I wonder if we will ever really know...


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/5/...64364602=1

Had an odd appointment yesterday...

Client with an Xtra email account, 3 devices using imap, randomly emptying the inbox of emails.

After that they are gone, not in deleted, not in junk/spam etc just goneburger...

I changed the email password for her just in case someone else was playing games with her account (don't think this was the case as they should still be in deleted if someone is deleting them).  Within seconds of doing that and updating the passwords, the inbox full of test messages suddenly emptied again...

Anyone else struck that with Spark email?  i'm sure it's their end...

What an absolute prick the man is - difficult to believe anyone still holds such damaging & outdated views but apparently he does & doesn't mind airing them publicly. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industr...m-comments

"Another KiwiSaver fund manager says it wonÔÇÖt touch shares in chemical company DGL after its boss made ÔÇ£racist and misogynisticÔÇØ┬ácomments about celebrity chef Nadia Lim.

https://tinyurl.com/y2ue2383

One of Russia's top propagandists threatened Britain with annihilation by nuclear strike twice on his Sunday prime-time show ÔÇô once by air and once by sea ÔÇô ramping up the war of words against Britain over its vow to oust Russian forces from Ukraine.

ÔÇ£Why threaten horizonless Russia with nuclear weapons when you sit on a small island?ÔÇØ Kremlin-allied Dmitry Kiselyov said during his Sunday programme on Russian state TV in a segment he called The Sinkable Island.
ÔÇ£Just one launch, Boris,ÔÇØ Kiselyov said, referring to the British prime minister, ÔÇ£and England is gone. Once and for all. Why play with us?ÔÇØ

What this idiot doesn't understand is that Britain may be gone but Russia would be gone too, does he really think there would be no retaliation?

Where does one get those CD spindle/cake box things that packs of recordable CDs/DVDs usually come in? Ideally without the recordable media. Just the plastic containers, that's all I want.

Apparently all the news outlets are claiming this is about to happen in the USA. Whether you're against or in favour of abortion, this is a major law which is anti women in that it removes the rights women have over their own bodies.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/leaked-...022-05-03/

"WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday.

The unprecedented leak from the conservative-majority Supreme Court sent shock waves through the United States, not least because the court prides itself on keeping its internal deliberations secret and leaks are extremely uncommon.

"This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights, & lives of women, not to mention decades of settled law," said former U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. read more

"It will kill and subjugate women even as a vast majority of Americans think abortion should be legal. What an utter disgrace."

Republican Senator Tom Cotton said: "...Roe was egregiously wrong from the beginning & I pray the Court follows the Constitution & allows the states to once again protect unborn life."



Ah yes - & never mind the rights of women over their own bodies, eh. 
Time they made a few laws about men's bodies, men's fertility, I think, in view of the awkward little fact they're so studiously ignoring - that men can have many, many times the number of children that even the most fertile woman with several multiple births can have.

Perhaps they might also make a law requiring boys on entering puberty to have a reversible vasectomy; when they mature & want a family they can have it reversed.

Oh but NO!! That's far too controlling & invasive - what about their rights over their own bodies!

Oh wait...

For anyone unaware, these are in the process of closing down.

I rang them as we'd had a letter about one or two of my late mother's bonds; I knew she'd bought one or two for my kids but when  a letter arrived about hers so though I'd best contact them

After about 40 minutes on the phone i got through & found that they were worth  the princely sum of $2! Once I stopped laughing, they asked did I want it or would I rather they donate it to the cancer society, so that's what I did. It isn't much but if everyone did it then the cancer society could do well out of it with luck.

https://www.bonusbonds.co.nz/

0800 266 374

Has anyone had or does anyone know of someone who has had a Coronary Angiogram done to repair a leaking heart valve? I have been waiting since last September to have mine done and now the time has come, received a letter today saying my op is on the 16th of this month, yes Im looking forward to it and need to get it done but on the other hand Im shit scared about it as well, your awake throughout the whole procedure ... oh joy, thats why Im asking if anyone has first hand knowledge of it? 
And dont worry after its over and done with ill still be a grumpy old bastard!

Two months in the dark can't have been much fun; they must be really pleased to be out finally especially those with children.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61292951

[b]"Dozens of civilians have been evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory after weeks under siege.[/b]
Some have left the Azovstal steelworks, the last hold-out of Ukrainian troops in the strategically significant city.
Russia said dozens of civilians have arrived in a village it controls.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a large group is also on its way to Zaporizhzhia, which Ukraine maintains control of.


The United Nations confirmed that a "safe passage operation" had begun to evacuate the citizens on Saturday, and that it was involved alongside the Red Cross."

Or is it considered to be in the public domain?

https://tinyurl.com/y3whahb4

A company commissioned by the Government has been monitoring social media comments about the COVID-19 response for almost two years, reporting back every four days.

Documents released to RNZ show Annalect surveilled public comments on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and other sites, about current topics like 'COVID response', 'virus', 'vaccine rollout', 'economy', 'business and consumers', 'contact tracing' and 'team of 5 million', posted by New Zealanders.