"In this case he bears some of the blame by yelling obvious lies in the first place. Maybe this will teach him to stick to yelling the truth." A less kind person would mention victim blaming, I will leave it at the Heke defence. "In an obvious, coordinated...
The greens are my former favorite party. The behaviour of MPs is worrying. If you extend your timeline a little further back it would include Elizabeth Kerekere and her bullying that forced her to resign. Here is an article that says it better than me. For...
So no points made, nothing to add to the discussion, just abuse. I'd hate to see what yr two ugly step-sisters are like.
I would suggest Te Pati Maori as a non aligned alternative. Largely free from the culture wars that the Labour and Green party's are entangled in, their attitude seems local and have people front and centre as opposed to the rest of the mob who worship the...
Great link. Thank you Stephen. It is a reminder that we have the power, we have simply forgotten. While joining a union is a simple, straight forward gesture, to get real gains we need to experience the uplift gained by direct, organised, community action....
"The question to Hipkins changed not a single vote" Well it was another reason for me not to give Labour either tick and confirmed a party vote tick for the Maori Party.
The prisons have been on my mind lately. After hearing the chief wallah from the prison inspectorate give a very grim view of the state of the prisons. Too many inmates kept in solitary (more than 22 hours a day) with the main reason being short staffed. ...
Strange you should have that view- media outlets wary of a hand that feeds them. Critics of the lolly scramble Public Interest Journalism Fund said that when it was introduced. Such a shame, either through incompetence, arrogance or inertia the merger of ...
I'm sure you would agree with me, before any (more) reforms occur in the Health sector, or indeed pollies get pay rises, Te Whatu Ora needs to get the Holiday pay sorted. $1.9B owed since up to 2010 is a disgrace. They (TWO) have stalled and failed to meet...
Precisely my response Anne, ideological.
This could be the appropriate post to ask: "How much is enough?" Or at what point does greed begin?
Thanks heaps AB for articulating that so well. Way more digestible than I would have been. I, too, have close friends who landlord and are decent people. . I have plenty of scorn for the pollies, too gutless or self interested to change the only game in ...
Their arguments are so weak and irrelevant that the inevitable Nazi slur gets bandied about. A sure sign that there isn't a leg to stand on.
I have had the predisposition to not pay for media via the internet. In the early days it was napster, peer to peer file sharing akin to sharing a cd, a taped version of a LP etc. Fast forward to Pirate Bay and the torrent revolution- games, movies, music....
Thanks for yr insights, Robert. I realise I sometimes can become a bit excitable by the potential in something and not heed the barriers/resistance/other's value systems. I agree with you about the 'planting of seeds in the young' and that manifesting ...
I forget where I heard it/who said it but something along the lines of 'The world war after the next will be fought with sticks and stones'. Once again I give thanks for being born in this country.
You outline some great pointers and direction of travel. I am left with the feeling that no political party is going to be the leader on this. So many of our primary producers are locked into a system that has banks and Big Ag calling the tune. The change,...
The biggest concern ain't the cancelling, it's the societal zeitgiest that give the cancelling some mana. Followers and such. Ironically I be came aware of some of the concept of the few who are beyond being cancelled. Taylor Swift and Joe Rogan are two ...
Thanks for the overview. There are parallels described in the Believe the Children episode of the Things Fell Apart podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-ep-4-believe-the-children/id1592984136?i=1000540368101 That phenomena of strange ...
I am far from a scholar of queer theory. From what DJ is quoting elements of it sure sounds a tad fringe. I trust there isn't a lack of context.
I just found this link to an interview with Derrick Jensen. Environmentalist, "old growth leftie", who is surprised as to what got him cancelled. Writing about blowing up dams, no-one cared but question modern queer theory you get cancelled. HT Dark Waters...
To answer Frank's question about journos I suspect most of them have drink the Koo Aid too and don't see anything to question.
Thanks (I think), weka. That is some grim reading. These are the real casualties in this culture war. Like others, I trust the PTB wake up to the harmful ideological mindsets at play here.
Hush Robert, the adults are talking
I heard on RNZ a recommendation for a podcast. Things Fell Apart. Jon Ronson, a BBC 4 journalist looking at the culture wars. For a controversial subject I find him reasonably even handed. His voice is reminiscent of Julian Clary which I find helps. The ...
There's no truth to the rumour that a lot of Woodvillians live there either.
Perhaps Virtue Signal Resistant. Or just stick with Omnivore.
Oops, sorry about that.
We are in the middle of the process of renewing our water and power systems. Very excite! All advice has been to keep away from hydronic solar and go with photovoltaic solar and heat an element in the water cylinder. 48volt system, 8kw solar panels ( ...
I heard a reasonably long (3-4minutes) snippet on RNZ this morning. From both 'sides' if th issue, sorry don't recall either woman's name, also from a transitioning person.
We had cause to engage with both local council and Waka Kotahi (am I allowed to still use that term?) advocating for a speed reduction on Railway Road as if enters Palmy from Bunnythump. We were told by council that because it is an open road (100 kmh) it ...
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