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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9vxve994ro There was an image clearly visible as Trump spoke and said: "Look, here's burial sites all over the place. These are all white farmers that are being buried." Uh huh... But the image isn't from South Africa - it's actually from a report about women being killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Summed up Trumps latest act of embarrassing himself in public quite nicely for me 44 people were killed in the farming community last year. All colours added up. In a year when 26,232 people were murdered. Makes farming seem like a very safe occupation by comparison. Edit: The memorial from 2020 for the two farmers you mentioned were also mentioned in the BBC article at some point in addition to the old Reuters image from DR Congo that Trump used

Except of course they can’t, but maga cultists never seem to let facts get in the way of a good witch hunt. Anything else requires too much critical thinking. BBC put the claims through their fact checking process and you can almost hear the groans when fact is compared to Trumps fictional word

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Very un-exciting leveling up. Very unbalanced combat.

with the "african president" meeting in the oval office, trump is appealing to the sense o' pervasive white american victimhood. claim the media is ignoring white genocide in south africa speaks to his base bigly. doesn't need to be true. furthermore, by sharing readily disprovable nonsense, trump is deflecting from the current sucking chest wound which is his big beautiful bill. the republican sponsored legislation provides tax breaks for the rich (and for tanning beds... serious,) while cutting medicaid, snap benefits, and 'ccording to the cbo, will necessarily result in the need to automatic reduce hundreds of billions of dollars in medicare benefits. of course the media is gonna criticize trump lies. more than a few media sources is even gonna suggest there is a racial animus to trump lies, a claim which further infuriates the trump base. even so, anything which distracts from the big bastard bill is good, right? ok, the amusing part for us is leopards eating faces aspect. if trump's firehose o' lies and pain direct affect you, then there is puzzlement and consternation, but no epiphany. you were fired 'cause 'o misguided doge cuts to the va or a fireman training facility? huh, that's was weird. you were benefiting from a life saving protocol being funded by nih, only to have rfk jr. suspend the program? yeah, that was a mistake. you are a south african who knows for a fact that trump is lying about white genocide o' farmers? yup, that were a blunder. all those folks, people who know trump is lying and/or enriching himself and the wealthiest .01% at their expense, nevertheless go along with all the other trump bs which don't personal affect them. why believe trump and fox news about tariffs? why believe trump and fox news about the immigrant invasion? why believe trump about blm summer protests from 2020, the stolen election or his mar-a-lago documents? there is a special kinda obtuseness that trump has been unique able to tap into and exploit. even when individuals know trump is lying about a, b, and c, those same people nevertheless take at face value trump and fox claims about d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n... is genuine baffling to us that so many have faith in trump even after they witness the face-eating-leopard eating faces. am understanding the strength o' grievance and outrage, or rather we thought we had an understanding. we once thought, back in 2015, that it took a special kinda stoopid to fall for trump's lies and false promises. our mistake. HA! Good Fun! ps having elon in the oval office for the meeting with ramaphosa while musk is simultaneous working on his starlink deal with south africa were a curious look. wouldn't an ordinarily cynical person question whether some o' the US pressure on south africa were engineered by musk to create a better bargaining situation for elon? why have elon standing there as if to punctuate the validity o' such concerns?

Today I reviewed habeas corpus with my students so they don't look like Kristi Noem if they end up in front of congress. I played the clip. It was fun to watch a senator ask a question that is on my unit exams every year.

Why AI needs to be kept in check...

Wouldn't say some, pretty much is all, I think. MAGA is all about grievance and now, at long last, they can show how the white man is being victimized.

As usual, after complaining about a Democratic President's deficit spending, the Big B.S. Bill is predicted to add $3.7 trillion/decade to the deficit. Well at least that is less than the $7.8 trillion added during Trump's first term. (Biden's was $6.2 trillion.)

Ironic all the people moaning about EFF in the US are all for the AfD and "free speech".

But thats not a real goal that can be achieved What if a Chinese investment buys land in South Africa or any investor buys land after 1994? That happens all the time, land ownership in South Africa is never going to be about " white people cant ever own land because all the land must belong to black people " It really is an unrealistic and silly objective to have Land in South Africa is already owned by several main groups black tribal chiefs already own large amounts of land. In one province alone called Kwa-Zulu the Zulu king owns 30% of all the land in a trust. And there 8 kings in SA and they have similar land ownership in different parts of the country but the Zulu king has the biggest trust because Zulus are the biggest tribe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingonyama_Trust Local and foreign investors own land for businesses as part of normal investment Government owns large amount of land, 23% of total land is already owned by the state Then you have white and black farmers who own farms and yes white farmers own 70% of farms but thats not total land, thats established farms The point Im making is the whole land ownership debate in SA is much more nuanced and complex than saying " SA failed because the colonizers own the land " Here is good link that summarizes the reality of the land question, if you or anyone else is interested in this topic I would recommend you read it and Im more than prepared to answer questions or clarify anything https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-03-10-land-ownership-in-sa-the-facts-and-figures/ @Gorth I know you cant wait to jump into this link

Yes, what happened in Zimbabwe was the worst kind of state sponsored " nationalization " of land owned by white farmers But it cant even be called nationalization, hundreds of so called war veterans literally descended on white farms and gave them 48 hours to leave. And these were white people who had lived in Zimbabwe for generations and had no other home. And the farms taken ended up being given to ZANU-PF loyalists and politically connected people and then most of the farms ended up not being managed properly and most them stopped being productive. Mugabes wife ended up owning 8 farms or so and that was just her So that entire Zimbabwe outcome was the most failed and worst kind of nationalization Im sure in the history of any kind of nationalization That outcome still resonates within South Africa for several reasons. Firstly its used in a false comparison to what could happen in SA, when its almost impossible to believe that could ever be allowed but then Zimbabwe is basically a failed economic state and we have millions of illegal Zimbabweans within the country because of the collapse of the Zimbabwe economy and the way the land grabs happened were part of that collapse So its very common to hear " we dont want to end up like Zimbabwe" and the way farms were taken is part of that narrative But yes, the reality of what happened in Zimbabwe is not the reality of SA. Even though political parties like the EFF call for Zimbabwe style nationalization they dont represent the government

Genuinely brightens my day to hear

Cabaret (1972). I liked it a lot! I was not surprised to read that the starring actress (Liza Minnelli) had been advised to play the lead role and subsequently researched and modeled her mannerisms after Louise Brooks. It's the kind of performance I wish Louise Brooks had been afforded the opportunity to play in a talkie. The musical numbers were really something else.

Replying to Boeroer: Skald does look interesting. I do enjoy fantasy that blends with Lovecraftian horror, though one has to be in the mood for it. Can be a bit depressing to get attached to characters that you know will probably end up going totally insane and/or being doomed. Replying to thelee: I do find Pillars 1 and Deadfire to be very re-playable in a way that somehow BG3 hasn't (for me) replicated. I think I prefer the RTWP style combat in Pillars/Deadfire to BG3, and I also prefer the dual-classing in Deadfire to the multi-classing in BG3 (mathematically more options in BG3, but I find the strongest builds in BG3 tend to be most levels in one class with a shallow dip into one or two other classes, whereas I enjoy the more balanced dual-classing in Deadfire). With BG3 I tend to end up running 4 quite similar builds to the previous runs (albeit I might have changed which companion is the fighter or the bard or whatever this time compared to last time). If I'm going to play BG3 again I really will need to start using modded classes I think. But the actual characters in BG3 are very engaging (watching the interactions in BG3 is a bit like watching a movie). I have bought Avowed, but my progress is slow. Its nice to see Eora from a first person perspective, and to see some new post-Deadfire lore, and I enjoy the combat a lot (dual-wielding pistols with magic feels good), but its not the same as Pillars 1 and Deadfire. I'm sure I'll complete it but I don't think it will be one that I return to repeatedly. That said, even if Pillars 3 is a pipe dream, I would enjoy seeing the world of Eora expanded in other formats. Family D&D sounds great. I'm a bit envious. I miss the old days of playing D&D but I don't know anyone near me that still plays any tabletop RPGs anymore.

I cant imagine she is only person who can drive the future development of Avowed It would be a serious indictment on any development company if a single person is that significant ?

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