Tues - Fri each week with Dr Bloomfield and other health professionals, fewer politicians than previously.   It is partly an effort to counter misinformation and I think it's a great idea.

it was good to get that sorted

I hadn't realised - no idea where that 50 years went, but well done us. it took long enough to recognise that gay people were just people much like us, except they're attracted to the same gender.

Sometimes, its good to be a Kiwi & look back at the good stuff we've done.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/26/pride...-done/#_=_


Attitudes have thankfully changed since these times.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...ty-pre1986

the protesters will pack up and leave if the end of the mandates was announced?

Personally I think it will take a long time to get rid of them because they have built up a community where like minded people can sprout off the shit they believe in and would the leaders and so called security that have all the power want to give that up in a hurry?

Powerful speech, from a Twitter post retweeted with respect by Siouxsie Wiles.

I'd say a combination of both but you are mainly born with it, come out
the womb with the "heart" you have got. Sure most have some degree of
empathy but some really care about the well-being of others.

Was it like something out of Once We Were Warriors Magoo and were you the bouncer
as well as the manager ? Sounds like a "full on time". 

No doubt a great way to unlearn about human nature.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/12788142...e-this-one

The STAT command did not succeed. Error getting message number and sizes. Mail server pop.gmail.com responded: Invalid credentials.
I was mucking around trying to log on to Google to open a new account to get my new to me,ZTE Blade A330 ,cell phone to work ,gave up ,apparently only the old owner can open this second hand phone ",verification from previous sync device" which i don't have and cannot get ,so is that a wasted purchase ?...
.... any way back to my question ,,How do i get rid of this message on my mail , "The STAT command did not succeed. Error getting message number and sizes. Mail server pop.gmail.com responded: Invalid credentials." its beginning to be annoying ,every time i open mail ,there it is ....Help... thanks

Interesting article on Gloriavale for anyone interested.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1278602...ident-says


When you have families torn apart in the name of God in a Christian community, then I believe something is very wrong. Is this the way Jesus would want it to be?

ÔÇ£There is a dark side hidden in this community, which needs to be brought to the light.ÔÇØ


He described Gloriavale as ÔÇ£a brutal control regimeÔÇØ, with members conditioned to follow the shepherdsÔÇÖ authority from a young age, by a combination of public humiliation, withholding food, and, in the past, physical punishment.

Disciple said leaving did not feel like an option."