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Too true. Princess and I recall the endless queues in and around Sandton in 1994 when we voted. We went back on the second day and still stood in line for a long time to vote.
An awful lot of corruption happened in politics at that time. They even redrew the electoral boundaries to ensure the ANC had a guaranteed seat throughout all Joburg. In Sandton in 1990, just before he was released from prison, Sandton had an excess of R140m in the council coffers. A number of suburbs went to court to have that money returned to the ratepayers. The court ruled no. In the years that followed, R140m was "lost" and no improvements were made to the township of Alexandra and other deprived areas. As Desmond Tutu said "the ANC stopped the gravy train just long enough to get on it". The pension fund of KwaZulu Natal was plundered within two years after the elections. All of this happened on his watch.
It's right to remember him for the great statesman he was. He had more integrity in his little finger than the subsequent incumbents had in their bodies. He brought respect, dignity, honesty and trust to his role as president. I would like to think that President Shower Head Zuma can learn some of those values but I doubt it.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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You dare to publicly challenge the accepted view of a man, who is seen as great, and make some people feel deeply uncomfortable?
You're brave!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I just heard the news...he was a good and just man and will be missed.
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R.I.P
Wonde Tadesse
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Indeed, a huge loss for humanity.
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RIP
Believe Yourself™
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A true hero of our times who fought for humanity.
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Indeed.
However, it wasn't a surprise, and no one should be "shocked" (which everyone on the news claimed to be). We've seen this coming for years. The poor guy died very slowly.
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I was back in SA in September and heard people talk about the conspiracy theory that suggested he died some time ago and was kept "alive" until it was convenient to release the news. Some even suggested his return home was just a charade to keep the peace until after the next election. It's scary that there are folk out there that believed it.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Ever realize that the video you want to watch sometimes buffers, but the ad that plays before NEVER buffers?
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I am more annoyed by the few times they have a mandatory 30 second ad and the ad is nothing you are interested in. You can't click away, you can't refresh, nothing. It would be one thing if I had even a passing interest in it but usually the mandatory ads are the ones I want nothing to do with.
I am, however, guilty of watching a few of the non mandatory ones. The ones I can't skip, I just go to the bathroom or something out of principle.
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The cool article about Rush Limbaugh from yesterday boosted my self confidence enough to try to share some of my hacks.
Now lazy as I am I cannot write an article in one session, but I saw a small checkbox saying "Work in progress: don't publish". If I submit that can I come back to the article and finish it later and where will it be accessible?
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Yes, you can come back and finish it. Your "works in progress" are listed under your articles, and they should give you the chance to edit them. Saying that, I tend to prefer to write my articles away from the CP code editor and submit it at a stage when it's ready. If you go here[^], you can get the template file that conforms to what CP expects, and just work with that. That's the way I roll.
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I agree with Pete. Also, for one of my earlier articles I asked a couple of people here to review it before I posted it to make sure it wasn't complete crap. Constructive criticism really helped to get the article into shape - it's amazing how many times you can read what you wrote and still miss silly little things that someone else can pick up straight away. Good luck.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Work on it offline, and when it's done, post it in its entirety.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: The cool article about Rush Limbaugh from yesterday I'm offended.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I write mine in Notepad using the template then email it.
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DaveAuld wrote: Even for a big chap, he was struggling a bit....
Wow, and to think the Vikings sailed in that stuff. Or not, I guess.
Marc
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And they died in that stuff!
I'd rather be phishing!
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No wonder your working on Raspberry Pi, might throw in a Strawberry pie!
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I'll never complain about my cube again...
Charlie Gilley
<italic>You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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