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The news that will lift your gloom (okay, maybe)

MIX MASALA

The news that will lift your gloom (okay, maybe)

The Kamala Titanic has hit the iceberg. The ship has sunk. Commentary rises from the cyber swamp like an electronic fog. ALI VAN WYK is still staring at the dregs in his mug.

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Kamala came, and Kamala went ...

Fortunately, there are still commentators like Jon Stewart, who can provide perspective.

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Sorry to rub salt in the wounds! Maybe a Trump supporter here can derive some sardonic amusement from this.

Austin Nasso and Estee Palti, even before Kamala's star dimmed.

A handful of America’s best cartoons

Cartoons always present a twist or spin on reality, to bring a different perspective or to soften it a bit. It can even be therapeutic.

Lisa Benson, a cartoonist for Counterpoint Media, is syndicated in publications such as ‘The Washington Post’.
Lisa Benson, a cartoonist for Counterpoint Media, is syndicated in publications such as ‘The Washington Post’.
Matt Davis is a British-American artist and Pulitzer Prize winner. He is on the ‘Newsday’ editorial staff.
Matt Davis is a British-American artist and Pulitzer Prize winner. He is on the ‘Newsday’ editorial staff.
Lalo Alcaraz creates the most controversial Latin-American political strip, ‘La Cucaracha’.
Lalo Alcaraz creates the most controversial Latin-American political strip, ‘La Cucaracha’.
R.J. Matson is the editorial cartoonist for ‘Roll Call’ and is syndicated by Eagle Cartoons.
R.J. Matson is the editorial cartoonist for ‘Roll Call’ and is syndicated by Eagle Cartoons.

Meanwhile in Pretooooriaaaa ...

An enormous pro-Afrikaans crowd arrived at the Voortrekker Monument to protest against the envisioned downscaling of the power governing boards will have in choosing a school's medium of instruction under the new Bela Act. The Democratic Alliance was there too.

Just to fully divert attention from any bad news out there ...

About 15 years ago, two equally bored magazine journalists with a shared interest in the sordid underbelly of bad pop culture decided that the depths of decay in the Afrikaans music and video industry were so profound that they set up a Facebook group in celebration: “Maggies, maar hierdie video suig (Goodness, but this video sucks)". The group has grown spontaneously and is still thriving, having received thousands of contributions. I randomly selected four.

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Right, this one isn't that old, but it so fun we've included it.

 A last few quips ...

Somewhere in a coffee shop...

@makxoooo Somewhere In South Africa - Part 10 🇿🇦😂🌍 #sa #funnyvideo #freewifi ♬ FBOYZ - KayyStar777 & Mcdeez Fboy

Old yet Gold

From the golden days of the BBC, a bit of classic British comedy that is still bloody funny 60 years later. The Two Ronnies (Barker and Corbett).

♦ VWB ♦

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