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The Gambia's dictator just lost an election after ruling for 22 years and has conceded defeat. Like most dictators he ended up in power after a coup This guy lost  This guy won  seems people were hosed off at how poo poo things have been in Gambia lately
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Dec 2, 2016 15:25
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TRUMP!
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Dec 2, 2016 15:27
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what are the odds this guy just becomes another dictator lol
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Dec 2, 2016 15:32
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MGGA!!
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Dec 2, 2016 15:39
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It's a funnily shaped country op
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i think its cruel that the gambia steals all of the gambia from senegal
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Dec 2, 2016 15:52
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This is good because Jammeh was really fixated on executing gays, perhaps this new guy will moderate that to prison instead or something.
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Dec 2, 2016 18:02
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its not Gambia on google map its The Gambia 
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Dec 2, 2016 18:06
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 [Inauguration Day] ("Fk, just keep it cool and we'll make out of here before they shoot me.")
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Dec 2, 2016 18:07
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Lawman 0 posted:It's a funnily shaped country op The failure of the Senegambia Confederation was the greateast geopolitical catastrophe of the last century at least for mapmakers
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Dec 2, 2016 18:15
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https://twitter.com/adekem70/status/804656731276136448
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Dec 2, 2016 18:27
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gambia is the only country where holding your phone vertically makes sense because gaddamn the country is narrow
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Dec 2, 2016 18:28
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I respect The Gambia and their decision to have their country referred to with definite article.
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Dec 2, 2016 19:06
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didnt he change the gambia to an OFFICIAL islamic state a year ago? YAhYa TURN LEFT
Punk da Bundo has issued a correction as of 19:26 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Dec 2, 2016 19:21
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Childish Gambia
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Dec 2, 2016 19:33
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Adama? Good choice. Flashlights for everyone! 
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Dec 2, 2016 19:49
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Baloogan posted:gambia is the only country where holding your phone vertically makes sense because gaddamn the country is narrow It is a world star country.
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Dec 3, 2016 00:08
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Must read 22 page summary by a FBI special agent on some of the failed coup of 2014 events: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/01/05/gambia_complaint_0.pdf Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 00:18 on Dec 3, 2016 |
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Dec 3, 2016 00:15
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so whats the backround of all this. my lovely surface level understanding is that some dickhead strongman who has ruled gambia forever just got voted out and now people are worried if he will step down or not.
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Dec 3, 2016 00:36
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Jose posted:what are the odds this guy just becomes
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Dec 3, 2016 02:25
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i had a grad school professor from The Gambia, she was good people
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Dec 3, 2016 07:49
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Dapper_Swindler posted:so whats the backround of all this. my lovely surface level understanding is that some dickhead strongman who has ruled gambia forever just got voted out and now people are worried if he will step down or not. Gambia is previewing the US 2020 presidential outcome?
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Dec 3, 2016 07:52
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Dapper_Swindler posted:so whats the backround of all this. my lovely surface level understanding is that some dickhead strongman who has ruled gambia forever just got voted out and now people are worried if he will step down or not. he's actually conceded the election so maybe he's just decided to take the money and run https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/the-gambia-president-jammeh-concede-defeat-in-election there have been other elections before but there were always a bunch of candidates who split the vote while all the parties this time got behind 1 person. last election was 1994 lol Jose has issued a correction as of 08:30 on Dec 3, 2016 |
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Dec 3, 2016 08:28
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Lastgirl posted:
remember to perform the traditional The Gambia salute, "nice helmet dickhead"
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Dec 3, 2016 11:19
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Dec 3, 2016 11:28
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Yeah the shape is what makes The Gambia a classic country
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Dec 3, 2016 11:34
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i want to know how someone who was only 29 was the leader of the military coup
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Dec 3, 2016 11:38
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Jose posted:i want to know how someone who was only 29 was the leader of the military coup David Foster Wallace wrote The Broom of the System when he was only 24. Some people are just prodigies.
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Dec 3, 2016 11:42
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Jose posted:i want to know how someone who was only 29 was the leader of the military coup qaddafi was 27 when he took over. fidel was 33 when he won the rev. nasser was about the same. having a revolution/coup is probably the most effective way to get leaders who arent ancient
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Dec 3, 2016 11:43
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yah.ya! Jose posted:i want to know how someone who was only 29 was the leader of the military coup four years left for me to become a generalissimo of the people
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Dec 3, 2016 11:43
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quote:Born in 1965 near the eastern market town of Basse, Mr Barrow moved to London in the 2000s where he reportedly used to work as a security guard at an Argos catalogue store. im guessing everything will be fine forever
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Dec 3, 2016 11:52
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switching off the internet on election day is actually an amazing way to get people to vote though
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Dec 3, 2016 11:52
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Dec 3, 2016 12:00
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Jose posted:i want to know how someone who was only 29 was the leader of the military coup Alexander the Great conquered the world by 32
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Dec 3, 2016 12:12
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Man Musk posted:Alexander the Great conquered the world by 32 Yahya the Great...
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Dec 3, 2016 13:29
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Baby Doc was president of Haiti at 19.
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Dec 3, 2016 20:49
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Jose posted:i want to know how someone who was only 29 was the leader of the military coup There was a guy who led a coup in Sierra Leone at, like, 24. Well, it was less of a coup a more of a bunch of army mans showing up at the presidential palace to demand their paycheck and getting handed the keys to the country, but it worked!
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Dec 3, 2016 21:00
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Corek posted:Baby Doc was president of Haiti at 19. and barron trump will be president at 15
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Dec 3, 2016 21:10
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Yahya: "It will take divine intervention for me to lose" *all the oppo parties decide to vote for one guy*
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A land of race car yahyas...
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