Comments on: A polling round-up on the day of Robert Mugabe’s one horse race http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:54:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: paul canning http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249736 paul canning Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:05:11 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249736 I am very fed up with North American coverage - there are very focussed on their own election, to the exclusion of the world. On the Daily Show last night the Editor of the London Times spoke about this with regard to Zimbabwe and got a great reception. Have a look at the top online news source - Huffpost [http://www.huffingtonpost.com]. This is the leading 'liberal' site but their Zimbabwe coverage is terrible. It would be great if people contacted them and shamed them into improving their coverage of Zimbabwe. Email addresses they advertise are scoop@huffingtonpost.com info@huffingtonpost.com mario@huffingtonpost.com I read a lot of American sources and only the New York Times has done decent coverage - Americans, am I wrong?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249736','paul canning'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249736','paul canning','I am very fed up with North American coverage - there are very focussed on their own election, to the exclusion of the world.\r\n\r\nOn the Daily Show last night the Editor of the London Times spoke about this with regard to Zimbabwe and got a great reception.\r\n\r\nHave a look at the top online news source - Huffpost &#91;http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com&#93;. This is the leading \'liberal\' site but their Zimbabwe coverage is terrible.\r\n\r\nIt would be great if people contacted them and shamed them into improving their coverage of Zimbabwe.\r\n\r\nEmail addresses they advertise are\r\nscoop@huffingtonpost.com\r\ninfo@huffingtonpost.com\r\nmario@huffingtonpost.com\r\n\r\nI read a lot of American sources and only the New York Times has done decent coverage - Americans, am I wrong?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I am very fed up with North American coverage - there are very focussed on their own election, to the exclusion of the world.

On the Daily Show last night the Editor of the London Times spoke about this with regard to Zimbabwe and got a great reception.

Have a look at the top online news source - Huffpost [http://www.huffingtonpost.com]. This is the leading ‘liberal’ site but their Zimbabwe coverage is terrible.

It would be great if people contacted them and shamed them into improving their coverage of Zimbabwe.

Email addresses they advertise are
scoop@huffingtonpost.com
info@huffingtonpost.com
mario@huffingtonpost.com

I read a lot of American sources and only the New York Times has done decent coverage - Americans, am I wrong?

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]]> By: scotchcart http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249544 scotchcart Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:40:08 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249544 Sandra, that is fantastic news. I think we should remember though that our goal is not to stop bank notes reaching Zim (not embarrass G&D though we will do that IF NECESSARY). We need to be firing questions at World Bank if that is the mechanism that allowed them to get away with it. This is great news though. I reckon that without bank notes it will be game set and match. Congratulations to everyone putting on the pressure in Germany!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249544','scotchcart'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249544','scotchcart','Sandra, that is fantastic news. \r\n\r\nI think we should remember though that our goal is not to stop bank notes reaching Zim (not embarrass G&amp;D though we will do that IF NECESSARY).\r\n\r\nWe need to be firing questions at World Bank if that is the mechanism that allowed them to get away with it.\r\n\r\nThis is great news though. I reckon that without bank notes it will be game set and match.\r\n\r\nCongratulations to everyone putting on the pressure in Germany!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Sandra, that is fantastic news.

I think we should remember though that our goal is not to stop bank notes reaching Zim (not embarrass G&D though we will do that IF NECESSARY).

We need to be firing questions at World Bank if that is the mechanism that allowed them to get away with it.

This is great news though. I reckon that without bank notes it will be game set and match.

Congratulations to everyone putting on the pressure in Germany!

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]]> By: CC http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249523 CC Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:06:53 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249523 Sandra that is an interesting point, we must go after World Bank accreditation. Can't wait to hear if G&D respond<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249523','CC'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249523','CC','Sandra that is an interesting point, we must go after World Bank accreditation. \r\n\r\nCan\'t wait to hear if G&amp;D respond'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Sandra that is an interesting point, we must go after World Bank accreditation.

Can’t wait to hear if G&D respond

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]]> By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249504 True Grit Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30:55 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249504 Whether state television shows pictures of long queues at a polling station to try to convey a false message, or whether people have their little finger dyed purple to show they have voted, or Mugabe says he is fit, optimistic and upbeat, matters not one jot. Of course he will rig the umpteenth election. But this one is different. It is the endgame for him and his cronies. After this farcical election, although humanitarian aid will try to resume, if allowed, the most important aid, the aid which would otherwise stream in from the democratic world if Morgan had run and won, the aid which would and could set the country onto an upward path again, will not be forthcoming. That is development aid. Mugabe will elect himself and the country will fall further into economic decline. People who are reluctantly voting out of fear may be hoping that the trouble they have been seeing will go away after election day. But even if Zanu-PF violence subsides, life will get harder and harder. A loaf of bread now already costs six billion Z$ and the official US$/Z$ rate has today broken through Z$10bn. It is now over Z$10.5bn to the US$ and has been increasing at rates in excess of Z$500m per day recently. This is an inflation rate approaching 4000% per year, four times the rate only three nmonths ago. However much Mugabe and his henchmen despises despise their citizens, nobody could rule such a landlocked corpse for long.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249504','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249504','True Grit','Whether state television shows pictures of long queues at a polling station to try to convey a false message, or whether people have their little finger dyed purple to show they have voted, or Mugabe says he is fit, optimistic and upbeat, matters not one jot.\r\n\r\nOf course he will rig the umpteenth election. But this one is different. It is the endgame for him and his cronies. After this farcical election, although humanitarian aid will try to resume, if allowed, the most important aid, the aid which would otherwise stream in from the democratic world if Morgan had run and won, the aid which would and could set the country onto an upward path again, will not be forthcoming. That is development aid. Mugabe will elect himself and the country will fall further into economic decline. \r\n\r\nPeople who are reluctantly voting out of fear may be hoping that the trouble they have been seeing will go away after election day. But even if Zanu-PF violence subsides, life will get harder and harder. A loaf of bread now already costs six billion Z$ and the official US$\/Z$ rate has today broken through Z$10bn.\r\nIt is now over Z$10.5bn to the US$ and has been increasing at rates in excess of Z$500m\r\nper day recently. This is an inflation rate approaching 4000% per year, four times the rate only three nmonths ago. However much Mugabe and his henchmen despises despise their citizens, nobody could rule such a landlocked corpse for long.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Whether state television shows pictures of long queues at a polling station to try to convey a false message, or whether people have their little finger dyed purple to show they have voted, or Mugabe says he is fit, optimistic and upbeat, matters not one jot.

Of course he will rig the umpteenth election. But this one is different. It is the endgame for him and his cronies. After this farcical election, although humanitarian aid will try to resume, if allowed, the most important aid, the aid which would otherwise stream in from the democratic world if Morgan had run and won, the aid which would and could set the country onto an upward path again, will not be forthcoming. That is development aid. Mugabe will elect himself and the country will fall further into economic decline.

People who are reluctantly voting out of fear may be hoping that the trouble they have been seeing will go away after election day. But even if Zanu-PF violence subsides, life will get harder and harder. A loaf of bread now already costs six billion Z$ and the official US$/Z$ rate has today broken through Z$10bn.
It is now over Z$10.5bn to the US$ and has been increasing at rates in excess of Z$500m
per day recently. This is an inflation rate approaching 4000% per year, four times the rate only three nmonths ago. However much Mugabe and his henchmen despises despise their citizens, nobody could rule such a landlocked corpse for long.

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]]> By: Sandra http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249477 Sandra Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:50:10 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249477 I just found this is also going around in the german online news. The Development Minister told in a radio interview (Deutschlandfunk-radio) that she awaits a statement from Giesecke and Devrient because of her letter. And there were a demonstrationen of human rights organisations outside the central building in Munich. And I read one speaker of G&D refused to comment about their customer relationships but was saying that they don't deliver money to political system only to central banks accredited by the World Bank Institution. Not much but they are at least probably under some pressure.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249477','Sandra'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249477','Sandra','I just found this is also going around in the german online news. The Development Minister told in a radio interview (Deutschlandfunk-radio) that she awaits a statement from Giesecke and Devrient because of her letter. And there were a demonstrationen of human rights organisations outside the central building in Munich. And I read one speaker of G&amp;D refused to comment about their customer relationships but was saying that they don\'t deliver money to political system only to central banks accredited by the World Bank Institution. Not much but they are at least probably under some pressure.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I just found this is also going around in the german online news. The Development Minister told in a radio interview (Deutschlandfunk-radio) that she awaits a statement from Giesecke and Devrient because of her letter. And there were a demonstrationen of human rights organisations outside the central building in Munich. And I read one speaker of G&D refused to comment about their customer relationships but was saying that they don’t deliver money to political system only to central banks accredited by the World Bank Institution. Not much but they are at least probably under some pressure.
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]]> By: Sandra http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249452 Sandra Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:28:58 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249452 And finally there seems to be some actions by the German Government: 27/06/2008 11:48 BERLIN, June 27 (AFP) German firm told to stop supplying money paper to Zimbabwe Germany said Friday it has asked a Munich-based firm to stop supplying Zimbabwe with paper used for banknotes because of concerns it was helping prop up President Robert Mugabe's regime. There is "serious concern" that the supplies are "providing additional support to the system in Zimbabwe, which from our point of view is not acceptable," a spokesman for the development ministry said. Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul "has written to the firm asking it to stop immediately the shipments," the spokesman told a news conference. Officials from the firm, Giesecke and Devrient, were unavailable for comment. Once a vibrant economy, Zimbabwe has suffered a financial collapse in recent years with the Mugabe government responding to runaway inflation by printing more and more banknotes of ever higher denominations. The rate of inflation is officially put at 165,000 percent but economists believe it is many times higher still. Zimbabweans voted in a presidential runoff election on Friday with Mugabe the only candidate after opposition leader and first round winner Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew because of violence. The European Commission slammed Friday the election as a "sham" whose result will be "hollow and meaningless." Respect for the people in Zimbabwe!!!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249452','Sandra'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249452','Sandra','And finally there seems to be some actions by the German Government:\r\n\r\n27\/06\/2008 11:48 BERLIN, June 27 (AFP) \r\nGerman firm told to stop supplying money paper to Zimbabwe \r\nGermany said Friday it has asked a Munich-based firm to stop supplying Zimbabwe with paper used for banknotes because of concerns it was helping prop up President Robert Mugabe\'s regime.\r\n\r\nThere is \"serious concern\" that the supplies are \"providing additional support to the system in Zimbabwe, which from our point of view is not acceptable,\" a spokesman for the development ministry said.\r\n\r\nDevelopment Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul \"has written to the firm asking it to stop immediately the shipments,\" the spokesman told a news conference.\r\n\r\nOfficials from the firm, Giesecke and Devrient, were unavailable for comment.\r\n\r\nOnce a vibrant economy, Zimbabwe has suffered a financial collapse in recent years with the Mugabe government responding to runaway inflation by printing more and more banknotes of ever higher denominations.\r\n\r\nThe rate of inflation is officially put at 165,000 percent but economists believe it is many times higher still.\r\n\r\nZimbabweans voted in a presidential runoff election on Friday with Mugabe the only candidate after opposition leader and first round winner Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew because of violence.\r\n\r\nThe European Commission slammed Friday the election as a \"sham\" whose result will be \"hollow and meaningless.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRespect for the people in Zimbabwe!!!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> And finally there seems to be some actions by the German Government:

27/06/2008 11:48 BERLIN, June 27 (AFP)
German firm told to stop supplying money paper to Zimbabwe
Germany said Friday it has asked a Munich-based firm to stop supplying Zimbabwe with paper used for banknotes because of concerns it was helping prop up President Robert Mugabe’s regime.

There is “serious concern” that the supplies are “providing additional support to the system in Zimbabwe, which from our point of view is not acceptable,” a spokesman for the development ministry said.

Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul “has written to the firm asking it to stop immediately the shipments,” the spokesman told a news conference.

Officials from the firm, Giesecke and Devrient, were unavailable for comment.

Once a vibrant economy, Zimbabwe has suffered a financial collapse in recent years with the Mugabe government responding to runaway inflation by printing more and more banknotes of ever higher denominations.

The rate of inflation is officially put at 165,000 percent but economists believe it is many times higher still.

Zimbabweans voted in a presidential runoff election on Friday with Mugabe the only candidate after opposition leader and first round winner Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew because of violence.

The European Commission slammed Friday the election as a “sham” whose result will be “hollow and meaningless.”

Respect for the people in Zimbabwe!!!

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]]> By: Dr Wolla http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249446 Dr Wolla Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:17:00 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249446 “Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep” On another dictators’ life and times… Witches/dark forces give ‘reassurances’: 1) "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth (Mugabe)." (updated) Said Grace ‘Emelda’ Mugabe: And none of ‘British born’ will enter state house? But what of Trade Union and opposition born?!Step on in Morgan, Thane of Fife 2) "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him." (updated) Said SADC: ‘Til South Africa troops and Mbeki swim the Limpopo? (And that would never happen..) But what of the African Union coming as UN/African peacekeepers? there are now a list of countries volunteering … Macbeth: "This push / Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now. / I have lived long enough. My way of life / Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf, / And that which should accompany old age, / As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have, but in their stead / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not." Believe it!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249446','Dr Wolla'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249446','Dr Wolla','âSleep no more! \/ Macbeth does murder sleepâ \r\n\r\nOn another dictatorsâ life and timesâ¦\r\n\r\nWitches\/dark forces give âreassurancesâ:\r\n\r\n1) \"Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn \/ The power of man, for none of woman born \/ Shall harm Macbeth (Mugabe).\"\r\n\r\n(updated) Said Grace âEmeldaâ Mugabe: And none of âBritish bornâ will enter state house? But what of Trade Union and opposition born?!Step on in Morgan, Thane of Fife\r\n\r\n2) \"Macbeth shall never vanquished be until \/ Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill \/ Shall come against him.\"\r\n\r\n(updated) Said SADC: âTil South Africa troops and Mbeki swim the Limpopo? (And that would never happen..) But what of the African Union coming as UN\/African peacekeepers? there are now a list of countries volunteering â¦\r\n\r\nMacbeth: \"This push \/ Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now. \/ I have lived long enough. My way of life \/ Is fall\'n into the sere, the yellow leaf, \/ And that which should accompany old age, \/ As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, \/ I must not look to have, but in their stead \/ Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath, \/ Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.\" \r\n\r\nBelieve it!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> “Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep”

On another dictators’ life and times…

Witches/dark forces give ‘reassurances’:

1) “Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth (Mugabe).”

(updated) Said Grace ‘Emelda’ Mugabe: And none of ‘British born’ will enter state house? But what of Trade Union and opposition born?!Step on in Morgan, Thane of Fife

2) “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him.”

(updated) Said SADC: ‘Til South Africa troops and Mbeki swim the Limpopo? (And that would never happen..) But what of the African Union coming as UN/African peacekeepers? there are now a list of countries volunteering …

Macbeth: “This push / Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now. / I have lived long enough. My way of life / Is fall’n into the sere, the yellow leaf, / And that which should accompany old age, / As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have, but in their stead / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.”

Believe it!

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]]> By: Tendai Nhau http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249443 Tendai Nhau Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:14:29 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249443 Things look very gloom in Glen Norah the turnout is very slow.GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249443','Tendai Nhau'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249443','Tendai Nhau','Things look very gloom in Glen Norah the turnout is very slow.GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Things look very gloom in Glen Norah the turnout is very slow.GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY.
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]]> By: Faraway http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249437 Faraway Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:10:09 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249437 Sokwanele What an excellent report of procedings so far. The pictures make the difference.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249437','Faraway'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249437','Faraway','Sokwanele \r\n\r\nWhat an excellent report of procedings so far. \r\nThe pictures make the difference.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Sokwanele

What an excellent report of procedings so far.
The pictures make the difference.

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]]> By: scotchcart http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249405 scotchcart Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:16:23 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249405 And I just fired this link into House of Commons in the UK. Some more folks! The world wants to see definitive action on Zim. Give them something to cheer and support. Help them see the finishing line.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249405','scotchcart'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249405','scotchcart','And I just fired this link into House of Commons in the UK. \r\n\r\nSome more folks! The world wants to see definitive action on Zim.\r\n\r\nGive them something to cheer and support. Help them see the finishing line.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> And I just fired this link into House of Commons in the UK.

Some more folks! The world wants to see definitive action on Zim.

Give them something to cheer and support. Help them see the finishing line.

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]]> By: William http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249387 William Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:38:59 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249387 Great photo of the Bulawayo polling station. Great respect to the man or woman brave enough to snap that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249387','William'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249387','William','Great photo of the Bulawayo polling station. Great respect to the man or woman brave enough to snap that.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Great photo of the Bulawayo polling station. Great respect to the man or woman brave enough to snap that.
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]]> By: Diaspora http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249377 Diaspora Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:22:12 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249377 I am not sure if there is anything in this but I just tried to log onto the mdc webiste rfom work and got this message. Could this be a hack to attempt to gain info from people logging onto mdc? "Reported Attack Site! This web site at www.mdc.co.zw has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences. Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system. Some attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249377','Diaspora'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249377','Diaspora','I am not sure if there is anything in this but I just tried to log onto the mdc webiste rfom work and got this message. Could this be a hack to attempt to gain info from people logging onto mdc?\r\n\"Reported Attack Site! \r\nThis web site at www.mdc.co.zw has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.\r\nAttack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.\r\nSome attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners.\"'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I am not sure if there is anything in this but I just tried to log onto the mdc webiste rfom work and got this message. Could this be a hack to attempt to gain info from people logging onto mdc?
“Reported Attack Site!
This web site at http://www.mdc.co.zw has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.
Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.
Some attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners.”
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]]> By: scotchcart http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249340 scotchcart Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:59:05 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249340 I dunnit! I sent this link to Barack Obama on Twitter. Now who else! Yep, LinkedIn. Friday is a good time to talk to them. Think hard now Sokwanele. All manner of people log into LinkedIn on Fridays and check out the questions and answers. They were helpful over the An Yue Jiang. It's random who logs on but 2m people can see a question of mine, if they log in. What question can we ask? Something that will engage people, mainly in north America. If anyone lists any suggestions here, they are forwarded by email. And pass this link on - show Zimbabweans as resilient, determined, and with a irresistible sense of humour.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249340','scotchcart'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249340','scotchcart','I dunnit!\r\n\r\nI sent this link to Barack Obama on Twitter.\r\n\r\nNow who else!\r\n\r\nYep, LinkedIn. Friday is a good time to talk to them.\r\n\r\nThink hard now Sokwanele. All manner of people log into LinkedIn on Fridays and check out the questions and answers. They were helpful over the An Yue Jiang. It\'s random who logs on but 2m people can see a question of mine, if they log in.\r\n\r\nWhat question can we ask? Something that will engage people, mainly in north America.\r\n\r\nIf anyone lists any suggestions here, they are forwarded by email.\r\n\r\nAnd pass this link on - show Zimbabweans as resilient, determined, and with a irresistible sense of humour.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I dunnit!

I sent this link to Barack Obama on Twitter.

Now who else!

Yep, LinkedIn. Friday is a good time to talk to them.

Think hard now Sokwanele. All manner of people log into LinkedIn on Fridays and check out the questions and answers. They were helpful over the An Yue Jiang. It’s random who logs on but 2m people can see a question of mine, if they log in.

What question can we ask? Something that will engage people, mainly in north America.

If anyone lists any suggestions here, they are forwarded by email.

And pass this link on - show Zimbabweans as resilient, determined, and with a irresistible sense of humour.

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]]> By: PhilP http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249334 PhilP Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:55:37 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249334 Keep this up. I hope one day soon to read your reports of joy on the streets at a change of government.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249334','PhilP'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249334','PhilP','Keep this up. I hope one day soon to read your reports of joy on the streets at a change of government.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Keep this up. I hope one day soon to read your reports of joy on the streets at a change of government.
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]]> By: scotchcart http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1115#comment-249324 scotchcart Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:44:36 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1115#comment-249324 Fantastic post, fantastic leadership. Let's spread this around the world as an example of democracy. On reading this I felt like Michelle Obama - today I feel proud . . of course there have been other times too, but the surge of feeling of pride, hope, you see, Zimbabweans cherish reasonableness and this is so Zimbabwean! Obama twitters - I am going to have a go at nudging him! Why don't we send this link to every company, politician, newspaper that we've been nudging for the last three months?? Send this post to 10 000 organizations by midnight tonight?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249324','scotchcart'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249324','scotchcart','Fantastic post, fantastic leadership. Let\'s spread this around the world as an example of democracy. \r\n\r\nOn reading this I felt like Michelle Obama - today I feel proud . . of course there have been other times too, but the surge of feeling of pride, hope, you see, \r\n\r\nZimbabweans cherish reasonableness and this is so Zimbabwean!\r\n\r\nObama twitters - I am going to have a go at nudging him!\r\n\r\nWhy don\'t we send this link to every company, politician, newspaper that we\'ve been nudging for the last three months??\r\n\r\nSend this post to 10 000 organizations by midnight tonight?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Fantastic post, fantastic leadership. Let’s spread this around the world as an example of democracy.

On reading this I felt like Michelle Obama - today I feel proud . . of course there have been other times too, but the surge of feeling of pride, hope, you see,

Zimbabweans cherish reasonableness and this is so Zimbabwean!

Obama twitters - I am going to have a go at nudging him!

Why don’t we send this link to every company, politician, newspaper that we’ve been nudging for the last three months??

Send this post to 10 000 organizations by midnight tonight?

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