Category: Fire (Social)

I wrote part 1 a while back, but it started getting a bit long. The whole topic of truth and knowledge and conspiracies can fill many books worth. Again, for brevity I’ll call the theory that explosives were used to demolish the buildings X. So, onto some actual research. Could the official story support what… Continue reading Were Bush and Blair responsible: Part 2

I met a friend the day after the recent series of bombs in London. He is convinced that Bush and the Americans were responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Centre in September, 2001, and that ‘Bush and Blair’ were responsible for the London bombs. In other words, a conspiracy theorist. I find it… Continue reading Were Bush and Blair responsible: Part 1

I don’t usually write about politics, but I’ve been a poitical junkie since the days of the white’s only elections, avidly following the swings between the HNP and CP, or Dennis Worral’s breakaway party and the PFP. Sadly it’s the state of Western Cape politics that’s drawn me to write, and the lack of any… Continue reading Politics in the Western Cape

The Afrikaans wikipedia hit 4000 articles today. Geluk mense :). It hit a high of 3951 in November 2004 (it may have gone slightly higher during the month), but dropped quickly after that to 3524 in February, thanks in particular to some cleaning up of empty date articles. However, the project has been gaining momentum… Continue reading Afrikaans Wikipedia hits 4000 articles

I’ve just finished reading King Leopold’s Ghost. I mentioned my first impressions in an earlier post. The easy part of these sort of books is writing about the horrors. Surely all readers can share the author’s horror at the atrocities he accounts. The real challenge for writers of historical atrocities, of course, is to interpret… Continue reading King Leopold’s Ghost, Hypocrisy of Mugabe’s critics and Live8

Walton is in Edinburgh right now, providing a blow-by-blow (let’s hope it doesn’t really come to that) account of the protests at the G8 summit. With the mainstream press coverage up to its usual standard, it’s up to independent journalists and blogs to give us a clearer picture, and Red Star Coven is a must… Continue reading One more thrust at the G8

I love economics. I never studied it formally, but have aways been fascinated by the immense complexity of the discipline, and the even more immense amount of nonsense written by experts. When the rand was in freefall from 2001, according to the columns gracing Business Report and Business Day it was certainly due to Zimbabwe,… Continue reading Economics, oil, nuclear and the price of a house

This week has seen the extension of the housing riots to Ocean View, replete with burning logs and tyres closing off Kommetjie Road, stoning of cars and the odd gunshot. The word riot has always resonated strongly with me, having grown up in the 80’s where riots were breaking out every weekend. When the press… Continue reading Riots in Ocean View

An interesting day for Freedom of Expression in South Africa. On the positive side, giant booze company SABMiller was defeated by the tiny t-shirt manufacturer Laugh it Off, the Constitutional Court finally ruling that they did have the right to parody the brand (read the story and related reports on IOL, the Mail and Guardian… Continue reading Freedom of expression ups and downs – Laugh it Off beats SAB, but Mail and Guardian gagged

Shocking as it may be, I haven’t yet seen the new Star Wars. However I have seen Store Wars, which fans of the series may appreciate. It stars Tofu D2, Obi Wan Cannoli, C3 Peanuts, Cuke Skywalker, Lord Tader, Princess Lettuce, Ham Solo and ChewBroccoli. As you can guess, it’s about organic food, and the… Continue reading Store Wars – May the Farm be with you