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EPSON ink tank printers are a ripoff

Posted on 25 March 2023 by stuff writer

Bricking a perfectly good printer EPSON ink tank printers are a ripoff. The particular printer that irked me is the Epson L382, but they are all a ripoff. The promise of ink tank printers is that you buy the printer … Continue reading →

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Thanks, but no thanks, BibleProtector.com

Posted on 10 January 2023 by stuff writer

Matthew Verschuur of Australia has undertaken to prepare a definitive copy of the “Cambridge Edition” of the KJV circa 1900, which he calls the “Pure Cambridge Edition” (PCE). He has taken time to check punctuation and capitalisation and spelling against … Continue reading →

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Licences are a lie

Posted on 3 November 2022 by stuff writer

My wife and I have two cars. To drive these cars according to government rules, we need six licences: two for the cars, and two each for us (the one car is bigger). It is, however, well nigh impossible to … Continue reading →

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Lockdown demonstrates that the bill of rights is worthless

Posted on 16 April 2020 by stuff writer

The constitution of the republic of south africa (oops, didn’t type capital letters, sorry) of 1996 includes a pretentious section labelled “the bill of rights”. This purports to provide the following rights, all of which have been summarily take away … Continue reading →

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ASUS UX581GV Laptop: sorry, no thank you

Posted on 22 October 2019 by stuff writer

Work brought me this ASUS UX581GV Laptop: a wondrous machine with two high resolution screens, both with touchscreens. Much as it pains me, I had to refuse this machine: it has some serious design flaws, and it is incompatible with … Continue reading →

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Shoprite wishes you a very Halal Christmas

Posted on 24 December 2018 by stuff writer

We bought a turkey for Christmas from Checkers/Shoprite. It cost a stack of cash, but you know, Christmas – all about Christ, the Son of God, come to earth to save us from our sins – good tidings of great … Continue reading →

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The corrupted gospel of the NIV, 1984 and 2011

Posted on 5 November 2018 by stuff writer

These editions, labelled “Holy Bible” claim to be translated from the original texts,  and all that, but they are actually based on the corrupt Greek texts dug out of the trash and invented out of thin air since the 1800’s.  … Continue reading →

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The mangled gospel of The Message, by the late Eugene Petersen

Posted on 2 November 2018 by stuff writer

The Bible includes severe warnings against changing its text. It says that if you do change it, then you will never be saved: Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this … Continue reading →

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“Two Ways to Live”: tract review

Posted on 10 October 2018 by stuff writer

This is the “Two Ways to Live” tract from “Matthias Media”, in its pictorial form. This tract sets out to present the gospel of Jesus Christ, but fails. Instead, this tract sets out what is called “Lordship salvation”, which pays … Continue reading →

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Bible solution to the land question

Posted on 24 September 2018 by stuff writer

The Bible contains the solution to the land question.  It consists of these components: Allocation: Land is allocated to tribes and families Trading: Land cannot be sold, only rented out. Debt: All debts are cancelled every 7 years, and contracts … Continue reading →

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