Robert Mugabe reads this blog!

On 28th October I wrote about Zimbabwe being the only country in Africa without a US military presence, but not to worry - the National Endowment for Democracy are busy beavers there, so it's only a matter of time.

Six days later, Martha O'Donovan, an American working for a NED funded project in Zimbabwe, gets arrested for offending President Mugabe. Coincidence?

In its 2016 Annual Report NED reveals that amongst the million and a half dollars it sprinkled around the country that year was a $45,000 stipend to the Magamba Network, O'Donovan's employer, "to promote freedom of expression and pro-democracy activism by youth through the use of satire, citizen journalism, and creative new media platforms..."

That is so Uncle Sam, is it not?

How is it that the US government has money for the youth of Africa to promote all that good stuff, but not for the youth of Flint or Baltimore?

Anyway, Martha, the old coot is 93 and won't be around much longer. When he finally kicks the bucket all those pro-democracy activists that the NED and Open Society Institutes have been training for years will spring into action.

It might get a little messy.

It might require a few special ops guys on the ground to protect America's enduring interests.

But change is coming to Zimbabwe!

Flint and Baltimore will have to wait.

The elephant's revenge

I see where "professional big-game hunter" Ian Gibson has gone to his reward. Seems Mr. Gibson was hunting elephants in Zimbabwe when one of the prey turned the tables on him...

Cue the cliches!

The hunter becomes the hunted.

He died doing what he loved.

He died with his boots on, or at least his boot, given that he was missing a leg...

What is it that "professional hunters" actually do? I get hunting when non-professionals do it, like the locals who fill the freezer with venison at deer-hunting time. It has a purpose - feeding one's family. But professional hunting is just about killing animals for fun, isn't it?