Since we live in an internet culture of hate, and I've used common words that sometimes trigger a minority, I advise you to not use my opinion piece as an excuse for hating Jews. Please make meaningful comments. You're also encouraged to argue against my opinion of the DA and the foreign agencies I criticise. I'd be interested to know if such argument exists.
I can't argue with your logic,Mike. We can look at whom we're not allowed to speak of. The jews are too easy of a target right now. So I'll pass on setting ducks and think of whom we cannot blame. The old school NAZIs and the Neo-NAZIs are also easy targets. Whom is not? The WEF & and the Royal Family.Hillery Clinton? Or we could start with the guest list for Epstine Island.
We can howl at the moon forever and still not see Epstine's client list.
Great article, informative. South Africa is definitely 'in play' in the return of great power politics. The world will split between those countries who can defend an element of 'strategic autonomy' and those that can't. Can you defend your currency? Can you defend your economy? CAn you defend your borders? Can you protect and control your media? Can you prevent a color revolution? Can you deal with ethnic/religious/regional insurrections? Can civilian government protect against a coup? Can you protect your debt? Can you ensure energy security? If you can do these things, you can remain with some autonomy; if you can't you are destined to be a vassal.
Read on Energy News Beat that south Africa is ranked 8th in the world for its untapped Shale Natural Gas reserves. Current global energy trends towards development of NG has placed s. Africa on a collision course with big oil interest whom are currently courting your president for lucrative deals?
Thanks Mike for that video, interesting geology similar to east central Washington State where I ride my bike, sure wouldn't mind having that wonderfully wholesome woman as a riding partner!
She's terrific, a strong go-getter. By coincidence, I watched that this morning. Maybe it's a good idea, next week, to post the best of her trip here, and catch a breath away from politics.
Lately I have been reading Energy as a suitable alternative to politics and war, although I am discovering all three are interwoven in many aspects. Your highlighting S. Africa people, culture and natural resources are of particular interest. Corruption aside, It seems to me s. African people are well grounded and future prospects very promising.
I'm pretty sure that a man reading Energy isn't dating Emma Stone. That criticism aside, I wish I had your optimism. Half our country is unemployed, more people are on welfare than employed, none of the known major criminal politicians have been jailed, water and power cuts every week, and a proclivity for violence always increases before elections. On the bright side, we've got great weather.
An interesting article. I think Democratic Alliance (DA) has no chance of taking power in South Africa since its support base is mostly limited to the Western Cape Province and some minor outlying areas.
With regards to antisemitism, last year, I had a guy spamming the comment sections of all my articles with the usual anti-jewish hate nonsense. I simply deleted all his comments and banned him from further commentary. Criticizing Israel and Zionism is okay in my books, but anybody who tries to tell me that "Elders of Zion" forgery is accurate or that "Jews are evil" earns an immediate ban from commenting on my blog
The DA and its mini-me partners will have a shot at controlling major centres outside of the Western Cape. Money has been pushed into black versions of the DA to try counter the voters the DA was losing.
The ANC deserves criticism, but the DA is corrupt too, except that foreign funded Media won't report it.
The ANC will, rightfully, also lose votes but I don't imagine it being as bad as the polls, especially from Brenthurst, which is run by the same family funding the opposition parties, says it'll be.
You probably had the same guy I had a problem with. I made a point to complain about him whenever I saw him on pages of others. He was hijacking anti-Zionist issues to promote his Nazism, which, to me are peas in the same immoral pod. And the pages that never banned him, I unsubscribed from.
I agree. The fact that ANC has been in charge for 3 decades without any serious political challenge has also helped corruption to fester. Unfortunately, DA is not the answer to the problem. You may or may not agree, but I also think the same about Julius Malema's EFF, with its incendiary racial rhetoric, and its inability to break out of its fixed seven-percent share of the electoral vote.
BANNED ANTISEMITIC READER:
That reader was posting antisemitic comments under articles that did not even mention Israel or Jews. He posted the same anti-Jewish essay-length comments under different articles dealing with Gabon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Niger Republic and Zimbabwe. When he posted the same antisemitic comment in an old article discussing Somalia and Somaliland, I just blocked him
I support no party. I gave evidence against the DA, only to have the EFF, VF+ and ANC protect them. Politics is not what people think it is i.e. it's about ensuring inequality and elitism, not fulfilling marketed ideology. It's consequently unsurprising that, at one stage, parties with radically conflicting ideologies, tried to recruit me. It's a power game, a selfish game, and I'm frightened for my country and disappointed at the future I imagine. Every week, I'm nearer to quitting, and I probably will sooner than later. It's impossible to fight well-funded power with microscopic words.
SAME GUY
Clarence Wilhelm Spangle. His only goal was to get people to sign up to his hate myth page.
About quitting, where would you go? Unfortunately, party politics everywhere in the world is a corrupt mess. Ruling elites in most countries are crooks
Yep, 30 years ago, there were global options, but the middle class is vanishing, and troubles are almost everywhere. It's not like the average South African could emigrate. And what is "average" when everyone I know is struggling.
Politicians destroyed me, so worse for me. My travel could be away from the laptop towards a walk, a beer, a book - gosh, can't recall when last I read a fiction book.
And tougher times ahead. Maybe I should make a spear and some homemade pepper spray. There's a hobby for wannabe intellectuals :)
At least I live in a mixed colour and income area. Sure, we have our druggies, mostly white, and our alcoholics, mostly black, but we weren't as deep in trouble as the cities when they rioted in 2021. Sure, malls attacked in three directions, but only one car got burnt in our suburb. We get watershedding occasionally, but loadshedding is rare (because they can't replace the parts that break in our substation when they turn the power back on).
Since we live in an internet culture of hate, and I've used common words that sometimes trigger a minority, I advise you to not use my opinion piece as an excuse for hating Jews. Please make meaningful comments. You're also encouraged to argue against my opinion of the DA and the foreign agencies I criticise. I'd be interested to know if such argument exists.
I can't argue with your logic,Mike. We can look at whom we're not allowed to speak of. The jews are too easy of a target right now. So I'll pass on setting ducks and think of whom we cannot blame. The old school NAZIs and the Neo-NAZIs are also easy targets. Whom is not? The WEF & and the Royal Family.Hillery Clinton? Or we could start with the guest list for Epstine Island.
We can howl at the moon forever and still not see Epstine's client list.
Until we can name the villans, we can't win.
We win by cutting off their food sources.
We don't even know what they use for currency.
Well, if we name a villain, and there's no way to ensure consequence for villainy, we have the original problem.
Ah,that's what guillotines are for.
'Foreign policy' is guillotining us.
Great article, informative. South Africa is definitely 'in play' in the return of great power politics. The world will split between those countries who can defend an element of 'strategic autonomy' and those that can't. Can you defend your currency? Can you defend your economy? CAn you defend your borders? Can you protect and control your media? Can you prevent a color revolution? Can you deal with ethnic/religious/regional insurrections? Can civilian government protect against a coup? Can you protect your debt? Can you ensure energy security? If you can do these things, you can remain with some autonomy; if you can't you are destined to be a vassal.
Always appreciative of people reading my sweat.
Regards autonomy, no or debatable on all those issues :(
Read on Energy News Beat that south Africa is ranked 8th in the world for its untapped Shale Natural Gas reserves. Current global energy trends towards development of NG has placed s. Africa on a collision course with big oil interest whom are currently courting your president for lucrative deals?
The problem is that the arid Karoo area, though mostly empty of humans, has wildlife relying on the groundwater. Here's a fun way to see this part of the country - https://youtu.be/lUClsZCLU9Y?list=PL8M9dV_BySaUDASnfKSmm_DNlvdeP6cSc
Thanks Mike for that video, interesting geology similar to east central Washington State where I ride my bike, sure wouldn't mind having that wonderfully wholesome woman as a riding partner!
She's terrific, a strong go-getter. By coincidence, I watched that this morning. Maybe it's a good idea, next week, to post the best of her trip here, and catch a breath away from politics.
Lately I have been reading Energy as a suitable alternative to politics and war, although I am discovering all three are interwoven in many aspects. Your highlighting S. Africa people, culture and natural resources are of particular interest. Corruption aside, It seems to me s. African people are well grounded and future prospects very promising.
I'm pretty sure that a man reading Energy isn't dating Emma Stone. That criticism aside, I wish I had your optimism. Half our country is unemployed, more people are on welfare than employed, none of the known major criminal politicians have been jailed, water and power cuts every week, and a proclivity for violence always increases before elections. On the bright side, we've got great weather.
An interesting article. I think Democratic Alliance (DA) has no chance of taking power in South Africa since its support base is mostly limited to the Western Cape Province and some minor outlying areas.
With regards to antisemitism, last year, I had a guy spamming the comment sections of all my articles with the usual anti-jewish hate nonsense. I simply deleted all his comments and banned him from further commentary. Criticizing Israel and Zionism is okay in my books, but anybody who tries to tell me that "Elders of Zion" forgery is accurate or that "Jews are evil" earns an immediate ban from commenting on my blog
The DA and its mini-me partners will have a shot at controlling major centres outside of the Western Cape. Money has been pushed into black versions of the DA to try counter the voters the DA was losing.
The ANC deserves criticism, but the DA is corrupt too, except that foreign funded Media won't report it.
The ANC will, rightfully, also lose votes but I don't imagine it being as bad as the polls, especially from Brenthurst, which is run by the same family funding the opposition parties, says it'll be.
You probably had the same guy I had a problem with. I made a point to complain about him whenever I saw him on pages of others. He was hijacking anti-Zionist issues to promote his Nazism, which, to me are peas in the same immoral pod. And the pages that never banned him, I unsubscribed from.
ABOUT THE ANC:
I agree. The fact that ANC has been in charge for 3 decades without any serious political challenge has also helped corruption to fester. Unfortunately, DA is not the answer to the problem. You may or may not agree, but I also think the same about Julius Malema's EFF, with its incendiary racial rhetoric, and its inability to break out of its fixed seven-percent share of the electoral vote.
BANNED ANTISEMITIC READER:
That reader was posting antisemitic comments under articles that did not even mention Israel or Jews. He posted the same anti-Jewish essay-length comments under different articles dealing with Gabon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Niger Republic and Zimbabwe. When he posted the same antisemitic comment in an old article discussing Somalia and Somaliland, I just blocked him
I support no party. I gave evidence against the DA, only to have the EFF, VF+ and ANC protect them. Politics is not what people think it is i.e. it's about ensuring inequality and elitism, not fulfilling marketed ideology. It's consequently unsurprising that, at one stage, parties with radically conflicting ideologies, tried to recruit me. It's a power game, a selfish game, and I'm frightened for my country and disappointed at the future I imagine. Every week, I'm nearer to quitting, and I probably will sooner than later. It's impossible to fight well-funded power with microscopic words.
SAME GUY
Clarence Wilhelm Spangle. His only goal was to get people to sign up to his hate myth page.
Yes, that is him
About quitting, where would you go? Unfortunately, party politics everywhere in the world is a corrupt mess. Ruling elites in most countries are crooks
Yep, 30 years ago, there were global options, but the middle class is vanishing, and troubles are almost everywhere. It's not like the average South African could emigrate. And what is "average" when everyone I know is struggling.
Politicians destroyed me, so worse for me. My travel could be away from the laptop towards a walk, a beer, a book - gosh, can't recall when last I read a fiction book.
And tougher times ahead. Maybe I should make a spear and some homemade pepper spray. There's a hobby for wannabe intellectuals :)
At least I live in a mixed colour and income area. Sure, we have our druggies, mostly white, and our alcoholics, mostly black, but we weren't as deep in trouble as the cities when they rioted in 2021. Sure, malls attacked in three directions, but only one car got burnt in our suburb. We get watershedding occasionally, but loadshedding is rare (because they can't replace the parts that break in our substation when they turn the power back on).