2026 and Causes for Optimism
Both these articles give cause for optimism. The first discusses optimism from a political standpoint; the other, from the advantages New Zealand offers for those who chose to live here.
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Face of the Day
The 65-year-old Aucklander and wife Selena have raised more than US$2 million (NZ$3.4 million) for underprivileged children in Orlando through The Nobilo Foundation.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… sparge (verb) - 1: sprinkle, bespatter, especially : spray 2: to agitate (a liquid) by means of compressed air or gas entering through a pipe Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Etymologists think that "sparge" likely came to English by way of the Middle French word espargier,
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
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Chef Ramsay's So Impressed by Standout Dish, He Instantly Hands Out a Black Jacket
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Unbelievably Good 250 Year Old Cheese Toast - Welsh Rarebit
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How Original Butter Chicken Was Invented!!
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We Should Scrutinise the Bill
There are constitutional vandals in this parliament. But those of us wanting to scrutinise the Assisted Dying Bill in the Upper House are not among them.
Trump Is Going To War Against Censorship
Authoritarians across the Atlantic are taking aim at Americans’ First Amendment right.
Abortions Jump 34% Since Law Change
Taking abortion out of the criminal code and inserting it into health legislation has given the unborn baby the same status as an appendix, gall bladder or tonsils – simply ’tissue’ removed as part of a ‘health procedure’.