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COLLABORATION between Coffs Harbour’s SGL Charitable Organisation Australia and the Coffs Harbour Netball Association (CHNA) brought an impactful cancer awareness and blood donation drive event to the Vost Park netball courts in Coffs Harbour on Saturday 25 November. Support by Red Cross Australia and the Cancer Institution of NSW underscored the community’s commitment to fighting...

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FAMILIAR and fresh, the 104th Sawtell Super Fun Day on New Year’s Day 2024 is set to feature beloved activities from previous years and a range of new names on the music stage. The day kicks off around 8am with a Fun Run through Sawtell, organised by Little Athletics. Advertise with News of The Area...

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ONCE a year, Santa makes a special appearance to the Sawtell Nippers. He was first spotted at the south end of the beach, riding a wild rubber duckie, clutching a huge bag of lollies which were gone in minutes once he hit shore in front of the Sawtell Surf Life Saving Club. Advertise with News...

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ALMOST $5,000 was raised for Pete’s Place in Coffs Harbour by Coastal Claymakers at their annual Empty Bowls event. With members of the Coastal Claymakers group working hard to create numerous bowls in myriad designs, there was something to appeal to everyone. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....

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In the days Biden spent blocking a U.N. resolution on Gaza, Israel killed scores of Palestinians.

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Episode 8 in our new Manga series – The Smith Family and their Adventures with Money – is now available. Have a bit of fun with it and circulate it to those who you think will benefit … The Smith Family are a middle-class family living in a city somewhere in the world. The second-generation…

Anti-abortion zealots aren’t going to adopt them, that’s for sure We know they don’t care about babies once they’re out of the womb. Why would they want to adopt them? Reminder: Sixty percent of kids who have lost Medicaid coverage this year came from just nine states, all of which are Republican-led, according to new data from the Biden administration. And the 10 states refusing the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults have disenrolled more kids than all of the expansion states combined, the administration also reported… Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas Some of those states (I’m looking at you Texas and Florida) among those states with the most draconian abortion bans in the nation. This should be embarrassingly hypocritical to these people but they are shameless. After all, these are the same clinic harassers who whine that the man “harassing” them about adoption is being rude. I highly recommend reading this piece in In These Times about what happens to people who are forced to have more children than they can afford.

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Trump showed the GOP they can be as racist as they want to be They don’t care about no woke criticism. They’re just going for it: Donald Trump is getting headlines for saying immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.” But for months the GOP race for president has been shadowed by xenophobia, as some candidates or those backing them have embraced racist and white nationalist themes. It’s partly a reflection of how Trump has moved Republican politics toward the harder-edged, “us vs. them” view that now dominates the GOP’s base and is reshaping its membership in Congress. This is from Axios. It’s nice that they’ve noticed it’s not just Trump. It’s very important to report this because there may be a handful of people who have always voted Republican who are not exactly on board with the crudeness of this.

What’s this I hear about Trump running away with the general election? Nobody on your TV is going to tell you this, so I will: Polls mean nothing right now, as you know. But these are no more meaningless than any of the others. The sad reality is that this race is inexplicably close and Democrats are going to have to work their asses off. Too many people have forgotten what a nightmare Trump was and unfortunately tens of millions of people loved him then and love him now. (That’s what should keep us up at night…) Still, considering the relentless doom and gloom about Biden over the past few months, I think we should take heart in the fact that despite the sour mood in the country at least half the people haven’t lost their minds. Happy Hollandaise!

Recreating the past requires as much art and craft as science.

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In 2023, the landscape of conspiracy theories witnessed a significant evolution, with some older conspiratorial...

Wondering why Disney+ listed the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special as "Special 4"? It's actually for a simple reason that makes sense.

Mary, sorry we’re late. Traffic was completely donkey-to-donkey. I told your father not to follow the same damn star everyone else was, but who listens to me?

Oh wow, there are lots of animals here. That doesn’t seem very sanitary. My rule was no pets in the house, and you and your siblings were no Messiahs, believe me.

What do you mean, “no room at the inn”? Did you even try the Bethlehem Marriott? Very nice place. I guess my genius son-in-law didn’t think to write ahead. I told you to marry that scribe. Oh—hello, Joseph. I didn’t see you there behind the ox. Wait, Joe, don’t go anywhere. Find a place for my Dolce and Galilee bags.

Now let me see my only Begotten Bubelah! Aw, my grandson is gorgeous. But he doesn’t look like the Son of God. Don’t get me wrong; he’s perfect. I guess I expected something else.

And what’s our Redeemer’s name? “Jesus”? Sounds like an exclamation. I guess “honor thy father and mother” means nothing to this generation. But I suppose an entirely new, odd name is also an interesting choice.

It couldn’t happen to a nice bunch of zealots I’m sure you’ll recall that the NRA recently had a little “controversy” when it turned out that their revered leader Wayne LaPierre was livin’ the life of a Clarence Thomas on the members’ dues. Well, things have gotten even worse: While the events contributing to the NRA’s freefall have been well-documented, a review of the gun rights group’s tax filings and political spending over the last 15 years provides some of the clearest evidence of its downfall—showing just how badly the legal setbacks and mismanagement have ravaged the once-formidable gun lobbying giant. The NRA’s most recent tax return, filed in November of this year for 2022, reveals dramatic declines along almost every conceivable metric: revenue, assets, member dues, lobbying, and political spending—with conversely sharp increases in legal costs and deficits. And as the NRA’s power and influence has waned, gun violence has perversely soared, particularly suicides, especially in the wake of the pandemic.