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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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Update III, Helsinki, Trump, Putin, and Tweets

Heather Hastie — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 06:09:28 +0000

Hopefully, this is the last of these just-to-keep-things-ticking-over-with-some-tweets posts. Last week, I had a Needs Assessment by an Occupational Therapist. As a result, I’m expecting a new chair within the next week or so. Otherwise things are pretty much the same on the home front. “My cat” (really the neighbour’s cat who has chosen me […]

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Just Catching Up (plus Tweets)

Heather Hastie — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 03:05:14 +0000

The sacking of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe last night by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions was to be the subject of today’s post. However, thing’s aren’t going to plan. The post is not going to be worthy of public viewing today. Further, I’m going to be busy in the real world for the next […]

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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 I haven’t looked at Twitter yet today, so some of the tweets may be out of date.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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My Picks for Top Tweets: 14 September 2017

Heather Hastie — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 01:07:31 +0000

As an atheist, I don’t have much time for religion. There are, of course, many believers who are important people in my life. I even have a god-daughter – despite my atheism her parents consider me to be a person who can be a good example to her. That doesn’t stop me posting multiple tweets […]

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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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Auē Tēnei Wiki: Vladimir Putin – Killer?

Heather Hastie — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:52:42 +0000

Staying with the leadership theme – this time an example of really bad and corrupt leadership – Vladimir Putin. A report was released this week into the death in London of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko at the age of 43. Litvinenko, who was born in Voronezh in 1962, was a former lieutenant-colonel with the […]

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Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki: The International Reputation of President Obama and the USA

Heather Hastie — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:26:38 +0000

There’s a whine we’ve been hearing from Republicans with ever-increasing frequency since the start of Obama’s presidency: that the United States is less respected than it was in the Bush era, and especially that his leadership is seen as both weak and of poor quality. They especially like to contrast Obama with Vladimir Putin, to […]

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Worry of the Week – 4 October 2015: Syria

Heather Hastie — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:34:34 +0000

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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