Donald Trump or Donald Duck

Donald Trump or Donald Duck

The law of unintended consequences took centre stage the past few days, triggered by Donald Trump's reechoing of Benjamin Netanyahu's sentiments and speeches. Specifically saying "... It is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ...". Palestinians both Christian and Muslim took offence to this and as a consequence US flags and photographic images of Donald Trump were set alight by protesters in the Middle East. As a consequence Israeli soldiers attacked and fired live ammunition on Palestinian demonstrators during the tree days of rage. Meanwhile British parliamentarians are calling for Donald Trump's visit to the UK to be cancelled. Not to mention that the UN thinks Donald Trump is a low life and so does Robert De Niro. Just listen to what he has to say. 

Donald Trump's utterances and actions are looking more and more like that of a comic book character than a President. The anthropomorphic white duck  known as Donald Duck comes to mind because he's done some pretty darn stupid things in his comical career. Donald Duck is famous for his semi-intelligible speech and his unthinking behaviour, so akin to Donald Trump.

Donald Duck for President

One of Donald Duck's favorite sayings goes as follows "I don’t care if you think I’m Abnormal, Strange, Weird, Crazy, Insane, Odd And Bizarre, Life is too short to be normal."  This quote sounds so much like Donald Trump its almost uncanny, besides Trumps behaviour is as temperamental as that of Donald Duck if not worse.

Another Donald Duck quote goes something like this “Don’t get confused between my personality and my attitude… my personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.” You  must agree this actually sounds as if it originated from the mouth of Donald Trump, rather than that of  Donald Duck. It's become an almost accepted norm for  Donald Trump to make ridiculous and outrageous statements that often result in populace anger and frustration even disbelief. 

Case in point, people are so disillusioned by him that slogans like "Fuck Donald Trump and Fuck You for voting for him" are emerging. The masses were already fed-up with him before the republicans voted the blabber mouth into power. Trump has labeling black people as criminals, Latinos as rapists, and Muslims as terrorists, thereby securing  the vote of aggrieved white republicans nationally. 

Fuck Donald Trump and Fuck You for voting for him

Then he does on to say the following:- “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bring crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people.”  Here Donald Trump proves that he has the mindset of a racist.

He then continues with: - “I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.” Here Donald Trump sounds like he approves of incest and would actually indulge.

He then continues with: - “My IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure; it’s not your fault.” Here Donald proves himself to be conceited and a narcissist.

He then continues with: - “You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything….Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.” Here Donald Trump sounds more like a Misogynistic Sexual Pervert than a President.

It would then be fair to say that Donald Trump is a Racist, Incest Mongering, Conceited and Narcissistic, Misogynistic Sexual Pervert and everything that everyone accuses him of, is absolutely true. 

The Palistenian Peace Process

The PPP (Palistenian Peace Process)

President Donald Trump just made the biggest mistake of his political career, so much so that the White House called for an immediate impeachment vote. More correctly he  committed political suicide today when he ordered his white house staff to make plans to relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In his spech Trump flatly said "... It is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ...", and his subsequent  actions mimicks the utterance and speeches of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the tea.  One could almost say that Donald Trump was dumb enough to be played and manipulated by his puppeteer Benjamin Netanyahu - the puppet master of ISIS.

To add insult to injury, the United States of America is a member state of the United Nations and Donald Trump single handedly sabotaged its very important "impartial" role in the peace process, proving that in reality, Washington has never been an honest peace broker. Effectively this disqualifies the United States from any future peace negotiations. In his short political career, Donald Trump is becoming bolder and more controversial by the day,  in his attempt to defy 25 years of UN peace processes. Donald Trump's stand flies in the face, ignores and contradict the International peace negotiations  achievements, of the 125 nation states of the United Nations. Each of whom has condemned Donald Trump's n the strongest of terms. Trump justifies his actions by sighting that ex-presidents made promises, but were not brave enough to deliver and that he is.

Trump's foolish decision is bound to cause unrest and instability in the middle east, howbeit this may very well  be the  underlying reason for his ridiculous statements. One just has to look at travel ban Trump leveled at  six Muslim countries and his retweets of anti-Muslim Videos.  In a nut hell Donald Trump is an Islamophobe. Through Trumps stupidity Netanyahu lost his greatest ally in his "One State solution" rather than accept the 'Palestinian two-state solution based on the 1967 borders'.  In 1967 there was a minuscule amount of Jewish settlers living in Palestine but today there is in excess of half a million Jewish settlers illegally occupying Arab lands. Todate Netanyahu has destroyed Palestine, destroyed its democracy, divided the people, forced the Palestinians into exile, etc, and responsible for killing thousands of innocent bystanders.  As such Benjamin Netanyahu the destroyer will be forever shamed as a diabolical terrorist, akin to Adolf  Hitler.

Trump's speech has draw world wide condemnation and anger as well as International reaction. PLO says Trump's decision is in violation of International Law and that he aborted the peace process before it is born.   Hamas called for three days of rage starting from tomorrow.  Currently there are protest in all middle eastern counties, the masses burning Israeli and American flags. In Istanbul and Ankara Turkey the US embassy is being picketed. King Abdullah II of Jordan said Trump's dangerous statements would only incite terrorists groups. Palestinian refugees feel great anger and says Trump crossed the red line. The City of Jerusalem is considered sacred to by Palestinians and by both Christians and Muslims globally. Specifically the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter  and the Masjidul Al Aqsa as well as the  
precincts of Baitul Muqaddas. Yet, with his statements Trump has the audacity  to offend 365 million Arabs both Christian and Muslim; and two billion Muslim globally, in his support of the "Jewish rights"; as if, their rights exceeds that of the Arab and Muslim world, or for that matter an other human being.

Qatar, France, UK, Egypt,  etc, vehemently disapprove of Trumps decision and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Tukey even requested Trump to reconsider his decision. Thirteen centuries prior to 1917 Palestine was wholly Palestinian and its only through the Balfore declaration and the impetus of  Theodor Herzl with his political Zionism that Jews starting entering Palestine and illegally setting up the State of Israel.  However, it is important for the entire Islamic world to speak in one voice against Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu and his absurd Zionist behaviour. The only solution to the PPP is  the 'Palestinian two-state solution based on the 1967 borders'. 

The God Particle

The "God Particle"

About a week ago I watched a movie called the "Accountant" starring Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, a CPA with an extraordinary mathematics ability who has a greater affinity for numbers than for people. I dare say, that's not such a foreign concept at all because personally, I prefer computers to people, since they are reliable, efficient, accurate, pleasant, perform according to expectations and among  other things, are consistent, whereas generally people are not. 

The Hadron Collider - see the size of the construction compared to size of the man in the foreground.

But allow me return to the mathematics savant Christian Wolff. Being a strong willed army sergeant, his father wouldn't accept that Christian would grow up to be a weakling. So by adulthood he had learnt extraordinary skills, which were forced upon him by his father because as a child he was different. At a young age he displayed impatience, hyperactivity, impulsivity but instead of inattention, he was focused and became irate when he couldn't complete a task. If I had to give his mental disorder a label I would call it a combined case of OCD, autism and ADHD. Though, not every child with autism spectrum disorder can be called a mathematics whiz, a study suggests that autistic kids generally show above-average math skills. 

Be that as it may, modern opinion suggests that anyone with a disability either mental or physical may be superior to people generally considered whole and sane. This is the overall impression the Accountant seem to advocate. Just because they seem lesser or inferior doesn't meaner they're not better or superior, that insane is the new sane and that sane is over rated. This sentiment is the basis of psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher's theory, played by Betty Buckley in the movie "Split". Starring James McAvoy as Kevin; a mentally deranged individual with a dissociative identity disorder, diagnosed with 23 distinct personalities, who kidnaps three girls due to the physiological prism within his single being. 

For several decades 'dissociative identity disorder' have fascinated yet eluded science and medicine. Psychiatrist believe that DID patients can manifest unique physical attributes for each personality to the point that one personality may need medication for a specific condition whereas another personality will not need it nor show symptoms of said illness. Again implying that a mental condition of split personalities is a super-sane condition and that sanity is its underling.

Stephen Hawkins, one of the most brilliant minds in the field of Physics, yet confirmed atheist.

This brings me to the  brilliant mind of confirmed Atheist, World-famous author, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, full professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge, and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology - University of Cambridge, Stephen William Hawking. Seventy five year old Steven Hawking  was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 21, and has been wheelchair bound ever since. But, as a real person, he by far exceeds the "fictional bullshit" of 'Split' and the 'Accountant' as a superior brain. 

Physicists are vigarously seeking for answers to the birth of our universe and how it relates to the Big Bang.  It is commonly assumed that most scientists are atheists and that most believe religion and science cannot co-exist, but not all scientists are atheists hence the 'warfare' between science and religion continues. Albert Einstein's wrote an essay called “Science and religion,” that was published in 1954, in which he says “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” Yet all scientists accept his theory of relativity E-Mc2 explicitly but beg to differ with him when it comes to belief in God.

This  GOD particle image so much resembles the pupil of the eye with the iris in its centre

Be that as it may, for more than a half a century physicists have been struggling to find the missing piece of the particle-physics puzzle — "Higgs boson" aka the "God Particle". Essentially the "God particle" is the sub atomic particle that gives matter mass and is the  cornerstone of  physics theory.  Peter Higgs and Francois Englert were both awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2013, more than a year after discovering the "Higgs bason" and for theorizing about it as long ago as 1964.  They predicted it exists, based of major gaps in the "standard model" for fundamental particles matter. 

This "standard model" presents the best way of understanding particle physics regardless of the yawning gaps, amongst these gaps are gravity, and other experimental contradictions. The model also attempts to describe the forces, components and reactions of the fundamental particles that make up matter which is composed of atoms and other subatomic particles. The model predicts that there are certain elementary particles even smaller than protons and neutrons called quarks.

This ancient Mayan calender somewhat resembles the LHC

The wiring driving the electron magnets in the LHC 

The result from the recent experiments at the 27km long tunnel underground Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a  particle accelerator straddling the borders of France and Switzerland, filled the yawning gaps in the "standard model" as proof that the "God Particle" does exist.  However, there is enormous doubt among associate physicists that the "God Particle"  now discovered  is in fact  the same "Higgs bason"  found in 2012. They further who believe it may even be a techni-Higgs (a particle easily confused for the Higgs bason).  During these experiments 5 new particles were discovered. Physicists found that an atom has a nucleus, that a nucleus contains protons and neutrons, that they contain quarks in exotic multi-quark states, such as pentaquarks and tetraquarks and gluons that bind quarks together.

 In a nutshell the energy densities that are created by collisions cause ordinary matter to melt into constituent sub atomic parts —quarks and gluons. Physicists are now setting their sights on finding and seeing dark matter which is the undetectable material that constitutes 85 per cent of all matter throughout universe. It binds galaxies together yet its nature is completely unknown, purely because it belongs to the unseen. But much of what they discovered was already known to the ancients in the form of Platonic Solids,  the Egg of Life, the Aztec Calender, the Golden Ratio, etc.

The Aztec Calender  that also resembles the LHC

The beauty of all these scientific discoveries should make us acknowledge God Almighty and appreciate God’s awe-inspiring universe. Also be cognisant that none of this came together by accident but rather by His design. CERN spent $13.25 billion on finding the "God Particle" and in the process managed to find 5 more unknown particles. Meanwhile  it is estimated that in the known, observable universe, there are as few as ten quadrillion vigintillion ( 1 x 10 to the power of  79 Zeros) atoms to as much as a Googol of atoms.  

A Googol  sound similar to the name of the world's largest search engine, however a Googol  is  written as 1 x 10 to the power of 100 zeros. Literally written out as follows:-  
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.  How many millions of other particles isn't there that are still unknown to Physicists.  The amazing thing is, they are all God's particles, because He says "... And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little"  - Surah Al-Isra [17:85]. Physicists (men of little knowledge) are willing to would spend tens of billions of dollars  just to try and prove that there is no God, even though all the evidence out there, that God exists is starring them in the faces. 

With equipment like the Hadron Collider, the Hubble Space Telescope, the ELT, the Electron Microscope, and whatever else, with which to observe both the micro and macro creations of God, why do minds the like of Steven Hawking, Peter Higgs, Richard Dawkins, Francis Sellers Collins, Lawrence Krauss, Fred Hoyle, Paul Myers, Sam Harris etc... baulk at One Incomparable God, Creator, Sustainer of the universe?  In the movies discussed above both Christian Wolff and Kevin had brilliant minds yet both were a few sandwiches short of a picnic.  Is it possible that each of these Physicists is a trotter short of of pig? 

Anyway, these atheist scientist who use the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments with which to study and probe the fundamental structure of the universe and its constituents of matter have analogize particle physics with  Hindu mythology because its origin can be traced back to the prehistoric time around 5000-10000 BC.  As a consequence a 2-metre-tall statue of Lord Shiva performing the Tandavam or Nadanta (cosmic dance) outside CERN Geneva, where the Large Hadron Collider is housed. In Hindu Mythology Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva is the  destroyer or regenerator. 

A Brahma day and night is 8.6 billion years long  and central to Hindu tradition is the concept of mahayuga (great cycle) lasting for 4320 000 years which is divided into four cycles which will end by flood and fire. Shiva  symbolises "Shakti" or life force and  his  cosmic dance with flame in one hand destroys and the drum in the other regenerating  everything. Physicists  witnessed the birth, life and decay of atomic particles and as such use the metaphor of the cosmic dance as the icon that unifies ancient mythology, religious art and modern physics.

Then there is also much speculation of a correlation between the LHC and earthquakes,  resulting from  alteration of the butterfly effect of the  magnetic field lines of our planet by the LHC magnetic field.  CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) was also accused of attempting to  open an inter-dimensional gateway or portals for angelic and fallen spiritual beings made of "mysterious dark energy" to come into our dimension, or unlock a parallel universe,  or even discover a fifth force of nature in dark matter. 

Camel Toe

Camel Toe

(aka Ninja Foot, vaji cleft, vagi cleft)

Fashionable women unanimously agree that fashion is fickle. And I say "Amen to that" because the current in-your-face trend of women parading frontal wedgies is fast becoming "socially acceptable". Not to mention that it totally flies in the face of maiden modesty. Hopefully this fad won't survive  very long because it's completely unnatural for women to walk about with their cleavages exposed, and putting their butt cracks and 'camel toes' on show, for all to see.  Then there's also the visible tattoo  (tramp stamp) on the lower back and the protruding nipple rings that just puts a further damper on the whole "lady-like" image of women. What ever happened to maiden modesty?  

A window into the female mind.

I'll be the first to admit that modesty isn’t just about what you wear. Modesty is also about propriety and decency. Modesty is ingrained in our speech and our behavior and in the  first impression of ourselves that we leave with others. Modesty is exhibited in our appearance and in our demeanour.  However, modesty is best described in the negative sense, when saying modesty is not being vulgar, nor  indecent,  nor improper, nor shamelesss, nor licentious, nor salacious, etc. Modesty begins as an attitude and encompasses all the decisions we make, and how we carry ourselves.

Cameltoe, Frontal Wedgie, Ninja Foot, Vagiclef, Vaji Cleft, Vertical Smile, Volksie Bonnet,

A frontal wedgie (vedgie)  better known as 'camel toe', is a commonly used slang-term that refers to the outline of a woman's crotch that can be seen through her garments after it takes on the cleft-like appearance of a camel's foot. This is simply due to a combination of anatomical factors and wearing really tight-fitting jeans, yoga pants, leggings, swimwear or shorts. 

Cameltoe, Frontal Wedgie, Ninja Foot, Vagiclef, Vaji Cleft, Vertical Smile, Volksie Bonnet,

That being said, chicks now-a-days cram themselves into tight jeans, so that the fat of their pubic mounds are displaced, as a result parting their vulva labia majora making it look like the cleft between a camel's two toes.  One could say that "their pants are so tight that one can actually read their lips", yet they say nothing. The funny thing is, so many of them do so knowingly and blatantly, so that men find them sexually appealing. 

It's a bit of a sexual power play for them, knowing full well that men have an  infatuation and a fascination with camel toe. Smug with the knowledge that every red blooded man would glance at their 'camel toe' but wouldn't want to be caught looking. Some men afterwards battle with the uncertainty whether or not she actually wanted him to look or not. I believe there is nothing more distasteful than a women using sexiness to manipulate men to get what she wants.

Cameltoe, Frontal Wedgie, Ninja Foot, Vagiclef, Vaji Cleft, Vertical Smile, Volksie Bonnet,

There was a time when showing a 'camel toe' was one of the most humiliation and embarrassing things that can happen to any female. Most women abhorred 'camel toe' because it is often uncomfortable and sometimes painful.  In fact most women prefer to choose a style of lingerie to avoid creating a 'camel toe'. Girl friends commonly  made fun of one other, particularly when one of them inadvertently  exhibited a 'camel toe'  for public consumption. Chicas who are conscious about CT can and do "conceal the camel" with "camelflage" - a few sheets of  toilet paper of tissues folded and inserted inside their panties, or a panty-liner placed in the appropriate position. 

Cameltoe, Frontal Wedgie, Ninja Foot, Vagiclef, Vaji Cleft, Vertical Smile, Volksie Bonnet,

Conservative women would even invest a few bucks in a fashion accessory called the Cuchini Camel Toe guard as a possible solution to the scourge —its sold by Amazon. It's a must have, a confidence boosting fashion emergency kit for every woman's lingerie drawer. It can really help you to win the battle against  CT. 

Having said that, most women construe flashing a CT as slutty, demeaning, cheap; and is the practice associated with hookers, prostitutes and whores, or at least so we thought. Until we discovered a large contingent of exhibitionists who want to put their merchandise on view. These women certainly don't consider showing some CT a fashion malfunction. They are sort of convinced that everyone has seen it and knows what a lady' pink- parts looks like, and therefore see no harm in flaunting theirs. Some women and some men find this exhibitionism disgusting yer some don't. But then again, to each his own.

Cameltoe, Frontal Wedgie, Ninja Foot, Vagiclef, Vaji Cleft, Vertical Smile, Volksie Bonnet,

In ancient times, people clad themselves appropriately. Men wore biblical costumes that resembled the middle-eastern thawb of today and women were dressed in frocks, that somewhat resembled the habits of nuns. During medieval times cloaks, capes and robes became shorter and men opted to wear  tights, leggings or tight pants.  As time progressed, women's dresses shrunk to above the ankle which later progressed to below the knee then above the knee. Something similar also happened to their sleeves of the blouses around the time when the mini-skirt made its appearance. 

It wasn't long before women were naked up to their thighs and their armpits. Then women  relinquished the mini skirt en mass to wear bizarre skin tight coloured tights. This was the start of 'camel toe' aka extreme exhibitionism, as well as the debate whether or not it was permissible for Christian women to wear pants. Over time, other fashions came and went but the tights eventually returned in the form of yoga pants and spandex as thin as stockings. In essence the CT fashion has made a comeback but this time with a vengence.

Cameltoe, Frontal Wedgie, Ninja Foot, Vagiclef, Vaji Cleft, Vertical Smile, Volksie Bonnet,

Today it's become quite "fashionable" for women to put their crotches outline on show. Yet it's hard to imagine that a sane woman would want to dress in a manner  that would show off or accentuate her camel toe knowingly.  Based on this, it is fare to say woman displaying their camel toe is fully aware of it and are doing so out of choice.  Women in general tend to agree that camel toe does look trashy or slutty but also add that it has great sexual appeal. A sort of unspoken promise of extreme sexuality.

Cameltoe, Frontal Wedgie, Ninja Foot, Vagiclef, Vaji Cleft, Vertical Smile, Volksie Bonnet,

Humans being are sexual beings and are attracted by different things. Some men are into boobs and cleavages, some are into butt and thighs, and some are into full figures and fat curves. While others are into camel toe and deem it down right  sexy. Some men do find camel-toe very provocative and are sexually aroused when seeing it.  They even invented several  euphemism for 'Camel Toe' among which are Vagicleft, or Vaji cleft, Vagi cleft, Ninja foot, Vertical Smile, Volksie bonnet (Beetle Hood) and moose knuckles, though moose knuckles are  in fact 'camel toe's' ugly sister which is often used to refer to men who put a sock in it.

Silicon Camel Toe

Be that as it may, the entire objective of "male sexual arousal" is absolutely fake because the new craze in Asia and the UK is 'Camel Toe' under garments. Apparently this underwear abomination isn't at all new. Almost a decade ago, someone in Japan manufactured the first 'camel toe' panties and called it party pants. However, today it's here to feed the latest 'camel toe' frenzy amongst men. 

The possibility exists that none of the 'camel toe' images above may actually be real; and any male emotions and sexual desires developed for it, borders on downright sad. The joke is on all men ignorant of the fact that there are artificial / fake pussy lips on sale to women who wants to mess with men's minds and emotions.  This fake 'camel toe' pubic mound  is made of silicon or multi layered fabric, sewn into regular underwear that comes in several  styles and colors. It is popular among effeminate and transgender type men who used it to cover up their manly parts.

Camel Toe underwear to show off a fake cleft 

Fake "camel toe" underwear

Camel toe needs to go! Faking camel toe with camel toe underwear seems to be a new phenomenon, I sincerely hope its just a fickle fad?

— Faried (@Syba_seca) July 2, 2017

Remaniement ministériel controversé en Afrique du Sud: Jacob Zuma sommé par la

justice… https://t.co/FiFih8Lfot pic.twitter.com/DW43eKIDoq

— Perspectives Med (@perspectivesm) May 5, 2017

MARIJUANA

MARIJUANA, DAGGA, WEED, GRASS, 

Over the past year President Jacob Zuma has been under fire  by several political parties to resign his post because of corruption. There has even been numerous  Anti-Zuma protest marches country -wide with tens of thousands of people demonstrating their disgust. Thousands of them marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria with placards reading “Hamba tsotsi” (Go away you thug), "Zuma must fall", "Zuma is a traitor not a president", "South Africa's first dictator", "Stop Him Now",  and "Say NO to state capture" etc. Apparently Zuma has a very close relationship with the controversial Gupta family who's been accused of state capture, but its more like a silent coup that took place in South Africa. 

President Jacob Zuma has also become quite controversial, yet the ANC backs President Zuma to the hilt and came to his rescue even after he axed Pravin Gordhan for allegedly stuffing-up the R1-trillion 9.6 GigaWatt Russian Nuclear deal that was later set aside by the high court of SA, as  unconstitutional and unlawful. Then in a fit of rage, Zuma reshuffled his cabinet by firing several critical ministers and replacing them with his cronies who were "instrumental" in the state capture.  It may perhaps be said, "There  is method in his madness" but Zuma's action  of late is an insult to the legacy of former ANC leaders like James Sebe Moroka, Albert John Lutuli,  Oliver Reginald Tambo and Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Quite recently the ANC has been accused of dragging the country down and the DA leader Mumusi Maimane said that their party intend laying criminal charges against the ANC speakers who threatened violence against their party. The EFF shares their sentiments of laying criminal charges against at least 10 ANC councillors for leading and fuelling violence against them. My view on this is that the ANC needs to create controversy in order to stay in the news and on the lips of the nation.

Politics is certainly not everyone's cut of tea. The latest political party to drink from this teapot is the Dagga Party, who has been officially registered with the Independent Electoral Commission as a nationally entity for the election processes in South Africa.

That being said, the Dagga Party run by Jeremy Acton, Garreth Prince and fellow Rastafarians attained a landmark victory in the Western Cape High Court regarding the cultivation and private  use of Dagga (Marijuana) in homes by its citizens for personal use. 

Dagga hasn't exactly been decriminalized in South Africa as yet, though there is a twenty four month window for legislation to be updated. Marijuana can still land you in jail though perhaps not in the Western Cape. The Dagga Party will most likely have a huge following considering the hoards of people who partake of the drug in South Africa.



Marijuana goes by many names, among which are,  cannabis, ganja, reefer, pot, weed, grass, dope, joint and zol etc. If truth be told, virtually every nationality globally has a colloquialism for cannabis, among which are happa, blaft, travka, petard, chillum, etc. "Dagga" is the South African colloquialism and it is in great demand among all race groups, both men and women from all ages and all walks of life. This makes South African's sound like a nation of junkies, but their demand for dagga is for medicinal use rather than recreational, though recreational dagga cookie baking and smoking dope qualifies them cannabis aficionados. 

It is quite ironic that a cannabis plant that can provide unrivaled relief for a myriad of symptoms, ailments  and medical conditions, has been outlawed and considered criminal and dangerous by the authorities. Cannabis landed so many people in jail for so many years but times has changed. Medical cannabis research papers generally conclude that ‘positive effects of marijuana on medical patients have been demonstrated; however, further research need to be conducted before such a controversial substance can be fully endorsed as a medicinal treatment’. Yet biotech company GW Pharmaceuticals launched an oral spray formulated from an extract of the cannabis sativa high in THC and CBD to treat Multiple sclerosis  (MS) spasticity and severe neuropathic-related cancer pain.

Cannibis has a very long and interesting and very controversial history. Before the criminalization of cannibis in 1937, big pharma produced a wide variety of cannabis-based medicines, though cannabis has been used as a medicine for thousands of years previously. With the recent discovery (1992) of the human body's endocannabinoid system (ECS) cannabis was thrust back into the limelight as a viable medicine. Tetrahydrocannabinol  (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD)  are both cannabinoids found in cannabis, the first giving you a high  while the second doesn't. 

For a very long time its been known that Cannabis is good for treatment against Cramps, Sleep Apnia, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Osteoperosis, Parkinsons, Epilepsy, Depression, Migraine, Musular dystrophy, Hypertension, Asthma, Rheumatism, Atherosclerosis, Neurodegeneration, Schizophrenia, Sickle Cell Anemia, Diabetes, PTSD,   OCD and   ALS.  However big pharma gets the concession to legally grow 20 tonnes of cannabis annually for medicine production like Sativex. Sativex is however not available in South Africa and is fairly expensive.

BORDER PATROL

WASTED FOOD

These days reality TV programming seems to dominate most TV channels . It is cheap to produce and the average couch potato enjoys watching "reality TV" purely because the cast is typically ordinary people and not professional actors, although celebrities may feature in some episodes. However, there is very little that is real about reality TV.

It is supposedly unscripted real-life situations about how ordinary people behave in everyday life but its really not the case. The episodes may be unscripted but there are writers who craft plot and write lines, do so purely to create conflict. "Conflict and controversy creates fame" and every one wants to be famous, hankers after both. Just look at the unknown actors who "act" in programs like Big Brother, Survivor, Cake Boss, The Apprentice, Extreme Home Make Over, The Osborns, Crossing Over with John Edward, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives, Hardcore Pawn, Border Security:Canada, Border Patrol, and Fear Factor, etc, etc...

I find the bulk of these programs irksome, because the producers are constantly insulting the intelligence of their audiences. Restated, they lie and cheat to get better ratings although there are some shows that are "factual", like Border Security: Australia. And other programs that highlight behind the scene events of Australia's Customs and Border Patrol: New Zealand  and airs the work of their Department of Immigration, and their Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, as they enforce Australian immigration, customs, quarantine and finance laws.

I find these programs the pits. Because not an episode goes by that some Airport Customs official doesn't harass some, Asian, Chinese, Vietnamese, or Indian, national, confiscates their food and slaps them with a fine. In not saying that they are racist or prejudiced against these nations but its more than coincidental that these peoples are predominantly their victims. Again, it's the customs and culture of these Asian peoples to gift food to one another, especially those living abroad. 

Understandably there needs to be a measure of control in place but to dump / incinerate thousands of kilograms of food daily is disgraceful, especially when considering there are millions of people in Asia who lives below the breadline. Not to mention Africa. If these "suspect foods" really needs to be confiscated for whatever reason, I'm certain these millions of tons of food per month could find its way to the less fortunate as food aid and food relief to people affected by flooding, earthquake, Tsunami, or other natural disaster. 

Africa is probably the richest continent in the world but the majority of its peoples live on less than 1 US dollar per day if not less.  This is purely because colonial powers  have been usurping Africa's wealth for centuries and its high time for payback even if its going to be with confiscated food.