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Mind-blowing information about sex from Dr Miriam Grossman

Dr Miriam Grossman, who thinks all comprehensive sex ed should strongly emphasise that performing fellatio even once gives you a 120% chance of dying of throat cancer, has made a shocking discovery which will rock the foundations of the evil, … Continue reading

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No surprise on Novopay

Via No Right Turn: Talent2 has found it more difficult and more expensive to deliver on its contract commitments than it originally estimated, but this does not mean the ministry must accept a higher price or a reduced scope. Gosh, … Continue reading

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John Hartevelet, hero of the people #nationalstandards

So, after Anne Tolley in 2009 saying the government would make it really hard for schools’ National Standards data to be published in the form of league tables, today Stuff launched an entire new section of their site to … basically … Continue reading

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Oh Shearer, so close!

David Shearer gave a speech today about education.  He announced some really good actually-talking-about-concrete-stuff-not-Excalibur policies! Labour will put food in schools.  Labour will extend Reading Recovery to all schools.  Labour will (and this is the one I’m a little stuck … Continue reading

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Family First and Miriam Grossman lying to our schools

Leading today’s “most full-of-shit” headlines: Schools informed of agenda of sex ed groups but I’m sure I can’t blame Voxy for that.  The opening: Family First NZ has sent a DVD presentation entitled “You’re Teaching My Child What? Sex Education: … Continue reading

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Sexuality education: the inevitable reveal of the real goal, and did someone say CLITORIS?

On the back of Dr Miriam Grossman‘s appearance at their little conference, Family Fist are – of course – now calling for total defunding of sexuality education courses run by Family Planning and Rainbow Youth, those known sowers of smut and … Continue reading

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Dr Miriam Grossman: when you want some fear-mongering in your sex ed

So, as previously posted, Dr Miriam Grossman visited our shores, at the invitation of Family Fist.  If you missed her on Close Up, the video is now up on their site, and it’s totally worth it just for Mark Sainsbury’s … Continue reading

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Dr Miriam Grossman … the headline almost writes itself

Dr Miriam Grossman was on our televisions tonight.  She’s been brought to New Zealand by Family Fist, who just love her anti-sexuality-education ways. This is a topic I feel particularly strongly about, so I’m going to go away and work … Continue reading

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If we tell them about it it’ll just encourage them

After all, it’s not like incubators people women should possibly be aware of all their options.  Not if a qualified professional licensed practitioner person with personal religious beliefs disagrees with one of those options, anyway. That seems to be the … Continue reading

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No no no no no, Minister

Ministers reading picture books to schoolteachers. Ministers blaming horrific youth unemployment on ‘some of them are only looking for paper runs‘. Ministers deciding that league tables may be useless for schools but are perfect for hospitals. And Ministers declaring that … Continue reading

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