Thursday, September 7, 2017

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.  

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. 


Wednesday, June 28, 2017

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 armpitsThen 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



Thursday, May 25, 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.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

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.


Wednesday, March 22, 2017

USURPERS

USURPERS

Sometime ago, I saw a television ad, in which a senior citizen is chasing after flies, swatting them with tremendous vigour. He was having tea with his wife when a couple of flies were bothering then. With fly swatter in hand, the old man lunged at the flies, smashing them one by one, with more force than necessary, loudly shouting, "Got you, you Banker" and no sooner did he squash the next fly under the brute impact of the swatter, when he loudly exclaims, "I got you, you Lawyer". I found this advert seriously amusing because I share this old man's sentiments. I found myself smiling whilst pondering on the what may have triggered an association between bankers, lawyers and flies in the mind of this old man, albeit an advert. 



Most people do find flies abhorrent, detestable, disgusting, despicable and loathsome, even revolting. Flies vomit digestive enzymes onto the foods they wish to eat, which then liquefies the food, allowing the fly to  simply suck it up with its straw like tongue, called a proboscis. Considering flies are terribly pervasive and land on everything, from dog excrement, to dirt bins, to decaying rats, cats and birds that die in the fields, to farm animal manure, to domestic drains, etc. Their legs and bodies are covered with tiny hairs which are the transporting agents for bacteria and disease. Somehow we've become accustomed to their bothersomeness, thus tolerate them  as a minor annoyance. However, they are far more dangerous than we even realize because flies are known to carry more than 200 different forms of bacteria on their bodies.

Having one or more of these critters perch on your hair, fly into your face or land in you food whilst eating will certainly evoke some sort of reaction from you. A quick hand gesture to shoo them away, or a short bust of air from your lips targeting the fly, or even both hands waving frantically  to chase the "filthy pests" away. These hand gestures are often accompanied by some obscure facial expression. When flies are bothersome, some people may feel compelled to go eat elsewhere and some will more often than not get out the aerosol insecticide and vanquish them.

Bottom line, these are peoples responses to flies. However, this is also how most people feel about bankers and lawyers; the heartless bastards, usurpers and bottom feeders of the world. Most people are probably not vocal about the feelings about Bankers and lawyers but the grudges they feel are real and imminent. Every year thousands of home owners who were unable to service their bond for whatever reason, for a period of three months or more have encountered the wrath of these "flies". Interest upon interest for missed or late payments; and don't forget the lawyers fees piled on top. Much lie flies, they siphon their filthy interest money into every deal and much like flies they slurp up the earnings of the less fortunate with an insatiable greed. Annually thousands of home owners have their homes repossessed by greedy bankers and lawyers. 

Much like we tolerate flies, usury has become an "accepted norm", even though it is defined as an unethical and immoral  practice of making monetary loans at unreasonably high rates of interest. The art of usury (loan sharking) was practiced and perfected by the Jews  over millenia, hence Jesus upset the money lenders tables in the synagogue, saying that they turned the house of God into a den of thieves. Jesus was really angry at these money lenders, so can you just imagine if Jesus were here today, how pissed he would be at every, banker, lawyer, loan shark and other financial institution practicing usury, for charging their clients crazy fees for services that are essentially provided by a network of computers. Below is some of the fees charged by three competing banks. Each trying to entice potential clients to use there services.  I was dismayed at how expensive it is to deposit a large sum of cash into your own account, let alone how expensive it is to get that same money our again later. Besides the interest  banks pay is minuscule compared to the charges they levy for their thieving services.



ABSA Bank 

Monthly Monthly account fee R40.00
Cheque deposit at counter         R25.00
Cash deposit at  counter         R8.00 + 1.50% of deposit value
Cash deposit at ABSA ATM R3.00 + R1.30 per R100
Cash withdrawal branch counter R50.00 + R1.55 per R100
Cash withdrawal at Absa/Barclays ATM R3.95 + R1.30 perR100
Cash withdrawal at Point-of-Sale R3.95
Cash withdrawal at Absa-supported ATM R6.95 + R1.30/R100
Cash withdrawal at Saswitch ATM R9.95 + R1.30/R100
Cash withdrawal at Overseas ATM/ POS R50.00
Balance enquiries branch counter R5.00
Balance enquiries Absa/Barclays ATM R1.50
Balance enquiries Absa-supported ATM R4.00
Balance enquiries Saswitch ATM R5.00
SMS / Email / Fax (respectively) R0.80 / R0.80 / R6.50

FNB 

Monthly Account Fee R4.95
Cash deposit at ATM R0.70 per R100 (minimum R5.50)
Cash Deposit at FNB ATM R4.55
Password Reset (Consultant Assisted) R55.00
Balance Enquiries R3.55
Email / SMS / Fax (respectively) R0.70 / R1.10 / R5.00

Capitec Bank 

Monthly admin fee                R5.50
Cash Withdrawal at till points R1.50
ATM Cash withdrawal R8.50
ATM Cash withdrawal (International) R50.00
Cash deposit at Capitec ATM             R0.90c per R100
Cash withdrawal at a Capitec ATM R6
Cash withdrawal at Saswitch ATM R8.50


This is but a fraction of the fees they charge and also a fraction of the banks that operate without impunity.  Multiply these fees, and bonds and loans by several hundreds of thousands of bank clients, then you can really see the kind of money banks make. Hence they can afford to own those huge buildings they occupy. Essentially every person that has a bank account is obliged to pay their bank  a few hundred rands per month for bank fees. This isn't something they wanted, or aspired to, but were coersed into it by there employers and the "system" to use cashless money. 

SARS,  VAT, TV Licence, Automobile licence, Income Tax, Rates, Dog licence, Bank accounts, life Insurance, Car Insurance, Rica, etc. is all about getting your details into a database that can be sold for cash.

Operating a cashless society is purely about numbers on paper and there doesn't really have to be any money. It's a case of smoke and mirrors. Yet thousands of young people aspire to become bank clerks and tellers and as a consequence live off the interest of others. Banks are encouraging our youth to lend money, and use their credit / debit cards to swipe, and use the mobiles to snapscan QR that make electronic payments immediate and easy.  This convenience makes it more likely that customers will pay on time, thus improving their business cash flow. Yet charge them a fee for every transaction 



Interest is a vile form of oppression. It virtually makes everybody a slave of the system; and the only reason why most people leap out of bed in the morning, is to service the debt they  owe to banks, be it bonds, business loans, short term cash loans, car payments or student education loans. Lawyers grrrrr. Bankers double grrrrr.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS

WHAT YOU SOW SO SHALL YOU REAP!


PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS

Since colonial times, the French have always been a controversial nation, especial their soldiers. One just has to look at the rampage and the mass rape of Italian women by these French Colonial Soldiers during and WWII and after the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Historians claims that the "French Genocidal Fuhrer Napoleon" was as "barbaric" as Hitler, if not worse because Hitler considered Napoleon as his Hero. Napoleon was ruthless and responsible for thousands of executions. With this force of might the French as a nation colonized several remote countries, the likes of Vietnam, Cambodia, Canada and Haiti as well as several countries in Africa, among which are the Ivory Coast, Benin, Mali, French Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Algeria, etc. 


However, independence to all the natives of these countries came at a huge personal cost because France was determined not to relinquish its strong-hold over its ex-colonies, whatsoever the cost. For several decades, France sucked the natural wealth out of Africa like a gigantic parasite, causing poverty, disease , hunger, malnutrition and underdevelopment; which in turn fueled despair, conflict and tremendous violence. As long ago as 1957 Former French president  François Mitterand prophesied that: 

“Without Africa, France will have 
no history in the 21st century”.

His successor, former French President Jacques Chirac shared his sentiments when he said; 


“Without Africa, France will slide down 
into the rank of a third world power”. 

The amount of power France usurped from these countries through monetary control is really astounding, and ever since all members of the CFA Franc are mandated to deposit up to 85 per cent of their country’s foreign exchange earnings in the French national treasury.

One could consider France's stronghold over these countries as a "colonial tax", charged for the benefits of slavery and colonization they left behind.  When President Ahmed Sékou Touré of Guinea opted for independence, the french colonial elite in Paris threw a historic fit and in their fury destroyed everything in Guinea  that represented the benefits of French colonization. Schools, research institute instruments, public administration buildings,  cars, books, medicine and tractors were destroyed,  horses, cows on farms were killed and any food stored in warehouses were either burned or poisoned. 

Sylvanus Olympio, the first president of the Republic of Togo didn't want a repeat performance of this in his country when he sought independence , so he agreed to reimbursement the “colonial debt” which was virtually half the country's budget at the time. But this didn't change anything because France got an ex French Foreign Legionnaire army sergeant called Etienne Gnassingbe to assassinate Olympio.

When Modiba Keita, the first president of the Republic of Mali, withdraw from the  french colonial currency, he became the victim of a coup carried out by another ex French Foreign legionnaire -Lieutenant Moussa Traoré. 

David Dacko, the first President of the Central African Republic did the same and suffered the same consequences by the hand of ex-french foreign legionnaire  Jean-Bédel Bokassa. 

Maurice Yaméogo, the first President of Burkina Faso, was another victim of a coup carried by  an ex French legionnaire Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana. 

President Hubert Maga, the first President of the Republic of Benin, also suffered the same fate when  a coup was carried out against him by Mathieu Kérékou, his personal  security guard who had French Foreign legion ties. And the list goes on.

While I was in Magagascar, involved in the national role-out of an educational network, President Mark Ravalamanana decided to cut ties with France and to import technology from Germany and America. Within days a coup took place against him  and President Mark Ravalamanana was quickly replaced my acting Malagasy President Andry Nirina Rajoelina. With all the roadblocks and a massive military presence who harassed all foreigners,  it was time to leave. But after witnessing a gun battle at the president house, we left immediately.

During the past 50 years, a total of 67 coups took place in  Africa, 16 of which occurred in Francophone countries, instigated or orchestrated by France. Most of these French speaking nations in Africa can bear testimony to the level of violence France perpetrated against its ex-colonial subjects. So, using the words of President Ahmed Sékou Touré of Guinea they collectively declare that,


“We prefer freedom in poverty to opulence in slavery.” 

Today many of Africa's populace want France to restore whatever she has usurped and some are willing to force France to take responsibility for her atrocities. So, when the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) bomber who was "responsible for the Paris metro attack"  decide to get some payback for all the torture, mass murder, rape and oppression committed by the French in Algeria, the World was up in arm and everyone still wonders why France became  the first western European country to suffer "Radical Islamist terrorism" and is continually targeted by terrorist attacks. Admittedly it's really tragic, when someone extracts revenge on "innocent people" who are not directly responsible for the atrocities of their forebears. Undeniably, it is their right to fight to ward off oppression, because oppression is certainly worse than murder. Though this bring to mind the biblical verse Ezekiel 18:20. 


"The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity,
nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity".


In my book, there is no justification for such attacks on innocents, but invariably people may forgive but seldom forget. Hence the phrase, "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter". 

RAPED BY POLICE


Just a few days ago four French policeman were accused of sexually raping and assaulting a '22 year-old black man' with a truncheon during a brutal arrest in Saint-Denis. Protesters demanding justice for this black man, and were fired upon with teargas. As a result they set fire to several rubbish bins and cars. I suppose rape and brutal force, torture, murder and oppression has always been the French colonial way for centuries, though it's not fair to pant all french peoples with the same brush. My personal experience with the French whilst I lived in Versailles as well as in Saint-Denis whilst in Paris, was really bad. They are an unfriendly, unhelpful and a snobbish bunch of people. Once again I shouldn't generalize because there are some good folk among them.

Case in point, just a few days ago a  French farmer by the name of Cedric Herrou was on trial for helping migrants across Italian border, however he was charged with  a €3000 suspended fine in the high court. He is a scholar and a gentleman,  among a nation of brutes and usurpers who are totally complacent and very contented that their economy scavenges off the poor people of Africa. Africa as a continent is extremely rich in resources, yet the bulk of its people are extremely poor. All thanks to France with the backing of the IMF and the World Bank.