Probably the only reason Mugabe hasn’t come down with an iron fist is because he can’t. The election results were so obviously against him that even his supporters seem split on what do do. And he’s old and probably fading anyway.

Will the rightful winners of the elections be allowed to take power peacefully? That decision is up to Mugabe, corrupt thug that he is. He’s been wobbling, saying he’d leave if not prosecuted for anything (an obvious admission of both guilt and weakness) but also detaining journalists and arresting opposition part members.

Inflation is 100,000% a year there now, with rampant corruption too. The people there deserve better than the vicious aging tyrant they have now. May the change come peacefully.

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Nigerian teacher Mohammed Bah Abba invented it and has distributed thousands for free or at cost.

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Twitter is the first social networking tool that I really like and also find genuinely useful. It exists somewhere between IM and blogging. Messages can be up to 120 characters. They go out to whoever is following you. Right now, I follow about 50 people and about the same number follow me.

It’s free, of course. You can tell it to track certain words or phrases too, like “Obama” or “climate change.” You can view your tweets on the Twitter website, with IM, or on your cell phone via texting. You can send snippets of blog posts (or any RSS) to Twitter with Twitter Feed. So, the first 120 characters of posts here automatically get sent to Twitter without me doing anything.

Why is this useful? One reason is because I frequently now learn about breaking news on Twitter first. Plus it’s fascinating and fun to see what everyone is doing. I follow tech geeks like Scoble as well as financial bloggers like Paul Kedrosky. There’s also BBC breaking news and lots more.

I’m polizeros on Twitter. To follow me, just click Follow under my picture.

Read/Write Web has an excellent list of the growing list of Twitter clients while Twitter has a wiki with lots more third-party Twitter tools.

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The economy. The wars. Dissatisfaction is everywhere. And such dissent is no longer just from the fringes, it’s coming from the mainstream now too. This could actually be a hopeful sign. When a critical mass of people want change, then sometimes it really does happen.

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