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Kiwi as

Kiwi as

It was 32 years’ ago this week that A J Hackett dived into the world’s consciousness  by leaping off the Eiffel Tower with a bungy cord tied around his ankles and became our keen individual who inspires and surprises. The speed skier and bungy pioneer planned the 110-m leap

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Freedom to Learn

Freedom to Learn

ACT party While we have some of the best schools in the world, our education system is a slowly moving disaster. Government spends almost $15 billion on education each year, but the results are highly unequal and slowly declining. This is a problem because it is the fastest growing demographic

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Wisdom

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. Robert Anton Wilson This piece of wisdom was brought to you by The Whale Meat Company.

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I’m a Libertarian against Euthanasia

I’m a Libertarian against Euthanasia

Radio New Zealand has reported on euthanasia activist Sean Davison. New Zealand-born euthanasia activist Sean Davison has been sentenced to three years under house arrest in South Africa for helping three people to kill themselves. Davison was convicted in New Zealand of assisting his terminally ill mother to die in

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The Sunday Roast

The Sunday Roast

There is vegan mince, vegan bacon (fried banana peel – yuk), vegan sausages, vegan chicken and now – welcome to the first vegan roast; none other than self-appointed saviour of the planet – James Cameron.  Tuck in. https://www.thebfd.co.nz/2019/06/everyone-has-to-change/ Unsurprisingly the full blooded meat eating fraternity at

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Top Ten posts of the week

This Sunday morning post is to provide you with the links to the top TEN most read posts of the past week so that you can easily catch up on the most interesting and popular posts written by our writers over the past 7 days ( Sunday to Monday). https://www.

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Ladies, it is not your Fault

Ladies, it is not your Fault

As a male I am a little weary of the males in many TV shows being shown as useless losers who can’t get anything right. Hopefully these new rules in the UK about stereotypes in adverts will spill over into the TV sitcoms as well. Men can’t cook,

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Crybaby of the Week

Crybaby of the Week

[…]A “noisy and disruptive” Mongrel Mob member who had been living at an upmarket housing complex in Grey Lynn, says he’s been “paid to leave” by the apartment’s owners. […] Neighbours reported suspected gang activities, as well as loud music and loud parties coming from the unit. Summerfield Villas

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Let’s Not Get Ahead of Ourselves…

Let’s Not Get Ahead of Ourselves…

The announcement that Christopher Luxon has resigned as the CEO of Air New Zealand and is likely to look for a career in politics has got the media in a tail spin. Of course, that put an end to discussions about the gun buyback scheme and the lobbyist running Jacinda’

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Today’s face of the day has sold a few guitars. “The Pink Floyd axeman auctioned his guitars for $21 million Thursday — and he’s donating every penny to ClientEarth, a non-profit fighting climate change.” nypost

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Word of the Day

The word for today is… meretricious (adj) – 1. (a) Attracting attention in a vulgar manner. (b) Plausible but false or insincere; specious. 2. Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : 1620s, “pertaining to harlots,” from Latin meretricius “of or pertaining to prostitutes,” from meretrix (genitive

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Today in History

Today in History

Content by F T.Bear Good morning! Rise and shine! Today in history is a place for you early risers to exercise your brains as you wait for the day to begin. Please, by all means, bring your own bits of history to the comments section and add your memories

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Daily Proverb

Proverbs 23 13 Don’t fail to discipline your children.    The rod of punishment won’t kill them.

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