- Ahmadinejad and Khamenei rift appears to widen in Iran http://goo.gl/NunxC
- Cross-border team-teaching makes can make internationalization affordable: http://bit.ly/mmrCUd
- Direct democracy is global and spreading, though the flavour varies http://econ.st/gSPKKq
- Behind the scenes: How Hosni Mubarak really resigned http://fb.me/TOP40d0E
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault for The Root: ‘In Defense of South Africa’. Worth the read: http://tinyurl.com/5wdmdsy
- “Why Failed States Shouldn’t Be Our Biggest National Security Fear,” #CFR’s Patrick in the @WashingtonPost: http://on.cfr.org/fdow6Y
- #China studies $13 bln investment in Spain banks http://reut.rs/dOPcur - Reuters
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Riaad Moosa — ‘Flying While Muslim.’
Here’s one article offering a summary of some South African Indian comics.
Previously: Global Comedy Chapbook 2010 / a South African radio comedy show / Don Packett.
A South African morning comedy show:
About two thirds of the way through, you’ll hear the (fictional) Zimbabwe Embassy phone service offer an option for voters who aren’t sure if they want to vote for Mugabe or for “that colonial lapdog traitor Makoni or for the British organ-grinder monkey Tsvangarai”:
If you are not sure who you want to vote for, in other words, if you are undecided rural voter, wait for the tone and leave your physical address where one of our representative can help you make up your mind very quickly.
Unfortunately, it’s funny because it’s close to the truth. As the folks at Sokwanele have documented, there’s been widespread voter intimidation designed to “persuade” rural voters that it would be in their best interests to support ZANU-PF.
Freshlyground - Fire is Low.
Don Packett — stand-up comedian from South Africa — on Zuma, druglords, and “the question.”
