What gives Dury of Xero the right to propose driverless buses to WCC while driver families struggle with the Covid-19 depression ? [I’ve corrected your user name and e-mail address because yet again you appeared as a new user to the system, which requires ...
Will dual-nationals have to surreptitiously line up outside the Thorndon embassy for a shot ?
and then there is Christmas Island ... "Australian Border Force has announced plans to reopen Australia’s immigration detention centre on Christmas Island, citing capacity issues in the onshore detention system. Global COVID-19 measures such as reduced ...
There are reserve legal powers I don't think most people would wish to use, but if Australia is a precedent we could see the royal prerogative, state necessity, and possibly Martial Law invoked - until a magic bullet vaccine. https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/...
Scott Robinson on Australian lockdown "I have been waiting for the experience of isolation under lockdown to articulate itself, as though someone would telepathically read my thoughts and, crucially, resolve them in a piece of writing. Yet all our ...
"Feds About To Bail On Supporting COVID Testing Sites In Texas And Other States" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/exclusive-feds-about-to-bail-on-supporting-covid-testing-sites-in-texas-and-other-states Josh Kovensky June 23, 2020 12:15 p.m The ...
Re. “We don’t know how lucky we are” .. You are describing a point in time during a rapidly evolving situation. Put 'pandemic history' into startpage.com .. but I should warn that the scenarios will not be palatable to our largely middle-class internet ...
If you know the history of pandemics it is drearily predictable. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/01/the-end-of-coronavirus-what-plague-literature-tells-us-about-our-future But what comes next ?
Saying goodbye to the American century. https://www.juancole.com/2020/06/world-trumps-america.html It gives me no pleasure to post this, but, taken at face value, what are the strategic implications for us ?
.. so Napoleon and Wellington should have fought via referendum ?
There is nothing like a brush with death to awake survival instincts. We have to assume the virus is here and adopt realistic preventive measures without losing our common sense and social integration.
I would counsel against overconfidence. We all start somewhere ..
I'm surprised Key has anything to do with this stuff, if he is witting. https://cdn.thestandard.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Screen-Shot-racist-nat.png?x51092
"previous Governments hand picked cronies in State service organisations." which could explain some of the things I have seen.
"many infectious disease experts are worried about a comeback, a second wave, that could strike more quickly and harder than this initial wave of infections." Some background on viral pandemic phases .. https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=...
What could go wrong ? China is hoarding PPE gear again as it braces for COVID-19s second wave. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-hoarding-ppe-again-it-braces-covid-19s-second-wave?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+...
Jacinda is not Muldoon. Bridges would like to be but does not have comparable experience. His sudden change from cross-party consensus may suggest leadership challenges from majorr players. Covid-19 mortality in US and UK is higher than in NZ according to ...
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/05/clues-to-pandemic-rebounds-from-past.html
Very good point, and historically true.
It might be relevant to quote Aotearoan / Nouveau Zelandic examples from that time as well as more recent creative programs nurtured by government and community groups.
78 new cases, and that's just today. No wonder people at Wellington Airport were looking worried .. Kia Kaha, Aotearoa ! https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/media-releases/78-new-cases-covid-19-new-zealand
I did that while working in Sydney and sponsorship never came up - as did my sister. I was aware the political climate in Australia was becoming more hostile due to increased influence of Pauline Hanson and the 'National' Party in WA and Qld. The ...
An obvious solution is dual nationality. It involves jumping through a few hoops and some waiting time but nation states have their own ways of doing things and it can prevent a lot of angst and wasted effort if you qualify. Queensland and West Australian ...
Wellington airport is busy with aircraft taking off at regular intervals and the corner diary/news/lottery agent locked down and peering grimly through perspex to accept payment via sliding draw from customers and lottery addicted desperados.
It will be interesting to see how Covid-19 affects the next Australian election. Their infection rates are much higher than ours. There could be a backlash against a last minute Cambridge Analytica campaign.
Simon is doing a good job keeping a National brand viable while Ardern and advisers work on coronavirus response in uncertain times. Nationalist responses are futile when facing global existential threats like COV-19. National is arguably redundant in this...
"Let’s imagine as total a shutdown of Britain as it is possible to manage. Schools closed, offices empty, shops shut – save those selling food. Minimal public transport. Airports closed. Older people deliberately isolated." "At this point, Boris Johnson ...
Could you remind me why our troops are still there ?
Dammit ! We need a constructive opposition or we will become a matriarchy !
According to this source total UK CoV19 infections were 798 and death toll 11 at time of publication.
"The UK is not going into lockdown or for dramatic social distancing measures that many other nations are putting their faith in. Why? Because the government thinks that this virus cannot be stopped. As one of those at the heart of the government’s efforts...
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