Or, in the words of quite a few commenters here, cut the bullshit, and ‘just tell the fucking truth‘. Inclined to agree with you - but with the right completely owning the message for over a generation - exactly where to get to tell that truth? In a place ...
The situation in the USA is dire - a large portion of the people are well to the left of any political party that might represent them. But money system completely excludes them.
Yes it would nice too if the left owned some big media. Note that this article appears in the Guardian - one of the few places which are not owned by a big corporate or extremist right-winger. But otherwise you are correct this time BM - big money owning ...
What I've been trying to get at (albeit clumsily I admit) is that this guy was on day release because I presume - despite the clear reservations of the parole board - his sentence was close to being served and his release into back the community was not ...
Just running with what Key himself said. I'm assuming that he wasn't serving preventative detention so it was inevitable he would be released eventually.
umm - no. But if he had waited until well after his release - his departure may well have attracted a whole lot less attention. Not suggesting that would have made it any better.
Yes - it's been one of those moments when his laid-back bloke, 'I'm relaxed about it' pragmatism goes bad on him.
Actually just for once srylands is making sense. The really odd thing is that Smith's release was only a matter of months away. He more or less has served his sentence. Still Key's bumbling uncle routine backfired this time.
Best lol yet - classic felix.
Yes it would ok if the people were treated as shareholders. Have a look at this presentation. On almost every measure the shareholders (ie capital) have been doing better than labour (the staff) for a many decades. Of course this is sort of where the model...
From an engineering perspective NZ is ideally set up for re-newables. When the sun shines or wind blows you simply reduce flows through the hydro stations. Effectively using the lakes as giant batteries. By setting up all the generators as competing ...
I don't see the media drawing a fat crayon line between the dots though. There is nothing new here. They ignored this story which is the most salient and conclusive answer to asset sales we could ever get. Yet NZ happily re-elected a government ...
Thanks for the answer. What you are saying is not so very far removed from where most socialists are these days - that the economy works best as a mix of public and private ownership. I can see how running a country as a business appeals to you as a model....
It will never get to court -
As Sabine above points out - the policy has been a runaway success OAB.
You need to look up the definition of a monopsony.
So know we know asset sales of power companies have cost ordinary New Zealanders and delivered worse outcomes. Will the media ignore this story? Will the media repeat the govts carefully manufactured spin? Will Labour ignore the story? If Labour do run ...
So what changed your mind? (This isn't a trick question.)
So Key's asset sales are wrong policy after all?
@karol. Superb OP. Well worth the effort in putting that together.
+1 Murray. This 'one world government' bogeyman that I keep seeing is another. Why is it that we have allowed the rich and powerful to reserve global, trans-national power and action for themselves - but not for us ordinary people?
Most young people never get engaged in politics. They have bigger priorities in life - defining themselves, finding a mate, sorting career and income, starting families or just having fun. Eventually a portion of them will become politically engaged at ...
Just a short video showing Prof. Tim Naish (Vic) on the results of the ANDRILL project. http://thiniceclimate.org/blog/details/2023/ice-age-cycles-temperature-and-co2 When you see real science in action and understand the extraordinary scope of the ...
I disagree. While it's true TS is a small corner of the net - a whole generation of kidz are growing up connected and completely engaged with social media. Now while it's also true that this generation is pretty apolitical at the moment - that may not ...
Well yes we agree at that point but; Altering that world is a job for the government, not the banks. What government could? The banks have decisively demonstrated they are bigger than governments. Sure the central banks tinker around with things on the ...
pat, pat - nice puppy
Meh – it’d be a pretty odd bank that wasn’t out to make a profit. Profit sure - but exploiting monopoly position in market to become by far the most lucrative businesses in town may well be a different thing. I just did a quick and dirty calc - assuming a ...
Well soaked bus ticket laid gently over wrist -
it’s not offered as debt slavery for people too poor to buy a house in NZ’s insane property market As I pointed out above though - the effect on the market is to ensure that instead of being debt slaves directly to the bank, they will remain rent slaves ...
Your right - it's not targeted at owners - but the effect on the market is just the same. The bank does not care whether its a tenant or an owner paying the mortgage - it's just a way for them to pump more money into the market thereby inflating their ...
Yes. However it excluded all senior execs on the grounds that they 'were being paid enough already'.
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