Today’s joke comes from Dr. Vasant Bunwaree, Minister of Education and Human Resources. An article in today’s News Now, quotes him as saying:
We must remember that recent research shows that the brain is at its peak performance between the age of 55 and 65.
So our beloved Prime Minister who turns 54 on 14 July is just about to enter his prime? Well, Dr Bunwaree, I don’t know where you get your information from, but a quick search of Google suggests you are wrong by about 30 years! Here is what the BBC has to say:
Mental powers start to dwindle at 27 after peaking at 22, marking the start of old age, US research suggests. Professor Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia found reasoning, spatial visualisation and speed of thought all decline in our late 20s.
This is the appeal of Vassen Kauppaymuthoo, oceanographer, engineer and Mauritius’ most prominent marine conservationist. In an interview published yesterday in L’Express, he stated that human activity has already caused extensive, quasi-irreversible damage to the majority of our coastal eco-systems and outlined the following urgent actions:
Show the Mauritian public the truth about our devastated lagoons.
Reduce the number of tourists that visit Mauritius.
Declare all of our lagoons protected wetlands under the Ramsar convention.
Reform the environmental protection agencies so that they enforce the law.
Develop a long term vision for a sustainable tourist sector instead of short term profit-making.
Make political party funding transparent to expose favours given to companies that fund electoral campaigns.
Cause so-called environmental NGO’s that depend on government contracts to be true to their missions or lose their privileged status.
We Love Mauritius has independently come to very similar conclusions and we aim to work in close collaboration with Vassen in the future.
If you have not already seen the recent report by Thalassa that Vassen helped with, watch it here (note that we do not necessarily endorse the statements by the MPM at the end):
…prepare for a big surprise.
If you go down to the beach today,
you’d better go in disguise.
For all the goons that ever there was
Are gathered there for certain because
From today for always our beaches are only for tourists.
On May 5th, polling day, I was violently assaulted by the “security” on Navin Ramgoolam’s Ilot Gabriel, simply because I am Mauritian. When I reported the matter to the coastguards on Xavier Duval’s Flat Island, they did their best to cover up the matter: threatening me and stealing my mobile phone.
Below is the statement I will be making to the Police Complaints Bureau later today. Let’s see if Navin orders them to cover this up. By the way, I just learned about the extra-judicial execution of Rajen Sabapathee on Cavadee in 2000. Apparently this was also on Navin’s orders. Does anyone know the facts of the incident?
Today’s money comes from a very special place. It is called “thin air”. In the beginning, when God said “Let there be light”, He created something by “fiat” – literally “out of nothing”. Likewise when people speak (or rather sign on the dotted line), they create money out of nothing and simultaneously put themselves into debt. That’s why it is called fiat money. It didn’t use to be that way… Read the rest of this entry »
This video describes the natural state of pristine coral reefs. It shows the devastation that is caused by even a small human presence. Positively, it shows how pristine reefs are naturally resilient to coral bleaching and what we can do to restore them. This is why we are against high impact tourism, fishing in and near the lagoon and motorboats. This is also why we support the Marine Protected Area in the Chagos Archipelago and why we are against the uncontrolled return of the descendants of the African slaves who were brought to the islands to farm coconuts. Read more at our website.
An article in today’s News Now quotes Arvin Boolell’s plans to pursue the Chagos issue with Britain. It then continues:
Meanwhile, British High Commissioner (BHC) to Mauritius John Murton has said no final decision has yet been taken concerning the creation of a Marine Protected Area.
According to the news agency APA, Mr Murton is reported to have indicated that it is usual practice in Britain to hold consultations on questions of general interest in order to have the maximum possible views before a final decision is taken and that this also applies to the MPA. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s joke is courtesy of Dr John Murton, British High Commissioner.
(Isn’t he supposed to put “Confidential”, “Top Secret” or “For Your Eyes Only” at the top of important emails?)
Thanks John!
Sent: 14 May 2010 07:21
To: [The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]
Cc: Jean Philippe L’Eveque (Restricted); Joanne Yeadon (Restricted); MSU-Public In (Restricted); chiefjustice@intnet.mu
Subject: Addendum to the Application to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for a Peer Review
Dear Registrar
Please add the attached to my application dated 3rd May 2010 with respect to the matter of Dr Richard Luke Munisamy, versus Electoral Supervisory Commission et al. in the Supreme Court of Mauritius (Judge in Chambers) Serial no. 705/2012. This email is being copied to the Chief Justice of the said court for notice.
You may wish to inform their Lordships that I have made the FCO aware of my action and they concur that it has the potential to resolve the matter of Chagos Islanders versus the United Kingdom in the European Court of Human Rights Application No. 35622/04. Further, I will be contacting the United Grand Lodge of England to sanction the irregular Masonic lodges operating in Mauritius for consistently violating the Three Great Principles and thereby threatening the good reputation of charitable, regular Freemasonry worldwide.
Today’s joke comes from Dr. Vasant Bunwaree, Minister of Education and Human Resources. An article in today’s News Now, quotes him as saying:
