How to Choose a Medical Aid Solution That Meets Your Needs
Choosing a medical aid solution is often a confusing exercise. Everyone wants the best cover and most comprehensive benefits for their money.
So who do you choose? How do you navigate your way through the minefield of choices? To be honest, I’ve not got a clue.
But it would appear that there are few guys who may have an idea; four male patients at a private care home in Britain convinced their nurses to take them to a strip club.
“Among the stiletto-wearing girls waiting for them was pink-haired Mimi from Paris, who works under the name of Snowflake, tattooed Cherry and former topless model Linsey Dawn Mckenzie.
And, in what was clearly a successful night out, they were treated to individual dances, games on the roulette table and free drinks.
Among the men was 54-year-old Stephen Pitt. Mr Pitt, originally from Reading, said: ‘The girls were very nice – we all had a lap dance individually. I’d like to go again.’ “
Yes Mr Pitt - I’m sure you would…
In other not-quite-news developments – News24 reports: “Man tries to have sex with bench”
I kid you not.
“Doctors said the 42-year-old was lucky to still have a penis after the embarrassing incident, reported in lurid detail by several Chinese-language papers.“
I don’t even want to make a joke about that.
Oh, and some woman gave birth to crockery – I don’t want to make a joke about that either…but someone already has.
Robber gets just reward – some say he had it coming
As a big fan of Fark.com, I’m always on the lookout for eye-catching headlines:
Just found this absolute gem on new24 – “Ballerina beats off hijacker”
Click for article imageCome again?
No wonder crime is on the rise…
Stamp Out Stupidism!
A wake up call to the passive left; sounding a call for a consistency of morality. It’s an SOS. Stamp Out Stupidism.
“Don’t you think it’s a bit hypocritical to go around admonishing people for their prejudices in one breath and then spouting hate-speech targeted at stupid people in the next?“
This was the question I put to erudite News24 columnist, Chris Roper, earlier today.
His column earlier this week, titled “Stupidity Olympics” is a raging tirade against stupid people.
Now, bear in mind, this is a man who uses words like “avuncular” in his columns. I mean, is that even a word? I swear he makes it up just to sound smarter than everyone else. It actually reminds me of an uncle who used to do that, although that uncle didn’t actually write a column for any major news websites.
Stupism or dumbophobia, is just as much an evil as its more publicised brethren (and sistren) racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and xenophobia. (yes, it’s a pretty big family – Catholics I believe)
Stupidity is not a choice. It is, to a large extent, pretty much…well, *completely* in fact, due to circumstances beyond an individual’s control.
Why is ok to criticise and condemn idiots, yet sexual “preference” – and I use those quotation marks not only to mock Jon Qwelane but also because the word implies choice – is (rightly) held to be something worthy of respect?
Racists have long portrayed blackness as an absence of whiteness, thereby insinuating greater value in one than the other. It’s the same thing among those who portray stupidity as an absence of intelligence, rather than appreciating it as a trait of value on its own.
Where are our stupid leaders?
I call on our stupid leaders of today, leaders like Julius Malema, who hope to lead this country into tomorrow, even if it be from prison, to stand up and say, “I am stupid. And I am proud to be stupid. We are prepared to eliminate those who wish to deny our right to be stupid.”
I call on stupid journalists like Jon Qwelane to stand up and write, loud and proud, in bold letters, with italics and maybe even with underlining for extra effect, “We as neo-Africans will not get caught up in western notions of logic and reason. We, as masters of our own destiny, will not be dictated to in terms of how our thought processes should work or how we should form our beliefs. We will think as we want and say what we wish. This constitution of ours protects that right (until such time as a bunch of politicians muster the balls to rewrite it)”
If we are to be consistent in our belief that men (and women) must not have their value predetermined by prejudice; consistent in our belief that human value is not based on the colour of our skin, who we choose to have sex with, how we look, where we come from or how old we are, then we cannot and must not discriminate against the stupid.
Standing up for stupid
Let me be first to admit, that I am not stupid. (as in the very first. No-one else has ever suggested this fact)
Rather I take this stance, defending the stupid because it is a necessary turn on the road to revolution. The hegemony of the intelligent will continue to go unchallenged until we turn the forces of consistent reasoning upon itself.
In the pursuit of moral consistency and “enlightenment,” we must be unwavering in our commitment to protect from bias and bigotry the human qualities bestowed upon some people and not others.
We must resist the societal tendency towards “othering” – the tendency among humans to discriminate against those who exhibit traits distinct from that which is paramount.
The revolution might possibly be televised
Idiots are everywhere. They reproduce faster than the rest, both culturally and biologically. As an evolutionary strategy intelligence is in no longer superior – the weak (minded) shall inherit the earth.
Fact Freakier than Fiction
More and more often i find myself having to check whether it’s 1 April when reading the news.
Once again, today’s coverage on News24 does not disappoint – I present to you today’s top 2 list of “are you shittin’ me?” new’s stories:
- Tired of unwanted attention from men. Get your kit off then. (extra point for alliteration) Woman strips after wolf whistles
- Do not inflate your children (extra point for almost qualifying for a Darwin)