When pondering the chronic power crisis affecting South Africa one is reminded of the term ineptocracy: “A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.”
We often find funniness even under the most dreadful circumstances; it is known as gallows humor. The never-ending recession has produced its own brand of wit. ‘With the market turmoil being what it is what’s the best way to make a small fortune? Start off with a large one’.
Insolvencies reported in Belgium and France jumped by 44 percent and 50 percent, respectively. Sweden records the highest number of bankruptcies in ten years.
The number of Americans taking their own lives in 2021 came close to the peak seen in 2018, the CDC says. The number of Americans who committed suicide in 2021 increased to a mind-boggling 48,183, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). By comparison, 55,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War (1955-1975) and 2,500 died in the war in Afghanistan.
The spectre of a Hungarian-born octogenarian ominously hovers over the European Union. Doyen of capitalist investors, George Soros is on a mission to tear down Europe’s defences. His aim is to reap a harvest of 550 million people in pursuit of his manic one-world agenda.
We can all know god-gifted people who are experts on everything without their having studied any subject. Where is the need for experience or education when self-chosen experts have the answers to hand?
Nearing the end of my working life I told anyone who cared to listen that I had never in my life thrown a sickie nor taken a penny from the state in benefits of any kind. I am still waiting for the accolades and I am not holding my breath. My neighbor Eddy was bemused by my overblown pride as an example to the feckless of society.
The Ukraine conflict has made the question of whether European politicians are stupid or corrupt as they help the United States ruthlessly plunder Europe as relevant as never before, SwebbTV political commentator Lars Bern said.
NEW YORK, 18 December. The rejection of Russian gas in light of the situation around Ukraine has already cost Europe about $1 trillion, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing its own calculations.
I recall an adage taught to us in school:
For want of a nail, a shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe, a horse was lost,
For want of a horse, a battle was lost,
For want of a battle, a kingdom was lost.
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