The 16 year old accused of horrific crimes to a 5 year old girl has pleaded guilty in court today. Many were annoyed and sceptical of the process that was unfolding before our eyes as another family group conference was held to ‘sort the criminal activity out’. Most roll their eyes when the mention of…
DetailsAs I sit here and write this post it is still MLK Day in America. Dr The Reverend Martin Luther King Junior is one of those men who should be revered the world over. I’ve been talking with my children in the last few days about kids that get picked on. “We are going to be…
DetailsGhandi is credited with saying it first in a modern context, or at least an unknown variant of it, but the bible is probably one of the first places you can look to a way of being judged by how we treat the dregs of society. Jesus said was speaking to two groups of people. One he…
DetailsYou may recall at the beginning of January I wrote a post on the so-called ‘Food Bill‘ with some scepticism at the reaction of some thinking things like this was the government trying to help big business copyright seeds…and other interesting claims. Now I said at the time that it was a new issue for…
DetailsRicky Gervais is set to host the Golden Globes again this weekend. I wonder when was the last time that the host of one of Hollywood’s big nights was the biggest headline. If you are not up with the story, last year Gervais created some controversy by taking some very funny pot shots at the…
DetailsSo who is it? Have you heard of Leonardo Da Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Archimedes? All morons compared to the inventor of what I saw the other day! I don’t know the name of the person, or people, who are responsible for this invention but they should get some kind of ‘greatest…
DetailsOne of the things I love about Jon Stewart interviews is he actually reads the books of his interviews. Most do not. Here he interviews Tea Party darling and Senator from South Carolina Jim DeMint on, amongst other things, the Bush tax cuts, his opposition to regulation of the private sector, being bipartisan…oh, and his…
DetailsBrilliant story coming out of Kentucky A group of Amish men were sent to jail in western Kentucky Thursday for refusing to pay fines for breaking a state highway law that requires their horse-drawn buggies to be marked with orange reflective triangles. The men have a religious objection to the bright orange signs, which they…
DetailsLast week I wrote of the juxtaposition that is the United States of America. Today we have another glaring example. Last month America was in an uproar as it was revealed that remains of dead American soldiers, both in intact ‘pieces’ and cremated ashes were sent to a dump in Virginia. This sparked outrage…and rightfully so. For…
DetailsWhat an awful, awful situation. I feel for the girl and her family and only hope and pray they can recover from this. I just hope it’s doesn’t take her life away. The 16-year-old boy charged with raping and injuring a 5-year-old before Christmas at a Turangi campground has indicated he will admit the charges.…
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