It is with great regret that I will not be at Newtown Fair in Wellington tomorrow, due to potentially undiagnosed coronavirus risk. I wish to express sympathy for the organisers but people must take responsibility for their health and potential ...
Is it a crime in our legal system to kill someone by drone ? I think our legislators should consider this seriously. It can only be a matter of time before they start culling deer and other species in a similar way. [We had an agreement that you would ...
Memory loss, plus I like the notion of a marketplace of ideas. Can you restore, my comment? I think it is a valid issue and of interest to this blog. [This morning I deleted three comments of yours. They were fine as they were but over the years, and also ...
[Why are you using this handle and e-mail address when we had agreed that you would stick to one and one only?] [Edit: comment ‘restored’ on the understanding that this commenter will stop playing sockpoppets] Memory loss, plus I like the notion of a ...
[Why are you using this handle and e-mail address when we had agreed that you would stick to one and one only?] [Edit: comment ‘restored’ on the understanding that this commenter will stop playing sockpoppets] Do local iwi still support the Shelly Bay ...
[Why are you using this handle and e-mail address when we had agreed that you would stick to one and one only?] [Edit: comment ‘restored’ on the understanding that this commenter will stop playing sockpoppets] When will the local iwi get their utu on ...
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Leonardo da Vinci's personal vineyard has been re-created https://www.economist.com/node/21774512?fsrc=rss%7Ceur
Why no mention of Sir Peter Jacksons role in Justin Lesters downfall? It was close. Foster owes Jackson. What is the squeeze?
Easy... flexible. Brexit transcends party politics. I'm waiting for Boris to sing Rule Britannia in Brussels.
I agree with the need for a thorough independent review of the election.
Re. MAHATMA GHANDI.. I travelled in India by train. In Benares I lived in a houseboat next to pyres burning human remains night and day and dogs scavenging the bones. I did not expect NZ Nationalists wouldd try to recreate the Raj in Auckland.
NASA's Curiosity Rover finds an ancient oasis on Mars https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191007112956.htm
Nice. Since when did a legal degree confer scientific credibility? Has it been peer reviewed? If so, by whom? Does it provide 'balance' with opposing points of view? It seems to be aimed the government's parliamentary support in the Green party, but I ...
The one that got away ..
Digital is rapidly becoming the norm, transforming our work and behaviour across all sectors. It is now embedded in business models, integrated with processes and practices as organisations move towards digital-as-usual businesses. While organisations ...
Forster's grinning pale blue image confronting Miramar travellers was an aesthetic crime and deserved a proportionate response.
MPs at Westminster are more likely to have mental health issues than either the general public or other people in comparable professions/managerial posts, suggest the responses to a survey of parliamentarians, published in the online journal BMJ Open. ...
The Ethics of Film. https://www.ethicsfilmfestival.com/ [deleted links] [that many links is spam (which is why your comment got caught in the spam filter). Feel free to post again, but with some commentary of your own and less links - weka]
Chapple closed our conversation with a rueful sigh. “If there’s corruption in our country, it is most likely to be found at the local level. Oversight is less, the media is weaker, and there are large amounts of money just sloshing around ... I’d be very ...
Do it as they did in ancient greece so that oligarchs or dictators found it harder to influence the outcome. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/democracy-ancient-greece/
Can you be more precise about the development location?
.. Like something from The Prince by Machiavelli..
What does Jackson want from Foster that he could not get from Lester? Should that be Lyall Bay ?
"High Crimes and Misdemeanors of the Fading American Century: Putting Donald Trump’s Impeachment in Context" By Andrew J. Bacevich "There is blood in the water and frenzied sharks are closing in for the kill. Or so they think. From the time of Donald Trump...
This is starting to look like the opening moves of a trade war with China. Trump Escalates Economic War on China https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-escalates-economic-war-china/5691393 Johnson Moves to Scrap Environment and GMO Safeguards to Get ...
Shared E-scooters aren't always as 'green' as other transport options https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190802104535.htm
Great Wikipedia page under Thunberg, Greta
As someone who travelled through Afghanistan in '74, was told to get out of Kabul because something 'bad' was happening, saw chaos, confusion, and fear on people's faces, and was diverted to Mazar-i-Sharif in the north to see the Buzkashi - a bit like ...
What will be the main issues during the next election?
Yep, 100% probability.
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