The secret lives of rats https://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2019/11/urban-rat-tracking-wellington
I think we are heading for a crash due to unrealistic expectations. Will the US taxpayer bail out an insolvent IT currency issuer ?
What AI - Artificial Intelligence - can do down on the farm https://www.salon.com/2019/11/17/what-ai-down-on-the-farm-could-mean-for-rural-america_partner/
Trump's favorite loses in Louisiana governor's race https://www.salon.com/2019/11/17/trumps-favorite-loses-in-louisiana-governors-race/
Yep, I've seen a few in Sydney. One I saw progressed from the south, then SW, West, NW, then north of Sydney .. almost as if someone was driving around with a box of matches. NSW police later caught some kids carrying matches according to ABC radio, but I ...
People in dangerous bushfire zones delay taking action until the last minute because they're too optimistic about their own risk, new research has shown. The highest fire danger warning has been forecast for Sydney, the first time the warning has been ...
It's not over till it's over. https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2019/11/is-the-conservative-campaign-about-to-run-headlong-into-an-nhs-winter-crisis.html
Nine Russian business people who gave money to the Conservative Party are named in a secret intelligence report on the threats posed to UK democracy which was suppressed last week by Downing Street. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/russian-tory-...
Tory poll lead over Labour drops by four points https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/09/tories-poll-advantage-faltering-labour-gaining-ground
Twyman: " That big lead does not guarantee you victory" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7668975/Tories-beware-big-lead-does-not-guarantee-victory-writes-pollster-JOE-TWYMAN.html
Tories call for urgent investigation into £3million that George Soros funnelled into anti-Brexit campaign aimed at bringing down Boris Johnson https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7668695/Tories-call-investigation-3million-George-Soros-funnelled-anti-...
Have a look at Corbyn's speech. I don't know who wrote it but it has a great riff near the end .. "whose side are you on ?" Luxton may have cause to ponder.
Are you trying to enforce thematic conformism ? What happened to the cut and thrust of honest debate ? We otherwise have the depressing prospect of Simon swinging at the mercy of self-appointed Nationalist grandees.
Corbyn: 'the future is ours to make'. https://labourlist.org/2019/10/the-future-is-ours-to-make-together-corbyns-campaign-launch-speech/
The EU27 just wants Britain to go .. 'It was, by any standards, an unusual spectacle: the leader of the European Union’s second-smallest country deciding to empty-chair the British prime minister at what was supposed to have been a joint press conference ...
You're right - the ruling collective grooms and promotes favoured new talent. JLR was one of them until he blew his chances. In some places they don't even have to wear seat belts .. https://www.nzherald.co.nz//lifestyle/news/article.cfmc_id=6&objectid=...
Correction: we off-shored obsolete manufacturing clearing the decks for innovative new models and technologies. If I knew what they were I would not be able to disclose on this blog for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
Are you suggesting Aotearoa reinvent itself as a Brexit refuge for ethnocentric Brits ? Iron was being smelted in Wales and traded in Europe long before the Roman invasion. Those time have gone. Aotearoa increasingly reflects the Asia/Pacific. Perhaps we ...
How to cope with Brexit uncertainty .. anger, disbelief, and impotence as debates become more fractious. "Divorce, whch is what Brexit is, takes a long time because it is serious." Someone should have told Boris and Teresa May. https://www.theguardian.com/...
The end of Teresa's dream .. ? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/22/no-deal-brexit-panic-grips-major-uk-firms
I believe the BBC is part of the UK Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet so claims of political impartiality should be critically assessed. The BBC has long shown stock images of Corbyn in black fur hat contrasting with white short cropped beard and ...
Teenage angst, Alwyn ?
In an age of widely distributed computing power (easily fried by electromagnetic pulse) why can't Winston put his search criteria into an appropriate search engine and come up with a result ?
Conceptually, it was pretty close. How many hairs would you care to split ? http://www.samueljohnson.com/patrioti.html
.. but we already have automated driving. It's called KiwiRail .. nearly gutted by the walking brain-dead in power.
Re. Spinoff being just another National party front - George Bernard Shaw maintained that Nationalism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
"Leopard skin prints – all gone. Paling Blue tending Teal – all gone. A Funeral Black tailored number – possibly in shiffon, or – perhaps rayon – complete with white Maggie Thatcher Gucci style handbag that’s now in vogue and all the rage in Monaco." OMG ...
In country which is a leading food *exporter* ? [Bill scratches his chin thoughtfully] What on earth could could it be ? Rogers' Treasury had no data on this ..
Is it safe to come out yet ? Is this knife-edge election over ? McCully might yet retire as a eunuch overseeing one of their harems.
Why is Hill not chairing it ? It would refute allegations of male chauvinism and level the playing field. Hill can be charmingly obdurate when she wants and would be an interesting and entertaining foil for Jacinda. Hoskins is a servant of sectional ...
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