Not just the fact that Trump has lost control, but also the fact that democracy is alive and well in SA, with the ANC largely accepting their municipal elections defeat. Government macro finances are also getting under control while the mining sector continues to boom. Key issues to get right are security and municipal service delivery, but global investors are meanwhile already lining up to invest further. SA's future is starting to look far brighter than in recent years.
@DAHall89@HasnaMatBhai@grok Indeed, a good friend of ours, who was 75 at the time, and driving a Series I Landrover, did that exact route about 3 years ago. Driving from Chartwell in Johannesburg to Chartwell in the UK.
@RabbiJeffx@grok Why would anyone willingly want to convert to Judaism? Why would anyone willingly want to live in Israel? Unless you really, really like Chai tea....
I appreciate that's what centuries of church dogma have tried to instill in you but unfortunately even the Catholic Church knows the truth. Constantine (who knew the original Welsh tale very well) and Eusebius both tried to argue for the Logos which did not require an ascension, but they lost at Niceae. Then "miraculously", Constantine's mother discovered pieces of the true cross above the tomb site a year or so later. A brilliant diversion i.e. Who needs to argue about the body when you've got a cross... the first Celtic Christians (long before Rome) were 100% fine with the body being returned to the Earth on Avalon (initially Bardsey Island).
Not sure that's true. But Rosslyn's unfinished wall does link the substitute secret (unfinished wall points exactly to Lindores abbey) with the original secret prior to 1170. And William St Clair is a direct descendant of James "the Black" Douglas via his mother, and the "Black Knights" that eventually evolved into speculative Freemasonry. His great grandson (via a daughter) is James Boswell, the first speculative Freemason.
Back in 2009 English singer song writing legend Morrissey offered a stark warning and look into the future for young Russell Brand. Russell looks on trying to take it all in.
@Mooseysmam@thecoastguy His "victim" (a single fan of his, and willing sexual partner, as per trial evidence) clearly decided they could live with the haunting for almost 20 years before coming forward now for some reason. I think they'll be OK going forward.
@GTalevi Indeed! I was so hoping that the Anthropic IPO would be the high water mark of the AI insanity. But it came early and someone stole my schadenfreude!
@helenzille@karynmaughan@dailytelegraph I know it's just politicking but it worked and it grabbed headlines. Well done! Because it does take humility to do the things you've done, and that is the #1 quality that JHB needs right now!
JHB does have incredible potential. World's largest man-made forest, awesome weather, and some of the nicest, happiest and most chilled people in the world. It does deserve better leaders, better affordable housing and urban farms, and less pollution. Hoping politicians check their egos and negotiate the right forward for everyone now....
@RabbiJeffx ask yourself why the unicorn (Christ) is chained on the Scottish coat of arms while the lion of Judah is rampant. Then figure out why the leading Jews such as Rothschild feel they can order the UK royal family around..... what exactly is the genuine secret of a master mason that was lost at the centre of the circle in Scotland? The same centre that also happens to fall within the Falkirk Triangle, the #1 spot for UFO sightings in the world....
The sad thing is that politicians only seem to care about the people in the weeks just before an election. As soon as the vote ends then it all reverts to their egos and how they can partner with the weakest possible coalition partners to a) give them leverage, and b) plausible deniability. See you in 4 years time for the next freebies.... Never about what the people want or the best way for politicians to SERVE, but rather about how they can RULE. Terry Pratchet was right - far better to jail anyone as soon as they show any psycopath tendencies of wanting to rule over others. Saves so much time in the long run! We need direct governance via online referendums and AI-enabled decision making, sooner rather than later!
Politicians care about you in the couple of weeks just before an election. That's when the freebies come out and the big promises are made. The moment that polls close it's all about their egos and what they can get for themselves from the system. Thanks for playing this time around. Expect to be listened to again in 4 years time... maybe.
That can't surely be the bubble over already. I so had my hopes set on the high water mark being the Anthropic IPO.... Now they will probably list at a more reasonable valuation and only lose a gigantic ton of money, instead of a giga-gargantuan ton of money. Someone stole my schadenfreude.
Two things can be true at the same time...
1) Give black people credit for voting for a better life for their families, free from corruption and socialism; and
2) Agree that the country still needs to heal and recover from the sins of apartheid, and play a part in that.
Most of the world underwent colonialism so that's a moot point.