More claims of incapacitating health and victimhood from vexatious litigants on Whale Oil again yesterday, which not only misrepresents reality. And they think the media publicity was somehow a good thing.
Nige (blog manager): Just goes to show the influence this site has eh.
But Whale Oil is not telling it’s readers about the truth of three defamation cases that Cameron Slater is involved in. As a result there are comments like:
No other journalist in NZ has so many honest people behind him.
Karma will get them in the end, and the continued growth of WOBH will ensure increasing numbers of people get to hear what’s really going on.
You might have been temporary lost in some of the battles, but you will win the war.
Some people are so vindictive they just can’t let go.
I was wondering how many court cases were still pending and how that was going to be handled. I know you would rather fight on and take it to them, but I’m certain that you are getting the right advice, health comes first.
You’ve been brutally fearless and a force of nature on the political landscape.
Stay fearless and apply those traits in your recovery.
It’s too bad that those responsible for this, the vexatious litigants, will never face the costs they should do.
As for the litigants not giving extra time, have they not dragged this on for years already?
The courts have different views.
[139] It is therefore apparent that the defendants took no heed whatsoever of the description provided by Lang J in his judgment of 18 May 2018 as to the pleading requirements for the defences of truth and honest opinion.
[140] By adopting this approach, the defendants have entirely failed to plead any facts and circumstances relied on to support their defences of truth and honest opinion.
[148] Although the effect of my rulings and judgments may appear harsh, this outcome underlines the importance of proper pleading and of compliance with procedural rules and timetable orders. In this case the defendants’ failure to comply with those requirements have resulted in them placing themselves in the situation in which they now find themselves.
A young person has successfully completed her 90 day work trial without issues ; now her employer (a small business owner) has stated that he will leave things as they are. No new contract and the young person is anxious that she can now lose the job for no valid reason. She has worked extra hours when asked and has had no negative feedback about her work / time keeping etc. She is also nervous about making a fuss in case that eventuates in dismissal.
It is entirely in perspective, and I would suggest that it is yours that is out of whack..
1930’s Germany had most ordinary people, mums and dads, in full support of Hitler and all his propaganda. They went about their lives ordinarily and considered their politics and views to be quite normal and not something out of the ordinary – just like these women do today.
1930’s Germany was not some raging torrent of extreme people – it was normal and peaceable, with people going about their lives and supporting the leader – just like these women are doing today in the US.
Exactly the same.
That is the scary thing – the very scary thing.
If you think about it.
And of course, Trump holds rallies. As did Hitler.
Hahaaaaaaaaaa. Reminds me of some one claiming a capital gains tax will do wonderful things when a CGT on its own will just withdraw money from the housing market. I mean these small men and there grand narratives. Hahahahaha.
Are you implying that we want as much money as we have invested in the housing market?
I can’t say I agree. It might be good if it was invested in new properties being built so it was actually producing something. Unfortunately the vast majority of it is tied up in old stock and does nothing but grow without producing anything.
Surely the economy would be far better off if this money was being invested in business.
Apart of withdrawing money from the property market through a capital gains tax is compensating those that have been adversely effected by high house prices. Meaning raising benefits. So long as a CGT is fixed and not subject to the whims of narcissistic MPs business people don’t really notice a CGT.
Don’t like that bit about 5 mins where the gentleman comments on the lack of expression on one of the women’s faces. Too subjective I think. Don’t guide people’s minds, let them hear the discourse and see the approach. Haven’t gone past about 5 mins so don’t know the rest.
Ideologues with targets are petty dictators when they get enough power. Auckland enforcing a 30km hour speed limit over whole city?
From Transport Blog: The Automobile Association supports 40 km/hr on most roads in Auckland’s city centre, and rejects Auckland Transport’s proposed 30 km/hr speed limits, on the basis that 40 has been successful in Melbourne. In response to this, I thought I’d do… … https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/02/27/melbournes-30-km-hr-speed-limit-trial/
Many bureaucrat bums often seem to be drawn away from pragmatic decisions and go for the theoretical; away from ‘What if’ thinking which takes in consequences, likely real-world results, to the ‘This will fix the problem, we’ll do it this way’!
Note: Looking up ideologue or idealogue which?
Ideologue from Cambridge English Dictionary:
ideologue definition: a person who believes very strongly in particular principles and tries to follow them carefully. Learn more.
and
ideologue from Merriam-“Webster dictionary:
Ideologue definition is – an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a … How to use
Quite different emphasis in these two meanings.
And idealogue:
idealogue is one given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
from wikidiff
While cellular communications in millimeter wave (mmW) bands have been attracting significant research interest, their potential harmful impacts on human health are not as significantly studied.
Prior research on human exposure to radio frequency (RF) fields in a cellular communications system has been focused on uplink only due to the closer physical contact of a transmitter to a human body.
However, this paper claims the necessity of thorough investigation on human exposure to downlink RF fields, as cellular systems deployed in mmW bands will entail
(i) Deployment of more transmitters due to smaller cell size
(ii) Higher concentration of RF energy using a highly directional antenna
In this paper, we present human RF exposure levels in downlink of a Fifth Generation Wireless Systems (5G).
Our results show that 5G downlink RF fields generate significantly higher power density (PD) and specific absorption rate (SAR) than a current cellular system.
This paper also shows that SAR should also be taken into account for determining human RF exposure in the mmW downlink.
In the interaction of microwave radiation and human beings, the skin is traditionally considered as just an absorbing sponge stratum filled with water.
In previous works, we showed that this view is flawed when we demonstrated that the coiled portion of the sweat duct in upper skin layer is regarded as a helical antenna in the sub-THz band.
Experimentally we showed that the reflectance of the human skin in the sub-THz region depends on the intensity of perspiration, i.e. sweat duct’s conductivity, and correlates with levels of human stress (physical, mental and emotional).
Later on, we detected circular dichroism in the reflectance from the skin, a signature of the axial mode of a helical antenna.
In a recent work, we developed a unique simulation tool of human skin, taking into account the skin multi-layer structure together with the helical segment of the sweat duct embedded in it.
The presence of the sweat duct led to a high specific absorption rate (SAR) of the skin in extremely high frequency band.
In this paper, we summarize the physical evidence for this phenomenon and consider its implication for the future exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum by wireless communication.
One must consider the implications of human immersion in the electromagnetic noise, caused by devices working at the very same frequencies as those, to which the sweat duct (as a helical antenna) is most attuned.
We are raising a warning flag against the unrestricted use of sub-THz technologies for communication, before the possible consequences for public health are explored.
Just wait until they turn the G all the way up to 11. We’ll be awash in hundreds of watts per square metre of radiation in the tens of terahertz bands …
It’s a useful pseudo-science tool for those with snake-oil for sale to make an alarmist argument about something that’s not really there and thereby line their pockets by hawking the “remedy”. So far all the links I’ve seen claiming harm from EMFs at the extremely low power levels used for communication show all the signs of being data-dredged bunk.
If it was just a matter of the gullible getting relieved of a little bit of petty cash, I wouldn’t really care. But all the scare stories are likely to cause significant nocebo effects.
Nocebo is basically placebo’s evil twin, where people are made to feel unwell by feeding them bullshit scare stories about genuinely harmless things that *could* be harming them.
Andre, you’re serving no purpose than further expose your low levels of understanding and disingenuous engagement..
Keep it up…
A comment you posted last week explicitly endorsed David Gorski…that you did comes as no surprise to me at all…you write the same style and use similar derogatory terms…
That’s your level…it is reflected in the juvinille name calling you repeatedly use in the comments that you post…
You are a very long way out of your league by openly stating the scientists to which I have been linking, the research currently available, and their collective requests for greater levels of research to be conducted in safety, while requesting governing bodies apply adherance to the precautionary approach regarding untested, weaponizable technology deployments…
That you seek to dismiss those medical professionals, scientists and researchers including their archives of work is an open window into your mind, and how you imagine yourself to be…
You clearly do not understand the technology, nor have you bothered to inform yourself outside what your links , comments and endorsements clearly affirm, is a narrow, highly toxic and ignorant vacuum…
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Many voices from a myriad of professional backgrounds, are involved in seeking to expose the substantial risks to public health and the environmemt, posed by pulsed millimetre wave technology…
Now now Andre, respect the bold type, he must be right ! He has posted so many times now that I have taken to buying a tin foil lined outfit to wear at all times to protect me from nasty wifi radiation. I also put on sunscreen at night when I go outside if there is a full moon – you can’t be too careful !
Bazza64 You don’t agree with One Two. I believe that is your stance. Now shut up unless you want to produce some reliable source that refers to some fact about EMF.
Don’t let the small, closed minds get to you…it’s their problem to figure out and live with…
They have shown no interest in contributing at a level above name calling…
VV, 9.1.2.2 appears to endorse the position of ignorant, uninformed and misinformed…perhaps vv was joking…bit strange…something else behind that comment, perhaps…
What such comments do offer, is a micro view into how, necessary discussions are possible to be sidelined and completely avoided in the mainstream…
I have already posted rebuttals to One Two’s articles. But it’s a bit like engaging with flat earthers. You show them evidence but they ignore it because they are smarter than everyone else.
What’s not in debate is the enormous (actually, enormous is far too small a word for it; it’s approximately a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000-fold) increase in exposure to anthropogenic electromagnetic radiation in the last 70 years or so – hopefully everyone can agree on that, and that this exposure will continue to increase.
What’s in debate is the effect of that increased EMF exposure on biological ‘systems’ (humans et al.)
Respect both Bazza64’s and One Two’s positions – IMHO the experiment is still in progress and the evidence won’t be in for a few generations. After all, even in the developed world Smartphones/WiFi etc. have only been in widespread public use for maybe 20 years (this is a guess, so happy to be corrected).
I hope Bazza64 is correct (exposure to anthropogenic EMFs is harmless), but unlike Bazza64 I don’t know this yet, and to be honest it seems illogical to be so certain. But I do understand the importance of believing that these EMFs are 100% safe.
I’ve ordered one but it hasn’t yet arrived – where did you get yours from?
Great idea about sunscreen at night for full moons – perhaps we should post that on the How to Get There post next Sunday. Grey only likes positive things that people can do to look after themselves and others, so should fit the criteria.
Obviously all the scientific facts/links that have been produced here over the last few weeks by yourself and Andre have flown over the top of the heads of many here. LOL
I wonder if Junker see’s himself as a julius Caesar figure?
Though the Brits don’t take kindly to Despots do they…he should probably avoid the UK rather than risk meeting up with a bunch of embittered UKIPers and Tory/labour rebels and meeting the same fate as poor old Charles I.
The process is opening up tribal fissures previously concealed by imperial interests.
Junkers strategy is sound. I’m waiting for a Celtic application to join the EU … but it may take a while.
Waikato farm pollution – company had five Fonterra farms. I wonder about the types of farmers who don’t ‘play the game’. How many stubborn old NZ blots and how many of those tip-toeing over their numerous paddocks to keep their expensive shoes clean from overseas, or lateish immigrants?
The reason the US can use humanitarian aid to apply pressure is because the Chavista regime has run down the country so badly that it has millions requiring humanitarian assistance.
I’m well to the left of you Gosman but like you I can’t understand why everyone just points the finger immediately at the US ignoring all the horrible realities of just how bad the Venezuelan government have fucked things up
I think it is because it shakes certain people’s faith in their core beliefs. As such it means they can’t accept that the people they thought were meant to represent their political views are messing up so they look to place the blame elsewhere.
I admire someone like yourself who can acknowledge that a left wing government can mess up really badly. I know you aren’t likely going to change your views politics wise but at least you aren’t so one-eyed you excuse brutality and incompetence.
Take a good look in the mirror Gosman – you’re supporting the toppling of a regime by a US backed fascist puppet – nothing unusual for you, or for them.
There is ZERO evidence that Gaido is a fascist let alone a puppet. What he certainly isn’t is a leader who has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans through economic incompetence and mismanagement not to forget brutal State oppression of those who oppose him.
““The U.S. government has to walk this very delicate, difficult line in which on the one hand they’re trying to threaten military intervention convincingly enough to scare the Venezuelan military into removing Maduro,”
Just who the fuck does Gaido think he is, trying to take power at the head of a foreign military intervention?
Illegally taking power in this fashion is a fascist hallmark – did you think we had forgotten?
Many nations have had leaders installed after a military invasion that were not fascist. I believe the US reinstalled Baptiste Aristide in Haitit in such a manner. Was he a fascist?
However that is irrelevant in that the threat of an invasion is being used to apply pressure. The chance of an invasion is miniscule.
The threat of invasion is substantial – the US is always invading other countries, especially those with an abundance of resources.
Now that the US have a quisling available in the form of Guaido, all they need is the presidential tweet to go ahead.
Even your Wharton article notes however, that US forced regime changes in South America generally make things worse.
The best thing would be for the US and Guaido to fuck off, and let the government get on with its job, ideally assisted by neighbouring countries, the UN and the Red Cross or MSF. The US won’t let that happen however, they’ve been fomenting this mischief for decades in the hopes of creating this very kind of excuse to invade.
Of course the US invades/is involved militarily with lots of countries. They are the World’s main super power. It would be unusual if they didn’t get involved militarily in other nations. That doesn’t mean they will invade Venezuela nor does it mean they only get involved in nations where there is some sort of economic benefit to them.
Unhappily, you have to go back some way to find a US intervention carried out with honorable motives, and further still to find one that succeeded in them. The last unequivocal one was Korea – where they really were welcome, and they did indeed change the situation for the better. Even that outcome was still tainted by the hunting of groups in Jeju-do, bombing refugees of all descriptions, and loading base costs onto a country that at the time was poorer than Somalia.
The illegal Iraq invasion, from which the supposed democrats neglected to resile, was nothing more or less than a resource grab. Venezuela, possessing more oil than even Iraq is in the gun for similar treatment. Perhaps you repose some hope that Trump’s ethics will keep him from invading Venezuela? If so you are likely to be disappointed.
The moral case for invasion that could exist, and might have under a less venal and self-serving administration does not exist here – Maduro is probably both more competent and less personally corrupt than Trump – that bar is pretty goddamn low.
Pretty sure what they did in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo did not benefit the US greatly and lead to a massive change in relation to the security situation in that area of the World.
@Gosman well of course Bosnia was better than most US actions – the UN & NATO were there to temper their aggression and contain their extreme rightwing nutjobbery. And the fighting was real, not US instigated in hopes of creating a casus belli.
You need a better example than that to sanitize invading Venezuela.
I’m not santising anything here . I wouldn’t approve of a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. I think the US can provide support for a transition to a democratic Venezuela by non violent means.
By threatening the military with invasion in hopes they remove Maduro? Face it, the US is not competent to manage the affairs of Venezuela. Better leave it to the locals, who of course will not choose US pawns or puppets.
This whole crisis is of US instigation – take their badfinger out and things will be able to improve.
Americas concern for Venezuelans is heartwarming…but if feeding the poor and supporting the folk of other Nations is their goal there are a few places they should help out first..there is a reason Red Cross and the UN want nothing to do with this ‘aid’.
Pilger has well and truly jumped the shark in relation to being a serious journalist. He is now an apologist for any regime that is anti-American/Capitalist.
This film was produced quite some time ago. I imagine you haven’t seen it – or you wouldn’t be quite so ready to make those ill-informed comments about Venezuela that characterize your current pathology.
Personally I have not taken sides, I just believe Venezuelans should be able to decide their own future and destiny, without aggressive outside influence.
Unlike Gosman who has never seen an US intervention that hasn’t given him a hard on.
i believe I have actually stated that I think military intervention by the US in Venezuela would not be useful so you have nothing to back up that claim against me.
But you just moaned about the attempted smuggling designed as aid over the weekend, and poo pooed the Venezuelan government for stopping the illegal importation of arms.
I like your attempt at spin. Aid is coming into Venezuela from all over the world, none of which is not being stopped. The exception was from the US – because it is not aid – it is an attempt to start a war.
Probably didn’t say some very smart things about some of the Labour Party Women, everyone knows however there was no need to be derogatory towards them especially when discussing people’s sexual preferences.
We are now living in the Modern World where anything goes depending what you like under the bed covers, different strokes for different folks. Just look what the National Party MP’s get up to in Wellington, JLR and the girl from down South.
Everything doesn’t go. There are some barriers, lines in the sand. Possibly they fear that they will be curvy ones for John T. Phil needs a second term I think. What do Auckland lefties think of him?
Chris Whelan says rankings are influential tools. “International education is New Zealand’s fourth largest export earner, and rankings strongly influence decisions being made by students, as well as countries, top researchers and research institutes about who they will, or won’t, study or work with.”
“Students in Australia are funded at around 27% more per student than those in New Zealand; students in Canada 60% more; in the UK 73% more; and in the US around 97% more. This is why New Zealand is slipping behind other countries in the rankings and struggling to maintain quality overall.”
Education is a business. The best strategy for more generous funding is to show what a nice ‘little’ earner it is. The model is stuffed.
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Latest rumour I heard in the Pub last week, Baby Nat may be joining NZF, mind you I heard that from an NZF supporter, don’t know whether Winston would approve after the unkind words Baby Nat has said about him.
Hope the AAAP take this refusal to the Ombudsman. Advice to government surely can’t be a defence to withholding it in this case. The report is research, not advice, so should be released.
Spin and lies. Sheesh any chance you could stop with that ah Gossy? You know the opposition have been in power for two years, and what have they done to fix the economy – nothing. All they have done is blame the president. What a bunch of silly little two year olds.
Reminded me of Tauranga and Rena. Stuck on reef. Spilling destroying. Does anyone on the Right get the connection with one of the reasons for not drilling for oil in our sea and fishing area? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_oil_spill
And I guess we are going to help the Solomons – they have a hard time recovering from blow after blow.
Don’t let senior Nat MPs near taxation figures or the directorship of companies, digging for swamp kauri, trade deals with desert dwelling sheep farmers, flag referenda, or stairwells and airport doorways.
Incompetent. Reckless. Shonky. Out of touch. Bullies. Entitled twits.
This putting down of tangata whenua O aotearoa /supperssion is state sponsored it is put on TV morning and night. All the bad stats about the smallest % of Maori doing dumb shit. I say even there dumb actions are state sponsored to give the neanderthals who actually run the state more fuel to shit on Maoris mana.
Do these state people who push/pay for all the bad news into the MEDIA that is mostly about MAORI care that there ACTIONS are hurting OUR mokopunas MANA AND WAIRUA NO there brains are wire BIG EGOS they are selfcentered fools who only care about there hold on power CAN NOT HAVE the supperssion they have had running against Maori eroded away by a——— To late fools all your opperssion of the last 150 years is being blown away by ————– so stop this foolish game and lets build a happy healthy equaly socioty for all. You Can Not Stop Maoris Getting Our Mana Back
Kids report racism, bullying and violence prevalent themes in life
A new report has found that the majority of Kiwi kids are flourishing- but some still face significant challenges.
As part of “What Makes A Good Life?”, more than 6000 young people described their experiences growing up in New Zealand.
More than 90 percent of respondents said they lived in a warm dry home and more than 70 percent said they felt respected and valued.
One rangatahi from Auckland recalled how people at their school often joked about Māori prison and drug rates.
This was echoed by another respondent who said Māori were often the target of negative and harmful stereotypes.
“Crackheads, drug dealers, crime, Black Power, domestic violence, hood rats, window washers, pōhara, hori, gangs, alcoholic parents.”
Young people in state care reported dealing with similar problems.
One 16-year-old girl spoke of how she had been stigmatised at school because of her situation.
“Something I always have to deal with at school is the stigma. When people find out you’re a foster kid they’re like ‘oh you’re an orphan, whose house did you burn
down.”
Those under the Youth Justice System said they felt they had been “written off” by the adults in their lives.
Personal finances were also a strong talking point – with respondents noting that while money wasn’t everything, it was a necessary part of life
One young person from Dunedin said a good life to them looked like “having enough for the basics, plus a little bit more”.
Young women in particular mentioned how the price of products like pads and tampons could sometimes prove too high.
Last year, a survey of 5000 women by the charity KidsCan found that nearly a third of respondents struggled with period poverty.
Ka kite ano links below
I say not enough is being dune to correct the wrongs served up to Tangata Whenua the state still feed US what drips off there plates 0.3% . They spent more on locking us up over six years than what has been spent on the whole Treaty OF Waitangi settlments you see they don,t want to give Maori to much power just lip service the state servants who stay in power when goverments change that is were the real control on NZ policy lies neanderthal bigots the are.
But Its is better to have a goverment in power that respects the lower classes that one that serves the wealthy like the last ones in power as 97% of Maori are poor .
Owen Sinclair: Fighting the racism in our health system
. I have a Māori father and a Pākehā mother, but I didn’t meet my father until I was in my early 20s. I grew up in West Auckland with my mother, so I was raised by my Pākehā family. We were pretty poor, but we had a very loving household.
My grandparents actually lived, at that stage, on Waiheke Island. That was before it was the glamorous, rich suburb of Auckland it is now. I spent a lot of my holidays and childhood running around there. It was a pretty privileged upbringing when I look at it. I didn’t have much money, but I had a fishing rod and a bike and all that sort of stuff.
When I was about 10, I went to Dilworth School in Auckland. It’s a boarding school, and you had to be poor and have just one parent to go there.
My iwi is Te Rarawa. I think I was about 18 or 19, maybe a bit younger than that, when I decided I wanted to get in touch with my Māori whānau. It just seemed to be the right thing to do at the time.
ince meeting my father, I’ve had very regular contact with him. I’m not the oldest. There are a few younger than me. I know them quite well. Interestingly, I’ve just got in contact with a half-sibling who I’d never met before.
So that’s how it went. It was an amazing journey for me. It put all the pieces in place in my life. I know where my marae is. I can recite my whakapapa, and I have regular contact with my Māori family, although I never grew up with them.
My father’s name is Owen Tatana. He was married once, and he named his son, from that marriage, Owen. It’s funny when we’re all in the same room and the phone goes and they say: “Is Owen here?” Or when we go on the marae together and it’s Owen, Owen and Owen.
I left school with pretty good grades and became an engineering cadet. I did that for a while and then did an engineering degree. But I didn’t really like that. I was made redundant, but I’d already decided that I was going to become a doctor — or try to become a doctor.
I was able to get into medical school under the Māori and Pacific entry scheme. And, after I was qualified, I decided to become a paediatrician.
I’m currently working in Waitākere Hospital as a general paediatrician. There are only six Māori paediatricians in New Zealand. We’re all pretty busy. We don’t have a network or anything, but we all sort of know each other.
I also give lectures on Māori health to fifth-year medical students at Auckland University.
It’s hard to work out what to do to help Māori when you first become a doctor, and even in my job now. We’re quite reactive, for want of a better word. We tend to sit in hospital and wait for people to come to us.
It was on pertussis, which is whooping cough — and it identified a mass of inequalities between Māori and non-Māori.
Māori rates of pertussis are 1.6 to 2.6 times higher than non-Māori. Specific data for Māori has been recorded only since 1989, and over that period, Māori have always had higher rates.
In my thesis, I tried to identify all of the reasons for why that should be — which is related to the system, poverty, and care, and all that sort of stuff.
The inequality in pertussis is actually related to all of the inequalities in New Zealand society that Māori have. So it’s everywhere.
I’m trying, through a number of mechanisms, to work out a way forward to raise the awareness of Māori health and equality. I think everyone knows about the inequalities, but it’s what do you do about it that matters.
The inequalities in our health system are well documented. So are the historical contributions to that inequality. But more of us need to understand why Māori and Pasifika — in fact, any people who are doing it tough financially — seem to be less well-served by our medical system than others in different demographics around the country.
You gave a speech last November at the NZ Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland, about how systemic racism is to blame for our glaring health inequalities.
How hard is it to get that message across? Even using the racism word, as you did in your speech, can be challenging. I’m not uncomfortable with the word, but others seem to be. What’s been the reaction and in what context were you using the r-word?
You do have to be a little bit careful in using that. When I give this talk, I don’t use the word “racism” until near the end of the presentation
KA KITE ANO links below
P.S OUR TIME WILL COME SOON but don,t threat Pakiha we looked after you.
Like when you were sold a bunch of lies from the NZ Company and landed here from Britain ripped off and no land so we will treat you correctly once again https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/owen-sinclair-fighting-the-racism-in-our-health-system/
It only takes 1.5 degrees over the human temperature max a fine ballance that being alive than that ballance tips into death
Humans are frogs in hot water of climate change, research says
CNN)The extreme weather that comes with climate change is becoming the new normal, so normal that people aren’t talking about it as much — and that could make them less motivated to take steps to fight global warming, according to new research.
Researchers analyzed more than 2 billion social media posts between 2014 and 2016. What they found was that, when temperatures were unusual for a particular time of year, people would comment on it at first. But if the temperature trend continued and there were unusual temperatures again at that time the following year, people stopped commenting as much.
Dianne Feinstein’s climate change discussion with schoolchildren gets heated
The authors of the study, published in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, believe that this is a sign that because of memory limitations and their own expectations and biases, humans may not be the best judges of temperature change. The experience of weather in recent years, rather than over longer historical periods, determines the baseline that people use to evaluate the current weather.
It’s the “boiling frog” effect, an urban legend about an experiment that involves putting a frog in a pot of boiling water, where it quickly jumps out. But if it’s put in a pot of tepid water on a stove and the heat is gradually increased, the frog will stay in the pot until it dies, because it doesn’t feel a difference until it’s too late.
In other words, people may not recognize the signs of human-caused climate change until it’s too late.
“I think it is quite surprising how quickly the effect of these temperatures decline,” said study co-author Frances Moore, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis.
Moore said she doesn’t think people are adapting to e extremes. They’re still “pretty miserable” in extreme heat or extreme cold, but they stop talking about it on social media, and that’s a concern.
‘Extinction crisis’ threatening global food supply, UN report warns
“People will be worse off if they stop talking about it,” Moore said. “People’s memories are short, compared to the time scale of climate change. We need to be aware of the disconnect when we communicate about climate change.”
The disconnect could be bad news for those who want to motivate leaders to do something about it. Officials could also be adjusting to the “new normal” and not feel the urgency needed to create policies necessary to stop what’s causing climate change.
“This is a very interesting paper and an interesting approach,” said John Cook, a research assistant professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, who researches cognitive science but who was not involved in the new research.
He doesn’t believe that the study’s conclusion is wrong, but he says it conflicts with the data his colleagues have been collecting.
Surveys from the center have found a growing awareness and concern about climate change and the climate change people are seeing in their own communities.
Ka kite ano links below
Kia ora Newshub There you go cowboys in Christchurch I would never live down there. There you go te civil servant have more power than the government .
I have given Eco Maoris opinion on the injustice system many times it takes care of its own.
Fires in Tasman Paddy nice Orchard down there I no some other places that would grow good fruit and vegetables. What about vehicles muffler sparks Paddy that could have started the fire .
I say a fireworks ban is needed especially with the dryest hottest environment on record just te boys toys scare the shit out of children and animals and causes a lot of fires.
I have done a bit of studying on Korean culture quite interesting.
Yes beauti cosmetics needs to be regulated some people don’t have the skills to navigate the snake oil sellers. It is shown with people being fooled into believing the climate change denier lies and voting for someone who is actually kick them in the ASS sheep I say very vulnerable it’s the government job to protect te tangata
That’s a big mess the train crash in Egypt some people have no control of their emotions. Its cool that Christchurch gets more funding for mental health its needs the extra money $79 million for mental health treatments after the earthquakes and what has been going down there.
That was cool the smallest baby boy born ever to live leaves te hospital Ka pai.
Ka kite ano
Kia ora James and Mulls from The Crowd Goes Wild. Mulls you wish he was your grandad te great golfer. Te mullet have to join the Duncan on the Rock radio station.
Mulls you love your basketball I quite enjoyed watching basketball.
Anna I love sailing anything to do with Tangaroa and Awa not fly fishing tho.
It a bit harder having a interaction with a sports show when Eco Maori can not comment about our sports Stars as some unusual phenomenon happens Ka kite ano P.S te Mokopunas are a handful
I reckon you’d be good as a character on a TV series about local life in Rawene or Kohukohu. It would be a bitter comedy featuring life on ground in modern Hokianga and a story of where New Zealand is headed in the very place where two peoples met.
Your comments here are writing the lines for your character.
Completed reads for April: The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Carnival of Saints, by George Herman The Snow Spider, by Jenny Nimmo Emlyn’s Moon, by Jenny Nimmo The Chestnut Soldier, by Jenny Nimmo Death Comes As the End, by Agatha Christie Lord of the Flies, by ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
Have a story to share about St Paul’s, but today just picturesPopular novels written at this desk by a young man who managed to bootstrap himself out of father’s imprisonment and his own young life in a workhouse Read more ...
The list of former National Party Ministers being given plum and important roles got longer this week with the appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett as the chair of Pharmac. The Christopher Luxon-led Government has now made key appointments to Bill English, Simon Bridges, Steven Joyce, Roger Sowry, ...
Newsroom has a story today about National's (fortunately failed) effort to disestablish the newly-created Inspector-General of Defence. The creation of this agency was the key recommendation of the Inquiry into Operation Burnham, and a vital means of restoring credibility and social licence to an agency which had been caught lying ...
Holding On To The Present:The moment a political movement arises that attacks the whole idea of social progress, and announces its intention to wind back the hands of History’s clock, then democracy, along with its unwritten rules, is in mortal danger.IT’S A COMMONPLACE of political speeches, especially those delivered in ...
Stuck In The Middle With You:As Christopher Luxon feels the hot breath of Act’s and NZ First’s extremists on the back of his neck and, as he reckons with the damage their policies are already inflicting upon a country he’s described as “fragile”, is there not some merit in reaching out ...
The unpopular coalition government is currently rushing to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act. The clause is Oranga Tamariki's Treaty clause, and was inserted after its systematic stealing of Māori children became a public scandal and resulted in physical resistance to further abductions. The clause created clear obligations ...
Buzz from the Beehive The government’s official website – which Point of Order monitors daily – not for the first time has nothing much to say today about political happenings that are grabbing media headlines. It makes no mention of the latest 1News-Verian poll, for example. This shows National down ...
It Takes A Train To Cry:Surely, there is nothing lonelier in all this world than the long wail of a distant steam locomotive on a cold Winter’s night.AS A CHILD, I would lie awake in my grandfather’s house and listen to the traffic. The big wooden house was only a ...
Packing A Punch: The election of the present government, including in its ranks politicians dedicated to reasserting the rights of the legislature in shaping and determining the future of Māori and Pakeha in New Zealand, should have alerted the judiciary – including its anomalous appendage, the Waitangi Tribunal – that its ...
Dead Woman Walking: New Zealand’s media industry had been moving steadily towards disaster for all the years Melissa Lee had been National’s media and communications policy spokesperson, and yet, when the crisis finally broke, on her watch, she had nothing intelligent to offer. Christopher Luxon is a patient man - but he’s not ...
Chris Trotter writes – New Zealand politics is remarkably easy-going: dangerously so, one might even say. With the notable exception of John Key’s flat ruling-out of the NZ First Party in 2008, all parties capable of clearing MMP’s five-percent threshold, or winning one or more electorate seats, tend ...
Bryce Edwards writes – Polling shows that Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau has the lowest approval rating of any mayor in the country. Siting at -12 per cent, the proportion of constituents who disapprove of her performance outweighs those who give her the thumbs up. This negative rating is ...
Luxon will no doubt put a brave face on it, but there is no escaping the pressure this latest poll will put on him and the government. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: These are the six things that stood out to me in news and commentary on Aotearoa-NZ’s political ...
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler In the wake of any unusual weather event, someone inevitably asks, “Did climate change cause this?” In the most literal sense, that answer is almost always no. Climate change is never the sole cause of hurricanes, heat waves, droughts, or ...
Something odd happened yesterday, and I’d love to know if there’s more to it. If there was something which preempted what happened, or if it was simply a throwaway line in response to a journalist.Yesterday David Seymour was asked at a press conference what the process would be if the ...
Hi,From time to time, I want to bring Webworm into the real world. We did it last year with the Jurassic Park event in New Zealand — which was a lot of fun!And so on Saturday May 11th, in Los Angeles, I am hosting a lil’ Webworm pop-up! I’ve been ...
Education Minister Erica Standford yesterday unveiled a fundamental reform of the way our school pupils are taught. She would not exactly say so, but she is all but dismantling the so-called “inquiry” “feel good” method of teaching, which has ruled in our classrooms since a major review of the New ...
Exactly where are we seriously going with this government and its policies? That is, apart from following what may as well be a Truss-Lite approach on the purported economic “plan“, and Victorian-era regression when it comes to social policy.Oh it’ll work this time of course, we’re basically assured, “the ...
Hey Uncle Dave, When the Poms joined the EEC, I wasn't one of those defeatists who said, Well, that’s it for the dairy job. And I was right, eh? The Chinese can’t get enough of our milk powder and eventually, the Poms came to their senses and backed up the ute ...
Polling shows that Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau has the lowest approval rating of any mayor in the country. Siting at -12 per cent, the proportion of constituents who disapprove of her performance outweighs those who give her the thumbs up. This negative rating is higher than for any other mayor ...
Buzz from the Beehive Pharmac has been given a financial transfusion and a new chair to oversee its spending in the pharmaceutical business. Associate Health Minister David Seymour described the funding for Pharmac as “its largest ever budget of $6.294 billion over four years, fixing a $1.774 billion fiscal cliff”. ...
Bryce Edwards writes – Many criticisms are being made of the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill, including by this writer. But as with everything in politics, every story has two sides, and both deserve attention. It’s important to understand what the Government is trying to achieve and its ...
TL;DR: Here’s my top 10 ‘pick ‘n’ mix of links to news, analysis and opinion articles as of 10:10am on Monday, April 29:Scoop: The children's ward at Rotorua Hospital will be missing a third of its beds as winter hits because Te Whatu Ora halted an upgrade partway through to ...
span class=”dropcap”>As hideous as David Seymour can be, it is worth keeping in mind occasionally that there are even worse political figures (and regimes) out there. Iran for instance, is about to execute the country’s leading hip hop musician Toomaj Salehi, for writing and performing raps that “corrupt” the nation’s ...
Yesterday marked 10 years since the first electric train carried passengers in Auckland so it’s a good time to look back at it and the impact it has had. A brief history The first proposals for rail electrification in Auckland came in the 1920’s alongside the plans for earlier ...
Right now, in Aotearoa-NZ, our ‘animal spirits’ are darkening towards a winter of discontent, thanks at least partly to a chorus of negative comments and actions from the Government Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: These are the six things that stood out to me in news and commentary on ...
You make people evil to punish the paststuck inside a sequel with a rotating castThe following photos haven’t been generated with AI, or modified in any way. They are flesh and blood, human beings. On the left is Galatea Young, a young mum, and her daughter Fiadh who has Angelman ...
April has been a quiet month at A Phuulish Fellow. I have had an exceptionally good reading month, and a decently productive writing month – for original fiction, anyway – but not much has caught my eye that suggested a blog article. It has been vaguely frustrating, to be honest. ...
A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 21, 2024 thru Sat, April 27, 2024. Story of the week Anthropogenic climate change may be the ultimate shaggy dog story— but with a twist, because here ...
Hi,I spent about a year on Webworm reporting on an abusive megachurch called Arise, and it made me want to stab my eyes out with a fork.I don’t regret that reporting in 2022 and 2023 — I am proud of it — but it made me angry.Over three main stories ...
The new Victoria University Vice-Chancellor decided to have a forum at the university about free speech and academic freedom as it is obviously a topical issue, and the Government is looking at legislating some carrots or sticks for universities to uphold their obligations under the Education and Training Act. They ...
Do you remember when Melania Trump got caught out using a speech that sounded awfully like one Michelle Obama had given? Uncannily so.Well it turns out that Abraham Lincoln is to Winston Peters as Michelle was to Melania. With the ANZAC speech Uncle Winston gave at Gallipoli having much in ...
She was born 25 years ago today in North Shore hospital. Her eyes were closed tightly shut, her mouth was silently moving. The whole theatre was all quiet intensity as they marked her a 2 on the APGAR test. A one-minute eternity later, she was an 8. The universe was ...
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Is Antarctica gaining land ice? ...
Images of US students (and others) protesting and setting up tent cities on US university campuses have been broadcast world wide and clearly demonstrate the growing rifts in US society caused by US policy toward Israel and Israel’s prosecution of … Continue reading → ...
Barrie Saunders writes – Dear Paul As the new Minister of Media and Communications, you will be inundated with heaps of free advice and special pleading, all in the national interest of course. For what it’s worth here is my assessment: Traditional broadcasting free to air content through ...
Many criticisms are being made of the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill, including by this writer. But as with everything in politics, every story has two sides, and both deserve attention. It’s important to understand what the Government is trying to achieve and its arguments for such a bold reform. ...
Peter Dunne writes – The great nineteenth British Prime Minister, William Gladstone, once observed that “the first essential for a Prime Minister is to be a good butcher.” When a later British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, sacked a third of his Cabinet in July 1962, in what became ...
Ele Ludemann writes – New Zealanders had the OECD’s second highest tax increase last year: New Zealanders faced the second-biggest tax raises in the developed world last year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says. The intergovernmental agency said the average change in personal income tax ...
We all know something’s not right with our elections. The spread of misinformation, people being targeted with soundbites and emotional triggers that ignore the facts, even the truth, and influence their votes.The use of technology to produce deep fakes. How can you tell if something is real or not? Can ...
This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Simon Clark. It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). This year you will be lied to! Simon Clark helps prebunk some misleading statements you'll hear about climate. The video includes ...
It is all very well cutting the backrooms of public agencies but it may compromise the frontlines. One of the frustrations of the Productivity Commission’s 2017 review of universities is that while it observed that their non-academic staff were increasing faster than their academic staff, it did not bother to ...
Buzz from the Beehive Two speeches delivered by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters at Anzac Day ceremonies in Turkey are the only new posts on the government’s official website since the PM announced his Cabinet shake-up. In one of the speeches, Peters stated the obvious: we live in a troubled ...
1. Which of these would you not expect to read in The Waikato Invader?a. Luxon is here to do business, don’t you worry about thatb. Mr KPI expects results, and you better believe itc. This decisive man of action is getting me all hot and excitedd. Melissa Lee is how ...
…it has a restricted jurisdiction which must not be abused: it is not an inquisitionNOTE – this article was published before the High Court ruled that Karen Chhour does not have to appear before the Waitangi Tribunal Gary Judd writes – The High Court ...
Lindsay Mitchell writes – One of reasons Oranga Tamariki exists is to prevent child neglect. But could the organisation itself be guilty of the same?Oranga Tamariki’s statistics show a decrease in the number and age of children in care. “There are less children ...
David Farrar writes: Graeme Edgeler wrote in 2017: In the first five years after three strikes came into effect 5248 offenders received a ‘first strike’ (that is, a “stage-1 conviction” under the three strikes sentencing regime), and 68 offenders received a ‘second strike’. In the five years prior to ...
Bryce Edwards writes – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has surprised everyone with his ruthlessness in sacking two of his ministers from their crucial portfolios. Removing ministers for poor performance after only five months in the job just doesn’t normally happen in politics. That’s refreshing and will be extremely ...
TL;DR: These are the six things that stood out to me in news and commentary on Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the two days to 6:06am on Thursday, April 25:Politics: PM Christopher Luxon has set up a dual standard for ministerial competence by demoting two National Cabinet ministers while leaving also-struggling ...
Hi,Today I mainly want to share some of your thoughts about the recent piece I wrote about success and failure, and the forces that seemingly guide our lives. But first, a quick bit of housekeeping: I am doing a Webworm popup in Los Angeles on Saturday May 11 at 2pm. ...
It is hard to see what Melissa Lee might have done to “save” the media. National went into the election with no public media policy and appears not to have developed one subsequently. Lee claimed that she had prepared a policy paper before the election but it had been decided ...
Open access notablesIce acceleration and rotation in the Greenland Ice Sheet interior in recent decades, Løkkegaard et al., Communications Earth & Environment:In the past two decades, mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet has accelerated, partly due to the speedup of glaciers. However, uncertainty in speed derived from satellite products ...
Buzz from the Beehive A statement from Children’s Minister Karen Chhour – yet to be posted on the Government’s official website – arrived in Point of Order’s email in-tray last night. It welcomes the High Court ruling on whether the Waitangi Tribunal can demand she appear before it. It does ...
Mr Bombastic:Ironically, the media the academic experts wanted is, in many ways, the media they got. In place of the tyrannical editors of yesteryear, advancing without fear or favour the interests of the ruling class; the New Zealand news media of today boasts a troop of enlightened journalists dedicated to ...
It's hard times try to make a livingYou wake up every morning in the unforgivingOut there somewhere in the cityThere's people living lives without mercy or pityI feel good, yeah I'm feeling fineI feel better then I have for the longest timeI think these pills have been good for meI ...
In 1974, the US Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Nixon, finding that the President was not a King, but was subject to the law and was required to turn over the evidence of his wrongdoing to the courts. It was a landmark decision for the rule ...
Every day now just seems to bring in more fresh meat for the grinder.In their relentlessly ideological drive to cut back on the “excessive bloat” (as they see it) of the previous Labour-led government, on the mountains of evidence accumulated in such a short period of time do not ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Megan Valére SosouMarket gardening site of the Itchèléré de Itagui agricultural cooperative in Dassa-Zoumè (Image credit: Megan Valère Sossou) For the residents of Dassa-Zoumè, a city in the West African country of Benin, choosing between drinking water and having enough ...
Buzz from the Beehive Melissa Lee – as may be discerned from the screenshot above – has not been demoted for doing something seriously wrong as Minister of ...
Morning in London Mother hugs beloved daughter outside the converted shoe factory in which she is living.Afternoon in London Travelling writer takes himself and his wrist down to A&E, just to be sure. Read more ...
Mike Grimshaw writes – The recent announcement of the University Advisory Group, chaired by Sir Peter Gluckman, makes very clear where the Government’s focus and priorities lie. The remit of the Advisory Group is that Group members will consider challenges and opportunities for improvement in the university sector including: ...
Eric Crampton writes – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand desperately wants to find reasons to have workstreams in climate change. It makes little sense. They’ve run another stress test on the banks looking to see if they could find a prudential regulation case. They couldn’t. They ...
Rob MacCullough writes – Pundits from the left and the right are arguing that National’s Fast Track Bill that is designed to speed up infrastructure decisions could end up becoming mired in a cesspool of corruption. Political commentator ...
Looking at the headlines this morning it’s hard to feel anything other than pessimistic about the future of humanity.Note that I’m not speaking about the future of mankind, but the survival of our humanity. The values that we believe in seem to be ebbing away, by the day.Perhaps every generation ...
Swabbing mixed breed baby chicks to test for avian influenzaUh oh. Bird flu – often deadly to humans – is not only being transmitted from infected birds to dairy cows, but is now travelling between dairy cows. As of last Friday, Bloomberg News reports, there were 32 American dairy herds ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
What is it with the mining industry? Its not enough for them to pillage the earth - they apparently can't even be bothered getting resource consent to do so: The proponent behind a major mine near the Clutha River had already been undertaking activity in the area without a ...
Photo # 1 I am a huge fan of Singapore’s approach to housing, as described here two years ago by copying and pasting from The ConversationWhat Singapore has that Australia does not is a public housing developer, the Housing Development Board, which puts new dwellings on public and reclaimed land, ...
This afternoon’s interim Waitangi Tribunal report must be taken seriously as it affects our most vulnerable children, Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime. ...
Te Pāti Māori are demanding the New Zealand Government support an international independent investigation into mass graves that have been uncovered at two hospitals on the Gaza strip, following weeks of assault by Israeli troops. Among the 392 bodies that have been recovered, are children and elderly civilians. Many of ...
Our two-tiered system for veterans’ support is out of step with our closest partners, and all parties in Parliament should work together to fix it, Labour veterans’ affairs spokesperson Greg O’Connor said. ...
Stripping two Ministers of their portfolios just six months into the job shows Christopher Luxon’s management style is lacking, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
Tonight’s court decision to overturn the summons of the Children’s Minister has enabled the Crown to continue making decisions about Māori without evidence, says Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Children, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “The judicial system has this evening told the nation that this government can do whatever they want when ...
It appears Nicola Willis is about to pull the rug out from under the feet of local communities still dealing with the aftermath of last year’s severe weather, and local councils relying on funding to build back from these disasters. ...
The Government is making short-sighted changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will take away environmental protection in favour of short-term profits, Labour’s environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
Labour welcomes the release of the report into the North Island weather events and looks forward to working with the Government to ensure that New Zealand is as prepared as it can be for the next natural disaster. ...
The Labour Party has called for the New Zealand Government to recognise Palestine, as a material step towards progressing the two-State solution needed to achieve a lasting peace in the region. ...
Some of our country’s most important work, stopping the sexual exploitation of children and violent extremism could go along with staff on the frontline at ports and airports. ...
The Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill will give projects such as new coal mines a ‘get out of jail free’ card to wreak havoc on the environment, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said today. ...
The government's decision to reintroduce Three Strikes is a destructive and ineffective piece of law-making that will only exacerbate an inherently biased and racist criminal justice system, said Te Pāti Māori Justice Spokesperson, Tākuta Ferris, today. During the time Three Strikes was in place in Aotearoa, Māori and Pasifika received ...
Cuts to frontline hospital staff are not only a broken election promise, it shows the reckless tax cuts have well and truly hit the frontline of the health system, says Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall. ...
The Green Party has joined the call for public submissions on the fast-track legislation to be extended after the Ombudsman forced the Government to release the list of organisations invited to apply just hours before submissions close. ...
New Zealand’s good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National government’s lack of ambition and scrapping programmes that were making a difference, Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said today. ...
More essential jobs could be on the chopping block, this time Ministry of Education staff on the school lunches team are set to find out whether they're in line to lose their jobs. ...
Te Pāti Māori is disgusted at the confirmation that hundreds are set to lose their jobs at Oranga Tamariki, and the disestablishment of the Treaty Response Unit. “This act of absolute carelessness and out of touch decision making is committing tamariki to state abuse.” Said Te Pāti Māori Oranga Tamariki ...
The Government is trying to bring in a law that will allow Ministers to cut corners and kill off native species, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said. ...
Cancelling urgently needed new Cook Strait ferries and hiking the cost of public transport for many Kiwis so that National can announce the prospect of another tunnel for Wellington is not making good choices, Labour Transport Spokesperson Tangi Utikere said. ...
A laundry list of additional costs for Tāmaki Makarau Auckland shows the Minister for the city is not delivering for the people who live there, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi, and Mema Paremata mō Tāmaki-Makaurau, Takutai Tarsh Kemp, will travel to the Gold Coast to strengthen ties with Māori in Australia next week (15-21 April). The visit, in the lead-up to the 9th Australian National Kapa haka Festival, will be an opportunity for both ...
The Green Party has today launched a step-by-step guide to help New Zealanders make their voice heard on the Government’s democracy dodging and anti-environment fast track legislation. ...
The National Government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will mean tenants can be turfed from their homes by landlords with little notice, Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. ...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson is calling on all parties to support a common-sense change that’s great for the planet and great for consumers after her member’s bill was drawn from the ballot today. ...
The return of the historic Ō-Rākau battle site to the descendants of those who fought there moved one step closer today with the first reading of Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara / The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill. The Bill will entrust the 9.7-hectare battle site, five kilometres west ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has announced 25 new high-speed EV charging hubs along key routes between major urban centres and outlined the Government’s plan to supercharge New Zealand’s EV infrastructure. The hubs will each have several chargers and be capable of charging at least four – and up to 10 ...
The coalition Government will not proceed with the previous Government’s plans to regulate residential property managers, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “I have written to the Chairperson of the Social Services and Community Committee to inform him that the Government does not intend to support the Residential Property Managers Bill ...
The Government has announced an independent review into the disability support system funded by the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha. Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston says the review will look at what can be done to strengthen the long-term sustainability of Disability Support Services to provide disabled people and ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has attended the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva and outlined the Government’s plan to restore law and order. “Speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council provided us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while responding to issues and ...
Trade Minister Todd McClay heads overseas today for high-level trade talks in the Gulf region, and a key OECD meeting in Paris. Mr McClay will travel to Riyadh to meet with counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). “New Zealand’s goods and services exports to the Gulf region ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford has outlined six education priorities to deliver a world-leading education system that sets Kiwi kids up for future success. “I’m putting ambition, achievement and outcomes at the heart of our education system. I want every child to be inspired and engaged in their learning so they ...
The new NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) App is a secure ‘one stop shop’ to provide the services drivers need, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Digitising Government Minister Judith Collins say. “The NZTA App will enable an easier way for Kiwis to pay for Vehicle Registration and Road User Charges (RUC). ...
Whānau with tamariki growing up in emergency housing motels will be prioritised for social housing starting this week, says Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka. “Giving these whānau a better opportunity to build healthy stable lives for themselves and future generations is an essential part of the Government’s goal of reducing ...
Racing Minister Winston Peters has paid tribute to an icon of the industry with the recent passing of Dave O’Sullivan (OBE). “Our sympathies are with the O’Sullivan family with the sad news of Dave O’Sullivan’s recent passing,” Mr Peters says. “His contribution to racing, initially as a jockey and then ...
Assalaamu alaikum, greetings to you all. Eid Mubarak, everyone! I want to extend my warmest wishes to you and everyone celebrating this joyous occasion. It is a pleasure to be here. I have enjoyed Eid celebrations at Parliament before, but this is my first time joining you as the Minister ...
Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced Pharmac’s largest ever budget of $6.294 billion over four years, fixing a $1.774 billion fiscal cliff. “Access to medicines is a crucial part of many Kiwis’ lives. We’ve committed to a budget allocation of $1.774 billion over four years so Kiwis are ...
Hon Paula Bennett has been appointed as member and chair of the Pharmac board, Associate Health Minister David Seymour announced today. "Pharmac is a critical part of New Zealand's health system and plays a significant role in ensuring that Kiwis have the best possible access to medicines,” says Mr Seymour. ...
Hundreds of New Zealand families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will benefit from a new Government focus on prevention and treatment, says Health Minister Dr Shane Reti. “We know FASD is a leading cause of preventable intellectual and neurodevelopmental disability in New Zealand,” Dr Reti says. “Every day, ...
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones today attended the official opening of Kaikohe’s new $14.7 million sports complex. “The completion of the Kaikohe Multi Sports Complex is a fantastic achievement for the Far North,” Mr Jones says. “This facility not only fulfils a long-held dream for local athletes, but also creates ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ engagements in Türkiye this week underlined the importance of diplomacy to meet growing global challenges. “Returning to the Gallipoli Peninsula to represent New Zealand at Anzac commemorations was a sombre reminder of the critical importance of diplomacy for de-escalating conflicts and easing tensions,” Mr Peters ...
Ambassador Millar, Burgemeester, Vandepitte, Excellencies, military representatives, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen – good morning and welcome to this sacred Anzac Day dawn service. It is an honour to be here on behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood – a deeply ...
Distinguished guests - It is an honour to return once again to this site which, as the resting place for so many of our war-dead, has become a sacred place for generations of New Zealanders. Our presence here and at the other special spaces of Gallipoli is made ...
Mai ia tawhiti pamamao, te moana nui a Kiwa, kua tae whakaiti mai matou, ki to koutou papa whenua. No koutou te tapuwae, no matou te tapuwae, kua honoa pumautia. Ko nga toa kua hinga nei, o te Waipounamu, o te Ika a Maui, he okioki tahi me o ...
Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today. “Our Government is relentlessly focused on getting New Zealand back on track. As issues change in prominence, I plan to adjust Ministerial ...
Recreational catch limits will be reduced in areas of Fiordland and the Chatham Islands to help keep those fisheries healthy and sustainable, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The lower recreational daily catch limits for a range of finfish and shellfish species caught in the Fiordland Marine Area and ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealand’s hydrogen future, with the opening of the country’s first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri. “I want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand ...
The coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to improve resource management laws and give greater certainty to consent applicants, with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) expected to be introduced to Parliament next month. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has today outlined the first RMA Amendment ...
Overseas models for regulating the oil and gas sector, including their decommissioning regimes, are being carefully scrutinised as a potential template for New Zealand’s own sector, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The Coalition Government is focused on rebuilding investor confidence in New Zealand’s energy sector as it looks to strengthen ...
Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has today released the Report of the Government Inquiry into the response to the North Island Severe Weather Events. “The report shows that New Zealand’s emergency management system is not fit-for-purpose and there are some significant gaps we need to address,” Mr Mitchell ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is today travelling to Europe where he’ll update the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Government’s work to restore law and order. “Attending the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva provides us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while ...
Associate Agriculture Minister, Mark Patterson, formally reopened the world’s largest wool processing facility today in Awatoto, Napier, following a $50 million rebuild and refurbishment project. “The reopening of this facility will significantly lift the economic opportunities available to New Zealand’s wool sector, which already accounts for 20 per cent of ...
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More claims of incapacitating health and victimhood from vexatious litigants on Whale Oil again yesterday, which not only misrepresents reality. And they think the media publicity was somehow a good thing.
Nige (blog manager): Just goes to show the influence this site has eh.
But Whale Oil is not telling it’s readers about the truth of three defamation cases that Cameron Slater is involved in. As a result there are comments like:
The courts have different views.
More on facts of the cases that have dragged Slater down: What Whale Oil isn’t telling their readers
Not surprising, the right wing have a long and horrible history of mismanagement of money/business and of course our country.
It couldn’t of happened to a nicer guy.
No surprises here;
As ‘slimy slater’ will ‘slither’away again to israel; – when the scene gets to ‘ hot ‘as he did last time in 2014 remember? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bbUsLYD78o
A young person has successfully completed her 90 day work trial without issues ; now her employer (a small business owner) has stated that he will leave things as they are. No new contract and the young person is anxious that she can now lose the job for no valid reason. She has worked extra hours when asked and has had no negative feedback about her work / time keeping etc. She is also nervous about making a fuss in case that eventuates in dismissal.
The young person is no longer under the trial period, so cannot lose the job for no valid reason.
https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/trial-and-probationary-periods/trial-periods/
essentially she is now a proper staff with all the rights that entails.
It would have to be a lot of fuss for something to end in dismissal.
Ever debated with 5 Gosmans at one time? Tulsi Gabbard finds out what its like.
listen to those women – like something out of 1930’s Germany. Heil Hitler…
You think THAT was like something out of 1930’s Germany. Good grief – get some perspective!
It is entirely in perspective, and I would suggest that it is yours that is out of whack..
1930’s Germany had most ordinary people, mums and dads, in full support of Hitler and all his propaganda. They went about their lives ordinarily and considered their politics and views to be quite normal and not something out of the ordinary – just like these women do today.
1930’s Germany was not some raging torrent of extreme people – it was normal and peaceable, with people going about their lives and supporting the leader – just like these women are doing today in the US.
Exactly the same.
That is the scary thing – the very scary thing.
If you think about it.
And of course, Trump holds rallies. As did Hitler.
The comparison is entirely apt.
Hahaaaaaaaaaa. Reminds me of some one claiming a capital gains tax will do wonderful things when a CGT on its own will just withdraw money from the housing market. I mean these small men and there grand narratives. Hahahahaha.
did you say something relevant then?
The key word is “Grand Narritive.” You are aware of Hitler and Himmlers special skills in grand narratives are you not?
Then there’s those with half the skills of the originals.
Are you implying that we want as much money as we have invested in the housing market?
I can’t say I agree. It might be good if it was invested in new properties being built so it was actually producing something. Unfortunately the vast majority of it is tied up in old stock and does nothing but grow without producing anything.
Surely the economy would be far better off if this money was being invested in business.
Apart of withdrawing money from the property market through a capital gains tax is compensating those that have been adversely effected by high house prices. Meaning raising benefits. So long as a CGT is fixed and not subject to the whims of narcissistic MPs business people don’t really notice a CGT.
Don’t like that bit about 5 mins where the gentleman comments on the lack of expression on one of the women’s faces. Too subjective I think. Don’t guide people’s minds, let them hear the discourse and see the approach. Haven’t gone past about 5 mins so don’t know the rest.
Another one of the musical heroes passes away.
Mark Hollis died at 64 years of age after a short illness.
The former singer/songwriter of the band Talk Talk walked away from the music industry at the height of his popularity. He wanted to be a good Dad.
This is the band in 1984 live.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBctdtO1Gyg
Also from his solo album 20 years ago, a little more stripped back and organic:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw0rzonn8qA
Sad to hear 🙁
Great song and Video (IMO !!!)
He was the real deal, him and Adrian Borland of the Sound, hated the music biz… those Talk Talk albums just get better and betterer…
Some interesting thoughts on food waste and food supply chains.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/26/18240399/food-waste-ugly-produce-myths-farms
Ideologues with targets are petty dictators when they get enough power. Auckland enforcing a 30km hour speed limit over whole city?
From Transport Blog:
The Automobile Association supports 40 km/hr on most roads in Auckland’s city centre, and rejects Auckland Transport’s proposed 30 km/hr speed limits, on the basis that 40 has been successful in Melbourne. In response to this, I thought I’d do… …
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2019/02/27/melbournes-30-km-hr-speed-limit-trial/
Many bureaucrat bums often seem to be drawn away from pragmatic decisions and go for the theoretical; away from ‘What if’ thinking which takes in consequences, likely real-world results, to the ‘This will fix the problem, we’ll do it this way’!
Note: Looking up ideologue or idealogue which?
Ideologue from Cambridge English Dictionary:
ideologue definition: a person who believes very strongly in particular principles and tries to follow them carefully. Learn more.
and
ideologue from Merriam-“Webster dictionary:
Ideologue definition is – an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a … How to use
Quite different emphasis in these two meanings.
And idealogue:
idealogue is one given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
from wikidiff
Human Exposure to RF Fields in 5G Downlink – mmW bands
https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.03683
While cellular communications in millimeter wave (mmW) bands have been attracting significant research interest, their potential harmful impacts on human health are not as significantly studied.
Prior research on human exposure to radio frequency (RF) fields in a cellular communications system has been focused on uplink only due to the closer physical contact of a transmitter to a human body.
However, this paper claims the necessity of thorough investigation on human exposure to downlink RF fields, as cellular systems deployed in mmW bands will entail
(i) Deployment of more transmitters due to smaller cell size
(ii) Higher concentration of RF energy using a highly directional antenna
In this paper, we present human RF exposure levels in downlink of a Fifth Generation Wireless Systems (5G).
Our results show that 5G downlink RF fields generate significantly higher power density (PD) and specific absorption rate (SAR) than a current cellular system.
This paper also shows that SAR should also be taken into account for determining human RF exposure in the mmW downlink.
The human skin as a sub-THz receiver – Does 5G pose a danger to it?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29459303
Abstract
In the interaction of microwave radiation and human beings, the skin is traditionally considered as just an absorbing sponge stratum filled with water.
In previous works, we showed that this view is flawed when we demonstrated that the coiled portion of the sweat duct in upper skin layer is regarded as a helical antenna in the sub-THz band.
Experimentally we showed that the reflectance of the human skin in the sub-THz region depends on the intensity of perspiration, i.e. sweat duct’s conductivity, and correlates with levels of human stress (physical, mental and emotional).
Later on, we detected circular dichroism in the reflectance from the skin, a signature of the axial mode of a helical antenna.
In a recent work, we developed a unique simulation tool of human skin, taking into account the skin multi-layer structure together with the helical segment of the sweat duct embedded in it.
The presence of the sweat duct led to a high specific absorption rate (SAR) of the skin in extremely high frequency band.
In this paper, we summarize the physical evidence for this phenomenon and consider its implication for the future exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum by wireless communication.
One must consider the implications of human immersion in the electromagnetic noise, caused by devices working at the very same frequencies as those, to which the sweat duct (as a helical antenna) is most attuned.
We are raising a warning flag against the unrestricted use of sub-THz technologies for communication, before the possible consequences for public health are explored.
Just wait until they turn the G all the way up to 11. We’ll be awash in hundreds of watts per square metre of radiation in the tens of terahertz bands …
Oh, wait …
Have you anything useful to add Andre? Or………….. some time to fill in.
Here’s something useful for you, greywarshark: an explanation of data-dredging and p-hacking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dredging
It’s a useful pseudo-science tool for those with snake-oil for sale to make an alarmist argument about something that’s not really there and thereby line their pockets by hawking the “remedy”. So far all the links I’ve seen claiming harm from EMFs at the extremely low power levels used for communication show all the signs of being data-dredged bunk.
If it was just a matter of the gullible getting relieved of a little bit of petty cash, I wouldn’t really care. But all the scare stories are likely to cause significant nocebo effects.
Nocebo is basically placebo’s evil twin, where people are made to feel unwell by feeding them bullshit scare stories about genuinely harmless things that *could* be harming them.
https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/is-the-nocebo-effect-hurting-your-health
Andre, you’re serving no purpose than further expose your low levels of understanding and disingenuous engagement..
Keep it up…
A comment you posted last week explicitly endorsed David Gorski…that you did comes as no surprise to me at all…you write the same style and use similar derogatory terms…
That’s your level…it is reflected in the juvinille name calling you repeatedly use in the comments that you post…
You are a very long way out of your league by openly stating the scientists to which I have been linking, the research currently available, and their collective requests for greater levels of research to be conducted in safety, while requesting governing bodies apply adherance to the precautionary approach regarding untested, weaponizable technology deployments…
That you seek to dismiss those medical professionals, scientists and researchers including their archives of work is an open window into your mind, and how you imagine yourself to be…
You clearly do not understand the technology, nor have you bothered to inform yourself outside what your links , comments and endorsements clearly affirm, is a narrow, highly toxic and ignorant vacuum…
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Witness: thalidomide, asbestos, round-up, surgical mesh…
It’s hard to be a lone voice up against billion dollar industries.
Keep it up.
Cheers, gsays…
Many voices from a myriad of professional backgrounds, are involved in seeking to expose the substantial risks to public health and the environmemt, posed by pulsed millimetre wave technology…
Now now Andre, respect the bold type, he must be right ! He has posted so many times now that I have taken to buying a tin foil lined outfit to wear at all times to protect me from nasty wifi radiation. I also put on sunscreen at night when I go outside if there is a full moon – you can’t be too careful !
Bazza64 You don’t agree with One Two. I believe that is your stance. Now shut up unless you want to produce some reliable source that refers to some fact about EMF.
Gw,
Don’t let the small, closed minds get to you…it’s their problem to figure out and live with…
They have shown no interest in contributing at a level above name calling…
VV, 9.1.2.2 appears to endorse the position of ignorant, uninformed and misinformed…perhaps vv was joking…bit strange…something else behind that comment, perhaps…
What such comments do offer, is a micro view into how, necessary discussions are possible to be sidelined and completely avoided in the mainstream…
It’s all the same tactic
I have already posted rebuttals to One Two’s articles. But it’s a bit like engaging with flat earthers. You show them evidence but they ignore it because they are smarter than everyone else.
Greywarshark
How about checking out
https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/feb/17/electromagnetic-radiation-doesnt-make-you-ill-or-give-you-cancer-heres-why
You will see that Based on sound evidence One Two is spouting rubbish.
Thanks I will do that. Bazza64
Exactly Bazza64, you’ve posted rebuttals.
What’s not in debate is the enormous (actually, enormous is far too small a word for it; it’s approximately a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000-fold) increase in exposure to anthropogenic electromagnetic radiation in the last 70 years or so – hopefully everyone can agree on that, and that this exposure will continue to increase.
What’s in debate is the effect of that increased EMF exposure on biological ‘systems’ (humans et al.)
Respect both Bazza64’s and One Two’s positions – IMHO the experiment is still in progress and the evidence won’t be in for a few generations. After all, even in the developed world Smartphones/WiFi etc. have only been in widespread public use for maybe 20 years (this is a guess, so happy to be corrected).
I hope Bazza64 is correct (exposure to anthropogenic EMFs is harmless), but unlike Bazza64 I don’t know this yet, and to be honest it seems illogical to be so certain. But I do understand the importance of believing that these EMFs are 100% safe.
I’ve ordered one but it hasn’t yet arrived – where did you get yours from?
Great idea about sunscreen at night for full moons – perhaps we should post that on the How to Get There post next Sunday. Grey only likes positive things that people can do to look after themselves and others, so should fit the criteria.
Obviously all the scientific facts/links that have been produced here over the last few weeks by yourself and Andre have flown over the top of the heads of many here. LOL
Tin foil is so fucking yesterday.
What you need to do is start with a brain coat and then upgrade your wardrobe to a full Faraday suit.
WOW – I want a faraday suit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing less will do. Thanks, joe90
You’re in Welly, right? Might be some surplus lying around at Weta workshops. Or maybe pick one up from a LOTR tragic that’s pruning the collection.
Good thinking, Andre. I’ll ask around. Perhaps we should all put in and get one for One Two and perhaps some for one or two others?
Far-out joe 90
Have the Brits made up their bloody minds about Brexit ?
Julius Caesar would have put a legion through their quarreling tribes ..
I wonder if Junker see’s himself as a julius Caesar figure?
Though the Brits don’t take kindly to Despots do they…he should probably avoid the UK rather than risk meeting up with a bunch of embittered UKIPers and Tory/labour rebels and meeting the same fate as poor old Charles I.
The process is opening up tribal fissures previously concealed by imperial interests.
Junkers strategy is sound. I’m waiting for a Celtic application to join the EU … but it may take a while.
Waikato farm pollution – company had five Fonterra farms. I wonder about the types of farmers who don’t ‘play the game’. How many stubborn old NZ blots and how many of those tip-toeing over their numerous paddocks to keep their expensive shoes clean from overseas, or lateish immigrants?
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/02/waikato-farming-company-undoing-the-good-work-of-so-many.html?ref=ves-vid3
…. and we in Auckland are drinking farm fresh Waikato River Water ?
How does it have bubbles, each one when viewed with a microscope inscribed 100% Pure?
What US Aid into Venezuela really looks like….
https://preview.redd.it/jehr9qwpesi21.jpg?auto=webp&s=8dde6cae81541f38941bb38c3aa3936250af1267
The reason the US can use humanitarian aid to apply pressure is because the Chavista regime has run down the country so badly that it has millions requiring humanitarian assistance.
https://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/39432
I’m well to the left of you Gosman but like you I can’t understand why everyone just points the finger immediately at the US ignoring all the horrible realities of just how bad the Venezuelan government have fucked things up
I think it is because it shakes certain people’s faith in their core beliefs. As such it means they can’t accept that the people they thought were meant to represent their political views are messing up so they look to place the blame elsewhere.
I admire someone like yourself who can acknowledge that a left wing government can mess up really badly. I know you aren’t likely going to change your views politics wise but at least you aren’t so one-eyed you excuse brutality and incompetence.
Take a good look in the mirror Gosman – you’re supporting the toppling of a regime by a US backed fascist puppet – nothing unusual for you, or for them.
There is ZERO evidence that Gaido is a fascist let alone a puppet. What he certainly isn’t is a leader who has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans through economic incompetence and mismanagement not to forget brutal State oppression of those who oppose him.
From your Wharton article:
““The U.S. government has to walk this very delicate, difficult line in which on the one hand they’re trying to threaten military intervention convincingly enough to scare the Venezuelan military into removing Maduro,”
Just who the fuck does Gaido think he is, trying to take power at the head of a foreign military intervention?
Illegally taking power in this fashion is a fascist hallmark – did you think we had forgotten?
Many nations have had leaders installed after a military invasion that were not fascist. I believe the US reinstalled Baptiste Aristide in Haitit in such a manner. Was he a fascist?
However that is irrelevant in that the threat of an invasion is being used to apply pressure. The chance of an invasion is miniscule.
The threat of invasion is substantial – the US is always invading other countries, especially those with an abundance of resources.
Now that the US have a quisling available in the form of Guaido, all they need is the presidential tweet to go ahead.
Even your Wharton article notes however, that US forced regime changes in South America generally make things worse.
The best thing would be for the US and Guaido to fuck off, and let the government get on with its job, ideally assisted by neighbouring countries, the UN and the Red Cross or MSF. The US won’t let that happen however, they’ve been fomenting this mischief for decades in the hopes of creating this very kind of excuse to invade.
Of course the US invades/is involved militarily with lots of countries. They are the World’s main super power. It would be unusual if they didn’t get involved militarily in other nations. That doesn’t mean they will invade Venezuela nor does it mean they only get involved in nations where there is some sort of economic benefit to them.
Unhappily, you have to go back some way to find a US intervention carried out with honorable motives, and further still to find one that succeeded in them. The last unequivocal one was Korea – where they really were welcome, and they did indeed change the situation for the better. Even that outcome was still tainted by the hunting of groups in Jeju-do, bombing refugees of all descriptions, and loading base costs onto a country that at the time was poorer than Somalia.
The illegal Iraq invasion, from which the supposed democrats neglected to resile, was nothing more or less than a resource grab. Venezuela, possessing more oil than even Iraq is in the gun for similar treatment. Perhaps you repose some hope that Trump’s ethics will keep him from invading Venezuela? If so you are likely to be disappointed.
The moral case for invasion that could exist, and might have under a less venal and self-serving administration does not exist here – Maduro is probably both more competent and less personally corrupt than Trump – that bar is pretty goddamn low.
Pretty sure what they did in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo did not benefit the US greatly and lead to a massive change in relation to the security situation in that area of the World.
@Gosman well of course Bosnia was better than most US actions – the UN & NATO were there to temper their aggression and contain their extreme rightwing nutjobbery. And the fighting was real, not US instigated in hopes of creating a casus belli.
You need a better example than that to sanitize invading Venezuela.
I’m not santising anything here . I wouldn’t approve of a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. I think the US can provide support for a transition to a democratic Venezuela by non violent means.
@ Gosman
By threatening the military with invasion in hopes they remove Maduro? Face it, the US is not competent to manage the affairs of Venezuela. Better leave it to the locals, who of course will not choose US pawns or puppets.
This whole crisis is of US instigation – take their badfinger out and things will be able to improve.
Americas concern for Venezuelans is heartwarming…but if feeding the poor and supporting the folk of other Nations is their goal there are a few places they should help out first..there is a reason Red Cross and the UN want nothing to do with this ‘aid’.
https://www.worldvision.org/hunger-news-stories/5-worst-spots-hunger
https://www.concernusa.org/story/worlds-ten-hungriest-countries/
Then again…maybe charity starts at home..
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/cbbn22/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-third-world-health-care—knoxville–tennessee-edition
Watch a little film called The War on Democracy and you’ll get the general idea.
It’s on Pilger’s website, http://johnpilger.com/videos/the-war-on-democracy
Pilger has well and truly jumped the shark in relation to being a serious journalist. He is now an apologist for any regime that is anti-American/Capitalist.
This film was produced quite some time ago. I imagine you haven’t seen it – or you wouldn’t be quite so ready to make those ill-informed comments about Venezuela that characterize your current pathology.
Something to do with sanctions I expect selwy.
Maybe read this piece before taking sides one way or another.
https://grayzoneproject.com/2019/01/29/the-making-of-juan-guaido-how-the-us-regime-change-laboratory-created-venezuelas-coup-leader/
Personally I have not taken sides, I just believe Venezuelans should be able to decide their own future and destiny, without aggressive outside influence.
Unlike Gosman who has never seen an US intervention that hasn’t given him a hard on.
No, there are plenty of US interventions that were largely counter-productive. They just aren’t as many as you like to think they are.
You are still a war fetishist sucm bag on this issue though Gosman. Too soon…
i believe I have actually stated that I think military intervention by the US in Venezuela would not be useful so you have nothing to back up that claim against me.
But you just moaned about the attempted smuggling designed as aid over the weekend, and poo pooed the Venezuelan government for stopping the illegal importation of arms.
Providing aid is not the same as militarily intervening.
I like your attempt at spin. Aid is coming into Venezuela from all over the world, none of which is not being stopped. The exception was from the US – because it is not aid – it is an attempt to start a war.
Who here has done that John Selay? Name some names. Otherwise you just making shit up.
Gosman wher do you get all your B/S from ?
Like Baldrick, Gosman has “an inexhaustible supply“.
Gosman should be starring in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Here?
http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2019/02/how-big-is-your-army.html
Oh dear, toys out the cot time lol
“Labour has turned down its former MP John Tamihere’s bid to rejoin the party.”
https://amp.rnz.co.nz/article/24156d71-203b-43f7-acf0-b02b48e422f3
Probably didn’t say some very smart things about some of the Labour Party Women, everyone knows however there was no need to be derogatory towards them especially when discussing people’s sexual preferences.
We are now living in the Modern World where anything goes depending what you like under the bed covers, different strokes for different folks. Just look what the National Party MP’s get up to in Wellington, JLR and the girl from down South.
Everything doesn’t go. There are some barriers, lines in the sand. Possibly they fear that they will be curvy ones for John T. Phil needs a second term I think. What do Auckland lefties think of him?
He doesn’t understand why. I reckon they think he’s a bit of a frontbottom.
I am confused who is the front bottom you lost me on that one ?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1902/S00089/nz-universities-slip-in-qs-world-university-subject-rankings.htm
Education is a business. The best strategy for more generous funding is to show what a nice ‘little’ earner it is. The model is stuffed.
https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-many-colleges-and-universities-have-closed-since-2016/539379/
It is the same old story, business comes up with these cracker ideas, profit ensues, therefore good idea, then public health is affected and the expensive claw back of safety begins.
Witness: thalidomide, asbestos, round-up, surgical mesh…
It’s hard to be a lone voice up against billion dollar industries.
Keep it up.
oops, meant to be a reply to one two up thread.
i shall reply in the appropriate spot.
Latest rumour I heard in the Pub last week, Baby Nat may be joining NZF, mind you I heard that from an NZF supporter, don’t know whether Winston would approve after the unkind words Baby Nat has said about him.
Who is Baby Nat?
The little schoolboy chap from Epsom.
Hope the AAAP take this refusal to the Ombudsman. Advice to government surely can’t be a defence to withholding it in this case. The report is research, not advice, so should be released.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1902/S00263/welfare-expert-advisory-group-report-should-be-made-public.htm
From the Herald Before he left with his girlfriend about 10.30pm, he consumed three cans of bourbon and cola, and a quarter of a cannabis joint.
The headline ….. Stoned Driver ….. Yea rite
A very good article on options for Venezuela for getting out of the mess they are in
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/venezuela-extricate-crisis-recover/
Spin and lies. Sheesh any chance you could stop with that ah Gossy? You know the opposition have been in power for two years, and what have they done to fix the economy – nothing. All they have done is blame the president. What a bunch of silly little two year olds.
In power? What do you mean the opposition have been in power for two years?
WOW, just WOW. So how did your boy name himself president?
Your definition of “In power” is very broad.
You need to read a wider variety of sources.
Looks like another major oil spill this time in the Solomons.
The marine reserve is in danger with 60 tonnes of oil already in the sea with another 600 tonnes ready to spill.
Another Exon Valdez unfolding.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/383432/oil-spill-disaster-unfolds-in-solomons-marine-reserve
Reminded me of Tauranga and Rena. Stuck on reef. Spilling destroying. Does anyone on the Right get the connection with one of the reasons for not drilling for oil in our sea and fishing area?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_oil_spill
And I guess we are going to help the Solomons – they have a hard time recovering from blow after blow.
The National Party are a bunch of incompetent Idiots.
National Party pulls Gerry Brownlee Facebook ad following Advertising Standards Authority complaint
https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/110902970/national-party-pulls-gerry-brownlee-facebook-ad-following-advertising-standards-authority-complaint
Don’t let senior Nat MPs near taxation figures or the directorship of companies, digging for swamp kauri, trade deals with desert dwelling sheep farmers, flag referenda, or stairwells and airport doorways.
Incompetent. Reckless. Shonky. Out of touch. Bullies. Entitled twits.
Poor ol’ poo finger has Jeery’s back but not totally convincing.
Two detailed posts on the ongoing scam at the core of neo-liberal economic policy.
http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=41690
http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=41671
This putting down of tangata whenua O aotearoa /supperssion is state sponsored it is put on TV morning and night. All the bad stats about the smallest % of Maori doing dumb shit. I say even there dumb actions are state sponsored to give the neanderthals who actually run the state more fuel to shit on Maoris mana.
Do these state people who push/pay for all the bad news into the MEDIA that is mostly about MAORI care that there ACTIONS are hurting OUR mokopunas MANA AND WAIRUA NO there brains are wire BIG EGOS they are selfcentered fools who only care about there hold on power CAN NOT HAVE the supperssion they have had running against Maori eroded away by a——— To late fools all your opperssion of the last 150 years is being blown away by ————– so stop this foolish game and lets build a happy healthy equaly socioty for all. You Can Not Stop Maoris Getting Our Mana Back
Kids report racism, bullying and violence prevalent themes in life
A new report has found that the majority of Kiwi kids are flourishing- but some still face significant challenges.
As part of “What Makes A Good Life?”, more than 6000 young people described their experiences growing up in New Zealand.
More than 90 percent of respondents said they lived in a warm dry home and more than 70 percent said they felt respected and valued.
One rangatahi from Auckland recalled how people at their school often joked about Māori prison and drug rates.
This was echoed by another respondent who said Māori were often the target of negative and harmful stereotypes.
“Crackheads, drug dealers, crime, Black Power, domestic violence, hood rats, window washers, pōhara, hori, gangs, alcoholic parents.”
Young people in state care reported dealing with similar problems.
One 16-year-old girl spoke of how she had been stigmatised at school because of her situation.
“Something I always have to deal with at school is the stigma. When people find out you’re a foster kid they’re like ‘oh you’re an orphan, whose house did you burn
down.”
Those under the Youth Justice System said they felt they had been “written off” by the adults in their lives.
Personal finances were also a strong talking point – with respondents noting that while money wasn’t everything, it was a necessary part of life
One young person from Dunedin said a good life to them looked like “having enough for the basics, plus a little bit more”.
Young women in particular mentioned how the price of products like pads and tampons could sometimes prove too high.
Last year, a survey of 5000 women by the charity KidsCan found that nearly a third of respondents struggled with period poverty.
Ka kite ano links below
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/383370/kids-report-racism-bullying-and-violence-prevalent-themes-in-life
Here you go the cops are blinded by racism even the brown ones as there cultures center on being loyal to the FORCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Hd79LuDuk
ANA TO KAI
I say not enough is being dune to correct the wrongs served up to Tangata Whenua the state still feed US what drips off there plates 0.3% . They spent more on locking us up over six years than what has been spent on the whole Treaty OF Waitangi settlments you see they don,t want to give Maori to much power just lip service the state servants who stay in power when goverments change that is were the real control on NZ policy lies neanderthal bigots the are.
But Its is better to have a goverment in power that respects the lower classes that one that serves the wealthy like the last ones in power as 97% of Maori are poor .
Owen Sinclair: Fighting the racism in our health system
. I have a Māori father and a Pākehā mother, but I didn’t meet my father until I was in my early 20s. I grew up in West Auckland with my mother, so I was raised by my Pākehā family. We were pretty poor, but we had a very loving household.
My grandparents actually lived, at that stage, on Waiheke Island. That was before it was the glamorous, rich suburb of Auckland it is now. I spent a lot of my holidays and childhood running around there. It was a pretty privileged upbringing when I look at it. I didn’t have much money, but I had a fishing rod and a bike and all that sort of stuff.
When I was about 10, I went to Dilworth School in Auckland. It’s a boarding school, and you had to be poor and have just one parent to go there.
My iwi is Te Rarawa. I think I was about 18 or 19, maybe a bit younger than that, when I decided I wanted to get in touch with my Māori whānau. It just seemed to be the right thing to do at the time.
ince meeting my father, I’ve had very regular contact with him. I’m not the oldest. There are a few younger than me. I know them quite well. Interestingly, I’ve just got in contact with a half-sibling who I’d never met before.
So that’s how it went. It was an amazing journey for me. It put all the pieces in place in my life. I know where my marae is. I can recite my whakapapa, and I have regular contact with my Māori family, although I never grew up with them.
My father’s name is Owen Tatana. He was married once, and he named his son, from that marriage, Owen. It’s funny when we’re all in the same room and the phone goes and they say: “Is Owen here?” Or when we go on the marae together and it’s Owen, Owen and Owen.
I left school with pretty good grades and became an engineering cadet. I did that for a while and then did an engineering degree. But I didn’t really like that. I was made redundant, but I’d already decided that I was going to become a doctor — or try to become a doctor.
I was able to get into medical school under the Māori and Pacific entry scheme. And, after I was qualified, I decided to become a paediatrician.
I’m currently working in Waitākere Hospital as a general paediatrician. There are only six Māori paediatricians in New Zealand. We’re all pretty busy. We don’t have a network or anything, but we all sort of know each other.
I also give lectures on Māori health to fifth-year medical students at Auckland University.
It’s hard to work out what to do to help Māori when you first become a doctor, and even in my job now. We’re quite reactive, for want of a better word. We tend to sit in hospital and wait for people to come to us.
It was on pertussis, which is whooping cough — and it identified a mass of inequalities between Māori and non-Māori.
Māori rates of pertussis are 1.6 to 2.6 times higher than non-Māori. Specific data for Māori has been recorded only since 1989, and over that period, Māori have always had higher rates.
In my thesis, I tried to identify all of the reasons for why that should be — which is related to the system, poverty, and care, and all that sort of stuff.
The inequality in pertussis is actually related to all of the inequalities in New Zealand society that Māori have. So it’s everywhere.
I’m trying, through a number of mechanisms, to work out a way forward to raise the awareness of Māori health and equality. I think everyone knows about the inequalities, but it’s what do you do about it that matters.
The inequalities in our health system are well documented. So are the historical contributions to that inequality. But more of us need to understand why Māori and Pasifika — in fact, any people who are doing it tough financially — seem to be less well-served by our medical system than others in different demographics around the country.
You gave a speech last November at the NZ Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland, about how systemic racism is to blame for our glaring health inequalities.
How hard is it to get that message across? Even using the racism word, as you did in your speech, can be challenging. I’m not uncomfortable with the word, but others seem to be. What’s been the reaction and in what context were you using the r-word?
You do have to be a little bit careful in using that. When I give this talk, I don’t use the word “racism” until near the end of the presentation
KA KITE ANO links below
P.S OUR TIME WILL COME SOON but don,t threat Pakiha we looked after you.
Like when you were sold a bunch of lies from the NZ Company and landed here from Britain ripped off and no land so we will treat you correctly once again
https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/owen-sinclair-fighting-the-racism-in-our-health-system/
Eco Maori Has more morals in my little finger than the entire injustice system of NZ will let you know later what has gone down.
It only takes 1.5 degrees over the human temperature max a fine ballance that being alive than that ballance tips into death
Humans are frogs in hot water of climate change, research says
CNN)The extreme weather that comes with climate change is becoming the new normal, so normal that people aren’t talking about it as much — and that could make them less motivated to take steps to fight global warming, according to new research.
Researchers analyzed more than 2 billion social media posts between 2014 and 2016. What they found was that, when temperatures were unusual for a particular time of year, people would comment on it at first. But if the temperature trend continued and there were unusual temperatures again at that time the following year, people stopped commenting as much.
Dianne Feinstein’s climate change discussion with schoolchildren gets heated
The authors of the study, published in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, believe that this is a sign that because of memory limitations and their own expectations and biases, humans may not be the best judges of temperature change. The experience of weather in recent years, rather than over longer historical periods, determines the baseline that people use to evaluate the current weather.
It’s the “boiling frog” effect, an urban legend about an experiment that involves putting a frog in a pot of boiling water, where it quickly jumps out. But if it’s put in a pot of tepid water on a stove and the heat is gradually increased, the frog will stay in the pot until it dies, because it doesn’t feel a difference until it’s too late.
In other words, people may not recognize the signs of human-caused climate change until it’s too late.
“I think it is quite surprising how quickly the effect of these temperatures decline,” said study co-author Frances Moore, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis.
Moore said she doesn’t think people are adapting to e extremes. They’re still “pretty miserable” in extreme heat or extreme cold, but they stop talking about it on social media, and that’s a concern.
‘Extinction crisis’ threatening global food supply, UN report warns
“People will be worse off if they stop talking about it,” Moore said. “People’s memories are short, compared to the time scale of climate change. We need to be aware of the disconnect when we communicate about climate change.”
The disconnect could be bad news for those who want to motivate leaders to do something about it. Officials could also be adjusting to the “new normal” and not feel the urgency needed to create policies necessary to stop what’s causing climate change.
“This is a very interesting paper and an interesting approach,” said John Cook, a research assistant professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, who researches cognitive science but who was not involved in the new research.
He doesn’t believe that the study’s conclusion is wrong, but he says it conflicts with the data his colleagues have been collecting.
Surveys from the center have found a growing awareness and concern about climate change and the climate change people are seeing in their own communities.
Ka kite ano links below
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/25/health/climate-change-boiling-frog-study/index.html
Here you go a good video for my above post.
Kia ora Newshub There you go cowboys in Christchurch I would never live down there. There you go te civil servant have more power than the government .
I have given Eco Maoris opinion on the injustice system many times it takes care of its own.
Fires in Tasman Paddy nice Orchard down there I no some other places that would grow good fruit and vegetables. What about vehicles muffler sparks Paddy that could have started the fire .
I say a fireworks ban is needed especially with the dryest hottest environment on record just te boys toys scare the shit out of children and animals and causes a lot of fires.
I have done a bit of studying on Korean culture quite interesting.
Yes beauti cosmetics needs to be regulated some people don’t have the skills to navigate the snake oil sellers. It is shown with people being fooled into believing the climate change denier lies and voting for someone who is actually kick them in the ASS sheep I say very vulnerable it’s the government job to protect te tangata
That’s a big mess the train crash in Egypt some people have no control of their emotions. Its cool that Christchurch gets more funding for mental health its needs the extra money $79 million for mental health treatments after the earthquakes and what has been going down there.
That was cool the smallest baby boy born ever to live leaves te hospital Ka pai.
Ka kite ano
Kia ora James and Mulls from The Crowd Goes Wild. Mulls you wish he was your grandad te great golfer. Te mullet have to join the Duncan on the Rock radio station.
Mulls you love your basketball I quite enjoyed watching basketball.
Anna I love sailing anything to do with Tangaroa and Awa not fly fishing tho.
It a bit harder having a interaction with a sports show when Eco Maori can not comment about our sports Stars as some unusual phenomenon happens Ka kite ano P.S te Mokopunas are a handful
Some Eco Maori Music for the minute.
https://youtu.be/SKprXO-f2pM
Te sandflys are allways trying to attack my MANA and every time they just a to it FOOLS.
https://youtu.be/fKopy74weus
Every time the attack my MANA they give me more MANA
Every time the sandflys attack my MANA they give me more MANA
My device is playing up
I reckon you’d be good as a character on a TV series about local life in Rawene or Kohukohu. It would be a bitter comedy featuring life on ground in modern Hokianga and a story of where New Zealand is headed in the very place where two peoples met.
Your comments here are writing the lines for your character.