Good Sunday,
It has been difficult, again, to eke out much other news in the UK that isn’t centered around where Kate and William will be going on their honeymoon; and what went down at the wedding speeches. We don’t know where the honeymoon will be, and Prince Harry apparently referred to his brother – and our future King – as a ‘major dude.’ In case you were interested.
Here’s what else has happened today:
Factories in China, which are working fiendishly to produce enough apple iPads and iPhones to meet demand, have reached new lows. Due to the excessive number of recent worker suicides – (terrible working conditions, overly strict and often bullying bosses; and stupidly long hours mainly to blame) – factory owners have made a new rule. No-one is allowed to commit suicide and everyone is now required to sign a pledge promising not to. For obvious reasons, it is fair to say that they are barking up the wrong tree here.
Over in Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s warning only yesterday that more attacks should be expected, four have been carried out today. One gunman opened fire on a police checkpoint, one bicycle bomb wounded at least 13 civilians and – worst of all – a 12 year-old boy blew himself up in a crowded market in Paktika.
In Tawain, a blogger and self proclaimed ‘Prophet’ has caused widespread panic by predicting a huge earthquake and tsunami there, on the 11th of May. Police suspect he is conspiring with a cargo-container company to make money. Why? Because he has recommended that worried people should fork out the equivalent of over £3k for one of these things... to ‘hide in’ when the ‘natural disaster’ strikes. Don’t hold your breath.
Gaddafi’s loyalists have (predictably) flipped out following Nato’s killing of (another) of the leaders sons; and have today been attacking British and Italian embassies in Tripoli, as well as UN offices. The UN is subsequently withdrawing all its international staff from the capital.
Finally, on a much lighter note – President Obama has trumped Donald Trump, by embarassing him publically at the annual ‘White House Correspondents Dinner.’ Trump has been loudly accusing Obama recently of lying about his birthplace, and therefore being an illegitimate leader - accusations that were silenced last week when Obama produced his birth certificate for all to see.
So the President took to the stage and opened his speech with the display of a pre-produced music video; featuring images of America, shots of his birth certificate and a very patriotic soundtrack entitled ‘Real American.’ He then went on to say that if the paperwork wasn’t enough proof, his guests would next be treated to an official video of his birth. At which point he brought up a clip from Disney’s 'The Lion King', featuring the birth of Simba. You can watch it here, and you really should. Trump was in the audience, and turned out to be the only person in the room unamused by Obamsa’s stunt.
See you tomorrow…
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