Hilarious "objective" reporting on US election

Kenyan journalist reports on US election like Americans report on other elections
( https://boingboing.net/2020/11/08/kenyan-journalist-reports-on-us-electi... )

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#BREAKING Polls are set to open in 48 hours across the US as the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump attempts to consolidate its hold over the troubled, oil-rich, nuclear-armed, north American nation. Analysts are sceptical the election will end months of political violence.

#BREAKING African envoys have called for Americans to maintain peace during the elections and to be prepared accept the outcome of the vote. In a joint statement , the diplomats condemned recent incidents of incitement, violence and intimidation directed at opposition supporters

#BREAKING A team of African election observers led by the famed explorer, Milton Allimadi, who discovered the Gulu River in Europe, is en route to the seaside capital of Washington DC where they are expected to separately meet with Mr Trump and opposition candidate, Joe Biden.

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RantingRooster's picture

n/t

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C99, my refuge from an insane world. #ForceTheVote

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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There is no justice. There can be no peace.

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In reality it is pretty close to the truth.

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enhydra lutris's picture

@humphrey

though the entertainment value is pretty high too.

be well and have a good one.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Because our election are so nutty with each state acting as essentially their own conundrum, it would make some sort of out side observers almost impossible to coordinate. But I would be surprised to hear less jokey talk of such a thing in my lifetime as the US becomes weaker in the eyes of the rest of the globe.

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Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.