Category Archives: in the news

Blogging frustration…

By 6000 | 6000 | April 17, 2012

When you add this: One of the biggest eye-openers you can have is seeing a story in the press which you have personal knowledge of. When you read the article, you can marvel at just how inaccurate and mis-representative the reporter or journalist is being. and this: Occasionally  - just occasionally – there are topics which I would LOVE [...]

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UK fracking gets the go ahead

By 6000 | 6000 | April 17, 2012

Hate to say I told you so. A hugely slanted article in the Guardian this morning informs us that a report recommending that fracking be given the go ahead in the UK is “all but certain to be accepted by ministers”, effectively allowing trial wells to be drilled as a first stage in tapping the [...]

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Danger From Above!

By 6000 | 6000 | April 16, 2012

Page 4 of today’s Cape Times warns of dangers from above which may threaten your safety in and around the Mother City. First up is the hot air balloon crash at Beyerskloof vineyards in the Cape Winelands on Saturday – witnessed by none other than Beyerskloof supremo Beyers Truter: The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating [...]

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Seems Legit

By 6000 | 6000 | April 16, 2012

With all the fuss marking the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, many readers will be surprised to learn that - in an effort to sell more copies of his book - Oxford author Robin Gardiner claims that it was not the Titanic that sank, but her sister ship, the Olympic. In a story which could have come [...]

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Blades wins poll “fairly overwhelmingly”

By 6000 | 6000 | April 4, 2012

Yes, I clicked through on this Sport24 story thinking it had something to do with Sheffield United. It didn’t. Instead, I learned that Hugh “Blades” Bladon had been voted SA’s favourite rugby commentator in a poll on the Sport24 website. Apparently Hugh’s was a “landslide victory”, polling, as he did, 34% of the vote. His [...]

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