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Blueprint of how one ought to respond to plague is still 2 Chronicles 7:13-14. This was true the day lockdown started, and will remain true forever. Sad that vast majority put their faith in men who thought they could play god. Nations who did this are now worse off than before.
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Polygon is the “Ethereum-killer” killer.
$MATIC > $ADA + $BNB + $DOT + $SOL
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I don’t think Malema fully understands the type of guy that forms the group that he’s threatening 😂
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Have you thought about all the various taxes you pay?
Income 30-45%
Capital gains 20%
VAT 15%
Rates ~5% of property values
Import duties/customs ~25% of import cost
Fuel taxes ~50% of fuel price
Etc
There's a lot I'm missing here, but you get the picture. At least half the
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Lockdown in SA is not about slowing the spread of a virus and saving lives. Hope this is getting more obvious to all.
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The most important reason to be bullish southern Africa right now (although it's not obvious and is hard to understand), is that even the staunchest statists are realising that the state isn't going to fix this mess.
Voting harder at the next election is not going to fix this.
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If international travel bans are now “unscientific”, what do we call the local beach trip bans of 2020?
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Enough of the whining about lockdowns. There aren’t enough police in SA to enforce silly and arbitrary restrictions that destroy livelihoods and kill. They have more important things to do, and there are too many of us. It’s time for men to grow a set and carry on with life.
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Most entertaining news segment I’ve seen in a very long time.
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@News24
If they can keep the lights on in ministers’ suburbs, they can most certainly keep the lights on at schools and hospitals.
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Bitcoin's lightning network (LN) handles 500 transactions per channel per second, which compares with Visa's 1700 tps. There are 39,000 LN channels, which means LN could handle ~19,500,000 tps right now. Good overview from
@Excellion
right here:
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@stylebender
Lol
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Been arguing with Facebook gestapo's trying to snitch on cyclists catching up with friends (shock, horror), while also trying to cancel restaurant that sold them coffee (gasp). Takeaway: Lenin was right, useful idiots are very useful to get communist laws passed and enforced.
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The Australian “Open” seems about as pointless as the US 2020 presidential “election” now.
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I regret succumbing to the pressure to delete this tweet back in 2020. But here it is, because the internet is forever.
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When you have many people with nothing to lose, they lose it. The economy is a life sustaining machine. Break it, and you break society. Lockdowns, masking, and fear of ronavirus created the macro environment for these riots. Zuma was the trigger.
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University of Limpopo students walk out of philosophy exam in protest, saying it is too difficult. Will this spark the
#difficultymustfall
movement?
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“The irrelevant former media personality” who has more than twice the reach of the Sunday Times on X. 😂
Gareth Cliff, the irrelevant former media personality who peaked as an Idols judge many years ago, this week resorted to a double dose of sexism and racism in a desperate attempt to get his name back in the headlines, writes Hogarth.
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The “bitcoin is useless, but blockchain is amazing” discussion, in a meme.
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@patwebbjr
I’m so glad I didn’t participate in this medical drug trial. Here’s a link to the study cited
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Says the minister who just pulled his mask off in public.
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Every bit of fixing makes a difference. I hear all the moaning about problems in Joburg, but here facts: Multiply number of able-bodied men in your suburb by number of Saturdays/year. The solution is bigger than the problem. This is what I fixed on Sat. What are you going to fix?
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Gelukkige Gelofte Dag.
Hier staan ons voor die Heilige God van hemel en aarde om 'n gelofte aan Hom te doen, dat, as Hy ons sal beskerm en ons vyand in ons hand sal gee, ons die dag en datum elke jaar as 'n dankdag soos 'n Sabbat tot sy eer sal deurbring, en dat ons 'n huis tot
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Sy naam was Brendin Horner.
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News flash to South Africans outraged by Trump’s tweet. First eligibility requirements to get preferential access to US markets under AGOA is commitment to moving toward FREER markets with LESS government interference that DEFENDS PRIVATE property rights. SA is in breach already.
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Why is our fearless leader not calling a “family meeting” to announce this?
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His "wealth" is 100% tied up in his businesses Tesla and SpaceX, so he can't "plough" it into a "country". Not expecting you to understand this, but perhaps listen to his latest Joe Rogan podcast for more on how that works.
Of course we celebrate his success. Now wouldn't it be wonderful if he ploughs back some of that wealth into the land of his birth!
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To my peers who moan about the state of things in SA and say all is lost and only option is emi- or semigration. Toughen up. Your great grandparents rebuilt an infrastructure decimated in a scorched earth policy. Take a cement pill, put on a suit of armor, and rebuild.
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As South Africa govt readies to expropriate farm land and other private property, Zimbabwe govt is readying to pay reparations for their failed land reform. A new home and opportunity for SA farmers? Wouldn’t that be an interesting development!
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UFC world doesn't know that
@dricusduplessis
&
@Cameron_Saaiman
are paving the way for an army of Afrikaners who are cut from their, Bakkies Botha & Eben Etzebeth's genetic and cultural cloth to go and fight other men, in a cage, legally, and earn a good living competing globally
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🤣All food that makes it onto a store shelf is prepared. Bread is baked. Milk is pasteurised. Pasta is cooked and dehydrated. Everything is packaged. Even fresh fruit and vegetables are prepared for consumers because we're not picking it off the tree or out the ground. 🤣
Prepared food is not allowed to be sold during the lockdown period. Supermarkets are also not allowed to sell cooked food.
If you know of one, please report them to the
@SAPoliceService
.
We are revoking fraudulent applications and referring them to
@the_dti
for legal action.
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I’ve read most of SEC hearing transcript and listened to a few sound bites, and I’m blown away at how constructively US regulators are approaching cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The sceptics expecting an outright ban are in for a shock.
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This free-trial of communism has run a little longer than the usual 7- or 30-days for online services. How’s everyone feeling about it?
Subscribe or cancel?
Remember you’ll pay 100% of your salary for this lifestyle, this is a big decision!
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I wasn't taken seriously when I discussed this around a dinner table/braai ~15 years ago, but I maintain that it's inevitable. The discussion is now at the point where those who inherited fruits and control of empire are losing it with secessionists and threatening to resist
Cape Independence is really ruffling feathers. Something that was only a distant idea a few years ago, has now turned into a mainstream talking point. Why do we want this? Why not? Look around South Africa! I guess they should then also talk with Britain to get back on the Pound.
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It’s easy to get depressed about state of South Africa. It’s just as easy, and more rewarding, to build new governance & education institutions, alternative energy systems, and new currency systems. It’s on us, not government, to create a better future for the next generation.
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And just like that, City Parks and JMPD arrived today and back-up our resident-led efforts of cleaning up Delta Park of vagrants and mess. Another two truck loads of waste removed. Less whining, more winning! 🏞️
We cleaned up a truck load and a half of waste and litter left by vagrants in our park on Saturday. About 50 volunteers turned up to help, including city parks. Less whining, more winning. 🏞️
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Yeah, that’s what the communist in charge of Chernobyl said after the reactor core had already exploded.
Samkelo "Is this a national crisis?"
Pravin Gordhan "It is not a big crisis, it is something we are managing."
#stage6loadshedding
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I've cancelled Netflix subscription because have noticed constant theme of sexual immorality and perversion in just about every show they produce now. 11 year old girls twerking and being sexual, and positioning this as heroic and liberating is final straw. Go woke, go broke.
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Two months later. We rose up and we built, and the people had a mind to work. Half of us built, the other half kept daily guard. We have now set a daily watch on the fence. Praise the Lord, for He prospered us.
Calling all Joburg men who love the Braamfontein Spruit at Delta Park and want to make it safe & great again: We are doing a fence fixing operation Sat 7th from 8am. Please come help for an hour or two. Meet at Camp Delta. Some pics of what we gonna fix:
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“The lockdown will lead to 29 times more lives lost than the harm it seeks to prevent from Covid-19 in SA, according to a conservative estimate contained in a new model developed by local actuaries.”
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lockdowns did this, not covid.
Covid-19 led to millions of South Africans falling below the poverty levels, 10 mln people left without food: Zulu
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Every now and then I pop into mainstream media like FT, Fox, CNN, Bloomberg, News24, etc. I must say if you're relying on these for your insights on what's happening in the real world, you're going to be completely wrong, on just about everything, all the time.
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We cleaned up a truck load and a half of waste and litter left by vagrants in our park on Saturday. About 50 volunteers turned up to help, including city parks. Less whining, more winning. 🏞️
Residents of Joburg's "Parks" suburbs: 🚮🏞️🌳
We are doing a resident-led blitz cleanup tomorrow morning to maintain the Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary in Delta Park.
The vagrants are out, but they've left a massive mess that needs cleaning. Don't just say you want clean parks,
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Daughter’s school plans to implement following health “protocols”: on arrival a sanitizer foot bath, sanitize her and all her belongings. Must wear mask & visor AT ALL TIMES. No physical contact with friends. No sharing of anything. Yup, she’s definitely not going back to school.
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“The economy” is not some thing that is separate from life. Life is process of acting in the world. Acting entails value exchange with other people. This is how we earn a living to feed ourselves, to sustain life and maintain health. You cannot separate life/health from economy.
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We fixed 100s of meters of fence in 4 days. Nehemiah energy. Thanks to
@JoburgParksZoo
@afriforum
Roodepoort,
@JoziTrails
,
@scouts
Camp Delta, Bubele,
@TalismanHire
Blairgowrie and all residents who showed up. To be negative on SA now, is to be negative on your own involvement
Calling all Joburg men who love the Braamfontein Spruit at Delta Park and want to make it safe & great again: We are doing a fence fixing operation Sat 7th from 8am. Please come help for an hour or two. Meet at Camp Delta. Some pics of what we gonna fix:
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This is really awesome. I love how a small group of people in this community on the South Coast got together to fix their place, and in the process aligned the interests of everyone.
An example to all Safricans. Watch 👇
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Fact: Living under Stalin’s communist regime was so bad that thousands of soviet soldiers fought FOR Hitler against their own country during WW2 in the hope that the communists would fall. That’s how bad communism is.
Fact: The NDR is about creating a communist SA.
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This graph of ZAR losing 96% of its value to Gold in 25 years is uglier than the pictures of looted railway infrastructure doing the rounds. ZAR value loss (inflation) also hollows out savings and capital. In fact, it underpins the trend of capital consumption in real economy.
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God.
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Father here. No.
Pediatrician here. Kids should wear masks in school. That is all, thanks.
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99% cared only about medically vulnerable and cheered on president’s hard lockdown in March.
They are responsible for crushing MILLIONS of economically vulnerable people.
“But we didn’t understand virus then”, they say.
Well, you didn’t understand the economy, either.
People in Stanger, KZN, lining up to apply for jobs at a new restaurant opening soon (video:
@CNDJ88
).
The reality is much worse & sadder than
@StatsSA
are pretending. People are desperate for work. Govt is out of touch.
#Unemployment
#Covid19
#SouthAfrica
@mikeschussler
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Politics has shifted so far left in SA, the ANC could regurgitate the Communist Manifesto and they’re believed to stake out the middle ground.
ANALYSIS: ANC 2019 Manifesto – staking out the Middle Ground By Stephen Grootes
@StephenGrootes
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Still blows my mind that most of the chattering classes thought the same organisation that runs the traffic department was going to manage a state of emergency well.
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We fixed a few more potholes yesterday. Just getting on with making our suburb great again.
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Middle class SA thought they could lock themselves up at home and promote that others do same & reduce one risk to their safety (rona). Now they’ve got potentially larger risk to deal with that they didn’t see coming, with little to no control over it. Welcome to complex systems.
When you have many people with nothing to lose, they lose it. The economy is a life sustaining machine. Break it, and you break society. Lockdowns, masking, and fear of ronavirus created the macro environment for these riots. Zuma was the trigger.
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We’ve been building new paved walkways in our local Hamilton Park for the benefit of residents. Nice to see these paths come together—built mostly with resident’s donations of throwaway bricks, coupled with a bit of elbow grease and initiative.
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Continuing with L4 lockdown creates room for ongoing looting, because incentives are skewed toward looting. When law abiding citizens are forced to stay home, guess who can be out and about, unchecked?
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Most comprehensive statistical study of hyperinflations by Peter Bernholz concluded that once a govt borrows more than 40% what it spends annually, it is statistically significant predictor of hyperinflation. SA was at 20% before lockdown/R500bn stimulus, goes to 50% by year end.
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“Bitcoin, and cryptography in general, are defensive technologies that make the cost of defending property and information far lower than the cost of attacking them.”
Spot on,
@saifedean
, in
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I am almost certain I had COVID-19 in December and January. Had upper respiratory infection and dry cough that lasted a month. Doctor told me he’s never seen so many ‘flu’ patients in December in his life. Would love to do an antibody test to know if was COVID-19.
Study suggests coronavirus spread swiftly around world in late 2019
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@StephenGrootes
@SAfmRadio
Name the “activists” and how did they get to that number of 670 “excess deaths”? Excess relative to what exactly?
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Recommendation to
#Catalonia
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@VinnyLingham
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I was just at
@RosebankMall
to get winter essentials and security made my 7 year old daughter cry—wouldn’t let her in and had to radio the ‘big boss’ for permission. Such a joke.
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“At a time when all military textbooks agreed on the impossibility of directing accurate rifle fire at distances greater than 800 yards, the Boers, untutored in modern military theory, demonstrated an alarmingly consistent accuracy at 1200 yards.”
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Came to buy something at
@TotalsportsSA
in Rosebank Mall and told I have to leave unless I sanitize my hands, because “it’s law now to sanitize your hands”. I took my business elsewhere, of course, because my hands are clean. Since when is this a law now, or just store idiocy?
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Another R431 million of taxpayer money deep-cleaned down the drain. Meanwhile, Solidarity built a brand new university for R300 million. Completed within a year and opens to students next month
MAVERICK CITIZEN INVESTIGATION: Gauteng Department of Education spent R431-million in three months on unnecessary ‘deep cleaning’ and ‘decontamination’ of schools
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Calling all Joburg men who love the Braamfontein Spruit at Delta Park and want to make it safe & great again: We are doing a fence fixing operation Sat 7th from 8am. Please come help for an hour or two. Meet at Camp Delta. Some pics of what we gonna fix:
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SA government + SA constitution: "South Africa is a nonracial society!"
Also SA government: "Race will be considered in application for preferential tariff exports of certain agricultural products."
Valuable clarification from South Africa’s Agricultural Ministry on this issue of agricultural exports to the EU and UK.
The statements on the weekend papers are incorrect.
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My fabric plague mask made by
@clarkformaths
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Although never colonized, Ethiopia is one of the poorest nations on the planet. Ethiopia’s government now says it must abandon its Marxist roots to grow economy and create wealth. Meanwhile, South Africa’s ruling govt is going back to its Marxist roots.
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Read the reaction to this tweet. There’s just no way that a US politician who wants Millennial votes can go against crypto currencies!
CFTC Chairman Giancarlo: “We owe it this new generation to respect their enthusiasm about virtual currencies with a thoughtful and balanced response, not a dismissive one.”
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@talkcentss
On the contrary, they are the mechanism to sustainably reduce existing levels of conflict--SA is basically a war zone right now
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I start in my new role as Managing Executive of Cyber Banking at
@tymebankza
today.
IT’S GO TYME 🚀
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Want to know why Tshwane/Pretoria is burning? The people don't identify with political leaders who travel like this.
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This answers what I considered to be an important question; which Discovery wouldn’t answer to me on the phone a few weeks ago. Zero liability to the manufacturer and distributor of this drug is a sweet deal (for them, not the consumer).
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The war on COVID will end the same as the war on Afghanistan, drugs, and 'terrorism': Totalitarians win and take the spoils, the plebs all lose and foot the bill.
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Isn’t SAA an apartheid relic?
Why White SAA Pilots Wish to Maintain a Self-enriching Apartheid Relic Labour Agreement:
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Here we go, government saying it will be borrowing ~40% of its annual spending. Peter Bernholz showed in his seminal statistical study of hyperinflations (Monetary Regimes and Inflation) that if you go >40%, currency reform typically ~5 years out.
Budget deficit revised to R761.7bn (15.7% of GDP) from R370.5bn (6.8%). Debt-to-GDP set to go over 80% by the end of the year.
#SupplementaryBudget
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Evolution of informal / illegal settlement at Field & Study park, Bryanston, RSA. Satellite images snapped in 2014, 2020 and 2023.
Massive acceleration in size during the Covid lockdown years, when the resident neighbours were 'staying safe'.
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2,5 minutes of must-watch.
Then let it sink in.
'I watched and felt like my entire life was falling apart because of what this government did to young people.'
Welcoming the removal of face coverings in schools, political commentator Sophie Corcoran breaks down as she recalls her experience of wearing a mask in the classroom.
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In Nov 2016 I wrote this report on SA political economy. Views on “new dawn” was opposite to pop-narrative then (I was tactical bull, strategic bear), and so wasn’t allowed to publish to clients.
“Career limiting”, I was told.
Here it is. My favorite is “conclusions” last page.
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Interesting choice of words. A “believer” in “secular Christmas”.
Christmas = “Christ’s mass”.
Believing that Christmas is, or can be, anything but the annual celebration of birth of Jesus Christ is absurd.
This thread is wonderful. I’m a huge believer in secular Christmas. 1 thing I would add, which hopefully Mohammad will soon find and agree with, is that it is fine to have the Christmas tree up until February. Keep it up for as long as it makes you happy.
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Dont be mad at Trump, be mad at the SA government that is now intentionally making policy that breaches its trade agreements. Continuing with this threatens thousands if not millions of South African jobs.
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Wrong.
Virus is SARS-CoV-2 and disease it causes is COVID-19.
Congregating in groups is social and communal activity, and not about the individual.
Highly individualistic people tend to stay away from groups (and typically love maskism, soycialism, & socialist distancing).
COVID-19 is the virus.
Individualism is the super-spreader.
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Manias are a fascinating sociological phenomenon. I think the COVID-19 panic/mania will be one of the most studied in history. Has there ever been a mania bigger than this?
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If anyone still thinks this movement is about black lives mattering, I have a bridge to sell you.
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Infographic giving overview of US election fraud allegations. Will be surprising for most left in the dark due to the media blackout on this. Hooray for real journalism from
@EpochTimes
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Another lekker two hours spent with men fixing things in our suburb. Doing your own fixing and building is one of those trade-offs of living in Africa, but it’s worth it. 🌍
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Corona-mania 2020 has been an excellent reminder that being healthy and living a healthy lifestyle, respecting others, being well-mannered, being charitable, and having good hygiene are quite important cultural traits. Hope many more adopt these in the future!
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The COVID vaccine only works if you post a selfie of yourself being injected with it on social media.
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