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@Finnthehuman80 pishoring

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@DearS_o_n hoerkjent

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@elonmusk i need a few humanoid robots for my farm to protect my sheep from predators. i can’t wait…
any chance we can use my farm as a test?

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@DDonkerbal feite

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@woestyn_wolf dit is presies soos jy hier sê. kan jy die thread in pdf of een thread post?

[NW Morrow @morrow_nw]

RW Johnson is scathing in his critique of Ramaphosa’s hypocrisy and deceit.

[Jason Bartlett @Jason2bartlett]

Hey Johan Rupert

[South African Institute of Race Relations @IRR_SouthAfrica]

🚨 THREAD: How THEY are forcing YOU to bankroll the BEE MAFIA 🚨

For over 20 years, BEE has enriched the elite while leaving millions in poverty. Increasingly aggressive BEE policies are draining your wallet — crippling businesses, inflating prices, killing jobs.

Let's break it down. 🧵👇

[South African Institute of Race Relations @IRR_SouthAfrica]

EWC FAQs – What You Need to Know 🧵🚨

The Expropriation Act is now law. What does this mean for your property rights?

❌ It allows expropriation without compensation
❌ It applies to ALL property – not just land
❌ It opens the door for government abuse

Here’s how it works & why you should be concerned. 🧵👇

[SAMotoAdventures @AdvNamibia]

@JaymieIcke steps. most of the mediterranean villages are built on the hillsides. you can’t get anywhere without taking a lot of steps

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@simplemindscom south africa?

[MarionMartin @M17828764Marion]

Professor Makes Stunning Discovery: ‘Absolutely, 100 percent, Offshore Wind Kills Whales' - Climate Change Dispatch https://t.co/OuBqwm8UMN

[Ivo Vegter @IvoVegter]

I have received this text of a letter addressed to World Rugby chairman, @BillBeaumont, about Ramaphosa's presence on the Rugby World Cup winners' stage. It's a great letter. If anyone knows who wrote it, please let me know.

[Ivo Vegter @IvoVegter]

Cyril, get your grubby mitts off our World Cup
https://t.co/ivtvIsuRDP
(Today's column, on cup capture.)

[IOL News @IOL]

Whether you are a rugby fan or not, by now you must have heard about and seen the new alternative away kit that the Springboks wore during their first Rugby World Cup match against Scotland last Sunday.
#RugbyWorldCup2023 #checkers6060
https://t.co/IVJ8GlD6U1

[Bob Allen @CaptBob_Nomadic]

Business growth strategy: Get in the way. The Godfather might just take a liking to you.

When I started my first ferry business, Avia Crew Leasing, I had no idea what I was doing. I was making wild guesses on estimating things like navigation fees, ground handling, etc, etc. No website, no business cards, just a phone and a fax machine. This was back in 2001 when emails were not yet the prime form of communication. I would cold call, fax and knock on the doors of aircraft leasing companies, hoping to get through to the Director of Technical.

My wife was an aircraft portfolio manager at the time and we had friends who ran the technical department. I would pick up a few deals through those connections, but my marketing efforts found mostly terrible deals, that the real players in this business wouldn't touch.

In 2002 I heard about a Texas Billionaire and Aviation Entrepreneur partnering up to buy all of the old USAir fleet of 737's and MD80's. It consisted of over 100 aircraft that would need to be ferried all over the world. I began finding out who they were and started calling, faxing and using my small network to get a convo with them. This deal would put me on the map as a real player in the aircraft ferry business. I was relentless in my persistence to get in on this deal. I knew I had to make it happen. Those efforts did lead me to a call with the principals in the deal, who told me to submit a proposal to move the first airplanes. First one rejected. "Sharpen your pencil" they would say. I would reduce my quote and margins and resubmit. This went on to the point I was barely above break even. I knew I had to get this deal but I couldn't do multiple airplanes at a loss. It was soul crushing knowing that my efforts had landed me in front a major deal, but I wasn't going to be able to make it happen. I started having doubts about making it on my own and the fear of not being able to support my family.

Not long after my final "pencil sharpened" proposal, I was standing in my front yard and got a call...it was from a 520 Tucson, AZ area code. I answered and an older deep voice said "Hi, this is Walter Cole, I understand you have ferry business. Have you heard my name before?"

I was stunned, scared, nervous and couldn't stop my voice from shaking. Walter Cole was the originator of aircraft ferry and a prolific aviation entrepreneur. He had owned airlines that flew sports teams and most of the rock bands on tour in the 80's. He WAS the Godfather. Every non-sched and ferry pilot knew who he was. Walter had been moving airplanes for decades and was the "go to" guy at every leasing company in the world. He was wealthy, had an impeccable reputation as a pilot and businessman and one of those guys with a magnetic personality that you couldn't help but like. He knew CEO's, Heads of State, rock stars and sports hero's. He was legendary in aviation. I had heard of him for years and always wanted to meet him. But now, via divine intervention, he had called me! I knew this call was not for mutual admiration, quite the opposite, likely to inform me of my upcoming execution. I was literally shaking in my shoes. Nervously I said, "of course I know who you are! You're the man I want to be. I'm trying to model my business by what you created" He laughed, I felt a little better, and then he said in his Oklahoma accent "Son, we're going to do some business together"

Walter was the other company trying to get that big USair contract. They were using us against each other to grind each of us down in price. Walter provided a new strategy that benefited the two of us. Walter got that contract and I ran it all. He mentored me, showed me the secret sauce on how to make money, introduced me to his network and eventually turned the reigns of his own business over to me...for nothing in return. Get in the way and great things happen.

[Margaret Thatcher @MrsMThatcher]

Socialists say “publicly owned”. What they mean is “State controlled”.

Socialists say “Government aid”. What they mean is “taxpayers' aid”.

Socialists say “social justice”. What they mean is “selective justice”.

Socialists say “equality”. What they mean is “levelling down”.

Why do they twist the truth like this? Because they dare not spell out the Socialist reality.

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

Intelligence reports obtained by Daily Maverick link two senior members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet to four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom. Although we cannot yet reveal the name of the Cabinet ministers for legal reasons, we can ... https://t.co/2SJEvivknT

[Klemma @Klemma_r]

The magic of the World Cup😉. Nou is ek bly Argentina 🇦🇷 het gewen 😜

[SAMotoAdventures @AdvNamibia]

@Rb__sa @FNBSA my credit card was blocked without any notice because of 3 fica questions. left me stranded on a roadtrip. unacceptable service!