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A lot of lefties blasting RayGun for taking a spot at the Olympics instead of someone who could actually breakdance didn't say shit when this guy took the spot instead of a WOC and then made cutesy hand signals after bombing out.

Laurel Hubbard has made history by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an individual event at the Summer Olympics. The New Zealand weightlifter did not make the podium, after failing to advance to the final.

Competing in the 87+kg class on Monday, Hubbard struggled to lift 125 kg (275 pounds), putting her out of the running. Her official result is "did not finish," as she bowed out after failing to record a clean lift in the snatch section of the two-part competition.

Hubbard had seemed to successfully lift the weight in her second of three attempts, but in a split decision, the judges ruled she had not held the bar steady above her head.

Despite not reaching the final round, Hubbard smiled and cupped her hands together in a heart gesture before walking off the stage at the Tokyo International Forum.

"My performance wasn't what I had hoped, but I'm humbled by the support I've received from so many people around New Zealand," she said, adding, "I am aware that my participation has been controversial."

"Thank you to the IOC for living up to the Olympic values and showing that sport is for all and that weightlifting can be done by all types of people," Hubbard said.

In her emotional farewell, Hubbard also thanked Japan for hosting the Games, according to her country's Olympic committee.

Trans athletes have reached new heights in Tokyo

Hubbard joins Canada's Quinn, a midfielder on the country's national soccer team who is transgender and nonbinary, in reaching new heights for trans athletes at the Tokyo Games. Quinn, a veteran of the women's team who came out last year and uses one name, recently became the first openly trans person to compete in an Olympics.

Hubbard made headlines when the International Olympic Committee cleared her to compete — a decision that has sparked both support and criticism. For her part, Hubbard has welcomed the chance to compete on the world stage while also showing her true self.

"I commend the IOC for its commitment to making sport inclusive and accessible," she said on Friday. After Monday's loss, Hubbard also thanked the International Weightlifting Federation.

"They have been extraordinarily supportive," she said. "I think that they, too, have shown that weightlifting is an activity that's open to all the people of the world."

She took 15 years off from lifting

When she was in her 20s, Hubbard was a rising star in men's weightlifting, but she quit the sport, she recently said, after struggling with "the pressure of trying to fit into a world that perhaps wasn't really set up for people like myself."

She began transitioning in 2012 — and after a hiatus of more than 15 years, she started working toward a return to competitive weightlifting.

Hubbard, 43, is 10 years older than any other athlete who was in her Group A heat at Monday's competition.

The gold was won by China's Li Wenwen, the world-record holder in the event. Team USA's Sarah Robles won bronze. It's the second bronze for Robles, who in 2016 broke a long Olympic drought for U.S. weightlifting.

"Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele's anger was palpable after Hubbard claimed gold at the Pacific Games over Samoa's Feagaiga Stowers, who took home silver.

"This fa'afafine [a Samoan third gender] or man should have never been allowed by the Pacific Games Council president to lift with the women," Mr Tuilaepa told the Samoa Observer."

In case anyone whinesxabout TIMs bring oppressed this Hubbards father, a successful businessman and politian

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RNZ Pacific 1309 1 Feb 2023

7390Khz 1259 1 FEB 2023 - RNZ PACIFIC (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 55333. English, s/on w/bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by Koroi Hawkins. The Cook Islands is seeing if it can import medicinal cannabis without changing any of its laws.The country voted in favour of cannabis being allowed for medicinal use, in a referendum during the 2022 general election. Fiji will have municipal council elections again, for the first time since 2014. Prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka said the working group will make recommendations including municipal boundaries, demarcation of wards for each municipality, number of councillors, and necessary amendments to existing legislation. An active underwater volcano has erupted in Vanuatu, shooting plumes of ash into the sky. Submarine senior volcano officer Ricardo William said it was 6km east of Epi island, which was north of the main island in Vanuatu, Efate. Samoa's two suspended MPs have been back in court challenging their two year suspension.The Human Rights Protection Party leader, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, and Party Secretary Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi, were back in court on Monday. New Zealand’s prime minister, Chris Hipkins, has welcomed Australia’s announcement it will overhaul its approach to deporting NZ citizens who have spent more than one year in an Australian prison. Pope Francis has celebrated one of his biggest Masses, with around a million attendees in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, estimates say. Sports. @1309z "Pacific Waves" anchored by Koroi Hawkins. Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, bearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0659.

[urbannesian]

I've had a few folks inquire about creating a Family Tree especially for upcoming reunions feel free to email me at Urban.Nesian@gmail.com. Just a quick break down of my own Family Tree First row of names (great grandfather) Talauega, Tigiapa, Fanau, Lala'ai Second Row of names: (grandfather's siblings) Taemo'o, Tuiloa, Pula'au, Maina, Violeta, Letofia, Seuila Third Row & Photos: (my grandparents) High Chief Maluelue Tigiapa Fāgāfa and Fa'asavali Kilino Pule Fāgāfa Fourth Row & Photos: (my dad and his siblings) Tofu, Tufanua, Poia, Fa'alavelave, Saumativa, Saumamao, Lusemata, Alapati, Ioka, Junior, Nimala, Fuli Fifth Row: My generation and first cousins #UrbanNesian #familytree #roots #sailele #alofau #pagai #tutuila #americansamoa

[rjzimmerman]

The comments from the Prime Minister of Samoa are much more fun than the simple comment from Al Gore that trump should resign. Here, read (and I added the highlighting):

Excerpt:

Government inaction on climate change and climate deniers were called out by former vice president Al Gore and Samoan prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele separately this week.

Gore voiced his sentiment during an interview released Wednesday with Fox 11's Good Day L.A. co-host Elex Michaelson. Sailele made the remarks at his speech Thursday in Australia. They each spoke about the harmful effects of global warming and called for immediate action.

While Gore's words were for President Trump and his administration, Sailele took aim at the leaders of Australia, India, China and the U.S. as the "countries that are responsible for all this disaster," as quoted by The Guardian.

"Any leader of those countries who believes that there is no climate change I think he ought to be taken to mental confinement, he is utter[ly] stupid and I say the same thing for any leader here who says there is no climate change," he continued.

In his interview, Gore dismissed those who are skeptical about the dangerous effects of a changing climate. Asked what he'd say to such people, the former VP responded to Michaelson, "Take it from mother nature. Every night on the TV news it's like a nature hike through the book of Revelations."

The founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project also had one simple word for Trump. "Oh, my only message would be: Resign," Gore said.

[merelygifted]

Samoa’s political crisis ends and first female prime minister installed after court ruling | Samoa | The Guardian

Samoa’s months-long political crisis has been brought to a close and the Pacific nation has its first female prime minister after a ruling of the country’s court of appeal this afternoon.

The Samoan court of appeal ruled that the Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party was the official winner of the national election in April and the ad hoc swearing-in ceremony held by the party out the front of parliament, when FAST MPs were denied entry to the building, was legitimate.

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, the leader of FAST, was confirmed by the court to be the country’s first female prime minister. She was previously the country’s deputy prime minister and last year defected from the Human Rights Protection party (HRPP), which had ruled Samoa for 39 years, to join the FAST party, which was founded in June 2020.

The court’s decision sees the official end of the reign of Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, who served as the country’s prime minister for more than 22 years and at the time of the election was the world’s second-longest serving prime minister.

In its ruling, the court said that the FAST party was “entitled to take power on the 24th May”, when the party held their ad-hoc swearing-in ceremony and said that “from this point, the court does not recognise [Tuilaepa’s caretaker government] as the government of the Independent State of Samoa, because of the fact that there is a new government”. ...

[medica-pseudoacademica]

Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid an outbreak that has killed at least 64 people, most of them children.

Edwin Tamasese has been charged with “incitement against a government order,” according to the BBC [link].

Government officials say anti-vaccination advocates such as Tamasese have complicated their sweeping efforts to turn the tide on the highly contagious disease that has sickened more than 4,300 people [link] on the independent Pacific islands.

The government has declared a state of emergency and ordered mandatory vaccinations. It shut schools indefinitely. This week, it launched a door-to-door mass vaccination campaign, asking families to pin a piece of red cloth on their homes if they haven’t been vaccinated. [...]

“Let us work together to ... convince those that do not believe that vaccinations are the only answer to the epidemic. Let us not be distracted by the promise of alternative cures,” Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said earlier this week [link].

- Merrit Kennedy, “Samoa Arrests Anti-Vaccination Activist As Measles Death Toll Rises” on NPR (December 6, 2019) (link)

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Former Samoa PM concedes election defeat, ends political instability

Former Samoa PM concedes election defeat, ends political instability

Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi of Samoa arrives to address the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Reporting by Colin Packham; editing by Richard Pullin CANBERRA, July 26 (Reuters) – The former prime minister of Samoa on Monday ended months of political instability by conceding defeat in…

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Radio New Zealand Int. 1308 9 Feb 2022

7390Khz 1259 9 FEB 2022 - RNZ PACIFIC (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 45333. English, s/on w/bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by Koroi Hawkins. The bad weather that has been affecting Vanuatu and New Caledonia has developed into a tropical cyclone. Tropical low TD08F, between New Caledonia and Vanuatu, is now a Category one Tropical Cyclone. The Fiji Metrological Service has named the system, Dovi. It said the cyclone is moving East Northeast at over 9km/ph and intesifying. For Vanuatu, the system will bring heavy rainfalls with flash flooding expected over low lying areas, and areas close to river banks, including coastal flooding over the Vanuatu group tonight and continuing tomorrow. Very rough seas with heavy to phenomenal swells are expected over all Vanuatu waters. The cable repair ship Reliance has located the break in the Southern Cross Cable that has severely disrupted communications into and out of Tonga since it was cut during last month's eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Haapai and the resulting tsunami. The cable has been lifted out of the water and repairs are happening onboard the ship. Lack of forklifts in Tonga slowing down aid delivery. Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee Secretary Pakilau Manase Lua said His Majesty's Armed Forces are offloading the 51 shipping containers which have already arrived in Tonga from New Zealand by hand. He said at this rate they can only unpack two a day. There are now 34 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Tonga. Kiribati has announced its first Covid-19 death and 207 new cases in the community. There are now almost 2000 positive infections, with more than 50 percent of those recorded in the last five days. The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in the region this week for a high-level engagement with Pacific leaders. According to the U.S State Department, Mr Blinken will be in Fiji on Friday to discuss a range of issues, including "the climate crisis, ending the Covid-19 pandemic, [and] disaster assistance". The State Department said the visit to Fiji, Australia and Hawaii is part of the U.S's efforts "to engage with Indo-Pacific allies and partners to advance peace, resilience, and prosperity across the region." Police have charged three people with obstruction after a group of anti-vaccine mandate protesters tried to push through a fence on Parliament grounds. More than 1.6 million New Zealanders have now had their booster shots, which means that 53 percent of those eligible have taken up the option. All DHBs have now fully vaccinated 90 percent of their Pacific communities, with Whanganui reaching the milestone yesterday. There are 204 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been readmitted to the Tupua Tamasese Meaole hospital. He had been up and about and attended church on Sunday and later hosted his regular Sunday programme on TV1 . Tuilaepa was admitted a month ago with what he later said was a "rogue germ" that made him feverish and tired. The government has been preparing to send the 76 year-old to New Zealand for a full medical check up and its reported he is due to fly out this weekend. Sports. @1308z "Tropical Cyclone Warning" read by female announcer, giving coordinates and windspeeds. Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, hearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0659.

[urbannesian]

Village of ________________. What village are you and your aiga from (doesn't have to be from Samoa)? My aiga hails from Pagai/Alofau/Sailele of Tutuila. I've always loved the Village signs in Tutuila. I put a little spin of my own on the traditional sign. #UrbanNesian #tatau #siapo #tapa #pasifika #polynesian #samoan #samoa #samoanprint #samoanart #samoandesign #art #artwork #malu #sogaimiti #polydesign #polyart #apia #tuiga #taupou #manaia #samoanmalu #samoantattoo #pagopago #alofau #pagai #sailele #village https://www.instagram.com/p/BxJt8mqDzqC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4oiv3u3ognq9

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Australia urges Samoa’s parties to work on forming government

Australia urges Samoa’s parties to work on forming government

June 27, 2021 MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia urged Samoa’s political parties on Saturday to work together to form a government after a top court in the Pacific nation dealt a blow to a prime minister who has refused to accept an election defeat by saying there was no legal reason to delay convening parliament. The islands’ politics descended into chaos after Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoa’s…

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Mundo: La primera mandataria de Samoa forzada a jurar su cargo fuera del Parlamento

Mundo: La primera mandataria de Samoa forzada a jurar su cargo fuera del Parlamento

La primera ministra electa de Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, tuvo que jurar este lunes su cargo en un acto simbólico en las afueras del Parlamento nacional después de que la Policía bloqueara las puertas del edificio en plena disputa por el poder en la pequeña nación de la Polinesia. El primer ministro interino, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, quien ocupa el cargo desde 1998, se niega a…