The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[DwnWthVwls]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Today co-worker was making food for an Asian(s) and said we should institute a no-Chinese policy for Burger King and she cited the coronavirus as the reason rather than just being a lazy racist.

Sounds like something you would say, followed by, "its just a joke".

[Frownland]

*it's

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Sounds like something you would say, followed by, "its just a joke".

No I'd just say it.

[WWWP]

Yeah seriously Asia let your people die of measles and polio like a real first world country

[OccultHawk]

Today is 02/02/2020

[The Batlord]

I mean his damage has already been done and conservative media doesn't need him anymore but I still hope he dies painfully.

Rush Limbaugh Discloses Treatment for Advanced Lung Cancer

[Frownland]

Today, February 4, 2020, one of Africa's most outstanding performers, the exceptional kora player from Mali, Ballaké Sissoko has just had his cherished, custom made kora completely destroyed by USA Customs, without any justification.

Ballaké is a highly acclaimed, distinguished performer who travels around the world with his kora for concerts at top venues. His reputation is impeccable as both artist and human being. He has no criminal record. He is just a brilliant musician, a pacifist, a kind and gentle person, a magnificent and creative performer who manages to give African tradition a contemporary voice with total integrity. The kora is a fragile, hand-crafted instrument, and Ballake's kora is tailor made to his own specifications. It is an intrinsic part of his very special sound. The neck of the kora has been removed. The strings, bridge and entire, delicate and complex sound system of amplification have been taken apart. The kora is in pieces. Even if all the components that have been dissembled were intact, it takes weeks before a kora of this calibre can return to its previous state of resonance. These kinds of custom-made koras are simply impossible to replace. They are certainly not available in shops.

Ballaké had just finished a two-week successful tour of the USA (LA, Berkeley, Miami, Chicago and NY) with his group 3MA, an innovative and unique trio that brings together string instruments from Mali, Morocco and Madagascar. Ballaké boarded his Air France plane to Paris on his way home from their final concert in New York. He checked in his kora, in its hard case, with its state-of-the-art amplification system, specially designed by sound engineer Julian Cooper.

It was a night flight arriving in Paris the next morning - today, Feb 4. At the airport, Ballaké picked up his kora case, went back to his flat and slept. But when he woke up and opened the kora case, he was shocked and dismayed to find his kora in many pieces, with only a note from US customs - in Spanish, with the unfortunate motto: "Intelligent security saves time".

In Mali, the jihadists threaten to destroy musical instruments, cut the tongues out of singers, and to silence Mali's great musical heritage. And yet, ironically, it is the USA Customs that have in their own way managed to do this.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I mean his damage has already been done and conservative media doesn't need him anymore but I still hope he dies painfully.

Rush Limbaugh Discloses Treatment for Advanced Lung Cancer

isn't he stage 4? I think that's a death sentence.

[OccultHawk]

Why no link Frown ?

[Frownland]

It came from a Facebook post from one of his family members, wouldn't be mad if I saw it hit a publication.