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A new ultrasound test can detect 96% of ovarian cancer cases (the current test used in the UK is at 83%).
https://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/24620427.accurate-ultrasound-test-can-detect-96-women-ovarian-cancer/
Tell me you are a bunch of middle aged right wing white men rating politicians based on their looks without telling me you are a bunch of middle aged right wing white guys rating politicians based on their looks…
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business-reports/mood-of-the-boardroom/mood-of-the-boardroom-chief-executives-rank-government-ministers-and-labour-leaders/6RXK5735GRHC5AZCUJH5MGZ5YM/
Can't help but reflect, at this late stage of the neo-liberal experiment, how our current government keeps highlighting this.
Pre 80's the state used to build roads, ports, hospitals, rail and other key infrastructure.
Since the market 'reforms' you don't go a week without hearing cost 'blowouts', over budget etc etc. Also everyone acknowledges there is a massive infrastructure deficit in this country.
The fringe, looney end of this coalition (Gordon Brittas and company) are wanting PPP to solve the issues. Always remember PPP means privatise profits and socialise costs.
The time is overdue for Ministry of Works 2.0. Call it Ministry of Infrastructure if it avoids the old cliched objections.
The state has the capacity and access to funds. It can also provide top notch apprenticeships across several trades. I benefitted from a cheffing apprenticeship in the Army. An opportunity that no longer exists.
Somehow, I doubt Hipkins will get this advice out if Starmer's Labour party.
The government's Q4 action plan, recently announced, contains the ominous statement that it will:
"2. Pass the first Resource Management Amendment Bill to reduce the regulatory burden on farmers and the primary sector."
I presume by "regulatory burden" the PM meant the laws prohibiting farmers from dumping dairy waste in waterways (a common industry practice for some, judging by court reports).
That liberal approach could be extended to other areas, as we all live under the yoke of some regulatory burden. Why not have no speed limits on the road? Faster delivery times for trucks would surely boost production.
With the middle east slowly going up in flames, how close are we to a nuclear disaster? In this discussion between sane people (Historian Peter Kuznick, journalist Amanda Yee and political analyst KJ Noh) they discuss the issues although this is prior to the escalations with Iran. At the moment, every morning I wake up wondering if there has been a nuclear strike and it's starting to terrify me, not for myself but for my children and their children.
U.S. Barreling Toward Nuclear War with China, Russia and North Korea