GEORGE & BARBARA BUSH MARRIED FOR 73 YEARS

 Neels and Annemarié  Coertse married on Friday 13 April 1973

Ex President George Bush and his wife Barbara married 73 years

I am always struck by people who are married for many, many years. It certainly is absolutely remarkable that Mr George Bush and his wife Mrs Barbara Bush were married for 73 years. 

My wife and I are married only 45 years, that is now compared to the Bush marriage life. I am sure that it was not always bliss and roses and moonshine for these two. And they have a clear cut testimony about Jesus Christ in their lives and marriage. 

My wife and I can always go back in history and test the waters by asking whether we still believe that we were brought together by God Almighty in His eternal wisdom? We are both sure about it - and I can assure that there were times when our pillars of faith in Christ Jesus were shaken to the  foundations! Sometimes we are still reeling. 

Please take your Bible, and if you don't have one, I recommend that you go out and buy one, and read Psalm 116:10. It reads in my THE LIVING NACH translation as follows: "I had faith when  I would say, "I've suffered greatly." The Afrikaans translation reads as follows: "Ek het in U bly glo, selfs toe ek gedink het dit is klaar met my."

My wife Annemarié is truly a blessing in my life!

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Second Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says 'sex compass' ...

Brittany Kaiser 

• Brittany Kaiser says Cambridge Analytica used numerous questionnaires to gather data. You can read it at the link provided above. Interesting reading.  
• Sex is such a powerful force in life and in death. Why do I mention death? It seems to me that even in the face of death there are those people who will perform a sexual act - have a look at the images pouring in of areas that are struck by violence and you will see thin, emaciated pregnant women, clutching a tiny baby, being surrounded by young toddlers. 
• I ask myself the question whether we have good crooks? Of are there only bad crooks? Or is a crook bad per se? These guys seems to be manipulators par excellence. In the meantime, our money is pouring into their pockets at our expense. Robin Hood, the prince of thieves? Maybe there are good crooks!
• Besides this lot about good, bad or indifferent crooks out there, whistle-blowers face a tough time. In my country South Africa some of them have to go into hiding or request special protection. 
• Be careful what you post on social media - somewhere someone is going to exploit it or "misunderstand" it or feel aggrieved by it or twist it to suit his/her way of thinking. Be mindful that there are most of the time various levels of interpreting messages, be it written, spoken or images. The way you read a message is not necessarily the correct way to read it. 

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THE CONTORTIONIST IN THE HIGH COURT AS ACCUSED NO. 1

The Contortionist is at it again - this time not a NumbaOne, but as Accused Number 1

There is a good summary, so it seems to me, on News24 available of the charge sheet against Accused Number 1, the erstwhile President of the RSA, Jacob Zuma, at this link. I have not read the original charge sheet that is the reason I state that it seems to me to be a good summary. But knowing the antics of this man, the Contortionist, he will have "good explanations" or in other words, "good stories" to tell the court. I encourage you to read this summary of the charge sheet and just imagine what, if you were the accused, you would have to tell the court to get off? 

One thing is for certain and that is the formidable State Advocate, Adv Billy Downer SC who successfully prosecuted this man's erstwhile shaky friend, Shabir Shaik. When a lawyer looks at the crime of corruption there must logically he at the minimum two people involved. One person cannot commit the crime of corruption; one person can commit the crime of murder for instance. Now is the time for the second person to stand trial. 

Our country was prejudiced by the trial of Shaik alone! Zuma should have been with him.

Another interesting fact to notice is that the trial judge is still not named - you can read it at this link. 

Will we get the same caliber  as that of Judge Hilary Squires? Let us hope so.

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