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submitted 1 week ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Brent_Bozell_III

He had been nominated in January to head the US AGM but now that it is being dismantled he's nominated for ambassador to South Africa instead.

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[-] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Shocking. /s

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So did Elon's parents, or was it his grandparents... so did Clarence Thomas or was it his idol, I forget. There's too many villans to keep track of now. We need to cull some.

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

It was Clarence Thomas himself, he worked with pro apartied South African Lobbyists during the Reagan era and with their lobby, The Lincoln Review:

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/08/opinion/l-judge-thomas-s-south-africa-connection-needs-clarification-858891.html

As for Musk, let's just say it was all of them.

[-] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Why did I think that was Hilary?

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Why does Clarence hate black people so much?

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I only know what I know from the Behind the Bastards episodes about him, and it's kinda difficult to summarize:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Ks-RN8zOI

[-] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Thanks. Adding this to my watch list.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

“Make Afrikaners Great Again”

[-] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Anyone surprised?

[-] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

He looks totally normal

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Next, Trump invades ~~Pol...~~ Greenland

[-] double_quack@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Can a country "choose" the ambassador of another country? That's counterintuitive to me

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Can a country “choose” the ambassador of another country? That’s counterintuitive to me

Countries choose their own ambassador to another country. The nominee this article is about is from the US.

Separately however, countries can choose to accept or reject the ambassadors other countries send to them. It's very uncommon to reject them, but actually South Africa’s ambassador to the US was expelled earlier this month. I wouldn't be surprised if South Africa doesn't accept Bozell.

[-] double_quack@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, that's what I missed, I read the header with my mind in the previous expulsion, so I thought US now picked a guy to represent South Africa.

Thanks!

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