by Heather Hastie | Jan 13, 2018 | Economics, Tweets, US Politics
On 8 January Donald Trump sent out three tweets about his latest speech to his base. That day, he spoke at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of those in attendance support him strongly, but why? What exactly is Trump...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 29, 2017 | Tweets
It’s a tiring time for me, leaving little energy for things like posts. Today’s tweets were collected over a three day period, so again some are probably out of date by the time you read this. My apologies. Also as I’ve mentioned previously, little...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 16, 2017 | Tweets, USA
I was Skyping with a friend in the US yesterday, and somehow we got onto the topic of people who live on the streets. He made the comment that you almost never see them in New Zealand. They are there of course. One of our biggest problems is a shortage of housing,...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 15, 2017 | Tweets, US Politics
It’s been almost a week since I did a tweets post, so you may have been wondering where I was. Mostly, I’ve been out of town at medical appointments. For obvious reasons, I don’t announce when I’m leaving town on the internet ahead of time!...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 8, 2017 | International Politics, Middle East, Religion, Tweets
Tweets are about the least important thing on my mind at the moment. On Wednesday morning I had a bad fall. Walking is never that easy for me, but now every step is agony. Still, that’s actually not the worst of my problems. 3½ hours later my landlord told me...
