If it were iPhones that were leaving the factory with explosives inside, the media would be a hell of a lot faster to cotton on to what a horrific precedent has been set today. Nothing can justify this. It's a crime. A crime. And everyone in the world is less safe for it.

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Opinion | Democrats complain that women only earn 78 cents for every dollar a man earns. But the women I employ charge $500 an hour. by Bret Stephens

Are the South African batters boycotting the Afghan bowlers?

I'm surprised that they gave you a column to begin with. Howard.

Why are we pretending that we don't know who committed this terrorist act?

Just thought about how all of the criticisms of DeFi back in 2020-2022 — that it was all gambling and that no real financing activity was taking place — turned out to be 100% correct.

Investigation Update: Investec is using an “extremely rare” accounting rule to obscure the potential scale of damage from its involvement in allegedly fraudulent Cum-Ex transactions. This comes after the bank declared financial provisions for potential "outflows," including

There is absolutely no reading of international law or of ethics that concludes that acts that would be grave crimes and moral abominations if committed against westerners are fun escapades if committed against Arabs.

Maybe someone better versed in the legalities can explain why this is a conflict of interest. It isn't obvious to me.

Matt Walsh thinks that having a podcast is work.

Pulmonologist Richard van Zyl-Smit explains why the claim that e-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smokes is a “very tenuous estimation” in this #HealthBeat episode. bhekisisa.org/article/2024-0…

"Mileham told Parliament that electricity prices in South Africa had risen by 945% over the past 17 years, and the country was now in the top 50% of countries with the most expensive electricity." That's a strange way to say that SA prices are close to the international median.

Tricky? Why is it 'tricky' not to shoot oneself in the foot?

This looks like hell.

GROUNDUP: Shocking mismanagement, overspending revealed as public works misses 80% of its targets in 2022/23: The auditor-general’s office on Wednesday, 18 September 2024, told MPs that 107 projects had been significantly delayed. dlvr.it/TDT3Mt #MaverickNews