I make no apology for the airing of dirty laundry and tawdry family behaviour in what follows. I’m as amazed and amused as you might be; The cast, a family … Continue reading →
I have two views on these stories : Daycare ‘bullies’ for kicking out HIV boy – National – NZ Herald News. and HIV boy childcare ban a human rights issue … Continue reading →
There are a couple of “things” that seems to be lighting up my twitter timeline, newspaper opinion pages, and left and right-wing bloggers. Mostly its anti-government sentiment, anything that the … Continue reading →
Nobody that I know of is denying that Mojo Mathers should be able to participate fully in a role as MP, which means that she has a special and specific need, not currently funded or provided for by Parlimentary Services. To me its not a big deal. There is taxpayer funding provided to all parties for MP support, taxpayer funding that they, the MP’s have variously voted for and increased over the years.
Nobody should compare deafness to mobility disability, wheelchair access is provisioned for and is included in the legal requirements for buildings. Deafness and Wheelchair not the same. Not close.
Bit of a pigs ear then, the “authorities” could have closed down the business, and frozen assets under various RICO and money laundering / income from crime statutes I imagine without the drama of extradition and display, which in the end would result in one man in jail for a few years for being a visionary.
Thankfully public opinion and sentiment isn’t the deciding factor in what if any punishments are due.
Someone is making a story up. The PSA are a very noisy union all about feathering the nest of those that have been employed at the cost to the public … Continue reading →
This is just a vile use of mitigate and safety planning in a grand cover-your-arse gesture for some jobsworth in an office. We didn’t have this when we had the America’s cup in town for instance, and that really was a global event.
Here’s a thing. We’re all familiar with a user pays model. You want something, a goods or service, then you should be expected to pay. Seems the Police are considering charging … Continue reading →
Or Not. I’m talking about “Party Central” on the wharves in Auckland. A structure designed to hold 12,000 people with an invited audience of the whole city. And what happens when … Continue reading →
There are many murders that get your attention and pique your interest. Fortunately there aren’t that many that go unsolved. And even the solved ones can twist like a snake when you take what is mostly a superficial look at them.
or slamming and damning, counselling and group grieving and how I learned to react in a group. Led mostly by media snippets and reporting (often poorly repeated, and incomplete, inaccurate and … Continue reading →
It’s a pity that there is manifest a certain amount of intolerance in the media, within your peers and round and about you. We have intolerance of the muslim custom … Continue reading →
A feminist friend of mine constantly bangs on about how outraged she is about almost everything. You can’t pick anything she says as repeat it back to her since this … Continue reading →
A life just as ordinary 