HERE'S ONE THAT WON'T BE WEEPING...

Presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement that Nelson Mandela was in a “serious but stable” condition. Before getting all teary, it's worth remembering that after the evil of apartheid was dismantled by Mandela and the ANC, that very organisation - with 69% of the popular vote - have been a by word for incompetence and corruption. Indeed, given South Africa's natural resources - the ANC have still managed to be a total disaster; failing their own constituency in the most spectacular ways (about a quarter of the population is unemployed and live on less than $1.25 a day). South Africa would be much better served by much less time being spent kneeling uncritically at the shrine of Mandela and more column inches given to exposing the abject failure of the ANC.

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PUTIN SAYS: ROUND 'EM UP!

Russian police rounded up 300 people at a Muslim prayer room in Moscow on Friday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a crackdown on radical Islamists. Putin has put security forces on high alert to safeguard the Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, which lies near to mainly Muslim southern provinces where Russia is battling an Islamist insurgency that has targeted Moscow. "We must fight back hard against extremists," Putin said. (Photo: Copyright Control)

BIG BROTHER? YAWN...

By the miracle of satellite I've been flipping through U.S. news channels and have come to the conclusion that in America most news anchor folk and the "experts" they wheel on, have just discovered that there's no Santa. Of course governments and their agencies mine information from any source that we, Jo Public use; so don't be so friggin' naive in the land of the free; but neither get all shirty Mr Ego, thinking that they are remotely interested in you! Folk like Buddhists, are very unlikely to be of any interest to agency folk; but if you think the late unlamented Mr Osama bin liner was just the biz, then quite rightly expect your air space to have visitations.

I''m only employed in the Koran sales department, officer... 

NEXT YEAR IN QATAR? YEAH, RIGHT!

Tel Aviv Hosts Colorful Gay Pride Month.

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Being as straight as a Robin Hood arrow, it's still good to know that others of a different persuasion won't have their tackle removed by a rusty scimitar for being so. Cultural events include: beach parties, exhibitions, parades, festivals, music and dance shows, lectures and special tourist attractions are just some of the ways Tel Aviv is celebrating Gay Pride Month 2013. And it isn't only Israelis enjoying the festivities, as organizers expect over 20,000 foreign tourists to arrive for the pride events which will carry on throughout June.

FINALLY THE DIME HAS DROPPED FOR TONY!

IS THERE STILL HOPE FOR FRIEDMAN, NYT, ET AL?

The Quartet’s Middle East envoy Tony Blair, who for years has tried to “engage” the Hamas and Fatah terrorist regimes, wrote this week, “There is a problem within Islam. We have to put it on the table and be honest about it.” Blair continues: “I am afraid this is not just the province of a few [Islamic] extremists. It has at its heart a view about religion and about the interaction between religion and politics that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies.” 
Well said Blair! Would that the JStreet brigade, the other peace posses and Obama could grasp the bleedin' obvious: ISLAM WAS CONCEIVED AND IS AT HEART A FASCIST, SUPREMACIST ENTERPRISE whose stated mission is world domination! (Photo: Copyright Control)

REPUBLICANS HAVING CAKE AND EATING IT.

Now think back a wee bitty, chaps...wasn't it Georgie Bush who wanted phones and cells recorded? So Obama is just following on in that good ol' tradition. Frankly, if you're one of these folks that actually believes you're a private citizen in this cyber world; and that your government puts it's fingers in it's ears singing lah lah lah when you're ordering a kebab, you're living in the landscape of tooth fairies. Personally, if it stops some Jihad jerk-offs before they go BANG in our cities, it's A-OK by me.

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REFLECT ON THIS A MO...

TODAY IS D-DAY...
The Allies, on the 6th of June, 1944 launched the biggest land invasion ever in order to keep our sorry asses from speaking German. Liberating Europe from the Nazis made sure you wouldn't be given a one way ride in a cattle truck if they didn't like the color of your eyes. So we should all stop whinging on; for the pathetic banalities we bang on about in our everyday lives don't amount to squit...and at least we have one.

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