Japan sees record drop in population

https://www.dw.com/en/japan-sees-record-...a-72239612

It would be good if they just released him, but that doesn't seem likely.

Senator Chris Van Hollen will travel to El Salvador to check on wrongly deported man if he's not rerturned by mid week. He's already writen to the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele & says if he isn't returned by mid week, he will go to El Salvador to check on his condition & discuss his release.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...orted-man/

https://edconway.substack.com/p/the-stra...f-british/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/558057/...-t-or-else

It looks very much as if this delightful govt may intend to privatise health. Questions are met with poli-waffle & avoidance.

At its heart, privatising health would effectively mean that poor people would be unable to afford medical care, & therefore will be left to suffer & die - as quietly as possible of course, so as not to disturb wealthy people.
That sound callous, & similar to the dire American system which has caused people to become bankrupt in order to afford treatment -  and of course, die once they can no longer afford it.
But it does appear to be their goal, & you have to wonder how many charity hospitals we'll have before the cruelty of Neo Liberal,ism is finally removed from this country.



Three so far.


https://www.odt.co.nz/the-star/opinion-g...bTh-XRsnLw

https://i.redd.it/z01fp2u9pfue1.jpeg

One of my favorite artists & children's book authors has died - I just bought two of her books for the great grandkids the other day, they're really good & beautifully illustrated, so she's a massive loss to her field.




https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/04/12/re...s-aged-87/

For Afghans & Cameroonians.
The man's a monster; those people for whom it was unsafe to return to their country will now have an uncertain future. For Afghans it could mean  persecution if they return to Afghanistan.

The sooner they remove Trump from power,ther better.


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/12...Kk4TWM4uqQ

American judge says it's 'extremely troubling' that the Trump admin cannot tell her the location of a deported man, despite a court order. The supreme court also said the Trump admin also needed to take steps to facilitate Abrego  Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador, saying that the govt continues to deny, obfuscate & flout court orders while a man's life & safety is at risk.



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/557947/...ported-man

I Dont normally post anything about advertisements, but one from Firetrust ( Mailwasher) is quite good. (All about Scams)

Originally designed by a Christchurch Guy Nick Bolton, around 2000. Been using it myself since then, its brilliant for catching spam and god knows what else.

 In most Spam emails, you get to see the actual address it comes from. Eg: if it says its from the IRD -- You then see the real address -- Yeah not IRD  

Firetrust Advert

Edited: For people who don't know what it is or how it works, heres a video on YouTube: How MW Works

I use it slightly differently, same result -- when open, tick the check box "Select All" Then scroll through and untick the ones I want to allow.