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The Associated Press reports: Former U.S. President Barack Obama in his first high-profile speech since leaving office is calling today’s times “strange and uncertain.” Obama opened his speech in South Africa by saying that “each day’s news cycle is bringing more head-spinning and disturbing headlines.” He is speaking in South Africa to mark the 100th anniversary of  Nelson Mandela’s birth. …

The BBC reports: South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. The couple – famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years – were a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle for nearly three decades. …

People reports: Barack Obama continues to inspire — and breaks records while doing it. The former U.S. president took to Twitter on Saturday in the aftermath of the violent Charlottesville rally that took the lives of three people, writing a Nelson Mandela quote: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background …

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Deaf people around the world took to social media yesterday to declare that the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial was speaking gibberish. Many wondered if the man was using a sign language unique to South Africa, but that was not the case. Paul Breckell, chief executive of the U.K.-based charity Action on Hearing Loss, said: “We are shocked …

At today’s funeral for Nelson Mandela, President Obama posed for a selfie with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt. This landed the president on the mocking Tumblr, Selfies At Funerals, and has spawned the usual ridicule across Teabagistan.

The funeral is continuing at this writing, see the live video below this post. The Washington Post published the president’s remarks, which included a reference to LGBT rights. It is a question I ask myself – as a man and as a President. We know that like South Africa, the United States had to overcome centuries of racial subjugation. As …

Yeah, let’s see if THIS actually happens.

The Empire State Building was lit in the colors of South Africa’s flag in honor of Nelson Mandela and the Tea Things are very upset about this.

Top response: “He was a violent communist revolutionary who never should have been released from prison.” (Tipped by JMG reader Jake)

“Nelson Mandela will live in history as an inspiration for defenders of liberty around the globe. He stood firm for decades on the principle that until all South Africans enjoyed equal liberties he would not leave prison himself, declaring in his autobiography, ‘Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, …

RELATED: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela’s death yesterday was actually celebrated by the commenters on right wing sites such as Free Republic and Breitbart.

The image is by Kadir Nelson.

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Nelson Mandela was an inspiration to the millions of people who yearn for freedom across the world. With great personal sacrifice, he fought Apartheid and state-sanctioned racism. His principled approach, his willingness to reach out to former enemies, led to the introduction of multi-party democracy and real change in South Africa. Indeed, South Africa’s …