Posted on 07/17/2018 10:41:26 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Barack Obama said on Tuesday the world should resist cynicism over the rise of strongmen, in an apparent reference to populist leaders who hold power in a number of countries. […]
“Just as people spoke about the triumph of democracy in the 90s, people now are talking about the triumph of tribalism and the strong man. But we need to resist that cynicism,” Obama said in a speech in Johannesburg to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela.
Some of Obama’s language echoed that of Trump’s critics.
“Too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. People just make stuff up. We see it in the growth of state-sponsored propaganda, we see it in internet-driven fabrications, in the blurring of lines between news and entertainment,” Obama said. “We see the utter loss of shame among political leaders, where they are caught in a lie and they just double down and they lie some more.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
14 Jul: IOL South Africa: Obama gathers 200 young African leaders for five-day Joburg summit
by Siphelele Dludla, African News Agency/ANA
Johannesburg - The Obama Foundation on Saturday began its five-day gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa, of 200 young leaders from 44 countries across Africa as part of a one-year leadership development and civic engagement program.
The foundation said the programme was designed to train, support, and connect emerging African leaders working to create positive change and explore new ways to tackle the biggest problems in their communities.
The gathering will see speakers from public, private, and non-profit sectors, including ***billionaire philanthropist Aliko Dangote, former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, former South African public protector Thuli Madonsela, former president Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel, and many others...
The visit takes place despite lobby groups, such as CAGE Africa and Palestine Solidarity Alliance, calling on the Nelson Mandela Foundation to “uninvite” Obama after he was announced as the guest speaker for the lecture last month, claiming Obama’s principles were “contrary” to Mandela’s...
https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/obama-gathers-200-young-african-leaders-for-five-day-joburg-summit-16017717
***billionaire philanthropist Aliko Dangote, the FOSSIL FUEL man:
12 Jul: face3faceAfrica: Why your marriage with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, will fail as he seeks new wife
by Mildred Europa Taylor
Women are being urged to jump at the latest opportunity of enjoying the benefits wealthy life has to offer as Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is in search of a wife.
The 61-year-old multi-billionaire in a Financial Times interview, Lunch with FT, said that he is not getting any younger, hence, wouldn’t mind getting a new wife...
“I’m not getting younger. Sixty years is no joke. But it doesn’t make sense to go out and get somebody if you don’t have the time. Right now, things are really, really very busy, because we have the refinery, we have the petrochemicals, we have the fertiliser, we have the gas pipeline,” the founder of Dangote Group, who is twice divorced and has three daughters said...
He further talked about how he intends to make Nigeria Africa’s biggest exporter of petroleum products and his willingness to buy Arsenal Football club...
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/why-your-marriage-with-africas-richest-man-aliko-dangote-will-fail-as-he-seeks-new-wife
Juan Verde was with Obama in Spain and Portugal recently for “climate” rubbish, and is most likely in SA with him, I would imagine. they’re shilling for “renewables” business, that’s all, forget Mandela:
Wikipedia: Juan Verde
Juan Verde Suárez is a business and social entrepreneur who worked on the political campaigns of Senator Ted Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Senator John Kerry, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, besides serving as International Co-Chair for the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama in 2012...
Mr. Verde serves, or has served, among others, on the board of directors of Abengoa Bioenergy S.A., a global biotech ethanol company; Santander Bank, N.A., a U.S. subsidiary of the Spanish financial institution Grupo Santander; and Andina Energy Corp., a global diversified energy corporation...
Verde, was a speaker at the 2010 International Conference on Clean Energy. While serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, he promoted renewable energy, agribusiness and biomedicine companies to expand into Europe. Additionally, Verde was the founder and CEO of The Climate Project Spain, the Spanish branch of former Vice President Al Gore’s The Climate Project nonprofit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Verde
just to show Obama and his billionaire friend are on the agenda for the same day. this is really Obama trying to influence who becomes the next generation of African leaders. Obama the new Soros?
15 Jul: GlobeNewswire: Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Convening Continues with 200 Rising Leaders
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the Obama Foundation continued its Leaders: Africa gathering, a 5-day convening of 200 rising leaders from 44 countries representing the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The convening is part of a one-year leadership development and civic engagement programme designed to train, support, and connect emerging African leaders to create positive change in their communities...
Wednesday, 18 July
•Panel: “Innovating for the Next Generation,” with speakers Aliko Dangote, Trevor Manuel, John Collison, and Eleni Giokos.
•Town Hall with President Obama. Livestream available at obama.org/africa and on the Obama Foundation’s Facebook page.
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/07/15/1537337/0/en/Obama-Foundation-Leaders-Africa-Convening-Continues-with-200-Rising-Leaders.html
17 Jul: Youtube: 3mins21secs: SABC: Aliko Dangote arrives for the Mandela Lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuUix5msdhQ
Unctious little snit. He filled in the blanks of his speech...got paid...tried to look like a normal guy doing his dance...oh yeah...get yo’ groove on dude...what a silly act.
100 percent correct.
“Too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. People just make stuff up. We see it in the growth of state-sponsored propaganda, we see it in internet-driven fabrications, in the blurring of lines between news and entertainment,” Obama said. “We see the utter loss of shame among political leaders, where they are caught in a lie and they just double down and they lie some more.
Projection from someone who knows exactly what he’s talking about first hand.
On your old tagline, you could change it to say:
The Media lie 90 % of the time , the other 10% , they don’t tell the truth.
bam was there to cheer on the racists as they take money and property from Whitey and plan how they are going to eliminate Whitey.
bam be down wit dat!
This coming from a dictator wannabe......
STFU, Jugears ...
this guy can’t speak without a teleprompter for 30 seconds.
Never thought of Obama as a strongman. He had a big mouth,but I thought of him more as a pissant.
“Strongmen”. Would that be like someone who bypasses Congress and the Constitution and tries to rule with a pen and a phone? Who writes these lies for this simpleton?
He is/was a petty tyrant.
People like Ben “Dover” Rhodes, for starters.
Bet Michelle makes him wear a dress around the house.
Makes him? Such a thing would be consensual, I suspect.
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