--- title: "While you were sleeping: 26 October 2016" description: "Gambia joins the ICC exit club, Trump swings at Obamacare, and more than just Great Barrier Reef bleached." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Newsdeck" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-26-while-you-were-sleeping-26-october-2016/" published: "2016-10-26T06:10:09" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 965 --- # While you were sleeping: 26 October 2016 > Gambia joins the ICC exit club, Trump swings at Obamacare, and more than just Great Barrier Reef bleached. By John Stupart · Published 26 October 2016, 08:10 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words as**methylethylamylophenylium**."* **–** **Sir William Crookes** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/cfbf3dc2-31a7-4d25-bcba-2a9e6d1ebf7d.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [TRAINSPOTTER: Shaun of the Dead](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-25-trainspotter-shaun-of-the-dead/#.WBAdxS195hE)Did President Jacob Zuma drink National Prosecuting Authority director Shaun Abraham’s brain? What other explanation is there for the advocate’s lurch toward ultimate ignominy: acting as the lead zombie in the goring of the country’s finance minister right between a) the reading of the mid-term budget on October 26, and b) the international rating agencies evaluations on December 2. As we stumble toward the abyss, Shaun of the Dead, aided by his innumerable slavering henchfolk, doesn’t seem to care whether or not he pushes us over. Can he be stopped? By RICHARD POPLAK [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-25-trainspotter-shaun-of-the-dead/#.WBAdxS195hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Gambia joins ICC exit clubGambia has announced its departure from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Clutching at South Africa's shameful moral trajectory, the African country noted the ICC's "persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans". Because in 2016 it's evidently better to just not put any genocidaire on trial instead. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-26-gambia-joins-icc-exit-club) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Trump targets ObamacareDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton have carpet-bombed Florida with electoral promises this week. For the former, his focus switched to Obamacare. Calling it a "job-stealing" policy, the Orange Menace promised, "You will have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost and it's going to be so easy". In true Trump fashion, though, no *actual*policy path was detailed. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-26-trump-rips-obamacare-clinton-as-rivals-blitz-florida) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Not just Barrier Reef that's bleachingResearchers revealed on Wednesday that critical reef systems in Australia's oceans are bleaching. The Queensland state coast's northern portion of reef ecosystem has also experienced major coral bleaching. With a 700km strip of the Great Barrier Reef drained of colour, climate charge, agricultural run-off, coral-eating snails and a host of other things perpetrated by mankind are to blame. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-26-many-more-corals-die-in-great-barrier-reef-bleaching) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Clinton gets birthday song from AdeleCelebrating her 69th birthday, Hillary Clinton held a pre-birthday bash with Adele as the singer. No media were invited, sadly, so it's unclear whether Clinton belted out her favourite song(s). Adele, who is British, publicly endorsed Clinton anyway. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-26-hillary-in-miami-gets-adele-on-her-team) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **57%** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The percentage of Russians who, according to a survey, regret the collapse of the Soviet Union. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1881 saw the **gunfight in the OK Corral**take place. Wyatt Earp and everything you know about cowboys sprang forth from this chain of events.**Your retina is actually brain tissue.**You basically see with exposed brain matter. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 16° max: 30°, sunny CPT: min: 14° max: 29°, cloudy DBN: min: 18° max: 23°, cloudy EL: min: 17° max: 25°, sunny JHB: min: 15° max: 29°, rainy KIM: min: 18° max: 31°, sunny NLP: min: 18° max: 29°, AM rain PMB: min: 13° max: 28°, AM rain PKN: min: 17° max: 29°, cloudy PE: min: 16° max: 25°, sunny PTA: min: 17° max: 30°, rainy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$50.84 Gold=$1,275.52 Platinum=$965.55 R/$=13.77 R/€=15.00 R/£=16.79 €/$=1.08 JSE All Share=51,749.86 DJIA= 18,179.82 FTSE 100=7,017.64 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick### **FEATURES**\\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/zqv13fMrxYE4LO1HHEyDujHeXmaKRsE0rfdy-CB38Nnm8hy3hkXmmAKxnF_iFqwmLBHLY5UTGLtAEDSVLY9lVqtjMzF9t02Lxzfyi-aj1C87XXpCQyrTR7nuUy_p6R1JCNGF8ZYizqg6tO12sGIFr6JV=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Poplak-Shaun-of-the-Dead.jpg)Zuma. 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