Here in South Africa a total of 210 rhinos have been killed in 2010 for their horns to satisfy the 'horny' (forgive the intended pun) desires of degenerates in the far east. These lunes will pay top $$$ for rhino horn because they believe it has some kind of medicinal value and the power to give them sexual prowess. Why don't these people not just chew their own hair?
Anyway, these majestic animals are being killed for nothing! And that is a shame. And, outrage against this trade is the right response! Hence, there is a call to Join the Rhino Wars.
However, why don't these people show outrage against the vicious, conscienceless killing of another sort? That of millions of human babies every year! Enough human babies are being aborted worldwide every year to have decimated the populations of some countries!
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| The proposed Gauteng number plate system |
The South African government is busy looking at the Secrecy Protection of Information Bill. I wrote about this in my post called "South Africa soon to experience its own Body Snatchers." In this post I wrote:
"The problem with any government, is that as soon as the government starts intervening in the area of the free flow of information (FFOI), it is usually (read: almost always) because the current government (political party in charge) does not like what is being said about them. When it comes to the ANC, that is exactly the case. The ANC does not have the social make-up or maturity to handle criticism well. [...]South Africa is currently at a cross-roads in more ways than one, and the issue of the freedom of the press and of the Free Flow of Information (FFoI) is but one of them. However, for the South African democracy this issue rates as one of the most important, if not the most important issue.
"A government that does not like, and cannot handle, criticism, soon turns into a totalitarianism."
There are many liberals, and neo-liberals, that want waterboarding of the enemy to be stopped as a method of interrogation because it is too hard on the enemy! Well, what about the unsuspecting TV watchers that must endure this? ⇓ Maybe this is an alternative as a method of interrogation!
As polls go, the Times Live latest poll is as misleading as most polls normally are. The poll wants to know who you will vote for as president of South Africa. They only have 3 clowns choices in their poll:
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| 9 school children died when this taxi was hit by train |
"the taxi driver raced, on the wrong side of the road, past a string of cars which had already stopped at the train crossing between the Blackheath and Melton Rose stations.Read More......
"The booms at the train crossing in Buttskop Street, Blackheath, had already been lowered to prevent motorists from driving accross[sic] the train tracks."
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| Are you next? |
| Dad killed in garage heist |
| Gran, four kids hacked to death |
| Dad takes bullet for his kids |
| Bloem businessman shot dead |
In a previous post on the strikes in South Africa I wrote:
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| Image courtesy of News24 |
"Striking in this country is never just a matter of downing tools. It inevitably leads to violence, intimidation, destruction and in several cases, death! This is a culture that the ANC bred under the previous government, and has lost control of since they took over the South African government."These strikes show the heart of a nation that is brutal, a nation with demands that show no sympathy for those that are truly in need. It is a nation that truly shows no love for its fellow citizens that are in dire need and in some cases dying. This is a nation where the plight of the poor fall on deaf ears and promises of help are just that, promises! It is a nation where promises lead to votes, as in the case of the ANC, but where the promises lead nowhere!
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| Euphoria as South Africa beat France 2-1 |
Politics is a funny thing. Sometimes hilarious, and at other times very sad! Politics is about numbers.
Politicians, by high numbers are made glad,The latest Markinor opinion poll has been released and some parties are happier than others about this opinion poll.
The same, by low numbers are made gloomy and sad.
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| ACDP President, Kenneth Meshoe |
"The Markinor results are very pleasing and show the ACDP to be growing which is not evident for other opposition parties.Read More......
"This growth confirms that the ACDP is the party of the future; we believe the DA has reached its glass ceiling and note recent comments by various political analysts who stated that the ID would have ceased to exist had it not joined up with the DA."
Fashion shows fascinate me. I cannot believe that designers make so much money from making the absolute rubbish in fashion that they call haute couture! Further, I wonder why such lovely ladies would sell their souls and dignity to wear some of the absolute hilarity that these people call fashion!
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| Image courtesy News24 |
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| John W. Whitehead |
"Yet even in our present police state, with our lives and bureaucratic structure now oriented around a fear of the next terrorist attack, the underlying principle remains the same as it was over 50 years ago--namely, can we hold onto our basic freedoms and avoid succumbing to the soul-sucking dredge of conformity that threatens our very humanity?Read More......
"This question is at the heart of director Don Siegel's 1956 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a film that not only captured the ideology and politics of its day but remains timely and relevant as it relates to the worries that plague us today.
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