What could be controversial about the city of Toronto congratulating Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes? Ask Rob Ford. The Toronto mayor on Wednesday cast the sole ‘no’ vote on a City Council motion to offer the athletes kudos. Minutes earlier, he also was the only council member to vote against a proposal to name a… Continue reading Mayor Rob Ford Votes Against Nelson Mandela and Olympic Athletes
Category: Nelson Mandela
Contents of Mandela’s Last Will Revealed
Nelson Mandela left portions of his roughly $4.1-million estate to his wife Graca Machel, family members, staff, schools and the ANC, according to a summary of his will released Monday. Two months after the death of the 95-year-old South African statesman, lawyers said wife Graca was entitled to half the estate, but may opt to… Continue reading Contents of Mandela’s Last Will Revealed
Nelson Mandela’s Will to be Made Public Today
The dying wishes of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela will be revealed on Monday, the Constitutional Court announced. “The executors in the estate… invite you to a media briefing on the contents of his last will and testament,” the court’s vice president, Dikgang Moseneke, said in a statement Sunday nearly two months after Mandela… Continue reading Nelson Mandela’s Will to be Made Public Today
PIC – Is George Bush Flirting at Nelson Mandela’s Memorial?
So President Obama went to the Nelson Mandela Memorial a few days ago and the right wing media couldn’t control themselves when this photo went public. They were quick to point out that President Obama was flirting and Michelle Obama was obviously the angry black woman. After all, she is black and she is… a… Continue reading PIC – Is George Bush Flirting at Nelson Mandela’s Memorial?
Mandela’s Fake Sign Interpreter Speaks – Says He’s Schizophrenic
JOHANNESBURG — The South African sign language interpreter accused of using “fake” signs at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service this week said he suffered a schizophrenic episode at the event during which he hallucinated and heard voices. Thamsanqa Jantjie made the admissions to Johannesburg’s Star newspaper Thursday following allegations that have led to him being called… Continue reading Mandela’s Fake Sign Interpreter Speaks – Says He’s Schizophrenic
Jon Stewart to the “Media” – “What The F*ck Is Wrong With Us?”
It was a memorial service for one of the most important man on the face of the earth. But if you listened to the American media earlier this week, the story was not about Mandela or his amazing accomplishments in ending Apartheid, or becoming South Africa’s first black president, or his underlining amazing quality of… Continue reading Jon Stewart to the “Media” – “What The F*ck Is Wrong With Us?”
‘Fake’ Sign Language Interpreter Marred Mandela Memorial
As President Obama and other world leaders spoke Tuesday in Johannesburg at a memorial for Nelson Mandela, a man stood nearby and appeared to be doing sign language interpretation. Many in the deaf community are outraged because the man appeared to be faking. Pedro Ugarte /AFP/Getty Images There’s outrage among many in the deaf community over… Continue reading ‘Fake’ Sign Language Interpreter Marred Mandela Memorial
Right Wing Nut Compares George Zimmerman to Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa
So all George Zimmerman had to do was murder an innocent teenager. That’s it! That’s all he had to do for these Republican nuts to compare him to Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa! His name is Jack Cashill. He is a contributor to a right wing blog called “World Net Daily.” Cashill, a huge defender of George… Continue reading Right Wing Nut Compares George Zimmerman to Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa
President Shook Hands with Raúl Castro Castro – White House Says it Wasn’t Planned
White House aide Ben Rhodes told reporters the two exchanged no words more substantive than a greeting. The Cuban government said the gesture may show the “beginning of the end of the US aggressions”. The US broke off diplomatic ties with Cuba in 1961 as Fidel Castro aligned with the Soviet Union in the Cold… Continue reading President Shook Hands with Raúl Castro Castro – White House Says it Wasn’t Planned
President Obama Compares Mandela to Lincoln
Prepare for the Republican freak out in 3, 2, 1… President Obama at a memorial on Tuesday in South Africa called the late Nelson Mandela “the last great liberator of the 20th century” who “earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness” along with “persistence and faith.” Under a rainy sky at the start… Continue reading President Obama Compares Mandela to Lincoln
Limbaugh: They Think Mandela’s Death is “All About Obama”
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh lashed out the press and the White House this Friday for making Nelson Mandela’s death “all about Obama.” “Without Mandela there might not have been an Obama? I’ll tell you who’s putting this out there. It’s Obama doing everything and anything he can to link himself to Mandela, and the… Continue reading Limbaugh: They Think Mandela’s Death is “All About Obama”
For Mandela, The Process Was Not Ideal, But the Outcome is Undeniably
What kind of world are we living in, when the man responsible for freeing millions of people from an oppressed system, is denounced and dismissed as if ending such a horrible system as apartheid is a common, everyday routine. When Nelson Mandela died at the age of ninety five, people from around the world recognized… Continue reading For Mandela, The Process Was Not Ideal, But the Outcome is Undeniably