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      Michael Chishala, 14 October, 2025
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      Michael Chishala, 18 January, 2023
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      Michael Chishala, 10 January, 2023
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      Michael Chishala, 29 October, 2015
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      Michael Chishala, 3 January, 2012
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      Michael Chishala, 31 December, 2011
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      Michael Chishala, 31 July, 2013
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      Michael Chishala, 24 March, 2016

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Michael Chishala
I am an entrepreneur and software / web developer based in Lusaka, Zambia. I was trained as an engineer at the University of Manchester in England. I have interests in Philosophy, Economics, Politics, Theoretical Physics, Architecture, Music, Art and Movies.

Musings

The Frog, the Snake and the Chiefdom

Michael Chishala, 15 November, 2012

When you place a frog in hot water, it jumps out. But put it in cold water and slowly increase the temperature and you shall be able to boil it …

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Musings

Square Eyes

Michael Chishala, 14 November, 2012

The current obsession with Television is unhealthy. Walk into the living room of almost any home and you are guaranteed to find a TV on from morning until the last …

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Musings

The Poverty Choice?

Michael Chishala, 12 November, 2012

I think that most low-income workers in Africa deserve to be poor because they choose to be poor by their actions and attitude. I know it sounds cruel and counter-intuitive …

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Musings

All Spaced Out

Michael Chishala, 3 November, 2012

Something that never ceases to amaze me is the fact that when you look up into the sky, some of the stars that you see do not exist. What you …

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Musings

An Acute Case of “Badleadershipitis”

Michael Chishala, 27 March, 2012

Africa for the last 50 years has suffered from a case of acute “badleadershipitis”. I struggle to name just 3 African leaders that were good for their countries. I can …

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Musings

Iowa Caususes Postmortem

Michael Chishala, 4 January, 2012

The Iowa joint win by Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum was somewhat unexpected and the media rage for the next week shall be who gets the most momentum out of …

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Musings

How Ron Paul can sharpen his message and win

Michael Chishala, 4 January, 2012

I was hoping for Ron Paul to win Iowa convincingly and his third place finish is slightly disappointing, but here are some important points that need to be looked at …

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News

Beautiful Sarcasm

Michael Chishala, 3 January, 2012

I found this brilliant piece in the comments on an article at The Atlantic. Written by someone called “Adam Kiernik”. — FROM: MR. BIG TO: ALL MAJOR NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS …

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Musings

American Elections 2012 – A Few Observations

Michael Chishala, 2 January, 2012

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the primary election process for the Republican party to pick its nominee to run against Barack Obama in November 2012. Starting off in Iowa, in …

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News

Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies

Michael Chishala, 31 December, 2011

Over at Salon, Glenn Greenwald has written a great article over the state of the election process in America entitled Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies. He brilliantly makes many …

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Musings

The Man-made climate change Hoax

Michael Chishala, 12 October, 2011

MAN-MADE Climate Change is the biggest hoax of the last 100 years. It more closely resembles a religion than any commitment to scientific truth. Even otherwise intelligent people say “The …

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Musings

The Hour Has Come…. and Gone

Michael Chishala, 23 September, 2011

Autopsy noun 1. An examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease —called also necropsy 2. …

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Zambian Elections 2011 – The Rigging Myth

Michael Chishala, 17 September, 2011

My expectation/prediction for the Zambian 2011 elections is that Rupiah Bwezani Banda will comfortably defeat Michael Chilufya Sata by about 5 percentage points, but the ruling MMD will lose anything …

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Musings

Obama, worst American president ever?

Michael Chishala, 15 September, 2011

Barack Hussein Obama II is on track to being the worst American president since Franklink Delano Roosevelt. He is a hardcore Socialist as I have said before and is so …

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Musings

African Heroes or African Zeroes?

Michael Chishala, 26 July, 2011

I am totally baffled why some African leaders from the independence era (1950-80) are viewed as “heroes” today, considering how much harm they did to their countries. Many Africans have …

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Is a “people driven” constitution possible in Zambia?

Michael Chishala, 19 July, 2011

What does a “people driven” constitution mean? Every politician in Zambia says it means a constitution that reflects the will and aspirations of “the people”. Some important points: 1. There …

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Sundry

Moral Judgements

Michael Chishala, 10 June, 2011

The precept: “Judge not, that ye be not judged” . . . is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange …

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Sundry

Marriage

Michael Chishala, 18 April, 2011

BEFORE MARRIAGE John: Ah!….. at last, I can hardly wait. Jane: Do you want me to leave? John: NO! Don’t even think about it. Jane Do you love me? John: …

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Musings

My take on Côte d’Ivoire

Michael Chishala, 11 April, 2011

I listened to BBC “Have Your Say” (both African and World versions) on the Côte d’Ivoire situation today. So many people are claiming the French are using this crisis to …

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Musings

The Constant of Change in Zambia

Michael Chishala, 2 April, 2011

Just over 20 years ago in 1990, Zambia had a population of 8 million, Kenneth Kaunda was the president, we were under a one party dictatorship, there were no private …

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Zambian mining Windfall Tax debate: The unpopular side of the argument

Michael Chishala, 24 March, 2011

There is a (misinformed) call by many for Windfall Tax to be re-introduced so that supposedly, Zambia benefits from the current high copper prices. A few points to note: 1. …

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