For simplicity, I just keep remembering the extended and extensive bombing of Cambodia during the Viet Nam War. This was kept secret from U.S. citizens and from the U.S. Congress. What else do you need to know?
It's great to see some of the heavy hitters stepping out on to the debating chamber floor. After the recent electoral debacle we need all the intellectual horse-power we can muster to persuade Labour party members that re-setting our course leftwards is ...
Can't disagree with much of the above. However, we need not to forget that the multiple "threats" facing the United States are largely of its own making - from post-World War II Indo-China down to today. And the slide to general war increases. We need to ...
The left do not own Maori, Maori own the left.
After reading feijoa's and others contributions I was moved to write the following. Reciprocity is needed between leadership and membership. Good leadership is that which encourages & enables members to join together in furtherance of some global goal(s). ...
Some commentators are justifiably bitter about our defeat. But the measure of a potentially good team is how sustainably can it rebuild a cooperative winning culture. This takes time and cannot be rushed. We have seen the breakdown of Cabinet collective ...
Random Questions & Thoughts The list below is that written in my head during 2023. During this year I and many others sleep-walked to defeat. After becoming PM and, of necessity needing to fulfill prior international obligations, (of virtually zero concern...
I'll be diplomatic and suggest that Chris Hipkins has been mis-advised as to current U.S. policy toward the war in Ukraine. U.S. policy includes the following requirements: To keep Russia occupied and reduce threats in other zones To keep NATO united ...
RNZ News Sunday 17th of June at 0700hr. The new wisdom is that listeners to RNZ News are losing confidence in the supposed even-handed, fairness, and neutrality of RNZ news. This wisdom is being declared in response to the discovery that news editorial ...
Years ago there was a TV documentary, entitled A Nation of Waiters. It was about Fiji, an economy even then overly dependent on foreign tourism. In the meantime, we've progressively gone down the same path. The tourism industry is dominated by overseas ...
Eh what? There’s bugger all parking along the Golden Mile itself, it’s all on the side streets but don’t let facts spoil a rant. These days though I find it’s far easier just to go to the now council owned car park in Tory St or the one by Les Mills for ...
Mike Smith is reliably skeptical about the motives of the USA and its compliant allies. New Zealand under a Labour government took the correct action when declaring nuclear-free status 40 years ago. Any back-sliding on that stance is a betrayal of our ...
Thanks again to Mike Smith. He's always at the forefront of calling out the mostly under-ground US foreign policy. In my lifetime, in late 1949 when the Chinese Communist army defeated the right-wing Nationalists under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, he...
Kia kaha, Kelvin. The quiet voice of reason who get's the profound messages across. That's why he's there; and so respected by all who meet him.
Is that a tinfoil hat?
I have been in a couple of similar disputes and seen many others (im in hr) Usually they never come to a truly amicable resolution but they come to a 'as good as it can get' situation. Even then the only thing that stops people who feel slighted is fear pf...
The midwives seem to be hot on this, and for the life of me I can’t understand why. Would I want my hypothetical partner and our child to receive medical care from someone who could be carrying a lethal pandemic virus? No. Never. Hell, no, in fact.
It is internationally recognized - including by the USA, China, Japan, Taiwan - that Taiwan is an integral part of China. China does not need to attack Taiwan. What is in dispute is the legitimate government of China. What all the above states, except ...
Gangs are not the problem; they are the symptom of the problem. Still waiting to hear Christopher Laxative seriously propose workable policies to address social and economic problems felt every day by poor people in Aotearoa, particularly tangata whenua. ...
I know next to nothing about Poto Williams. But I have seen Kelvin fronting up on issues where he's articulated a less popular but more principled position. He has been elected to represent a Maori seat and I'm sure he has the confidence of the Maori ...
The Big Lie technique was practiced consciously by the Nazi Party, particularly by the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels in the 1930s. It has been used by many politicians since, most recently by Donald Trump.. The National Party in New Zealand is a ...
As the current Chair of the Avondale Branch of the New Lynn LEC I would feel bad if I didn't recognise Louisa Wall as a former Chair of this Branch - then within the Mt Albert LEC. Louisa was always well liked here and admired for her energy and ...
Two factoids I noticed in the NZH not long ago: in England vaccination of all children against smallpox has been compulsory for 150 years; in the 50 US states vaccination against MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) is compulsory for all school children. Anti-...
If your local libraries offers access to Pressreader, the NZ Herald print edition is available there. Have found that much of what goes up online opinion-wise is either from that day or the next's print edition.
Good on Mike for firing up a discussion on foreign policy. Listening to the drum-beats of wars in the South China Sea and the Black Sea coasts, fueled by the barely disguised big-lie propaganda issuing from the US State Department and military, mindlessly ...
Not so simple on that tax deduction for income protection... yes you can get a deduction for your premium, but only if the payments should you claim are taxable and in many cases the claim payments won't be subject to tax. Individual circumstances will ...
Rio Tinto probably the number one resource extraction stand-over merchant worldwide. Our Labour government has four years to get our country into a position where we can tell them to get lost, and don't come back.
There is a tale re-told about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, after an audience with a group of ordinary citizens seeking relief during the Great Depression, saying: "I agree with you. Now go out there and make me do it." We can all write our own wish...
Hooten's right on this one Anne- see comments taken from an article and video with interest.co.nz Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she would like to see small increases in houses prices, acknowledging most people “expect” the value of their most valuable...
... just Glorified protesters. [Good morning, Steve. You seem to be new... again. Have a nice day, Steve – Incognito]
Or not when you look at the info Newshub have for the others in the article.. New Conservative - 2.1% NZ First - 1.9% Maori - 1.5% TOP - 0.9% Adding those to the four parties that are going to make it into Parliament is 98.9% so at most Advance NZ could be...
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