A Malawi court has denied Madonna’s request to adopt 3-year-old Mercy James because Madonna is not a resident, and Malawi has ’strict residency rules concerning adoption’. 

Did Madonna relocate recently? I’m pretty sure she wasn’t a Malawi resident when she adopted David, either.

Oh well. Maybe Mercy will have a better life staying in Malawi. I’m sure I’d she’d rather grow up as an orphan in an AIDS-ravaged, impoverished country, instead of being loved, educated, and – let’s just say it – rich.

Sigh…