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south africans can expect the super moon this year on 3 December at 17:46 the 2017 super moon is about 16% brighter than a standard full moon and around 7% larger than a standard full moon. for people on holiday at the beach, expect an extra 5cm in the tides, also known as perigean spring tides. you can also view…
taxi operators are protesting. no, not against multiple mass murders, where as much as 12 people are killed in a few minutes, but for complaints about lack of protectionism. roads are being effectively closed, violence is erupting as motorists are attacked by violent protestors. for money. protesting because cheaper mass transit (which saves struggling poor families money) means less money…
12 people dead. as a result of one mass shooting. if south africa was the usa, there would be multiple news and media coverage about this event, for a few days (or until the news cycle runs out, at least) in a normal society 12 people are not murdered in a few minutes. in a normal society, when something this…
'the new york times can always be trusted' has now changed to 'the new york times can be mostly trusted'. the rules are kinda simple and easy to understand: when flux is measurable or even predictable it is no longer flux. when stability introduces any amount of flux, it is no longer stability. i do not have any specific issue…
12 October 2017, is it a bird? is it a plane? no... it is Asteroid 2012 TC4... worst case calculations by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N.A.S.A) has this asteroid passing at anything between 4200 miles and 170 000 miles from earth. NASA scientists predict that the asteroid will not impact the planet. This sounds a lot like KAK to me,…