Booing Zuma: Is This The Turning Point? – If there was one thing that could not have been predicted before Nelson Mandela Memorial Service, it was the booing of President Jacob Zuma. It was, like the rain, unscheduled, and, for some unwelcome. There will be debates around whether it was right, and proper, to boo during a funeral. One thing cannot be taken away though: the people who are frustrated and angry at Zuma at FNB stadium today are not your natural DA voters. [daimav]
Booing At Mandela Memorial Did SA A Disservice – ANC – Those who booed during the memorial service for former president Nelson Mandela on Tuesday did the country a disservice, said ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu. [n24]
Zuma Booing Not A Crisis In Our Democracy, Says Maharaj – Mac Maharaj has brushed off the heckling of President Jacob Zuma by sections of the crowd at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, saying it was over quickly. [m&g]
Tutu Reprimands Rowdy Crowd – Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu reprimanded the crowd at the memorial service for former president Nelson Mandela at FNB Stadium, in Soweto, on Tuesday. “I want to show the world we can come out here and celebrate the life of an icon,” a visibly angry Tutu shouted at the crowd. [iol]
Win The Ultimate Guys’ Weekend With Bacardi Oakheart – River rafting, Deep sea fishing, Sand-boarding or whatever else you and your mates could possibly think of. Bacardi Oakheart can make it happen [enter here]
White House Says Obama-Castro Handshake ‘Not Planned’ – President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro’s handshake at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service was unplanned, the White House has said. [bbc]
‘Rainbow Gravity’ Theory Says Our Universe Has No Beginning – What if the universe had no beginning, and time stretched back infinitely without a big bang to start things off? That’s one possible consequence of an idea called “rainbow gravity,” so-named because it posits that gravity’s effects on spacetime are felt differently by different wavelengths of light, aka different colors in the rainbow. [huff]
Uruguay Becomes First Country to Legalize Marijuana Trade – Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization. [reuters]
Beijing Bans ‘Sensitive Topics’ During Mandela Funeral Coverage – Government orders Chinese media not to highlight the late leader’s democracy comments, the Dalai Lama or ties between Taiwan and South Africa. [scmp]
Twitter Update Takes On Snapchat With Direct Message Photos, Improved Alerts – Well, it’s not quite the dramatic redesign Twitter experimented with then largely scrapped, but today’s update to its mobile apps still packs a pretty decent punch. [engdt]
Murdoch Is Evil: The Message Hidden In A Children’s Puzzle In One Of His Papers – It is Australia’s largest-selling newspaper, which brashly called on the public to “kick out” the last government and whose support, in the true image of a Murdoch tabloid, can win you an election. But last week’s Sunday Telegraph carried a line that is sure to draw the ire of its proprietor. [grdn]
Ex-Brazilian President Was Murdered – The Truth Commission of the city council of Brazil’s biggest city said Tuesday that the car accident that killed former President Juscelino Kubitschek in 1976 was a setup ordered by the military regime that then ruled Latin America’s biggest country. [ap]
New York City Launches Nation’s Largest Free Public Wi-Fi Network – In a new step to improve the city’s Internet access, especially in lower income areas, New York City has announced the launch of what will be the nation’s biggest Wi-Fi network, which will blanket 95 blocks of Harlem. [mash]
‘Blackfish’ Prompts SeaWorld Mass Exodus for Bands, Boycott May Be Imminent – The Barenaked Ladies, Willie Nelson, and Heart have canceled performances at the theme park after watching the documentary Blackfish, and petitions are out for other bands to do the same. [beast]
Russia Amnesty Could Free Pussy Riot, Benefit Greenpeace Activists – Two members of punk protest band Pussy Riot could be freed from prison and 30 people arrested in a Greenpeace protest could avoid jail under an amnesty proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, lawyers said on Tuesday. [rtrs]
Antarctica Hit Record Cold Temperature So Ridiculously Low It Hurts Just Hearing About It – Feeling chilly? Here’s cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for soul-crushing cold. Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit (-57c) below zero. Better yet, don’t. That’s so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe. [huff]
Justin Bieber Reportedly Called Fan ‘Beached Whale’ In Australia – Another hotel guest has confirmed pop brat Justin Bieber’s nasty verbal abuse of a young woman at Perth’s Hyatt Regency on Sunday. Bieber verbally abused the woman by calling her a “beached whale” as she chatted with friends on the pool deck on Sunday afternoon. [newsau]
Teachers Give Better Grades to More Attractive Students: Study – If you were of a mind to forgive good-looking people for their freakishly good genetic makeup because you figure you got better brains than they did, don’t. [time]
It’s Over! Madonna ‘Splits From Toyboy Brahim Zaibat After They Grow Apart Due To Work Commitments’ – Madonna has split from her toyboy lover Brahim Zaibat. The two ended their three year relationship after clashing work commitments kept them apart, it has been revealed. [daimai] Thanks, Rob.
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