This Day in History -- A Monster is Born

On this day, 82 years ago, Mad Bobby Mugabe, the monster who has afflicted Zimbabwe for decades, was born. The Times reports the latest on the situation there...,

Last week Kembo Mohadi, the Home Affairs Minister, made the first official admission that the country was seriously short of food. “There is no grain whatsoever. Our people are actually starving,” he said on state radio.

Inflation of 613 per cent gives Zimbabwe the highest rate in the world. Nearly 30 people have died of cholera in the past two months. In the past week, state radio has broadcast an anthem that implores God to “bless President Mugabe, our support and light”.

Read it here.

"support and light"..., right!