Ok so the Ninja turtles might be onto something!

Innuendo and suggestion make funny bedfellows

Now tell me you did not at least smile :0)

Oh you got love the Union posters being bandied around in the strike

This is just to funny

A bit of humour out of a shity situation

How do we create a more uniform society? ...Easy tax the rich till they also poor!

Justice Malala: Here we go again. The Congress of SA Trade Unions wants to tax the so-called super-rich.

According to yesterday's City Press newspaper, the trade union federation wants a "solidarity tax" to be imposed on those who earn the top 10% of South Africa's national income in order to "cap" the growth of their earnings and push up the income of society's bottom 10%.

To say that the idea is daft is to be charitable. Trade union leaders have over the past two months been going on and on about how there is massive income inequality in South Africa, and their answer is to punish the rich? The truth is that we are making too few entrepreneurial millionaires in South Africa (meaning no job creation and more poverty at the bottom end), too few billionaires (meaning no job creation and more poverty at the bottom end) and creating too few new enterprises (meaning no jobs and more poverty at the bottom end).

Anyone who thinks greater taxation of business and high-earning individuals will change the horrific job statistics in this country is deluded. Worse, it just shows how naive Cosatu's economic policies sometimes are: to even call the thing a "solidarity" tax is an insult. Does it mean that if I pay a higher tax I feel the plight of the poor more acutely?

The poor do not need "solidarity taxes" and government hand-outs. They need jobs. Over the past few weeks we have been given a master lesson in the fact that Cosatu has absolutely no interest in creating jobs for the poor. Instead, Cosatu has led hundreds of thousands of civil servants onto the streets to demand higher wages that are far above current inflation.

The upshot is that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will have to find an extra R7-billion to pay these workers. And where is that money going to come from? It will come from money earmarked for job creation projects, infrastructure spend and educational initiatives. It will be money into pockets of union members. It will not be money for the poor.

Cosatu needs to stop branding itself as a champion of the poor. It is patently not. Instead, it is a protectionist racket for those who are in jobs. Consider the incredibly high wage increases it has demanded throughout this bargaining season, despite the fact that South Africa and many others countries across the globe are struggling through an intractable recession.

With a million jobs lost in South Africa, Cosatu seems hellbent on ensuring that what little is left of the pie is consumed holus bolus by the employed elite. Hence these very high salary demands without a single care for job creation. In fact, it can be argued that it is Cosatu's protectionist stance on many issues that have led to job-shedding rather than job creation.

I am a great fan of Cosatu's. Our democracy is as strong as it is today because of many of the federation's interventions. Yet on macroeconomic policy Cosatu continues to spew pipe dreams rather than real solutions for taking us from a measly 3% growth in GDP to the 7% that Gordhan says we need. If we are to take Cosatu's policy proposals seriously, we would fall into negative growth very quickly.

But Cosatu doesn't see that. Its leaders seem to think that growth and prosperity comes from taking from the rich to line the pockets of ministers buying themselves cars worth in excess of a R1-million each. Not. Prosperity and stability will come from entrepreneurs creating jobs for the poor.

You cannot blame Cosatu for its pipe dreams, though. The truth is that there is a huge clunking NOTHING where South Africa's macroeconomic policy should be. Two and a half years after he was elected ANC president in Polokwane, it is no secret that President Jacob Zuma does not have a plan.

Asked by the Sunday Times last week about the country's economic growth strategy, he answered: "No, no, no. The economic growth plan is absolutely being discussed; it has been presented to proper structures of the government. Ministers have talked about this; they are dealing with this matter."

Wow! The man has been in power for nearly 18 months and the most pressing strategy for the country is still being discussed. One can understand why the ANC Youth League, Cosatu and the SACP are all jumping in with discredited proposals such as nationalisation and "solidarity taxes".

All these formations now know that the man they propelled to power does not have an economic plan and no clue about what his indecisiveness is doing to the country. With this president we are well and truly up the economic policy creek without a paddle.

Justice Malalas original post http://www.timeslive.co.za/limits-of-reason

Imagine being 2.06 meters tall at the age of 14 well then meet Elisany Silva

Head and shoulders above the rest

Elisany Silva on the right

Elisany Silva is believed to be suffering from a rare disease which has caused her extreme height.

She hopes to use her height to her advantage however, and is interested in modelling – she will reportedly make her debut on the runway at a bridal show in Belem, Brazil, according to the Huffington Post website.

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Head and shoulders above the family

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Elisay, who is from the Brazilian Amazon state of Para, told local television: “It’s hard when I’m inside home. I get distracted and hit the wood in the ceiling with my head,” adding that she no longer travelled to school because she cannot fit on the bus.

Her mother said: “I want her to stop growing up, to be like the other girls because I know she feels weird and sometimes wants to be like them.”

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Fourteen-year-old Elisany Silva, who measures 2.06 meters tall, plays
 with her sisters and a friend

Natural talent

Get a look at the new A380 on its maiden flight to the UK

The Airbus A380

 Away she goes: Hundreds of members of the public look on as the Emirates Airbus A380 takes off after paying its first ever visit to Manchester Airport, kicking off the new service to Dubai

Fancy some fizz? The upper deck of the A380 features a champagne bar and lounge for First Class and Buisness Class passengers

 Plush... if you can afford it: While the Emirates A380 features 14 suites for First Class passengers, Business Class have to make do with these pods which fold flat to form a bed

 Astonish luxury: Finished in burnished walnut, the pods feature a flat screen TV, mini bar, vanity mirror and bedside clock... but a Business Class flight from Manchester to Dubai will set you back.R29000

 Time to freshen up: The flight from Manchester to Dubai takes a little over seven hours, so First Class passengers might want to make use of one of the shower room on the upper deck (flying First Class to Dubai costs... R34000

Welcome aboard: Emirates cabin crew prepare to greet the very first Business Class passengers aboard the giant aircraft

 

OK so this is where us ordinary folk sit

 Seats as far as the eye can see: Depending on the configuration the A380 can hold up to 853 passengers, but most airlines have opted to carry fewer passengers but providing them with more space and, hopefully, greater comfort
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