May 31 World No Tobacco Day 2017

Did You Know A Monkey Was Once Taken To Court For Smoking A Cigarette?

It might be hard to believe, but a monkey was tried and convicted for the crime of smoking. Maybe if someone told you the monkey trial happened in 1924 that would make it easier to believe?

It happened back in 1924 in Southbend, Indiana. The strict laws of the state meant that smoking was illegal, no questions about…even if you were a monkey.

Having been seen smoking, the monkey was taken to court and tried for the crime. The monkey was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $25 as well as costs for the trial

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Following this rather weird event, Indiana released another law which was rather weird in itself. This new law stated that it was illegal to force a monkey to smoke a cigarette. What?!

So there you have it, a weird fact that’s probably still got you’re eyebrow raised!

Ten Interesting Facts about Bhutan

                                                      King and Queen of Bhutan

1. Bhutan is one of the last countries in the world to introduce television to its people. The government lifted a ban on TV—and on the Internet. In June 1999, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan allowed television broadcasting to begin for the first time. The introduction of television into Bhutan was sparked by the World Cup Final of France '98.

2. Anyone found guilty of killing a highly endangered and culturally sacred black-necked crane could be sentenced to life in prison.

3. Bhutanese manners dictate that you are to refuse food whenever it’s offered to you. The tradition is to say the words “meshu meshu” and cover your mouth with your hands. You can give in, though, after two or three offers.

4. At 24,840 feet, Gangkhar Puensum is the highest point in Bhutan—and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world.

5. Bhutan is the only nation in the world where the sale of tobacco is banned.

6. Thimphu is one of just two capital cities in Asia that does not have a single traffic light. (The other is Pyongyang, North Korea.) There was such public outcry when local officials installed a single signal that it was quickly removed, and a traffic officer was re-assigned to the intersection.

7. One-third of Bhutan’s population is under the age of 14; its median age is 22.3 years.

8. Bhutan is the first country in the world with specific constitutional obligations on its people to protect the environment. Among its requirements: At least 60 percent of the nation must remain under forest cover at all times.

9. The word “Bhutan” translates to “Land of the Thunder Dragon.” It earned the nickname because of the fierce storms that often roll in from the Himalayas.

10. One of 43 landlocked countries in the world, Bhutan is about half the size of the state of Indiana.

Until recently, the tiny Asian kingdom of Bhutan remained tucked away in total isolation from the rest of the world. That segregation helped to preserve its deep Buddhist traditions, importance of the family and pristine landscapes. It’s also made it a fascinating country to study.

"Night hunting", known in Bhutan as Bomena

"Night hunting", known in Bhutan as Bomena, is a traditional "courtship" custom that is practiced in some parts of Bhutan. Similar customs have also existed in other cultures, namely in Japan.

Practice

"Night hunting", the traditional culture of nightly courtship and romance that is practiced mostly in eastern and central rural Bhutan. There is neither the word "night" nor the word "hunting" in the original terms. The original words can be best rendered as "Prowling for girls".

Young men go out at night to sneak into girls' windows to engage in sexual activities. The prowling can be solo or in groups depending on whether or not the man has a fixed date. It is the rural equivalent of an urban date. If one has talked with the girl in advance then it can be a solo activity but usually it happens after a gathering when friends decide to go prowling for girls. Most boys would have a girl in mind. Although they set out as a group, they disperse gradually as they find a partner.

Traditional two-story buildings makes the prowling difficult but the sliding window shutter with only wooden latches from inside makes it easier. Strategies vary from sneaking in the door to climbing up the side of a house to enter a window or even dropping in from the roof. The uniform architecture of Bhutanese houses, with same design of doors and windows also make it easier. The age old tradition has also come up with special tools to undo doors and windows. If the boy successfully infiltrates the dwelling, he still may be rejected by the girl he is pursuing. It takes a lot of persuasion especially for the first time.

The prowling may be foiled due to wrong footing, which may wake up the whole family. They intruder may get chased away with hot water splashed on him, or be thrown out of the window. Strict parents chase the intruder or threaten him with marriage or a stick while liberal ones pretend to be asleep even if they know the prowler is around. This more likely if they know the prowler is a suitor they would like to have for their daughter. It is not difficult to guess who the prowler might be in small close-knit villages.

Boys generally attempt to complete the task and make a quick exit if the parents of the girl are in and may stay longer if the girl is alone. It is in some places a custom that a boy discovered in the morning by the parents shall become the husband of the girl, but usually the boy and the girl make sure that the boy exits before the parents get up in the morning. If he oversleeps, they may still find a way to sneak out.

The practice is far more dramatic because this happens under pitch darkness and traditionally the whole family sleep in one large room, which is the kitchen and living room. The prowler must know pretty well where the girl sleeps in order to find the right bed. There are stories of boys getting into the wrong bed and the grannies yelling the boy out or having a good laugh or even quietly enjoying the visit.

The culture of night prowling is fading away due to socio-economic changes. With new metal latches and locks in many houses, it is difficult for young boys now to get into the house. With modern education, modern western form of romance and dating tradition is growing and young people are no more keen on this traditional practice but would rather exchange love letters and fix dates.

There is also a general misunderstanding among urban elites who have not been through the tradition that prowling for girls is tantamount to sexual harassment and the union resulting from it, to rape. Thus, there are new regulations in place to discourage this practice. Other legal factors include the new paternity law with the penalty of 20% of the income per month until the child is 18 years old for fathering a child.

Impact

As most intercourse is consensual, there is small risk of rape. However, a downside of night prowling has been rampant bastardy. Bastardy and single motherhood were less of a problem in the traditional setting with extended families and grandparents always around to look after the child. However, the growing culture of nuclear families, the requirement for marriage certificates, requirement of a father to register the child as citizen, the increasing practice of western styled wedding culture are leading to an increased stigma for single motherhood. This subsequently is leading to the fall in sex outside wedlock and practices such as prowling for girls.

Modern education and the literature associated with it are spreading fast and with them a worldview and culture, that is influenced mostly by a western Christian moral ethos. This is fast replacing a more liberal and relaxed tantric Buddhist attitude to sex which was prevalent in Bhutan.

In literature

In the book “Love, Courtship and Marriage in Rural Bhutan” (2009; ISBN 978-99936-23-15-1) by Dorji Penjore, the Centre for Bhutan Studies, discusses night hunting. According to the author, Bomena, a “custom whereby a boy stealthily enters a girl’s house at night for courtship or coitus with or without prior consultation”, is commonly misunderstood in Bhutan as ‘night hunting’. The use of a vernacular word Bomena, not ‘night hunting’, a term loaded with ethnocentrism and ignorance of the custom, tells a lot of this original village ethnography.

The current discourse and understanding of Bomena, according to the author, are naïve, biased and misrepresented, heavily influenced by changing values especially among the urban societies. One common notion is that any rural culture is ‘inferior’ and all urban cultures are ‘superior’, and replacing the rural culture with urban ‘superior’ culture is seen as a way of emancipating the Bhutanese farmers from their ‘primitive’ culture, and advancing the country.

Big game hunter crushed to death by falling elephant that was fatally shot

A big game hunter was crushed to death by a falling elephant that was fatally shot by one of his party.

Theunis Botha, 51, was killed when the animal fell on top of him during a group hunting expedition in Gwai, Zimbabwe on Friday.

His group came across a breeding herd of elephants, according to reports, and fired at the animals.

Alarmed by the intrusion, the elephants charged at the hunters and one of them picked up Mr Botha with its trunk.

The company said he pioneered European-style ‘Monteira’ hunts in Africa, where packs of dogs are used to drive deer and boar towards hunters.

He often travelled to the US to bring back wealthy Americans to partake in big game trophy hunting.

He is survived by his wife, Carike, and their five children, who all live in Tzaneen, South Africa.

Mrs Botha is expected to travel to Zimbabwe to bring her husband body’s home.

A spokesman for the Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Authority said the incident happened at the Good Luck Farm near Hwange National Park.

Mr Botha was friends with hunter Scott van Zyl, 44, who was killed by crocodiles in Zimbabwe last month.

Pinda Panda, Beautiful Gamers Who Keep Playing DotA 2..

Playing an online game is synonymous with men. But make no mistake, it turns out now nickname gamers have also been carried by the women air.

Although female gamers often hide their identity so as not to get indecent treatment from male gamers. However, it seems it is not feared a female gamer from Malaysia this.

Pinda Rika Dorji figure or better known as Pinda Panda is the center of many pairs of eyes. In addition to a beautiful face, this long-haired girl was also adept at playing the game DOTA 2.

Launched Worldofbuzz, Tuesday (17/1/2017), women born and raised in Bhutan is indeed known as a woman who is smart in academic and ability in playing games. So no wonder if he became one of the idolized figure of male gamers.

Her interest in playing games started when she started playing Super Mario with her grandmother. From then on she began to craze playing various games.

The woman who has a degree in Construction Management at Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) is starting to plunge into the game world since 2013 then. Her decision to become a gamer also made her choose to quit his job as a civil engineer in a construction company.

On her official website

Pinda Rika Dorji aka pindaPanda is a eSports TV Personality & Host for eGGNetwork Astro ch808 in Malaysia, the first 24/7 eSports channel in SouthEastAsia and Australia.

Born and raised in Bhutan, a small Himalayan Kingdom located in the Himalayas landlocked between India and China, Pinda moved to Kuala Lumpur to pursue her tertiary studies. Having recently graduated with a degree in Construction Management in Civil Engineering, Pinda is a now a full time gamer/youtuber/streamer who makes her own creative gaming content and shares them.

The first woman attacked in the movie " jaws was actually screaming in real pain from a broken hip .

Susan Backlinie (born Susan Jane Swindall on September 1, 1946) is a former actress and stuntwoman.She is known for her role as Chrissie Watkins, the first shark victim in Steven Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster Jaws.

Along with being a stuntwoman specializing in swimming work, she was also an animal trainer. She currently works as a computer accountant in her birthplace of Ventura, California.

Backlinie's appearance in Jaws took three days to shoot, with Backlinie strapped into a harness while the crew struggled to get the desired effects. Backlinie also appeared in Spielberg's film 1941 parodying her role in Jaws. Instead of being attacked by a shark during a midnight swim, she's "picked up" by the periscope of a Japanese submarine. The scene has been described as the best joke in what is otherwise widely considered one of Spielberg's least successful films. Backlinie also appeared in the 1977 film Day of the Animals, regarded by some as a Jaws clone about nature gone bad.

When Jaws co-star Richard Dreyfuss saw a daily of her performance of being attacked by the shark, he told her it absolutely terrified him.

Originally, the shot of the shark attack in which Backlinie was involved had to be shot several times, because she was unable to produce the intended reaction. Therefore, the next filming day, the attack scene was shot again, only this time, Backlinie was not told when she would be "attacked". When the diver below her grabbed onto and pulled her leg, submerging her, she gave a genuine scared reaction, and the shot was left in the final product, as it was exactly what Spielberg was looking for.

She appeared in her own pictorial ("The Lady and the Lion") in the January 1973 issue of Penthouse magazine.

Cattle fed cactus in 1920s drought

Be thankful you weren't living in the early 20th century… as a cow. That's because when drought hit, cattle were fed cactus. Here, you can see a farmer grinding up the prickly plant as fodder for his livestock - dressed in a suit and tie, as you do. In the 19th century cactus was introduced to our shores for use as a natural agricultural fence. Being tall and covered in painful spines, cactus was an effective barrier to intruders. But this move backfired bigtime, with the cactus spreading uncontrollably and destroying hectares of valuable cropping and grazing land.

Trooper's mirror deflects sniper's bullet

Maintaining a regular grooming regime not only keeps you looking sharp, but it could also save your life. That was certainly the case for Aussie trooper Fred Beale, of Brisbane. Beale escaped with his life following a Japanese sniper attack in Papua New Guinea in 1943 and it was all thanks to his metal shaving mirror. The mirror, which he kept in his pocket, deflected the bullet. The metal mirror was badly dented, but Beale escaped unhurt. Talk about a close shave. 

WA council fines NASA for littering..

NASA owes the small Western Australian town of Esperance $400. The debt arose when Skylab, a US space station, came crashing to the ground of the costal town in 1979. The station was launched into space by NASA in 1973, but was abandoned in 1974. It was remained orbiting the earth for a few years until NASA realised the 100 tonne empty can was going to crash back down to earth. Unfortunately the team of space experts were unable to predict where the station was going to land, but they had vague hopes it would crash into the Atlantic Ocean. At 12.30am on July 12, 1979, station plummeted towards the earth, burning and breaking up as it crashed through the atmosphere. Pieces of the station landed around the town, which became a global sensation. 17-year-old Stan Thorton pocketed $10,000 for presenting his found piece of the station to the San Francisco Examiner, while Esperance council sent NASA $400 fine for littering space junk, which was reportedly never paid.

Man Used Internet Registry to Track down and Beat up Pedophiles and Sex Offenders

The “Alaskan Avenger,” a victim of molestation and abuse as a child, is accused of vengefully attacking pedophiles with a hammer, using the online registry to find sex offenders.

According to Alfred NG of NY Daily News, using Anchorage’s public online sex offender registry to locate up to three offenders, Jason Vukovich allegedly broke into his victims’ homes and bashed in their heads with a hammer in June.

NG says, “One of his victims landed on the sex offender registry 10 years ago, after pleading no contest to attempted sexual abuse of a minor.”

“He said, ‘I’m an avenging angel, I’m going to mete out justice for the people you hurt,’” Wesley Demarest, one of the people Vukovich tracked down, told a local news station.

Police said Vukovich was arrested the same night he allegedly hammered in Demarest’s skull. Police also found a notebook with his victims’ names listed in it, with addresses he found from the registry. Vukovich, 41, is also accused of robbing the three victims after his vengeful beatings.

On the website, users can find sex offenders and child kidnappers through a database by name, zip code, and city, or through a map with details of the person’s address and photos, along with conviction dates, and employer’s information.

NG states, “the sex-offender avenger revealed he had been molested and beaten by his adoptive father when he was a child, he wrote in a letter from jail to the Anchorage Dispatch News.”

“’What I can say at this time is that after being physically and mentally abused by a predator, my life was forever changed,’ Vukovich wrote in his letter.

“He said he targeted sexual offenders in hopes of supporting children ‘in pursuit of their dreams,’ writing that kids should be able to live ‘without the threat of pedophiles lingering around them.’”

Vukovich plead not guilty to the charges of robbery and assault. He is being held on a $100,000 bail, and scheduled to return to court on Oct. 17. He faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted.

How the Ouija Board got its name ???

The ouija (wee-jah, or wee-jee), also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", "hello" (occasionally), and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics. It uses a small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic called a planchette. Participants place their fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words. "Ouija" is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc., but is often used generically to refer to any talking board.

Following its commercial introduction by businessman Elijah Bond on July 1, 1890,
The Ouija board was regarded as a parlor game unrelated to the occult until American Spiritualist Pearl Curran popularized its use as a divining tool during World War I. Spiritualists believed that the dead were able to contact the living and reportedly used a talking board very similar to a modern Ouija board at their camps in Ohio in 1886 to ostensibly enable faster communication with spirits.

Some Christian denominations have "warned against using Ouija boards", holding that they can lead to demonic possession. Occultists, on the other hand, are divided on the issue, with some saying that it can be a positive transformation; others reiterate the warnings of many Christians and caution "inexperienced users" against it.

Paranormal and supernatural beliefs associated with Ouija have been harshly criticized by the scientific community, since they are characterized as pseudoscience. The action of the board can be parsimoniously explained by unconscious movements of those controlling the pointer, a psychophysiological phenomenon known as the ideomotor effect.

Charles Kennard (founder of Kennard Novelty Company which manufactured Fuld's talking boards and where Fuld had worked as a varnisher) claimed he learned thename "Ouija" from using the board and that it was an ancient Egyptian word meaning "good luck."

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Body of missing boy found in river

Thimphu city is still recovering from the tragic news of the four-year-old boy Loday who went missing on Thursday afternoon only to be fished out the next morning from the Wangchu or Thimp Chhu River, below the Terma Linca Resort in Babesa.

The child’s shirt was stuck in a rock in the middle of the river when the search and rescue party found him at around 9:15 am on Friday morning.

It is still not clear how the little boy, Loday, ended up in the river but initial police investigations suggest that he had gone out with his grandmother, who is in her late 50’s at around one on Thursday afternoon.

The grandmother was later spotted sitting on a rock in the middle of the river at around 3:30 pm by staff of Terma Linca Resort, who rescued her.

The resort staff immediately reported to police as they assumed the old woman was trying to drown herself. When they asked her what she was doing in the middle of the river, the woman was not in a stable mind to response to their question. Instead she narrated all different types of stories.

“The woman never mentioned about the boy,” a resort staff who rescued the woman, said, adding that they might have been able to save the boy. “Somehow we felt the woman was not in her right frame of mind,” the resort staff said.

An extended family member said the grandmother usually did not stay with the family. She was with them just a few days before the tragic incident.

Loday was usually looked after by his aunt, however, on the day he went missing he ran after his grandmother who was heading out.

The extended family member also said the grandmother suffers from short-term memory and keeps forgetting what she does. “Grandmother took Loday with her but we really don’t know what happened and where they went,” she said. “When we asked her, she doesn’t seem to remember anything from the day.”

Thimphu police said that towards evening of April 27 they received a complaint from Terma Linca staff about a woman sitting in the middle of the river. “They brought the woman to police station and later when we handed her over to a relative, we learned that there was a child along with her,” police said.

The family lodged a Missing Person complaint at around eight in the evening and a search team was immediately deployed.

The search continued until mid-night and resumed the next day at 6:00 AM. The body of a child was found at around 9:15 am below the resort.

“We have not questioned the grandmother, therefore we are yet to establish if she is mentally unsound or if what transpired was intentional,” police said.

The police are looking into the psychiatric condition of the grandmother as she hold’s the main key to know what exactly happened to the child.

A forensic report states that the child had no physical injuries. It also states that the child could have been washed away for a short distance since there were no injuries on the prominent parts of the body.

The family resides at Babesa near a junction, which leads to Royal Thimphu College.

The tearful plea of the mother on social media looking for her missing son on Thursday evening lead to a huge public response across the nation.

The news of the death of the son also had strong public impact with many expressing their condolences and sadness on social media.

Delhi: Rape Survivors in Government Shelter given Growth Injections, and Raped Again

In a government home in West Delhi, at least 10 girls have alleged that the staff would molest them, forcibly inject them with unexplained drugs, and beat them into submission if they resisted.

The government home was created as a haven for rape survivors and women rescued from the streets, human traffickers, and brothels. In a statement to the police, two girls alleged that they were molested by the officials, and another girl said that she was starved for days because she accused a member of the staff of torturing her. The girls have also accused the officials of injecting them with medicines, which were allegedly stimulating premature growth.

A source told Hindustan Times, “The girls were allegedly given an Oxytocin-type substance that stimulates changes in their body. Police conducted a medical examination of syringe marks and registered a case. The officials are being questioned.”

Unknown to everyone else, this cruelty continued unchecked for months. One of the girls finally wrote to the Delhi Legal Services Authority in the first week of April, revealing what was really going on. Nine other girls sent similar complaints, which led the authorities to alert the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).

The DCW chief Swati Maliwal visited the home on April 8, and wrote to police commissioner Amulya Patnaik, telling him that the girls told her team what was really happening at the shelter. Maliwal also mentioned in her complaint that the officials locked the door and refused to let her enter when she tried to visit the girls a second time.

The police registered an FIR on April 16, and charged the officials who ran the shelter with criminal intimidation, causing harm by poisoning, criminal conspiracy and laws under the juvenile justice care and protection act.

'Clairvoyant' Who Predicted Trump Victory Claims World War 3 Will Begin on This Date

An alleged "clairvoyant" who claimed to have predicted the electoral victory of U.S. President Donald Trump last year has now come up with a new stunning prediction: the day an apocalyptic World War 3 would begin this year.

Horacio Villegas, who proclaims himself as a "supernatural being," told the Daily Star Online that Trump would become the "illuminati king" who will "bring the world into WW3."

Villegas, who lives in Texas, said he had predicted that Trump would attack Syria following the latter's attack using chemical weapons—two events that actually happened.

He predicted that the conflict would also suck in Russia, North Korea and China.

Recently, he said he had a "dream" in which he saw "balls of fire falling from the sky and hitting the Earth."

"People everywhere were running around trying to hide from this destruction," he said. "I believe these were symbolic of the nuclear missiles that will fall on cities and people throughout the world."

Villegas then made his grimmest forecast: World War 3 will erupt on May 13, 2017.

He also predicted that the war will "be over with much devastation, shock and death" on Oct. 13, 2017.

But even before May 13, he said a major "false flag," or attacks carried out to spark conflicts based on false information, will take place that "will be very, very devastating."

He said this will also involve Syria and North Korea.

Predictions of this sort are nothing new, however. They have come and gone with no harm done, except on the bruised reputation of the doomsayers.

Many of the predictions have mentioned Trump, with some even saying that the name of the U.S. president was specifically mentioned in the New Testament prophecies about the end times. They speculate that new U.S. president is "the last trump" mentioned in the Bible.

At least one biblical scholar disagrees, however.

In January, Dr. Samuel Lamerson, professor of New Testament and president of Florida's Knox Theological Seminary, told The Christian Post that such analysis is "ridiculous."

"First of all, it only works in the English language. The New Testament was written in Greek. Second of all, it only works in the King James Version and some other older translations. Many other translations will have 'trumpet' instead of 'trump,'" Lamerson said.

Historian David Montaigne pointed to two Bible passages in an online post last year that refer to "trump:"

1 Thessalonians 4:16 reads: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first."

I Corinthians 15:52 states: "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

However, Lamerson said he doubts that any credible New Testament scholar would give weight to such reading of prophecy.

Barack Obama’s Net Worth Surges After Leaving the White House, Thanks to Wall Street

There are valid reasons to be concerned by a president’s earnings, including after their tenure in the Oval Office. Where a former commander-in-chief earns his or her income–and the company they choose to keep after serving as the leader of the free world–could speak to their basic values in a way policies and legislation cannot.

So when some Americans, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, saw former President Barack Obama accepting $400,000 speeches from Wall Street, signing book deals worth $65 million and vacationing with billionaires off the coast of Tahiti in a $300 million yacht, you can bet they were perplexed.

How could it be that Obama, the smooth-talking Democratic candidate in 2008 who slammed Wall Street greed and resonated with the working class in a way his party has since been unable to authentically recreate, is living his post-presidential life like an elitist one percenter? 

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participating in the National Christmas Tree lighting in Washington, December 1, 2016. Reuters

Obama will receive an annual pension of over $200,000, after vetoing a bill passed by Congress in 2016 that would have capped each former president’s pension to that threshold. He raked in $400,000–the equivalent to his annual presidential salary–for a 90-minute interview Thursday in midtown Manhattan, where he spoke with a presidential historian on things like income inequality and civic engagement. He’s set to earn another $400,000 for a 60-minute speech during a conference hosted by the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

And he doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon: Harry Walker Agency, which represents the former president and his wife along the speaking circuit, is scheduling new appointments for the Obamas every single week.

Virtually every single president in modern American history has earned serious cash following their time in office. In fact, their years spent serving in the White House are typically their least-paid.

"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt," former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a 2014 interview with Diane Sawyer. "We struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea's education. It was not easy."

The Clintons, as well as former President George W. Bush, earned millions following their time in the peoples’ house, receiving six-figure checks for Wall Street speeches and book tours. But the Obamas are set to earn an unprecedented post-presidency income, and its alarming his critics, supporters and other Democrats alike.

"I was troubled by that," Warren said when she learned Obama was charging $400,000 for his upcoming speech. "The influence of money, I describe it as a snake that slithers through Washington."

But don’t take her word for it: Obama once told his supporters he wasn’t tied up in corporate interests or the snake-like stronghold bankers and investment firms seem to have over many elected officials in the U.S.

"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street," Obama said in 2009.

Maybe that Obama should have a talk with 2017 Obama.