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Flashback: Do You Remember How You Felt in 2019?
This is history’s constant lesson: no one… no country, no empire, no ruler… is entitled to the top spot forever.
Dickens the Man
To be sure, his daughter Katey was correct: Dickens was a wicked man – a very wicked man.
Bastion Point – the Untold Context
Seen in full, Bastion Point is not a story of unbroken bad faith. It is a complex episode shaped by changing laws, incentives, and expectations – and one that was ultimately resolved through return, compensation, and apology.
Good Oil General Debate
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… plaintive (adjective) - : expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : “The people are drifting from door to door / Can’t find no heaven I don’t care where they go.” So sang Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James on a Depression-era recording of his
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Friday Fur
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Tama Potaka Boils-Up Labour’s Willie Jackson
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Liberal Scholar Argues If Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People, Then Don't Give People Guns
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Before Māori: The Moa Hunters
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The Good Oil Daily Roundup
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The Strange Death of Knowing Stuff
When I read that some educationalists have decreed the novel is now considered ‘problematic’ with its ‘white saviour’ narrative and use of racial slurs, then I can’t but help but despair at how quickly something so culturally significant can be memory holed in the pursuit of progressive ideals.