Asia Archives - Heather's Homilies

Trump to Meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un

Heather Hastie — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:00:45 +0000

Since long before he became president, Donald Trump has been attacking and insulting Kim Jong-un and North Korea. CNN has a new article that’s a compilation of ‘All the times President Trump has insulted North Korea‘. As you can imagine, there’s a lot there, and includes plenty of tweets. Trump has also made it clear […]

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The US Enemies List (plus Tweets)

Heather Hastie — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 03:28:24 +0000

One of my recent tweets is a just-released Gallup poll. Since 2001, Gallup has asked USians an open-ended question about their country’s enemies. That question is, “What one country anywhere in the world do you consider to be the United States’ greatest enemy today?” For the first time since asking this question, North Korea is […]

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Homily: Bad Laws in Russia and Pakistan (plus Tweets)

Heather Hastie — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:48:30 +0000

I prepared the tweets for this post yesterday, but then the efforts of the previous few days overcame me. Translation: I spent the remaining three hours of the afternoon asleep! I haven’t looked at Twitter yet today, so some of the tweets may be out of date. However, New Zealand shuts down for three weeks […]

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The North Korea Crisis: A Donald Trump Creation

Heather Hastie — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:53:51 +0000

Originally, this post was a fuller analysis of the North Korea crisis. However, it became extremely long, so I’m chopping it into smaller posts. One section of the main post was a look at the way President Trump is handling the affair personally. It’s clear that Trump simply doesn’t have the ability to handle a […]

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The Problem of North Korea

Heather Hastie — Wed, 03 May 2017 03:27:00 +0000

On Saturday morning New Zealand time, North Korea carried out its latest missile test – a modified mobile Scud which it launched towards the Sea of Japan. The test was a failure – the missile blew up over North Korean territory. The fact there was a test, and the type of missile, is highly significant. […]

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Making Excuses for Islam and FGM

Heather Hastie — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:14:23 +0000

Across the world, around 200 million women and girls in thirty countries are the victims of female genital mutilation (FGM). Most of them become victims of the practice before they are old enough to object. A majority of the victims are Muslim but likewise, a majority of Muslims don’t practice FGM. However, within those Muslim […]

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The North Korea Problem and Why We Need China

Heather Hastie — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 03:58:37 +0000

Last Thursday United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon announced a new set of sanctions against North Korea. The 15-member UN Security Council unanimously recommended the sanctions, which the United States drafted. They are an attempt to starve the Kim regime of foreign cash to try and slow down their nuclear programme. The resolution mainly focuses on […]

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Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki: Clouded Leopard Cubs

Heather Hastie — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 01:59:26 +0000

Two very cute cubs were born to Lowry Park Zoo’s (Tampa, Florida) clouded leopard couple, Malee and Yim, on 29 February. However, Malee stopped feeding her cubs after the first day so zoo staff have stepped up to the task. The cubs are a male and female and the zoo says they are “stable.” They […]

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Auē a Tau Kē – 2015 Update: Bangladesh, Serco, Kim Davis, Rosa Rubicondior

Heather Hastie — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 21:55:29 +0000

The Murder of Atheist Bloggers in Bangladesh On 14 May 2015 I posted Bangladesh: Another Atheist Blogger Hacked to Death. This post was mainly about the murder two days earlier of Ananta Bijoy Das, the fourth atheist blogger hacked to death in the streets of Bangladesh and the (then) third this year. The response of […]

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Worry of the Week – 1 November 2015: Bangladesh

Heather Hastie — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 23:05:04 +0000

For the fifth time this year, I’ve woken to news that another person associated with the tiny atheist community in Bangladesh has been brutally murdered via machete. In February it was author and atheist blogger Dr Avijit Roy, who was murdered in the street in a machete attack. Then on 30 March atheist blogger Washiqur […]

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