U.S STAR MEGAN RAPINOE KNELT DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN SUPPORT OF COLIN KAEPERNICK

Megan Rapinoe who plays as a midfielder for the U.S national football/soccer team knelt during the United States' national anthem on Sunday night before a soccer game in Chicago.

Rapinoe has however admitted the move was intentional. Indeed, it's in support for Colin Kaepernick who has sat during the U.S national anthem in protest against racial injustice in the U.S.

Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem tonight in Chicago. Says it was intentional, "a nod to Kaepernick."

— John D. Halloran (@JohnDHalloran) September 5, 2016

She said: 

"[It was] a nod to [Colin] Kaepernick." 

"I am not going to stand up and show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said last week.

A bittered police union also threatened to stop staffing the 49ers football games if the team doesn't take action against Kaepernick. 

B*tches take action against your trigger-happy killer cops(staffs/pigs) that are killing innocent blacks and molesting black women... Funny thing, these shameless a-holes then claim they did these things because they fear for their lives... FOHBs!!!! #Laffs.

Shaun King, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist praised Rapinoe, who is Caucasian for kneeling.
He tweeted: 

"I actually think what [Rapinoe] did tonight was HUGE. A pivotal step. It shows this protest has not only crossed sports, but culture as well." 

Thanks for taking a knee @mPinoe tonight in support of @Kaepernick7 in this fight against injustice in America. https://t.co/7uIJTmBl4s

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 5, 2016

I actually think what @mPinoe did tonight was HUGE. A pivotal step. It shows this protest has not only crossed sports, but culture as well.

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 5, 2016

To which Megan replied

It's the least I can do. Keep the conversation going. https://t.co/qwfHcqgV6J

— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) September 5, 2016

It's nice to see stars, celebrities and all care...
Kudos Megan Rapinoe!

TERRORISM: MANY FEARED DEAD AS MULTIPLE BOMB BLASTS ROCK SYRIA

The Islamic state have taken responsibility of one of the many bomb blasts that rocked Syria today, monday 5, September, 2016. 

There's been conflicting reports regarding the total number of casualties as the Syria state media has put the number of casualties to be around 38 while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group put the number of casualties to be 47.

Other attacks happened at Hasakeh, Homs, Tartus and Damascus suburb of Saboura.

The attack in Tartus according to reports, claimed 30 lives.

[PHOTOS] SOUTH AFRICA: DRONE CAPTURES SHOCKING VIEW OF INEQAULITY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Cape Town. "quintessential South African blend of first and third world"- Johnny Miller

Just a few weeks back, a college made headlines on a lowkey from South Africa for oppressing and bullying black students; starting from their hair-do to strongly condemning any and every social gathering amongst blacks accusing them of conspiring...  
So this week, I bring you a sharp aerial view of some of the regions in South Africa... The drone shots were made by Photographer Johnny Miller.

"People are fearful of the unknown, of someone with a different language, a different color, a different culture," Miller says. "And that fear is understandable and based on history and circumstance, but it's also got to change."

It is reported that separation gives the government in S.A the ability to reduce the black community's access to education, high-quality jobs and city resources, leading to extreme divisions of wealth.

Vukuzenzele and Sweet Home, Cape Town, South Africa

Strand and Nomzamo, Cape Town, South Africa

Strand and Nomzamo, Cape Town, South Africa

Johannesburg and Primrose, South Africa

Masiphumelele and Lake Michelle, Cape Town, South Africa

Vusimuzi and Mooifontein, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Manenberg and Phola Park, Cape Town, South Africa

Credit: Business Insider

POPE DECLARES MOTHER TERESA A SAINT AND MODEL OF MERCY.

Mother Teresa (died September 5, 1997) was on Sunday declared a 'Saint' and model of mercy by Pope Francis. This' apparently due to her work in improving lives especially by spreading the gospel as best as she could, preaching 'salvation' (one of the best gifts from God) and calling out world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created."

Pope Francis said:

"Let us carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along
our journey especially those who suffer," 

He praised her for her anti-abortion stance, defending the unborn, defending the sick, defending the abandoned.

He said:

"She bowed down before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the road, seeing in them their God-given dignity." 

"She made her voice heard before the powers of the world, so that they might recognize their guilt for the crimes of poverty they themselves created."

He repeated, "The crimes of poverty they themselves created."

According to correspondence that came to light after she died in 1997, Mother Teresa experienced what the church calls a "dark night of the soul" -- a period of spiritual doubt , despair and loneliness that many of the great mystics experienced. In Mother Teresa's case, it lasted for nearly 50 years-- an almost unheard of trial.

She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979

YMCMB CEO LIL WAYNE ASSURES FANS HE'S ALRIGHT AFTER POSTING A CONCERNING TWEET

Rapper Lil Wayne took to twitter yesterday to post the above tweet... He wrote:

'I AM NOW DEFENSELESS AND mentally DEFEATED & I leave gracefully and thankful I luh my fanz but I'm dun'

This is supposed to be in reference to his $30 million lawsuit against Birdman and Cash Money Records after his(Lil Wayne) lawyers quit.

The tweet has been met with a lot of thoughts; suicidal, depression, insanity, troubled but one thing is for sure, Lil Tunechi got his fans really worried.

He soon realized he was trending and perhaps caused serious concerns amongst his fans hence he followed the tweet with a few other tweets assuring everybody that is concerned that he's alright.

USA: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY APOLOGIZES FOR SELLING SLAVES TO PAY OFF DEBT

Georgetown University in U.S apologizes for its historical links to slavery most especially the 272 slaves sold to pay off the University's debt sometimes in the 19th century.
The University has offered to give admission edge to descendants of these slaves. that were sold.
It's about time... 

The will create an institute to study the history of slavery at the school and it will rename two buildings that had honored presidents who oversaw the 1838 sale of 272 slaves, who had worked on church-affiliated plantations in Maryland.

"This original evil that shaped the early years of the republic was present here," Georgetown President John Degioia told an audience that included descendants of the slaves. 

The university will hold a mass of reconcilation "in which we will seek forgiveness for our participation in the institution of slavery, specifically for the sale of 272 children, women and men who we should regard as members of our community."

The steps go further than those taken by other U.S. Universities that are confronting their past association with slavery, including Harvard, Brown, Princeton and the University of North Carolina.

But some criticized as inadequate the decision to give the descendants of the sold slaves the same admissions preference as the children of faculty, staff and alumni.

"We remain hopeful that we can forge a relationship with Georgetown that will lead o 'real' atonment," Karran Harper Royal, an organizer of a group of descendants, said in an email. 

She added that the school should have offered scholarships to slaves' descendants and included them on the panel that made the recommendations. 

The 18,000-student university will also create a memorial for slaves whose work benefited the school, including those sold to plantations in Louisiana to pay off Georgetown's debts.

Descendants of the slaves will be included in a group advising on the memorial.

The school will rename its Freedom Hall for Isaac, the slave whose name led the list of those to be sold, and Remembrance Hall fo Annie Marie Becraft, a black educator. The buildings  had previously been named after the presidents who gave a pass to sell the slaves.

Students at dozens of U.S Universities protested last fall over the legacy of racism on campus. The protests led to the resignation of the president of the University of Missouri and prompted many schools to review their diversity commitments.

"Georgetown, being a Catholic institution, really can't escape the moral problem of that history because it's come to challenge its Catholic identity," said Craig Stephen Wilder, a history professor at the Massauchusetts Institute of Technology.

credit: Ian Simpson/Yahoo news 

[VIDEO] MUST WATCH: YOUTUBER CLAIMS HE CAN CURE HEADACHE IN TWO MINUTES WITH JUST THREE QUESTIONS

A Youtuber who posts under the channel Kamil's View claims he can cure headache in two minutes with just three questions.
The video which has garnered over a million views and numerous shares.
In the video Kamil started saying:

"I'm going to ask you a few questions, and I will ask you those questions a few times."

"Every time I ask you the question I really want you to have a look and answer the question."

 After instructing the viewer to think about their headache he asks:

"Where is your headache? He then follows this with "What color is it?" and "What shape is it?"

He repeated the questions four times then said: " By now it should be gone."

Many people who have tried it out have testified to its efficacy.

Explaining how it works, Kamil said:

"Most headaches are actually created by you - by your own mind."

He said this could be through "stressing too much" or it may be made up as an excuse to get out of something.

He adds:

"So if you take your attention away from this, the brain gets the message that you're aware of the headache and then you start dissolving it."

He also suggests anyone who didn't find the method worked to repeat it a few more times.

See the video below:

CURES HEADACHE AND RELIEVES EXHAUSTION... CHECK OUT THIS OLD COCA-COLA AD.

I don't know the year exactly but It looks like Coca-Cola was once advertised to cure headache and relieves exhaustion... Or it once actually cured headache...
I mean whatever it was... They (Coca-Cola Brand) have really come a long way.

GOOD DEED: A LIBRARIAN LEAVES $4 MILLION FOR SCHOOL HE WORKED AT FOR 50 YEARS

Robert Morin, the unexpected benefactor who was an alumnus and also worked as a librarian at the University of New Hampshire for almost 50 years left a sum of $4 million to the institution.
Morin died last year at the age of 77 was known to live simply and amassed his wealth through the stock market but kept his job as a janitor until his death.

His alma mater UNH released a statement about his donation to the institute upon his demise:

"Bob's demonstrated commitment to UNH through his philanthropy is tremendously inspiring" President Mark Huddleston said in a statement.

"His generous gift allows us to address a number of university priorities... We are committed to providing the resources needed to ensure every student achieves professional success and Bob's gift will play a major role in that effort."

"You'd never know the man was a millionaire," said his lawyer, Laurie Rowell. "The last time he came here, he parked far away in a spot where there were no meters so he could save the coins." Morin was described as keeping to himself with his financial advisor telling the Union-Leader that his client "never went out." But he did have a love for all movies and books.

Huddleston said that from 1979 to 1997, Morin watched more than 22,000 videos. He then decided he wanted to read every book published in the U.S from 1930 to 1940 - excluding children's books, textbooks, and books about cooking and technology - in chronological order Morin had reached 1938, the year of his birth, at the time of his death.

Of his gift, $100,000 was specifically, dedicated to an area of the school: the Dimond Library. The money will be used to "provide scholarships for work-study students, support staff members who continue their studies in library science, renovate and upgrade one of the library's multimedia rooms."
As for the rest of Morin's unrestricted gift, $1 million will go toward a video scoreboard at the school's new football stadium and another $2.5 million will help establish a career center for students and alumni on campus. Huddlestone said.

[VIDEO]: FOOTBALL: A FIELD INVADER BREACHED SECURITY TO KISS LIONLE MESSI'S FOOT DURING ARGENTINA VS URUGUAY

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi who announced his retirement from international football after his Argentine side lost the Copa America Centenario USA 2016 to Chile for the second time consecutively marked his return to International football by scoring the only goal of the night in a match against Uruguay.
Good to see Messi back with the Argentine squad.


Argentina were reduced to ten men on pitch after Paulo Dybala was sent off on his second booking of the night while a few of Uruguay's players including PSG's Edison Cavani also got booked.

Players from both teams got a couple of bookings but the craziest moment of the night was when a field invader ran to Lionel Messi, knelt before him and kissed his foot before he was escorted off by the security...

See the video below