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Heather’s Funeral Service

Heather Hastie — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 06:57:05 +0000

A Service for Heather Hastie will be held at 2:30pm NZ Time on Thursday 9th February. If you would like to view the service please click on the link below. https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/index.php?data=MTY3NTc2MzU0NzEwOTIzMjYmb25lcm9vbS1lbWFpbCZpbnZpdGF0aW9uX2NvcHlfbGluaw==

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Passing Away of Heather

Fiona Hastie — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:57:02 +0000

On Saturday 4th February at around 5.30am (NZ Time) Heather Hastie passed away after a short illness. My sister Brenda and I (Fiona) were with her at the time. A service for Heather will be held at 2.30pm on Thursday 9th Feb at the Taumarunui Funeral Services, 34 Huia St. If you can’t be there […]

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Abortion and the US Republican Party

Heather Hastie — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:33:34 +0000

Before I start, I should note I am unapologetically pro-choice. I’ve been pro-choice for as long as I can remember. I recall thinking women should be able to have an abortion, if they want one, when I was just eight year old (1972-73). (New Zealand’s Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Bill was making its way through […]

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US Politics of Single-Payer Healthcare and Abortion

Heather Hastie — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 02:06:49 +0000

As regular readers know, I’ve written multiple posts over the years about why I think the US needs a single-payer healthcare system. The most recent was less than two months ago: ‘The Benefits of a Single-Payer Healthcare System‘. As the only OECD country without such a system, the US is an outlier. In my opinion, […]

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The Benefits of a Single-Payer Healthcare System

Heather Hastie — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 01:23:23 +0000

On 29 January 2019 we saw the first CNN Town Hall for a candidate for the 2020 US presidential election. Kamala Harris, a Democratic senator from California, is one of the more impressive members of what promises to be a huge field. CNN is reporting the Town Hall had the highest ever viewership for a […]

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Why is Trump is Expanding the Use of Asbestos in US?

Heather Hastie — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 03:47:39 +0000

This quick post about Trump and asbestos is mainly to let you know I’m still here, as well as to bring an un-effing-believable situation to your attention. I’ve had my new chair for about ten days. I assumed everything would be hunky-dory as soon as I got it, but it’s not working out that way. […]

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More Mass Murder of Children in the US (plus Tweets)

Heather Hastie — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 03:10:16 +0000

Seventeen children are dead in Florida and Trump tweets that it’s the FBI’s fault because they were too busy trying to find evidence he was colluding with Russia during the election campaign. WTF is wrong with this man? He went to Florida and met with the families of two of the victims for 35 minutes. […]

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Orin Hatch: An Example of Money in Politics (plus Tweets)

Heather Hastie — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 04:09:52 +0000

One of the tweets Ann German sent me today was about Senator Orrin Hatch. He’s a Republican senator from Utah who’s been in the job for over forty years. His retirement at the end of his current term means he’s getting a bit of attention at the moment. Hatch is a strong supporter of Trump, […]

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Americans Want Universal Healthcare

Heather Hastie — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:22:19 +0000

When US Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare) was introduced in March 2010, it was unpopular. Healthcare affects everyone, and is a very emotional subject. Even though almost nobody thought the previous situation was satisfactory, there was natural fear about what the changes would mean. Republicans also did their best to take advantage of that fear. In […]

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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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