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[scriver]

Huh, interesting. I had never heard of it before. And it's Shakespearean, even!

[smjjames]

Wouldn't be surprised if you picked it up from Shakespeare, given that's the source.

As for the whole plastic bag ban stuff, I guess it might be easier to start locally than going straight to nationally. Before California did it recently, several cities and at least one other state were already doing it.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It survives purely on the Shakespearean community, I suspect. It doesn't really explain itself, and I remember as a child being confused and trying to find the definition of "asecange" meant after hearing it a few times.

[Arx]

I meant to mention, Jo'burg man attempts to prove the US has no monopoly on crazed gunmen.

Incidentally, if you want to see what an insane lone wolf criminal looks like, this is a pretty decent example.

The man reportedly walked onto the stage while a band was performing.

He then grabbed a microphone and claimed that he would stop the band unless he got his stolen cellphone back.

When the audience tried to intervene, the man opened fire, randomly shooting eight people.

[Paxiecrunchle]

Ooooh a politics thread for the birthplace of humanity, I'm posting to watch even if this thread is way smaller than I've seen for both Europe and the United States.

[scriver]

It's likely because the number of profilic African bay12 members is limited to one, unfortunately. Well, as far as I know anyway.

[Sheb]

Wouldn't be surprised if you picked it up from Shakespeare, given that's the source.

As for the whole plastic bag ban stuff, I guess it might be easier to start locally than going straight to nationally. Before California did it recently, several cities and at least one other state were already doing it.

Nah, never read any Shakespear. I guess some journalists likes it in their headlines. Maybe Captain Aubrey did puns with it or something.

[Reelya]

"Sea change" has been in general parlance as a phrase for decades. However, it doesn't seem to appear in print between 1610 and 1917 at which time Ezra Pound used it in a poem as an allusion to Shakespeare. By around the 1940s it became a "phrase" by itself. So .. 99.99% used by people with no clue it's from Shakespeare.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/13/magazine/on-language-downsize-that-special-sea-change.html
http://www.word-detective.com/2009/04/sea-change/
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/sea_change/

[Arx]

I never made an Afripol thread because of how generally quiet it would be. Now, in true African fashion, we've moved into this thread and have set up an informal settlement.

[Paxiecrunchle]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/28/what-do-rebels-think-about-sexual-violence-in-congo-we-asked-them/?utm_term=.4356c2cd63b7

Does this belong on this thread or should I move it elsewhere?

[martinuzz]

In Kenia, the supreme court in Nairobi has declared the presidential elections null and void, and has ordered new election to be held within 60 days.
The court stated that the current elected president seems free from blame, however, the election process itself showed too many irregularities to meet the constitutional minimum requirements for them to be considered valid.

[Helgoland]

Does this belong on this thread or should I move it elsewhere?

This thread is your thread, this thread is my thread/From page one to page thirteen?

[scriver]

Page 8.

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[Paxiecrunchle]

Seems like Zambia might be able to avoid civil war and hold itself together, keyword on might :http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1BB1TO-OZATP?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FAFRICATopNews+%28News+%2F+AFRICA+%2F+Top+News%29

Although they seem determined to drag South Africa into the mess: http://www.msn.com/en-za/news/africa/hakainde-hichilema-da-call-for-an-end-to-south-africas-quiet-diplomacy/ar-AAr3tsY?li=BBqfP3n

Apparently the Mugabes continue to make things worse and just wish they could ruin even more nations: https://www.yahoo.com/news/whites-too-much-power-south-163041348.html http://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-mugabe/grace-mugabe-returns-to-zimbabwe-campaign-trail-after-assault-charge-idUSKCN1BC574


Some good news is that Botswana seems to be going through financial reform, that is good, right?
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1B609A-OZATP?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FAFRICATopNews+%28News+%2F+AFRICA+%2F+Top+News%29

[Cthulhu]

More like this is why a newly democratic country should never fucking ever become a presidential democracy. When you've got no strong democratic tradition and you opt for a system where your head of state and head of government are the same person, it shouldn't be a goddamn surprise when they start backsliding towards authoritarianism.

The U.S. is really goddamn lucky that our early presidents had enough integrity to avoid concentrating too much power, and that Washington had the foresight to establish the unofficial two term limit.

This is why a newly democratic country should never fucking ever become a democratic country.