At some stage, the Pacific nations in Tier 2 have to recognize the cards are stacked against us, and the unconscious bias/racism runs through World Rugby from top to bottom and will need something seismic to change.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has confirmed that all Cabinet Ministers have agreed to the proposed 20 percent pay cut, which is expected to be tabled at the next sitting of Parliament.
i finally did it: someone was talking on the phone with loud speaker sitting close to me while we were inside the bus.
so I joined the conversation with full confidence. when she gave me that “are you mad?” look, I said, “sorry,I thought it was a group call since you put it on loudspeaker for all of us.”
she quietly told the person, “I’ll call you back,” and ended the call immediately. 🙂
I’m not interested in white people telling me why they believe it’s not racist to disparage Black women and question their intelligence, call Black pilots unqualified, lie on Black people with false crime statistics, say that Black people were less criminal before they were given human rights, call the Civil Rights Act a “mistake,” say MLK was “not a good person,” deny the existence of systemic racism, call George Floyd a “scumbag,” delegitimize Black pain, and call justice advocates “existential threats to white Christian America.”
'When we Christians interpret the Bible with an unforgiving literalism towards our fellow citizens, yet interpret it with graciousness towards our preferred politicians, that’s when we can be certain we are just using it to leverage our own power and privilege...
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'When we Christians are more known for our support of presidents than we are for our support of the poor, the immigrant, the marginalized, & the oppressed, that is when we know we are following someone other than Jesus and we have a lot of repenting to do.'
Pastor Benjamin Cremer
The Haka is gay.
Sorry New Zealand.
All that screaming and dancing just to get owned by gunpowder.
WAKKKAAATAAA RAKKKAATTAAA REEEEYAAA REEEYAAA 😛
*Boom*
Dead.
& the enabling role men play to facilitate women's participation in decision making.
B. Pass on the mantle of leadership to the younger generation & recognizing leadership is about the collective...& not about you.
C. Pay tribute to women, who make up 50% of our population.
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Now that the Deputy Speaker continues in her role, would Rabuka consider handing over the Foreign Affairs portfolio to his Assistant Minister?
This would be an excellent way to:
A. Recognise & validate the place of women in political leadership,
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Rachel Maddow reports on the "shock result" of the Des Moines Register poll showing Kamala Harris now leading Donald Trump in deep-red Iowa.
Maddow reports on why this poll is the "gold standard" and what it could mean for other states.