The problem is that Nursultan Nazarbayev is the corrupted president of Kazakhstan, which despite being Borat’s country, isn’t really a funny place to be. The man is described by the BBC as power-hungry
‘I write to you now, my brothers and sisters in the family of Rock and Roll, to ask you to join with me, and thousands of other artists around the world, to declare a cultural boycott on Israel.’
“I look forward to a time when these conditions have abated… so that I can experience the legendary kindness and hospitality of the Lebanese people.”
At least Hattie Carroll’s murderer got six months.
The guy has a very long entry on Wikipedia and the words nazi/nazism/fascism appear 6 times,… bad sign
“I look forward to my first visit to Israel. Music is a universal language that is meant to unify audiences in peace and love, and that is the spirit of our show.”
I don’t know the is and outs of this case but Mary and Helen have promised to get more deeply involved. I do know the stench of bullshit, of jailing political dissidents makes me gag.
I didn’t much like her myself, but I, unlike Morrissey, am not a socialist. I believe in some form of middle ground between rampant monopolies and goverment run business. Thatcher brought the UK back from the brink but she destroyed millions of lives while doing it.
I remember thinking Jam Today were an interesting concept but not interesting enough to actually pursue seriously but to this day it’s an idea that excites me in its extremity. I mean if you want to deal in misandry, deal in misandry, right?
“Right now millions of people, and millions of women in particular are speaking and acting out against their daily oppression – patriarchy, rape culture, sexual objectification and dehumanization.
I can’t imagine any one else, Jay-Z folks?, coming close to this political statement and artistic mayhem. It doesn’t matter how good or bad it was, and a half hour Lupe rap sounds like hell on earth to me, just the sheer thrill of open political dissent in the closet area of an Inaugural is thrilling.
Look at it this way: if Mitt had won I prolly wouldn’t have just been killed in taxes, on the other hand, it is worth a coupla grand a year to have a Prez who has not only heard of Biggie Smalls but can quote him… if you don’t know now you know
