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5 Oct 2017: Daily Homily (Puerto Rico) and Tweets
Naturally, there are still a lot of tweets about Las Vegas dominating Twitter. In New Zealand, it's the 'Breakfast' news show topping the list. I have no idea why as I don't watch TV in the mornings. One of our politicians, Winston Peters, is also getting a lot of...
4 Oct 2017: Daily Homily (Praying for Victims) and Tweets
Twitter is still full of tweets about the massacre in Las Vegas. I'm still angry that so many people have to suffer and die because a small number of people want to make huge profits. They are death merchants. Making firearms is a legitimate business if you are...
3 Oct 2017: Daily Homily (Las Vegas Massacre) and Tweets
I think everyone can guess what most tweets are about today. There'e been yet another mass shooting in the US, this time in Las Vegas. The killer was 64 year-old Stephen Craig Paddock. He shot down onto concert-goers from his 32nd floor hotel room. At the time of...
1 Oct 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets
This will be my last Sunday post of tweets for a while. I'm finding it very difficult to keep up with this every day, so I'm going to take 2-3 days off each week. I'm not quite sure which days I'll do yet, but, of course, I'll let you know. Also, on those few days...
30 Sep 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets
The thing I've been keeping an eye on is the eruption of the volcano on Ambae Island in Vanuatu. (I've put in a few tweets about it below.) It was triggered by a 6.4 earthquake on 21 September. Initially 70% of the population was going to have to leave, but things got...
29 Sep 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets
The homily in today's tweets post was going to be about the fate of New Zealand political party, the Maori party, in our recent election. However, as usual I went on a bit, and the homily became a "proper" post. So there's not much here today. The thing I find most...
The Loss of the Maori Party
I'm a bit late with the topic of the loss of the Maori Party from parliament but it's one that's important to me, so I want to get my thoughts on record. One of the biggest topics of discussion following our election on the weekend was how voters in the Maori...
28 Sep 2017: Daily Homily (Roy Moore) and Tweets
I can't remember what I was going to write about in today's tweets post. I knew at 2am, but went back to sleep for a while and I've forgotten. Further, if I'd gotten up to write it down, I might have noticed that I'd left the oven on! Instead it was 9am before I...
27 Sep 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets
As you can see, there's a new name in the title: Homily. I'm not sure how that's going to work - I'm just trying it on for size at this stage. The content of the post won't change. There'll still be plenty of tweets on display. The big news of the day for me is that...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 26 September 2017
The CBS '60 Minutes' interview with Steve Bannon finally came to NZ on Sunday night. A few anti-Bannon tweets made it into the local Twittersphere as a result. As with the Evangelical nationalists, he's another where it's scary he's so close to the president of the...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 25 September 2017
I'm having trouble getting back into the business of searching for tweets every day. I've become very slow at it after just a few days off. That was all it took to out of the habit - just like a diet. I forgot to put the last two onto social media as well, among other...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 24 September 2017
Well, the election results are in, and the Twitterverse is full of tweets in relation to it in New Zealand. Every trending topic is about the election except one (which is about a boxing match). (As an aside, what do you think of boxing? Is it a sport? I don't think...