On this day in 1845, unhappy with the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, Hone Heke and other Maori chiefs and warriors cut down the flagpole at Kororakera (then capital of New Zealand) precipitating the Flagstaff War.
The Treaty, the foundational document of New Zealand, had several notable differences between the Maori version and the English version. A bill this year to reinterpret the treaty has generated substantial opposition and would amount, in the view of many, to represent a breach of the treaty. In parliament, one of the youngest members, 22-year old Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led a haka to protest the bill.
Bada Bing!!
Why do underwear and socks come in resealable bags but potato chips don’t?
Porn gives young people an unrealistic and unhealthy idea of how quickly a plumber will come to your house.
I’m still waiting for someone to explain how a 78-year-old can grow a brand-new ear but somehow couldn’t recover from bone spurs in his youth.
My son is taking part in a social experiment. He has to wear a “GO Vegan” t-shirt for 2 weeks and see how people react. So far, he’s been spit on, punched, and had a bottle thrown at him. I’m curious to see what happens when he goes outside.
Why are people allowed to be stupid but I’m not allowed to point it out?
Der Furor’s doing quite a job – the stock market is falling faster than a Russian from a tenth-floor window.
I’ve walked the walk and talked the talk. At my age I’m just gonna sit the sit.
For the first time in history you can simply post, “He’s an idiot”, and 90% of the world will know who you’re talking about.
I still can’t believe over 70-million people booked a second trip on the Titanic.
As the saying goes, we want to be open-minded, but not so open that our brains fall out.
“Hooray! English is the official language of the USA!” 54 percent of you read at or below a 6th grade level. 21 percent of you are functionally illiterate. No it isn’t.
You’re not a parent until you’ve secretly wished your child’s sports team does bad in a tournament so you can go home early.
I’m trying to stop being mean but it’s like y’all have to stop being stupid first.
Way to go, MAGA voters. Now you actually have the horrible economy that you pretended to have under Biden and Obama.
There is zero history of hurricanes in the Gulf of America. When are the insurance premiums going to drop? (Spell checker tried to correct the Gulf of America)
One time a guy showed me a picture and said, “Here’s a picture of me when I was younger”. I told him, “Every picture of you is a picture of you when you were younger”.
Fun Fact: a blue whale’s anus can stretch to approximately 3.5 feet in diameter. That makes it the second biggest asshole in the world.
On this day in 2008, Madonna was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded ceremony in New York City, she received her honor at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel from singer Justin Timberlake. The 49-year-old thanked her detractors in an acceptance speech, including those who ‘said I couldn’t sing, that I was a One Hit Wonder’. Rock star John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Ventures and The Dave Clark Five were also among the inductees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpzdgmqIHOQ
