Daily review 16/08/2023

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  1. SPC 1
    16 August 2023 at 6:00 pm

    There has long been a case for the non working partner receiving income support (proposed as a cause to unite women to Prue Hyman in the 1990's).

    In particular when the partner is unable to work (health/disability – or role in care of others),

    Some cite cost, but if reserved for those over age 60, or those with lifelong disability this is possible now, even without a fair tax regime.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/300949904/weve-paid-taxes-all-our-life-out-of-work-63yo-says-its-unfair-he-cant-get-benefit

  2. SPC 2
    16 August 2023 at 6:13 pm

    Things to do if supporting Spain in the final against the other team.

    Do what they are doing, drinking while giggling at poor shots, crosses and passing

    Drinking – una sin, of course.

    https://www.totallyspaintravel.com/2016/02/23/alcohol-free-drinks-in-spain/

  3. Dennis Frank 3
    16 August 2023 at 6:39 pm

    Pillar of US banking establishment almost completely out to lunch:

    US treasury secretary Janet Yellen has started a craze in China for a magic mushroom-based dish called Jian shou qing, or “see hand blue”, after she was spotted eating the fungi, known for being hallucinogenic, while on a visit to Beijing in July.

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/16/janet-yellen-inadvertently-ate-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-in-china-and-started-a-trend

    And started a contagious fashion trend in exotic cuisine:

    The chain said on Weibo that Yellen’s visit and choice of dish had caused several branches to sell out within hours. “At 2[pm], the Sanlitun store was the first to sell out; from 8pm, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Xi’an, Xiamen, and Tianjin stores were in a hurry until they were completely sold out,” In and Out said on Weibo.

    “Two weeks after that meal … colleagues from headquarters in branding, personnel, finance, etc. collectively transferred to another job and turned into mushroom cutting workers,” the restaurant said in a later post.

  4. SPC 4
    16 August 2023 at 7:30 pm

    The best deception of a keeper when taking a penalty.

    https://youtube.com/shorts/xv3fGO3noaw?feature=share

  5. joe90 5
    16 August 2023 at 7:40 pm

    Dude's a cooker, too.

    Jason goes on to say that John Rich of Big and Rich offered to produce his record while he paid for it, noting, "I just wanted to help. This is how we're going to change culture. And the country." Changing the culture and the country by recording an album paid for by a man whose job it is to platform people sure sounds like astroturfing. Oliver might not be an industry plant but his success is not organic.

    The last thing Jason Hoverton does, the man whose job is social media, is encourage everyone to follow Oliver on his brand-new Twitter account. The only thing grassroots about Oliver Anthony is the grass and the roots he stood upon to record his music video.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/is-oliver-anthony-the-new-jason-aldean-some-folks-think-hes-an-industry-plant/ar-AA1fgwG3

  6. Dennis Frank 6
    16 August 2023 at 7:41 pm

    Good to see the Greens initiating a communal resilience strategy:

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/climate-change-minister-james-shaw-calls-parliamentary-inquiry-into-community-adaptation/6OK5Z4WUTJARRBS3GKLH6AOHNY/

    Climate Change Minister James Shaw has tasked a select committee with investigating how communities can move out of climate-change harm’s way.

    The inquiry would allow a broad range of views to be shared and help develop an “enduring” system with cross-party consensus, he said.

    Shaw today asked Parliament’s Environment Select Committee to look into community-led retreat and adaptation funding – beginning before the election in October, but not finishing until afterwards.

    “Community-led retreat is a carefully planned process, that can mean anything from relocating homes, to cultural sites, to playgrounds, out of harm’s way, before a severe event, like a flood, happens,” Shaw said.

    “An inquiry would explore how community-led retreat, including communities choosing to relocate away from areas of high risk, could become part of our adaptation system, and how the costs could be met.”

    Anticipating the inquiry, the Ministry for the Environment published an “issues and options” paper laying out the challenges in the system and options for the future.

    Definitely seems to be the right thing to do, creating potential for finding consensus on common ground…