Robert Mugabe eats a zoo for 'obscene' 91st birthday party

[brooklynite]

Source: The Independent

Robert Mugabe isn't known for his subdued taste, and his million-dollar birthday was just as extravagant as people have come to expect.

The ZANU-PF leader saw in his 91st year with the slaughter of wild animals, including an elephant, which were cooked and served to his guests.

His party took place at an exclusive lodge, spa and golf course in Victoria Falls, and it was estimated to have cost $1million (£648,000). During the celebrations, Mugabe released 91 balloons into the sky with the help of his wife, Grace.

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His guests were fed a young elephant, and two buffaloes, two sables and five impalas were also donated to the president by a local landowner. He also threw in a lion and a crocodile to be stuffed as an extra gift for Mugabe. On top of this, 40 cows were offered to the president by two members of his government. A second elephant is going to be shot and given to the Victoria Falls community.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/robert-mugabe-eats-a-zoo-for-obscene-91st-birthday-party-10077805.html

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But, if he was good enough for Hugo Chavez, he's good enough for me.

[shenmue]

1. Jerk

[sharp_stick]

2. He's out of his fucking mind

and has been for decades at least.

[bhikkhu]

3. Not that I'm a Mugabe fan, but that's small potatoes

dropping a million on a birthday party would be meager joke to plenty of 1%r's, and killing animals in Africa has long been a popular pastime for the privileged here.

[brooklynite]

7. A million dollars probably goes further in Zimbabwe...

[Nye Bevan]

4. You know, I'm really starting to dislike that guy (nt)

[iandhr]

17. Starting to?

[7962]

5. Worthless piece of crap. Has been for years too.

[navarth]

6. More innocent animals murdered for human pleasure. Hooray for us.

Our species will surely get what it deserves. The shame is we'll take down all the innocent species with us. Shame on us.

[nomorenomore08]

8. And meanwhile, Zimbabwe remains one of the poorest, hungriest countries on Earth.

That, more than anything, is what pisses me off RE: Mugabe's extravagance. Though killing possibly endangered animals is pretty bad too - I mean, is elephant meat even any good?

[GuntherGebelWilliams]

10. I've heard it's a little tough and stringy

Sorta like Bald Eagle.

[madokie]

14. That just doesn't set well with me

you're attempt at sarcasm, if indeed thats what it is

[philosslayer]

18. Glad you're finding humor in all of this

[samsingh]

9. digusting piece of shit

[olddad56]

12. that is what he served for dessert.

[NuclearDem]

11. Whodathunk it, Mugabe was a piece of shit all along.

[FLPanhandle]

13. I remember when people here used to praise Mugabe

primarily because he was anti-white people.

[madokie]

15. go back out and check to see if you're coming in the right door

sounds a tad off to me to be reading crap like this here on du

I've been here a long time and I've yet to read any praise for anyone because they were anti-white people

[kwassa]

16. read some of his other posts.

I'm surprised he has lasted here.

[Adrahil]

20. I don't know about DU.....

because it was before my time. But Mugabe had a lot of support on the U.S. Left= back in the day. At the time, he was leading a revolution against a corrupt white supremacist government, and such support was not out of line. He maintained that support for quite a while even when he started displaying obvious corruption and incompetence. He has been able to maintain a lot of support among the poor of his own country based on old animosities and the always-promised, but never quite delivered economic reforms, while seizing the land of white farmers and distributing most of it to his political supported.

Even now, I know some hard lefties that are reluctant to criticize him because of how they used to view him as a hero, even though they now acknowledge that he's a dirt bag.

I haven't seen any support for him here, though. At least not yet.

[FLPanhandle]

21. Back in the day, we had a few

This was after he started going downhill, but some still supported him. Why? Who knows?

It's weird the people who get support here sometimes. Now there is the Putin defenders. Why? Who knows?

[Throd]

22. I remember a few, but they dwindled as Mugabe became more of a despot.

Their prose always had that tortured SLA quality to it, so I think they were clinging to the past.

[valerief]

19. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some humans in the meal, too.

Not the starving people, of course--they're hunted--but fattened human cattle for the pleasure of the rulers.