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Weather Reports More Important than Angel Families
Media ignore White House event honouring the innocent slain.
A Way Forward
Don is reluctant to “kill what we have built up over the last few years” and has suggested that we continue the blog under the title of Brash & Mitchell.
US Foreign Policy According to Genesis
American Christians love dispensationalism because it narcissistically treats them as the main character in the arc of history. Israel is just supporting cast, a MacGuffin allowing America to justify why it rules the world.
The Sacred Grove, a Fallen Tree and a $560,000 Question
Auckland ratepayers are now more than half a million dollars in, residents are six figures out of pocket, and there is still no clear public explanation of how success will be measured – or when spending will finally stop.
Luxon Bins His Own Reports: The Manager Who Stopped Managing
Our country does not need another middle manager with a PowerPoint. It needs a leader who can fight the real battles. Luxon just proved he is not that man.
Good Oil General Debate
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Face of the Day
Crosswell said he had been rough sleeping on and off for close to 30 years and had spent much of that time in Auckland’s city centre, including several years on K Rd.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… cantor (noun) - 1: a choir leader : precentor 2: a synagogue official who sings or chants liturgical music and leads the congregation in prayer Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The cantor is, after the rabbi, the most important figure in a Jewish worship service. A cantor not
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:
Coalition clash over Hauraki Gulf fishing rules
“We’re not a communist country that goes around summarily cancelling property rights.”
Medical Council draft tells doctors to advance Māori equity, dismantle ‘power imbalances’
Doctors are “professionally responsible for taking meaningful action to advance health equity for Māori”.
