zappaisgod said:

tyrant king

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Repertoire89 said:

zappaisgod said:

tyrant king

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zappaisgod said:

I am going to say this again.  They are both sides scum.  It is as simple as that.  There is no defense of Assad nor of his foes.  They all suck.

I get an army, you get an army and we see who wins.  It is ever thus.  Happens all the time.  But to try to paint Assad as a sympathetic figure, a tyrant king, is absolutely ridiculous.

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zappaisgod said:

Mos Def wasn't force fed.  He volunteered.  He is a whiny bitch.  Assad is a monster.  So is the opposition.  You spout a lot of bullshit and provide no source

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YSHServant said:

zappaisgod said:

Mos Def wasn't force fed.  He volunteered.  He is a whiny bitch.  Assad is a monster.  So is the opposition.  You spout a lot of bullshit and provide no source

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O rly?

That's why they were holding him down getting the tube up his nose right?

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Acting

He began his professional acting career at the age of fourteen, appearing in the TV movie God Bless the Child, starring Mare Winningham. He then played the oldest child in the short-lived family sitcom, You Take the Kids, starring Nell Carter and Roger E. Mosley. His most notable acting role before his music career was that of Bill Cosby's sidekick on the short-lived detective show, The Cosby Mysteries. He also starred in a 1996 Visa check card commercial featuring Deion Sanders. In 1997 he had a small role alongside Michael Jackson in his short film and music video "Ghosts".

After brief appearances in Bamboozled[19] and Monster's Ball,[20] Mos re-invigorated his acting career with his performance as a talented rapper who is reluctant to sign to a major label in Brown Sugar.[21] He was nominated for an Image Award and a Teen Choice Award.[22]

In 2001, he took a supporting role to Beyoncé Knowles and Mehki Phifer in the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera as Lt. Miller, a crooked cop.

In 2002, he played the role of Booth in Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, a Tony-nominated and Pulitzer-winning Broadway play. He and co-star Jeffrey Wright won a Special Award from the Outer Critics Circle Award for their joint performance.[23] He also received positive notices as the quirky Left Ear in the blockbuster hit, The Italian Job in 2003.[24] He also appeared in 2003 in the music video You Don't Know My Name of the song by Alicia Keys.

In television, Mos Def has appeared on NYPD Blue,[25] on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show,[26] and has hosted the award-winning HBO spoken word show, Def Poetry since its inception.[27] The show's sixth season aired in 2007. He also appeared on the sitcom My Wife And Kids as the disabled friend of Michael Kyle (Damon Wayans).

Mos Def won Best Actor, Independent Movie at the 2005 Black Reel Awards for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Lucas in The Woodsman.[28] For his portrayal of Vivien Thomas in HBO's film Something the Lord Made,[29] he was nominated for an Emmy Award[30] and a Golden Globe, and won the Image Award. He also played a bandleader in HBO's Lackawanna Blues. He then landed the role of Ford Prefect in the 2005 movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[31]
Def and Bruce Willis on the set of 16 Blocks, filmed on location in Chinatown, Manhattan on Pell Street.

In 2006, Mos Def appeared in Dave Chappelle's Block Party alongside fellow Black Star companion Talib Kweli, while also contributing to the film's soundtrack.[32] Also, Mos Def was featured as the black banjo player in the infamous "Pixie Sketch" from Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes. He was later edited out of it on the DVD. Additionally, Mos Def starred in the action film 16 Blocks alongside Bruce Willis and David Morse.[33] He has a recurring guest role on Boondocks, starring as "Gangstalicious". He is also set to be in Toussaint, a film about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, opposite Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes. He made a cameo appearance — playing himself — in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.[34]

In 2007, Mos Def narrated the PBS-broadcast documentary Prince Among Slaves.

In 2008, Mos Def starred in the Michel Gondry movie Be Kind Rewind, playing a video rental store employee whose best friend is played by co-star Jack Black.[35] He also portrayed Chuck Berry in the film Cadillac Records,[36] for which he was nominated for a Black Reel Award and an Image Award.

In 2009, he appeared in the House episode entitled "Locked In" as a patient suffering from locked-in syndrome. His performance was well-received, with E! saying that Mos Def "delivers an Emmy-worthy performance."[37] He was also in the 2009 film Next Day Air.

In 2010, he appeared on the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! as Super Mr. Superhero. He also appeared in A Free Man of Color, John Guare's play at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.[38]

In 2011, he began a multi-episode appearance on the Showtime television series Dexter. He played Brother Sam, an ex-con who has supposedly found religion despite finding himself in violent situations.[39]

In 2013, he was cast as Baxter Stockman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. [40]
Social and political views

In 2000, Mos Def performed a benefit concert for death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.[41]

In September 2005, Mos Def released the single "Katrina Clap", renamed "Dollar Day" for True Magic, (utilizing the instrumental for New Orleans rappers UTP's "Nolia Clap"). The song is a criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. On the night of the MTV Video Music Awards, Mos Def pulled up in front of Radio City Music Hall on a flatbed truck and began performing the "Katrina Clap" single in front of a crowd that quickly gathered around him. He was subsequently arrested despite having a public performance permit in his possession.[42]

On September 7, 2007, Mos Def appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher where he spoke about racism against African Americans, citing the government response to Hurricane Katrina, the Jena Six and the murder conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal. He appeared on Real Time again on March 27, 2009, and spoke about the risk of nuclear weapons.[43] Mos Def said that he did not listen to any of Osama Bin Laden's messages because he did not trust the translations.[44]

In July 2013, Mos Def appeared in a short film, released by the human rights organization Reprieve, depicting the forced feeding methods used at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps. This occurred after a document containing the military instructions for the procedure was leaked.[45][46]

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YSHServant said:

You didn't even watch the videos. For that I'm putting you on ignore.

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Secondly, Mos Def is not a good actor like tom hanks or something.

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zappaisgod said:

You spout a lot of bullshit and provide no source

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and he is clearly alone in that online activity.

IoRhinz said:

Can someone please explain to me why YSHServantS keeps ignoring zappaisgod, but expects zappaisgod to give him his complete, undivided attention?

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Look at all of YSHServant's posts and it will make more sense.

He can't handle arguments and usually just ends up threatening to ignore people (like they actually care).

He's funny.

IoRhinz said:

Can someone please explain to me why YSHServantS keeps ignoring zappaisgod, but expects zappaisgod to give him his complete, undivided attention?

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cherokee said:

and that's why you don't go jihad on america or overdose on cough syrup

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zappaisgod said:

YSHServant said:

zappaisgod said:

Mos Def wasn't force fed.  He volunteered.  He is a whiny bitch.  Assad is a monster.  So is the opposition.  You spout a lot of bullshit and provide no source

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O rly?

That's why they were holding him down getting the tube up his nose right?

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He volunteered for the procedure, didn't he?  It's called theater.

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Prove that Assad is a monster.

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http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=country&category=&publisher=&type=&coi=SYR&rid=&docid=4da56d83a2&skip=0

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The government systematically repressed citizens' ability to change their government.
The security forces committed arbitrary or unlawful killings, caused politically motivated disappearances, and tortured and physically abused prisoners and detainees with impunity.
Security forces arrested and detained individuals under poor conditions without due process.
Lengthy pretrial and incommunicado detention remained a serious problem. The judiciary was not independent. There were political prisoners and detainees, and during the year the government sentenced to prison several high-profile members of the human rights and civil society communities.

The government violated citizens' privacy rights.

The government imposed severe restrictions on civil liberties: freedoms of speech and press, including Internet and academic freedom; freedoms of assembly and of association, including severe restrictions on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); and freedoms of religion and movement.

An atmosphere of corruption pervaded the government.

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