COMMUTE ON YOUR SCOOT 2008
Oh yes me ole buckos, it’s that time of the year again. The chill of winter has gone. Buds are blossoming, lambs are frolicking and it’s time to dust the cobwebs off the bike and get ready for summer. As Spike Milligan wrote:
Grass is green
Nuts are brown
Skirts up
Panties down.
Friday 3 October is the day on which all South African bikers are encouraged to ride to work by bike and there are so many good reasons to do just that. In case you hadn’t noticed the traffic congestion is getting worse by the day. Petrol prices are astronomical. So what’s the answer? The answer is to Commute on Your Scoot.
Friday 3 October is also National Bikers’ Day, just like Mothers’ Day and Youth Day and all the other national days. It just hasn’t been ratified by parliament yet. Nor has it been presented to parliament and probably never will be but that’s no reason not to ride to work. Just do it!
It’s also the day on which THINK BIKE will be TAKING IT TO THE STREETS with a massive pamphlet and sticker handout to motorists around the country but mainly in Gauteng.
Around the country bike clubs will be organizing social events after work on Friday. So if you’re an El Presidento then get your maats together and organize an opskop and get the other local clubs to join you.
There are no badges, no rules, no committees, no prizes, no sponsors and certainly no good excuses not to ride to work by bike.
If you want to publicize the jol you are organizing for Commute on Your Scoot then contact the webmasters at:
www.bikesa.net
www.thinkbike.co.za
www.deadmen.co.za
Similarly, if you’re looking for news on jols in your area then visit those websites.
The BIG JOBURG JOL will be at The Baron Sandton, corner of Protea and Rivonia Roads. From Sandton City ride 500m on Rivonia towards Rosebank and the Baron is on your left. Dedicated bike parking. Music and DVDs played at heart stopping volume by the well known One For The Road rally truck Mustang Sally. Special beer prices for bikers. This is a party you do not want to miss. Pull in Cuzzins. Let’s just hope that it doesn’t hose down this year like it did last year……
Diarise it NOW. Commute on Your Scoot. Friday 3 October 2008.
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Aquila ... when is that tyre coming on?
Friday, 26 September 2008
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Giving thanks
This year has been hard for us, for most of the people i know in fact. Just, life happens, you know?
But despite this, the universe has this way with life. The wheel in the sky goes round and round ... karma, the real lady justice.
We've been adopted by an old couple .... they have a black adopted kid (she can't have kids) and they spoil him rotten, nice kid too. They stepped into a breach they saw, and are just helping where they can. till trying to seel the audi, he made some calls. My son wore out his school shoes in the first half the year, and we just haven't gotten round to it. They bought him shoes. When someone gives you something, and you get told "accept it with the joy with which it is given" you can only smile and accept, and be glad that things aren't always bad, and sometimes good things happen for no reason at all.
Our microwave oven blew a while ago, and while i don't like them, i'm told they're very useful. My mom got given one as a performance reward at her work and handed hers to us to use.
Even petrol has been scarce for us, yet still my bike has juice in it, and wifey's car has a full tank. I try and volunteer my help as much as possible, literally any excuse to ride, and NOTHING pees me off more than not having petrol.
Somehow people just WANT to give me 50 bucks for my trouble. I can't complain, and never expect it, this is from them to me. Thank you ... sincerely.
My kids are all wonderful, if a little fustrating, but honestly they are all good kids, trying to be their best, because they love me. I have to set the rules and limits, and enforce them too, but they know that. I tell them being dad is a job, with rules. I speak to them, explain to them. They ask me questions all the time, and it tes great pleasure to sit and unfold a concept for their inspection.
When i can, i log onto the internet, and support my answers with facts and pictures. Like the time Dylan asked: " has anyne ever picked up a stone that was valuable, and the "Cullinan diamond" came up. A diamond that was as big as a brick, converted to some of the most valuable jewels in the world. I helpedDylan understand the story.
When i'm busy messing in my garage, and my eldest daughter comes in and sits down, " I'm so happy you're my father" .... makes me want to cry with joy.
Wifey .... log suffering dear soul .... you are so good to me, and despite all my crap, i still love you very much.
Reminds me somewhat of the opening lines of "A Tale of Two Cities" ...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
Reading it again, it sums up our current state of affairs perfectly.
Peace and love, and thanks too!!
But despite this, the universe has this way with life. The wheel in the sky goes round and round ... karma, the real lady justice.
We've been adopted by an old couple .... they have a black adopted kid (she can't have kids) and they spoil him rotten, nice kid too. They stepped into a breach they saw, and are just helping where they can. till trying to seel the audi, he made some calls. My son wore out his school shoes in the first half the year, and we just haven't gotten round to it. They bought him shoes. When someone gives you something, and you get told "accept it with the joy with which it is given" you can only smile and accept, and be glad that things aren't always bad, and sometimes good things happen for no reason at all.
Our microwave oven blew a while ago, and while i don't like them, i'm told they're very useful. My mom got given one as a performance reward at her work and handed hers to us to use.
Even petrol has been scarce for us, yet still my bike has juice in it, and wifey's car has a full tank. I try and volunteer my help as much as possible, literally any excuse to ride, and NOTHING pees me off more than not having petrol.
Somehow people just WANT to give me 50 bucks for my trouble. I can't complain, and never expect it, this is from them to me. Thank you ... sincerely.
My kids are all wonderful, if a little fustrating, but honestly they are all good kids, trying to be their best, because they love me. I have to set the rules and limits, and enforce them too, but they know that. I tell them being dad is a job, with rules. I speak to them, explain to them. They ask me questions all the time, and it tes great pleasure to sit and unfold a concept for their inspection.
When i can, i log onto the internet, and support my answers with facts and pictures. Like the time Dylan asked: " has anyne ever picked up a stone that was valuable, and the "Cullinan diamond" came up. A diamond that was as big as a brick, converted to some of the most valuable jewels in the world. I helpedDylan understand the story.
When i'm busy messing in my garage, and my eldest daughter comes in and sits down, " I'm so happy you're my father" .... makes me want to cry with joy.
Wifey .... log suffering dear soul .... you are so good to me, and despite all my crap, i still love you very much.
Reminds me somewhat of the opening lines of "A Tale of Two Cities" ...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
Reading it again, it sums up our current state of affairs perfectly.
Peace and love, and thanks too!!
Tattoed Millionaires
I was at a Harley bash this weekend out in Fourways. Something about the whole thing just seemed wrong somehow. These guys looked the part, but it was a facade, and behind the party something niggled me. These guys weren't bikers, they were loud, brash, and all that, but somehow .... *shrug*
Anyways, a song jumped out of my archives and it hit me. They were the Tattoed Millionaires of which Mr Dickinson spoke. You and all your entourage - to me youre all the same ... says it [i]perfectly[/i]
I'd like to edicate this song to the Harley Owners Group of South Africa.
Tattooed boys with expensive toys
Living in a bubble of sin
Money can buy you most of anything
Fix your nose or the mess youre in
Front page news, you can share your views
With a population (that) wants to be like you
Out on the strip, out on the tiles
Same old greed behind the p.r. smiles
You and all your entourage - to me youre all the same
You and all your entourage - playing foolish games
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
Hes got a wife - she aint no brain child
Ex-mud queen of miami
In his stretch cadillac he keeps her in the back
With his cd player and his bottle of jack
L.A. dude, L.A. attitude
Laid back, selfish, and getting fat
Bodyguards, porn stars, gold credit cards
Using each other - running for cover
You and all your entourage - to me youre all the same
You and all your entourage - playing foolish games
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
Anyways, a song jumped out of my archives and it hit me. They were the Tattoed Millionaires of which Mr Dickinson spoke. You and all your entourage - to me youre all the same ... says it [i]perfectly[/i]
I'd like to edicate this song to the Harley Owners Group of South Africa.
Tattooed boys with expensive toys
Living in a bubble of sin
Money can buy you most of anything
Fix your nose or the mess youre in
Front page news, you can share your views
With a population (that) wants to be like you
Out on the strip, out on the tiles
Same old greed behind the p.r. smiles
You and all your entourage - to me youre all the same
You and all your entourage - playing foolish games
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
Hes got a wife - she aint no brain child
Ex-mud queen of miami
In his stretch cadillac he keeps her in the back
With his cd player and his bottle of jack
L.A. dude, L.A. attitude
Laid back, selfish, and getting fat
Bodyguards, porn stars, gold credit cards
Using each other - running for cover
You and all your entourage - to me youre all the same
You and all your entourage - playing foolish games
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
I dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed millionaire
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Business as usual
There's no crisis - ANC
23/09/2008 16:12 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The African National Congress said on Tuesday the string of Cabinet resignations was not a crisis.
"There is no crisis. Things will be going as normal," secretary-general Gwede Mantashe told reporters in Johannesburg.
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NOTHING IS NORMAL. RESIGNATION OF A THIRD OF THE CABINET IS NOT NORMAL.
Hiding their heads in the sand is, for the ANC, normal.
23/09/2008 16:12 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The African National Congress said on Tuesday the string of Cabinet resignations was not a crisis.
"There is no crisis. Things will be going as normal," secretary-general Gwede Mantashe told reporters in Johannesburg.
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NOTHING IS NORMAL. RESIGNATION OF A THIRD OF THE CABINET IS NOT NORMAL.
Hiding their heads in the sand is, for the ANC, normal.
Confused
Re Manuel and that other one :
"They are both appointed by the President of the Republic to serve the country and are duty-bound to resign given the resignation of Thabo Mbeki," she said.
So what's the difference between the OFFICE of the president and the president?
A presidential pardon doesn't become invalid because the president quits. The same goes for an presidential appointee.
By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes.
Same for thabo who gave the best speech of his career right at the end. Thank you for leaving us ... with all your crap thabo ...
Apart from Manuel, the ministers who have resigned are: Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad; and the Ministers of defence, Mosiuoa Lekota; intelligence, Ronnie Kasrils; correctional services, Ngconde Balfour; public enterprises, Alec Erwin; science and technology, Mosibudi Mangena; public works, Thoko Didiza; provincial and local government, Sydney Mufamadi; and public service and administration, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.
Good riddance to the lot of them, petty thieves and liars the lot.
"They are both appointed by the President of the Republic to serve the country and are duty-bound to resign given the resignation of Thabo Mbeki," she said.
So what's the difference between the OFFICE of the president and the president?
A presidential pardon doesn't become invalid because the president quits. The same goes for an presidential appointee.
By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes.
Same for thabo who gave the best speech of his career right at the end. Thank you for leaving us ... with all your crap thabo ...
Apart from Manuel, the ministers who have resigned are: Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad; and the Ministers of defence, Mosiuoa Lekota; intelligence, Ronnie Kasrils; correctional services, Ngconde Balfour; public enterprises, Alec Erwin; science and technology, Mosibudi Mangena; public works, Thoko Didiza; provincial and local government, Sydney Mufamadi; and public service and administration, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.
Good riddance to the lot of them, petty thieves and liars the lot.
Cycle Sol
Taken from The Design Blog
Design Status: The Cycle Sol is a concept that aims to revolutionize the general derided and strenuous opinion of commuting on cycles.
Insight:
I understand that commuting via a bicycle leaves zero carbon footprint, but pedaling a two-wheeler to longer destinations or all day through can take a toll on your body. As all of us aren’t as physically fit nor does our diet include healthy, energizing food like the participants of Tour de France. So for the present day commuters, Miroslav Miljevic has conceptualized a solar powered bicycle. Dubbed as Cycle Sol, this chic and green vehicle will lure all the folks who toy with the idea of cycling but steer clear of implementing it due to sheer absence of stylish user-friendly options. A perfect fusion of electric bike and pedal powered cycle, the Sol come fitted with a roof that not only protects the user from the harshness of the sun but also optimizes the sun’s energy to juice up the vehicle.
Usability: Targeting all the youth travelers, Miroslav aims to highlight the need to stimulate people to opt for eco-friendly vehicles that score high on form as well function. However I am a bit skeptical of the handles on the sides. Wonder if the user will be comfortable to stabilize this two-wheeler in the same way as the typical steering on the front wheel of common cycles. Also we can do with double-seater option too.
Monday, 22 September 2008
Hitch hiker
Fan hitch-hikes in wheelchair
21/09/2008 23:03 - (SA)
Gloria Edwards, Beeld
Johannesburg - A man in a wheelchair "hitch-hiked" from Nelspruit to Kempton Park to see his Paralympic heroes.
When Pieter van der Westhuizen, 57, heard the SA Paralympic team would arrive at O R Tambo Airport early on Saturday morning, he decided that nothing would stop him getting there.
He started "hitch-hiking" from Nelspruit at 02:00 on Saturday morning so that he could get to the airport on time.
"Good Samaritans helped me. I got three lifts to the airport.
"One was from Nelspruit to Witbank, then one from Witbank to Randburg and then one from there to the airport.
"Oscar and the team are my inspiration, my heroes. I just had to see them in the flesh," he said.
He couldn't hide his excitement when Oscar Pistorius, his biggest hero, shook his hand and greeted him.
"He encouraged me and thanked me for coming."
Van der Westhuizen, who lost both legs in a motorcycle accident in 2004, started hitching back home once he had met his heroes.
"I managed to get most of them to sign a poster for me.
"I think they are wonderful, because they don't allow their disabilities to stand in their way. Getting there was tough, but absolutely worthwhile!"
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I hitch hiked from JHB to nelspruit once ..... fucking long way. Man this guy just got my respect. Ditto to those who picked him up. Most don't.
Hitch hiking formed some of the best experiences i ever had. Pity it's just too dangerous for kids.
21/09/2008 23:03 - (SA)
Gloria Edwards, Beeld
Johannesburg - A man in a wheelchair "hitch-hiked" from Nelspruit to Kempton Park to see his Paralympic heroes.
When Pieter van der Westhuizen, 57, heard the SA Paralympic team would arrive at O R Tambo Airport early on Saturday morning, he decided that nothing would stop him getting there.
He started "hitch-hiking" from Nelspruit at 02:00 on Saturday morning so that he could get to the airport on time.
"Good Samaritans helped me. I got three lifts to the airport.
"One was from Nelspruit to Witbank, then one from Witbank to Randburg and then one from there to the airport.
"Oscar and the team are my inspiration, my heroes. I just had to see them in the flesh," he said.
He couldn't hide his excitement when Oscar Pistorius, his biggest hero, shook his hand and greeted him.
"He encouraged me and thanked me for coming."
Van der Westhuizen, who lost both legs in a motorcycle accident in 2004, started hitching back home once he had met his heroes.
"I managed to get most of them to sign a poster for me.
"I think they are wonderful, because they don't allow their disabilities to stand in their way. Getting there was tough, but absolutely worthwhile!"
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I hitch hiked from JHB to nelspruit once ..... fucking long way. Man this guy just got my respect. Ditto to those who picked him up. Most don't.
Hitch hiking formed some of the best experiences i ever had. Pity it's just too dangerous for kids.
Oh dear ...
Mbeki bows out
September 22 2008 at 06:51AM
By Political Bureau
A defiant President Thabo Mbeki bowed out from office on Sunday, proclaiming his innocence while pledging loyalty to the organisation that unceremoniously ousted him as head of state.
In a surprise turn of events, the ANC's preferred nominee to lead the country until next year's election appears to be party deputy president and Minister in the Presidency, Kgalema Motlanthe.
As speculation mounted on Sunday night, a new name was also thrown into the mix as deputy president - Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu - who has served in government since 1994 both as deputy and full member of the executive.
This has been suggested as an attempt to unite the party and maintain cohesion, amid threats of a split.
However, some within the ANC's National Executive Committee prefer National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete, who is also party chairman, to serve as caretaker president. In this scenario, Motlanthe would be her deputy.
On Sunday night, senior ANC leaders were still discussing the constitutional succession hierarchy and possible nominees for the top jobs.
The ANC's top six, including party president Jacob Zuma, who has remained out of the public eye since Friday, will announce South Africa's new presidential pair.
The ANC's parliamentary caucus will meet on Monday morning, where they will be officially informed of developments.
'The vicious way in which Mbeki was forced out by his enemies has shocked the nation'
At a special extended Cabinet meeting on Sunday - the last to be held by the Mbeki administration - Mbeki declined to accept the resignations of loyal ministers.
ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said on Sunday night no one would be ousted from their posts in the executive, but the party could not stop those who wanted to join Mbeki in resigning.
The ANC wants to ensure that the country's administration does not collapse, given that it has to fight an election next year.
Mbeki sent his formal resignation to the National Assembly on Sunday after being told by top brass of the ANC on Saturday morning that the ruling party had decided to "recall" him from office.
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will take her cue from the party's leadership as to whether they want her to remain in government.
In terms of the Constitution, Mbeki's resignation letter must be forwarded to the Chief Justice by Mbete, in her capacity as National Speaker, who is obliged to set the date for the National Assembly to elect the new president.
Parliamentary officials said at least 48 hours would be required for the necessary notice to be given to the 400-member Assembly for the historic vote.
At the earliest the vote could be on Tuesday, although the House is also scheduled to sit in plenary session on Thursday.
The ANC's majority in the House would mean that whoever the party's nominee will be is assured of election.
In a 20-minute speech, a stoic Mbeki bade farewell to the country last night in a televised address.
The outgoing president "categorically" emphasised his and his Cabinet's innocence of any interference with the work of the National Prosecuting Authority.
This follows a judgment by Pietermaritzburg High Court judge Chris Nicholson which suggested there was reason to think such interference had occurred - the catalyst for the axing of Mbeki following a lengthy and intense deliberation by the ANC's National Executive Committee.
On Sunday night Mbeki said even on the "painful matter "involving the prosecution of ANC leader Jacob Zuma there had been no executive interference and his Cabinet had sought to uphold the integrity of the judiciary and not to violate the Constitution and law.
Mbeki criticised "gratuitous suggestions made seeking to impair the dignity" of his executive.
He spoke of his long history in the ANC and thanked the country for the opportunity to have served it for 14 years, first as deputy president and then as president.
Mbeki outlined the government's many achievements at home and abroad but said there remained a gulf between the rich and poor and much work remained to be done.
He spoke of the challenges and hopes of Africa and thanked other heads of state on the continent for their co-operation and support.
The address came shortly after a special Cabinet meeting in Pretoria on Sunday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel were absent as they are in New York for the UN General Assembly. Mbeki cancelled the trip.
Speaking during a debate on SABC 1's talk show Asikhulume, ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said Mbeki had been sacked because the ANC had "lost confidence in him". In fact the "masses" had congratulated the ruling party for sacking Mbeki, Phosa said.
Defending the decision to "recall" Mbeki, Phosa said the ANC was within its rights to do so.
"We have the right to decide who shall lead us from time to time," he said.
On rumours that Mbeki's backers were planning to form a new political party, Phosa said the ANC was little perturbed by this.
"Let them come; we are not frightened by that; let them come," he said.
The ANC will brief its parliamentary caucus on the NEC's decision and the way forward on Monday.
The party will also meet newspaper editors, as well as church and other interest groups, within the "next seven days" to brief them, said Phosa.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Sunday night that Mbeki used his live resignation speech on television as the opportunity to spell out the legacy for which he would like to be remembered and to set the record straight on Judge Chris Nicholson's inference that Mbeki may have interfered in the National Prosecuting Authority's prosecution of Zuma.
"This judgment gave the Zuma faction the reason it had been seeking for a long time to oust Mbeki and seize power so that they can impose a political solution to avoid Zuma having to face his day in court," she said.
"The incoming president must make a commitment that he or she will not interfere with the NPA's decision to appeal Judge Nicholson's judgment or any further efforts by the NPA to prosecute Jacob Zuma for the 783 alleged bribes he received. The vicious way in which Mbeki was forced out by his enemies has shocked the nation. As a result, the ANC stands irrevocably divided and so do its supporters. Ironically, President Mbeki spoke about the value of Ubuntu, which has clearly been denied to him by his own party," said Zille.
ID leader Patricia de Lille said Mbeki was making a "dignified" exit and he had tried to give South Africans the assurance that "everything will be okay".
"Mbeki is always so aloof. This was the first time I saw some emotion - some passion - in his address. He connected well with the people of this country tonight. The lesson for all politicians here is that you must never take for granted those who voted you into office."
She said Mbeki had paid a "heavy price" in the end for not appointing a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate arms deal corruption and that there was some irony in the fact that he - and not Zuma - was now the "highest profile casualty of the arms deal".
ACDP MP and justice spokesperson Steve Swart said the ANC had chosen what appeared to be the "least disruptive" constitutional manner of replacing Mbeki and thereby avoiding a messy constitutional crisis.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa also paid tribute to Mbeki's success in achieving macro-economic stability. He said the speech was a challenge to his successor that suggested: I've done OK - now let's see if you can do better.
This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on September 22, 2008
September 22 2008 at 06:51AM
By Political Bureau
A defiant President Thabo Mbeki bowed out from office on Sunday, proclaiming his innocence while pledging loyalty to the organisation that unceremoniously ousted him as head of state.
In a surprise turn of events, the ANC's preferred nominee to lead the country until next year's election appears to be party deputy president and Minister in the Presidency, Kgalema Motlanthe.
As speculation mounted on Sunday night, a new name was also thrown into the mix as deputy president - Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu - who has served in government since 1994 both as deputy and full member of the executive.
This has been suggested as an attempt to unite the party and maintain cohesion, amid threats of a split.
However, some within the ANC's National Executive Committee prefer National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete, who is also party chairman, to serve as caretaker president. In this scenario, Motlanthe would be her deputy.
On Sunday night, senior ANC leaders were still discussing the constitutional succession hierarchy and possible nominees for the top jobs.
The ANC's top six, including party president Jacob Zuma, who has remained out of the public eye since Friday, will announce South Africa's new presidential pair.
The ANC's parliamentary caucus will meet on Monday morning, where they will be officially informed of developments.
'The vicious way in which Mbeki was forced out by his enemies has shocked the nation'
At a special extended Cabinet meeting on Sunday - the last to be held by the Mbeki administration - Mbeki declined to accept the resignations of loyal ministers.
ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said on Sunday night no one would be ousted from their posts in the executive, but the party could not stop those who wanted to join Mbeki in resigning.
The ANC wants to ensure that the country's administration does not collapse, given that it has to fight an election next year.
Mbeki sent his formal resignation to the National Assembly on Sunday after being told by top brass of the ANC on Saturday morning that the ruling party had decided to "recall" him from office.
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will take her cue from the party's leadership as to whether they want her to remain in government.
In terms of the Constitution, Mbeki's resignation letter must be forwarded to the Chief Justice by Mbete, in her capacity as National Speaker, who is obliged to set the date for the National Assembly to elect the new president.
Parliamentary officials said at least 48 hours would be required for the necessary notice to be given to the 400-member Assembly for the historic vote.
At the earliest the vote could be on Tuesday, although the House is also scheduled to sit in plenary session on Thursday.
The ANC's majority in the House would mean that whoever the party's nominee will be is assured of election.
In a 20-minute speech, a stoic Mbeki bade farewell to the country last night in a televised address.
The outgoing president "categorically" emphasised his and his Cabinet's innocence of any interference with the work of the National Prosecuting Authority.
This follows a judgment by Pietermaritzburg High Court judge Chris Nicholson which suggested there was reason to think such interference had occurred - the catalyst for the axing of Mbeki following a lengthy and intense deliberation by the ANC's National Executive Committee.
On Sunday night Mbeki said even on the "painful matter "involving the prosecution of ANC leader Jacob Zuma there had been no executive interference and his Cabinet had sought to uphold the integrity of the judiciary and not to violate the Constitution and law.
Mbeki criticised "gratuitous suggestions made seeking to impair the dignity" of his executive.
He spoke of his long history in the ANC and thanked the country for the opportunity to have served it for 14 years, first as deputy president and then as president.
Mbeki outlined the government's many achievements at home and abroad but said there remained a gulf between the rich and poor and much work remained to be done.
He spoke of the challenges and hopes of Africa and thanked other heads of state on the continent for their co-operation and support.
The address came shortly after a special Cabinet meeting in Pretoria on Sunday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel were absent as they are in New York for the UN General Assembly. Mbeki cancelled the trip.
Speaking during a debate on SABC 1's talk show Asikhulume, ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said Mbeki had been sacked because the ANC had "lost confidence in him". In fact the "masses" had congratulated the ruling party for sacking Mbeki, Phosa said.
Defending the decision to "recall" Mbeki, Phosa said the ANC was within its rights to do so.
"We have the right to decide who shall lead us from time to time," he said.
On rumours that Mbeki's backers were planning to form a new political party, Phosa said the ANC was little perturbed by this.
"Let them come; we are not frightened by that; let them come," he said.
The ANC will brief its parliamentary caucus on the NEC's decision and the way forward on Monday.
The party will also meet newspaper editors, as well as church and other interest groups, within the "next seven days" to brief them, said Phosa.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Sunday night that Mbeki used his live resignation speech on television as the opportunity to spell out the legacy for which he would like to be remembered and to set the record straight on Judge Chris Nicholson's inference that Mbeki may have interfered in the National Prosecuting Authority's prosecution of Zuma.
"This judgment gave the Zuma faction the reason it had been seeking for a long time to oust Mbeki and seize power so that they can impose a political solution to avoid Zuma having to face his day in court," she said.
"The incoming president must make a commitment that he or she will not interfere with the NPA's decision to appeal Judge Nicholson's judgment or any further efforts by the NPA to prosecute Jacob Zuma for the 783 alleged bribes he received. The vicious way in which Mbeki was forced out by his enemies has shocked the nation. As a result, the ANC stands irrevocably divided and so do its supporters. Ironically, President Mbeki spoke about the value of Ubuntu, which has clearly been denied to him by his own party," said Zille.
ID leader Patricia de Lille said Mbeki was making a "dignified" exit and he had tried to give South Africans the assurance that "everything will be okay".
"Mbeki is always so aloof. This was the first time I saw some emotion - some passion - in his address. He connected well with the people of this country tonight. The lesson for all politicians here is that you must never take for granted those who voted you into office."
She said Mbeki had paid a "heavy price" in the end for not appointing a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate arms deal corruption and that there was some irony in the fact that he - and not Zuma - was now the "highest profile casualty of the arms deal".
ACDP MP and justice spokesperson Steve Swart said the ANC had chosen what appeared to be the "least disruptive" constitutional manner of replacing Mbeki and thereby avoiding a messy constitutional crisis.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa also paid tribute to Mbeki's success in achieving macro-economic stability. He said the speech was a challenge to his successor that suggested: I've done OK - now let's see if you can do better.
This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on September 22, 2008
Friday, 19 September 2008
Thursday, 18 September 2008
666
Perhaps an apt time to remember this old "legend" .... ?
Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath
because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding
reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number
its number is six hundred and sixty six.
I lived alone my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind
What did I see? Could I believe? That what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy
Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?
'Cause in my dreams it's always there the evil face that twists my mind
and brings me to despair
Night was black was no use holding back
'Cause I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
was all this for real or just some kind of hell
666 the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
Torches blazed and sacred chants were phrased
as they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires are burning bright
the ritual has begun Satan's work is done
666 the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
This can't go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream?
but I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
seem to mesmerise...can't avoid their eyes
666 the Number of the Beast
666 the one for you and me
I'm coming back I will return
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I'll have the fire I'll have the force
I'll have the power to make my evil take its course
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath
because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding
reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number
its number is six hundred and sixty six.
I lived alone my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind
What did I see? Could I believe? That what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy
Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?
'Cause in my dreams it's always there the evil face that twists my mind
and brings me to despair
Night was black was no use holding back
'Cause I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
was all this for real or just some kind of hell
666 the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
Torches blazed and sacred chants were phrased
as they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires are burning bright
the ritual has begun Satan's work is done
666 the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
This can't go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream?
but I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
seem to mesmerise...can't avoid their eyes
666 the Number of the Beast
666 the one for you and me
I'm coming back I will return
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I'll have the fire I'll have the force
I'll have the power to make my evil take its course
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
The shit is upon us
Here is a summary of a recorded interview July 16, 2008 with George Green, a former investment banker (Registered Financial Principal with the N.A.S.D.) and a Broker/Dealer, Securities Underwriter, Real Estate Developer, Insurance Broker and Publisher, who was invited to become a member of the 'Power Elite'. However, faced with a moral and ethical dilemma, he turned his back on his former associates and chose to walk an entirely different path in which he has tried to warn the world of the Power Elite's plans for the future.
The entire interview may be found at:
or
1. At the beginning of July, the Bank of International Settlements in Switzerland, which is owned by the thirteen [Illuminati] Banking Families under Rothschild, stated that it wanted to audit the US Federal Reserve. Bush reluctantly had to agree to this, but with the proviso that the audit would not be conducted until he has left office. However, when the truth inevitably leaks out on 30th20September 2008, clearly the Bank of International Settlements will no longer be prepared to accept the US Dollar.
2. With the realization that the Federal Reserve has been pumping two billion US Dollars a day into the economy in a forlorn effort to try to keep the US afloat, the US is now construed as 'the poor kid on the block', the 'bankrupt of the world' and nobody is prepared to lend them anything. Foreign governments have said 'We will no longer take your bonds'.
3. This situation has resulted in worldwide repercussions: for example China, which is the biggest US creditor, has told US importers that they may not pay more then 20% of the total cost of their goods in US Dollars.
4. Also since the beginning of July, Germany has announced that it will no longer accept Euros from eight of their fellow EU members, the two countries with which they are most concerned being Italy and Spain.
5. The Real Estate market is expected to go down by an additional 50% from its value on 16th August. Because of the collapse of the Real Estate market, which is expected to lead to at least a further two million foreclosures within the next 12 months, US Banks are no longer prepared to trust each other, so inter-bank lending has virtually ceased.
6. This has had a knock-on effect on would-be house purchasers. Like the old days, anyone who now wants to get a mortgage has to put 20% down and to satisfy the lender that their job is secure.
7. You may have seen Bush go on television to tell everyone not to worry as the US Government-sponsored Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will guarantee the safety of their bank deposits. However, the truth is that the FDIC can barely raise 30 cents on the dollar to cover its potential liabilities; and Bank of America and Wells Fargo are in a similar situation.
8. Banks have already started telling their depositors that they cannot withdraw their own cash.
9. It is universally accepted internationally that the US Dollar is going to collapse by the end of September 2008. some foreign banks have already started to refuse to take U.S. deposits and, since the Patriot Act, if you do manage to send money to a foreign bank, they are required to report the fact to the USG, who will make you prove how you obtained it and if you cannot do so, they will automatically label you a 'terrorist' or a 'drug dealer' and confiscate it.
10. The Bank of South America is trying to organize its own currency for use within the South&n bsp; American continent when the US Dollar finally crashes, _base_d on an initial provision of eight billion dollars.
11. As at July 1st, the Japanese stock market was down 12%, the Australian stock market was down 18%, the German stock market was down 22%, the Indian stock market was down 36%; and China's Shanghai Exchange was down 50%.
12. Within the next year, the DOW is expected to fall to between 7500 and 8000.
13. Everyone is now desperately trying to get liquid; and Oil, Gold and Drugs have become the only universally accepted world currencies.
14. The only sensible advice is either to change dollars into other currencies, or buy gold and silver (while you still can, because the US is likely to make it illegal to own gold); and stock up on canned food and ammunition, the price of which is going to go through the roof. Already the major canners have reduced the size of cans by 20% to preserve stock whilst also maximizing their profits.
15. Already 80% of the cost of an apple in a supermarket is due to energy costs; and this proportion is likely to rise. We have already started to see the situation where growers, producers and importers have stopped supplying many basic foodstuffs because the price of oil has meant that the cost of getting it to market is more than they can hope to sell it for. The food shortages that have resulted are likely to become even more acute because the USG is talking of introducing price controls. Who will be prepared to continue to supply the market when they are sustaining increasing losses?
16. The falling value of the dollar has created artificial shortages because other countries can now buy US goods cheaper than they can produce them themselves.
17. Inflation is expected to rise by 35 - 40% by the end of this year in real terms. Gasoline 5 Dollars a Gallon everywhere.
18. Following the collapse of the US Dollar, the Euro is also expected to collapse. In fact, Russia is already negotiating with Germany about a new currency.
19. The Iranian Oil Bourse was set up to trade oil internationally in Euros (see: http://www...ybulletin.net/node/12125 ) but, just when the bourse was ready to go live, the submarine cables were conveniently cut.&n bsp;
20. You can forget about the NAU's Amero. The Amero is off the table - the Canadian Prime Minister said 'We're not going to support a bankrupt country'; and Mexico is so corrupt that nobody knows where they're coming from.
21. In the future, South America will be one of the safest areas on the planet. They have ample commodities and very little debt. Not everywhere is ideal (in some countries you would need to live in a defended compound). Ecuador is close to becoming self sufficient in food terms.
22. Kissinger and the population reduction crew are trying to get WW3 started before September 30th (end of the US Fiscal Year), then Bush can suspend everything. Israel and the US are working out the details to attack Iran to start WW3. The main reason for the use of Depleted Uranium munitions in Iraq is 'to cull the herd'.
23. Of the US population of 300 million, half are over 50 and most of the kids can't read or write. Sport and entertainment are what has been used to keep everyone going. When (rather than if) Bush calls a National Emergency, if you are over the age of 44 only if you have a use which 'they' want will 'they' be prepared to keep you alive. Moreover, what law will we have which says that we even own our own homes?
24. Everybody must downsize into small self-contained and (as far as possible) self-sufficient communities, People will have to forget their 'wants' and to concentrate solely on what they actually need to survive.
The entire interview may be found at:
or
1. At the beginning of July, the Bank of International Settlements in Switzerland, which is owned by the thirteen [Illuminati] Banking Families under Rothschild, stated that it wanted to audit the US Federal Reserve. Bush reluctantly had to agree to this, but with the proviso that the audit would not be conducted until he has left office. However, when the truth inevitably leaks out on 30th20September 2008, clearly the Bank of International Settlements will no longer be prepared to accept the US Dollar.
2. With the realization that the Federal Reserve has been pumping two billion US Dollars a day into the economy in a forlorn effort to try to keep the US afloat, the US is now construed as 'the poor kid on the block', the 'bankrupt of the world' and nobody is prepared to lend them anything. Foreign governments have said 'We will no longer take your bonds'.
3. This situation has resulted in worldwide repercussions: for example China, which is the biggest US creditor, has told US importers that they may not pay more then 20% of the total cost of their goods in US Dollars.
4. Also since the beginning of July, Germany has announced that it will no longer accept Euros from eight of their fellow EU members, the two countries with which they are most concerned being Italy and Spain.
5. The Real Estate market is expected to go down by an additional 50% from its value on 16th August. Because of the collapse of the Real Estate market, which is expected to lead to at least a further two million foreclosures within the next 12 months, US Banks are no longer prepared to trust each other, so inter-bank lending has virtually ceased.
6. This has had a knock-on effect on would-be house purchasers. Like the old days, anyone who now wants to get a mortgage has to put 20% down and to satisfy the lender that their job is secure.
7. You may have seen Bush go on television to tell everyone not to worry as the US Government-sponsored Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will guarantee the safety of their bank deposits. However, the truth is that the FDIC can barely raise 30 cents on the dollar to cover its potential liabilities; and Bank of America and Wells Fargo are in a similar situation.
8. Banks have already started telling their depositors that they cannot withdraw their own cash.
9. It is universally accepted internationally that the US Dollar is going to collapse by the end of September 2008. some foreign banks have already started to refuse to take U.S. deposits and, since the Patriot Act, if you do manage to send money to a foreign bank, they are required to report the fact to the USG, who will make you prove how you obtained it and if you cannot do so, they will automatically label you a 'terrorist' or a 'drug dealer' and confiscate it.
10. The Bank of South America is trying to organize its own currency for use within the South&n bsp; American continent when the US Dollar finally crashes, _base_d on an initial provision of eight billion dollars.
11. As at July 1st, the Japanese stock market was down 12%, the Australian stock market was down 18%, the German stock market was down 22%, the Indian stock market was down 36%; and China's Shanghai Exchange was down 50%.
12. Within the next year, the DOW is expected to fall to between 7500 and 8000.
13. Everyone is now desperately trying to get liquid; and Oil, Gold and Drugs have become the only universally accepted world currencies.
14. The only sensible advice is either to change dollars into other currencies, or buy gold and silver (while you still can, because the US is likely to make it illegal to own gold); and stock up on canned food and ammunition, the price of which is going to go through the roof. Already the major canners have reduced the size of cans by 20% to preserve stock whilst also maximizing their profits.
15. Already 80% of the cost of an apple in a supermarket is due to energy costs; and this proportion is likely to rise. We have already started to see the situation where growers, producers and importers have stopped supplying many basic foodstuffs because the price of oil has meant that the cost of getting it to market is more than they can hope to sell it for. The food shortages that have resulted are likely to become even more acute because the USG is talking of introducing price controls. Who will be prepared to continue to supply the market when they are sustaining increasing losses?
16. The falling value of the dollar has created artificial shortages because other countries can now buy US goods cheaper than they can produce them themselves.
17. Inflation is expected to rise by 35 - 40% by the end of this year in real terms. Gasoline 5 Dollars a Gallon everywhere.
18. Following the collapse of the US Dollar, the Euro is also expected to collapse. In fact, Russia is already negotiating with Germany about a new currency.
19. The Iranian Oil Bourse was set up to trade oil internationally in Euros (see: http://www...ybulletin.net/node/12125 ) but, just when the bourse was ready to go live, the submarine cables were conveniently cut.&n bsp;
20. You can forget about the NAU's Amero. The Amero is off the table - the Canadian Prime Minister said 'We're not going to support a bankrupt country'; and Mexico is so corrupt that nobody knows where they're coming from.
21. In the future, South America will be one of the safest areas on the planet. They have ample commodities and very little debt. Not everywhere is ideal (in some countries you would need to live in a defended compound). Ecuador is close to becoming self sufficient in food terms.
22. Kissinger and the population reduction crew are trying to get WW3 started before September 30th (end of the US Fiscal Year), then Bush can suspend everything. Israel and the US are working out the details to attack Iran to start WW3. The main reason for the use of Depleted Uranium munitions in Iraq is 'to cull the herd'.
23. Of the US population of 300 million, half are over 50 and most of the kids can't read or write. Sport and entertainment are what has been used to keep everyone going. When (rather than if) Bush calls a National Emergency, if you are over the age of 44 only if you have a use which 'they' want will 'they' be prepared to keep you alive. Moreover, what law will we have which says that we even own our own homes?
24. Everybody must downsize into small self-contained and (as far as possible) self-sufficient communities, People will have to forget their 'wants' and to concentrate solely on what they actually need to survive.
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
R.I.P. Richard Wright
Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright died today at his home in England. He was 65.
A spokesman for the band confirmed that Wright had been battling cancer, the AP reports.
Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason at school and joined his friends' early band Sigma 6, which was to be the precursor to Pink Floyd.
Wright wrote and sang some of the band's most memorable songs, such as "The Great Gig in the Sky," and "Us and Them" on the 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon."
Wright left Pink Floyd in the early 1980s to form his own band. But he rejoined the band for its 1987 album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason."
The root of all evil
1) More than 98 percent of convicted criminals are bread eaters !
2) Exactly half of all children who grow up in bread - eating households score in the bottom 50% on standardized IQ tests !
3) In the 19th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 55 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, scarlet fever, smallpox and influenza ravaged entire nations !
4) Statistics show that more than 75 % of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread !
5) Bread is made from a substance called "dough." Researchers have proven that as little as one pound of dough can choke a large animal like a horse. The average person eats more bread than that in one month !
6) Bread is known to be extremely addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water, actually begged for bread after just two days !
7) Bread is a "gateway" food item, which usually leads to such items as butter, jam, peanut butter and even ... bacon !
Bread has been proven to kill. Scientists have now uncovered alarming evidence that 100% of the people who eat bread will eventually die !
9) Unattended newborn babies can choke on bread !
10) Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 425 degrees Fahrenheit ! Don't laugh...that kind of heat can kill a full grown adult in less than five minutes.
11) 96 % of cancer victims eventually admit that they've eaten bread !
12) Sadly, 9 out of 10 bread eaters are unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
2) Exactly half of all children who grow up in bread - eating households score in the bottom 50% on standardized IQ tests !
3) In the 19th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 55 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, scarlet fever, smallpox and influenza ravaged entire nations !
4) Statistics show that more than 75 % of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread !
5) Bread is made from a substance called "dough." Researchers have proven that as little as one pound of dough can choke a large animal like a horse. The average person eats more bread than that in one month !
6) Bread is known to be extremely addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water, actually begged for bread after just two days !
7) Bread is a "gateway" food item, which usually leads to such items as butter, jam, peanut butter and even ... bacon !
Bread has been proven to kill. Scientists have now uncovered alarming evidence that 100% of the people who eat bread will eventually die !
9) Unattended newborn babies can choke on bread !
10) Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 425 degrees Fahrenheit ! Don't laugh...that kind of heat can kill a full grown adult in less than five minutes.
11) 96 % of cancer victims eventually admit that they've eaten bread !
12) Sadly, 9 out of 10 bread eaters are unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
Thursday, 11 September 2008
King Contrary Man
The Cult King Contrary Man lyrics
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I saw the devil
The contrary man
I saw the devil down the long, long road
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
I want your soul
I said no
I said no
I said no
You can't take my soul
No
I said no
I said no, no
You can't take my soul
I took a while and thought about it
Down at the crossroads temptin' fate
I took a while and thought about it
Down at the crossroads temptin' fate
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can take my soul
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can take my soul
Take my soul
I want it all, yeah
Play it, baby
Ow, yeah, ow
Zany antics of a beat generation
In their wild search for kicks
Fighting, drinking, scorning convention
Making wild love, making wild love
I saw the devil
The contrary man
I saw the devil down the long, long road
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
I want your soul
I said yeah
I said yeah
I said yeah
Yeah...
I want it all
I want it all
Yeah
The Cult King Contrary Man
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I saw the devil
The contrary man
I saw the devil down the long, long road
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
I want your soul
I said no
I said no
I said no
You can't take my soul
No
I said no
I said no, no
You can't take my soul
I took a while and thought about it
Down at the crossroads temptin' fate
I took a while and thought about it
Down at the crossroads temptin' fate
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can take my soul
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can take my soul
Take my soul
I want it all, yeah
Play it, baby
Ow, yeah, ow
Zany antics of a beat generation
In their wild search for kicks
Fighting, drinking, scorning convention
Making wild love, making wild love
I saw the devil
The contrary man
I saw the devil down the long, long road
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
He said to me, boy
I want your soul
I said yeah
I said yeah
I said yeah
Yeah...
I want it all
I want it all
Yeah
The Cult King Contrary Man
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Be VERY afraid
Malema promises Zuma a clear path to the top
September 10 2008 at 01:54PM
African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema on Wednesday vowed to "eliminate any force" blocking ANC president Jacob Zuma's path to the presidency.
Speaking at a celebration of the ANCYL's 64th birthday, he told media that the "Malema generation" would be responsible for making Zuma president of the country.
"Whatever the judgement... Come 2009, Zuma will be president," said Malema, referring to the Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling expected on Friday on whether Zuma's corruption charges should be scrapped.
"Any force on our way we will eliminate. We are on a mission here. We will crush you. It doesn't matter who you are, even if you are in the ANC," Malema said to loud applause.
He expressed optimism that the court application to have the case against Zuma dropped would go in his favour.
"We believe in that judge... He looked very sober to us... That's why we are so convinced that we are going to get a positive judgment." - Sapa
___________________________________________________________________
This impertinent little monkey is not going away. In fact, it would appear that he is very specifically pushing certain buttons.
This is so bad on so many levels. And after reading zuma's speech of the other day, where he states that the Judiciary should be transformed ... i'd love to know who wrote that little speech. I am 100% zuma neither wrote it, nor believed what it said. He is still a puppet, like all "popular" leaders.
Again, calling for any country needing a strong young family?
September 10 2008 at 01:54PM
African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema on Wednesday vowed to "eliminate any force" blocking ANC president Jacob Zuma's path to the presidency.
Speaking at a celebration of the ANCYL's 64th birthday, he told media that the "Malema generation" would be responsible for making Zuma president of the country.
"Whatever the judgement... Come 2009, Zuma will be president," said Malema, referring to the Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling expected on Friday on whether Zuma's corruption charges should be scrapped.
"Any force on our way we will eliminate. We are on a mission here. We will crush you. It doesn't matter who you are, even if you are in the ANC," Malema said to loud applause.
He expressed optimism that the court application to have the case against Zuma dropped would go in his favour.
"We believe in that judge... He looked very sober to us... That's why we are so convinced that we are going to get a positive judgment." - Sapa
___________________________________________________________________
This impertinent little monkey is not going away. In fact, it would appear that he is very specifically pushing certain buttons.
This is so bad on so many levels. And after reading zuma's speech of the other day, where he states that the Judiciary should be transformed ... i'd love to know who wrote that little speech. I am 100% zuma neither wrote it, nor believed what it said. He is still a puppet, like all "popular" leaders.
Again, calling for any country needing a strong young family?
Atom-smasher set to fire up
10/09/2008 08:19 - (SA)
Geneva - Particle physicists were to fire up the world's biggest atom-smasher on Wednesday, in a mission to answer some of the most perplexing questions in the cosmos.
Built in a tunnel 100 metres below ground in a complex straddling the French-Swiss border, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is designed to accelerate sub-atomic particles to nearly the speed of light and then smash them together.
The collision will briefly stoke temperatures 100 000 times hotter than the Sun, fleetingly replicating conditions which prevailed in split-seconds after the "Big Bang" that created the Universe 13.7 billion years ago.
In this primordial soup, novel particles may lurk that will resolve mysteries clouding our understanding of fundamental matter, scientists say.
"This machine will probably bring unexpected results that could turn particle physics on its head," French astrophysicist Hubert Reeves said on Tuesday.
Two decades, 5 000 scientists
It has required nearly two decades, six billion Swiss francs (€3.76bn, R42.5bn) and 5 000 scientists, engineers and technicians from nearly three dozen countries to bring the LHC to fruition.
At 09:30 on Wednesday, the first protons will be injected into the 27-kilometre ring-shaped tunnel at the headquarters of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The operation will kick off a long and cautious commissioning process, testing equipment and procedures, before starting experiments a matter of weeks from now.
When all is ready, the LHC will whizz two parallel beams of protons, one clockwise and the other anticlockwise, around the tunnel.
Superconducting magnets cooled close to absolute zero - the chill of deep space - will then steer the beams so that they converge inside four chambers, like racing cars in a chicane.
Some protons are bound to collide, and subatomic wreckage from the smash-up will fly into the detectors, leaving a calling-card trace of their identity.
Over the years in which will the LHC will operate, masses of data will spew from these collisions and will be closely scrutinised by universities and laboratories around the world.
Higgs Boson
The Holy Grail will be finding a particle, called the Higgs Boson after British physicist Peter Higgs, who devised the theory of its existence in 1964.
The "Higgs" would explain how particles acquire mass, and some particles are more massive than others.
The idea is that these particles exist in a sort of invisible background field. Other particles passing through the Higgs field would acquire mass, like feathers passing through treacle.
Another big challenge will be testing the theory of supersymmetry, which postulates that the members of the known bestiary of sub-atomic particles have related, but more massive, counterparts.
Such particles could explain the unsettling discovery of recent years that visible matter only accounts for some four percent of the Universe. Enigmatic phenomena called dark matter and dark energy account for the rest.
Before the start-up, internet-driven rumours said the LHC would create black holes or a nasty hypothetical particle called a strangelet that would gobble up the planet.
CERN has commissioned a panel to verify its calculations that such risks are, by any reasonable thinking, impossible. France too has carried out its own safety probe.
Geneva - Particle physicists were to fire up the world's biggest atom-smasher on Wednesday, in a mission to answer some of the most perplexing questions in the cosmos.
Built in a tunnel 100 metres below ground in a complex straddling the French-Swiss border, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is designed to accelerate sub-atomic particles to nearly the speed of light and then smash them together.
The collision will briefly stoke temperatures 100 000 times hotter than the Sun, fleetingly replicating conditions which prevailed in split-seconds after the "Big Bang" that created the Universe 13.7 billion years ago.
In this primordial soup, novel particles may lurk that will resolve mysteries clouding our understanding of fundamental matter, scientists say.
"This machine will probably bring unexpected results that could turn particle physics on its head," French astrophysicist Hubert Reeves said on Tuesday.
Two decades, 5 000 scientists
It has required nearly two decades, six billion Swiss francs (€3.76bn, R42.5bn) and 5 000 scientists, engineers and technicians from nearly three dozen countries to bring the LHC to fruition.
At 09:30 on Wednesday, the first protons will be injected into the 27-kilometre ring-shaped tunnel at the headquarters of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The operation will kick off a long and cautious commissioning process, testing equipment and procedures, before starting experiments a matter of weeks from now.
When all is ready, the LHC will whizz two parallel beams of protons, one clockwise and the other anticlockwise, around the tunnel.
Superconducting magnets cooled close to absolute zero - the chill of deep space - will then steer the beams so that they converge inside four chambers, like racing cars in a chicane.
Some protons are bound to collide, and subatomic wreckage from the smash-up will fly into the detectors, leaving a calling-card trace of their identity.
Over the years in which will the LHC will operate, masses of data will spew from these collisions and will be closely scrutinised by universities and laboratories around the world.
Higgs Boson
The Holy Grail will be finding a particle, called the Higgs Boson after British physicist Peter Higgs, who devised the theory of its existence in 1964.
The "Higgs" would explain how particles acquire mass, and some particles are more massive than others.
The idea is that these particles exist in a sort of invisible background field. Other particles passing through the Higgs field would acquire mass, like feathers passing through treacle.
Another big challenge will be testing the theory of supersymmetry, which postulates that the members of the known bestiary of sub-atomic particles have related, but more massive, counterparts.
Such particles could explain the unsettling discovery of recent years that visible matter only accounts for some four percent of the Universe. Enigmatic phenomena called dark matter and dark energy account for the rest.
Before the start-up, internet-driven rumours said the LHC would create black holes or a nasty hypothetical particle called a strangelet that would gobble up the planet.
CERN has commissioned a panel to verify its calculations that such risks are, by any reasonable thinking, impossible. France too has carried out its own safety probe.
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Natalie du Toit AKA The Flying Fish
'Flying Fish' wins 2nd gold
08/09/2008 22:36
Wilhelm de Swardt
Beijing - The "Flying Fish" did it again on Monday.
Natalie du Toit, who was given this nickname by her Chinese supporters, has won her second gold medal at the Paralympic Games. This means that South Africa's golden harvest now stands at four medals with the team fifth on the medals table.
Du Toit won the 100m freestyle in a Paralympics record time of 1:01.44.
Eighteen-year-old Charl Bouwer also triumphed in the swimming pool when he grabbed gold in the 400m freestyle - also in a world record time (4:14.02).
And in the equestrian competition Philippa Johnson and her horse Benedict took gold in the dressage held in Hong Kong. In a near faultless performance they scored 69.290 points.
Nicholas Newman won bronze in the javelin event in the F35 class for cerebral handicapped athletes.
After the 100m freestyle finals, Du Toit was somewhat disappointed not to have swum it in 1:01.00.
"But I'm not going to punish myself by thinking about what could have been. I won the gold medal and the moment will always remain special to me."
"Du Twa", as her surname is pronounced in Beijing, says it's a huge honour for her to have a Chinese nickname.
"I cannot actually believe how enthusiastic the Chinese become when I'm swimming."
The sight-handicapped Bouwer's winning time was ten seconds faster than his previous best in this event.
He described his golden moment as unbelievable.
"To represent your country at the Games and win a gold medal in a record time is a dream come true."
Over the last 50m he was involved in a desperate duel with the Ukraine's Danylo Chufarov.
But Bouwer said it was the last time he would just believe what someone told him.
"The "bliksem" told me he had been sick for the past two weeks and that he didn't think he would be able to swim very fast.
"And then I had to discover in the pool that he had been lying to me all the time. He was healthy and just as hungry to win as I was."
Johnson won two silver medals at the previous Games in Athens.
Her life changed drastically in 1998 when she was involved in a serious car accident that left her partially paralysed. She gets around in a wheelchair.
When she came to in hospital, just about the first thing she saw was a photograph of her favourite horse.
The photo was her coach and team manager Katrina Puttick's idea.
"Katrina knew that if I could see my horse it would spur me on to fight back and not allow the accident to get the better of me.
"I promised myself in hospital that I would ride again."
She is also due to compete in the free rider section and cannot wait.
"It is my and Benedict's favourite event. You'll see how we'll dance then."
08/09/2008 22:36
Wilhelm de Swardt
Beijing - The "Flying Fish" did it again on Monday.
Natalie du Toit, who was given this nickname by her Chinese supporters, has won her second gold medal at the Paralympic Games. This means that South Africa's golden harvest now stands at four medals with the team fifth on the medals table.
Du Toit won the 100m freestyle in a Paralympics record time of 1:01.44.
Eighteen-year-old Charl Bouwer also triumphed in the swimming pool when he grabbed gold in the 400m freestyle - also in a world record time (4:14.02).
And in the equestrian competition Philippa Johnson and her horse Benedict took gold in the dressage held in Hong Kong. In a near faultless performance they scored 69.290 points.
Nicholas Newman won bronze in the javelin event in the F35 class for cerebral handicapped athletes.
After the 100m freestyle finals, Du Toit was somewhat disappointed not to have swum it in 1:01.00.
"But I'm not going to punish myself by thinking about what could have been. I won the gold medal and the moment will always remain special to me."
"Du Twa", as her surname is pronounced in Beijing, says it's a huge honour for her to have a Chinese nickname.
"I cannot actually believe how enthusiastic the Chinese become when I'm swimming."
The sight-handicapped Bouwer's winning time was ten seconds faster than his previous best in this event.
He described his golden moment as unbelievable.
"To represent your country at the Games and win a gold medal in a record time is a dream come true."
Over the last 50m he was involved in a desperate duel with the Ukraine's Danylo Chufarov.
But Bouwer said it was the last time he would just believe what someone told him.
"The "bliksem" told me he had been sick for the past two weeks and that he didn't think he would be able to swim very fast.
"And then I had to discover in the pool that he had been lying to me all the time. He was healthy and just as hungry to win as I was."
Johnson won two silver medals at the previous Games in Athens.
Her life changed drastically in 1998 when she was involved in a serious car accident that left her partially paralysed. She gets around in a wheelchair.
When she came to in hospital, just about the first thing she saw was a photograph of her favourite horse.
The photo was her coach and team manager Katrina Puttick's idea.
"Katrina knew that if I could see my horse it would spur me on to fight back and not allow the accident to get the better of me.
"I promised myself in hospital that I would ride again."
She is also due to compete in the free rider section and cannot wait.
"It is my and Benedict's favourite event. You'll see how we'll dance then."
Monday, 8 September 2008
Zapiro
And all of a sudden everybody is just a little pissed off. Good. Let them stew in their self righteousness. The thing that gets me, is how unerringly accurate this cartoon is.
Friday, 5 September 2008
Bikes
What a day so far. It starter at about 5h30 this morning, went to Weskoppies off Gordon road, for coffee. From there about 7 of us went to Kopdood in sunninghill for coffee and breakfast.
Lotsa good people.
From there i went to go write my bike license. I passed
I should have more to say, lotsa stuff.
I need coffee .... fuck that .... i need whiskey .... coffee will have to do for now.
Lotsa good people.
From there i went to go write my bike license. I passed
I should have more to say, lotsa stuff.
I need coffee .... fuck that .... i need whiskey .... coffee will have to do for now.
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Answering machine mesages
Here’s more (much more) answering machine messages that you might like to try.
Well I finally got an answering machine. Now how does this thing work? Hmmm. Press record button, I did that, and the light should be on. I wonder why it’s not working right.
Hmmmm, I wonder what this button does…
(Owner is a hard-to-reach person:) Yes, I finally got an answering machine. (To Handel’s Messiah:) Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! All-e-lu-ia! Please leave a message at the tone.
What you are about to hear is not a beep. It is a digitally manipulated fart.
Prepare for alpha test of Beep Software revision 1.05. Counting down to test: 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
Don’t you do it! Don’t you dare! I don’t want to hear it! Don’t you beep! If you beep, I’ll… don’t even think about it!… Don’t…!
No! NO! Not THAT! Anything but that! Not the beep! No! Please! Not the beep! Anything but the beep! AAAAIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Computer style monotone:) Hello, I am the XS486 Mark Five answering machine. I am equipped with the new Pentium processor to assure that nothing can go wrong… Gowrong… Grong..
Grong gronggronggrongBEEP
Hello. I’m David’s answering machine. What are you?
Hi, this is John’s answering machine. He’s not here, but I’m open to suggestions.
Hello. This is Ron’s answering machine, Marvin, and I’m SO depressed. I have 50,000 times the memory capacity of my owner, but all I get to do is answer the phone. Life. Don’t talk to
me about life. Just leave your name and number after the beep. Here comes the beep, God how I hate that beep, it’s so cheery sounding.
Voice 1: Answer the phone, please, Hal.
Voice 2: I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.
Hello. You are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their carpets are clean. They give to charity through the
office and don’t need their picture taken. If you’re still with me, leave your name and number and they will get back to you.
(Two Computer generated voices:)
1: Hello, there are no real people here to answer the phone right now.
2: Yeah, nobody but us machines!
1: Right, just us machines, but don’t hang up! If you like, you can leave your name and telephone number…
2: …and a message! You forgot about the message!
1: Right. Leave your name, telephone number, and a brief message after you hear the beep, and we will keep track of this stuff until the real people get back.
1: I didn’t expect an answering machine.
2: Nobody expects an answering machine.
1: Our chief use is to get your name. And your phone number.
2: Our two chief uses are to get your name and your phone number.
1: And message. Damn.
2: Our three uses are to get your name, phone number, and message.
1: And time you called.
2: Oh, damn, we’ll have to start over.
1: No time for that, so just wait for the beep.
(Rod Serling imitation:) You’re dazed, bewildered, trapped in a world without time, where sound collides with color and shadows explode. You see a signpost up ahead — this is no ordinary
telephone answering device… You have reached, “The Twilight Phone”.
— authority figures —
Thank you for calling Soviet Embassy. No KG… Er, no diplomats are able to answer phone, so at sound of capitalist tone, leave name, telephone number, and short description of secrets you wish to sell.
The President is not in his office at this time. Please leave your name, phone number, the name of the country you wish to invade, and the secret password.
(Militaristic mechanical voice:)
FOXTROT-LIMA-ALPHA-SIERRA-HOTEL. KEY-DESTRUCT-SEQUENCE-NOW.
THIS-TERMINAL-ALSO-ACCEPTS-VOICE-MESSAGES.
You just dialed into the North American Air Defense Contract Center. Stand by at the tone to give coordinates and destination of incoming bogey. TNR Surveillance will scramble. If you do not respond, this unit will assume incoming….
Hello, this is Death. I am not in right now, but if you leave your name and number, I’ll be right with you.
— odd organizations —
This is a test. This is a test of the Answering Machine Broadcast System. This is only a test.
— mainly musical theme —
(To the tune of “Ride of the Valkyries”:)
Leave a message… Leave a message…
(Pink Floyd’s “Nobody Home”:) You have reached 587-8783.
Please leave a message. (”Ohhhhhhhhh, babe… When I pick up the phone… There’s still… Nobody home.”)
(Pink Floyd:)
Welcome my friends, welcome… to… the machine…
(Voice:) Please leave your name, phone number and message.
Thank you.
(”Camptown Races”:)
I can’t come to the telephone; doo-dah, doo-dah.
Leave your message when you hear the tone; oh, de doo-dah day.
Might be gone all night… Might be gone all day…
So leave a message when you hear the tone.
I’ll call you back someday…
(”Muppet Show” theme:)
It’s time to leave a message
After you hear the tone,
It’s time to leave a message
‘Cause we’re not at home tonight…
It’s time to leave a message
On Kate and Shannon’s phone,
It’s time to leave a message
‘Cause we’re not at home tonight.
Just leave your name and number,
Such simple things to do,
And then when we get home we will
Get right back to you.
It’s time to leave a message
After you hear the tone.
It’s time to leave a message
‘Cause we’re not at home tonight.
Gone to get a bite,
Stayin’ out all night,
Yes we have a life!
Leave a message, we’re not home toniiiiight…
— family fun —
This is Fred. We are not… Excuse me a moment, please. Put your sister down. PUT YOUR SISTER DOWN! (Sound of window breaking.) Great! What a mess. I’ll have to get back to you later.
(Loud sounds of a massive battle; calm voice:) Hello! Due to the breakdown in the 452nd truce, the inhabitants of village 286-3589 are cowering in their bomb shelters. However, if you
leave your name, number, and a message, any survivors will get back to you when the 453rd truce begins.
My wife and I can’t come to the phone right now, but if you’ll leave your name and number, we’ll get back to you as soon as we’re finished.
— can’t answer right now because… —
Hello, there is no one home to answer the phone. This doesn’t mean we don’t want to talk with you. It simply means there is no one home to talk with you. Some people get the incorrect
message that there actually is someone home but they just don’t want to answer the phone. This is not true.
(Sound of scrap metal falling down a staircase continues through message.) Hello, we are having some technical problems right now, so we can’t take your call. Please leave us a message.
(Automatic gunfire, explosions, rockets, jets; agitated voice:)
I’m pinned down and can’t come to the phone right now, and Bob’s handling supporting fire! Leave your name and number, and a message! We’ll get back to you as soon… FIRE IN THE HOLE!
(BOOM!) We’ll get back to you as soon as the air cover napalms the place!
Hi! I can’t answer the phone right now. Bob, that’s my pet parakeet, just swallowed a cherry bomb. It wasn’t lit, but I’ve got to get him to the bathroom. Uh-oh! (Sound of a paper bag
exploding.)
Hi. This is John. If you are the phone company, I already sent the money. If you are my parents, please send money. If you are my financial aid institution, you didn’t lend me enough money. If you are my friends, you owe me money. If you are a female, don’t worry, I have plenty of money.
(Narrator’s voice:) There Dale sits, reading a magazine.
Suddenly the telephone rings! The bathroom explodes into a veritable maelstrom of toilet paper, with Dale in the middle of it, his arms windmilling at incredible speeds! Will he make it in time? Alas no, his valiant effort is in vain. The bell hath sounded. Thou must leave a message.
Hi. I’m probably home, I’m just avoiding someone I don’t like.
Leave me a message, and if I don’t call back, it’s you.
(or)
Hi there. This is Joe speaking. I’m home right now, and in a moment, I’ll have a decision to make. Leave your name and number and I’ll be thinking about it…
(or)
Bob here. I’m home right now, I’m just screening my calls. So start talking and if you’re someone I want to speak with I’ll pick up the phone. Otherwise, well, what can I say?
— you’re in big trouble —
(Sinister organ music:) Hello, you have reached the Brown residence. You now have two choices. Number one, you may leave a message. (Angelic “Hallelujah!”) Or number two, suffer eternal damnation. (Horrid death scream.) You decide.
The machine answering this message is connected to a 5000 volt power supply, and a relay which is wired to this small kitten. (Sound of a kitten meowing.) If you hang up before you leave a message, it will complete the circuit and fry the kitty. The choice is YOURS!
Leave a message or I’ll send 30,000 volts through your phone.
I am an electrical engineer. I can do that.
You have reached the CPX-2000 Voice Blackmail System. Your voice patterns are now being digitally encoded and stored for later use. Once this is done, our computers will be able to use the sound of YOUR voice for literally thousands of illegal and immoral purposes. There is no charge for this initial consultation. However our staff of professional extortionists will contact you in the near future to further explain the benefits of our service, and to arrange for your schedule of payment. Remember to speak clearly at the sound of the tone. Thank you.
— befuddle the caller —
(A busy signal.)
(Recorded directly from AT&T:) We’re sorry, but the number you dialed is disconnected or no longer in service.
The number you have reached, 226-0477, has been changed. The new number is 226-0477. (Yes, same number.) Please check your number and dial again.
Well I finally got an answering machine. Now how does this thing work? Hmmm. Press record button, I did that, and the light should be on. I wonder why it’s not working right.
Hmmmm, I wonder what this button does…
(Owner is a hard-to-reach person:) Yes, I finally got an answering machine. (To Handel’s Messiah:) Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! All-e-lu-ia! Please leave a message at the tone.
What you are about to hear is not a beep. It is a digitally manipulated fart.
Prepare for alpha test of Beep Software revision 1.05. Counting down to test: 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
Don’t you do it! Don’t you dare! I don’t want to hear it! Don’t you beep! If you beep, I’ll… don’t even think about it!… Don’t…!
No! NO! Not THAT! Anything but that! Not the beep! No! Please! Not the beep! Anything but the beep! AAAAIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Computer style monotone:) Hello, I am the XS486 Mark Five answering machine. I am equipped with the new Pentium processor to assure that nothing can go wrong… Gowrong… Grong..
Grong gronggronggrongBEEP
Hello. I’m David’s answering machine. What are you?
Hi, this is John’s answering machine. He’s not here, but I’m open to suggestions.
Hello. This is Ron’s answering machine, Marvin, and I’m SO depressed. I have 50,000 times the memory capacity of my owner, but all I get to do is answer the phone. Life. Don’t talk to
me about life. Just leave your name and number after the beep. Here comes the beep, God how I hate that beep, it’s so cheery sounding.
Voice 1: Answer the phone, please, Hal.
Voice 2: I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.
Hello. You are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their carpets are clean. They give to charity through the
office and don’t need their picture taken. If you’re still with me, leave your name and number and they will get back to you.
(Two Computer generated voices:)
1: Hello, there are no real people here to answer the phone right now.
2: Yeah, nobody but us machines!
1: Right, just us machines, but don’t hang up! If you like, you can leave your name and telephone number…
2: …and a message! You forgot about the message!
1: Right. Leave your name, telephone number, and a brief message after you hear the beep, and we will keep track of this stuff until the real people get back.
1: I didn’t expect an answering machine.
2: Nobody expects an answering machine.
1: Our chief use is to get your name. And your phone number.
2: Our two chief uses are to get your name and your phone number.
1: And message. Damn.
2: Our three uses are to get your name, phone number, and message.
1: And time you called.
2: Oh, damn, we’ll have to start over.
1: No time for that, so just wait for the beep.
(Rod Serling imitation:) You’re dazed, bewildered, trapped in a world without time, where sound collides with color and shadows explode. You see a signpost up ahead — this is no ordinary
telephone answering device… You have reached, “The Twilight Phone”.
— authority figures —
Thank you for calling Soviet Embassy. No KG… Er, no diplomats are able to answer phone, so at sound of capitalist tone, leave name, telephone number, and short description of secrets you wish to sell.
The President is not in his office at this time. Please leave your name, phone number, the name of the country you wish to invade, and the secret password.
(Militaristic mechanical voice:)
FOXTROT-LIMA-ALPHA-SIERRA-HOTEL. KEY-DESTRUCT-SEQUENCE-NOW.
THIS-TERMINAL-ALSO-ACCEPTS-VOICE-MESSAGES.
You just dialed into the North American Air Defense Contract Center. Stand by at the tone to give coordinates and destination of incoming bogey. TNR Surveillance will scramble. If you do not respond, this unit will assume incoming….
Hello, this is Death. I am not in right now, but if you leave your name and number, I’ll be right with you.
— odd organizations —
This is a test. This is a test of the Answering Machine Broadcast System. This is only a test.
— mainly musical theme —
(To the tune of “Ride of the Valkyries”:)
Leave a message… Leave a message…
(Pink Floyd’s “Nobody Home”:) You have reached 587-8783.
Please leave a message. (”Ohhhhhhhhh, babe… When I pick up the phone… There’s still… Nobody home.”)
(Pink Floyd:)
Welcome my friends, welcome… to… the machine…
(Voice:) Please leave your name, phone number and message.
Thank you.
(”Camptown Races”:)
I can’t come to the telephone; doo-dah, doo-dah.
Leave your message when you hear the tone; oh, de doo-dah day.
Might be gone all night… Might be gone all day…
So leave a message when you hear the tone.
I’ll call you back someday…
(”Muppet Show” theme:)
It’s time to leave a message
After you hear the tone,
It’s time to leave a message
‘Cause we’re not at home tonight…
It’s time to leave a message
On Kate and Shannon’s phone,
It’s time to leave a message
‘Cause we’re not at home tonight.
Just leave your name and number,
Such simple things to do,
And then when we get home we will
Get right back to you.
It’s time to leave a message
After you hear the tone.
It’s time to leave a message
‘Cause we’re not at home tonight.
Gone to get a bite,
Stayin’ out all night,
Yes we have a life!
Leave a message, we’re not home toniiiiight…
— family fun —
This is Fred. We are not… Excuse me a moment, please. Put your sister down. PUT YOUR SISTER DOWN! (Sound of window breaking.) Great! What a mess. I’ll have to get back to you later.
(Loud sounds of a massive battle; calm voice:) Hello! Due to the breakdown in the 452nd truce, the inhabitants of village 286-3589 are cowering in their bomb shelters. However, if you
leave your name, number, and a message, any survivors will get back to you when the 453rd truce begins.
My wife and I can’t come to the phone right now, but if you’ll leave your name and number, we’ll get back to you as soon as we’re finished.
— can’t answer right now because… —
Hello, there is no one home to answer the phone. This doesn’t mean we don’t want to talk with you. It simply means there is no one home to talk with you. Some people get the incorrect
message that there actually is someone home but they just don’t want to answer the phone. This is not true.
(Sound of scrap metal falling down a staircase continues through message.) Hello, we are having some technical problems right now, so we can’t take your call. Please leave us a message.
(Automatic gunfire, explosions, rockets, jets; agitated voice:)
I’m pinned down and can’t come to the phone right now, and Bob’s handling supporting fire! Leave your name and number, and a message! We’ll get back to you as soon… FIRE IN THE HOLE!
(BOOM!) We’ll get back to you as soon as the air cover napalms the place!
Hi! I can’t answer the phone right now. Bob, that’s my pet parakeet, just swallowed a cherry bomb. It wasn’t lit, but I’ve got to get him to the bathroom. Uh-oh! (Sound of a paper bag
exploding.)
Hi. This is John. If you are the phone company, I already sent the money. If you are my parents, please send money. If you are my financial aid institution, you didn’t lend me enough money. If you are my friends, you owe me money. If you are a female, don’t worry, I have plenty of money.
(Narrator’s voice:) There Dale sits, reading a magazine.
Suddenly the telephone rings! The bathroom explodes into a veritable maelstrom of toilet paper, with Dale in the middle of it, his arms windmilling at incredible speeds! Will he make it in time? Alas no, his valiant effort is in vain. The bell hath sounded. Thou must leave a message.
Hi. I’m probably home, I’m just avoiding someone I don’t like.
Leave me a message, and if I don’t call back, it’s you.
(or)
Hi there. This is Joe speaking. I’m home right now, and in a moment, I’ll have a decision to make. Leave your name and number and I’ll be thinking about it…
(or)
Bob here. I’m home right now, I’m just screening my calls. So start talking and if you’re someone I want to speak with I’ll pick up the phone. Otherwise, well, what can I say?
— you’re in big trouble —
(Sinister organ music:) Hello, you have reached the Brown residence. You now have two choices. Number one, you may leave a message. (Angelic “Hallelujah!”) Or number two, suffer eternal damnation. (Horrid death scream.) You decide.
The machine answering this message is connected to a 5000 volt power supply, and a relay which is wired to this small kitten. (Sound of a kitten meowing.) If you hang up before you leave a message, it will complete the circuit and fry the kitty. The choice is YOURS!
Leave a message or I’ll send 30,000 volts through your phone.
I am an electrical engineer. I can do that.
You have reached the CPX-2000 Voice Blackmail System. Your voice patterns are now being digitally encoded and stored for later use. Once this is done, our computers will be able to use the sound of YOUR voice for literally thousands of illegal and immoral purposes. There is no charge for this initial consultation. However our staff of professional extortionists will contact you in the near future to further explain the benefits of our service, and to arrange for your schedule of payment. Remember to speak clearly at the sound of the tone. Thank you.
— befuddle the caller —
(A busy signal.)
(Recorded directly from AT&T:) We’re sorry, but the number you dialed is disconnected or no longer in service.
The number you have reached, 226-0477, has been changed. The new number is 226-0477. (Yes, same number.) Please check your number and dial again.
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Monday, 1 September 2008
Afrikaners attempt underwater Bible-reading
The South African Bible Society
August 30 2008 at 01:51PM
About 35 divers continued on Saturday, with their efforts to complete 64 hours of reading the Afrikaans translation of the Bible under water, SABC reported.
The Handwritten Bible and Underwater Bible Reading Marathons were some of the activities lined up by the Bible Society of South Africa to mark the 75th anniversary of the Afrikaans Bible in Bloemfontein.
The readathon started on Wednesday at the Bible House in Bloemfontein, in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of world records.
One of the divers, Eckhard Hesse said they have already set a record, as it is the first time that a bible is read under water.
He said it was also the first time that an Afrikaans bible is being read under water and monitored on a speaker system.
A previous attempt in 2002 failed due to technical reasons. The under water reading of the Bible was one of the activities taking place to mark the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Afrikaans translation of the Bible.
A church service would be held on Sunday to close the celebration activities.
The first Afrikaans Bible was launched in 1933 in Bloemfontein.
According to Bible Society of South Africa, the anniversary was regarded as a great celebration for Afrikaans speaking people. - Sapa
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Brilliant!!! I wish them lots of luck!
August 30 2008 at 01:51PM
About 35 divers continued on Saturday, with their efforts to complete 64 hours of reading the Afrikaans translation of the Bible under water, SABC reported.
The Handwritten Bible and Underwater Bible Reading Marathons were some of the activities lined up by the Bible Society of South Africa to mark the 75th anniversary of the Afrikaans Bible in Bloemfontein.
The readathon started on Wednesday at the Bible House in Bloemfontein, in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of world records.
One of the divers, Eckhard Hesse said they have already set a record, as it is the first time that a bible is read under water.
He said it was also the first time that an Afrikaans bible is being read under water and monitored on a speaker system.
A previous attempt in 2002 failed due to technical reasons. The under water reading of the Bible was one of the activities taking place to mark the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Afrikaans translation of the Bible.
A church service would be held on Sunday to close the celebration activities.
The first Afrikaans Bible was launched in 1933 in Bloemfontein.
According to Bible Society of South Africa, the anniversary was regarded as a great celebration for Afrikaans speaking people. - Sapa
_____________________________________________________________________
Brilliant!!! I wish them lots of luck!
Friday, 29 August 2008
They said ....
1. “Michael Jackson’s album was only called Bad because there wasn’t enough room on the sleeve for Pathetic.” —Prince
2. “He looks like a dwarf who’s been dipped in a bucket of pubic hair.” —Boy George, on Prince
3. “He couldn’t ad-lib a fart after a baked-bean dinner.” —Johnny Carson, on Chevy Chase
4. “All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.” —Lyndon Johnson, on Hubert Humphrey, his vice president
5. “The only reason so many people attended his funeral was they wanted to make sure he was dead.” —Samuel Goldwyn, on Louis B. Mayer
6. “People shouldn’t be treated like objects. They aren’t that valuable.” —P.J. O’Rourke
7. “Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence–those are the three pillars of Western prosperity.” —Aldous Huxley
8. “The only thing dumber than a pitcher is two pitchers.” —Ted Williams
9. “I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with ‘Guess’ on it. I said, ‘Thyroid problem?’ ” —Emo Philips
10. “He has so many fishhooks in his nose, he looks like a piece of bait.” —Bob Costas, on Dennis Rodman
11. “If you’re going to spit at me, make sure you hit me in the face. Don’t be wasting my time.” —Dennis Rodman
18. “She not only kept her figure, she’s added so much to it.” —Bob Fosse
19. “Love is two minutes, 52 seconds of squishing noises.” —Johnny Rotten
20. “Democracy is the worship of jackals by jackasses.” —H.L. Mencken
21. “Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
22. “You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly, and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.” —Fred Allen
23. “Life is a cement trampoline.” —Howard Nordberg
24. “He would sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.” —Tom Waits, on singer/songwriter Chuck E. Weiss
25. “Start every day with a smile and get it over with.” —W.C. Fields
12. “If I had a hammer, I’d use it on Peter, Paul, and Mary.” —Howard Rosenberg
13. “Women’s intuition is the result of millions of years of not thinking.” —Rupert Hughes
14. “He walks as if he had fouled his small clothes and looks as if he smelt it.” —Christopher Smart, on the poet Thomas Gray
15. “I couldn’t warm to him even if I was cremated next to him.” —Keith Richards, on Chuck Berry
16. “I’m glad I’ve given up drugs and alcohol. It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He’s pathetic. It’s like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young.” —Elton John
17. “One should forgive one’s enemies, but not before they are hanged.” —Heinrich Heine
2. “He looks like a dwarf who’s been dipped in a bucket of pubic hair.” —Boy George, on Prince
3. “He couldn’t ad-lib a fart after a baked-bean dinner.” —Johnny Carson, on Chevy Chase
4. “All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.” —Lyndon Johnson, on Hubert Humphrey, his vice president
5. “The only reason so many people attended his funeral was they wanted to make sure he was dead.” —Samuel Goldwyn, on Louis B. Mayer
6. “People shouldn’t be treated like objects. They aren’t that valuable.” —P.J. O’Rourke
7. “Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence–those are the three pillars of Western prosperity.” —Aldous Huxley
8. “The only thing dumber than a pitcher is two pitchers.” —Ted Williams
9. “I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with ‘Guess’ on it. I said, ‘Thyroid problem?’ ” —Emo Philips
10. “He has so many fishhooks in his nose, he looks like a piece of bait.” —Bob Costas, on Dennis Rodman
11. “If you’re going to spit at me, make sure you hit me in the face. Don’t be wasting my time.” —Dennis Rodman
18. “She not only kept her figure, she’s added so much to it.” —Bob Fosse
19. “Love is two minutes, 52 seconds of squishing noises.” —Johnny Rotten
20. “Democracy is the worship of jackals by jackasses.” —H.L. Mencken
21. “Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
22. “You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly, and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.” —Fred Allen
23. “Life is a cement trampoline.” —Howard Nordberg
24. “He would sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.” —Tom Waits, on singer/songwriter Chuck E. Weiss
25. “Start every day with a smile and get it over with.” —W.C. Fields
12. “If I had a hammer, I’d use it on Peter, Paul, and Mary.” —Howard Rosenberg
13. “Women’s intuition is the result of millions of years of not thinking.” —Rupert Hughes
14. “He walks as if he had fouled his small clothes and looks as if he smelt it.” —Christopher Smart, on the poet Thomas Gray
15. “I couldn’t warm to him even if I was cremated next to him.” —Keith Richards, on Chuck Berry
16. “I’m glad I’ve given up drugs and alcohol. It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He’s pathetic. It’s like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young.” —Elton John
17. “One should forgive one’s enemies, but not before they are hanged.” —Heinrich Heine
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Court orders church to apologise
Church to apologise to homosexual music teacher
NG Kerk ordered to apologise to homosexual teacher whom the court ruled was dismissed unfairly
August 28, 2008, 12:30
The Pretoria High Court has ordered the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Moreleta Park to apologise to a homosexual music teacher.
Johan Strydom, 31, a teacher at the church's Art Academy took the church to court saying his dismissal was based on his sexual orientation. The court ruled that the church had unfairly discriminated against Strydom on the grounds of his sexual orientation.
The court has also ordered the church to pay more than R86 000 for the impairment of Strydom's dignity, emotional and psychological suffering and loss of earnings. Strydom's lawyer, James Spies, says the case has created a legal precedent in which religious freedom will not infringe on an individual's rights.
The church's Reverend Dirkie van der Spuy says although he's disappointed with the judgment, the church has nothing against homosexual members.
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This is bullshit. That little gay wanker can go and fuck a dead tree. Really, you want to work for a church, you can't walk in there swearing, smoking and taking a sip from a bottle, and them claim prejudice when they object.
Sounds like entrapment to me, since i am 100% certain he didn't tell them he way gay in the interview. Ditto for other sins. If i walk in and start flirting with the ladies in an improper way, or any other improper, yet legal way, the church would be fault if they did NOT take corrective measures.
Taking it to the logical extreme, it would become impossible to fire anyone, which i guess is where we're going.
I'm not homophobic or anything, and i am REALLY not fond of the NG kerk, but this does irk me. A church has "other" laws by which they abide, and by associating with the church, one must accept those other rules.
The state over ruling a moral decision, and then adding damages, not kosher.
NG Kerk ordered to apologise to homosexual teacher whom the court ruled was dismissed unfairly
August 28, 2008, 12:30
The Pretoria High Court has ordered the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Moreleta Park to apologise to a homosexual music teacher.
Johan Strydom, 31, a teacher at the church's Art Academy took the church to court saying his dismissal was based on his sexual orientation. The court ruled that the church had unfairly discriminated against Strydom on the grounds of his sexual orientation.
The court has also ordered the church to pay more than R86 000 for the impairment of Strydom's dignity, emotional and psychological suffering and loss of earnings. Strydom's lawyer, James Spies, says the case has created a legal precedent in which religious freedom will not infringe on an individual's rights.
The church's Reverend Dirkie van der Spuy says although he's disappointed with the judgment, the church has nothing against homosexual members.
__________________________________________________________________________
This is bullshit. That little gay wanker can go and fuck a dead tree. Really, you want to work for a church, you can't walk in there swearing, smoking and taking a sip from a bottle, and them claim prejudice when they object.
Sounds like entrapment to me, since i am 100% certain he didn't tell them he way gay in the interview. Ditto for other sins. If i walk in and start flirting with the ladies in an improper way, or any other improper, yet legal way, the church would be fault if they did NOT take corrective measures.
Taking it to the logical extreme, it would become impossible to fire anyone, which i guess is where we're going.
I'm not homophobic or anything, and i am REALLY not fond of the NG kerk, but this does irk me. A church has "other" laws by which they abide, and by associating with the church, one must accept those other rules.
The state over ruling a moral decision, and then adding damages, not kosher.
More from China
Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen
Posted by Charles on August 27, 2008
aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com
Associated Press reported the release of a Chinese democracy activist, Hu Shigen, now aged, 53, who has served 16 years in prison for “carrying out counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement” and “organizing a counterrevolutionary group”.
A lecturer of the Beijing Language and Culture Institute, Shigen formed the China Freedom and Democracy Party with Wang Guoqi and others in 1991. He was also part of the Chinese Progressive Alliance formed by Kang Yuchun and one of the co-founders of the China Free Trade Union Preparatory Committee.
He was detained on May 27, 1992, arrested on September of that year and subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years deprivation of political rights for his human rights work which demanded accountability for the Chinese government’s violent suppression of the June 1989 Democracy Movement. The Democracy and Freedom Party was also seen as a threat to the Communist Party which included up to 100 members of the Communist Party.
During his imprisonment at the Beijing Number 2 Prison, Shigen was said to been tortured and harshly treated for refusing to confess remorse. According to China Forum, he is suffering from ‘intestinal and heart ailments,malnutrition and chronic migraines, and requires a hearing aid… More recently, Hu has suffered the dislocation of several vertebrae,and friends worry that he will become paralyzed if his condition is not treated…
According to Epoch Times, fellow activists were prevented from meeting the dissident upon his release. Shigen is also banned from interviews as he is still deprived of his political rights. He is reported to be planning a trip home in Jiangxi to pay his late mother respect as he was imprisoned while she passed away in 1999.
- References -
Mosher, S 2004, ‘Prisoner Profile - Hu Shigen’, China Rights Forum, accessed 27 August 2008.
‘Dissident released after 16 years in jail in China’, Associated Press, accessed 27 August 2008.
‘China frees dissident Hu after 16 years’, Epoch Times, accessed 27 August 2008.
Posted by Charles on August 27, 2008
aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com
Associated Press reported the release of a Chinese democracy activist, Hu Shigen, now aged, 53, who has served 16 years in prison for “carrying out counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement” and “organizing a counterrevolutionary group”.
A lecturer of the Beijing Language and Culture Institute, Shigen formed the China Freedom and Democracy Party with Wang Guoqi and others in 1991. He was also part of the Chinese Progressive Alliance formed by Kang Yuchun and one of the co-founders of the China Free Trade Union Preparatory Committee.
He was detained on May 27, 1992, arrested on September of that year and subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years deprivation of political rights for his human rights work which demanded accountability for the Chinese government’s violent suppression of the June 1989 Democracy Movement. The Democracy and Freedom Party was also seen as a threat to the Communist Party which included up to 100 members of the Communist Party.
During his imprisonment at the Beijing Number 2 Prison, Shigen was said to been tortured and harshly treated for refusing to confess remorse. According to China Forum, he is suffering from ‘intestinal and heart ailments,malnutrition and chronic migraines, and requires a hearing aid… More recently, Hu has suffered the dislocation of several vertebrae,and friends worry that he will become paralyzed if his condition is not treated…
According to Epoch Times, fellow activists were prevented from meeting the dissident upon his release. Shigen is also banned from interviews as he is still deprived of his political rights. He is reported to be planning a trip home in Jiangxi to pay his late mother respect as he was imprisoned while she passed away in 1999.
- References -
Mosher, S 2004, ‘Prisoner Profile - Hu Shigen’, China Rights Forum, accessed 27 August 2008.
‘Dissident released after 16 years in jail in China’, Associated Press, accessed 27 August 2008.
‘China frees dissident Hu after 16 years’, Epoch Times, accessed 27 August 2008.
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Banatski Sokolac
http://rockvillage.org/eng/Last weekend in Banatski Sokolac came off in spirit of good music, dancing, positive energy… Several thousand people gathered in this village in Serbia and the backyard of elementary school was too small for all the people who love rock music. All participants - Atomsko skloniste, Van Gogh, Irina & Storm, Del Arno band, Ras Abraham & The Irie Vibes and others shared their positive energy with the audience and heated up the atmosphere.READ MORE.......
Taken from http://rockvillage.org/eng/
Monday, 25 August 2008
Friday, 22 August 2008
Cluster maps
i don't know how many people noticed, but i added on of them. Very zooty. Curiosity is a bastard, we all know that. And being online ... well where the hell are my readers?
i imagine most are in SA, something the map confirms, apparently equally split between Cape Town and Jo'burg. But daily watching people pop in form New Zealand, the US, Earope, India and so on. Literally from everywhere.
Now, you can never have an answer that does not prompt more questions (IMHO).
Why you here? Do you like it? Why? Where else to you read? etcetera ... etcetera ... etcetera ... (i've always loved the WHOLE etcetera ... no idea why).
maybe it has meaning, maybe not ..... ok probably not. But it's a very odd thought that my rants and silly ideas from SA are being read by people literally on the other side of the globe. I hope that something of some sort does exist which joins us in some way, more from an ideas perspective .... i guess that's the idealist in me .... universal brotherhood and such.
Well, drop a comment ... maybe i delete it, lol, or maybe i just reply.
Peace and love and chickenwings
More license department problems
Scam unearthed at testing station
Graeme Hosken
August 22 2008 at 09:46AM
A daring fraud syndicate specialising in the sale of fake driver's licences has been unearthed by police at the Waltloo vehicle testing station in Tshwane.
The gang, which operated from a car "registered" in the name of a police officer, is believed to have been operating in Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo for several years, targeting unsuspecting and desperate would-be motorists.
The scam was discovered when police from the Pretoria Flying Squad were tipped off about the sale of temporary driver's licences at Waltloo vehicle testing station.
Police swooped on three suspects sitting in a blue Mazda 6 which the suspects were using as their office, and recovered several fake driver's licences and dozens of identity photographs of would-be motorists.
On checking the vehicle's registration, the arresting officers discovered that the car was registered in the name of a man believed to be a senior superintendent at the SAPS National Evaluation office in Pretoria.
Police at the scene said they were investigating the possibility that the car may have been registered in the policeman's name to fool police into thinking that there was nothing suspicious about the car.
"The other possibilities are that the car has either been 'cloned' or else this policeman is actually involved in the syndicate," said a policeman.
Police spokesperson Captain Jan Sepato confirmed the arrests, saying the men, aged between 30 and 36, were caught with numerous false documents and identity photographs. "We believe that the photographs belong to people who have been duped into buying their driver's licences from the syndicate which we suspect is operating in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West province," he said.
Sepato said the men will appear in court next week on charges of fraud.
He said police were investigating the fact that the car is registered in the name of a policeman.
"At this stage we are establishing whether the man is in fact a policeman or whether he has left the service," he said.
Sepato appealed to people applying for the driver's licences to be wary of unscrupulous people operating in the vicinity of vehicle testing stations.
Anyone with information about similar operations at any vehicle testing station can contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on August 22, 2008
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Without any inside knowledge or intelligent info, something tells me these are the guys that took my wife for a ride. Gut feeling.
"We believe that the photographs belong to people who have been duped into buying their driver's licences from the syndicate which we suspect is operating in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West province,"
Mobile, with inside info, apparently real documents, duping people. Sounds eerily familiar. People are duly warned to look out for unscrupulous people in the vicinity of testing stations .... but these guys know every testing centre in the country. They would certainly not appear unscrupulous on the surface, and does vicinity include operating from WITHIN the license offices?
I would imagine this info would be dragged out into court eventually, they were caught red handed. I'd love to have a look at one of those temp licenses, just a peek and i would know for sure.
But hey, these guys have been stopped, big up to the boys in blue.
Graeme Hosken
August 22 2008 at 09:46AM
A daring fraud syndicate specialising in the sale of fake driver's licences has been unearthed by police at the Waltloo vehicle testing station in Tshwane.
The gang, which operated from a car "registered" in the name of a police officer, is believed to have been operating in Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo for several years, targeting unsuspecting and desperate would-be motorists.
The scam was discovered when police from the Pretoria Flying Squad were tipped off about the sale of temporary driver's licences at Waltloo vehicle testing station.
Police swooped on three suspects sitting in a blue Mazda 6 which the suspects were using as their office, and recovered several fake driver's licences and dozens of identity photographs of would-be motorists.
On checking the vehicle's registration, the arresting officers discovered that the car was registered in the name of a man believed to be a senior superintendent at the SAPS National Evaluation office in Pretoria.
Police at the scene said they were investigating the possibility that the car may have been registered in the policeman's name to fool police into thinking that there was nothing suspicious about the car.
"The other possibilities are that the car has either been 'cloned' or else this policeman is actually involved in the syndicate," said a policeman.
Police spokesperson Captain Jan Sepato confirmed the arrests, saying the men, aged between 30 and 36, were caught with numerous false documents and identity photographs. "We believe that the photographs belong to people who have been duped into buying their driver's licences from the syndicate which we suspect is operating in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West province," he said.
Sepato said the men will appear in court next week on charges of fraud.
He said police were investigating the fact that the car is registered in the name of a policeman.
"At this stage we are establishing whether the man is in fact a policeman or whether he has left the service," he said.
Sepato appealed to people applying for the driver's licences to be wary of unscrupulous people operating in the vicinity of vehicle testing stations.
Anyone with information about similar operations at any vehicle testing station can contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on August 22, 2008
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Without any inside knowledge or intelligent info, something tells me these are the guys that took my wife for a ride. Gut feeling.
"We believe that the photographs belong to people who have been duped into buying their driver's licences from the syndicate which we suspect is operating in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West province,"
Mobile, with inside info, apparently real documents, duping people. Sounds eerily familiar. People are duly warned to look out for unscrupulous people in the vicinity of testing stations .... but these guys know every testing centre in the country. They would certainly not appear unscrupulous on the surface, and does vicinity include operating from WITHIN the license offices?
I would imagine this info would be dragged out into court eventually, they were caught red handed. I'd love to have a look at one of those temp licenses, just a peek and i would know for sure.
But hey, these guys have been stopped, big up to the boys in blue.
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Bad vibes
Is it just me or are things really fucked up lately. I blame the moon, for lack of anything else to howl at, perhaps i'm even right ....
For the last week, people have been bitchy, drivers have been absolute and total idiots, violence has been very close to the surface ... you can FEEL it in the air.
As ever, when i feel times like this i slow down and try surf the tides as best i can. However, every single other person close to me decides to go absolutely apeshit ... and frankly i don't have patience for that at the best of times .... times like this i could happily hide under my bed. Um ... under bed doesn't work, i tried it. have to go hide under a bush in the garden, otherwise they find me. No, i'm not joking.
I guess the question is this:
is this subjective?
or is this objective?
If it's subjective, then i feel better already. Just my own mind playing games. If it's not ... then WTF???? Can we have the old normal back please ... oh? really? that's a shame. The old normal got eaten .... that explains it.
If it's objective, then suddenly the school sword killer seems more understandable.
For me ... i want to get drunk .... really horribly dehumanisingly smashed.
The ability to reason is over rated thank you ... i'll settle for: "I'm unable to talk right now ... or think, or walk ... if you wish to leave a message, don't, i won't reply anyway".
Life really is a fuck up .... strange how no-one wants to say that ... ever ... despite overwhelming evidence. Bad you know .... can't have people thinking that.
I went to the doc the other day ... just feeling sick, tired, the usual. He tells me to take a holiday. Admittedly that was my first laugh for a while.
For the last week, people have been bitchy, drivers have been absolute and total idiots, violence has been very close to the surface ... you can FEEL it in the air.
As ever, when i feel times like this i slow down and try surf the tides as best i can. However, every single other person close to me decides to go absolutely apeshit ... and frankly i don't have patience for that at the best of times .... times like this i could happily hide under my bed. Um ... under bed doesn't work, i tried it. have to go hide under a bush in the garden, otherwise they find me. No, i'm not joking.
I guess the question is this:
is this subjective?
or is this objective?
If it's subjective, then i feel better already. Just my own mind playing games. If it's not ... then WTF???? Can we have the old normal back please ... oh? really? that's a shame. The old normal got eaten .... that explains it.
If it's objective, then suddenly the school sword killer seems more understandable.
For me ... i want to get drunk .... really horribly dehumanisingly smashed.
The ability to reason is over rated thank you ... i'll settle for: "I'm unable to talk right now ... or think, or walk ... if you wish to leave a message, don't, i won't reply anyway".
Life really is a fuck up .... strange how no-one wants to say that ... ever ... despite overwhelming evidence. Bad you know .... can't have people thinking that.
I went to the doc the other day ... just feeling sick, tired, the usual. He tells me to take a holiday. Admittedly that was my first laugh for a while.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Obtainable Affirmations
1. As I let go of my feelings of guilt, I am in touch with
my inner sociopath.
2. I have the power to channel my imagination into ever-
soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia.
3. I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
4. I no longer need to punish, deceive, or compromise
myself, unless I want to stay employed.
5. In some cultures what I do would be considered normal.
6. Having control over myself is almost as good as having
control over others.
7. My intuition nearly makes up for my lack of self-
judgment.
8. I honor my personality flaws for without them I would
have no personality at all.
9. I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those
censorious, self-righteous people around me.
10. I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is
willing to learn from them.
my inner sociopath.
2. I have the power to channel my imagination into ever-
soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia.
3. I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
4. I no longer need to punish, deceive, or compromise
myself, unless I want to stay employed.
5. In some cultures what I do would be considered normal.
6. Having control over myself is almost as good as having
control over others.
7. My intuition nearly makes up for my lack of self-
judgment.
8. I honor my personality flaws for without them I would
have no personality at all.
9. I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those
censorious, self-righteous people around me.
10. I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is
willing to learn from them.
Sympathy
Sympathy just doesn’t mean
That much to me
Compassion’s not
The fashion in my mind
And if you’re looking for
A shoulder to cry on
Don’t turn your head my way
’cause I’d rather have
My music any day
You and I are
Masters of our destiny
We look for consolation all the time
Until we find out things are not
What they were meant to be, oh no
And if it doesn’t suit our mood
We’ll call it crime
Dedication’s not an obligation
Or a figment of
Someone’s imagination
It’s the only way they say
To live from day to day
To make each passing way
A small sensation
Dreams are the possession of
The simple man
Reality the fantasy of youth
But living is a problem that
Is common to us all
With love the only
Common road to truth
Thank you to Uriah Heep
Its the last verse that's been haunting me for awhile.
peace and love
That much to me
Compassion’s not
The fashion in my mind
And if you’re looking for
A shoulder to cry on
Don’t turn your head my way
’cause I’d rather have
My music any day
You and I are
Masters of our destiny
We look for consolation all the time
Until we find out things are not
What they were meant to be, oh no
And if it doesn’t suit our mood
We’ll call it crime
Dedication’s not an obligation
Or a figment of
Someone’s imagination
It’s the only way they say
To live from day to day
To make each passing way
A small sensation
Dreams are the possession of
The simple man
Reality the fantasy of youth
But living is a problem that
Is common to us all
With love the only
Common road to truth
Thank you to Uriah Heep
Its the last verse that's been haunting me for awhile.
peace and love
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Friday, 15 August 2008
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Beijing 1989
We were watching TV
In Tiananmen Square
Lost my baby there
My yellow rose
In her bloodstained clothes
She was a short order pastry chef
In a Dim Sum dive on the Yangtze tideway
She had a shiny hair
She was a daughter of an engineer
Won't you shed a tear
For my yellow rose
My yellow rose
In her bloodstained clothes
She had a perfect breasts
She had high hopes
She had almond eyes
She had yellow thighs
She was a student of philosophy
Won't you grieve with me
For my yellow rose
Shed a tear
For her bloodstained clothes
She had shiny hair
She had perfect breasts
She had almond eyes
She had yellow thighs
She was a daughter af an engineer
So get out your pistols
Get out your stones
Get out your knives
Cut them to the bone
They are the lackeys of the grocer's machine
They built the dark satanic mills
That manufacture hell on earth
They bought the front row seats on Calvary
They are irrelevant to me
And I grieve for my sister
People of China
Do not forget do not forget
The children who died for you
Long live the Republic
Did we do anything after this
I've feeling we did
We were watching TV
Watching TV
We were watching TV
Watching TV
She wore a white bandanna that said
Freedom now
She thought the Great Wall of China
Would come tumbling down
She was a student
Her father was an engineer
Won't you shed a tear
For my yellow rose
My yellow rose
In her bloodstained clothes
Her grandpa fought old Chiang Kai-shek
That no-good low-down dirty rat
Who used to order his troops
To fire on women and children
Imagine that imagine that
And in the spring of'48
Mao Tse-tung got quite irate
And he kicked that old dictator Chiang
Out of the state of China
Chiang Kai-shek came down in Formosa
And they armed the island of Quemoy
And the shells were flying across the China Sea
And they turned Formosa into a shoe factory
Called Taiwan
And she is different from Cro-Magnon man
She's different from Anne Boleyn
She is different from the Rosenbergs
And from the unknown Jew
She is different from the unknown Nicaraguan
Half superstar half victim
She's a victor star conceptually new
And she is different from the Dodo
And from the Kankabono
She is different from the Aztec
And from the Cherokee
She's everybody's sister
She's a symbolic of our failure
She's the one in fifty million
Who can help us to be free
Because she died on TV
And I grieve for my sister
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Roger Waters From Amused to Death
The other Waters post on TV reminded me of this song, from the same album. I was watching tv that day too, with news of protests in china, students who were challenging the authoritarian rule.
On tv, a girl was driven over by a tank. In Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
Then there's Nepal, and Tibet ...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
The art of Mark Bryan
http://www.artofmarkbryan.com/Go see his site. It's like a cross between Dali and Gauguin. A lot of political messages, but honest first person view of the world. Some very interesting paintings.
Phoenicia
http://www.phoenicia.org.uk/The Expedition
"Phoenicia" will attempt to re-create the Phoenicians' epic voyage around the continent of Africa in a traditionally built replica Phoenician / Mediterranean vessel.
The Phoenician Ship Expedition will depart from Arwad, Syria in August 2008, sail through the Suez Canal, around the Horn of Africa and down the east coast. Negotiating the dangers of the Cape of Good Hope will be a critical point in the expedition. The voyage will continue up the west coast of Africa, through the Straights of Gibraltar and across the Mediterranean to return to Syria. The circumnavigation will be followed by another voyage to bring the ship to the United Kingdom in Summer 2009; in all 17,000 miles and 10 months at sea.
The Phoenician Ship Expedition is being led by Philip Beale, whose most recent venture was to lead the 2003-04 Borobudur Ship Expedition. This involved building a replica 8th century Indonesian trading vessel which Philip and his multi-national crew sailed from Indonesia to West Africa.
A team of specialists have been formed to manage the planning, undertaking and post expedition arrangements of the Phoenician Ship Expedition.
There are still legs available to this 600 BC sailing expedition! The search is on for keen sailors and adventurers to take part in this ambitious project which aims to recreate the Phoenicians circumnavigation of Africa, believed to have been achieved over 2,000 years ago.
Track the Phoenicia's progress
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Monday, 11 August 2008
Television
Ok, i hate it. Not so much IT as what it's used for. And how it's used.
Dumping the tv was probably the smartest thing i ever did for my family. My thinking is pretty much as follows:
1) A tv has this magical ability to be left on, even when crap is showing
2) TV noise is the most vile hateful and disturbing of all noise (especially at dinnertime, i cannot eat with soap opera's hyper tension screeching)
3) 99% of airtime is rubbish, or at least irrelevant to me, the 1% i really can do without
4) News sports and actualities are all LATEST NEWS driven, appealing to MAJORITIES of viewers, and really are bland regurgitations of what some people thought important that day (also the SABC, the state broadcaster, is so politically controlled, you cannot accept any news at face value (see former news head, Snuki Zikalala for a perfect representation of a state disinformation agent)
5) Here in SA there is a HUGE campaign to make people who have tv sets pay an annual license, (it's the right thing to do), rich or poor, you will face jail time if you don't pay, but at the same time you cannot EVER get off their list of payees (ask anyone who has tried, even dead people are taken to court and charged interest)
Anyways ... you get where i'm coming from.
So ... sa is now going across to DIGITAL TV ... woohoo ...and bleh.
"Johannesburg - Strict security features will be installed in set-top boxes that will enable South Africans to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said in Johannesburg on Monday. "
"Conditional access systems allow whoever controls the system to block the signal getting through and could be used to enforce TV license payments by the SABC, although this was denied by the SABC at the time. "
"Cape Town - Sentech intends to launch at least one high-definition television (HDTV) satellite channel in time for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Thursday."
And my favourite:
"Pretoria - Government is to provide R2.45bn to South Africa's "poorest TV-owning households" to help them buy the set-top signal boxes they will need once the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting is completed in 2011."
Fuck housing, fuck hospitals .... OUR PEOPLE NEED ...TV.
These are the spoils of the revolution.
"And when they found our shadows
Grouped 'round the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data in their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death"
Thank you to Roger Waters
Dumping the tv was probably the smartest thing i ever did for my family. My thinking is pretty much as follows:
1) A tv has this magical ability to be left on, even when crap is showing
2) TV noise is the most vile hateful and disturbing of all noise (especially at dinnertime, i cannot eat with soap opera's hyper tension screeching)
3) 99% of airtime is rubbish, or at least irrelevant to me, the 1% i really can do without
4) News sports and actualities are all LATEST NEWS driven, appealing to MAJORITIES of viewers, and really are bland regurgitations of what some people thought important that day (also the SABC, the state broadcaster, is so politically controlled, you cannot accept any news at face value (see former news head, Snuki Zikalala for a perfect representation of a state disinformation agent)
5) Here in SA there is a HUGE campaign to make people who have tv sets pay an annual license, (it's the right thing to do), rich or poor, you will face jail time if you don't pay, but at the same time you cannot EVER get off their list of payees (ask anyone who has tried, even dead people are taken to court and charged interest)
Anyways ... you get where i'm coming from.
So ... sa is now going across to DIGITAL TV ... woohoo ...and bleh.
"Johannesburg - Strict security features will be installed in set-top boxes that will enable South Africans to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said in Johannesburg on Monday. "
"Conditional access systems allow whoever controls the system to block the signal getting through and could be used to enforce TV license payments by the SABC, although this was denied by the SABC at the time. "
"Cape Town - Sentech intends to launch at least one high-definition television (HDTV) satellite channel in time for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Thursday."
And my favourite:
"Pretoria - Government is to provide R2.45bn to South Africa's "poorest TV-owning households" to help them buy the set-top signal boxes they will need once the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting is completed in 2011."
Fuck housing, fuck hospitals .... OUR PEOPLE NEED ...TV.
These are the spoils of the revolution.
"And when they found our shadows
Grouped 'round the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data in their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death"
Thank you to Roger Waters
Dust in the Wind
I close my eyes
only for a moment
and the moment's gone
all my dreams
pass before my eyes a curiosity
dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
Same old song
just a drop of water
in the endless sea
all we do
crumbles to the ground
though we refuse to see
dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
Now, don't hang on
nothing last forever
but the earth and sky
it slips away
And all your money
won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
dust in the wind
everything is dust in the wind
only for a moment
and the moment's gone
all my dreams
pass before my eyes a curiosity
dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
Same old song
just a drop of water
in the endless sea
all we do
crumbles to the ground
though we refuse to see
dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
Now, don't hang on
nothing last forever
but the earth and sky
it slips away
And all your money
won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
dust in the wind
everything is dust in the wind
Friday, 8 August 2008
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Guess
It's jo'burg, check the license plate on the golf. I'm not surprised somehow, seen stranger things .... but curious ... wtf?
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Doctor says
I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me.
Today, we all could probably use more calm in our lives.
A doctor on breakfast television this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started. So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Shhhardonay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of vocka, a pockage of Prunglies, tha mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the Chesescke an a box a chocolets.
Yu haf no idr who fkin gud I fel.
Peas sen dis orn to dem yu fee AR in ned ov inr pece
Today, we all could probably use more calm in our lives.
A doctor on breakfast television this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started. So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Shhhardonay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of vocka, a pockage of Prunglies, tha mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the Chesescke an a box a chocolets.
Yu haf no idr who fkin gud I fel.
Peas sen dis orn to dem yu fee AR in ned ov inr pece
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
PIGS ARE FLYING
What to do when stopped by cops...
IOL
August 05 2008 at 09:14AM
By Thandi Skade
What can motorists do when they are pulled over? Do they have any rights?
Early on July 27, a 21-year-old woman travelling alone in her car was stopped and pulled over by two uniformed Metro Police officers.
They approached her from a marked Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) bakkie. One officer asked to see her driving licence and if she had been drinking. She replied that she had drunk one glass of wine.
"He said I may be over the limit. He asked me to do a breathalyser (test) and (then) changed his mind, saying: 'I don't think a girl like you wants to go to jail.'
"I asked him to do the breathalyser (test) because he wanted to take me to jail, but he refused and he said if he did the breathalyser (test), I would probably be over the limit," she said.
In the meantime, the second officer was apparently pacing between the two cars.
The first officer informed her they were going to take her to Linden police station, where she could apply for bail of R1 500.
"I never did a breathalyser (test), so I wasn't sure why I had to go to jail. He asked me what we could do about this."
She said the officer then got into her car with her, and the other officer followed them in the bakkie.
On the way to the police station, the officer allegedly repeatedly tried to solicit a bribe, asking: "What can we do about this?"
"He didn't mention money specifically, but said he wanted something. He told me to stop and park on Frederick Drive, Northcliff, and went out to his friend. He came back and told me his friend needed something."
The officer finally returned her licence and she drove off.
Her experience prompted The Star to look at motorists' rights in such a situation. Alarmingly, they don't have any.
According to JMPD spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar, motorists have to obey any orders or instructions from a uniformed officer.
"A motorist is required to comply with the officer until the officer has completed his or her inspection, issued the motorist a ticket or executed an arrest," he said.
It is only once a motorist has been arrested and booked at a police station that they may exercise their right to pay bail, be released from custody and appear in court.
Until then, Minnaar said, a motorist had no choice but to do what they're told.
Commenting on the woman's experience, Minnaar said the officer was within his rights to arrest the woman on suspicion of drunken driving, even though he allegedly refused to do the breathalyser test.
He admitted that it was bizarre that the officer refused to do the test, because it could have been used as evidence to support his suspicion.
"It's odd, but he has the authority to arrest her on suspicion alone," he said.
He advised motorists who suspected an officer of trying to solicit a bribe to make a note of the person's identity and report the officer to the JMPD's Internal Affairs Investigation Unit.
"If an officer is talking in the way of soliciting a bribe, take down some form of identity so that there can be an investigation into the matter.
"Try to take down the officer's number plate, the vehicle number, precinct and name," he said.
Uniformed JMPD officers have the authority to stop any motorist:
# For a routine check;
# For a traffic offence; and
# To check for suspected stolen vehicles or suspicious drivers.
They further have the authority to:
# Thoroughly check the inside and outside of the car;
# Request personal information such as names and addresses from any person in the car, including driver and passengers; and
# Inspect the car and driving licence.
Motorists' rights (which only apply after you have been arrested):
# Pay bail;
# Be released; and
# Appear in court.
Tips on how to handle a police officer or metro police officer:
# Stop if you are ordered to do so. Remain calm and be co-operative.
# Take down the police officer's registration number and vehicle number written on the side of the car.
# Call 10111, tell the operator that you have been stopped by the police and you would like them to keep talking to you until you have identified the officers.
Give the operator the officer's name, rank and force number, but make sure the police can hear you as that will reduce the chances of them trying to bribe or harass you.
__________________________________________________ ____________
Ok, so they can stop you for any reason, inspect any aspect of the vehicle, including passengers and inside any bags you may have, and arrest you for no valid reason whatever, not even needing to state a reason. They could arrest you on suspicion of speeding. But now, this woman was never arrested. There were no charges laid, in fact, she was kidnapped and essentially held to ransom, BY THE POLICE.
If they did make an arrest, she would then be jailed overnight, for not having done anything wrong.
Motorists are being advised to phone the police when they are stopped by the police.
How seriously messed up is that?
I repeat, i refuse to submit, i will not wear their plates, i will not bow to their claimed authority, and i will not stop when directed to do so.
IOL
August 05 2008 at 09:14AM
By Thandi Skade
What can motorists do when they are pulled over? Do they have any rights?
Early on July 27, a 21-year-old woman travelling alone in her car was stopped and pulled over by two uniformed Metro Police officers.
They approached her from a marked Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) bakkie. One officer asked to see her driving licence and if she had been drinking. She replied that she had drunk one glass of wine.
"He said I may be over the limit. He asked me to do a breathalyser (test) and (then) changed his mind, saying: 'I don't think a girl like you wants to go to jail.'
"I asked him to do the breathalyser (test) because he wanted to take me to jail, but he refused and he said if he did the breathalyser (test), I would probably be over the limit," she said.
In the meantime, the second officer was apparently pacing between the two cars.
The first officer informed her they were going to take her to Linden police station, where she could apply for bail of R1 500.
"I never did a breathalyser (test), so I wasn't sure why I had to go to jail. He asked me what we could do about this."
She said the officer then got into her car with her, and the other officer followed them in the bakkie.
On the way to the police station, the officer allegedly repeatedly tried to solicit a bribe, asking: "What can we do about this?"
"He didn't mention money specifically, but said he wanted something. He told me to stop and park on Frederick Drive, Northcliff, and went out to his friend. He came back and told me his friend needed something."
The officer finally returned her licence and she drove off.
Her experience prompted The Star to look at motorists' rights in such a situation. Alarmingly, they don't have any.
According to JMPD spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar, motorists have to obey any orders or instructions from a uniformed officer.
"A motorist is required to comply with the officer until the officer has completed his or her inspection, issued the motorist a ticket or executed an arrest," he said.
It is only once a motorist has been arrested and booked at a police station that they may exercise their right to pay bail, be released from custody and appear in court.
Until then, Minnaar said, a motorist had no choice but to do what they're told.
Commenting on the woman's experience, Minnaar said the officer was within his rights to arrest the woman on suspicion of drunken driving, even though he allegedly refused to do the breathalyser test.
He admitted that it was bizarre that the officer refused to do the test, because it could have been used as evidence to support his suspicion.
"It's odd, but he has the authority to arrest her on suspicion alone," he said.
He advised motorists who suspected an officer of trying to solicit a bribe to make a note of the person's identity and report the officer to the JMPD's Internal Affairs Investigation Unit.
"If an officer is talking in the way of soliciting a bribe, take down some form of identity so that there can be an investigation into the matter.
"Try to take down the officer's number plate, the vehicle number, precinct and name," he said.
Uniformed JMPD officers have the authority to stop any motorist:
# For a routine check;
# For a traffic offence; and
# To check for suspected stolen vehicles or suspicious drivers.
They further have the authority to:
# Thoroughly check the inside and outside of the car;
# Request personal information such as names and addresses from any person in the car, including driver and passengers; and
# Inspect the car and driving licence.
Motorists' rights (which only apply after you have been arrested):
# Pay bail;
# Be released; and
# Appear in court.
Tips on how to handle a police officer or metro police officer:
# Stop if you are ordered to do so. Remain calm and be co-operative.
# Take down the police officer's registration number and vehicle number written on the side of the car.
# Call 10111, tell the operator that you have been stopped by the police and you would like them to keep talking to you until you have identified the officers.
Give the operator the officer's name, rank and force number, but make sure the police can hear you as that will reduce the chances of them trying to bribe or harass you.
__________________________________________________ ____________
Ok, so they can stop you for any reason, inspect any aspect of the vehicle, including passengers and inside any bags you may have, and arrest you for no valid reason whatever, not even needing to state a reason. They could arrest you on suspicion of speeding. But now, this woman was never arrested. There were no charges laid, in fact, she was kidnapped and essentially held to ransom, BY THE POLICE.
If they did make an arrest, she would then be jailed overnight, for not having done anything wrong.
Motorists are being advised to phone the police when they are stopped by the police.
How seriously messed up is that?
I repeat, i refuse to submit, i will not wear their plates, i will not bow to their claimed authority, and i will not stop when directed to do so.
Monday, 4 August 2008
Alexander Solzhenitsyn R.I.P.
Cold War icon dies
04/08/2008 11:41 - (SA)
Moscow - Russian writer and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who shone a light on the inhuman world of the Soviet gulags, died late on Sunday, the Itar-Tass news agency said, citing his son Stepan. He was 89.
The Nobel laureate died of heart failure at his Moscow home at 19:45 GMT, the writer's son said, according to the agency.
Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970 after writing harrowing works about the Soviet Union's system of labour camps, where he spent eight years from 1945.
He wrote about life in the gulag with disturbing detail in his most celebrated works: One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich, The First Circle and The Gulag Archipelago.
As a result, he was stripped of his citizenship and expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974, thereby becoming a Cold War icon.
He lived in Germany, Switzerland and the United States before returning home to Russia in 1994, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
After his return, Solzhenitsyn was critical of both the West and of Russia's post-Soviet evolution, calling for a return to traditional moral values.
In June last year, then Russian president Vladimir Putin awarded Solzhenitsyn with the State Prize, Russia's highest honour, praising his devotion to the "fatherland" in a lavish ceremony at the Kremlin.
Solzhenitsyn's wife Natalya accepted the award on behalf of her husband, who was unable to attend the ceremony.
Speaking via a video message, Solzhenitsyn said he was "flattered by the attention to my work brought by this Russian State Prize".
"Until the end of my life I can hope that the historical material... collected by me and presented to my readers, enters the consciousness and memory of my fellow countrymen," he said.
"Our bitter national experience can yet help us in a possible repeat of unstable social conditions, it will warn us and ward us from destructive break-downs."
A complete edition of Solzhenitsyn's works, including unpublished writings, began to be published in 2006, with the last volume due out in 2010. His wife said at the time she did not expect her husband to live to see the last edition.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has sent the family his condolences.
04/08/2008 11:41 - (SA)
Moscow - Russian writer and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who shone a light on the inhuman world of the Soviet gulags, died late on Sunday, the Itar-Tass news agency said, citing his son Stepan. He was 89.
The Nobel laureate died of heart failure at his Moscow home at 19:45 GMT, the writer's son said, according to the agency.
Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970 after writing harrowing works about the Soviet Union's system of labour camps, where he spent eight years from 1945.
He wrote about life in the gulag with disturbing detail in his most celebrated works: One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich, The First Circle and The Gulag Archipelago.
As a result, he was stripped of his citizenship and expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974, thereby becoming a Cold War icon.
He lived in Germany, Switzerland and the United States before returning home to Russia in 1994, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
After his return, Solzhenitsyn was critical of both the West and of Russia's post-Soviet evolution, calling for a return to traditional moral values.
In June last year, then Russian president Vladimir Putin awarded Solzhenitsyn with the State Prize, Russia's highest honour, praising his devotion to the "fatherland" in a lavish ceremony at the Kremlin.
Solzhenitsyn's wife Natalya accepted the award on behalf of her husband, who was unable to attend the ceremony.
Speaking via a video message, Solzhenitsyn said he was "flattered by the attention to my work brought by this Russian State Prize".
"Until the end of my life I can hope that the historical material... collected by me and presented to my readers, enters the consciousness and memory of my fellow countrymen," he said.
"Our bitter national experience can yet help us in a possible repeat of unstable social conditions, it will warn us and ward us from destructive break-downs."
A complete edition of Solzhenitsyn's works, including unpublished writings, began to be published in 2006, with the last volume due out in 2010. His wife said at the time she did not expect her husband to live to see the last edition.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has sent the family his condolences.
Doro Pesch - love me in black
Didn't they tell You the way that it's gonna be
You asked god for a woman and ended up with me
Maybe I'll love you maybe I'll pull you apart
We live in darkness l've pulled you into my friend
There's no escaping this hell that I've put you in
You must forgive me but loving me is a sin
Are you ready for me
Do you love me in black
I'll will push you away
Then make you come back
I can make you feel love
I can be so detached
Do you really want me
Do you love me in black
When I first met you I thought there was a mistake
How could you want me, you made such easy prey
Didn't they teach you loving is nothing but pain
What do you see when you look in my eyes
A sea of blue, a place where your heart could lie
Where it could drown, where it will never survive
Are you ready for me
Do you love me in black
I'll will push you away
Then make you come back
I can make you feel love
I can be so detached
Do you really want me
Do you love me in black
I keep reliwng the moment we said goodbye
You didn't kiss me, you didn't even try
You said l made me feel like you were barely alive
In another lifetime maybe another place
Maybe i'll find you. l could be tempted by fate
And try to reach with too little kindness too late
Are you ready for me
Do you love me in black
I'll will push you away
Then make you come back
I can make you feel love
I can be so detached
Do you really want me
Do you love me in black
You asked god for a woman and ended up with me
Maybe I'll love you maybe I'll pull you apart
We live in darkness l've pulled you into my friend
There's no escaping this hell that I've put you in
You must forgive me but loving me is a sin
Are you ready for me
Do you love me in black
I'll will push you away
Then make you come back
I can make you feel love
I can be so detached
Do you really want me
Do you love me in black
When I first met you I thought there was a mistake
How could you want me, you made such easy prey
Didn't they teach you loving is nothing but pain
What do you see when you look in my eyes
A sea of blue, a place where your heart could lie
Where it could drown, where it will never survive
Are you ready for me
Do you love me in black
I'll will push you away
Then make you come back
I can make you feel love
I can be so detached
Do you really want me
Do you love me in black
I keep reliwng the moment we said goodbye
You didn't kiss me, you didn't even try
You said l made me feel like you were barely alive
In another lifetime maybe another place
Maybe i'll find you. l could be tempted by fate
And try to reach with too little kindness too late
Are you ready for me
Do you love me in black
I'll will push you away
Then make you come back
I can make you feel love
I can be so detached
Do you really want me
Do you love me in black
No safety in numbers
... Maggie Sotyu, head of parliament’s safety and security committee, ruled tens of thousands of signatures to a “Save the Scorpions” submission irrelevant. She said she had gone door-to-door in her constituency and found that the majority of ANC voters didn’t even know what the Scorpions were. “They think it is some fruit somewhere,” she said.
Sunday Times
Ok, so the scorpions are like the local FBI, national police. Can you imagine people saying "oh, i thought he FBI were some kind of fruit" ?????
Aside from the obvious ... this is political spin at it's worst. Ignorance, stupidity, and malicious intent all rolled into 1.
Added to the ANC something or other threatening the entire south africa, saying that to prosecute zuma would bring dire consequences on the country ... like all the "supporters" (ie ex soldiers) waiting in the wings.
Civil war people ..... these fucking cunts are threatening us with zimbabwe, IF WE TAKE THEIR FRIEND TO COURT. These retarded shit for brains want to usurp the entire justice system, because their friend is above the law. None of them argue that the allegations are false, they're just saying it doesn't matter.
I updated my CV .... anyone want a strong, healthy young family ... OUTSIDE of SA?
It's not getting better.
Sunday Times
Ok, so the scorpions are like the local FBI, national police. Can you imagine people saying "oh, i thought he FBI were some kind of fruit" ?????
Aside from the obvious ... this is political spin at it's worst. Ignorance, stupidity, and malicious intent all rolled into 1.
Added to the ANC something or other threatening the entire south africa, saying that to prosecute zuma would bring dire consequences on the country ... like all the "supporters" (ie ex soldiers) waiting in the wings.
Civil war people ..... these fucking cunts are threatening us with zimbabwe, IF WE TAKE THEIR FRIEND TO COURT. These retarded shit for brains want to usurp the entire justice system, because their friend is above the law. None of them argue that the allegations are false, they're just saying it doesn't matter.
I updated my CV .... anyone want a strong, healthy young family ... OUTSIDE of SA?
It's not getting better.
Friday, 1 August 2008
Friday
Yadda yadda fishpaste.
k ... i'm SO done with the week ... hopefully i will have lots of mind numbing brain deadening alcohol tonight. enough to forget how to think.
peace and love
k ... i'm SO done with the week ... hopefully i will have lots of mind numbing brain deadening alcohol tonight. enough to forget how to think.
peace and love
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