Marion Ogier
@MonzaGT
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Books, libraries, food and wine,gardens, family, seeing my lovely country
New Zealand
Joined June 2010
Just back from holiday flying to NI, then J flew back same day to a funeral on Monday. Feel like we burgled it.
rnz.co.nz
The airline is set to cancel around 1100 flights over fuel supply concerns, affecting the travel plans of thousands.
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"In my life, I have watched John Kennedy talk on television about missiles in Cuba. I saw Lyndon Johnson look Richard Russell squarely in the eye and and say, "And we shall overcome." I saw Richard Nixon resign and Gerald Ford tell the Congress that our long national nightmare
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To all the simpletons who parrot the narrative that this unprovoked U.S. assault on Iran is some noble crusade for the Iranian people, spare me the hypocrisy. When has the American empire ever given a damn about the citizens of the nations it's invaded, bombed, and destabilized
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A beautiful dress which assumes a maid (or a dexterous partner)
Amongst the many reasons that I love the garments designed by Claire McCardell is her fastenings. They are always unexpected, rejecting the convenience of a zip for a neat row of buttons. This is a mid #1950s dinner dress with the most chic of bodices @museumatFIT #fashionhistory
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For those who donโt know the truth as it is Gaza was already a tiny strip of land only 365 square kilometers with more than two million people living in it. It was described as one of the most densely populated places on Earth, and even then, we were trying to build a life within
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Old days go zoom! Old days go zoom you know from sparrow fart to setting sun it's just zoom! all the way.
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Nothing wrong with it. Iโd just question the picture used to illustrate this post. If only the lunches looked like that. Really Seymour should use a new name. SLOP.
Could someone brief the current government that English and Maori are both official languages in #NZ? The school lunch programme had been named in both languages. What exactly was the problem with that? https://t.co/TuKWpcz6Uf
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Aah drawdown. Four letters away from backdown.
President Trump's immigration campaign faced intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill, and his border czar announced a significant drawdown of its operations in Minnesota. @LisaDNews reports on the latest.
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The usually reticent International Committee of the Red Cross president warns that Israel's destruction in Gaza represents a collapse of all international standards. โWhat we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms.โ https://t.co/fBQ5kxdraF
middleeastmonitor.com
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New article! On the Epstein files, the cruelty of the release, and the crimes that came before: https://t.co/ycYY9pRrLK
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"There was no statement from Sussan Ley. No lecternโthumping outrage. No accusations that this was the prime ministerโs fault. No ex-prime ministers outraged at the rise of hate directed at Aboriginal peoples. There was just mute indifference โ the kind of silence that tells us
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