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| Sandra Bullock & the idiots who think she should return her Oscar |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 18-08-2023, 04:35 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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This really is pathetic - she's an actor who portrayed a role to the best of her ability & in doing so was awarded an Oscar. She had nothing whatever to do with the exploitation of Michael Oher & to his credit, he' said as much.
Perhaps we humans are becoming more stupid. And to attack her so soon after the death of her partner is undeniably cruel.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/ce...cancel-her
"Actress Sandra Bullock lost her partner Bryan Randall this month after he lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for three years. Two weeks later, an online campaign is pushing for the star to forfeit her Academy Award.
On Tuesday (NZT), former NFL offensive tackle Michael Oher, whose adoption story was at the heart of the 2009 film┬áThe Blind Side, alleged the story was a lie fabricated by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy to profit off their purported sonÔÇÖs success.
As the revelation sets in that the whole world ÔÇô including Oher himself ÔÇô was hoodwinked by the Tuohys, an online pile-on to find a villain to blame has seen Bullock pulled into the firing line, with some on X/Twitter calling on the actress to give up the Academy Award she won for playing Leigh Anne.
BullockÔÇÖs portrayal of the Tuohy matriarch painted a picture of a compassionate mother led by grace and Christian belief, a woman who would do anything to give her supposed adopted son a chance. Before accepting the role, Bullock had turned it down three times initially out of concern for portraying a Christian, telling┬áCross Walk┬áthe ÔÇ£banner wavingÔÇØ scared her as she ÔÇ£[doesnÔÇÖt] buy a lot of people who use that as their shield.ÔÇØ
She described meeting Leigh Anne and feeling convinced she had found a Christian who ÔÇ£practises but doesnÔÇÖt preach,ÔÇØ and soon after accepted the role.┬á
Even Quinton Aaron, the actor who portrayed Oher, added his two cents to the debate, saying he wishes those demanding Bullock return her Oscar ÔÇ£would just leave her aloneÔÇØ after sheÔÇÖs ÔÇ£suffered a great lossÔÇØ. ÔÇ£There's a lot of hate being spread around nowadays. And there's you know, someone asked me, there's people saying things that, ÔÇÿOh maybe you should strip Sandra of her title ÔǪ her Oscar.ÔÇÖ I'm like, ÔÇÿFor what?ÔÇÖ,ÔÇØ Aaron said in an interview with┬áFox News Digital.
ÔÇ£There's nothing that says she had anything to do with this. She was an actress who got hired to do a job, and she did it so well that she was rewarded for it.ÔÇØ
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| Bach owners 0, Locals win - finally. |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 18-08-2023, 12:11 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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After 30 years, locals have now finally had a win. The court ruled that bach owners  (Preserve Dory park domain group) will not get a judicial review.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3009528...t-to-shred
"A 30-year battle over a Coromandel skate park between locals and bach owners that involved ÔÇ£dirty tricksÔÇØ, ÔÇ£briberyÔÇØ and accusations of nimbyism has reached its conclusion in court.
The community and waterfront property owners had been pitted against each other over a skate park in TairuaÔÇÖs Cory Park Domain, near the estuary.
A High Court judge has this week dismissed the request for a judicial review, mounted by Preserve Cory Park Domain Inc. This group, many of whom were from Auckland, opposed the park for its proximity to houses, potential noise, anti-social behaviour and sanitary fears about toileting.
ThereÔÇÖs been plenty of skulduggery in the battle.
The community was ÔÇ£ecstaticÔÇØ over the ruling, said Gage-Brown.
ÔÇ£We are ecstatic and fair to say, so is the Tairua community. This is a long anticipated project that will finally come to fruition. The perseverance and effort to get this across the line with the reward being a skate park for our community."
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| Power grid Sabotuer |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 16-08-2023, 04:51 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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Interesting; this bloke considers himself a political prisoner apparently. He has a rather odd background & is an anti vaccer who tried to bring down the national power grid.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4959...econd-time
[b]on by Auckland University Law Lecturer Fuimaono Dylan A[/b]
[b]s"[/b]New Zealand's first and only convicted saboteur, who attempted to bring down the country's national power grid to cause mass disruption, will remain behind bars.
A psychological assessment found Graham Philip still poses a "reasonable risk" of undertaking further disruptive action to garner attention for his cause, and the Parole Board has ruled he should remain in prison.
Philip, a 63-year-old former IT professional from Taupō, appeared before the board nearly three weeks ago seeking release from Tongariro Prison. He has been held in custody since he was first arrested in the days after his attack in December 2021.
Details of Philip's offending are subject to a permanent suppression order, although it can be reported his attack was against Transpower infrastructure and resulted in a fire, causing $1.25 million in damage.
Philip's goal was to cause mass disruption to the New Zealand population to draw attention to the government's Covid-19 response, which he felt was harming people.
"There is no evidence Mr Philip has ever taken into consideration that vulnerable members of the public and agencies/hospitals etc are dependent upon uninterrupted power supply. Mr Philip believes his offending was the result of a 'rational thought process'."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4799...ham-philip
[b]pini[/b]His conviction in his beliefs saw him turn into an almost fulltime campaigner. He had hundreds of followers online, with his postings garnering significant traction within Aotearoa's conspiracy and "doomsday prepper" circles.
The 62-year-old's lead supporters created hype around him and convinced others he was innocent.
In 1988, his brother David was tried after being alleged to have killed Kyung Eup Lee, a South Korean fisherman, at the Melbourne Railway Station. He was sprung after a letter he wrote saying he had "done in a Korean" was intercepted by New Zealand authorities.
Philip, still in London, flew to Melbourne weeks later to visit his brother.
He arrived to discover it had been alleged David also cooked the man's body parts in a wok and displayed Lee's severed penis in the station's female bathrooms.
David was later found not guilty by reason of insanity and remains in a mental health institution today. Philip was convinced the murder occurred as a result of childhood trauma.
"I became a Christian when I was 19 and Jesus Christ has healed me of all that. Otherwise, I'd be just like David," he wrote."
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| Lauren Dickason found guilty |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 16-08-2023, 04:37 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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She's been found guilty of murdering her three children.
In all honesty, if I'd been on that jury I really don't think I could have gone with the guilty verdict given her mental illness. She seems to have been very fragile & possibly moving here increased the stress.
Poor woman, poor family.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4959...-daughters
It was agreed Dickason killed her daughters and attempted her own death that night - and was mentally unwell when it happened.
But the expert witnesses, who spent hours assessing Dickason, clashed over whether she was clouded with a depressive episode or postpartum depression.
Those supporting the defence case believed Dickason had never got over a decade-long fertility journey that involved a still-birth and postpartum depression. She had also become delusional at the time of killing her children, they said.
Hatters-Friedman told the court Dickason killed her children "out of love".
"Mothers who are suicidal are also at risk for infanticide. Such women may plan a so-called extended suicide with the altruistic belief that their infant is better off in heaven with their mother than remaining alive and motherless, in what the depressed mother sees as a cruel and uncaring world," she said.
"Killing her children seemed right... she noted the world was gripped by the Covid pandemic, that everyone was wrapped up in cellphones and she was concerned about the future and all the worries ahead of her," Dr Justin Barry-Walsh told the court.
"She considered her children would be better off dead."
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