Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come' Reggae Giant, Dead at 81
https://lemmy.world/post/39242198

Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come' Reggae Giant, Dead at 81 - Lemmy.World
Soulful singer and “original rude boy” helped spread genre’s reach from Jamaica
to the world with The Harder They Come and hits like “Many Rivers to Cross” and
“Wild Word”
Yeah, that’ll get the neoliberals fired up. Jesus Christ.
Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’
https://lemmy.world/post/32967511

Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’ - Lemmy.World
“I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less
whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to require Democrats to
just toughen up,” Obama said at the fundraiser

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Belgians have been waffle stomping for a long time.
TIL there's appliances to help with waffle stomping, Thanks Google
https://lemmy.world/post/26535920

TIL there's appliances to help with waffle stomping, Thanks Google - Lemmy.World
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Particularly interesting is that the Prussians would then try to chase down the balloons even over international borders.
TIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the city
https://lemmy.world/post/26534827

TIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the city - Lemmy.World
I was aware that news and letters were brought into the city by carrier pigeons
with microfilm, but I wasn’t aware that news and post from the city(along with
the carrier pigeons themselves that would later return) were brought out by
constructing one way balloons out of the diminishing resources for a harrowing
flight over occupied France with a shrinking pool of pilots.
Netanyahu government approves plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights
https://lemmy.world/post/23167672
Netanyahu government approves plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights - Lemmy.World
>Israel’s government approved a plan on Sunday to expand Israeli settlements in
the Golan Heights, saying it had acted “in light of the war and the new front
facing Syria” and out of a desire to double the Israeli population on the Golan.