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“I’m worried about my seizures” Eddy’s big blue eyes turn to me, red from crying.” I don’t want to die.” His bottom lip pulls his chin to his chest where hiccups of fear escape. The tears come frequently now.
Auckland is to have a separate $680m cycle and walking bridge.
Now.. I’m having some trouble with that decision.
So, it’s Queen’s Birthday weekend.
Except… it’s not her birthday.
I was going write about the resignations of Nick Smith and Jake Bessant from the National Party and their joining…
Neo-liberalism is naked capitalism. Liberal labourism is the ‘kinder’ more ‘progressive’ clothing draped over that nakedness. The Labour Party has…
Many Palestinians and their supporters urge the outside world to ‘Stay Human’. Indeed, our own humanity is being challenged.
Typically, they described him as “dangerous” and warned the public not to approach him. This always raises red flags for me as I have had many experiences with hyped up cops hunting a fugitive they consider “dangerous”.
as Voltaire warned: Beware of the words, “internal security,” for they are the, eternal cry, of the oppressor.
While I’m staring at my incomplete delivery in disbelief, UPS email to say that Customs want $302.64 transferred to their bank account immediately for “charges and clearance fees” for the CBD medicine they just seized and intend to destroy as a “controlled drug.”
A widely reported survey by The Asahi Shimbun Daily that 80% of Japanese either do not want the Summer Olympics to go ahead because their country is in the midst of a 4th wave of the Covid pandemic.