Mike Flax

searching for truth and something to laugh at.

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

What clutch! What a century! What a session! Proteas - you surprised the cricketing world. Salute Markram and Bavuma. Now go win it tomorrow.

[Jordan Flax @flaxy_jol]

Around 15 deaf children enjoying a morning of golf at King David Mowbray this morning.

Let’s ensure that disabled golfers continue to have a place to play their golf in Cape Town (cc @CityofCT) and save King David Mowbray.

Sign the petition here: https://t.co/FItmMQO1zB

[Humble Flow @HumbleFlow]

They came to conquer Europe.

150,000 Ottoman soldiers stood at the gates of Vienna, ready to break through...

Then, on September 12, 1683, 20,000 horsemen appeared on the horizon—the largest cavalry charge in history.

What happened next changed the course of history forever:

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming.

Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying.

1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. Any leader who appeals to that has an automatic advantage.

2. Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.

3. Prices for most basic goods in the US have increased rapidly and are sky high. What the official statistics say about inflation and the reality of people's lives are not the same.

4. Unlike you, Americans do not believe in socialism. They believe in meritocracy. They don't care about the super rich being super rich because they know that they live in a country where being super rich is available to anyone with the talent and drive to make it. They don't resent success, they celebrate it.

5. Americans are the most pro-immigration people in the world. Read that again. Seriously, read it again. Americans love an immigrant success story. They want more talented immigrants to come to America. But they refuse to accept people coming illegally. They believe in having a border.

6. Americans are sensitive about racial issues and their country's imperfect history. They believe that those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their birth should be given the opportunity to succeed. What they reject, however, is the idea that in order to address the errors of the past new errors must be made. DEI is racist. They know it and they reject it precisely because they are not racist.

7. Americans are the most philosemitic nation on earth. October 7 and the pro-Hamas left's reaction shocked them to their very core because, among other things, they remember what 9/11 was like and they know jihad when they see it.

8. Americans are extremely practical people. They care about what works, not what sounds good. In Europe, we produce great writers and intellectuals. In America they produce (and attract) great engineers, businessmen and investors. Because of this, they care less about Trump's rhetoric than you do and more about his policies than you do.

9. Americans are deeply optimistic people. They hate negativity. The woke view of American history as a series of evils for which they must eternally apologise is utterly abhorrent to them. They believe in moving forward together, not endlessly obsessing about the past.

10. America is a country whose founding story is one of resistance to government overreach. They loathe unnecessary restrictions, regulations and control. They understand that freedom comes with the price of self-reliance and they pay it gladly.

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

My open letter to @ChappellRoan:

[TrafficSA @TrafficSA]

Cape Town - SNOW on Table Mountain

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

To gain the support of most mps Mr Ramaphosa could have joined with dangerous populist parties. Instead he and his new partners have swiftly opted for a government that adheres to the values of the 1994 settlement and has a chance of overseeing vital reforms.

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

Hats off to Cyril Ramaphosa. He has proven his backbone by seeing off Mashatile, The EFF, MK, Ace, Mabuza etc and putting SA first. Respect!

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

Another great deal for Spear in its growth trajectory!

[Quintin Rossi @qmrossi]

What a privilege! Here we grow again! Onwards and upwards with our amazing team @SpearREIT!

[Ben Smith @bensmithlive]

Everyone thinks the best cities for young entrepreneurs are:

Miami. Dubai. London.

They are all wrong. One city surpasses them all.

Here it is (and why it's the best):

[Jordan Flax @flaxy_jol]

Packing done for Paris this weekend:

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

@historyinmemes And the Japanese have perfected it

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

@flaxy_jol Don’t worry. He’s going nowhere other than to an old age home.

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

@SirLetshela Newsflash - We lost it hundreds of years ago to the marauding Bantu tribes that swept south from West and Central Africa

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

@pmcafrica an "only-in-Afrika" interview. Who'd believe that baloney?

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Unbelievable.

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

@WhaleChart $69k! Why so much?

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

@amirofthecape @SAPoliceService The last Israeli maria boss shot and killed in Cape Town was an Israeli Arab. Put that in your pipe (bomb)

[Mike Flax @MikeMikeflax]

@LT_Investor_SA @Africanadian I'm afraid to say that there are enough independant B shareholders to frustrate the A shareholders (and management) for years to come!