‘American Sniper breaks box office records
The Hollywood Reporter calls it a “shocker” that a patriotic movie by one of the best directors working today, about an American hero who kills jihadists, is really, really popular.
…but Hollywood still thinks tender stories about gay males coming of age are what the public demands, along with cartoonish special effects-laden, nine-figure-budget mind candy…’
‘Nasa climate scientists: We said 2014 was the warmest year on record… but we’re only 38% sure we were right
The claim made headlines around the world, but yesterday it emerged that GISS’s analysis is subject to a margin of error. Nasa admits this means it is far from certain that 2014 set a record at all.
…Yet the Nasa press release failed to mention this, as well as the fact that the alleged ‘record’ amounted to an increase over 2010, the previous ‘warmest year’, of just two-hundredths of a degree – or 0.02C. The margin of error is said by scientists to be approximately 0.1C – several times as much…’ (bold mine)
And another Jack Vettriano pic.
A front-page article in a major Brit newspaper:
‘Scorning the Prophet goes beyond free speech – it’s an act of violence
The Paris murders aside, the law has a duty to protect us all from insult and abuse
By Abdal Hakim Murad..’ (bold mine)
Words almost fail….that a Western news outlet would give prominence to such a sly piece of propaganda and dishonesty indicates cowardice and moral bankruptcy, not enlightened tolerance.
The word “enemy” in the title doesn’t only refer to the writer.
Perhaps this idiot ought to watch the video.
‘US official warns Myanmar of danger of religious intolerance
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ” The top U.S. human rights official has warned Myanmar that efforts to use religion to divide the population are like “playing with fire.”
Rights activists say the biggest concern is rising Buddhist nationalism.
More than 140,000 Rohingya Muslims are living in camps since being chased from their homes by deadly violence three years ago…’
The concern has stuff-all to do with “human rights” and everything to do with the fact that – for once – muslims are on the receiving end of what they’re perfectly happy to dish out to others.I don’t recall any human rights official travelling to Nigeria and lecturing about the war on Christians. Or Saudi Arabia, to ask why there are “muslim only” lanes on the freeways etc etc etc etc etc. This guy is merely pushing the Administration’s pro-muslim policies.
‘Big pay rises for DHB heads
Pay hikes for doctors and nurses trailed the bumper rises for district health board chiefs.’
..The biggest winner was Auckland DHB chief executive Ailsa Claire with a rise that put her in the salary band of $570,000 to $579,999.
That was up 45.6 per cent on the previous financial year, which was set at $390,000 to $399,999, although the commission notes that was just for 10 months…’
CHLOE MILNE is a clown. A fool and several other nausea-inducing things besides. She’s an apologist for a totalitarian ideology she obviously knows little about.
”Muslims not to blame’ for terror attacks‘….’
I have no wish to provoke a Catholic-bashing comments thread and would appreciate it if people would refrain. ( I am not a Catholic, by the way) But this Pope would do better to speak up forcefully in defence of the Christians being slaughtered all over the Arab and African worlds by the very people he is trying to appease.
I believe the man is a disaster for the Church.
‘Pope says there are limits to freedom of expression, and satirical cartoons went too far‘.
Four years on, and the cock-ups and delays continue.
and this:
‘Earthquake Commission (EQC) staff have called the police 90 times in the past 2 1/2 years in response to threatening or distressed customers.
As Canterbury’s mental health services deal with huge demand, EQC figures show some frustrated homeowners are reaching the end of their tether…’
Not enough hi-viz vests and clipboards to go round?