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My husband and I are really bad at picking out gifts for each other, so we usually decide what we're going to get together. This year we bought The Food Lab, which is a sciency book about cooking (which we both enjoy) and Pandemic, a co-op board game.

My husband also got me a Kindle for my birthday, so if she likes reading I'd say that or a nice hardcover (or hardcover boxed set) would be a nice gift. Otherwise maybe a cool trip together to a fancy place for a weekend - it doesn't make for an amazing gift-opening experience, but maybe you can buy some small items that represents the trip.

It's pretty hard to give ideas without knowing what your wife likes - the Kindle was probably one of the best gifts I received, but it'd be a shitty gift for a non-reader, for example. Gifts related to hobbies are always cool - for my husband's birthday we went to a cycling place together and he picked out some new gear which was then my gift to him.

I could never get into Cry, the Beloved Country. I really liked Kaffir Boy, about a little boy growing up in the Alex Township in the 70s and 80s. It's an autobiography but it flows like fiction.

For the history I read a straight up textbook, which was really dry but very informative. When I moved to SA I felt like I knew more about the country's long-term history than most of the people I met, which mattered about as much as encountering a Romanian who was an expert on 1600s America. I read the first edition of A History of South Africa. The link is for the 3rd edition but the 1st edition is what my library had. The 3rd edition is now $0.01 if you're in the US so I guess there's another new edition out.

Not exactly what you asked for, but "My Traitor's Heart" by Rian Malan is the best general book about South African history and society that I've ever read. He manages not to be too dispassionate or too involved, and never sounds either too preachy or too bitter which are of course the flavours in which (especially white) South African books of its kind often come in.

http://www.amazon.com/My-Traitors-Heart-African-Conscience/dp/0802136842

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Title | Thomas Sowell - A Conflict of Visions
Description | Thomas Sowell discusses the visions that account for the wide political gulf between conservatives and liberals. http://www.LibertyPen.com
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Title | The Constrained Vision and the Unconstrained Vision
Description | In this video, I summarise the enduring relevance of Thomas Sowell's masterpiece A Conflict of Visions (1987) and explain some of its crucial insights into modern struggles between social justice warriors and their opponents. I also focus on his discussion F.A. Hayeck on social justice. You can get Sowell's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Visions-Ideological-Political-Struggles/dp/0465002056
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All legislations are Acts of government

"The Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity bill is currently sitting before Parliament [...] this law could make whistleblowers criminals and those clever little memes you’re making about the Guptas could land you in prison."

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When A=1, B=2, C=3 etc, and adding up the totals for a word:

• Legislation = 123
  
  thus:
  
  
• Regimentals = 123
  
• Obligations = 123, and Calibrations = 123
  
• Oversight = 123, by Stereo Camera = 123
  
• Disturbing = 123
  
• Dis-enablement = 123
  
• Woe-destined = 123
  
• Self-ruling = 123
  
• Quasi-comical = 123, Politicoes = 123, Splurging = 123 on:
  
• Mis-adjudicated = 123, Militarism = 123
  
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  This is because:
  
  
• Conspiracy = 123
  
  and thus:
  
  
• False-spoken = 123
  
• Lying scum = 123
  
• Wrappings = 123, of Foe-subduing = 123, Psychodrama = 123
  
• Breast-beating = 123, Headhunters = 123
  
• Poison-pen = 123
  
• Insertion = 123, of Hypoderms = 123
  
  also, "Monsters Inc." - 'We Scare Because We Care'
  
  
• Monsters = 123
  
• Snaggle-teeth = 123
  
• Reptilians = 123
  
• Serpentile = 123
  
• Serpent-God = 123 ("The Black-hearted" = 123)
  
• Unreleasable = 123
  
• Pandemonism = 123
  
• Outer-space = 123
  
• Lords of Cold = 123
  
• Cracks of Doom = 123
  
• President of the United States = 321
  
  ABC-123, can you spell?:
  
  
• Linguistic = 123
  
• Sub-harmonics = 123
  
• see: https://www.amazon.com/123-versus-ABC-Mike-Boldt/dp/0062102990
  
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  Conspiracy is as easy as ABC/123
  
  All the words above match "Conspiracy" in more than one cypher, and all in the basic ordinal A-Z.
  
  Most of the words above reduce numerologically to 51 (Area 51, where the Greys are?)
  
  
• "Gray" = 51 (US spelling)
  
• "Grey" = 55 (English spelling, matching "Wicked", "Satan", "Burn")
  
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  So keep an eye out:
  
  
• http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape-mortuary-workers-join-national-strike-action-10065594
  
• http://ewn.co.za/2017/06/29/forensic-pathology-strike-now-hits-western-cape
  
  "The provincial Department of Health says 123 bodies at Salt River and Tygerberg await post-mortem examinations after forensic pathologists “downed tools” at the two mortuaries".
  
  
• 123 bodies (...and "123 bodies" = 60 [like "Holy", and "Order"], reducing to 33. "All good names sum to 33", "False Flag" reduces to 33)
  
• "Salt River" = 119 in the reverse cypher. The reverse of 119 is 911 (...also, matching 119: "Divine Rule", "Master Plan", "All-seeing Eye", "Orthodox", "Land of the Free", "Star Wars")
  
• Tygerberg = 133 in francis bacon cypher (where capitals count). "Good numbers" = 133, "Big Bang Theory" = 133, "Evolution" = 133, "Extinction" = 133 (and thus "Terminator" = 133)
  
  See how the wording has some "quotes" around the phrase "downed tools"?
  
  
• downed tools = 146, reducing to 47 in reduction (matching: "Time", "Doom", and the "Force". The greatest Salt River is that of the ocean of Time)
  
• the Monsters scare because They care?... "Cremation of Care" = 146 (here is the El-ite ceremony known as the Cremation of Care, held in Bohemian Grove, in the Redwood forests where the Ewoks were filmed - where the rulers of the world down their tools and chill out for a while: http://www.lovethetruth.com/jis_images/cremation_of_care.jpg)
  
  The ewok is the "woke", the illuminated one...that bear we all know about from the Internet.
  
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  Remember, this is about a Cyber-security bill:
  
  
• Security = 120
  
• Impenetrable = 120
  
• Unyielding = 120
  
• Fortress = 120
  
  and, of course:
  
  
• "The Truth" = 120
  
• Illuminati = 120 (...and "Illuminated" = 120 as well)
  

Best seller on amazon already lol

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Keepers-Those-keeping-prison-ebook/dp/B076YBL1WS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509738955&sr=8-1&keywords=The+President%27s+Keepers

I love languages, and love to read about them, even if not to learn them. One of my favourite books is called "The Loom of Language" (https://www.amazon.com/Loom-Language-Approach-Mastery-Languages/dp/039330034X)

I would absolutely love to read something similar for Xhosa or Zulu, any recommendations? I have looked before, but haven't really found anything.

>I know we've got a lot of hobbyists here. Anyone skilled in curing these types of meats? Where do you find curing nitrates and when do you find the best time to cure the meats? Especially interested in your opinion if you're from KZN, the Eastern Cape and other parts of the country that aren't dry

I've built a drying cabinet that's large enough for me to stand inside and I'd suggest anyone who's serious about Charcuterie to do the same, but a biltong box and your refrigerator will be fine for smaller batches.

As far as ingredients and supplies, I buy everything online, and for my recipes, I use Michael Ruhlman's Charcuterie, which is more or less the bible of meat curing.

Amazon would be the best bet, I think.


https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Lightspeed-PowerPlay-Compatible-Lightsync/dp/B07L4BM851

Haven't read that book.

I'm a fan of 'style tracker' funds. There's a company called SalientQuants that produces funds that approximate the investing styles of value and momentum managers.

This is done via a model, so it ends up having a cheaper fees basis compared to an active manager.

Here's a book I liked that's tangential (it's finance, but not trading/asset picking) to the topic:

https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Money-Masters-Universe-Cult/dp/0132790076

The Zuma Government is showing exactly the same hallmarks every other African Liberation movement that came into power showed. Unless there is a substantial change in the extractive government institutions and a return to plural democracy, its unlikely the outcome can be averted. One of the only African exceptions is Botswana, an example of good governance and an inclusive economy.

To understand the modus operandi of Zuma type governments, you should read https://www.amazon.com/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity/dp/0307719227 . A real eye opener and explains more or less why the current SA government has little interest in uplifting the South African people...they are not there for the people, they are there for themselves. Its a simple case of ignoring what the say and paying attention to what they do.

Don't think that this is without controversy either. The difference is that, historically speaking, black and white became a race binary, while white appropriated red in the States (dating back to the boston tea party). "Blackface" was about creating a white identity that existed in contrast to black slaves and thus creating identity in opposition (a binary of Black vs White), while playing Indian was about absorbing "Indianness" into a national identity and narrative. There is a publication out on native appropriation in America from Yale University Press called "Playing Indian" that explores the topic further.

I have no idea what went through their minds to think this was a good idea.

Man, the publisher, and author asked not to share this online or pirate it. They are going to have massive legal fees fighting that poes Zuma and his cronnies about this book. Please for the love of ending corruption in SA, go and buy a digital copy.

Exactly the same strategy as the other superpowers use to own other countries, a la Confessions of an Economic Hitman.

https://www.amazon.com/Bell-Curve-Intelligence-Structure-Paperbacks/dp/0684824299

https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081

Language plays a vital role in the forming and destruction of empires.

Oh come on, you live in a country where 35% of the people are firmly behind Trump whereas in Canada such nonsense would never be permitted to get off the ground. Stop imagining, just remember the US is composed of former slave states and other states that compromised with it.

Look at L.Thompson’s History of Modern South Africa rather than trying to gain insight from the sour, pimply faced Afrikaanse students from Stellenbosch who dominate this sub-reddit.

https://www.amazon.com/History-South-Africa-Fourth/dp/0300189354/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

I can't help it if you are retarded. https://www.amazon.com/History-World-J-M-Roberts/dp/0199936765

Kom ons vat die Engelse weergawe want dit is die mees omskrywendste:

• Re "PREJUDICE". Kom ons se 'n Pitbull byt jou. Dis menslike natuur om volgende keer versigtig vir pitbulle te wees. Indien pitbulle jou en jou vriende herhaaldelik byt, gaan almal se normale reaksie wees om die honde te vermy. Maar in SA indien 'n "pitbull" jou byt, vertel almal vir jou dat dit eintlik jou eie skuld is en nie die hond sin nie. En indien jy hulle probeer vermy is jy 'n rassis. Dit was swartes wat my gehijack het, nie wittes nie... dit was swartes wat my gemugg het, nie wittes nie... dit was swartes wat my huis geroof het, nie wittes nie... dit was swartes wat my ma aangeval het, nie blankes nie. So ek dink my "prejudice" teen swartes is gebaseer op feite, nie op sinnelose kafferhaat nie.
  
  
• Re "DISCRIMINATION": Hier word aangeneem dat die persoon wat diskrimineer mag het oor die gediskrimineerde. OK Ruan, wat se mag het ek oor enigemand wit of swart in SA? Ek kan verstaan dat 'n wit ryk besigheidsman swartes nadelig kan beinvloed as hy hulle nie like nie. Maar kom aan, hoe kan ek en jy hulle benadeel? Slegs 8% van die land se mense is blank, en ons word armer by die dag. Daar is hoeveel wette wat die swartmense beskerm, en ons altwee weet die polisie soek net 'n verskoning om wittes te vervolg.
  
  
• Re "inferior/superior": Is 'n German Sheppard verskillend van 'n Bulldog? Ek persoonlik dink so. Die een kan vinniger hardloop as die ander een, een is meer intelligent en die polisie kan hom oplei om te werk, die ander een kan uitstekend snork en poep. Maar tenspyte daarvan dat hulle verskillend is, beteken nie dat die een se lewe meer werd is as die ander een nie, of dat dit OK is om een te martel nie. Beide verdien 'n goeie lewe en respek.
  
  Ek glo aan evolusie, en dis 'n feit dat verskillende populasies verskillend ontwikkel op verskillende plekke om die beste by hulle omgewing aan te pas. Kyk na Darwin se vinke.
  
  En dis 'n wetenskaplike feit dat daar verskillende menserasse is. Net soos verskillende honderasse. Al verskil is dat meeste honderasse slegs 'n paar honderd jaar oud is terwyl die verskillende mense duisende jare gelede afgesplit het.
  
  Kom ons kyk na mense wat in koue streke woon. Hulle moet tydgebonde wees en vooruitbeplan, want die dommes vrek in die winter. Tropiese bevolkings het nie hierdie bottelnek nie en kan heeljaar gemaklik leef. Dit is hoekom wit gemiddelde IK's 100 is en swart gemiddelde IK's 80. En voor jy se die toetse is rassisties, die gemiddelde Oos Asiatiese IK's is 105. En indien jy se dat IK is nie 'n bepaler van sukses nie, is jy doodreg. Op individiele vlak is IK nie die grootste bepaler van sukses nie, maar op makro vlak is daar 'n duidelike korrelasie tussen gemiddelde lands IK en gemiddelde per kapita GDP en lewenskwaliteit. Vergelyk jou Skandinawiese lande met jou Sentraal Afrika lande vir 'n voorbeeld.
  
  Hier is 'n paar skakels wat jy dalk interresant kan vind:
  
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1mgrTGeDPM
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fury-at-dna-pioneers-theory-africans-are-less-intelligent-than-westerners-394898.html
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Bell-Curve-Intelligence-Structure-Paperbacks/dp/0684824299