The Tshwane Metro Council is thinking of lowering speed limits in selected areas in order to reduce pedestrian deaths. Will it work? Probably. Would it be my first choice in policy? No – I drive a car to be able to move faster than pede-pleebs (“pede” as in pedestrian, not pederasty). 30 km/h doesn’t cut it.
Let’s [...]
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November 9th, 2009
Protecting the Pedes
November 4th, 2009
Honour Assault Upgraded to Killing
A young American lady who was deliberately run over by her dad a couple of weeks back, died yesterday. The story’s interesting for two reasons. Firstly, it’s an admitted honour killing. Secondly, American mass media appears to be too politically correct to make a fuss about it. The second point intrigues me more because [...]
September 25th, 2009
Qaddifi’s… Uh… Still talking.
In case you missed Muammar’s vituperative speech at the UN General Assembly a couple of days ago, here’s a quick summary. It gives a blow-by-schizotypal-blow account of his brain-slugs, including questioning the record on the Kennedy assassination and the origin of swine flu, without you having to hear the oratory that exhausted three translators. I [...]
July 21st, 2009
Zionist Chewing Gum Plot
I pulled this off of Foreign Policy, where it’s explained that Hamas has accused Israel of tampering with chewing gum and allowing it to cross the border into Gaza in a diabolical scheme to enhance the sex drives of the locals.
And this is why I keep a box in my head marked “Stupid Things [...]
June 25th, 2009
Confessions of a Closet Patriot
Ok, that’s it, I am sick and tired of constantly complaining about life on this blog. I have a confession to make and this is very difficult for me to say (deep breath) : I am a complete sucker for patriotism. I actually get tears in my eyes every time I hear the national anthem [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Politics 
Tags: Bafana Bafana, confederations cup, cricket, patriotism, Proteas, rugby, Rugby World Cup, soccer, South Africa, sport, Springboks 
2 Comments »June 8th, 2009
Freedom is Fuzzy
A post about Dave Bullard made me realise that media freedom is a fuzzy concept – the question is not “am I free?” but rather “where on the freedom spectrum do I lie?” So I checked out Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index 2008 and discovered South Africa’s tied 36th with the United States. “Golly! What [...]
Posted in Politics Tags: ANCYL, Conan O'Brien, David Bullard, Julius Malema, media freedom, Press Freedom Index 1 Comment »May 26th, 2009
Seven thousand and twenty one reasons to hate bus drivers… even more than you do already
I heard something shocking today. The four-week-long strike staged by the drivers of the Metrobus company in Johannesburg has still not been resolved. Apparently all drivers currently earn a monthly wage of R7 021, regardless of how many years they have served the company, and this is causing outrage amongst the hard-working Metrobus long-timers. Now, [...]
May 19th, 2009
Unsophisticated Sophistry
Something I heard about an acquaintance’s personal life (which is really none of my business and nor, therefore, yours), and the embarrassing radio performance of ANCYL spokesman Floyd Shivambu on the subject of Helen Zille being a political / literal prostitute, reminded me to comment on a speech that former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, [...]
Posted in Politics Tags: ANCYL, anti-Islamism, anti-Semitism, Fatima Hajaig, Floyd Shivambu, Foreign Affairs, Gorilla, Helen Zille, Jewish Board of Deputies, Jews 2 Comments »May 18th, 2009
Mean What You Say You Mean To Say
You’ve heard the ANC Youth League statements about Helen Zille appointing a cabinet of male concubines et al? It’s caused quite a stir. Redi Direko interviewed Floyd Shivambu on Talk Radio 702, and it made for really interesting listening. (Check out the glorious podcast here. Plus you can check out a humorous animated version. Even [...]
Posted in Politics Tags: 702, ANC Youth League, ANCYL, Floyd Shivambu, Helen Zille, interview, racism, Redi Direko, sleeping around, transcript 40 Comments »
