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Chavez death will change nothing.

It is simply a case of "The King is dead. Long live the King."

@shymexx

There is no such thing as a good dictator. It is a quintessential oxymoron. If you ever lived in a country with a dictator, your views will instantly change. Ask any immigrant in the UK whether they prefer the conditions in their former homes to their current ones. As for the operations of the CIA, I cannot speak about that. I do not have evidence to argue for or against your claims. Most of what I read were speculations and conspiracy theories.

@CFCFan

If I also were a cop, I would know which houses to raid and who to pull over. It is obvious. My uncle and I always complained about the illicit activities in our neighborhood and we were always happy when the cops came to raid. No one will say these things on TV, they will always blame the white man and the government. Interestingly, so many of the cops were also black and because of that, they were labelled as House Niggers.

CFCfan: It's true that Black Africans aren't many in US jails, but places such as South-central LA have witnessed undue Police raids, usually targeted at black males.

What evidence do you have? I am speaking from experience. I lived on Crenshaw and Adams (South Central LA) for 6 years and no African I know was unusually targeted. None. Why is it always African Americans? On my street (somerset), we had houses where crack cocaine, heroine, and meth was being sold; those were always the ones raided. I knew what was going on for it was obvious. No cop ever pulled me over when I was on the street or the sidewalk. If you obey the law, the chances of you being harassed is slim to none.

all4naija: what makes you think Gadaffi or Hugo Chavez doesn't hide theirs in the West? Mister, you are misled to think those men are innocent of corruptions. Please, spare me this pollutant idea about the West.

My brother help me ask am o. The previous leader of North Korea watched American movies in his spare time and had an array of assorted cars; drank champagne like no man's business, but he was always quick to castigate the West and their ways of live. Hypocrites!

Of course, the US is not perfect; we are always trying to make ourselves better; to better the state of our union; to make better the lives of our citizens; yes, we falter and we make mistakes, but pick ourselves up, rectify our mistakes and move on, with the hope that future generations will continue where we have left off. When I meet immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela, and other countries with dictators, their harrowing tales make me give thanks to God for my current situation.

shymexx: It's about war on drugs - when your read the laws, you'll understand better...

What laws? I live here! Do you? I see the sh*t first hand. No police has ever assaulted me before. No one in my family is in jail because we OBEY the law. If blacks are indiscriminately tossed in jail, you would have seen threads on NL dealing with the issue.

shymexx: However, if rights/freedoms aren't absolute - why use it as means to demonise other people?? What happened to live and let's live?? It's a free world!!

People are quick to label certain leaders "dictators" - however some of these dictators are God's gift to humanity... If Nigeria had a gadaffi/Hugo Chavez/Fidel Castro etc. I'm sure 90% of the population won't be in abject poverty while the 10% rich folks are getting fat in their mansions...

Shymexx, I am highly disappointed. Have you ever lived in Nigeria? I lived in Nigeria when we had a dictator---Sani Abacha---and when he died, folks poured out into the streets and started to dance. How can a dictator be good for a country? These dictators are first class hypocrites. They constantly assail and insult the West, but they siphon and embezzle the wealth of their nations and store it in FOREIGN BANKS. Do you see the irony?

None of you would trade your spots in the UK or God's own country for any in Venezuela or Iran or Libya or Syria e.t.c. If a plane lands in Nigeria and promises to take anyone out of that country to any country of his/her choice, ALL of you would choose the UK or the US, without hesitation.

shymexx: So, you agree with a country locking up more than 30% of a particular section of its population??

This is sophistry. How come none of my black friends is locked up? I lived in the hood and all the folks who were locked up were definitely not innocent. You act as if the cops just go into the black neigbhorhoods and start to indiscriminately arrest and lock up blacks. Why is it that most black Africans in the States are not in jail?

all4naija: @ jesusisgood

Posting those images proves you know nothing about Venezuela. You are whitewashed by those images and coming here to post them to claim the people are living a better live is a total faux.

LOL. I am trolling. The images were random. I am playing with mukina2 and the spambot.

Although mostly solitary, honey badgers may hunt together in pairs during the May breeding season.[22] Little is known of the honey badger's breeding habits. Its gestation period is thought to last six months, usually resulting in two cubs, which are born blind. They vocalise through plaintive whines. Their lifespans in the wild are unknown, though captive individuals have been known to live for approximately 24 years.[7]


Dentition
Honey badgers live alone in self-dug holes. They are skilled diggers, being able to dig tunnels into hard ground in 10 minutes. These burrows usually only have one passage and a nesting chamber and are usually not large, being only 1–3 m in length. They do not place bedding into the nesting chamber.[24] Although they usually dig their own burrows, they may take over disused aardvark and warthog holes or termite mounds.[22]
Honey badgers are intelligent animals and are one of a few species known to be capable of using tools. In the 1997 documentary series Land of the Tiger, a honey badger in India was filmed making use of a tool; the animal rolled a log and stood on it to reach a kingfisher fledgling stuck up in the roots coming from the ceiling in an underground cave.[25]
As with other mustelids of relatively large size, such as wolverines and badgers, honey badgers are notorious for their strength, ferocity and toughness. They have been known to savagely and fearlessly attack almost any kind of animal when escape is impossible, reportedly even repelling much larger predators such as lions.[26] Bee stings, porcupine quills, and animal bites rarely penetrate their skin. If horses, cattle, or Cape buffalos intrude upon a ratel's burrow, it will attack them. They are virtually tireless in combat and can wear out much larger animals in physical confrontations.[21] The aversion of most predators toward hunting honey badgers has led to the theory that the countershaded coats of cheetah kittens evolved in imitation of the honey badger's colouration to ward off predators.[27]
The voice of the honey badger is a hoarse "khrya-ya-ya-ya" sound. When mating, males emit loud grunting sounds.[5] Cubs vocalise through plaintive whines.[7] When confronting dogs, honey badgers scream like bear cubs.[28]
Diet
Next to the wolverine, the honey badger has the least specialised diet of the weasel family.[13] In undeveloped areas, honey badgers may hunt at any time of the day, though they become nocturnal in places with high human populations. When hunting, they trot with their foretoes turned in, moving at the same speed as a young man[clarification needed]. Honey badgers favor bee honey, and will often search for beehives to get it, which earns them their name. They often follow a honeyguide (a bird that eats bee larvae) to find the beehives. They are also carnivorous and will eat insects, frogs, tortoises, rodents, turtles, lizards, eggs, and birds. Honey badgers have even been known to chase away young lions and take their kills. They will eat fruit and vegetables such as berries, roots and bulbs.[22]
They may hunt frogs and rodents such as gerbils and ground squirrels by digging them out of their burrows. Honey badgers are able to feed on tortoises without difficulty, due to their powerful jaws. They kill and eat snakes, even highly venomous or large ones such as cobras. They have been known to dig up human corpses in India.[29] They devour all parts of their prey, including skin, hair, feathers, flesh and bones, holding their food down with their forepaws.[30] When seeking vegetable food, they lift stones or tear bark from trees.[22]
Range

The species ranges through most of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Western Cape, South Africa, to southern Morocco and southwestern Algeria and outside Africa through Arabia, Iran and western Asia to Turkmenistan and the Indian Peninsula. It is known to range from sea level to as much as 2,600 m above sea level in the Moroccan High Atlas and 4,000 m in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains.[1]
Relationships with humans

Honey badgers often become serious poultry predators. Because of their strength and persistence, they are difficult to deter. They are known to rip thick planks from hen-houses or burrow underneath stone foundations. Surplus killing is common during these events, with one incident resulting in the death of 17 Muscovy ducks and 36 chickens.[22]
Because of the toughness and looseness of their skin, honey badgers are very difficult to kill with dogs. Their skin is hard to penetrate, and its looseness allows them to twist and turn on their attackers when held. The only safe grip on a honey badger is on the back of the neck. The skin is also tough enough to resist several machete blows. The only sure way of killing them quickly is through a blow to the skull with a club or a shot to the head with a gun, as their skin is almost impervious to arrows and spears.[31]
During the British occupation of Basra, rumours of "man-eating badgers" emerged from the local population, including allegations that these beasts were released by the British troops, something that the British categorically denied.[32][33] A British army spokesperson said that the badgers were "native to the region but rare in Iraq" and "are usually only dangerous to humans if provoked".[34] The director of Basra's veterinary hospital, Mushtaq Abdul-Mahdi, confirmed that honey badgers had been seen in the area as early as 1986. The deputy dean of Basra's veterinary college, Dr. Ghazi Yaqub Azzam, speculated that "the badgers were being driven towards the city because of flooding in marshland north of Basra."[33] The event received coverage in the Western press during the 2007 silly season.[35]
In many parts of North India, honey badgers are reported to have been living in the close vicinity of human dwellings, leading to many instances of attacks on poultry, small livestock animals and, sometimes, even children.[citation needed] They retaliate fiercely when attacked, and are reviled in North India.[citation needed] According to a 1941 volume of The Fauna of British India, the honey badger has also been reported to dig up human corpses in that country.[36]
In Kenya, the honey badger is a major reservoir of rabies[37][38] and suspected to be a significant contributor to the sylvatic cycle of the disease.[39]