Americans have developed a unique approach to poor nutrition: they drink coffee with a straw so that they can suck the coffee up through a layer of sugar that is deposited at the bottom of the cup and thus sweeten the coffee without using too much sugar. I realise this may seem a trivial conclusion […]
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You’ve got to love Australian rednecks
I’ll start off this discussion about the Australian version of a favourite stereotype of the white rural underclass, the redneck, with this disclaimer: yes, I know it’s politically incorrect. Yes, I know that one should not make fun of people who drive pickup trucks with big engines that contribute to global warming and listen to […]
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Mazeltov it’s a Berbatov
What a bowl of cock-custard we have to put up with every time Manchester United are involved in a transfer deal. In fact it’s gotten so bad you can’t read a British newspaper unless you’ve swallowed a goodly amount of Valoid, just in case you stumble across their latest misadventure. FFS as if it’s not […]
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Zille vs Zuma: hitting the right note with the electorate
The official opposition has called for the upcoming general elections to be scrapped and for them to be replaced with Politics Idols – a singing competition with one singer participating from each political party. This comes after Helen Zille’s stirring performance (accompanied with spirited boogieing) of Never give up, the DA’s new anticrime song, outside […]
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… the hope for leadership today …
Submitted by Cynthia Ayeza Mutabaazi Who decides what is potential leadership for the continent and in what context does one then choose a leader for people? I realise that we are living in a time when the potential for leadership on this continent is great. In fact every living person has the potential to lead […]
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See no evil: each to his own point of view
In psychology, cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling or stress caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a fundamental cognitive drive to reduce this dissonance by modifying an existing belief, or rejecting one of the contradictory ideas. Prevention of cognitive dissonance may also contribute to confirmation […]
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Web unleashes news beast
In a multi-platform world where the news waits for no man or network, traditional media would do well to heed the call of the Beowulf that would consume them. When long time host of NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Tim Russert, collapsed and died in the network’s Washington Bureau a couple of months ago, NBC tried […]
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By this time tomorrow, the people’s party could be no more
Africa’s illustrious uncle, Robert Mugabe, has perfected the art of political survival using the time-honoured tactic of divide and rule. Mugabe’s most precious lifeline was waking up on the morning of October 12 2005 to the news that the MDC had split into two formations. It was sweet music to his ears. Morgan Tsvangirai should […]
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Are you a good citizen?
I once watched a movie where a computer programme controlled a small town called Black River. Its trademark line was: “You will be a good citizen.” It didn’t ask; it simply told you. What makes a good citizen? Paying your taxes on time? Giving to charity? Keeping the environment clean? Better yet, being a good […]
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Is Sadtu using school pupils as political pawns?
Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” yet we see those charged with the daunting task of educating and moulding the leadership of future generations reneging on their burden of responsibility by choosing to rather devote their time to politics. The South African Democratic Teachers’ […]
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Privacy on social networks
They are in your Facebook, mining your data … The issue of privacy on social networking platforms like Facebook has been discussed at length before, and dismissed by most as merely drivel from paranoid folk. My take on the issue has always been one of neutrality — I’m well aware of the ability for private […]
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Rugby for dummies: ‘Fatal Distraction’
How many hundreds of thousands of different opinions and versions are out there of what the Springboks need to do to win at home? It is a veritable blizzard of furious opinions and passionate theories of player combinations and styles that makes the vein thump in the temple and brings on a migraine. Winning is […]