It seems that they don’t like people talking about the weather. So, no more small talk or idle chats about the weather or you will be facing 10 years in jail. The government and the SA Weather Bureau will no longer allow us to express our feelings over what weather could be coming, especially on social networks because it could spread panic. What a load of crap!

An article on hayibo.com quoted a spokesman for the SA government as saying, “The South African government has defended its plan to send unauthorised weather forecasters to prison, saying that weather, like poor people, was very susceptible to suggestion and didn’t need much provocation to indulge in violent, attention-seeking behaviour. ” I read that 5 times and still don’t understand it.

The spokesman, Zephyr Zuma, put it all in context by saying, “There is now only one weather forecaster, and that is us, and the forecast is sunny and totalitarian clear,” said Zuma. “I mean, totally clear. Totally. Not…the other word.”

The “other” word being Totalitarian

From Wikipedia – “Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.[1] Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.”

That sounds about right!

Zuma also said, “…if you call weather bad, it lives up to your expectations.”  So what he is saying is that when people predict the weather it listens and does what they say? This is obviously the reason that Weather SA is often so wrong. Must be frustrating having other people change the weather all the time.

He was even kind enough to indicate who the target of this law is, “If you’ve got a hunch, for God’s sake keep it to yourself,” said Zuma. “And here I’m looking specifically to you English-speaking lot with your obsessive small talk about the weather.” English speaking lot? Obsessive small talk? No buddy, you have it all wrong, we are all to busy working to pay the salary that you don’t deserve.

This may seem like a joke to most people but what you must realise is that the underlying agenda is far more serious. Our freedoms are being taken away, piece by piece, and there is nothing we can do about it. We are being conditioned to be careful of what we say so as not to show the government for what they are and to blindly accept their control over our lives.

If you have the ability to fight this do it. Speak out now before they stop you speaking completely.

Anyway, the wind has come up and the clouds have come over. Who knows what will happen next because the weather SA site has changed the predictions for today 3 times in the last 2 hours.

Wikipedia Link

Hayibo.com Article

People go through life with the idea that to think big is to be big. You are what your think … well that’s a start but if you don’t do something, nothing is going to happen. Over time the dreams will shrink to emulate reality and eventually they are lost completely and people end up living in the past wondering what could have been if only they had their ‘break’.

I am writing this in an effort to help people to get their ‘break’ without just hoping and depending on others to do it for them. Maybe you are one of those people, maybe not. Regardless, I hope that this article will get you thinking and make a difference to at least a few people. Never depend on others.

This is no big secret and deep down you probably already know about all of this, but maybe you didn’t know how seriously you should take it or how to do it. It doesn’t matter because here is your chance to do it the right way and give your dreams a serious chance.

Do not think for a moment that anything comes easily. To achieve anything you will have to put in the effort and I know that at this point most people will have stopped reading. Everyone wants something for nothing, to earn a ‘quick buck’ or ‘get rich quick’. In your dreams maybe, that doesn’t happen to regular people. We have to work.

So you are still reading. There is hope for you. If you really want to be successful you need to make a change in your life, work towards your dream and learn something new, and there is no time like the present.

Don’t procrastinate, just do it.

I am a great fan of Robert Kiyosaki (author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad). For those of you that have not read his book, I will explain his cashflow quadrant to you. This will be the first step in deciding where you would like to fit in, in the world.

Most people will find themselves on the left-hand side of the quadrant as an employee or a self employed person. Just remember that there is a vast difference between being a business owner and being self employed.

The left-hand side represents 80% of the world population and only possesses 5% of the wealth. An employee and a self employed person are in essence the same. They have a job and if they are not doing that job they do not earn. A self-employed person runs his business on his own and sells his services to clients much like an employee. They may earn a little more but this is only the cost of less security.

On the other hand we have the right-hand side. Business owners and Investors make up 20% of the world population and possess 95% of the wealth. Business owners own a system and have people work for them. Investors make their wealth work for them.

So… which side of the quadrant would you like to be on? If you answered, “the left”, stop reading and go back to what you where doing. If you chose the right, it’s time to knuckle down to some real work.

It may not happen this week, month or even year but if you put in the effort you will be able to live your dream.

Easier to Add Media

With the new drag and drop feature you can add media to your posts, pages or library by simply clicking on the add media button, when your media uploads, WordPress automatically detects the file type and displays it the right way. They have also added the ability to upload rar and 7z files.

In the Dashboard

The old header and admin bar have been combined which makes it a bit neater. The really cool dashboard change is the fly-out menus. Now you don’t have to spend time opening a menu item to see the sub-menu items. Hover over the menu item and a fly-out shows you the sub-menu. When you click on any menu item, any other menu that is open automatically minimises so you don’t have to keep closing things that you are not working in. Awesome Stuff!

Update Features

From now on, when you update, a pop-up will open showing you what has changed. You can also see the changelog by clicking on the WordPress logo in the dashboard admin bar. Whenever you update you will also see a welcome screen. Kinda makes it feel like a fresh install.

There are also some nice ‘under the bonnet’ changes that developers will enjoy including fixing widgets that get messed up when you change themes.

Check it out at wordpress.org

“Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal – that there is no human relation between master and slave.” Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer.

Money is power and having control of money gives you power over the people that use it, which is basically… everyone. Many governments outsource the function of their respective central banks to private organisations that are given the power to create currency out of nothing. They then loan that money to the government and charge them interest. Taxpayers are then burdened with the costs of the loans.

My question would be, why is a ‘for profit’ business allowed to be in control of what the government should be running without profit? Maybe South Africans can be thankful. I’m not sure I would be happy letting our government run a bake sale. But I’m still not comfortable that an ‘independent’ organisation, created for profit, having that much power in determining our monetary policy. Obviously they will make decisions in their own favour regardless of interference from the government.
The US probably has it worse than South Africa. They have to keep finding reasons to print more money to keep that beast of a Federal Reserve happy.

“Issue of currency should be lodged with the government and be protected from domination by Wall Street. We are opposed to…provisions [which] would place our currency and credit system in private hands.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Funny how all the countries that produce oil have had radical leadership changes lately. Could that be because they started talking about changing from Dollars to Euros. If oil was not sold in US$, the US would be finished. Their markets would crash so badly that they would not recover. We were told that the wars were about terrorism, human rights and MDWs but anyone with a brain would realise it is about oil, but not completely. It’s about control of the people that sell the oil. This is to ensure the oil is paid for in Dollars so that there is a demand.

The economic and banking systems are not too difficult to understand but they are made complicated to hide some shady details. Banks are allowed to loan out more then they own in assets. I have heard up to 10 times more than they own in assets. Here lies a major problem and part of the reason for the financial crisis in 2008. If they are not able to collect on their loans they are not able to pay their debts. When this happens banks start to fold. But it is ok because the big ones get bailed out. And who do you suppose pays for the bail out. Yup, we do, the taxpayers that they have been ripping off for years.

Here are a few quotes from bankers:

“The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing.” William Paterson, founder of the Bank of England in 1694, then a privately owned bank.

 

“Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), founder of the House of Rothschild and the father of modern banking.

 

“The few who understand the system will either be so interested in its profits or be so dependent upon its favours that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of people, mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint, and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.” The Rothschild brothers of London writing to associates in New York, 1863.

Banks do not care about the people that they service. They are in business to make money. You are considered a liability to a bank if you have a credit balance. You are only an asset if you owe them money. They will do their best to make sure that you are in debt.

Any government leader that tries to interfere with banks and the banking system in a country will be taking his life in his hands.

“The Government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the Government and the buying power of consumers. By the adoption of these principles, the taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest. Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity”. -Abraham Lincoln

As we know, Lincoln was assassinated.

“The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the bankers went anew to grab the riches. I fear that foreign bankers with their craftiness and tortuous tricks will entirely control the exuberant riches of America and use it to systematically corrupt civilization.” Otto von Bismark (1815-1898), German Chancellor, after the Lincoln assassination

Anyway, I hope that is enough to get you thinking. Maybe it is time to cut back, tighten your belt, repay your loans and get out of debt because as long are you owe banks money you are a slave to them. You will be destined to work for them for the rest of your lives as they cause taxes to rise so that you earn less and less.

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” – Thomas Jefferson