Not Quite On Target

Nothing like a good quality shampoo, to bring out the natural highlights in your hair.
Your luscious locks shine in the sun, they bounce when you walk, they're admired by passersby, you're proud of your hair and want to show it off...hmmm...so I'm pickin' THIS ad in the Middle East kinda missed the point, huh?

Was It THAT Difficult, Bro?

Dateline: last Wednesday.
In the NZ Parliament, the Labour Party tried to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks. A majority vote would have got its bill a second

reading.
All it needed was the allied Maori Party MPs to fill out proxy voting forms in the affirmative. Was this too difficult?
Evidently - YES!!!
I could be charitable and say that an administrative error caused the "native representatives" to vote the wrong way.

Or I could simply ponder how hard it must have been to put a tick in the 'yes' box.
The error meant the bill was shot down unexpectedly, after National cast the Maori Party's three votes along with its own and that of ACT, which meant the bill was voted down 63-58.
The Maori Party now has permission of Parliament to have its three votes recounted in favour.
But the fact remains: tick 'yes' if in favour, tick 'no' if not in favour. How hard can it be?
Perhaps - and I muse aloud in a 'devil's advocate' manner - instead of spending $220million each year on promoting the maori language, we send those Maori Party MPs to a NZ kindergarten for a quick refresher in what 'yes' and 'no' mean in english...
It ain't hard!

What's In A Name?

What's in a name?
Plenty...when the translation of your town's name means "Camp Kill Jews"!!!
Voters in the tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios (about 260km N of Madrid) have overwhelmingly decided it's well past time to change the name their town's had for nearly four centuries.

Thank you, Google Earth!

The vote was 29-19 in heavy turnout for the village, which has only 56 registered voters.
The town's original name was Castrillo Motajudios, meaning "Jews' Hill Camp". The "Kill Jews" part of the name dates from 1627, more than a century after a 1492 Spanish royal edict ordering Jews to become Catholics or flee the country. Those who remained faced the Spanish Inquisition, with many burned at the stake.
Although Jews were killed in the area, researchers believe the town got its current name from Jewish residents, who converted to Catholicism and wanted to to convince Spanish authorities of their loyalty. Others suspect the change may have come from a simple slip of the pen. Either way, it's definitely time for a change.
No Jews live there today, but many residents have ancient Jewish roots and the town's official shield includes the Star of David.
The final decision on a new name will be at a town hall meeting in June.