FifteenMinutes

2005-03-14T13:26:00.000+02:00

Over the past few weeks I've attempted to ressurrect this blog... but truth be told, too many heated altercations with those of opposed alignments have left something of an unpleasant taste in my mouth over the months. Also, for months - no, years - I've been running this blog and my LiveJournal simultaneously - the idea being, this blog would be solely dedicated to serious meanderings on

2005-03-11T11:30:00.000+02:00

This is what the U.N needs : a good, square, kick in the teeth. The U.N is a mess. Time to quit hiding behind diplomatic niceties. Time to say it like it is. And Bolton seems like the man for the job.

2005-03-07T16:53:00.000+02:00

What have the Yanks ever done for us?"ONE OF MY favourite cinematic moments is the scene in Monty Python?s Life of Brian when Reg, aka John Cleese, the leader of the People?s Front of Judea, is trying to whip up anti-Roman sentiment among his team of slightly hesitant commandos.?What have the Romans ever done for us?? he asks.?Well, there?s the aqueduct,? somebody says, thoughtfully. ?The

2005-03-03T16:44:00.000+02:00

As noted by a CNN reporter , I forget his name : something's in the air in the middle east. Protest demanding democratic reform appear to be gathering momentum. It started in Lebanon, with demonstrations leading to the pro-Syrian government resigning, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are nervously shuffling their feet and attempting to placate their people by holding sham elections (which in itsself is a

2005-03-01T16:58:00.000+02:00

Ted Rall relents? Holy crap. I bet there are hordes of flying pigs darkening the sky right now.Some may know about Ted Rall's challenge to the right-wing blogosphere.This is what he had to say on Feb 25 :"So here's my challenge: Please email your worst, most vicious examples of liberal/leftie blogger vitriol (with links, natch), and I'll post 'em right here. If they exist, obviously.If not, let's

2005-03-01T14:59:00.000+02:00

Mark Steyn's latest makes for some thought provoking reading. It's certainly hopeful. The short : he notes that maybe - just maybe - with Iraq's successful election in January, the oppressed civilians of the Middle East are waking up to the truth. That they don't have to take it (hums) No, they don't have to take it. They don't have to take it, anymore.Here's hoping the sentiment lasts. Hopeful

2005-02-25T10:22:00.000+02:00

Looks like the cops are doing something right for a change.Shootout on highway.My stepdad was actually involved. This event occurred just up the road from where he lives. Hearing the gunfire, he did the rather brave(stupid?) thing of climbing in his pickup and driving out onto the highway to see just what the hell was happening and possibly assist. Whereupon he came upon the police searching for

2005-02-25T10:13:00.000+02:00

Found this over at Fark :Some Arabs embrace democratisation.On a side note, I guess this post represent my tentative return to blogging. It's just been a busy last couple of months, hopefully things will mellow out enough to allow me some time during the day to reflect on things.

2004-12-31T11:03:00.000+02:00

VDH offers some tips for lefties. Great read. Heartily reccommended.

2004-12-24T10:56:00.000+02:00

VDH says : Leave Rumsfeld Alone. In particular, this struck me as very true : "The blame with this war falls not with Donald Rumsfeld. We are more often the problem — our mercurial mood swings and demands for instant perfection devoid of historical perspective about the tragic nature of god-awful war. Our military has waged two brilliant campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. There has been an

2004-11-18T11:02:00.000+02:00

Election results thus far : "so far, the status is this. in presidential regions, a total number of 40000 votes have been counted and confirmed so far, mostly in the northern regions. Pohamba leads by 81.odd %, and by as much as 96.5% in one constituency." - Bent_Anat (emphasis mine) Looks like the land reform issue hit a note with the poor, disillusioned electorate whose lousy lives haven't

2004-11-17T13:49:00.000+02:00

You Are a Pundit Blogger! Your blog is smart, insightful, and always a quality read. Truly appreciated by many, surpassed by only a few. What kind of blogger are you? Heh. Well. Within the coming weeks I should be resurfacing from my hiatus to resume blogging. Well, hopefully at least. I'll have a bit of info on our elections tomorrow, as info becomes available. Otherwise, still busy with

2004-11-16T11:44:00.000+02:00

A quick emergence from my hiatus to forward any interested to my comment over here on the Namibian elections, which were held yesterday and are continuing through today. Results should be known Thursday. I'm predicting the continuation of the ruling party's 2/3rds majority. People here are too deathly afraid of change, the largest opposition party has diminished due to a band of members

2004-11-08T11:56:00.000+02:00

Regarding the recent American presidential election, and Dubyas second term, I think the following quote sums up my stance perfectly : "It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions" - Daniel Defoe Despite everything, the world seems to have shown some sense. Well, at least the average American voter. I'm going to be cutting back on

2004-11-02T08:15:00.000+02:00

So I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 last night, on our local sattelite cable chanel. I thought it was pretty poignant. Agitprop? Sure. But it came from the heart. (Certainly not the head, though.) One thing that struck me is how much xenophobia Moore showcases - judging by the film, Moore would have us believe that all Saudis are shady, evil people. The irony is almost too much to bear, him

2004-10-26T11:43:00.000+03:00

Here's the latest October surprise. 380 tons of explosives went missing, and Kerry goes completely ape. The only problem is, it went missing in 2003, before US troops were even in the area. Political? Biased media? Naah.

2004-10-15T16:01:00.000+03:00

Wow. A bit of good news out of Zim. "A court in Zimbabwe has acquitted opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason charges. Mr Tsvangirai was accused of plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe in 2002 just ahead of elections controversially won by the Zimbabwean leader. He said he felt "really relieved and vindicated" by the verdict. Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)

2004-10-13T15:41:00.000+03:00

I picked this up off a certain forum, with the thread description, "Aren't you glad you don't live in the states?" (Nice.) A few minutes ago, a police officer passed the bench where I was sitting outside the [edit: Nantucket] Athenaeum, enjoying the mild temperature and the wifi signal, and he said, “Sir, you can’t use the Internet outside the library.” I said, “What?” (I’m pretty clever under

2004-10-13T10:33:00.000+03:00

Kerry's Fahrenheit 9/11? It's weird to see the sheer volume of anti-Kerry ads and documentaries airing these days. I guess the assumption that the media is entirely for Kerry, probably is merely just that. The DNC also wants it shut down. Ahem. "The Bush-Cheney campaign didn't file a complaint with the FEC after what it says were unfair allegations that were widely broadcast against

2004-10-11T13:53:00.000+03:00

Well, the Afghans aren't letting some petulant ex-dictators push them around anymore. Looks like they're starting to enjoy & appreciate the freedom bought with American bullets, bombs, and blood. "It is amazing, as an Afghan, to see the turnout, see how many people have come out to cast their votes - especially as it was an exercise that was new to them," says Shoaib Sharifi, a senior Afghan

2004-10-06T10:28:00.000+03:00

Arafat thinks he's Mandela... This had me choking on my morning cup o joe. "CAIRO, Egypt - Comparing himself to South Africa's Nelson Mandela, Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) said in an interview published Tuesday that he will step down from office after he has ruled an independent Palestinian state. Arafat, in an interview with the

2004-09-30T13:38:00.000+03:00

Welcome to Nambabwe. "Govt ready to take next step on land reform CHRISTOF MALETSKY SOME white farmers who have been approached by Government to sell their land to the State for resettlement purposes have refused to do so, says Lands Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba. But, he said, Government was in the process of expropriating those farms whose owners had refused to co-operate. "Government is

2004-09-27T13:36:00.000+03:00

If you've seen Fahrenheit 9/11, be sure to catch the flip side of the same coin. It's pretty interesting, even inspiring. Theres this, and there's Michael Moore Hates America - two documentaries being released, with the same agenda. To cast some doubt on the 'truths' in F9/11. Personally, I can't wat to see both F9/11 and it's two critics. I will try and watch them all in one sitting. That way

2004-09-24T11:43:00.000+03:00

Regarding the whole Cat Stevens-deportation thing... The thread linked above, I believe, more or less illustrates the two general views people have on the issue. There are those who now question whether Mr Stevens is a bona-fide Islamofascist, but have nothing much to go on, and those mewling "But that's unpossible! And by the way, the US = racialist! SQUEEEEEE!" To the former group, I say -

2004-09-21T11:02:00.000+03:00

Rather admits defeat. Even as he apologises, though, he blurbs, "It was meant in good faith" Hmf. Blogosphere 1, Liberal Media 0.

2004-09-16T17:30:00.000+03:00

RoP blasted by ex-RoP follower. FaithFreedom.org... okay, so maybe it's not a new site. I blundered across it today courteousy of FARK's link to this article on WorldNetDaily. This is it. Step 1 is for the Arab world to either abandon it's religion, or realise that religion has no place in government. This guy has acknowledged that. I want to shake his hand. I want to thank him for realising

2004-09-16T14:42:00.000+03:00

Way to go, Einstein. What Famous Leader Are You?personality tests by similarminds.com via Waysouth.

2004-09-16T14:08:00.000+03:00

Al-Quaeda getting funding in Namibia? I just came across this headline on our local Afrikaans daily, Die Republikein. It's in Afrikaans, so I haven't quite been able to get the gist of it, but it seems like either a 419 scam using the fear of Al-Quaeda to intimidate the locals into giving money... or the real deal. If any Afrikaans folks out there could translate the text below, would appreciate

2004-09-13T13:27:00.000+03:00

Three years have bought little besides a whole lotta "blah". Lessons unlearnt. "Too timid to admit to a clash of civilizations even as it occurs, we failed to declare the war, thus forfeiting clarity of intent and the unambiguous consent of the American people. This was a sure way, as in the Vietnam era, to divide the country and prolong the battle." The whole War on Terror thing may not be

2004-09-10T17:42:00.000+03:00

The Paradox of Bush=Hitler/Bush<>Hitler Something I realized, with a flash of insight, and promptly posted on a forum, and just had to share here. Y'know, I've always wondered one thing... If Bush is apparently Hitler, does that mean acknowledging that Bush is a military and political genius? Because, I mean, Hitler was inarguably one the most charismatic men alive, a natural born leader who

2004-09-10T09:37:00.000+03:00

Whoa. The story of the 60 Minutes Bush forgeries is everywhere it seems. Drudgereport reports that CBS has launched an internal investigation. from the Washington Post article : "After doubts about the documents began circulating on the Internet yesterday morning, The Post contacted several independent experts who said they appeared to have been generated by a word processor. An examination of

2004-09-08T11:26:00.000+03:00

The reward for anti-semitism is cold, hard cash. At least, in Iran. "Iran have given judo world champion Arash Miresmaeili a $125,000 (70,000 pounds) reward, saying he sacrificed a gold medal at the Athens Olympics by refusing to fight an Israeli, a sports official says." Nice. In other news, the New York Times posted this article recently. Wow. I mean, the NYT, bastion of liberal leftist

2004-09-07T16:40:00.000+03:00

Barbara Lerner over at NRO shares my sentiment that Islamofascism screwed up big time at Beslan. "Already, Putin is getting the message. In an unprecedented burst of candor, he told the Russian people, "We were weak, and weak people are beaten." Already, he is reaching out a tentative hand, looking for help from us and from the Israelis. Israel will respond, generously, as long as the

2004-09-07T13:09:00.000+03:00

Thrall has a photoblog of his stay in Iraq as a secuirity consultant here. Mainly pics and some short commentary. Sometimes a picture says a thousand words.

2004-09-06T13:25:00.000+03:00

From the horses mouth. "It is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims. The hostage-takers of children in Beslan, North Ossetia, were Muslims. The other hostage-takers and subsequent murderers of the Nepalese chefs and workers in Iraq were also Muslims. Those involved in rape and murder in

2004-09-06T13:03:00.000+03:00

Ahaha. Bush is showing a not inconsiderable bounce after the RNC, and certain quarters are calling it quite the success. "This prism provides a clear view of why the Republican National Convention just completed was a stunning success while the Democratic National Convention was not. It is not because one was run well and the other poorly; both were superb examples of stagecraft and sizzle. It

2004-09-03T18:04:00.000+03:00

Russia's 9/11 Is the school hostage crisis that's in the news everywhere today, Russia's 9/11? I suppose many will say no. The death toll isn't high. The difference, however, is that the hostages - and fatalities - are almost all children Children. I don't think many have really let that sink in. I'll say it again. Children. If I had the power, I would have every single one of these

2004-09-03T11:27:00.000+03:00

The face of moderate Islam. "An Egyptian cleric based in Qatar and often described as a moderate has ruled that it is a religious duty for Muslims to fight Americans in Iraq, including U.S. civilians, his office director said Thursday. But Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi said that two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq should be freed immediately. Qaradawi gave his opinion at a meeting Tuesday

2004-08-31T12:47:00.000+03:00

Would've loved to have been there. Further up the march route was a guy wearing a Yasser Arafat-style headdress and holding a sign reading, "Poland 1939. Iraq 2003." "So," I asked him, "you think the invasion of Iraq was the same as Hitler's invasion of Poland?" He went into a spiel about how both invasions were launched under false pretenses. I asked if he saw any differences in the natures

2004-08-30T17:19:00.000+03:00

Keep politics out of rock n roll, and rock n roll out of politics. At least, that seems to be the sentiment with some fans at the MTV awards recently.

2004-08-30T10:43:00.000+03:00

New anti-Bush ads to air. I wonder if Kerry will have the balls to denounce them as Bush has denounced the Swift ads. Hah. As if. P.S -> Allah pretty much has all the anti-RNC moonbattery news. the tinfoil hats are out in force. Man, I sometimes wonder why we filthy neocons don't have nutbag masses of our own. It must be fun violating peoples' rights all the time while constantly whining about

2004-08-25T17:15:00.000+03:00

Command-Post's breaking news on the Russian airliner story: At least one of the airliners involved transmitted a hijacking beacon. It's probably too early to say, but I'm going to call it: Islamic terrorism is probably to blame for this one. The reason, if that's true, will probably elude many. What, exactly, has Russia done to anger Osama and crew? Simple answers like "they're not Islamic"

2004-08-25T12:36:00.000+03:00

Newsmax has a nifty summary of Kerry's links to Moveon.org, George Soros etc, here. “Real coordination is what John Kerry's campaign has been engaged in with the Media Fund, America Coming Together, and MoveOn.org. The revolving door of personnel, coordinated strategies and overlapping fundraising between the Democrat 527s and the Kerry campaign is a flagrant disregard of the spirit and letter

2004-08-24T13:43:00.000+03:00

Kerry's call for the Swift Boat ads to be stopped may have backfired rather spectacularly. I'm betting the last thing he thought Bush would do would be to do just that. This episode makes Bush look far more emotionally mature and secure. And it makes Kerry look like an idiot unable to successfully defend against the ads' claims, instead begging Bush to call his attack dogs off. And no doubt

2004-08-24T13:28:00.000+03:00

Hypocrisy(TM) "George Bush betrayed his country by not fighting in Vietnam." Clinton doesn't count, though.

2004-08-23T11:53:00.000+03:00

I didn't know Adam Sandler was a Republican. Wow. Neat. And DeLuca says : “They scream about the environment before they hop onto their private jets and blow 8,000 pounds of fuel getting to the Hamptons. Maybe the anger stems from the fact that the left is out of power, or maybe it’s because creative people are passionate by nature and prefer emotion to facts.” Heh.

2004-08-20T11:19:00.000+03:00

Iran gets off scot-free. So what is it? Digestive problems? Overweight? What? The plethora of cooked up sad excuses completely fails to hide the plain, simple truth - he didn't fight because his opponent was a Jew. Sickening.

2004-08-19T16:46:00.000+03:00

via Cox and Forkum: "I regret this very much." What a shame. Looks like the yanks aren't going to be around injecting money into the Euro while Europe injects bilious hatred into the US in return.

2004-08-18T11:49:00.000+03:00

A very quick blog : Waysouth has a link to a cute story here about a bunch of yanks travelling across Southern Africa building basketball courts.

2004-08-16T10:50:00.000+03:00

"Racism at the Games = bad, unless it's anti-semitism, which is just fine with us."- IOC Yesterday's performance by SA's 400m freestyle relay swimming team was top notch indeed, however, when I read this, suddenly achievement at the Olympics didn't seem like such a big deal. "Thursday, when the draw for the judo competition was announced, Miresmaeili told Iran's government-run press agency, "

2004-08-16T10:18:00.000+03:00

Tim Blair has an interesting snippet regarding the Moore 'fact' regarding the so-called underrepresentation of US congress/senator members' children in Coalition forces. Props to a certain someone who chose to remain nameless. I did the requisite 30 seconds. One in 2307 American civilians have a son or daughter in Iraq. Whereas one in 107 Senators/Congress have one of their own. That's over

2004-08-13T12:22:00.000+03:00

Brave, brave, al-Sadr... Somewhat odd that a 'spokesman' for al-Sadr is calling for the release of a British journalist being held hostage? Not really. I suppose proclamations of rather dying than being captured by the infidels (shades of Saddam?) start looking rather unwelcome when actually staring death in the face personally, instead of merely by proxy via mindless militant followers.

2004-08-09T11:23:00.000+03:00

Gaffe's aplenty. What's the difference between this: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." and "We will add 40,000 active duty troops – not in Iraq, but to strengthen American forces that are now overstretched, overextended, and under pressure. We will double our special forces

2004-08-06T17:36:00.000+03:00

And, in other news : prisoner abuse - it's our bag, baby. O, the irony. The hypocrisy. Nujoma and the ruling party had oodles to say about Abu Ghraib and those filthy Amerikans. And yet... "The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) released a 163-page 'Namibia Human Rights Report 2004', which chronicles a myriad of persecutions directed by Nujoma and other State agents against perceived

2004-08-06T17:26:00.000+03:00

Uri canned, so much for that. Another example of glaring Namibian government ineptitude shattering a golden opportunity for this country's timid economy, to smithereens. Although, to be fair, The Namibian police finally placed a large order, but too little too late. Perhaps they finally realised that those massive, expensive, gas-guzzling Chevvies are a patently stupid idea for this country.

2004-08-06T16:58:00.000+03:00

Removed Fodder from the blogroll. I just fail to see why I should be obliged to send traffic his way simply because he's one of a rare breed (Southern African blogger) when there's just too much of a personal vendetta/crusade against myself emanating there, with ad-hominem after ad-hominem being launched by himself and his sycophants. On a side note, perhaps it's a good sign, indicative of a

2004-08-06T16:27:00.000+03:00

Freedom for me, not you. If these guys have their way of course. Freedom of speech? Only applicable if you're Moore(-ish).

2004-08-05T12:40:00.000+03:00

Related to this post, there's an ad running on US television which pretty much blasts Kerry's record something fierce. I wonder what the impartial, truth seeking documentarians would have to say about this.

2004-08-05T11:54:00.000+03:00

A couple of great stories on LGF today. First, that bunch of mewling whiner musicians using their celebrity status in an attempt to swing the vote, aren't getting the response they expected. Virtually every comment points out the irresponsible stupidity of the whole thing. Heh. Rock on. And then, this story had me seething. ''Morales, who is Catholic, was warned about eating pizza with meat

2004-08-04T18:29:00.000+03:00

Worst US president in history? I'm on a posting spree today, but after stumbling across ConservativePunk , I just had to post this : "Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember, it

2004-08-04T18:02:00.000+03:00

Seems anti-anti-establishmentarialism is now somewhat fringe-cool. Witness ConservativePunk.com More. Still more. It warms the heart, it does, realising that the music world isn't entirely comprised of Dixie Chicks/Eddie Vedder/Springsteen-esque pop-fashionable Bushbashers.

2004-08-04T17:37:00.000+03:00

Kerry : Unfit for Duty? As usual , Drudge has the exclusive. "A veterans group seeking to deeply discredit Democrat John Kerry's military service will charge in the new bombshell book UNFIT FOR COMMAND: Two of John Kerry's three Purple Heart decorations resulted from self-inflicted wounds, not suffered under enemy fire. All three of Kerry's Purple Hearts were for minor injuries, not

2004-08-04T17:29:00.000+03:00

Healing Iraq reported on a couple of new Iraqi blogs a few days ago, pointing to Iraq Blog Count. A quick count results in 65 blogs being run by Iraqi's. That's 65 more than back in Saddam's day.

2004-08-04T17:14:00.000+03:00

A long overdue addition to my blogroll : Bronwyn from mzansiafrika has some great views on the various topics doing the rounds. Plus, of course, she's a gel! LGF/Allah/etc get Michele, we get Bronwyn. Hurrah!

2004-08-04T12:23:00.000+03:00

Hmmm, I forgot to announce the addition of James to my blogroll. I've known James, to a degree, for a while, and he's always struck me as sensible. It's difficult to find Southern African blogs that don't swing heavily to one side or another, so James' blog is a rare find. Continuing with the whole ZA/terrorism thing: Wayne makes a poignant observation. The failure with trying to understand

2004-08-04T11:47:00.000+03:00

Fodder is surprised by the targeting of South Africa by Islamic terrorists. I'm not. Pandering to Islamic terrorism has only ever resulted in more of it. Case in point : The Phillipines, where a long-dormant Islamic terrorist outfit, revitalised by the Phillipines' government's cowing to to terrorist demands and pulling troops out of Iraq to free a single hostage, has probably doomed hundreds,

2004-08-03T15:05:00.000+03:00

victorhanson.com has an excellent piece on what's wrong with Fahrenheit 911. "“Countering terrorism has become, beyond any doubt, the top national security priority for the United States.” Thus speaks the 9/11 Commission Report, released last week. “There is no terrorist threat in this country. This is a lie. This is the biggest lie we've been told.” Thus speaks Michael Moore in an October 2002

2004-08-03T14:39:00.000+03:00

How to fight The Man. Scary. You get some real fruitcakes...

2004-08-03T11:37:00.000+03:00

Fodder continues his crusade against the evil neocon vast right wing conspiracy, or at least this particular member. It's the same argument I've heard time and time again - that it's wrong to generalise re: The Left (odd, how so many of The Left feels so right at home generalising when it comes to The Right. Pot/Kettle black?). Sometimes generalisation can be accurate. He makes an anology about

2004-08-03T11:21:00.000+03:00

Prisoner abuse. It's not news when Islamists are responsible. Props to Errol over at Prophecy for the heads-up.

2004-08-02T13:08:00.000+03:00

Moore is an idiot. I picked up this quote in the O'Reilly vs Moore tete-a-tete. "You can do it by boycotting South Africa, they overthrew the dictator there." There was a dictator running SA? I must've missed the memo.

2004-08-02T10:32:00.000+03:00

More on the Moore-on's manipulation. And continuing with the Bin Laden vs Moore story, now the entire family is objecting to the F9/11 fabrication of the Bushitler flying them out of the country.

2004-07-29T13:58:00.000+03:00

Fodder takes a shot at me for my Leigh Mathews post. I've been out of comission for a while with the flu, thus the delayed response. I've commented over at his blog. What I have issue with particularly : "But to suggest that the idiots promoting the theory that she had kidnapped herself to spite her parents or for the money were all left-leaners is surely just plain ignorance?" I'm pretty

2004-07-29T13:28:00.000+03:00

Great new blog over at It's Almost Supernatural added to my blogroll. It's very heartening to see the occasional libertarian or conservative blog emerge in South Africa, it helps one realise that not everyone residing within SADC are America/Jew hating terrorist sycophants.

2004-07-29T11:26:00.000+03:00

Lies, damn lies, and Moore-stistics. A member of the Bin-Laden family has strongly refuted Moore's accusation of special treatment by the Bush administration in F9/11. Straight from the horse's mouth: "I even laughed at times," said Binladin, adding, "but a lot less when he states errors or inaccuracies about my family, knowing perfectly well that he's deceiving the public." In the film, Moore

2004-07-28T13:49:00.000+03:00

Palestine sells Israel the concrete it needs to build it's wall. The irony. The hypocrisy. It's almost too much. Then I realise that this is Islam we're talking about, and hypocrisy is nothing new.

2004-07-23T12:28:00.000+03:00

Linda Ronstadt's booing is old hat, but this short piece is interesting anyway. This one too. It really grates me when entertainers start using their celebrity status to blather on about their political views. Sure, go ahead, whine about the Bushitler and those filthy, filthy neocons - just don't do it when I've paid good money to hear you sing. I certainly didn't pay my hard-earned dosh to hear

2004-07-22T12:02:00.000+03:00

The price of appeasement. Thanks, Phillipines. You've just condemned another 6 to death.

2004-07-22T11:18:00.000+03:00

Laurence has a short piece on the fashion of anti-Semitism over at Commentary. Spot on with the rise of anti-Americanism and the linkage of anti-Americanism with anti-Semitism of late. This essay ties in with Laurence's point quite well.

2004-07-22T10:37:00.000+03:00

"She did nothing to deserve this, she was a gentle soul." I'm taking this opportunity to emote about a disparaging habit that emerges from certain quarters when tragedies such as the following arise. Over the past few days, on a couple of South African internet forums, more than merely a few people suggested the theory that Leigh had orchestrated her own kidnapping, in order to get money or

2004-07-20T18:06:00.000+03:00

Filipino hostage released "A Filipino truck driver held hostage in Iraq for nearly two weeks has been freed, a spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress said Tuesday, a day after the Philippines said it had withdrawn its peacekeepers to meet the kidnappers' demand. "The (United Arab) Emirates embassy has freed the Filipino hostage," said spokesman Haider al Bandar. He could provide no further

2004-07-09T14:36:00.000+03:00

Hiatus. I'm going to be out of town from next week till the week thereafter (going to ICON '04, in Jozi), so no blogging from this quarter until the 20th.

2004-07-08T18:08:00.000+03:00

Laurence reckons the Chrysler 300 is cheap at R205 000 odd. Well, sure, if that's what it retailed for here. But I very much doubt that would be it's retail price in SA. I suspect you could get a decent Benz or Beemer for the price that the Chrysler would go for on SA shores. Something like this.

2004-07-08T10:59:00.000+03:00

Fifteenminutes is under construction. I'm playing around with templates and other blogger functionality, so apologies if things look a little wonky.

2004-07-08T10:49:00.000+03:00

RE: Comments Anonymous comments have been disabled. Nipping this one in the bud. I've been noticing anonymous morlock-esque comments taking place, and frankly, if I wanted to read that kind of crap, I'd go to Indymedia.

2004-07-07T18:04:00.000+03:00

Comments I've moved from the 3rd-party comments system I was using, to Blogger's own. Apologies in advance. Any comments so far made have, unfortunately, been lost as a result.

2004-07-07T17:33:00.000+03:00

Looks like the Iraqis are fed up with the terrorists fouling their name. "A group of armed, masked Iraqi men threatened Tuesday to kill Jordanian extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if he does not immediately leave the country, accusing him of murdering innocent Iraqis and defiling the Muslim religion. The threats revealed the deep anger many Iraqis, including insurgent groups, feel toward foreign

2004-07-07T12:02:00.000+03:00

G-Bay militants freed go back to killing civilians, US soldiers. Looks like The Left got it's way.

2004-07-07T11:50:00.000+03:00

"The Left" - defined Just have to link to this comment by a contributor on LGF. I think it represents my viewpoint on what 'The Left' really is, perfectly.

2004-07-07T11:36:00.000+03:00

The US DOE and DOD announced today the completion of the removal of just over 1.7 tons of enriched uranium from Iraq. My commentary - is this 'the smoking gun'? Sure, maybe 1.7 tons of uranium doesn't qualify as a WMD itself, but what exactly did Saddam have planned for that much fissile material, considering the Israelis blew up his nuclear power plant all those years ago? It doesn't take a

2004-07-05T12:18:00.000+03:00

Kill Bill Vol.2 "..full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." That would sum up the Kill Bill movies perfectly. Well, at least the sequel. I really enjoyed Kill Bill 1. It had loads of epic, brilliantly executed and atmospheric action. A simple movie, like all simple, enjoyable movies, it left you wanting more. Kill Bill 2 was supposed to sate our appetities. Frankly, I was a little

2004-07-05T10:40:00.000+03:00

The timeline of WMD discoveries in Iraq, simplified. Early'ish in the invasion- Empty warheads found containing traces of mustard gas. The Left's response : "It's not proof since there's not enough actual mustard gas in the shells to be a threat!" Odd, I wonder what happened to the gas that was in those shells.. it was never accounted for by Saddam's regime... May '04- Warhead found containing

2004-07-02T13:25:00.000+03:00

Just a quick note : Rumsfeld says warheads (notice the pluralisation) Found in Iraq very recently by Polish troops. Rumsfeld: " I was with the Polish minister of defense this weekend in Istanbul, Turkey at the NATO Summit. And in the course of that, he pointed out that his troops in Iraq had recently come across – I’ve forgotten the number, but something like 16 or 17 – warheads that contained

2004-07-01T14:22:00.000+03:00

The Cape Times article - Vaz has it here. I'm under considerable pressure from work currently, so regular blogging will resume next week.

2004-06-30T10:29:00.000+03:00

One man, one vote? Moore is registered as a voter in two states. The Smoking Gun has it in black & white. Honest mistake? Probably, but one would think, with such a high profile, Moore would have properly covered his ass by now. Yet the inconsistincies just keep on rolling in - using off-shore contractors to host his site (when he's rabidly against the use of foreign labour - well, except when

2004-06-29T16:24:00.000+03:00

Moore's fiction in perspective. A number of reviews have surfaced to counterbalance the glowing praise that some 'critics' are showering F9/11 with (example, Mr Ebert's fanboy pandering.) Andrew Ferguson calls it 'a crock'. Richard Just says he's plainly and simply dishonest. Bill Ferguson says it's pure left-wing propoganda. A recurring theme I'm reading in these more critical reviews, is

2004-06-29T09:57:00.000+03:00

It appears some southern african weblogs - including this one - have been mentioned in the Cape Times. The above link is subscription only, but Cherryflava has a write up. I'm still a little shellshocked, this humble blog being mentioned alongside much more professional, knowledgeable and active sites such as Commentary, among others. Whether the article puts positive light on the state of

2004-06-28T11:58:00.000+03:00

Cut and Run. So, as of today, Iraq is controlled by Iraq. Possibly for the first time in many a decade. Which is all well and good, but does anyone else get the distinct feeling that the US is cutting it's losses and getting the hell out? America has lost the PR war, which is saddening - it's doubtful that America will ever again be able to 'do good' in the name of liberation. People will look

2004-06-25T14:42:00.000+03:00

Saying no to Saddam. "What happened to you when you refused? I was arrested in December 1979. I was interrogated and tortured for 22 days and nights. In my case they were gentler because they did not want to leave any permanent bodily marks on me. They hung me from the ceiling by my hands, which were tied behind my back. They used electric probes on sensitive parts of my body and beat me.

2004-06-24T18:20:00.000+03:00

So, sadly, Roedolf (aka TheRodent) has caved to Sentech's demands that mywirelesssucks.co.za be taken down. Saddening in itself, it highlights a major problem with Southern African economies. We're all still way too reliant on monopolies. This pseudo-capitalistic 'privatisation' of state-owned subsidies, is not the answer. So governments no longer own 100% of the parastatals - instead, the trend