8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (3)
#8771564 at 2020-04-12 21:23:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11229: Armor Up Faggots Edition
>>8771542
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. Born and raised in Baltimore, Waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972), and Female Trouble (1974). He wrote and directed the 1988 film Hairspray which became an international success and turned into a hit Broadway musical which has remained in almost continuous production. Waters has written and directed other successful films, including Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000).
In 2015, the British Film Institute celebrated Waters' films with a retrospective in honor of his 50-year filmmaking career. Later that year, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the spoken word version of his book Carsick.
#8126174 at 2020-02-13 19:35:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10402: Democrats Call On Barr To Resign. REALLY? Edition
'"Don't call me, I'll call you"
Ladies and gentlemen,
Friends and colleagues and especially my good friends from the media.
Thank you very much to all of you for taking time out of your very busy schedules to come and listen to me this morning.
I have always said that many people come to such gatherings where we are present merely out of curiosity to see what an old man looks like. Having observed the media speculation in recent weeks about my retirement and
pending demise, I am even more certain you are present today for exactly that reason. But that does not in any way lessen my appreciation for your presence; on the contrary, we are very happy that old age can still inspire such undeserved attention.
I observe quite a number of gloomy faces in the audience, but I will again have to disappoint you. I am not here to announce any fair departures. And in any case, my family and advisors have warned me not to tell my favourite story about arriving at heavens door, knocking, providing my name and being sent to the other place. Apparently that story makes too many people morose!
What I have come to do here this morning is to make an appeal more than an announcement.
I am turning 86 in a few weeks time and that is a longer life than most people are granted. I have the added blessing of being in very good health, at least according to my doctors. I am confident that nobody present here today will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.
One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection. And of course, there are those memoirs about the presidential years that now really need my urgent attention.
When I told one of my advisors a few months ago that I wanted to retire he growled at me: "you are retired." If that is really the case then I should say I now announce that I am retiring from retirement.
I do not intend to hide away totally from the public, but hence forth I want to be in the position of calling you to ask whether I would be welcome, rather than being called upon to do things and participate in events. The appeal therefore is: don't call me, I'll call you.
That is also for our generous business community not to feel too disappointed: I shall not totally forget you. When I notice a worthy cause that needs your support, I shall certainly call you.
Seriously therefore: my diary and my public activities will as from today be severely and significantly reduced. We trust that people will understand our considerations and will grant us the opportunity for a much quieter life. And I thank all of you in anticipation for your consideration.
This does, however, not mean that the work that we have been involved in, supported and promoted comes to an end. It has been our practice to establish organizations to do certain work and then to leave it to those organization to get on with the job.
The leadership of what we call, the three Mandela legacy organizations are present here today as proof and assurance that our work will continue, perhaps in an even more focused way now that the attention shifts from the individual to the organizations.
We are now able to concentrate very clearly on the work of these three independent but interlink legacy organizations. I am very satisfied to tell you that they are in full alignment with one another, each charged to giving expression to a specific aspect of human development. The work of the three foundations is distinct but complimentary and supportive of one another.
John Samuel, Bongi Mkhabela and Shaun Johnson - the CEO's of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the Mandela Rhodes Foundation respectively - will provide information about the work and sphere of activity of each organization.
I hope that you all will be as excited as I am about what will be achieved by these three highly functional and well organized bodies working in our name. I hope you will also get a clear picture of how much care and thought have gone into aligning these structures and preparing them for playing a major role in South Africa and Africa for many years to come.
Thank you very much for your attention and thank you for being kind to an old man - allowing him to take a rest, even if many of you may feel that after loafing somewhere on an island and other places for 27 years the rest is not really deserved.
I thank you.
- Nelson Mandela'
http://hdnelsonmandela.weebly.com/dont-call-me-ill-call-you-speech.html
#82584 at 2018-01-18 10:03:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #98 - Everyone gets an Atta-Anon Edition
>>82501
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568410/Oprah-Winfreys-school-in-child-abuse-scandal.html
Interesting how Oprah tries to minimize the damage and severity at the end of the article.
By Sebastien Berger in Johannesburg4:33PM GMT 05 Nov 2007
Oprah Winfrey, the talk show host and billionaire, said that a child abuse scandal at the girls' school she founded in South Africa was the worst experience of her life.
The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, opened earlier this year, was supposed to be the fulfilment of a dream, a school where the brightest, poorest girls of the 'rainbow nation' would receive the best education money could buy.
The facilities at the 28-building, high-security campus in Henley-on-Klip, south of Johannesburg, including computer and science laboratories, a library and a theatre, are second to none, and the teaching was meant to prepare the girls, who will eventually number 450, to become leaders of their society.
But instead reports of harsh discipline soon emerged, and today a dormitory matron at the facility, Tiny Makopo, appeared in court facing 13 charges including indecent assault and inducing underage girls to perform indecent acts. She was given bail of £230 pending further investigations.
Afterwards Winfrey - a victim of child abuse herself - spoke publicly for the first time about the scandal.
"When I first heard about it I spent about half an hour crying, moving from room to room in my house," she said, wearing a red blouse and looking tired.
"I took it very personally. Those girls are like my children. That's not rhetoric to me, I take their futures very seriously."
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Sighing deeply, she said: "This has been one of the most devastating experiences, if not the most devastating experience, of my life. But like all such experiences there is much to be learned.
"It has shaken me to my core but at the core of me is a spiritual foundation and a belief all things happen for a reason, and no matter the devastation this too shall pass."
At times adopting the confessional style that has made her programme one of the most successful in America and seen her rated as the most influential woman in the world, she admitted that the screening of staff had been 'inadequate'.
"I have done nothing wrong, I was not directly responsible or in charge, although the buck always stops with me."
The headmistress, Nomvuyo Mzamane, has been told her contract will not be renewed when it expires next month and Winfrey said she was "cleaning house from top to bottom". All the dormitory matrons have been removed.
The allegations first emerged when a delegation of 15 girls went to John Samuel, CEO of the school, with a list of grievances, including implications of sexual abuse of one classmate.
"Those 15 girls bonded together and acted because they felt their voices had not been heard by adults," said Winfrey, addressing a press conference by satellite from Chicago.
"A horrible situation has been uncovered and rooted out.
"They represent a new generation of youth in South Africa. This is what leadership is all about."
Having informed police, the school mounted a private investigation and Winfrey went to South Africa to tell the girls: "This was a chance for them to break the silence and take their voices back.
"There are systems within the school that failed the girls, the girls were in an atmosphere where they were taught to be fearful and taught to be silenced," she said, adding that the pupils had been told to "put on happy faces and never complain".
"Five other brave girls had come forward by the next day," she said.
In all, seven alleged victims of Makopo, 27, have been identified.
It is a far cry from the optimism at the school's opening ceremony in January, when guests included Nelson Mandela, the film director Spike Lee, the actor Sidney Poitier and singers Mariah Carey and Tina Turner.
But Winfrey, 53, who has personally apologised to parents in a meeting at the academy, insisted: "No-one, and not the accused, can destroy the dream I have held, and each girl continues to hold, for herself at this school. It will become a model for the world.
"We will show the resilience of the human spirit is stronger than poverty, violence, trauma and loss, and stronger than any abuse."
Sexual assaults are rife in South Africa, with more than 55,000 rapes reported last year and more than 40 per cent of the victims underage.
Comparatively speaking the incident is minor, and is only being focused on because of Winfrey's involvement, but she said: "I'm happy for it to get the attention because it's one of my goals in life to put child abusers where they belong, and that is behind bars."