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Robert Mugabe has Gold Coins Minted to Celebrate his 89th Birthday in Poverty-Stricken Zimbabwe
The Daily Mail ^
| 2 March 2013
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 03/02/2013 1:50:45 PM PST by DogByte6RER
A 22-carat dictator: Robert Mugabe has gold coins minted to celebrate his 89th birthday in poverty-stricken Zimbabwe
Four-tier cake made in his honour at Zimbabwe's state house party
Opposition accuses his party supporters of killing 12-year-old boy
Zimbabwe is one of the poorest country's on Earth, but clearly despot Robert Mugabe doesn't seem to care on his 89th birthday.
The president celebrated it by immortalising himself in freshly minted gold coins and held a lavish party with a giant cake.
Guests, including his wife, first lady Grace, tucked into the four-tier treat made in his honour at the state house before he gave a thank-you speech.
The celebration came amid accusations that Mugabe is losing his grip on a country he has ruled since coming to power in 1980 and resorting to violence.
His party are suspected of being involved in the death of the 12-year-old son of a local official who is supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Christpowers Maisiri was burned to death while sleeping in a hut with his brothers last weekend in Headlands district, 110 miles east of Harare.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; communism; despot; dictator; goldfinger; inflation; marxism; mugabe; robertmugabe; thug; tyrant; zimbabwe
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Yeah, sure ... so will it cost a gazillion of these worthless Monopoly money notes to buy just one of those gold coins that looks like an old prop from a Planet of the Apes movie?
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posted on
03/02/2013 1:51:55 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
I looked up the word “inflation” and Mugabe’s picture was right next to it.
To: DogByte6RER
I hope this doesn’t give Obama any ideas.
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posted on
03/02/2013 1:57:25 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Sen Ted Cruz is my adoptive Senator)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:00:40 PM PST
by
Kozak
(The Republic is dead. I do not owe what we have any loyalty, wealth or sympathy.)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
I don't see a problem here.
It is always this way in banana republics.
I am real sure Broncho Bammer is taking notes.
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:03:45 PM PST
by
Tupelo
(Old, Bald, Ugly, Fat and Broke in Arizona)
To: DogByte6RER
Is he related to Obozo & Mooch?
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:07:00 PM PST
by
LADY J
(You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
To: Perdogg
too late- obama takes a golf vacation while his wife/daughters take a skiing vacation at taxpayer expense in poverty stricken America...
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:07:33 PM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:10:29 PM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Looting the future to bribe the present)
To: DogByte6RER; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
Howz that post-colonialism working out?!
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:12:50 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Perdogg
Obamugabe thinks that Zimbabwe has an economic model we should emulate. Thankfully, there is a two-term limit. Hopefully, we can survive his tenure in office. We may need a reverse Marshall Plan after he leaves office.
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:14:38 PM PST
by
3Fingas
(Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:17:28 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: DogByte6RER
There may not be enough trees on Earth to make the paper it would take to print enough of those bills to purchase one of those gold coins.
Somewhere in my basement, I have a 200 billionen=(our trillion) Deutschmark stamp (uncancelled). If it was cashable, I could buy the entire country of Germany with it and evict everyone!
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:21:45 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Perdogg
That was axually hiz plan to cut the deficit in half. Print it.
Till China told him otherwise!
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:32:31 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: TurboZamboni
This currency would be better if someone would photoshop the picture of Obama with the zoot-suit hat pretending to smoke a joint. LOL
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:37:24 PM PST
by
3Fingas
(Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
To: dead
Piker.
I got me one of these:
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:44:49 PM PST
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
To: null and void
Those are sweet! I actually have five of the real Zim 100 Trillion dollar bills in mint condition.
I bought them on EBay a few years ago for $5 US bucks.
That $5 was technically worth far more than the Zim bills, but I didn't care, I have literally hundreds of trillions of dollars now!
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:49:03 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Clive
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posted on
03/02/2013 2:51:33 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
To: DogByte6RER
Zimbabwe is one of the poorest country's on Earth"country's"?
And the Brits think they're so much better at English than we are.
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posted on
03/02/2013 3:35:01 PM PST
by
BfloGuy
(The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment. -Ludwig von Mises)
To: DogByte6RER
89 huh? Seems just like yesterday he got gored by a goat in the gonades... but if memory serves, that was back in 2005 or 2006. There were some humorous posts on FR about it, but my search skills aren’t turning up anything.
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posted on
03/02/2013 4:04:05 PM PST
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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