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Lie ================================================== Israel’s 2009 invasion of Gaza was not “proportional”. ================================================== Truth ================================================== Over 7 000 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza. The proper response to attacks... Sign in to see full entry.

LIES ================================== Palestinians have a legitimate claim to Jerusalem as their Capital. TRUTH ================================== Jerusalem was the capital of a Jewish State for 1000 years, and has been the focus of Jewish tradition and prayer ever since. It has never been the... Sign in to see full entry.

LIE =============================== Israel’s claim to land is not legitimate. ============================== TRUTH ============================== The land of Israel has been occupied continuously by Jews for over 3 000 years. Israel is the only country with UN authorisation for its existence.... Sign in to see full entry.

Over the last 6 months or so an advertisement has been placed in the “New Zealand Herald” every week by a group called “Kiwis for Balanced Reporting on the Middle East, who want you to know the whole truth” (okay, I included the last half of that to embarrass them!). I usually ignored the ad on the... Sign in to see full entry.

I never thought I’d begin this year in the same way as I began the last - with my computer crashing. But… there you are. History does repeat Sign in to see full entry.

As Xmas is the time for children let's start with 2 tales about children. Last month a 9 year old girl was found hiding in a cupboard. She was starving, dehydrated, anaemic from internal bleeding, had a broken bone in her foot, was covered in bruises (literally), had a toe nail ripped out and... Sign in to see full entry.

I have a good excuse for not posting last week - I lost my glasses (the new, $900 ones). This did make me step up my plans for contacts. The good news is - I found my glasses. They were in a place where I needed my glasses to see them (took me 5 secs when I could see). Anyway - contact lenses and a... Sign in to see full entry.

There have been many examples this week but the one that got me was a headline:- " Recession Blamed For Increase Of Corruption In New Zealand ". The body of the article spoke about a study of the perception of corruption in this country. This doesn't change an international study's conclusion this... Sign in to see full entry.

Last week - no entries. Reason - the only big news was the service for the missing Pike River miners and the Wikileaks saga. neither required a comment (although Wikileajs did come close to being a "Bad Reporting" entry). This week: - New Zealand parliament has passed a law that says persons serving... Sign in to see full entry.

A common complain (from armchair critics) during the course of the Pike River tragedy is - why wasn’t the window of opportunity used to effect a rescue? The window of opportunity is the 2-4 hours it might take for volatile gases to accumulate after a mine explosion. So, let’s assume the 4 hour... Sign in to see full entry.