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allrevvedup

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7. BBC World radio is running a regular celebrity death watch

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 03:25 AM

Jan 2013

lacking only a bucket of iced champagne ready to uncork when the glorious moment arrives. Last year they were all Arab spring all the time, this year so far it's Indian misogyny, African female entrepreneurs (English-speaking, natch) and Venezuelan regime change. Every hour lately they run a snotty update embellished with giggles and snide remarks, delivered in that cornball Thatcherese that's supposed to make us Anglophile Americans melt with envy. I hate those sick f#cks and I hate NPR for getting in bed with them.

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Venezuela slams 'psychological war' over Chavez health [View all] Zorro Jan 2013 OP

Probably...and it is so unfair zeemike Jan 2013 #1

AFP = Agence France Press JackRiddler Jan 2013 #3

You can't make such a broad brush of the newswire... joshcryer Jan 2013 #5

I didn't say this about the article, so whatevs. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #9

I just think it's lame to crap on the newswire... joshcryer Jan 2013 #11

Very nice of you to take a nuanced view of AFP... JackRiddler Jan 2013 #24

As Jack said, AFP is just newswire. joshcryer Jan 2013 #4

Your reaction is predictable since you have made yourself... JackRiddler Jan 2013 #2

Well FresnoDemocrat Jan 2013 #6

What is so "dickcheesey" about him? ReRe Jan 2013 #10

"I wish more leftist leaders weren't total dickcheeses like him." Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #13

BBC World radio is running a regular celebrity death watch allrevvedup Jan 2013 #7

FYI ReRe Jan 2013 #8

Really? They "don't bow to the USA anymore"? joshcryer Jan 2013 #12

Whew! Those are some serious links, there! ReRe Jan 2013 #14

I'm just saying the anti-imperialist anti-globalist rhetoric is just that. joshcryer Jan 2013 #16

They're right - bitchkitty Jan 2013 #15

One side calls the other side lots of nasty things. joshcryer Jan 2013 #17

Why on earth would you bitchkitty Jan 2013 #18

Just explaining that the real world nastiness of Chavistas... joshcryer Jan 2013 #19

I am sure that the Left bitchkitty Jan 2013 #20

It does seem that supposed leftists have trouble with them. joshcryer Jan 2013 #21

Certainly no need bitchkitty Jan 2013 #22

Not at all. joshcryer Jan 2013 #23

I love most of what could be termed "latino culture". bitchkitty Jan 2013 #27

You are a very, very kind person. polly7 Jan 2013 #26

they are blaming the US for the "manipulations" already. from the article: Bacchus4.0 Jan 2013 #25

Continuity Likely Even Without Chávez Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #28

Locking... Lasher Jan 2013 #29