Long Bets, future predictions

[Blurock]

To tie in with tec0. I absolutely hate advertising and marketing. Advertising and marketing should be considered the cancer of modern life. It invades and infects every single aspect of our lives. There will come a time where you will first have to listen to a marketing schplurp before the toilet cover will open....I would just love to throttle sms marketers, telemarketers....well most marketers for that matter.

I actually love marketing. Visual ads can be interesting or humorous. Remember the original MTM disaster series where the bystander calls for help? Some exiting billboards or magazine ads have stunning art work.

What I absolutely hate is invasive, unsolicited messages. Junk mail, brochures, SMS, tele sales, people cornering you at shopping centres etc. That is when I get rude. I have never ever purchased anything from these people and I do not think I ever will.

I have programmed my phone to switch off at night and to automatically switch on early morning. I will never be woken by a startling message at night. Man, I do not even have an alarm! An alarm means there is an emergency or something is wrong. It is not good for your heart to be startled. I do not want to "skrik wakker". I get woken by the sun and the "soothing calls" of hadedas.

[adrianh]

Fair enough, it's not marketing per se, it is invasive advertising. I absolutely hate it. We need a bit of personal space where we can be alone without getting hammered with brands and slogans and needs and wants all the time.

We get bible punchers, beggars, street sellers and and and... coming by the house 10 times a day. I am seriously considering making a welcome sign that simply reads 'foxxof' Since we run the business from the house there are 2 phone lines and a fax line. People have no qualms about phoning at any odd time on the off chance they catch somebody at work. The you have the mass fax mailings that come in in the middle of the night.

[wynn]

2 phone lines and a fax line. The you have the mass fax mailings that come in in the middle of the night.

Adrianh
Speak to Nigel Hamilton about getting a free fax to email number so anybody sending you a fax pays a premium, this eliminates all spam faxes.
The beauty of the system is it is totally transportable and you can view the faxes from any computer before you print, if it does not require printing but you need to keep the info, file it, otherwise delete it, loverlee

PS it will save you the cost of the dedicated fax line???

[adrianh]

..and here I thought I've got my first orer for my 'foxxof' sign :-)

[Blurock]

Adrianh
Speak to Nigel Hamilton about getting a free fax to email number so anybody sending you a fax pays a premium, this eliminates all spam faxes.

Way to go! There are many free fax to email services available. Saves you a lot of paper as you can read and electronically file the document without printing. .... and you can see the fax on your mobile phone!

[vieome]

Future Prediction

I predict that Sir Bob will win the election, his competitor comrade Morgan will cry fowl, but the AU and SADC will say the elections are free and fair. Comrade Morgan will continue to cry fowl, very soon after the result, CDE Morgan and his cronies will be arrested. The west will cry not humanly right, but Africa will say here look at my finger. They will then be a small uprising the size of a match stick fire, which will be put out with the force of water it takes to put out forest fire.


Closer to home Vav will look like he is beginning to give an EFF, and the commander in chief will be seen bowing down to him.

In other News African leaders will smile as they watch the old fox, jump over the dumb dog, yet again. Knowing they can learn from a fox.

LOL

[Dave A]

Talking of the Vavi case, I did have a quiet chuckle reading this:

However, in the event that the inquiry continues it is unclear which guidelines Cosatu will use as it is yet to show evidence of an existing sexual harassment policy and a finalised gender policy. The only clear document that Cosatu could produce to the Mail & Guardian is a four-page staff and leadership code of conduct and a draft gender policy.

The biggest labour federation in South Africa claims to have a finalised gender policy, but its whereabouts are unknown. Bhengu insisted there was a finalised gender policy, but his attempts to find it proved fruitless.

All other Cosatu policies are available on their website, except for this one. According to the department of labour, "the condition for any policy is that it must be made available to all those that are affected by it," said Page Boikanyo, spokesperson for the department.
from story on M&G here

DoL sticking its oar in Is Vavi actually an employee of COSATU, or an elected office bearer?

Anyhow, the real chuckle was the irony of a labour union being commented on in the capacity of an employer...

All of which is a long way of saying - I'm not even going to try making a call on either the Zim vote or the Vavi issue. I do look forward to seeing the results though.

[vieome]

Words have no meaning!

The truth is that there is
something terribly wrong with Africa
, isn't there? If you look
about, you witness cruelty,
injustice and despotism. But what
do you do about it? What can you
do?

You are but a single individual.
How can you possible make any
difference? Individuals have no
power in this modern Africa.


Our lifes will continue to be a world with
curfews, with soldiers and
surveillance systems. A world that
is run by other men, who control the men with guns
We dont stand a chance


Africa defies the morality norm
There is no kharma
there is no justice
We have no hope
No promises,
Forever slaves
We remain.

It is not the man in the mirror
to blame for fear is justified
its in our political DNA

Good evening citizens of the world.
This is the voice of Fear. Your
fear I have given you...

And Africa will never be saved...
Do not think that is what the future holds
That is only smoke and mirrors
there is no miracle... there is no
path... upon which we must
learn to rule themselves.

Since independance dawn, a handful of
oppressors have accepted the
responsibility over our lives,
responsibility that we should have
accepted ourselves. By doing so,
they took our power. By doing
nothing, we gave it away
Never to get it back.

Africa will never change.
Our corrupt leaders will never be gone and
we will never choose what comes next.
Always we return to the chains of others
never lives of our own. A world of the
past or one of the future.

Always the Same
Always the Same

No amount of votes can remove a man with a gun.



Next Future Prediction
The extinction of the of the white african will happen before the extinction of the white Rhino.

Take my words with a pinch of salt I am after all a science fiction writer.

[vieome]

[pmbguy]

Next Future Prediction
The extinction of the of the white african will happen before the extinction of the white Rhino.

Take my words with a pinch of salt I am after all a science fiction writer.

Hi vieome, I took some salt, may I just add my condiment.

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it might give you something to do, but it's not going to get you anywhere.

I don’t prescribe to the full-on dooms day scenario. We got some big f***** problems, sure. I accept in my mind that things might get worse before they get better. This is a natural state of affairs given our history.

We can’t compare the fate of Zim with that of SA, we don’t walk on parallel lines....... thank god.
We are somewhat different to other African countries in many respects, including Geo politically. In the same way that the west and china exploit Africa (and others) our foreign policy exploits conditions in other African countries, including ZIM. (For right or wrong)

Remember SA is the strongest country in Africa so we will never just collapse and we will always remain a big player on the continent.
The CANCER will become weaker over time, as an organisation and in popular vote. In the next 15 years or so they will fall from power, too fat, old and irrelevant to take the ballot. Until then they gonna eat the pie and shit in the house.



All and all, I believe our long term prospects are good.
You mlungu’s must relax

[vieome]

LOL I am not a mlungu, or am I?. I just like rapping about what is cutting in the world around me.

Is the glass half full, or half empty? The zen master says no, there is something wrong with the container.

[Dave S]

Next Future Prediction
The extinction of the of the white african will happen before the extinction of the white Rhino.

Take my words with a pinch of salt I am after all a science fiction writer.

From some vantage points it seems to be so...

It is said by some, that the overall view of cANCer is to build their "black force" (BEE) to take over business etc. and then to oust the white males and take white females as sex slaves... This could simply be the fiction of the negative, and though it is food for thought, I wouldn't place too much money on it being possible.

We are, by far, not the worst country as far as racism goes, the USA takes the prime spot there, difference is they never made it legislation. Here in Sunny SA. however, we did. There was "Apartheid" (and possibly others we don't know) and now there's "BEE", all designed to pit one race group against another. We may strive for peace and tranquillity, but as long as we're making laws that benefit one race group above another, we have little hope of ever achieving a true democracy.

And there's the pepper...

[vieome]

The easiest way to make women sex slaves is to put them into poverty. I agree that we are by far not the most racist, but we are heading to the number one spot, the easiest way for any corrupt ruler to keep power is to create hatred, Sir Bob also had his rainbow nation in 1980, with over 100000 whites, today the population of whites is estimated to be 5000.

I like to think of what is happening in Africa as the African Gold Rush. To create wealth one needs to invest, but why invest when you can take wealth from what others have invested in. And if you take a mans wealth and take away the means for a man to create wealth you put him on the extinction list.

[Dave A]

Vieome, you were disturbingly spot on with your Zimbabwe election prediction.

Well done.

(Err... I think, given the end result )

[vieome]

Lucky guess one might say. So now the idiots from MDC take the battle to Sir Bobs courts, makes me LOL. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Adolf Hitler
<quote> “The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.” </quote>
<quote> “All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach..” </quote>
<quote> “How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think..” </quote>
<quote> “It is not truth that matters, but victoryd.” </quote>
<quote> “The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.” </quote>