Zimbabwe's First Lady Spending Money Like It's Water

Grace Mugabe

Zimbabwe's First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has been spending copious sums of money from the national treasury, while the people of her nation suffer in poverty and pain. Her husband, Robert Mugabe, has allowed her to loot the nation's coffers.

Grace and Robert Mugabe. She was his married secretary, then became his mistress, then wife.

She has built lavish palaces, each worth tens of millions of dollars, while her countrymen go hungry and some homeless. Grace Mugabe has repeatedly spent six figures on lavish shopping trips in Europe and Hong Kong, so much so, she was specifically named in international sanctions levied against her husband, due to this habit.

The dining room of the latest palace Grace Mugabe built at a cost of $26,000,000

At the end of the day, this is not public service, but thievery. When one takes far more from one's nation than one gives, one is a spendthrift not fit for office. There's no way to pretty it up. One cannot claim to love one's country and demand it underwrite a lavish lifestyle at the expense of the poor. To know the plight of one's destitute countrymen and live like one is rich, by using State funds, with the attitude money is no object, speaks to the poorness of one's heart.

Duvalier Cost The People Of Haiti $500 Million

Jean-Claude Duvalier was arrested in Haiti this week for human rights abuses and corruption

Former Haitian President, Jean-Claude Duvalier and his family, cost the people of Haiti, an estimated $500,000,000 in stolen and misappropriated funds. The pillaging took place during his father François' tenure and his own. Had this money been properly invested, it would have reaped many millions more for Haiti's poor.

Duvalier and his family hid money abroad, purchased expensive sports cars, designer clothes, Louis Vuitton luggage, a chateau in France and an apartment in Paris. These unjustifiable expenditures infuriated Haitians at home and abroad, as they witnessed as their loved ones went without.

During a time of national financial struggle, Duvalier's wedding to Michele Bennet cost Haiti's taxpayers $3,000,000. A multi-million dollar home in Haiti was also given to Bennet's family to live in luxury as well (it was later seized by a new government and turned into an orphanage).

Currently, Haiti is considered the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere and it is not the Haitian people's fault. The earthquake is not the main reason either. Haiti, a nation of 10,000,000 people, should not be in this financial predicament and it is squarely due to the Duvalier years in office.

Haitian people worked hard, paid their taxes and it was squandered by the Duvaliers. Money that was needed to create jobs, expand infrastructure and build on social programs, went to bankrolling one family's lifestyle that almost rivaled Marie Antoinette and Saddam Hussein in extravagance.

None of the Haitians I know in Miami have ever spoken well of the Duvalier family. The mere mention of the Duvalier name brings back painful memories of tumultuous times in their beloved nation's history.

However, Haiti is at a crossroads. Like many nations, it has experienced a terrible natural disaster. It is time to rebuild on a new foundation and forgive old grievances, to help national emotional wounds heal. If Duvalier wants to help Haiti, as he has stated, he should give the nation his financial support and leave the governance to the next elected President.

Justin Bieber Promotes PETA

Justin Bieber for PETA

16-year-old singing sensation, Justin Bieber, has done a heartwarming ad for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). The Bieber is encouraging pet adoption, which is nice. Aww! Isn't he sweet.

The Judiciary Report is active on this front as well and has joined PETA too, but the clandestine version of it on the internet, known as People Eating Tasty Animals. Because it's, "Finger licking good." It's good to help chickens into a frying pan. Cluck, cluck!

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U.S. President Barack Obama Meets With China's President Jintao

U.S. President, Barack Obama, met with Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to discuss politics, economics and human rights. Obama is opposed to China's currency, the Yuan, remaining "artificially low" as his administration puts it, stating it grants an unfair advantage.

At the end of the day, both sides need to work together. President Obama must realize China is enjoying this time of unprecedented prosperity for their nation and does not want to do anything to tamper with that formula for success.

Haiti Arrests Former President Jean-Claude Duvalier

A visibly ailing, Jean-Claude Duvalier, made his way from France back to his homeland of Haiti, only to be arrested hours after he touched down, for human rights abuses committed when he was President of the island nation.

At the age of 19, Jean-Claude succeeded his father, Francois Duvalier, as President of Haiti. He was unprepared for the role his father appointed him to, as he was not duly elected by the people and knew very little about successfully running a nation.

Jean-Claude Duvalier was ensconced in office from 1971-1986. During his bloody reign, over 60,000 Haitians were tortured and killed for opposing his rule. Duvalier and his money loving wife, Michele Bennett, looted Haiti's coffers to fund their very extravagant lifestyles.

The couple frequently took shopping trips, spending $100,000 on each outing. While they lived the high life, a segment of Haiti's population suffered in poverty and infirmity in City Soleil, which was originally named after his mother Simone Duvalier (Cite Simone).

Jean-Claude Duvalier in Haiti this week

Duvalier is being made to face the music this week and is a shell of his former self. He has the appearance of someone struggling with Parkinsons disease or Alzheimer's. It is a stark contrast to the Duvalier of 1986.

When he and his family fled Haiti for France, after a national uprising, Louis Vuitton bags lined the runway adjacent to their plane. They had pilfered millions of dollars from Haiti's treasury, only for it to be seized by world governments.

Duvalier, a former head of state, was humbled, forced to find work as a janitor in France to support himself. It was just and poetic, for all he and his family had stolen from the people of Haiti.

By this time, his wife had fled, stating she married the President of Haiti and not a pauper. During times of adversity, one learns who one's true friends are. His mother died embittered, after years of being pushed aside in favor of his wife's presence in his government, then losing their stolen possessions.

Raz B's Brother Beaten Up By Young Joc's Bodyguards

Ricky Romance, who is the brother of former B2K boyband member, Raz B (DeMario Thornton), was beaten up at Atlanta's "Salute the DJs" event. Footage posted online reveals apart of the scuffle, where Ricky Romance, was beaten by event security and left with visible cuts and bruises.

Ricky Romance's injuries

The melee is being blamed on Atlanta rapper, Young Joc (Jasiel Robinson), who is a member of the Badboy Record label. If you remember, Chris Brown, stayed at the Miami Beach mansion of Badboy founder, Sean "P Diddy" Combs, in the days after he was arrested for assaulting girlfriend, Rihanna.

Raz-B and Ricky Romance

Young Joc reportedly blocked Raz-B from getting on the stage and performing. When his brother Ricky Romance tried to help him get to the stage, Young Joc's security guards attacked him. The brothers were then thrown out of the building. TMZ claims it is because Raz-B recently insulted Young Joc on a song. The Badboy affiliation and Chris Brown does not help either.

Chris Brown at P Diddy's house in Miami

This is one of many reasons the Judiciary Report has refused to have anything to do with some of the people mentioned in this story, even though two of them tried to make contact. They are troublesome and violent. It is not out of fear, but disgust.

Young Joc

Not one full day after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and you guys are fighting in the late civil rights leader's hometown. King would not have approved of this foolishness. Black people marched, faced horrible abuses and even death at the hands of racists during the civil rights era, only for young black celebrities today to attack, fight and abuse each other.

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