Ivo Vegter
@ivovegter.bsky.social
South African. Columnist at The Daily Friend (http://dailyfriend.co.za/author/ivo/).
I advocate classical liberalism, free markets, science and reason. I oppose authoritarianism, socialism, nationalism, and prejudice.
I advocate classical liberalism, free markets, science and reason. I oppose authoritarianism, socialism, nationalism, and prejudice.
ABC blocked from UK press conference after clash with Trump
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
(Trump's "I'm going to tell on you" response is very revealing. He thinks journalists are supposed to be loyal propagandists for their governments.)
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
(Trump's "I'm going to tell on you" response is very revealing. He thinks journalists are supposed to be loyal propagandists for their governments.)
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
ABC blocked from UK press conference after clash with Trump
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
(Trump's "I'm going to tell on you" response is very revealing. He thinks journalists are supposed to be loyal propagandists for their governments.)
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
(Trump's "I'm going to tell on you" response is very revealing. He thinks journalists are supposed to be loyal propagandists for their governments.)
It would be a real shame if someone set this text to a montage of David Hamilton photographs and a song like "You're Sixteen".
July 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It would be a real shame if someone set this text to a montage of David Hamilton photographs and a song like "You're Sixteen".
And MAGA morons nod along agreeably.
Ask them: From whom has the US defended Qatar so vigorously?
Ask them: Should a state sponsor of terrorism provide air transport for the US Commander in Chief?
Ask them: Where in the budget can we find the $400m that will now be saved?
Ask them: From whom has the US defended Qatar so vigorously?
Ask them: Should a state sponsor of terrorism provide air transport for the US Commander in Chief?
Ask them: Where in the budget can we find the $400m that will now be saved?
May 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
And MAGA morons nod along agreeably.
Ask them: From whom has the US defended Qatar so vigorously?
Ask them: Should a state sponsor of terrorism provide air transport for the US Commander in Chief?
Ask them: Where in the budget can we find the $400m that will now be saved?
Ask them: From whom has the US defended Qatar so vigorously?
Ask them: Should a state sponsor of terrorism provide air transport for the US Commander in Chief?
Ask them: Where in the budget can we find the $400m that will now be saved?
On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: ‘The world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.’
How remote the hopeful and determined attitude of only 45 years ago seem today.
How remote the hopeful and determined attitude of only 45 years ago seem today.
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: ‘The world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.’
How remote the hopeful and determined attitude of only 45 years ago seem today.
How remote the hopeful and determined attitude of only 45 years ago seem today.
Replace "anti-Semites" with "MAGA minions" and Sartre could have been talking about today.
May 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Replace "anti-Semites" with "MAGA minions" and Sartre could have been talking about today.
This is Mike Waltz's phone. These clowns are not using Signal. They're using TeleMessage Signal Archiver, which stores messages in plain text on (and routes all phone calls via) a third-party server for unencrypted archiving. That's insane.
www.telemessage.com/mobile-archi...
www.telemessage.com/mobile-archi...
May 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is Mike Waltz's phone. These clowns are not using Signal. They're using TeleMessage Signal Archiver, which stores messages in plain text on (and routes all phone calls via) a third-party server for unencrypted archiving. That's insane.
www.telemessage.com/mobile-archi...
www.telemessage.com/mobile-archi...
Looks like the DA's legal action to stop the VAT hike succeeded, at the cost of its place in the GNU. The ANC will make an announcement at 10am without the DA, with parties representing 201 seats in parliament. The betrayal of ActionSA and Build One SA bore fruit for them!
April 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Looks like the DA's legal action to stop the VAT hike succeeded, at the cost of its place in the GNU. The ANC will make an announcement at 10am without the DA, with parties representing 201 seats in parliament. The betrayal of ActionSA and Build One SA bore fruit for them!
Raise your hand if you have written more than 10 formulas in your life, you write * to indicate multiplication, and you end your formulas with a full stop.
April 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Raise your hand if you have written more than 10 formulas in your life, you write * to indicate multiplication, and you end your formulas with a full stop.
Despite the dollar tanking year-to-date, the rand has weakened against the dollar over the same period.
Well done, @MyANC! You beat even Donald Trump at Bad Economics.
Well done, @MyANC! You beat even Donald Trump at Bad Economics.
April 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Despite the dollar tanking year-to-date, the rand has weakened against the dollar over the same period.
Well done, @MyANC! You beat even Donald Trump at Bad Economics.
Well done, @MyANC! You beat even Donald Trump at Bad Economics.
The world's biggest and best "I told you so" is putting on its makeup in the dressing room.
March 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The world's biggest and best "I told you so" is putting on its makeup in the dressing room.
Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
(Can't face consequences for economic idiocy if nobody knows the real GDP and inflation numbers.)
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
(Can't face consequences for economic idiocy if nobody knows the real GDP and inflation numbers.)
March 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
(Can't face consequences for economic idiocy if nobody knows the real GDP and inflation numbers.)
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
(Can't face consequences for economic idiocy if nobody knows the real GDP and inflation numbers.)
Bwahaha. That didn't take long.
March 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Bwahaha. That didn't take long.
Now that the US is no longer protecting the free world, I have an idea about where @elonmusk can send his waste-sniffing DOGEs instead of killing TB patients in poor countries.
March 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Now that the US is no longer protecting the free world, I have an idea about where @elonmusk can send his waste-sniffing DOGEs instead of killing TB patients in poor countries.
By all that is holy, you can't make this shit up. It's Clowns-R-Us in the White House now.
February 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
By all that is holy, you can't make this shit up. It's Clowns-R-Us in the White House now.
Interesting. This is currently in violation of the law, at least until Trump gets to be president and issue an edict. It sets a bad precedent for the rule of law if TikTok and the companies enabling it don't get prosecuted.
January 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Interesting. This is currently in violation of the law, at least until Trump gets to be president and issue an edict. It sets a bad precedent for the rule of law if TikTok and the companies enabling it don't get prosecuted.
An "External Revenue Service"!
🤣🤦🤣
Trump is either a certifiable moron, or a shameless manipulator of certifiable morons.
See: Trump misrepresents (or misunderstands) trade tariffs dailyfriend.co.za/2024/09/17/t...
🤣🤦🤣
Trump is either a certifiable moron, or a shameless manipulator of certifiable morons.
See: Trump misrepresents (or misunderstands) trade tariffs dailyfriend.co.za/2024/09/17/t...
January 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
An "External Revenue Service"!
🤣🤦🤣
Trump is either a certifiable moron, or a shameless manipulator of certifiable morons.
See: Trump misrepresents (or misunderstands) trade tariffs dailyfriend.co.za/2024/09/17/t...
🤣🤦🤣
Trump is either a certifiable moron, or a shameless manipulator of certifiable morons.
See: Trump misrepresents (or misunderstands) trade tariffs dailyfriend.co.za/2024/09/17/t...
When Elon Musk endorsed a whacko Alex Jones conspiracy theory, and his fans didn't even blink.
January 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
When Elon Musk endorsed a whacko Alex Jones conspiracy theory, and his fans didn't even blink.
Is Trump a moron, or does he think his followers are morons? One or the other, or both, must be true.
US presidential elections have always been based exclusively on the Electoral College, and one can always calculate the popular vote, even though it has never had any purpose.
US presidential elections have always been based exclusively on the Electoral College, and one can always calculate the popular vote, even though it has never had any purpose.
December 10, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Is Trump a moron, or does he think his followers are morons? One or the other, or both, must be true.
US presidential elections have always been based exclusively on the Electoral College, and one can always calculate the popular vote, even though it has never had any purpose.
US presidential elections have always been based exclusively on the Electoral College, and one can always calculate the popular vote, even though it has never had any purpose.
The precipitous fall of Intel, in one chart. Source: the Wall Street Journal.
December 6, 2024 at 4:37 AM
The precipitous fall of Intel, in one chart. Source: the Wall Street Journal.
Shock as SA's economy shrinks in third quarter
www.news24.com/fin24/econom...
(Shock? Who's shocked? Cyril?)
www.news24.com/fin24/econom...
(Shock? Who's shocked? Cyril?)
December 3, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Shock as SA's economy shrinks in third quarter
www.news24.com/fin24/econom...
(Shock? Who's shocked? Cyril?)
www.news24.com/fin24/econom...
(Shock? Who's shocked? Cyril?)
Sbu-editing crisis. Is closing newspapers the answer?
November 29, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Sbu-editing crisis. Is closing newspapers the answer?
Interesting how US voter incomes and education levels changed since 1996.
November 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Interesting how US voter incomes and education levels changed since 1996.