Weekley news roundup 26/06/2016

Evening all,

I've decided to leave Saturdays open for the moment, even I need a little sleep occasionally, as a result, blogs will run from Sundays to Fridays, with Saturdays open for the moment to allow me to recover. That said, let's have a look at the recap for the week.

On Monday we chatted about the worldwide refugee problem, the lychee and dog festival and an inflatable  Donald Trump, (not the sex toy). With regards to the refugee crisis, there's not much that we can say. The past year has been particularly bad what with ISIS being the shitheads that they are, inevitably creating more refugees. The lychee and dog meat festival in China has gone on despite calls from thousands online to stop it. To those who missed the picture of an inflatable Donald Trump dressed up as a member of the KKK, have a look below.

Tuesday's blog was in honour of Mthetho Sandla, a policeman killed in Cape Town in an attempt to stop an ATM robbery. unfortunately there have been no new announcements. If anyone has any information that could lead to the arrest of his killers, please sms your tipoffs to Crime Line: 32211. As usual, the court case regarding SABC censorship concerning the Tshwane riots drags on, Hlaudi Motsoeneng argues that his decision has been based on concern for public safety, claiming that broadcasting the images would have made the riots worse. I for one am not buying it. The last story from Tuesday was regarding good news from the cancer treatment front. Australian scientists have discovered a drug that seemingly helps fight breast cancer in women.

Wednesday's blog started off criticizing Facebook for their bad company policy, the fight continues under the #FacebookVsFreeSpeech hashtag, please remember to share posts concerning this, the more pressure we put on facebook the more likely something will be done about it. No news regarding the charges laid against police for assault and intimidation, it's doubtful that anything will come of the charges though I hold onto hope. By all accounts, Nadia Murad is still doing well all things considered, she continues to campaign for the extermination of ISIS and I wish her all the best.

Thursday was an interesting day to say the least, Andre Slade forgot to stop digging and in an interview with a black reporter told her that she wasn't Homosapien. A short read through of Slade's book shows that his grasp of scientific concepts is minimal at best and you do have to wonder just how much acid the fucker has taken to end up so fucked up. It turns out that the German shooter was most likely not using real weapons, I almost hope that this was a stunt for a YouTube video, anyone that's watched some of the more idiotic prank videos on YouTube will know what I mean. Lastly I talked about Isabelle, the 10 week old baby that ended up contracting whooping cough because fucktards didn't have the sense to vaccinate their kids. Remember people, vaccines save lives!

Well, that's me done for a Sunday night, hope you guys enjoyed. Please remember to comment and follow this, as well as to like the Facebook page!

Ta,
G

#Fuckyouiwontdowhatyoutellme!

Evening all,

First and foremost I feel I have to honor a hero, Mthetho Sandla, an SAPS officer in Cape Town was brutally murdered in the early hours of the 13th of June while he and his partner are believed to have  thwarted an ATM robbery as there were explosives found at the scene. To ntate Sandla's family from the people of South Africa, our heart felt thanks to you for giving us your son's life in serving his country and it's people. We can offer little by way of comfort but hope that knowing he died to protect the people of South Africa gives some sense of pride and solace. One can only hope that the bastards who killed him are caught and have the full weight of the law thrown at them. It's stories like these that make me want capital punishment to be reinstated.

In other infuriating, though hardly surprising, news, the SABC is censoring any and all coverage of protests around the country in the run up to the local elections in August. Clearly an apartheid-like ploy to censor what news the majority of South Africans have access to. Thankfully though, the SOS Coalition have created an online petition with over 4000 signatures to hand over to ICASA tomorrow when the regulator will hear arguments from the SABC as to why it has made the decision. For those wishing to sign the petition (I have just done so) please go here.

To put a positive spin on this story, the fact that this has been caught by ICASA is one of the reasons I still have faith in this country, as well as our democracy. Sure, we have corruption, and the current government is trying every trick in the book to try and stop word of their misdeeds getting to the majority of South Africans, but thankfully we live in a country where even the mighty are held accountable. (Unless their name is Jacob Zuma of course) :P.

To end on a more positive note, scientists in Australia have discovered a drug to help combat breast cancer in women. Not to get into the sciencey jargon, the drug essentially helps prevent breast cells with a high likelihood of mutating into cancerous cells from doing so. The previous recommended solution was a mastectomy, though this will hopefully allow this life altering surgery to become a last resort. It will be a good few years before it will be available to patients outside of clinical trials but initial research looks very promising.

For tonight's entertainment I've chosen the music video for Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name. Please remember I don't own the media, if you are into something heavy with a bit of hip-hop thrown in, give them a look up.



Well, that's all folks, please remember to follow and comment, also remember to like the Facebook page :)

Ta,
G