The Bull Ring

Quick take: Gun homicide rate and total number dropped. Rifles still only account for about 3% of gun homicides. Fewer people were killed by rifles in 2018 than in 2017. Five times as many people were stabbed to death in 2018 than were shot to death with a rifle of any kind. https://t.co/PExPFF3gWj — Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) September 30, 2019

At Last, What You’ve All Been Waiting For: The World’s First Hijabi Comedy Series More social engineering disguised as entertainment programming. Mon Sep 30, 2019   Robert Spencer , Front Page Magazine https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/09/last-what-youve-all-been-waiting-worlds-first-robert-spencer/   ABC iView ,  Halal Gurls If you don’t really want it, your moral superiors know you need it, and so you shall have it – at least in Australia (for now): with much fanfare, Australia’s ABC iView is set to premiere what it proudly calls the “World’s First Hijabi Comedy Series,”  Halal Gurls . According to  ABC iView ,  Halal Gurls , which was “Created and Directed by Award-winning Australian filmmaker Vonne Patiag,” intends to celebrate “Muslim women and the cultural diversity in Western Sydney. The show follows workaholic hijabi Mouna, played by Aanisa Vylet, as she navigates a cross-cultural balancing act between her structured career-driven life and the chaotic me

Same place for 3 days No meeting, No selfie Why does Greta hate Ardern? Does Greta think Ardern is shit?

New Zealand 6:42 pm today Penguins recovering after drainpipe ordeal 6:42 pm today Share this Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share via email Share on Reddit Share on Linked In Three little blue penguins have been rescued after being trapped inside a carpark drainpipe in Marlborough. The penguins had been given a health check after being found down a drain. Photo: Supplied The penguins were found on Friday at the Interislander ferry carpark in Picton and were being cared for by the EcoWorld Aquarium and Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. A staff member with one of the penguins. Photo: Supplied EcoWorld director John Reuhman said staff responded to several calls from the public, who heard cries from the penguins. He said the penguins had been given a health check and were just a little under-fed. "They seem to be in reasonable nick, and they are very feis

UFB worker attempts to put Chorus on spot amid boost for mooted class action lawsuit Tom Pullar-Strecker 14:21, Sep 27 2019 Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Mute Current Time 0:19 / Duration Time 0:35   STUFF Subcontractors hired by Chorus have been found to have committed multiple breaches of employment law. Broadband network company Chorus has become directly embroiled in a dispute involving an alleged breach of employment law in the roll-out of ultrafast broadband for what may be the first time. Auckland law firm The Worker's Advocate said the authority had instructed Chorus to attend mediation for a worker the law firm is representing, who alleged he was paid less than the minimum wage for work on the network. "A Chorus fibre technician has made claims to the Employment Relations Authority that he was paid less than the minimum wage by his employer, Reliance Industries Private Limited," The Worker's Advo

Lara Trump: The Trump Administration Is Phasing Out Testing On Animals, But Don’t Expect The Media To Tell You Lara Trump September 26, 2019 1:30 PM ET ArtemZ/Shutterstock There’s a good reason why you’ve probably never heard of President Trump’s success in promoting animal welfare — the media are desperate to move on from any story that humanizes this president. Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision to reduce animal testing, with the goal of phasing out mammal studies completely by 2035. In addition, the agency will award $4.25 million in grants to various academic institutions “to advance the research and development of alternative test methods” and to ultimately “eliminate” the need for animal testing altogether. Make no mistake, this is great news for animal rights advocates — and the Trump administration deserves full credit for spearheading an ongoing campaign against animal cruelty. Sadly, the mainstream media doesn’

Afghanistan war veteran mocked for taking service dog to gun buyback event Emma Dangerfield 16:51, Sep 29 2019 “A man who took a bullet for his country is getting over the ordeal of being "interrogated" after he tried to get into a gun buyback event with his support dog in Canterbury. Dion Taka took his service dog, Delta, with him when he went to hand his guns over in Rakaia on Saturday. It was already a daunting prospect for the war veteran. Badly wounded when he was shot in Afghanistan in 2012 in the Battle of Baghak, he now lives with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and type-2 complex regional pain syndrome. For the past two-and-a-half years, Taka has been able to resume some of his independence with Delta by his side. She is able to recognise his anxiety and calm him down, and performs a raft of other duties including fetching medication. "It took me a couple of weeks to decide to go [to the gun buyback], but I knew I had to," Taka said.

Post contributed by  BMC Team September 20, 2019 Save       The Lord visits Lehi in vision and commands him to leave Jerusalem. Image via Churchofjesuschrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has officially released  the first episode  in their four-season series  Book of Mormon Videos . This series will tell the story of the Book of Mormon through captivating visuals and engaging story telling. Season 1 recounts Lehi's journey to the Promised Land with his family, in addition to all the material through the book of Enos. One video will be released each Friday through the end of 2019 to complete Season 1. Episode one of Season one runs 18 minutes long and explores Lehi's personal growth from concerned disciple to prophet of the Lord. The video covers the events in  1 Nephi 1–2 . Viewers will watch Lehi receive his prophetic call in a vision from the Lord, Lehi depart from Jerusalem with his family, Laman and Lemuel

Woman mistakes wasabi for avocado, develops ‘broken heart syndrome’ By Hannah Sparks, New York Post, September 24, 2019 https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/woman-mistakes-wasabi-for-avocado-develops-broken-heart-syndrome/ Wasabi,  Getty Inages/iStockphoto  They’re both edible, green and delicious in dips and spreads — but that’s where their similarities end. That’s why it’s so hard to fathom how one 60-year-old woman could mistake the mellow, creamy taste of avocado with the sweat-inducing spice of wasabi,  reported The British Medical Journal  (BMJ) in a recent case study. While attending a wedding in Israel, the anonymous women had gobbled down a mouthful of wasabi — mistaking it for avocado. This unfortunate swap landed her in the hospital with a diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, better known as “broken heart syndrome.” In the BMJ report, authors describe broken heart syndrome as a “left ventricular dysfunction that typically occurs in older women after sudden i

#BREAKING Police car stolen at gunpoint, manhunt underway — nzherald (@nzherald) September 28, 2019 Firearms incident in Ohakune https://t.co/jRYRUGCQkk — New Zealand Police (@nzpolice) September 28, 2019

The Bull Rings Sunday Feature Film:  Four Faces West, 1948 , Joel McCrea, Frances Dee & Charles Bickford Four Faces West  is a 1948 Western film starring  Joel McCrea , his real-life wife  Frances Dee , and  Charles Bickford . It is based on the novel  Pasó por aquí  by  Eugene Manlove Rhodes . Its plot concerns a down-on-his-luck cowboy who robs a bank. For its genre the film is unusual in that not a single shot is ever fired.   Ross McEwen quietly robs a bank in the New Mexico town of Santa Maria, taking the banker Frenger with him, then letting him go a few miles away, minus boots but with an I.O.U. for the $2000 he has taken. When he gets back to town, Frenger offers a reward of $3000, dead or alive.  Pat Garrett , the new marshal, warns the bounty hunters against unnecessary shooting, particularly in the back. McEwen is bitten by a rattlesnake before he can board a train, where he is helped by a passenger, nurse Fay Hollister. The posse stop th

Beijing can’t stop Hong Kong’s thirst for freedom By Elisha Maldonado, New York Post, September 27, 2019 https://nypost.com/2019/09/27/beijing-cant-stop-hong-kongs-thirst-for-freedom/ Pro-democracy protestors walk with umbrellas in Hong Kong, AP photo  Hong Kong on Saturday will mark the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement with yet another protest, one that the Hong Kong police say they’ll allow after having previously banned it. It’ll be a key moment in what has been months of unrest. What’s driving the massive discontent? In a word, freedom. “We can’t live in a society where people like [Chinese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner] Liu Xiobo could be arrested and die in jail,” says Bonnie Leung, vice-convenor of Hong Kong’s Civil Human Rights Front, the group responsible for organizing three of the summer’s biggest protests. The people of Hong Kong have been sending the Chinese government a loud message: We don’t want what you’re peddling. We want