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- Sailor Star Dust
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Out of curiosity, why are people happy/find it something good for Venezuela that Chavez died? I don't really know much about the situation there.
In any case, it is a shame. I never really knew much about Chavez but it's a shame that he died in such a way.
"Every line is a joy" -Kaworu Nagisa.
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"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Looks like you have to do some homework. Basically under Chavez Venezuela became a quasi-socialist country, with the strongman regularly blaming America for all of his problems, even though he also exports oil to that country.
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I think this counts
'Things Fall Apart' author Chinua Achebe dies at 82
I can't say I ever read his other works, but reading Things Fall Apart in high school was, I think, the first time I began to fully understand the effects colonization had on Africa, and could have in the future.
'Things Fall Apart' author Chinua Achebe dies at 82
I can't say I ever read his other works, but reading Things Fall Apart in high school was, I think, the first time I began to fully understand the effects colonization had on Africa, and could have in the future.
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- Bomby von Bombsville
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Man, when I saw that headline I just stopped in my tracks. This sucks. Despite his age, he was still at the peak of his powers in terms of his writing.
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Man, Ebert's death hits me hard. Rest in peace.
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"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
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"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
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"Life is becoming more and more indistinguishable from Onion articles." ~Monk Ed
"Oh my gods, that is awesome. I am inclined to forgive both Grant and the dub in general for that." ~Bagheera
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I don't know how many will miss her but Margaret Thatcher died.
So let’s make a wish.
“Please let me redo again.”
No matter how many times
From the book “All About Nagisa Kaworu: A Child of Evangelion”.
“Please let me redo again.”
No matter how many times
From the book “All About Nagisa Kaworu: A Child of Evangelion”.
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Hyper Shinchan wrote:I don't know how many will miss her but Margaret Thatcher died.
can't say I agree with any of her polices over her time, so........um.......
RIP Roger Ebert!
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If only she hadn't been quite so socially reactionary...
If only she hadn't been quite so socially reactionary...
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It's about a month late, but "Stompin' Tom" Connors, the Canadian folk and country singer, died on March 6th of renal failure. He was 77.
"Stompin' Tom" was most noted for being a prolific, funny, and proudly nationalist singer and songwriter. When he was young, from the age of 15 to 28, he wandered across Canada, hitchhiking, working various part time jobs, and playing guitar and writing music. Sometimes in the winter, he would deliberately get himself arrested for vagrancy just to have someplace warm to sleep. His break in life apparently came when he was a nickle short of the price of a beer. The bartender told him that he could have the beer if he played a few songs. Those "few songs" became a thirteen month performance contract at that hotel, and a weekly spot on a local radio station. After that, life became considerably smoother.
Oh well the girls are out to bingo and the boys are getting stinko, and we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday Night, the glasses they will tinkle and our eyes begin to twinkle, we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday Night...
"Stompin' Tom" was most noted for being a prolific, funny, and proudly nationalist singer and songwriter. When he was young, from the age of 15 to 28, he wandered across Canada, hitchhiking, working various part time jobs, and playing guitar and writing music. Sometimes in the winter, he would deliberately get himself arrested for vagrancy just to have someplace warm to sleep. His break in life apparently came when he was a nickle short of the price of a beer. The bartender told him that he could have the beer if he played a few songs. Those "few songs" became a thirteen month performance contract at that hotel, and a weekly spot on a local radio station. After that, life became considerably smoother.
Oh well the girls are out to bingo and the boys are getting stinko, and we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday Night, the glasses they will tinkle and our eyes begin to twinkle, we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday Night...
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At least Ebert got 2 thumbs up at his funeral and speaking of Ebert's funeral the psychos are at it again.
*sigh* just kill me already.
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