On page 17 of the latest Economist print edition there is an interesting article (the first of a series, entitled The Price of Freedom) which writes worryingly of the encroaching danger posed to liberty in western democracies in this day and age. Essentially, as the war on terror sees the development of more and more [...]
I was recently given a link to the Andrew Meyers tasering incident, which shows a Florida University student getting zapped with some 50000 volts of electrical pain. From what I can tell watching the footage, it would seem he went over his time limit questioning John Kerry at a guest lecture. Likewise Mr Meyers was [...]
Israel has declared the Gaza strip “hostile”, creating a depressingly predictable escalation of the area’s troubles.
Reports said Israeli officials hoped the new measures would put pressure on the Islamist movement, Hamas, which in June ousted its rivals Fatah to seize control of Gaza, to halt rocket attacks.
It will also mean suffering for the civilians caught [...]
If you’re over 25 and get the chance, take a look at The Economist September 15th edition’s inner main page advert.
There’s something rather poignant in the last leader of the Communist Soviet Union and a Capitalist luxury handbag brand associating with each other.
Ivo Vegter wrote an article a while back wherein he makes mention of a topic which has been bubbling in the back of my mind since. He raised the notion that generally speaking, there are no straight-forward solutions to political problems, so why do so many people love to adopt them? When one of the [...]
So the troop reductions within Iraq are set to begin in just under a year’s time and I’m left virtually speechless over the logic behind it. Not so speechless, of course, that I don’t have something to say about the matter, but some manner of intellectual muteness has occurred and I can but hope it’s [...]
Six years ago today, nineteen men hijacked four planes, two of which crashed into the World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon. Two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-four people died as a result of the actions of the hijackers. Twenty-four people are still listed as missing. The victims of the attacks included eight children, [...]
The people of Thailand will soon be going to the polls in December to decide who will become their next democratically-elected leader. Considering that it has been less than a year since military forces staged a bloodless coup, this is a remarkable achievement. Of course there remains considerable doubt over the potential reaction of the [...]
After all the negative publicity surrounding the training of the SA Navy’s new submarine crews, it’s nice to see the submariners get their own back in spectacular fashion. Last week, during an exercise off the Cape coast with NATO’s Standing Naval Maritime Group 1, the SAS ‘Manthathisi managed to score simulated sinkings of each and [...]
This entry is about conflict, though only in a very oblique way. (If you want something more obvious, petition Darren to get his lazy ass writing again.)
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the book launch of Dr David Gerbi’s autobiography, Making Peace with Qaddafi: An initiative and potential model for establishing peace in [...]
That’s right kids! Farfur’s cousin Nahool the bee has started his short and illustrious path to martyrdom right where his mousy relative left it after being beaten to death by a nasty Zionist pig-dog occupier:
The new character on the children’s show Tomorrow’s Pioneers, a bee named Nahool, tells the hostess he is Farfur’s cousin and [...]
Some 550 British soldiers are to relocate to Basra Airport in Iraq, thereby handing over the majority of the region to Iraqi forces. Aside from the obvious political benefits that domestic British PM’s will gain from this, the withdrawal, which will eventually see the several thousand-strong British contingent leave Basra entirely, marks an interesting point [...]
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[L]ocal viewpoints on local/international affairs. That they aren't brain-dead like most local self-confessed 'intellectuals' is a bonus.
- Fifteen Minutes
[I'm] glad to report the arrival of a new blog written by a couple of 'conservative-libertarian' South Africans. Commentary is both well written and prolific and very much worth a visit.
- Southern Cross
[A] great new South African blog. Commentary.co.za brings us libertarian views on South Africa...
- Way South
Probably the busiest (in terms of number of postings) blog is Commentary... They write on everything from politics, sport, time travel and more.
- Fodder
Commentary.co.za is a fantastically well-written site with an indepth insight into South African politics. If you want the lowdown on what's happening in the corridors of power, this is the place to read it. These guys know their stuff.
- Cherryflava
Pompous, geeky and holier-than-thou.
- Gabbahead
