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Desmond Tutu has house burgled while giving Nelson Mandela tribute
London Evening Standard ^ | 12/11/13 | Staff/Agency

Posted on 12/14/2013 1:45:50 AM PST by Vanders9

Desmond Tutu's house was burgled on the day he gave a speech at his friend Nelson Mandela's memorial service, police said.

(Excerpt) Read more at standard.co.uk ...


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To: Vanders9

Lesson: Stay Home


21 posted on 12/14/2013 9:56:17 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Theodore R.

“Years ago obituaries in the United States would routinely list the address of the deceased for the benefit of well-wishers to stop by and offer condolences. Then thieves would break into the homes during the funeral services; so newspapers had to stop using the addresses of the deceased.”

There’s a blog I read occasionally and the latest posts have been about how excited the family is to be going out of the country for Christmas and even went as far as to give the schedule of how often the family pets will be visited while they are away.

Pretty dumb to be telegraphing that kind of info.


22 posted on 12/14/2013 10:27:32 AM PST by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Theodore R.
And during the blitz on London crime rates soared - the thieves would operate almost unhindered while everyone was in the shelters.

Humans are a fallen race and we cannot pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. Socialism, "progressivism", Humanism and like utopian systems fail because of this. They try and make heaven here on earth and it cannot be done. In most cases their attemps only make the situations worse. Apartheid was unworkable and immoral. They did well to get rid of it, but what did they replace it with? A state sliding into economic ruin, with massive immigration problems, massive racial and tribal tension, huge increases in poverty and STD's. Spiralling inflation and a soaring crime rate. They can't blame all that on the Boer forever.

23 posted on 12/14/2013 11:15:29 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: mass55th

Oh very good :)


24 posted on 12/14/2013 11:15:54 AM PST by Vanders9
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