section59.blogspot.com
the Section59 blog: Call for Kiro to step down
http://section59.blogspot.com/2007/08/call-for-kiro-to-step-down.html
A light smack is not child abuse. Tuesday, August 07, 2007. Call for Kiro to step down. Children's commissioner" Cindy Kiro uses child-abuse cases as fuel for her vision of socialization. "Clausen claims that theories of socialization are to be found in Plato. And he identifies a dictionary entry from 1828 that defines 'socialize' as 'to render social, to make fit for living in society'". We can combat child-abuse. Sue Bradford states "Consideration should also be given to Childrens Commissioner. New Zea...
onyxstone.blogspot.com
Onyx Stone: January 2007
http://onyxstone.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html
Top CDs of the Winter. Racism on Big Brother. Bossy Governments Are Never Good. Envy and Hypocrisy: the Hallmark of Socialism. All Men Are Created Equal. Are Whites Smarter Than Blacks? Thursday, January 25, 2007. Top CDs of the Winter. Lara Fabian - Lara Fabian. A bit extravogant belting out high notes, but I love about anything done with that kind of gusto. Modern Times - Bob Dylan. Bachelor No. 2 - Amiee Mann. Friday, January 19, 2007. Obscure shadow climbs,. Existing onyx joins in:. Here is one way t...
onyxstone.blogspot.com
Onyx Stone: July 2007
http://onyxstone.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
Why Are We So Easily Fooled? Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me). Courage, Stupidity or a Remarkable Example of Disc. The Problem with Religion. Contribute to Cutting Edge Astronomy. What does it take to succeed? Sunday, July 29, 2007. Why Are We So Easily Fooled? Yep there's a bit of a common theme running through the last few posts, the ease with which the mind can be fooled. Here's another one for you. Take a good look at this image. The squares marked A and B are the same shade of grey. You see it's a...
onyxstone.blogspot.com
Onyx Stone: August 2006
http://onyxstone.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html
Thursday, August 31, 2006. It seems the appetite for fear is as strong as ever. Obesity is high fashion fear right now. Does anyone really believe that " more than half of New Zealand adults are overweight or obese. Words like 'crisis', 'epidemic' and 'danger' are spread like five types of cheese on a triple deep pizza in these reports. In Britain they're expecting 12 million obese adults by 2010. I have a hunch that the worry itself will usher a few off this mortal coil. Wonderfully made: marvellous are.
canaryinthemine.blogspot.com
Canary in the Mine: 07 December 2003
http://canaryinthemine.blogspot.com/2003_12_07_archive.html
Canary in the Mine. Spotting items and trends of importance (because you don't have time to go looking for them all yourself). Friday, December 12, 2003. Where tolerance and diversity break down. Posted by Hi from John. : 3:03 PM. Quote for the day. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for everything else that has been tried.". Posted by Hi from John. : 12:29 PM. Your very own snowflake. I warn you - it's very addictive. Posted by Hi from John. : 12:28 PM. Christmas Trees, Ornaments and Gifts.
canaryinthemine.blogspot.com
Canary in the Mine: 30 November 2003
http://canaryinthemine.blogspot.com/2003_11_30_archive.html
Canary in the Mine. Spotting items and trends of importance (because you don't have time to go looking for them all yourself). Friday, December 05, 2003. Do we have a pending oil crisis? And does it matter? British academic and columnist George Monbiot claims in a detailed article. That the world is running dangerously short of oil, but we don't talk about it because we cannot imagine it. This is a civilisation in denial. Here's an extract from his article:. Is Monbiot right, and if so, does it matter?
canaryinthemine.blogspot.com
Canary in the Mine: 05 October 2003
http://canaryinthemine.blogspot.com/2003_10_05_archive.html
Canary in the Mine. Spotting items and trends of importance (because you don't have time to go looking for them all yourself). Friday, October 10, 2003. The Ant and the Grasshopper - modern New Zealand version. I don't know the original author of this piece, but am happy to acknowledge him/her if someone can let me know.). The ant's taxes are reassessed and he is also fined for failing to hire grasshoppers as helpers. Without enough money to pay both the fine and his newly imposed retroactive. Taxes, his...
bmonculture.wordpress.com
Comment Policy | The Culture Vulture
https://bmonculture.wordpress.com/comment-policy
We welcome comments on any of the topics we post about at Semper Vita, however all comments will be regularly moderated. The Culture Vulture encourages genuine, open and constructive discussions and squawking about any of the issues raised on this blog, but for this to happen the following guidelines must be adhered to by all those who comment here:. 1 Obscene language will be substituted or removed from the site. 2 Any blasphemous, potentially slanderous or libellous comments will also be deleted. By si...
threepointturn.blogspot.com
Three Point Turn: January 2009
http://threepointturn.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
More relevance than Gordon Copeland. Friday, January 16, 2009. Funny how our new and wonderful Minister of Social Development was not present at the economic summit/meeting/talk-fest. Of Ministers yesterday. Her ministry is going be taking on massive numbers of new 'clients' in 2009 and MSD programs should be an essential component of any poverty alleviation and economic stimulus measures. Labels: Dame Paula Bennett. Thursday, January 15, 2009. New minister pulls plug on costly summit. The Government wil...
