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Quorn, South Australia

Made whilst  on a recent trip to the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges in South Australia 

Sony a7R111, Novoflex Adaptor, Leica 35mm Summicron f2.0 asph, handheld

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Naracoorte, South Australia 

This picture of a bank building in regional South Australia was made  whilst we were returning to Adelaide from walking in Wilsons Promontory, Victoria for 7 days. It was built around 1934 but at this stage I do not know the name of the architect. 

Sony Alpha A7r111, Novoflex adaptor, Leica Summicron 35mm f2.0 ASPH 

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Val F'en Kilmer BATMAN FOREVER #valkilmer #valkilmerbatman #batman #batmanforever #valkilmerfans #valkilmerforever #dc #dceu #funkopop #funko #pops #docholliday #imyourhuckleberry #thoughtfactory #tf3yt

[camshare]

"To speak of a ‘shadow government’ without acknowledging that we live in an inherently corrupt, dual society to begin with; replete with parallel systems of justice, trade, employment, service provision and so forth – is disingenuous. What we are currently experiencing is a product of our central condition as a nation. We are a country of parallel realities, and what we are now witnessing is that our demons are surfacing. What has long been resident within South African society, always just beneath the surface, is now rearing its ugly head in dramatic fashion. If we are brave enough to confront this central truth, then perhaps our current “state of capture” may yet be turned into an opportunity for an exorcism. " #SouthAfrica #corruption #StateCapture #leadership

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[katerinakhio]

02-07-2014

I get all these ideas of changing everything if you just voted for me as the next Jesus or something

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Port Pirie

From the archives 2013. This is from a road trip  from Adelaide to Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. 

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Diane Pershing POISON IVY!!! #dianepershing #poisonivy #batman #batmantheanimatedseries #villain #bambox #thoughtfactory #tf3yt

[camshare]

The long road forward for South Africa.

[wuttawutty]

What's the point of this blog?

This is the "#THOUGHT LAB", or "#THOUGHT FACTORY".  My mind runs all the time, and half the things I get out of it to my poor wife, other family and friends doesn't truly empty my mind.  The capacity for random thoughts, observations and other assorted randomness is through the roof. 

This blog will be about my thoughts on everything, and anything.  So feel free to comment on whatever you want and I'll engage you about whatever I post. 

These blogs are a snapshot of my thoughts at a particular moment.  I won't go back and read anything less than a year old otherwise I won't be able to truly reflect.  This blog is for me...and for my children and family so that they can get an idea about the real me, the truly random, weirdo, Jesus Freak, Pervert and all around genuine person.

To any and all who dare to read this, I salute you because it's going to rock.

  Love Ray 8/15/2014

[camshare]

"The African political condition has a label. Neopatrimonialism, as it is termed, refers to a system of rule by an individual and/or political party that where loyalty is predicated on the distribution of economic rents to ‘clients’. These are individuals, groups, networks and organisations that are linked in some way or another, that is; through kinship, common purpose or agendas, social networks, and so forth." #politics #SouthAfrica #leadership

[camshare]

"Understanding what latencies and potentials reside within the South African state that support shadow, deep and parallel state activities, and which have developed and been inherited through its historical evolution, is critical, as breaking the cycle requires that these propensities are dealt with at their roots. In order to create a new history a breaking of cycles is necessary, but first we have to recognise that what we see and experience in the present has historical precedent and is not simply the emergence of something new. To scholars and enthusiasts of history there should be a strong sense of history repeating itself under the Zuma presidency, and in order to break with that history we need to acknowledge it and understand it deeply, lest we merely offer up superficial and symptomatic treatments for a disease that we carry deep within our veins and our bones; treatments that distract us from the reality of our condition and eventually brings about our end nonetheless."

[camshare]

"The conversations occurring between black professionals and entrepreneurs now is about setting their own agenda, strategy and rules, and moving ahead without the white-run private sector entirely. Attempts to recast radical economic transformation as empty, populist sloganeering are hence deeply misplaced, and proof of this is that for the first time black professionals are not even bothering to explain themselves or attempting to correct the misconceptions that white society may harbour over the new agenda. The way they see it, the time for ‘asking for permission’ has long passed, and no explanations are necessary. This train is leaving town, and fast."

[camshare]

Perhaps it was naive to assume that years and years of neoliberal era spin-doctoring wouldn’t eventually send politics itself spinning spectacularly out of control. And despite the best efforts of moderates and progressive centrists, the gyre seems to be an ever-widening one. Spectacle ‘trumps’ substance in this new political terrain, where the performative has displaced the substantive, and where ‘truth’ is whatever one makes of it. Facts, expert opinion and the like has all come to be profoundly distrusted. It is difficult to steer a course through the noise and turbulence of the politics of the early 21st Century. So it is of paramount importance to interrogate the new trajectory that the ANC has embarked on, one that promises “radical economic transformation” as a solution to the desperate and critical challenges that South Africa faces 22 years into its transition to a democratic dispensation. Radical economic transformation currently means different things to different people.