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From: 'Leye Ige' via AfricanWorldForum <africanworldforum@googlegroups.com>
Date: 9 December 2016 at 07:33
Subject: [africanworldforum] Risky Path Toward Theocracy
To: omo oodua <omoodua@yahoogroups.com>
Risky Path Toward Theocracy:
Fast forward to this past Tuesday, I perused the Internet for the news of the day, and I couldn't be more depressed with the first item that caught my attention on the web site of Premium Times. It read: "Bill to establish Christian Court scales second reading". "Is this a joke?".......... Belief in a divine being does not negate the need for hard work and the use of the intellect which is our gift from the divine. Apostle Paul was clear about this. Neither does faith in a good God negate the struggle for justice in the face of oppression. The prophets of old understood this very well. Therefore, the easy resort of our people to the search for miracles where hard work and intelligent strategizing matters is a proven path to failure. Unfortunately, the laziness and obsession with shortcuts that characterise our private lives regularly finds its way to the conduct of our public affairs. No public institution is immune from the recourse to the occult, including our citadels of learning where sacrifices often litter cross roads and participation at prayer vigils surpasses class attendance.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
The U.S Finally Did Something Right in Africa--and it's about to Stop:
The trade deal, known as the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), has been a major economic boon for the people of Lesotho, especially the women who dominate factory floors. But it could soon become a casualty of the government's deteriorating record on human rights. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 2000, AGOA has enabled some three-dozen African countries to sell a long list of goods — including oil, cars, and textiles — duty free in the United States. Since 2001, non-oil exports from sub-Saharan Africa to the U.S. have tripled, from $1.4 billion to $4.1 billion. In the capital of Lesotho, apparel factories now crowd the industrial district, churning out sweatshirts and skinny jeans for American brands like Levis, Walmart, and Costco. The garment industry is now the country's largest private employer, exporting more than $250 million a year in products to U.S. clothing companies. But the AGOA-driven march of progress in countries like Lesotho is extraordinarily fragile. Most textile firms here rely on their special deal with the United States for survival, and the act's fine print requires that eligible countries must make "continual progress" toward good governance and the protection of human rights — or face being axed from the program at any time without recourse.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Woman on Canada's $10 Bill Fought Racism before Rosa Parks:
Over Canada's history, most of the images on bank notes have been men, with the recent exception of Queen Elizabeth II. The announcement follows moves in other countries to correct a gender imbalance, with the U.S. Treasury choosing abolitionist Harriet Tubman for a $20 bill and the Bank of England choosing 19th-century novelist Jane Austen. Desmond (1914-1965) challenged racial segregation policies in the eastern province of Nova Scotia in 1946 — years before Rosa Parks helped spark the U.S. civil rights movement by taking a similar fight against separate bus seating. Desmond was jailed, convicted and fined for sitting in a whites-only section of a New Glasgow movie theater, for attempted fraud over "the one-cent difference between the balcony seats" that segregated blacks and whites, according to an official biography.( ooduapathfinder Editor's Note: there is no competition as to who fought racism first or last. The point being they both fought racism within the context of their own circumstances.)
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Taking Selfies With Duterte's Chief Executioner:
Ronald dela Rosa, director general of the Philippine National Police (PNP), is treated more like a rock star than a policeman. Women sometimes scream or cry tears of joy when they see him; crowds flock to him in public, forcing his own men to huddle around him to protect him from adoring hands. A trail of fans follows him around the country. As does a trail of dead bodies. Aside from President Rodrigo Duterte, dela Rosa is the central figure in the country's ongoing drug crackdown that began on July 1 — dela Rosa's first day on the job, one day after Duterte took office. Since then, more than 5,800 people have been killed by either police operations or vigilantism. Photos of corpses whose faces are usually mummified in packaging tape, left in the street with cardboard signs labeling them "pushers" or "drug dealers," have triggered international outrage and condemnation. Human rights groups have denounced what they say are lawless acts of violence that mainly target poor young men. It has earned international notoriety for Duterte — and for dela Rosa, the title of country's top cop. But for the majority of Filipinos, that's no obstacle to adulation of dela Rosa, almost universally known as "Bato" — The Rock. The shaven-headed, amiable police chief is seen as a hero.
Read More@ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Global Populism Tide Swamps South Korea:
The wave of populism that fueled Brexit, the rise of Donald Trump and the fall of Italian leader Matteo Renzi has reached South Korea, where street protesters see Friday's parliamentary vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye as a step toward toppling the establishment she symbolizes. Hundreds of thousands of students and workers, young and old, have filled thoroughfares in Seoul and South Korea's major cities with candlelit protests since an influence-peddling scandal involving the president erupted in October. Slogans and banners demand not only her ouster, but also the breakup of the ruling party and the family-run chaebol conglomerates they call "accomplices." With revelations linking the executive office to the chaebol, South Korean voters have decried the ties that once underpinned the nation's rapid growth. Park, whose single, five-year term would end in early 2018, and the wealthy families that dominate the economy have come under fire from opposition lawmakers as income inequality widens, youth unemployment soars and the nation's once-mighty steel mills and shipyards languish.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Marie Le Pen: No More Free Education for Undocumented Immigrants
Germany has AfD and Frauke Petry. Britain has UKIP and Paul Nuttall. Italy has the Northern League and Matteo Salvini. But, in contemporary European politics, there can only be one true xenophobic politician. Today, Marine Le Pen reminded us that she alone wears that crown. On Thursday, Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Front, announced that she would end free education for the children of undocumented immigrants. In a speech in Paris on Thursday, she said, "If you come to our country don't expect to be taken care of, to be looked after, that your children will be educated without charge," adding, "Playtime is over." She clarified that she did not mean to ban all foreigners from education — only those without documentation. She stressed, however, that all foreigners using the state education system must be living in France legally and paying taxes. Education for all is protected in the French constitution.
Read More@ www.ooduapathfinder.com
With New App, Spaniards Can Summon Priests Like Ubers:
Maybe you're wandering around one of Spain's leafy plazas when you get that guilty itch. Perhaps you were being covetous, or taking the Lord's name in vain; maybe you just forgot to call your mother again. Or maybe you've been busy retweeting fake news (which Pope Frances himself recently condemned). You've strayed from the path and given into sin — and need to confess. Luckily, Spanish priests have your back. On Thursday, a new app called Confesor Go launched, allowing remorseful Catholic users to order up a confession as easily as an Uber or a Tinder date. The app, developed by Father Ricardo Latorre, detects a user's location and plots a route to the nearest priest who's signed up with the service. You can confess in a church, or, for convenience's sake, in a public place, like a plaza, park, or even right on the street. It looks like the Catholic Church's latest effort to approach the smartphone generation. Pope Francis has often admonished priests not to turn off the faithful by being boring or inaccessible — and nothing is more accessible than being summoned like a cab.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Sturgeon Snubs May's Offer of a Post-Brexit IndyRef 2:
NICOLA Sturgeon has made it clear she will not accept a deal Theresa May is considering to allow a second independence referendum if it takes place after Brexit.A spokesman for the First Minister said she had underlined any new vote would be before the UK leaves the European Union and blocking it would be counterproductive for her. "We have made it clear that Scotland must have the opportunity to vote on independence before the UK leaves the EU, if it becomes clear that is the best or only way to protect our national interests and any Tory plotting to block that would only succeed in boosting support for independence," a spokesman for the First Minister told The National.The tough response came after it was reported yesterday UK ministers were considering offering a deal with Sturgeon that would give her power to have a new referendum but only after the whole UK had left the EU. Last week she told European Green politicians in Glasgow she hoped when they returned to the city "in the not too distant future" it would be to a city in an independent country.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
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From: 'Leye Ige' via AfricanWorldForum <africanworldforum@googlegroups.com>
Date: 9 December 2016 at 07:33
Subject: [africanworldforum] Risky Path Toward Theocracy
To: omo oodua <omoodua@yahoogroups.com>
Risky Path Toward Theocracy:
Fast forward to this past Tuesday, I perused the Internet for the news of the day, and I couldn't be more depressed with the first item that caught my attention on the web site of Premium Times. It read: "Bill to establish Christian Court scales second reading". "Is this a joke?".......... Belief in a divine being does not negate the need for hard work and the use of the intellect which is our gift from the divine. Apostle Paul was clear about this. Neither does faith in a good God negate the struggle for justice in the face of oppression. The prophets of old understood this very well. Therefore, the easy resort of our people to the search for miracles where hard work and intelligent strategizing matters is a proven path to failure. Unfortunately, the laziness and obsession with shortcuts that characterise our private lives regularly finds its way to the conduct of our public affairs. No public institution is immune from the recourse to the occult, including our citadels of learning where sacrifices often litter cross roads and participation at prayer vigils surpasses class attendance.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
The U.S Finally Did Something Right in Africa--and it's about to Stop:
The trade deal, known as the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), has been a major economic boon for the people of Lesotho, especially the women who dominate factory floors. But it could soon become a casualty of the government's deteriorating record on human rights. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 2000, AGOA has enabled some three-dozen African countries to sell a long list of goods — including oil, cars, and textiles — duty free in the United States. Since 2001, non-oil exports from sub-Saharan Africa to the U.S. have tripled, from $1.4 billion to $4.1 billion. In the capital of Lesotho, apparel factories now crowd the industrial district, churning out sweatshirts and skinny jeans for American brands like Levis, Walmart, and Costco. The garment industry is now the country's largest private employer, exporting more than $250 million a year in products to U.S. clothing companies. But the AGOA-driven march of progress in countries like Lesotho is extraordinarily fragile. Most textile firms here rely on their special deal with the United States for survival, and the act's fine print requires that eligible countries must make "continual progress" toward good governance and the protection of human rights — or face being axed from the program at any time without recourse.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Woman on Canada's $10 Bill Fought Racism before Rosa Parks:
Over Canada's history, most of the images on bank notes have been men, with the recent exception of Queen Elizabeth II. The announcement follows moves in other countries to correct a gender imbalance, with the U.S. Treasury choosing abolitionist Harriet Tubman for a $20 bill and the Bank of England choosing 19th-century novelist Jane Austen. Desmond (1914-1965) challenged racial segregation policies in the eastern province of Nova Scotia in 1946 — years before Rosa Parks helped spark the U.S. civil rights movement by taking a similar fight against separate bus seating. Desmond was jailed, convicted and fined for sitting in a whites-only section of a New Glasgow movie theater, for attempted fraud over "the one-cent difference between the balcony seats" that segregated blacks and whites, according to an official biography.( ooduapathfinder Editor's Note: there is no competition as to who fought racism first or last. The point being they both fought racism within the context of their own circumstances.)
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Taking Selfies With Duterte's Chief Executioner:
Ronald dela Rosa, director general of the Philippine National Police (PNP), is treated more like a rock star than a policeman. Women sometimes scream or cry tears of joy when they see him; crowds flock to him in public, forcing his own men to huddle around him to protect him from adoring hands. A trail of fans follows him around the country. As does a trail of dead bodies. Aside from President Rodrigo Duterte, dela Rosa is the central figure in the country's ongoing drug crackdown that began on July 1 — dela Rosa's first day on the job, one day after Duterte took office. Since then, more than 5,800 people have been killed by either police operations or vigilantism. Photos of corpses whose faces are usually mummified in packaging tape, left in the street with cardboard signs labeling them "pushers" or "drug dealers," have triggered international outrage and condemnation. Human rights groups have denounced what they say are lawless acts of violence that mainly target poor young men. It has earned international notoriety for Duterte — and for dela Rosa, the title of country's top cop. But for the majority of Filipinos, that's no obstacle to adulation of dela Rosa, almost universally known as "Bato" — The Rock. The shaven-headed, amiable police chief is seen as a hero.
Read More@ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Global Populism Tide Swamps South Korea:
The wave of populism that fueled Brexit, the rise of Donald Trump and the fall of Italian leader Matteo Renzi has reached South Korea, where street protesters see Friday's parliamentary vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye as a step toward toppling the establishment she symbolizes. Hundreds of thousands of students and workers, young and old, have filled thoroughfares in Seoul and South Korea's major cities with candlelit protests since an influence-peddling scandal involving the president erupted in October. Slogans and banners demand not only her ouster, but also the breakup of the ruling party and the family-run chaebol conglomerates they call "accomplices." With revelations linking the executive office to the chaebol, South Korean voters have decried the ties that once underpinned the nation's rapid growth. Park, whose single, five-year term would end in early 2018, and the wealthy families that dominate the economy have come under fire from opposition lawmakers as income inequality widens, youth unemployment soars and the nation's once-mighty steel mills and shipyards languish.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Marie Le Pen: No More Free Education for Undocumented Immigrants
Germany has AfD and Frauke Petry. Britain has UKIP and Paul Nuttall. Italy has the Northern League and Matteo Salvini. But, in contemporary European politics, there can only be one true xenophobic politician. Today, Marine Le Pen reminded us that she alone wears that crown. On Thursday, Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Front, announced that she would end free education for the children of undocumented immigrants. In a speech in Paris on Thursday, she said, "If you come to our country don't expect to be taken care of, to be looked after, that your children will be educated without charge," adding, "Playtime is over." She clarified that she did not mean to ban all foreigners from education — only those without documentation. She stressed, however, that all foreigners using the state education system must be living in France legally and paying taxes. Education for all is protected in the French constitution.
Read More@ www.ooduapathfinder.com
With New App, Spaniards Can Summon Priests Like Ubers:
Maybe you're wandering around one of Spain's leafy plazas when you get that guilty itch. Perhaps you were being covetous, or taking the Lord's name in vain; maybe you just forgot to call your mother again. Or maybe you've been busy retweeting fake news (which Pope Frances himself recently condemned). You've strayed from the path and given into sin — and need to confess. Luckily, Spanish priests have your back. On Thursday, a new app called Confesor Go launched, allowing remorseful Catholic users to order up a confession as easily as an Uber or a Tinder date. The app, developed by Father Ricardo Latorre, detects a user's location and plots a route to the nearest priest who's signed up with the service. You can confess in a church, or, for convenience's sake, in a public place, like a plaza, park, or even right on the street. It looks like the Catholic Church's latest effort to approach the smartphone generation. Pope Francis has often admonished priests not to turn off the faithful by being boring or inaccessible — and nothing is more accessible than being summoned like a cab.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
Sturgeon Snubs May's Offer of a Post-Brexit IndyRef 2:
NICOLA Sturgeon has made it clear she will not accept a deal Theresa May is considering to allow a second independence referendum if it takes place after Brexit.A spokesman for the First Minister said she had underlined any new vote would be before the UK leaves the European Union and blocking it would be counterproductive for her. "We have made it clear that Scotland must have the opportunity to vote on independence before the UK leaves the EU, if it becomes clear that is the best or only way to protect our national interests and any Tory plotting to block that would only succeed in boosting support for independence," a spokesman for the First Minister told The National.The tough response came after it was reported yesterday UK ministers were considering offering a deal with Sturgeon that would give her power to have a new referendum but only after the whole UK had left the EU. Last week she told European Green politicians in Glasgow she hoped when they returned to the city "in the not too distant future" it would be to a city in an independent country.
Read More @ www.ooduapathfinder.com
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