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Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's strongman ex-president, dies aged 95
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| 09/06/2019
| Staff
Posted on 09/06/2019 6:27:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95.
Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power.
The former president was praised for broadening access to health and education for the black majority.
But later years were marked by violent repression of his political opponents and Zimbabwe's economic ruin.
His successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, expressed his "utmost sadness", calling Mr Mugabe "an icon of liberation". Skip Twitter post by @edmnangagwa
It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe's founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe (1/2) — President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) September 6, 2019
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Mr Mnangagwa had been Mr Mugabe's deputy before replacing him.
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To: Red Badger
How many Democrat presidential candidates will attend his funeral?
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:29:25 AM PDT
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
To: Red Badger
Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss...
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:29:40 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
To: Red Badger
Gotta be pretty hot where he is now.
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:29:57 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
To: jjotto
How many Democrat presidential candidates will attend his funeral?
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:31:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Red Badger
Good news this morning!
Too bad it was peaceful death...
He should have been hanged as a war criminal.
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:33:37 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
To: Red Badger
Well,you've gotta admit that Comrade Bob was an equal opportunity savage. If you gave the slightest hint of opposing him you were fed to the crocs...regardless of race,color or creed!
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:34:54 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
To: Puppage
“...Gotta be pretty hot where he is now....”
God is no respecter of persons. He treats all equally. However, Satan is just the opposite. With that said, that old boy probably has a special place in Hell 10,000 times hotter than the rest. It’s probably called “dictators’ political hellhole”. We have a bunch of em right here headed straight to the same place. When the Reaper shows up, they’ll have no choice but to go. And it will be good riddance to evil rubbish.
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:35:32 AM PDT
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: Red Badger
We had our own African thug dictator, Barrack Ogabe.
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:36:53 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: lgjhn23
He must have billions in Singapore.
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:37:30 AM PDT
by
Oldexpat
(Jobs Not Mobs)
To: Red Badger
95
“The devil’s in no hurry for the sure ones.”
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:38:42 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Red Badger
The only good Communist is a dead one!!
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:38:59 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: jjotto
How many Democrat presidential candidates will attend his funeral?
Partner, we love this statement.
LMAO!
Partner, as my boss used to say "It could not have happened to a nicer guy". Mugabe was a "Dictator who ruled the country of Zimbawe with an iron fist, closed intellect and no ideas.
To: Red Badger
Why do the good always die young?
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:47:23 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
To: Red Badger
About f***ing time. The good die young. Mugabe must have had a pact with the Evil One.
Too bad for the entire region. Rhodesia was once the breadbasket of Africa. The Union of South Africa, too.
Isn’t diversity wonderful?
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:55:47 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: jjotto
POSObama will send condolences. Or show up for the funeral.
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posted on
09/06/2019 6:57:03 AM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: elcid1970
If ‘MAJORITY RULE’ was so damn important in those places, why is it not here?........................
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posted on
09/06/2019 7:04:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Red Badger
“Liberation” and “Zimbabwe” are two concepts that should never appear in the same sentence.
Ever since its inception, the tribal conclave that is known as Zimbabwe has been a series of repeated and escalating repression of liberty in every form. Once a part of the British Crown Colony known as Rhodesia, the territory was granted its independence from Great Britain in 1980, and the quality of life at every level has declined precipitously, with rampant corruption and strongman rule the order of the day.
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posted on
09/06/2019 7:05:24 AM PDT
by
alloysteel
(Nowhere in the Universe is there escape from the consequences of the crime of stupidity.)
To: libh8er
We had our own African thug dictator, Barrack Ogabe.
Partner, hopefully I will be dead before this happens but it will take a very long time to get the taste of the "America Hating Piece of Work Obama and our American Hating FLOTUS Moochelle" out of our mouth.
Both of them were hard core communists of far as we are concerned and they had no experience to be our POTUS and probably are not citizens of this great country.
BTW, the America Hating Piece of Work Obama bought the land and house on an island off of Hawaii for $50 Million dollars. He was poor when he was our POTUS???????
Clinton and Obama never had a job in the private industry but became rich as can be when they leave the presidency.
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