Archive for June, 2024

Make Injustice Visible

03/06/2024

“Make injustice visible”. Mahatma Gandhi

The article below by Mary Hobbs of the Daily Telegraph, is about my friend Liz Gunn, who was assaulted, (along with her camerman) by NZ Police at a public airport.  Whether you’re reading this in New Zealand or elsewhere, and you care about your freedoms, I urge you to read the whole article and see the brief video clip of the assault, (also linked in article.) I finally saw the footage just now, and was nauseated to see a peaceful friend being thrown to the floor and injured in what may well have been a pre-planned assault.

Liz Gunn and cameraman assaulted by NZ Police

If it can happen to her, it can happen to one of you.  Just stay in line, and you’ll be fine, but for how long.

Kudos to Mary Hobb for writing this article.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. — President John F. Kennedy

IS NEW ZEALAND HOVERING ON THE BRINK OF A POLICE STATE?

By Mary Hobbs

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. — President John F. Kennedy

Imagine arriving at Auckland International airport on a Saturday afternoon to meet friends flying in from overseas. You gather other Kiwis there for the same purpose, in a festive sense of anticipation. While chatting with your friend, who arrived with his best camera to record the happy occasion, you are singled out by a security worker who mistakenly considers you’re there to commercially film. With a sense of disquiet at being singled out, you explain that you are not there in a commercial capacity, but the airport employee says — regardless of your explanation — that you are going to be trespassed and the police will be called. Read the rest of the story here.

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Here’s Hanoi Optimism

03/06/2024
“One day I will change the world”

Seen recently in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Bourdain’s Last Supper?

02/06/2024

By Randall Richards

I started this blog some 18 years ago with the broad stroke of travel advice, mountain guiding and expedition experiences and learnings from other cultures. Now, as I travel in Vietnam, I’m more interested in the people, plus the interesting discussions or tidbits I’m learning in light of the current state of global affairs. What seemed normal is no longer. What was once 2+2=4 is now an upside-down world in our national and local governments, schools and communities. I heard a saying the other day, “The difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth is six months”, except the time has shortened to 6 days”. that person further explained that those in power no longer need to stand behind their lies for very long. They get what they want out of the situation, then fess up and tell the truth later, (buried on page 12) then move on to the next deception, leaving the public bewildered.

My family and I happened to go to a well-known “Bun Cha” street food restaurant in Hanoi recently, and found a poster of Obama and Anthony Bourdain sitting at one of the tables.

My guess is Bourdain was showing Obama around some of the sweetspots in Vietnam’s capital.

“Don’t step ouf of line, mate”,The caption, “Suat an Obama” reads, “Obama dines”

But allow me some conjecture: I remember hearing rumours that Bourdain was “suicided” and had told close friends he wasn’t suicidal, and that “if anything happens to me, I didn’t take my own life”. I’d have to do some digging to dredge up what I had seen. Of course a quick look on search engines only** brought up “OFM” (Old Fashioned Media) headlines the likes of “The Dark Final Texts”, and “Tragic Final Moments”, by the likes of the Huff Post and NYT. Do I trust those sources? Not anymore. In fact, I’ve got my BS meter tuned to “high” lately.

While eating at the restaurant, and contemplating the large poster of the the two sitting facing each other, I couldn’t help  but wonder if Obama was telling Bourdain to “Stay in line, or else”. I had read that Bourdain was questioning “the official narrative” of the globalist agenda and was planning on going public with his opinion.

But then again, maybe it was just a quiet dinner in Vietnam’s capital.

Bun Cha Huong Liên, Hanoi

** I did happen to see this post on Rumble though, with the headline:

Anthony Bourdain Calls Out Clintons & Weinstein in Posthumously Published Interview

Stay tuned for a few more entries from Vietnam, but not tourist pics.

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