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5:38 pm, June 6th, 2017 - 26 comments
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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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Is ‘flipping the bird’ an American expression?
Dunno if the expression originated there, but the phrase is certainly understood there.
For a while I had the idea to find somewhere on earth the gesture was not immediately understood. I was quickly persuaded it was an unwise ambition.
I think NZers would usually say giving the finger.
A quick google hints it’s of English origin. Flipping someone off is a more common phrase in my US experience.
Any particular reason for the question?
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%22Rex%20Tillerson%22&src=tren
Yeah, that’s a fairly normal American usage.
Have we started a new international trend? Won’t be the first time. Good on yer Wellingtonians!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-06-2017/flipping-the-bird-at-secretary-of-state-rex-tillerson-an-apology-from-new-zealand/
And good on yer Toby.
If old mate had turned up at Darwin we probably would have mooned him. Mooning someone is bit of a Northern Territory thing if you dislike the person.
Yeah.
We’ve gone from giving the fingers to giving the finger, too.
True!
yep from get fucked to sit on it
Fake news, with consequences.
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Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom. Only problem is that there is no deal. It’s fake news.
[…]
You will know the Trump deal is real when Israel begins to ask for a package to keep the Israeli Defense Forces’ qualitative edge preserved. What is coming soon is a billion-dollars deal for more munitions for the war in Yemen. The Royal Saudi Air Force needs more munitions to continue the air bombardment of the Arab world’s poorest country.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/05/the-110-billion-arms-deal-to-saudi-arabia-is-fake-news/
Pinot Gris goes with a dystopian nightmare. It’s the wine you have when you don’t want a real wine. A wine that says nothing and is going nowhere.
I’d say Château Migraine Domaine Scharlatan Dernier Cru 2014 will definitely give you nightmares and a guaranteed headache 😉
https://www.vivino.com/wineries/migraine/wines/domaine-scharlatan-dernier-cru-2014
Do you happen to know where I can get a crate of that locally?
What the hell?
http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/93378987/why-were-police-taking-photos-of-a-peaceful-lawful-protest-in-wellington
I suppose the next step will be to open files on Climate Scientists and Meteorologists for the dissemination of rumours designed to create unnecessary concern and fear among the populace?
Police are always out with their cameras at NZ protests. They are very blatant. I find it creepy. Been on protests in Aussie and the UK, and never seen the blatant, constant camera surveillance of protests there as in NZ.
Sounds like pure harassment to me. Basically, the police seem to be trying to scare people in such a way as to stop them from protesting.
This is what the FSB (successor to the KGB) does. So much for our democratic freedoms.
Police photographers are an expected presence at protests. Seems unobservant of the professor not to have noticed them before.
Maybe in the past they’ve been more discreet about it. We were well aware of their cameras in the 70s and 80s during the Springbok Tour and anti nuclear protests but there were louts who used to turn up to those events with the express purpose of perpetrating violence. Mind you, the police were perpetrating violence too – especially in 1981.
But this is something quite different and a little bit sinister.
Future protests should ensure that a camera operator of their own films the police throughout. That could bear fruit.
Hello standardistas,
I have a question about employment law.
I understand that if you have a part ttime contract, and work 40+ hours a week, for 5 weeks, you are considered a full time worker.
Does this apply during the first 90 days of employment?
Well worth a read for ALL who are an ally
https://thenonplasticmaori.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/the-power-of-stepping-back/
+1 great read, thanks for the link.
Now for some Guts…
“Law student Sarah Thomson has launched a judicial review of the New Zealand Government’s completely inadequate greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
Sarah Thomson and her lawyers now have a firm date for the hearing of her judicial review: It will be at the High Court, 2 Molesworth Street, Wellington, from 26-28 June, start time 10am.
Sarah is encouraging people to attend the hearing to show their support for the need for action on climate change. Do contribute to the important national conversation on climate change in any ways that you can.
Sarah explains her case and why she’s taking it: “….
http://coalaction.org.nz/news/stand-sarah-climate-high-court-wellington-26-28-june