Winners and Worries Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/category/saints-and-sinners/ My take on our world Wed, 23 Mar 2016 22:26:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.heatherhastie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-tweetkiwi-512px-32x32.png Winners and Worries Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/category/saints-and-sinners/ 32 32 Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki: A New Refugee Centre for New Zealand https://www.heatherhastie.com/tau-ke-tenei-wiki-29-november-2015-a-new-refugee-centre-for-new-zealand/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/tau-ke-tenei-wiki-29-november-2015-a-new-refugee-centre-for-new-zealand/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:43:57 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1732 As a New Zealander, I’m proud to say that my country is not only improving the facilities for new refugees coming here, but increasing our capacity so we can take even more than we do currently. Pride wouldn’t normally be my response in this matter. As one of the wealthier countries in the world I […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/tau-ke-tenei-wiki-29-november-2015-a-new-refugee-centre-for-new-zealand/feed/ 6 Winner of the Week – 8 November 2015: Cuteness! https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-8-november-2015-cuteness/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-8-november-2015-cuteness/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2015 21:59:51 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1623 There are so many horrible things going on in the world that I’ve decided to do another post focussing on some of the wonderful things to be found in our natural world – this time the cuteness of baby animals. If you’re not a sucker for baby animals, you won’t enjoy this, but I am, […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-8-november-2015-cuteness/feed/ 2 Worry of the Week – 1 November 2015: Bangladesh https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-1-november-2015-bangladesh/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-1-november-2015-bangladesh/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2015 23:05:04 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1608 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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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-1-november-2015-bangladesh/feed/ 7 Winner of the Week – 1 November 2015: Raif Badawi https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-1-november-2015-raif-badawi/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-1-november-2015-raif-badawi/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2015 22:16:49 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1601 It was announced on Thursday that Raif Badawi won the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize. The Guardian reports : Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger and activist sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, has won the EU’s Sakharov prize for human rights. The announcement was greeted on Thursday with […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-1-november-2015-raif-badawi/feed/ 16 Worry of the Week – 25 October 2015: Ben Carson Chosen by God https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-25-october-2015-ben-carson-chosen-by-god/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-25-october-2015-ben-carson-chosen-by-god/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:02:11 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1565 The success of so-called “outsider” candidates has been a feature of the GOP presidential nominee race. So far, Donald Trump has won almost every poll since he entered the race. That changed this week. Until now, it was possible to put the success of complete f**kwits like Trump, Mike Huckabee, and Ted Cruz down to […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-25-october-2015-ben-carson-chosen-by-god/feed/ 69 Winner of the Week – 25 October 2015: Hillary Clinton and The Back-Flipping Hamster https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-25-october-2015-hillary-clinton-and-the-back-flipping-hamster/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-25-october-2015-hillary-clinton-and-the-back-flipping-hamster/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2015 21:52:54 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1559 I was just going to do this post about the hamster (below), but Hillary Clinton is such an obvious candidate for Winner of the Week this week, I couldn’t really ignore her. After a tough few months, it’s all looking pretty good for both her and the Democratic Party: The polls all say she performed […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-25-october-2015-hillary-clinton-and-the-back-flipping-hamster/feed/ 6 Winner of the Week – 18 October 2015: REST, Namibia https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-18-october-2015-rest-namibia/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-18-october-2015-rest-namibia/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2015 22:46:40 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1538 Yesterday I got this great video from Amy Carparelli (@AmyAmylou1993) on Twitter. It’s about the Rare and Endangered Species Trust (REST) in Namibia and the work they’re doing with the pangolin or scaly anteater. If you check out their Facebook page, you’ll see some of the other excellent work they’re doing as well, most recently […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-18-october-2015-rest-namibia/feed/ 6 Winner of the Week – 4 October 2015: Japanese Rugby https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-4-october-2015-japanese-rugby/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-4-october-2015-japanese-rugby/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:38:32 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1498 The Japanese rugby team have been stunning everyone with their impressive performances at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in the United Kingdom. As a Kiwi, I should be writing about our team, the All Blacks. They’ve won all three of their matches so far and are still the favourites to win the tournament. In fact, […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-4-october-2015-japanese-rugby/feed/ 11 Worry of the Week – 4 October 2015: Syria https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-4-october-2015-syria/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-4-october-2015-syria/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:34:34 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1484 In reality, Syria has been a worry for years. Bashar al-Assad took over the presidency, the role of commander-in-chief of the Syrian armed forces, and the leadership of the ruling Ba’ath party on his father’s death in 2000. For several reasons, including his British education and wife, there was hope he would be a reformer. […]

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