My right hand has written many poems that I compose and my left hand has not written any poems. None the less, my right hand doesn't think, left hand you are useless. My right hand doesn't have any superiority complex and because of this is very happy.My left hand doesn't have any inferiority complex. That being so, in my hands exist a type of wisdom otherwise known as non discriminatory wisdom. I remember one day I was hammering a nail and my right hand was not very steady and instead of hitting the nail I hit a finger. My right hand let go of the hammer to help the left hand. It did this very tenderly, as if it was looking after itself. However it did not say “ You know what left hand, me the right hand has looked after you and you must not forget that”. Not only that you have to return me the favour in the future. My hands don't think like that and my left hand does not think “ right hand you have hurt me, give me the hammer I want justice”. Because both hands are aware that they are united and the same.
Spoken by Thich Nhat Hahn
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Friday, 27 July 2012
Wealth
www.guardian.co.uk
In total, 10 million individuals around the world hold assets offshore, according to Henry's analysis; but almost half of the minimum estimate of $21tn – $9.8tn – is owned by just 92,000 people. And that does not include the non-financial assets – art, yachts, mansions in Kensington – that many of the world's movers and shakers like to use as homes for their immense riches.
In many cases, , the total worth of these assets far exceeds the value of the overseas debts of the countries they came from.
The surveys that are used to compile the Gini coefficient "simply don't touch the super-rich," he says. "You don't pick up the multimillionaires and billionaires, and even if you do, you can't pick it up properly."
In fact, some experts believe the amount of assets being held offshore is so large that accounting for it fully would radically alter the balance of financial power between countries.
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No comment really, but this news is certainly going to shake up a lot of "establishment" ideas. Wealth doesn't trickle down, the lie we've been told and believed for years. It escapes into someone's back pocket.
In total, 10 million individuals around the world hold assets offshore, according to Henry's analysis; but almost half of the minimum estimate of $21tn – $9.8tn – is owned by just 92,000 people. And that does not include the non-financial assets – art, yachts, mansions in Kensington – that many of the world's movers and shakers like to use as homes for their immense riches.
In many cases, , the total worth of these assets far exceeds the value of the overseas debts of the countries they came from.
The surveys that are used to compile the Gini coefficient "simply don't touch the super-rich," he says. "You don't pick up the multimillionaires and billionaires, and even if you do, you can't pick it up properly."
In fact, some experts believe the amount of assets being held offshore is so large that accounting for it fully would radically alter the balance of financial power between countries.
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No comment really, but this news is certainly going to shake up a lot of "establishment" ideas. Wealth doesn't trickle down, the lie we've been told and believed for years. It escapes into someone's back pocket.
Monday, 23 July 2012
Celestial light - Amazing Blondel
Verse 1
Sparkling dew soaks the dawn grass,
Announcing the nightime's decay
Morning larks on the lawns massed
Signify a new born day
Welcomed rays that the sun casts.
Gleam brighter in every single way.
Chorus:
Now from the dismal gloom
Of nights incarcerate tomb
Shines your celestial light
Heavenly, sacred sight,
Shine on celestial light
A year's full cycle
Are dead and gone long ago
Lambs are playing Sherwood's arraying
Her leafy splendour for to show
Verse 2
You're as fresh as the daybreak
As radiant as the early morning sun
All the weathering of the years make
Your splendour a sight second to none
And mortals from their sleep will wake
To view you for a thousand years on.
Chorus
Middle 8
Cathedral's spark set light to dark
I have to thank Zeegrooves for this summary and video:
The band consisted of John Gladwin, Eddie Baird, and Terry Wincott. Wincott is the individual playing the unique wind instruments. He starts with a tenor recorder, moves to a crumhorn, and finishes off with what appears to be a bass recorder.
Friday, 20 July 2012
Steinbeck on success
"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. " - John Steinbeck
Thursday, 19 July 2012
My yacht
Really go see the other pictures, all very fun :)
I love it, perfect for the Vaal!
But look in this pic, at the boat behind it .... o_O
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Mandela day?
Fuck that. If one more moron comes up to me with the stupid smile and gushing lies about one of the many hideous men history has known, i will punch them in the face ... for mandela day of course.
He planted a bomb in a train station, and preferred to sit in prison rather than renounce violence. He then sold out to the st johns cabal and was richly rewarded for his efforts. I still cannot grasp what he has done to warrant such subservience? Forgiven "us"? Don't be stupid, he neither forgave nor needed to. You don't have to forgive your captives.
I've posted images before on this blog of thabo and nelson and frederick and a few others all in their pretty little dresses. You know the black one with white crosses and all that other esoteric crap thrown in for measure? South Africa was worked over solidly, again by britain. Traitors in the ranks keep undermining the boere, and sadly the bantu don't even care about values, raw power and luxury for them please.
Funny, old mango was actually a man of principal, and couldn't be bought. Cost him the presidency and all the glory and power that followed.
If nelson is so cool why has he NEVER spoken out against anything done in the name of the anc, even when they fragrantly disregarded any of his so called values? He has no values, an empty eggshell painted pretty, and every single retard in the world loves him.
My hatred for the phenomenon has only increased over time, mostly because; it's obviously a psyop , everybody i know fell for it, and everybody i know is still controlled by it. Yes controlled, like a pavlovian dog that drools at the sound of a bell, south africans have a similar control loss when nelson's name is mentioned.
It is such a phenomenal mindfuck that 18 years of torture and plunder and rape of the country still produces starry eyed wonder at the architects. It's such a clear example of how messed up our thinking is, not only messed, but opposing, and to me clear evidence of external factors influencing our collective unconscious. That we have nothing but "love" for this man who led the decay that now leaves matrics unable to read or count, and our hospitals as death traps, and our country in ruins. Thanks madiba for your wonderful leadership of criminals and fakes, and for letting them do whatever they pleased. Not really a good father to his "kids", more like an absent businessman. Always buying great presents, but never there.
Now, forget 67 minutes you lazy fucks, go out there put in a little bit more effort than that ok? There's real problems out there thanks to this egg.
EDIT: Yeah this is one of my issues ok? But then i read this statement here:
"Nelson Mandela, on the other hand, spent 27 years in jail for our freedom –"
Written by none other than Jay Naidooo. All very sweet and all that, but no he fucking didn't. He spent 27 years in prison for planting a bomb in a train station. There's a vast fucking difference between "our freedom" and "our safety", and if you don't know the difference you're a fucking retard. Why i get so angry is this isn't a small lie, it's a massive inter-generation wives tale that completely dismisses the real history of the "struggle". The struggle was NOT won militarily, nor single handedly, NOR even by the bloody anc. It was won partly by the personal decisions of many millions of people, as well as a confidence trick half way through. The ONLY reason the anc was selected was because they were considered trustworthy to the international community. And you only have to view our voting record at the UN to understand that the money poured into the anc has been a very good investment.
He planted a bomb in a train station, and preferred to sit in prison rather than renounce violence. He then sold out to the st johns cabal and was richly rewarded for his efforts. I still cannot grasp what he has done to warrant such subservience? Forgiven "us"? Don't be stupid, he neither forgave nor needed to. You don't have to forgive your captives.
I've posted images before on this blog of thabo and nelson and frederick and a few others all in their pretty little dresses. You know the black one with white crosses and all that other esoteric crap thrown in for measure? South Africa was worked over solidly, again by britain. Traitors in the ranks keep undermining the boere, and sadly the bantu don't even care about values, raw power and luxury for them please.
Funny, old mango was actually a man of principal, and couldn't be bought. Cost him the presidency and all the glory and power that followed.
If nelson is so cool why has he NEVER spoken out against anything done in the name of the anc, even when they fragrantly disregarded any of his so called values? He has no values, an empty eggshell painted pretty, and every single retard in the world loves him.
My hatred for the phenomenon has only increased over time, mostly because; it's obviously a psyop , everybody i know fell for it, and everybody i know is still controlled by it. Yes controlled, like a pavlovian dog that drools at the sound of a bell, south africans have a similar control loss when nelson's name is mentioned.
It is such a phenomenal mindfuck that 18 years of torture and plunder and rape of the country still produces starry eyed wonder at the architects. It's such a clear example of how messed up our thinking is, not only messed, but opposing, and to me clear evidence of external factors influencing our collective unconscious. That we have nothing but "love" for this man who led the decay that now leaves matrics unable to read or count, and our hospitals as death traps, and our country in ruins. Thanks madiba for your wonderful leadership of criminals and fakes, and for letting them do whatever they pleased. Not really a good father to his "kids", more like an absent businessman. Always buying great presents, but never there.
Now, forget 67 minutes you lazy fucks, go out there put in a little bit more effort than that ok? There's real problems out there thanks to this egg.
EDIT: Yeah this is one of my issues ok? But then i read this statement here:
"Nelson Mandela, on the other hand, spent 27 years in jail for our freedom –"
Written by none other than Jay Naidooo. All very sweet and all that, but no he fucking didn't. He spent 27 years in prison for planting a bomb in a train station. There's a vast fucking difference between "our freedom" and "our safety", and if you don't know the difference you're a fucking retard. Why i get so angry is this isn't a small lie, it's a massive inter-generation wives tale that completely dismisses the real history of the "struggle". The struggle was NOT won militarily, nor single handedly, NOR even by the bloody anc. It was won partly by the personal decisions of many millions of people, as well as a confidence trick half way through. The ONLY reason the anc was selected was because they were considered trustworthy to the international community. And you only have to view our voting record at the UN to understand that the money poured into the anc has been a very good investment.
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
We must do away with ...
Brilliance in society is born directly from leasure time. How much do you have?
Mechanomotor
VroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooM!!!
That's my little boy's handiwork :D
I'll take better pics tonight if i can, light is awful for this one, but i had to share :D
Monday, 16 July 2012
In case you were wondering
Friday, 13 July 2012
A week
I realised i hadn't posted anything this week ... at all. Guess my mind has been in neutral to some degree, but so much going at the moment, i'm just focusing on keeping everything in perspective. Too many things i can't do anything about, and those i can do something about seem ... unduly difficult. But we're used to that of course.
Bikes bikes bikes bikes bikes ... is about all i actually want to think about, and about the only thing i can share right now. So many things laying half open in my mind ... but we can't discuss them yet.
And something i found which is going to get a lot more attention is this fantastic webpage on how engines work:
http://www.animatedengines.com/ <----For geeks only ;-)
EDIT: I forgot to thank the good folks at: http://garageprojectmotorcycles.tumblr.com/ for their inspiring collection!
Bikes bikes bikes bikes bikes ... is about all i actually want to think about, and about the only thing i can share right now. So many things laying half open in my mind ... but we can't discuss them yet.
http://www.animatedengines.com/ <----For geeks only ;-)
EDIT: I forgot to thank the good folks at: http://garageprojectmotorcycles.tumblr.com/ for their inspiring collection!
Friday, 6 July 2012
My peace
What an unbelievable morning!
That's how i feel today. I think i'm calm now, purged the clinging smell of death. This is a seriously faktap place we live in though. Cape Town was known by the Xhoisan as "The place where clouds gather" ... joburg should be christened "The place of grey death".
Keep it safe out there all of you.
peace and love
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Friday morning memorial ride
After some thought, i've come to the conclusion that something, anything must be done to address this ongoing suicidal insanity masquerading as commuting to work safely.
Friday monring at 7, i'll be leaving BP Beyers Naude for a clockwise rush hour lane split around the N1 / N3 around Joburg. It's partly memorial run, partly an attention seeking exercise aimed at those bikers who continue to use the emergency lane, as well as the cars who still don't clearly understand a damn thing.
I'm inviting everyone, although typically expecting none ... so great is the apathy. Think Bike just ignored my suggestion, preferring to whinge about how nice it would be to have a large corporate sponsorship. The irony flows like the rivers of babylon.
So, got 2 wheels? Come ride with. It's seriously overdue that someone does something ... and if i'm the only damn person left standing so be it. I'll do it alone ... as i've ridden that route alone for over 4 years now.
Why am i so damned bitter about this? So bitter about the BIKERS in SA? Despite all the effort i put in to just ... help keep guys safe, they don't want it. They don't want anything except a bottle and a throttle ...
Friday monring at 7, i'll be leaving BP Beyers Naude for a clockwise rush hour lane split around the N1 / N3 around Joburg. It's partly memorial run, partly an attention seeking exercise aimed at those bikers who continue to use the emergency lane, as well as the cars who still don't clearly understand a damn thing.
I'm inviting everyone, although typically expecting none ... so great is the apathy. Think Bike just ignored my suggestion, preferring to whinge about how nice it would be to have a large corporate sponsorship. The irony flows like the rivers of babylon.
So, got 2 wheels? Come ride with. It's seriously overdue that someone does something ... and if i'm the only damn person left standing so be it. I'll do it alone ... as i've ridden that route alone for over 4 years now.
Why am i so damned bitter about this? So bitter about the BIKERS in SA? Despite all the effort i put in to just ... help keep guys safe, they don't want it. They don't want anything except a bottle and a throttle ...
My body is made of sunshine
Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics. You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded. Because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars. And the only way they could get into your body is if the stars were kind enough to explode.
Monday, 2 July 2012
Biker down
After spending time at the 1000 bikes show this weekend, which was a huge success, this morning brought a brutal reminder of the other side of biking.
N1 North, just before 8, a black vmax was heading along the emergency lane (white-next to fast lane) when he struck a car that was being pushed after breaking down. I stopped and cleared some of the debris out the road, while other bikers were doing cpr ... after a while they stopped and covered him.
I never saw his face thankfully, white guy, 30's, he had a big bunch of keys and remotes.
I have to write this, so if you're feeling squeamish just .... look the other way.
The silver polo was stopped in the right hand lane, its right front wheel had been smashed in, and was lying askew, the corner of the car had also been smashed off. marks against the concrete barrier showed that the bike had hit the car and the barrier in close order, a lot of plastic debris littered the area.
The rider was about 30m past that, on his back, in the fast lane, with the bike on it's side about 20m past that. The bike was broken, and had slid along the tar so hard that it had ground away the engine casing, dropping oil and gears and metal parts covering the 2 right hand lanes. Along the tar lay plastic and metal and shoes and gloves and helmets. I can still feel the explosion of plastic and metal that must have occurred, i could almost hear the sickening crunch and scream of metal ... it was just ... that obvious.
Dead. They guy was lying there dead. One of the brave and few, dead. I'm stuck on that word, dead, it's just ... like a full stop. It carries with it the weight of silence. Stupid dead .. which carries the weight of my anger. He killed himself through reckless arrogance and thoughtlessness. Too fast ... way too fast ... wrong place ... he shouldn't have been there ... his helmet come off ... his shoes, gloves, helmet, keys, socks ... i've seen it before in accidents ... where the "victim" is sitting there in bare feet or torn socks, and looking utterly ridiculous. A grown man lying dead on the highway with no shoes on.
And pulling away after, the impatient cagers, irritated at their own pathetic weakness and inability to get where they're going ..... my anger nearly boiled over at their ignorance stupidity and arrogance. I have to go back to the scene ... i don't know why ... settle my own restless mind i think. Maybe it's time for me to put some A3 posters up like i've been threatening to ... suicide lane, emergency ONLY, whatever it takes to get these people's attention.
Sadly before i arrived at the scene i was fuming about those guys riding down the emergency lane, they're scaring the cars over into the biker lane again, narrowing the biker lane, and slowing me down even more, while they fly along at STUPIDLY inappropriate speeds ... years of work on my part (and others) is being undone ... and people are dying for lack of knowledge.
N1 North, just before 8, a black vmax was heading along the emergency lane (white-next to fast lane) when he struck a car that was being pushed after breaking down. I stopped and cleared some of the debris out the road, while other bikers were doing cpr ... after a while they stopped and covered him.
I never saw his face thankfully, white guy, 30's, he had a big bunch of keys and remotes.
I have to write this, so if you're feeling squeamish just .... look the other way.
The silver polo was stopped in the right hand lane, its right front wheel had been smashed in, and was lying askew, the corner of the car had also been smashed off. marks against the concrete barrier showed that the bike had hit the car and the barrier in close order, a lot of plastic debris littered the area.
The rider was about 30m past that, on his back, in the fast lane, with the bike on it's side about 20m past that. The bike was broken, and had slid along the tar so hard that it had ground away the engine casing, dropping oil and gears and metal parts covering the 2 right hand lanes. Along the tar lay plastic and metal and shoes and gloves and helmets. I can still feel the explosion of plastic and metal that must have occurred, i could almost hear the sickening crunch and scream of metal ... it was just ... that obvious.
Dead. They guy was lying there dead. One of the brave and few, dead. I'm stuck on that word, dead, it's just ... like a full stop. It carries with it the weight of silence. Stupid dead .. which carries the weight of my anger. He killed himself through reckless arrogance and thoughtlessness. Too fast ... way too fast ... wrong place ... he shouldn't have been there ... his helmet come off ... his shoes, gloves, helmet, keys, socks ... i've seen it before in accidents ... where the "victim" is sitting there in bare feet or torn socks, and looking utterly ridiculous. A grown man lying dead on the highway with no shoes on.
And pulling away after, the impatient cagers, irritated at their own pathetic weakness and inability to get where they're going ..... my anger nearly boiled over at their ignorance stupidity and arrogance. I have to go back to the scene ... i don't know why ... settle my own restless mind i think. Maybe it's time for me to put some A3 posters up like i've been threatening to ... suicide lane, emergency ONLY, whatever it takes to get these people's attention.
Sadly before i arrived at the scene i was fuming about those guys riding down the emergency lane, they're scaring the cars over into the biker lane again, narrowing the biker lane, and slowing me down even more, while they fly along at STUPIDLY inappropriate speeds ... years of work on my part (and others) is being undone ... and people are dying for lack of knowledge.
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