Hooray to the world's Newest country!!!

Southern Sudanese in Juba celebrating the 99% independence vote for their independence.

Okay so we don't know what the name is yet. However, many of us remember from Zee Affairs volume 1 that Sudan had a referendum election to see whether or not it would split into two countries (northern and southern Sudan) to prevent the genocide/civil war (what ever we're calling it this week) that has been taking place in the nation for over 4 years. People in what will be southern Sudan have been the victims of many attacks, and because of their skin shade were very easy targets. Will corruption stop? Will the fighting stop? I'm an optimist so I will say that this will be a good beginning. Even though nothing changes overnight, everyone deserves a fresh start. Congratulations southern Sudan! I'm looking forward to July when you become Africa's 54th independent nation.

Is the ANC innocent?

No Ladies and Gents you are not looking at an episode of "The Game" with Hosea Sanchez (a lot of us remember the scene with sushi girl in the stripper room of his mansion i know i do anyway...) you are looking at a picture from the 40th bday party of South African millionaire and business man Kunene. Picture below.

Kenny Kunene is a former convict turned business man who opened a nightclub called ZAR. Accusing Helen Zille, leader of the opposition party DA of trying to close down all nightclubs, Kunene announced that his club "belongs to the ANC." ANC South Africa's ruling political party. The ANC was not amused in the least and is now announcing that they don't condone eating sushi off of models' barely naked bodies. Mr. Kunene (picture below) said he won't be throwing sushi parties for long.

Hmmmm maybe the ANC party is just saying this, because of the upcoming election. Women make up a large population of the electorate and having their party's name thrown out in support of such shovenistic and defamatory activity can harm their party's name. Well, I still have my popcorn, because African politics is always entertaining and I can't wait to see what (because it will) happen next.

Happy New Year!! ChineseYear of the Rabbit.

Courtesy: Nopkin photo
Courtesy:Chooyutshing photo
Chinese Rabbit Lantern made out of Paper in Taipei. Courtesy AFP

Anderson Cooper's Crew Attacked.

Somebody got paid.

Somebody is getting paid. and why am I saying this? After over one week of protests, a "pro Mubarak" group has risen out of the ashes who just happen to have the physical characteristics of law enforcement. This is quite strange since law enforcement police officers left the crowd last week and was simply no where to be found. If you remember last Thursday, the police were simply tired and left. Everyone wondered where they went. Do you actually believe that they just sat at home not to come out again? I don't, because suddenly hundreds of people came out in support of Mubarak who grab people just like police, put people in holds just like police and are EXTREMELY organized. Someone got paid. I refused to believe that a group of middle aged people actually decided on their own to get up and counter groups of people 20 years their junior. Now, the pro Mubarak supporters have attacked anti-Mubarak supporters with clubs rocks, and fists. It has gotten so out of hand that CNN's Anderson Cooper was actually punched in the face. Where is the military? They are simply standing by watching the scene.
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Commitment at its Finest!!

Courtesy Reuters: Demonstrators sleeping, taking a break from while protesting in Cairo, Egypt. I Love It!!!

Mubarak: That aint right Part 2

So today Mubarak has come out yet again to give the people Egypt the exact opposite of what they asked for. Claiming that he "never wanted power or prestige" he stated that he would not run again this fall. However, for the past week the people of Egypt have been asking for Mubarak to step down. Him not running in fall would be a direct reaction of him giving in to their demands which is why his statement today was nonchalant at best. If you were going to give the position to your son this year then we already know you were not planning on running fo reelection, rigged as it may have been. View video below, courtesy CNN.