Lord Hain is
employed by them "in part to improve their poor reputation" mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
2/3 Moti Group is a mining & property
company that's been subject to some controversy. It allegedly has links to
Zimbabwean officials implicated in human rights violations & in 2017,
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for the company's chair mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
company that's been subject to some controversy. It allegedly has links to
Zimbabwean officials implicated in human rights violations & in 2017,
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for the company's chair mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
3/5 Journalist @simonallison writes:
"There is no suggestion that the royals were aware of or intended to
endorse the Moti Group’s controversial business practises; or the group’s links
to senior Zimbabwean officials that have been implicated in serious human
rights violations."
"There is no suggestion that the royals were aware of or intended to
endorse the Moti Group’s controversial business practises; or the group’s links
to senior Zimbabwean officials that have been implicated in serious human
rights violations."
Statistics on #FarmMurders and #FarmAttacks were released by the South African government for the first time since 2011, confirming an average of 510 attacks and 56 murders per year, that is more than one per week.
Farmers are being slaughtered in the most horrific, inhumane, sadistic, barbaric ways. They are tortured until they die, women raped for hours on end while their husband's are forced to watch, their heads are crushed and they are set alight.
#FarmMurders
#FarmMurders
>Tortured with electrical drills
>Finger nails pulled out
>Hands removed from bodies
>Drowned in boiling hot water
Torture which would have earned applause from Spanish Inquisition Torturers. ISIS style atrocities.
#FarmMurders
>Finger nails pulled out
>Hands removed from bodies
>Drowned in boiling hot water
Torture which would have earned applause from Spanish Inquisition Torturers. ISIS style atrocities.
#FarmMurders
1/21 From the very beginning #Israel planned to usurp #Palestine
#OsloPeace didn't manage to dismantle a single Settlement,to the contrary, #Israel started taking more #Palestinian Land
During the 7 yrs following #Oslo,the Settler Population within the #WestBank increased by 90%
#OsloPeace didn't manage to dismantle a single Settlement,to the contrary, #Israel started taking more #Palestinian Land
During the 7 yrs following #Oslo,the Settler Population within the #WestBank increased by 90%
2/21 Following Intl pressure to stop Settlements #Israel began new tactics,under the pretext of natural growth,they expanded & fattened,the existing settlements & connected them to each other & to Israel
Slicing the land blocking any possibility of a contiguous #Palestinian State
Slicing the land blocking any possibility of a contiguous #Palestinian State
3/21 #Israeli Settlements along with their Road Network & Security Zones, occupy about 42% of Palestinian Land.
Roads btw Settlements can only be traveled by Settlers,the basic Human Right of Freedom of Movement within ones Home Country has been taken away from the #Palestinians
Roads btw Settlements can only be traveled by Settlers,the basic Human Right of Freedom of Movement within ones Home Country has been taken away from the #Palestinians
#Israel will never recognize #Palestine,illegal segregated settlements in the #WestBank keep growing & #Gaza is a #ConcentrationCamp.
THE 2-STATE SOLUTION FACADE ENABLES #ISRAEL TO CLAIM THEY'RE A DEMOCRACY,allowing settlers in the occupied territories to vote & #Palestinians not
THE 2-STATE SOLUTION FACADE ENABLES #ISRAEL TO CLAIM THEY'RE A DEMOCRACY,allowing settlers in the occupied territories to vote & #Palestinians not
#Netanyahu:"I Deceived the #US to Destroy Oslo Accords"
#Israel never wanted peace,they already occupy #Palestine, only maintain the 2-state solution topic alive so they don't have to let Palestinians vote while claiming to be a Democracy.
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#Israel never wanted peace,they already occupy #Palestine, only maintain the 2-state solution topic alive so they don't have to let Palestinians vote while claiming to be a Democracy.
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#Israel Incapable of Telling Truth About #Water It Steals From #Palestinians.
Water is the only issue in which Israel (still) finds it difficult to defend its Discriminatory, Oppressive & Destructive Policy with Pretexts of Security & God. #ApartheidIsrael haaretz.com/opinion/.premi…
Water is the only issue in which Israel (still) finds it difficult to defend its Discriminatory, Oppressive & Destructive Policy with Pretexts of Security & God. #ApartheidIsrael haaretz.com/opinion/.premi…
-White enough to be killed on the farm your family has worked for 300+ years (#SouthAfrica) @StopPlaasmoorde
-White enough to be told that your ethnostates MUST become multi-cultural but no other peoples need to be (i.e Japan, Singapore, Bolivia, Egypt, etc.)
-White enough to be told that your heroes from last century do not deserve to be honored townandcountrymag.com/society/politi…
Anyone seeing a pattern? 🧐
#corruption
#QAnon #TheStormIsHere #DrainTheSwamp @POTUS #WWGOWGA
1) Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye sentenced to 24 years for Corruption
npr.org/sections/thetw…
#corruption
#QAnon #TheStormIsHere #DrainTheSwamp @POTUS #WWGOWGA
1) Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye sentenced to 24 years for Corruption
npr.org/sections/thetw…
2) #SouthAfrica ex-President Jacob Zuma charged with #corruption
bbc.com/news/world-afr…
#SouthAfrica #Africa #Qanon #MAGA #DrainTheDeepStateSwamp
bbc.com/news/world-afr…
#SouthAfrica #Africa #Qanon #MAGA #DrainTheDeepStateSwamp
3) Ex-president #Lula can be jailed for #corruption, Brazil's top court rules
theguardian.com/world/2018/apr…
#Brazil #DeepStateCabal #DeepStateSwamp #paradisepapers #PanamaPapers
theguardian.com/world/2018/apr…
#Brazil #DeepStateCabal #DeepStateSwamp #paradisepapers #PanamaPapers
South Africa votes through motion to seize land from white farmers without compensation!
This is what the Democrats want in the US. They want Trump out so they can complete their plans.
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#FarmLivesMatter
#LandExpropriationWithoutCompensation
#Africa
#Socialism
#Communism
This is what the Democrats want in the US. They want Trump out so they can complete their plans.
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#FarmLivesMatter
#LandExpropriationWithoutCompensation
#Africa
#Socialism
#Communism
Redistribution of land. The people who work hard for their land now have it stripped from them to give to the poor. Once everyone is poor, government has all the power. How can anyone not see this for what it is?
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#LibsMoveToAfrica
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#LibsMoveToAfrica
South Africa‘s parliament has passed a motion that could lead to the seizure of land from white farmers without paying them compensation.
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@realDonaldTrump
#NeverGetOurGuns
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@realDonaldTrump
#NeverGetOurGuns
1. Here I present some analysis into the chronology and timing of the past year events, and how they point to the dramatic shutdown of a global criminal syndicate going back several decades. #QAnon
2. As a starting premise, accept that the END GOAL is to get to the final conclusion; which is all of the prominent members of the Bush/Clinton/Obama cabal imprisoned for their crimes against humanity.
3. There is one major barrier: public perception and understanding. Going straight the end goal immediately would not have been politically viable with a deceived population who had to be persuaded that what was good is bad, and what was bad is good.
