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European Colonialism is Back as ‘Animal Rights’

BY JOHN NASH This week, I have been remembering a silly school joke:    One evening, a policeman came across a strange fellow who was walking down the street inPenzance, throwing, in all directions, handfuls of white powder from a cloth bag.  “Allo, ‘allo” enquired plod, “And what are we doing, Sir?   “This here be elephant repellent, constable. Good stuff. It keeps elephants away”, slurred … Continue reading European Colonialism is Back as ‘Animal Rights’

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Cruise Control

BY JOHN NASH The Daily Maverick’s padded-cell correspondent, Don Pinnock (Dumb Pillock), has been at the crayons again. Personally, I’m convinced the nurse has been overdoing his meds. On 7th July ’22, he scribbled a Daily Maverick (a leading South African source of news, opinion and investigations) farticle about “a forensic study” into Botswana’s Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) conservation system. The “study” found … Continue reading Cruise Control

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A Gale of Methane

BY JOHN NASH CSM readers will be aware of the saying, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”. Well, Dear Reader, may I offer you a complete idiot not only rushing in, but hurling himself into an intellectual slurry-pit at warp speed 20. He could not have put more feet into his mouth if he was a millipede contortionist. He stands as a severe and ominous example … Continue reading A Gale of Methane

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