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    Something a little different from me. What do you make of this and is it really possible? I have some real doubts but at the same time find myself *wanting* to believe it.

    http://arr.sfglobe.com/2014/12/18/an...e_fb_new_30089
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Very interesting but perhaps not entirely surprising.

    Investigator links Zuma to arms deal corruption A top police officer involved in investigating the controversial R70bn arms deal of 1999 said yesterday ANC and government officials, including President Jacob Zuma, most likely received bribes to influence the awarding of multimillion-rand arms contracts, notes a Cape Times report. It says Colonel Johan du Plooy, the ex-Scorpion whose investigations led to the conviction of Zuma’s former financial adviser, Schabir Shaik, for corruption, yesterday directly linked the President to arms deal corruption based on his investigation into Shaik and documentation discovered during other arms deal-related probes. Du Plooy appeared before the arms deal commission, where he reportedly insisted, despite rigorous cross-examination by evidence leader Simmy Lebala SC, and often hostile questioning by commission chairman, Judge Willie Seriti, that there was a possibility that the President had influenced some Ministers in the inter-ministerial committee chaired by former President Thabo Mbeki. He said the financial benefits Zuma got from Shaik and those allegedly received by other Ministers were enough to raise red flags about his role and those of other bigwigs like late former Cabinet Ministers Joe Modise and Stella Sigcau in the arms deal process. The report notes Du Plooy admitted there was no direct evidence which indicated there was direct influence at the level of the inter-ministerial committee, but said close relationships such as that of Shaik’s brother Chippy – the SANDF chief of acquisitions at the time – and consultant Fana Hlongwane and Ministers made it possible to influence decisions at the highest level.
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Just moved here from another thread.



    Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL (9 June 1917 – 1 October 2012) was a British Marxist historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism, and nationalism. His best-known works include his trilogy about what he called the "long 19th century" (The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 and The Age of Empire: 1875–1914), The Age of Extremes on the short 20th century, and an edited volume that introduced the influential idea of "invented traditions".

    Hobsbawm was born in Egypt but spent his childhood mostly in Vienna and Berlin. Following the death of his parents and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, Hobsbawm moved to London with his adoptive family, then obtained his PhD in history at the University of Cambridge before serving in the Second World War. In 1998 he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour, a UK national honour bestowed for outstanding achievement in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion. He was President of Birkbeck, University of London from 2002 until his death. In 2003 he received the Balzan Prize for European History since 1900 "for his brilliant analysis of the troubled history of twentieth-century Europe and for his ability to combine in-depth historical research with great literary talent."


    Now read this article:

    http://www.thecommentator.com/articl..._eric_hobsbawm
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Just a bit of interesting fun here:

    http://www.theatlantic.com/video/ind...ry-of-weapons/
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    An article on a man whom I consider to be a hero and role model:

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbe...g-to-go-broke/

    I have always ascribed to the philosophy that "Wealth is like health; you need a certain threshold of it in order to be happy but in and of itself it will never make you happy."
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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