11 April 2013

zizzle

noun (slang)

– a wild card word for words beginning with Z, such as Zippo (lighter). (Also for other words with initial Z.) : He held a stogie in his hand, looked at his buddy, and said, “Zizzle?”.

Today’s aphorism

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil:
God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak,
Not to act is to act.

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer

On this day

11 April 1979 – Ugandan President Idi Amin (Dada) is ousted when Tanzanian rebels sieze power. Amin flees to Libya and eventually settles in Saudi Arabia. Amin had been responsible for ethnic cleansing, killing an estimated 80,000 to 300,000 people.

11 April 1981 – Riots in Brixton, South London commence following the arrest of a black man. On a day known as ‘Black Saturday’, up to 5,000 youths confront police and run riot through the streets, looting, throwing petrol bombs, burning hundreds of cars and buildings, and injuring hundreds of people. Police arrested 82 people.