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Venezuela - WTF?!
by LoveUniHateExams ini've been seeing (but not really reading) a lot of articles about venezuela in the british press.
apparently, following much public unrest, there has been violence with opposition people being rounded up and possibly killed by the regime.
there may have been illegal voting in the country's last election.. corbyn and his comrades praised venezuela in the recent past, holding it up as some kind of shining example of socialism.. now they are eerily silent.. what in the blazes is going on?!
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Apparently, ISIS fighters have been caught fleeing Mosul dressed as women ...
by LoveUniHateExams ini suppose this is one of those pieces of news that could have been posted in the entertainment section.. yes, isis fighters have been caught by the iraqi army trying to flee mosul dressed as women.. some have been caught wearing the full face veil.
a sensible choice, as it hides those masculine cheekbones, heavy jaw or five o' clock shadow.
others have been more creative, dressing like prostitutes in a shakespeare play.
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What's Linda Sarsour been up to recently?
by LoveUniHateExams injust been reading about linda sarsour, the palestinian-american who is supposedly progressive but also happens to advocate sharia (- wtf?!).
she was co-chair of the wimmen's march against trump, although i don't think she wore a huge vulva-suit.
frontpagemag refers to the algemeiner: in february and march, sarsour and tarek el-messidi, founder of the non-profit islamic education organization celebrate mercy, partnered in an online campaign to raise money for vandalized or neglected jewish cemeteries.. the duo raised a total of raised $162,468, $50,000 of which was channeled to three cemeteries.
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Western intervention is to blame for the murder of LGBT Iraqis - WTF?!
by LoveUniHateExams injust came across this article by amrou al-khadi (a gay iraqi-born journalist who's living in the uk).. karar nushi, an iraqi actor, was found murdered in baghdad yesterday for rumours of his sexuality.
apparently, he'd been receiving death threats due to his 'transgressive appearance' leading up to this.. the author apparently blames western intervention for iraqis killing gay people in iraq:.
"i am a queer iraqi, and feel enormously privileged to live safely in london when i hear about such news.
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Your Top Ten Favourite Movies?
by LoveUniHateExams injust thought i'd start a thread about favourite movies.
mine, in no particular order, are .... alien - a great visual film.
the chest-bursting scene is still great to watch, no matter how many times i've seen the movie.
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Weekly Wolf Blog
by LoveUniHateExams injust thought i'd share one of these blogs with you.. they're done by volunteers from the colorado wolf & wildlife center.
it's a non-profit organisation that educates people about wolves.. i wish they'd be part of a breeding program.
they currently aren't - but plan to be in the future.. they have mexican wolves (a rare subspecies) and they plan to have red wolves (also endangered) in the future.. the keepers are trusted by the wolves so that they can hand-feed them in the enclosures and perform health check-ups on conscious wolves.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcrxkzrydu.. has anyone visited the centre?
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The Amazing Andamanese People
by LoveUniHateExams ini recently watched a documentary about andamanese people on youtube.. the andaman archipelago is officially ruled by india and lies in the bay of bengal, between the eastern coast of india and burma.. the indigenous people are or were stone age people, hunter-gatherers.. they have the general appearance and stature of african pygmy people.. there are 4 main surviving groups: great andaman (made up of several tribes, although the remaining people are few in number and have discarded tribal boundaries), jarawa, onge, and sentinelese.
i've read a bit about their languages (only on wikipedia - tsk!
tsk!
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Old School Effects and CGI
by LoveUniHateExams ini was just thinking about old school effects and cgi (computer generated imagery) in film.
first off, cgi is certainly an advancement in technology, in what can or can't be portrayed on screen.. my knowledge of films and film-making is by no means extensive.
it's just i feel that sometimes film-makers rely too much on cgi, assume that more cgi = better film, or assume it's better to use cgi in every instance.. take a nightmare on elm street (1984).
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An Orang-Utan has been rescued in Borneo
by LoveUniHateExams inshe had been held captive for two days by locals in borneo but has been rescued by a team from the bos foundation - an indonesian conservation organisation, apparently.
she is displaying wild behaviours so can be released back into the wild at some stage.. and here she is .... .
she kinda reminds me of someone .... .
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Languages, Dialects, Accents
by LoveUniHateExams injust though i'd start a thread devoted to languages, dialects/sociolects and accents, with the idea being that posters can comment on any language, or dialect or accent of any language, on this thread.. any phrases, expressions or idioms that you find interesting are also welcome.
first, the subject of english accents came up on another thread.. the british isles have many different types of accent (although many of the dialects may be dying out), and if i start to take a closer look, i can't help but see 'patterns' .... in received pronunciation of standard english, the letter r is pronounced initially, between vowels, and after consonants, e.g.
red, arrow, break.