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Trump Weak on Khashoggi Disappearance

Heather Hastie — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:41:11 +0000

Each day for the last couple of weeks, I’ve been tweaking a post about Jamal Khashoggi. The post never quite gets to the completion stage, and developments overnight mean much of the post is redundant. Now, the story has been headline news for so long, as it should be, that there’s nothing I can say […]

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Roseanne Barr is Racist (plus Tweets)

Heather Hastie — Thu, 31 May 2018 05:43:11 +0000

I wasn’t going to write about this. But, there are heaps of cool tweets today and I need a topic. The stuff I’m writing already is too long to head a Tweets Post, so Roseanne Barr it is. I didn’t watch her show way back when. It didn’t appeal. I tried one episode a few […]

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My Picks for Top Tweets: 25 September 2017

Heather Hastie — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:27:19 +0000

I’m having trouble getting back into the business of searching for tweets every day. I’ve become very slow at it after just a few days off. That was all it took to out of the habit – just like a diet. I forgot to put the last two onto social media as well, among other […]

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On Charlottesville and Freedom of Speech

Heather Hastie — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 02:46:21 +0000

As I said in my post on Charlottesville, the destruction of a statue is one I don’t agree with. I think that has a lot to do with my education in history, and perhaps also a general dislike for that sort of action. I suspect everyone here would agree with me that the burning of […]

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Charlottesville

Heather Hastie — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 02:24:47 +0000

I made a start on my usual Daily Tweets post and before I knew it, hundreds of words about the horror in Charlottesville were on the page. Thus, a separate post is in order. The violence is bad enough, but it’s what’s behind the violence that has me feeling physically ill. The blatant racism and […]

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The Cancellation of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Trip to Australia and New Zealand

Heather Hastie — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 05:37:32 +0000

joint post by Jerry Coyne and Heather Hastie New Zealand is dealing with the tail-end of Cyclone Debbie at the moment. (It made a huge mess of north-west Australia recently.) There’s very heavy rain all across the North Island and the north of the South Island. Several places are receiving a month’s worth of […]

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SPLC Lies About Maajid Nawaz. Again.

Heather Hastie — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 01:09:52 +0000

You may remember my posts late last year about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) ‘Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists’. Here are the links: Why Maajid Nawaz Shouldn’t be in SPLC’s ‘Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists’ Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali Shouldn’t be in SPLC’s ‘Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists’ SPLC Responds to my Complaint re ‘Field Guide to […]

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Putin’s Russia

Heather Hastie — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 06:07:47 +0000

2016 has been Putin’s year. He has succeeded in much of what he wants. He tells himself it’s about Making Russia Great Again. In reality, it’s about Putin himself. The Russian people are suffering and because of Putin, so are millions of others. And it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Putin and […]

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SPLC Responds to my Complaint re ‘Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists’

Heather Hastie — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:25:30 +0000

On 25 October the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a ‘Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists‘. The guide includes a list of fifteen people, two of whom have caused a great deal of controversy – Maajid Nawaz and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Ahnaf Kalam launched a Change.org petition a week ago to have their names removed […]

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Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali Shouldn’t be on SPLC’s ‘Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists’

Heather Hastie — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 01:26:53 +0000

On 25 October the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a ‘Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists‘. The guide includes a list of fifteen people, two of whom have caused a great deal of controversy – Maajid Nawaz and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. A Change.org petition was launched by Ahnaf Kalam to have their names removed from […]

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